FIRST COMMENCEMENT: Among the 172 se,niors receiving diplomas at the firstcommencement exercises for Coyle and Cassidy Diocesan High School, Taunton, were;William F. Powers, III, Taunton; Kathleen Louise MacDonald, Bridgewater; Lynn MarieBerube, Taunton; Robert S. Smith, Somerset.

Church StructureChange Opposed

VATICAN CITY (NC) - PopePaul defended the traditionalstructure of the Church.

The Pope's main theme in his'audience talk was the foundationof the Church w.ith the comingof the Holy Spirit at the firstPentecost.

Commenting on the implica­tions of this for the Church to­day, the POPEl said that manyoppose an institutional and hier­archical Church, preferring aChurch run democratically.

"All of us :'mow most of theterminology of this attitude ofcriticism," thE! Pope said. "Webelieve th'at tl:.is question, raisedwithin the C,lthol:ic Church, isan attempt against the very ex­istence of the Church,"

for those engaged in religiouseducation. Its 1mbject will be"Value Clarification-New Mis­sion for Religious Education."Robert C. Hawley, a doctoral can­didate at the Ur.iversity of Mas­sachusetts and an associate ofDr. Sidney B. Simon, will helpparticipants gain new insightsinto their own values, and sug­gest ways. of he'iping people toidentify their strengths and buildon these strengths.

The concluding workshop, tobe held Aug. 28-30, is entitled"A Look at Vows." Joe Wise ofLouisville, Ky., nationally knownlecturer and c(,mposer of reli­gious folk musk, will direct thisprogram. Baptismal, marriageand 'religious vows will be re­viewed at this workshop, de­scribed as "a time to evaluate,a time to renew, a time to cre­ate community, a time to cele­brate in praise of fidelity."

Registration forms or informa­tion concerning the workshopsmay be obtainE!d by writing to:Spmmer Happenings-1972, LaSalette Center for ChristianLiving, Attlebo:ro, Mass. 02703.

June 4, the day before the con­ference opened.

He told the participants thatGod not only gave man domin­ion over nature bu.t also told himto cultivate and care for it.

Discussions at the conferencehave been divided into six sub­ject areas:

Problems of human settlementsNatural resourcesPollutionNational developmentA future international environ­

ment organizatio:lPublic environmental educa­

tion and informntionIn welcoming delegates to the

conference. UN Secretary Gen­eral Kurt Waldheim called arma­ments "the ugliest of all pollu­tions." Although the arms ques­tion was not on the conference'sagenda, Waldheim urged theworld to "actively reduce andultimately suppress ... the arma­ments pollution.'"

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Workshops designed to assistpriests, sisters and laymen inmeeting the religious challengesof the 1970s will highlight "Sum­mer Happenings-1972". at theLa Salette Center for ChristianLiving, Attleboro.

Three workshops are to beheld during August on the sub­jects of prayer, religious educa­tion and vows.

The first workshop, "Prayerand the 1970s," will be heldAug. 11-13. It will be directed byBrother David F.K. Steindl-Rastof Mount Saviour Monastery,Pine City, N. Y., who will leadan in-depth search for a modernand relevant spirituality, lookingtoward new horizons for prayer.He will also take a look at lei­sure and the practical aspects ofpraying together..

The second workshop, sched­uled for Aug. 18-20, is planned

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tions of the world come togetheron a specific issue in the interestof our planet earth and mankind.I find it even more gratifyingthat the Church is participatingactively at this meeting. As anAfrican from a country in thedeveloping Third World, I see

. our priorities from a definiteperspective.

"For me the present _concernis for the continued material de­velopment of the Third World.From all over the wor.ld, wemust mobilize love for our fel­low man and for our planet.The Church can and should be acrucial agent in this process, tohelp , guide and save the worldfrom becoming dehumanized andto insure the right of everybeing and nation to a good life."

Lutheran Bishop IngmarStroem of Stockholm welcomedthe conference participants tothe religious service in theLutheran Cathedr:al on Sunday,

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EnvironmentalHas Theology

STOCKHOLM (NC) - TheUnited Nations Conference onthe Human Environment "mayturn out to be one of the im­portant theological meetings ofmodern times," according to Dr.Eugene Carson Blake, secretary­general of the World Council ofChurches.

,Discussion at the conference,he said "provokes a reconsider­ation of the most fundamentalquestions of human existence:what is man's chief aim onearth?"

About 1,200 delegates repre­senting more than 100 nations­including Vatican representatives-are attending the conferencewhich has the aim of producingguidelines for international ac­tion to halt- the deterioration ofthe environment and to preservethe resources of the earth.

Maurice Strong, a Canadianand secretary-general of theconference, said that a newworld organization to stop theearth's self-destruction could befunctioning early in 1973 if theenvironment conference is a suc­cess.

Strong said that the confer­ence participants seek the guid­ance and blessing of God. If theconference is to succeed, he said,we are in need of ,wisdom andpower far greater than our own.Let us admit that doomsday ispossible-even probable-if wecontinue on our 'present course.If the world is to change, thismeans that Christians mustchange.

Dr. Letitia E. Obeng, directorof the institute of Aquatic Biol­ogy at Achimote,Ghana, stated:

"It is wonderful to see the na-

Referring to the moral prob­lems thilt today affect the rela­tions between men of medicineand men of the Church, the Popesaid:

The doctors were also askedto act in the Pope's behalf "inthe urgency of raising a defenseagainst the spread of indifferentand permissive hedonism thatthreatens the dignity and integ­rity of human life by violatingthe moral law."

lating into practical teaching theright . ethical and Christiannorms?"

"More often we find ourselves'consulted ... on contraception,abortion, responsible parenthood,social diseases, torture, drugsand euthanasia.

"Certainly we are not able todiscuss these problems in theirspecific scientific terms. But byvirtue of our mission as guardianand interpreter of the law ofGod, we are able to discussthem, from beginning to end, re­garding the entire range of de­fending life."

The Pope included in theChurch's prerogative the defenseof life, "each individual life, bothin its bodily aspect and in its'moral and spiritual aspects."

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Plan to Transfer50,000 CatholicSchool Pupils

BROOKLYN (NC)-Parents ofmore than 50,000 Catholic schoolstudents in this two-county dio­cese have obtained the applica­tions· needed to transfer theirchildren into local public schools.

In a related action, 50,000Catholic parents and childrenfrom the Brookfyn diocese helda rally in front of Gov. NelsonRockefeller's office, supportingRockefeller's pledge to find aconstitutional method of aidingthe state's nonpublic schools.

The move-intended to dram­atize the severe strain whichwould be placed on publicschools if nonpublic schoolsclose for lack of public financialaid-was qrganized by the Par­ents' Association of SecondarySchools (PASS) here. PASS iIi­cludes parents of students en­rolled in diocesan high schools.

Thomas W. Bohan, PASS exec­utive secretary, said preliminaryestimates indicate that parentsof 20,500 Catholic students wentto local public high and juniorhigh 'Schools asking for the nec­essary application forms totransfer their children,

Parents of 30,000 other Catho­lic students did the same to pub­lic grade schools, he said.

Po'pe Asks DoctorsJoin Right-to-Life

VATICAN CITY (NC)--:PopePaul VI appealed to the "moralsensitivity" of the world's doc­tors to join the Church in itscampaign for the right to life.

The Pope also asked "men ofmedicine" to act on his behalfin teaching that social diseases,drugs and torture, as well ascontraception, abortion and eu­thanasia, offend the "dignity andintegrity of human life."

The Pope's appeal came in asermon he gave at a Mass in theSistine Chapel June 1 for about1,000 delegates of the 18th worldcongress of the Internation~lCollege of Surgeons.

"Could we not ask you today,doctors and surgeons," the Popesaid, "to act on our behalf in themidst of the confusion of currentopinions (in the medical-moralfield), in the challenge of trans-

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Named ChaplainRev. Franklin D. Major, M.S.,

treasurer and personnel directorat La Salette Shrine, Attleboro,since 1970, has been commis­sioned a chaplain in the U. S.Army. He will begin active dutyat Fort Hamilton, Bronx, N. Y.,on July 10. He left his Attleboropost last Saturday..

Four priests and brothers whoare celebrating 50- and 25-yearanniversaries in the Missionaries'of Our Lady of La Salette werehonored Monday at La SaletteCenter for Christian Living inAttleboro.

Two others observing similaranniversaries but who could notbe present were also rememberedin a Mass of Thanksgiving.

More than 100 'priests andbrothers from throughout theorder's Immaculate Heart ofMary Province in the UnitedStates and Canada came to At­tleboro to take part in the Mass'and a community dinner whichfollowed.

Rev. Dewitt Fortier, M:S.,chaplain of nursing homes 'inWindsor, Ontario, and Rev. Al­phonse Lachapelle, M.S., of theAttleboro Provincial House, werehonored on the 40th anniversaryof their first vows of ·chastity.poverty and obedience.

Observing the 25th anniversaryof his ordination to the priest­hood was Rev. Louis Bourdelais,M,S., of the Southbridge, Mass.,mission bureau~

Two brothers marking the 25thanniversaries of their first vowswere Brother Normand Blanchet,M.S., who jus~ returned fromSantiago, Philippines, and Broth­er Marc Gelinas, M.S., New Bed~

ford native and now of the En­field, N.H., La Salette seminary.

Unable to be present wassilver jubilarian Rev. Rene Le­moine, M.S., recuperating fromsurgery.

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stand taken by the sixth Ecumen­ical Council of 691, stating that"women who furnish drugs forthe purpose of procuJring abortionand those taking fetus-killing poi­sons" should be made subject to"the pe~alty prescribed for mur-derers." .

Dr. Harakas continued: "Forthe Orthbdox Christian Church,it is 'incomprehensible how awell-ordered stat,e can permit,tolerate or encourage any formof murder.

"Rather, it is the duty and re­sponsibility ,of the state to pro­tect the innocent and the weak.

'~It is: therefore, obvious thatthe Orthodox Christian Church,whose position on this issue hasstood the test of 2,000 years ofits history, standsopposed todayto all efforts to mal!{e abortionthe permitted practiice of thi~nation."

Dr. Harakas' views appearedin an article in Thl~ OrthodoxObserver, published here.

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NEW YORK (NC) - A GreekOrthodox scholar says that thereis "widespread and substantialunity" among the world's 250million Eastern Orthodox againstabortion.

The Rev. Stanley Harakas, as­sociate professor of New Testa­ment, of' the Hellenic Col1ege,Brookline, Mass., cited policiesgoing back to the first centuryof Christianity against lE~gaEzing

the practice.

"Whatever the justification,"he said of abortion as practicedin the first century A.D., "theChurch condemned such acts andcharacterized them as specillcases of murder," '

"Opposition to legalized abor­tion ,was part of the earlyChurch's struggle on behalf oflife 'and against the unjust takingof life;" .

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proposed wire service network.Each present subscriber of NCNews Service will be polled indi­vidua'1ly on the desirability of theproposed system.

Costs of the leased wire willvary; in some cases it wili beless expensive than the presentmethod of mail distribution ofthe news service reports and inother instances it will yost mOJ;e.

The proposal calls for leasinga circuit from Dow 'Jones NewsService. Teleprinters would beinstalled in the office or' everysubscriber for 24-'hour.-a-rlaytransmission service.

Interested papers can, for anextra conversion charge,' haveboth a print-out of the newscopy' and a punched tape usableon automated type-setting maochines, thus saving additionaltype-setting costs.

A significant advantage todioc,esan ,papers v;ould be thecut fn the present time lag be­tween the preparation of newscopy by NC News Service and itsreceipt in editorial offices. Evenwith air mail and special deliv­ery services, delayed arrival atsome diocesan newspapers is notu'nusual according to NC News.

A minimum of 82 papersand/or chancery offices mustsubscribe to the proposed wiretransmission system to make itfinancially feasible, Bishop Maysaid.

He noted thai the transmissionwas' one-way only. It cannot beused to transmit messages fromchanceries to Washington.

Bishop May also called atten­tion to the establishment of adivision for creative serviceswithin the Catholic Conferencedepartment of communications.

Begun on Feb. I, the division'will . provide full promotionalsupport for the 1972 Campaignfor Human Development andother conference..wide priorityprograms.

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ashamed to own he has been inthe wrong,. which is but sayingin other words'· ,that he is wisertoday than, he 'was yHsterday.·;

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Brooklyn PriestsDiscuss Re.tirement

DOUGLASTON (NC) - More. than 30 Brooklyn diocesanpriests had a .look at the futureat a' two-day' pre-retirementsemInar, believed to be a "first"among United States dioceses.

New roles and ministries for aretired priest, group residencesfor retirees, priestly spiritualityand what age to retire all cameunder. scrutiny during the meet-ing. .

Ketirement, Bishop Francis J.Mugavero cOInlllented, has be­come a reality applying "to allpriests, to all bishops" and some­thing that 'opens up opportuni­ties for a priest to develop per­sonal relationships with souls."It is "good for the individual"and "good for the Church."

Diocesan policy calls for op­tional retirement of priests at 70and mandatory retirement at 75.Priests between the ages of 65and 67 were invited to the work­shop.

THE ANCHOR-Dio,cese of Fall River-Thurs., June 8, 19~22

Necrology,JUNE 9

, Rev. TimothyJ. Calnen, 1945,Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole.

Rev. Joseph S. Larue, 1966,pastor, Sacred Heart, NorthAttleboro.

Poll SubscribersIt could also' provide speedy

communication of "moves at thenational level" which may re­quire prompt local response andgenerally expedite communica­tions from both the CatholicConference and the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops,he said. '

A task force made up of bish­ops and professional communi­cations people has explored the

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Rev. William H. Curley, 1915,Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, FallRiver.

Rev. George A. Meade, 1949,Chaplain, St. Mary Home, NewBedford,.

Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, 1966,Pastor, Imml!lculate Conception,Taunton. '

Teletyp·e Link Between ConferenceHeadquarters, Dioceses Proposed

ATLANTA (NC) - A nation·wide teletype network that wouldlink each diocese with the Wash- ,ington headquarters of the U. S.Catholic Conference was pro­posed to the semi-annual U. S.bishops' meeting here.

The suggested link would beprimarily for transmitting news'to diocesan newspapers, but itwould also make it possible forthe conference to communicaterapidly with all the chancery of­fices in the country.

Bishop John L. May of. Mobile,Ala., chairman of the conferencecommunications committee, toldthe meeting that the system,though conceived primarily fortransmission of, National Catho"lic News Service copy to sub-'scriber papers, would also have"fringe benefits" for bishops.

Use of a wire transmission sys­tem for news distribution wouldhave a number of advantagesover the present system of send­ing the daily NC dispatchesthrough the mail, he said.

Such a system would provide"instantaneous transmission" ofimportant texts from the Vati­~an and other sources so thatbishops might respond knowl­edgeably to queries from localnewsmen, Bishop May pointedout.

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In honor of the Sacred Heartsof Jesus alld Mary, an all-nightvigil will be conducted Fridaynight in the Sacred HeartsChurch, Fa irhaven. H will openwith the recitation of the Rosaryat 8 o'clock and Mass will fol­low at 9.

Exposition of the Blessed Sac­rament will start immediatelyafter the Mass and continue un­til 7 o'clock on Saturday morn­ing.

Rev. Cornelius Kelly, O.F.M.,of Our Lady's Chapel, New Bed­ford will be the preacher.

Anglican PraisesCatholic Education

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Theletter to Cardinal Krol camefrom an Anglican, and enclosedwas a che,:k for $5.

The writer reported that herdaughter had just graduated froma Catholic school in New York."The Chri.,tian training and reli­gious influence she receivedcould not have been obtained ina lay school," the woman wrote.

Because she had heard thatPhiladelphia's Catholic schoolswere in financial need and be­cause Philadelphia's Catholicschools offer the same· trainingshe treasured for her daughter,the woman sent $5 for Catholicschools-and, in the section ofthe check marked "memo," wasthe clear notation: "From anAnglican... ·

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voucher plan backedproject.

Thomas Glennan, OEO re­search chief, told newsmen hewould have preferred testing thefull voucher plan-allowing boUlpublic and nonpublic schools toparticipate.

Glennan noted that legislationallowing the distribution of pub­lic funds to nonpublic schools isstill pending in the Californiastate legislature, but he saidOEO decided to start a "transi­tional" experiment with vouch­ers in· Alum Rock because it wasthe only public school districtready to go ahead with any ver­sion of the plan.

11 per cent black and 41 percent white, according, to OEO.

The federal antipoverty agen­cy proposed vouchers-useableat any participating public oror nonpublic school-in Decem­ber of 1969.

Proponents of the plan saw itas opening the door to real edu­cational freedom of choice, par­ticularly among' the poor whomight have been unable previ­ously to send their children to aquality school.

Opposition

Opposition came, however,from those worried that vouch­

'ers might foster racial segrega­tion, draw students and funds

. away from public schools, andviolate the constitutional princi­ple' of church and state separa­tion. '

As a result, some cities chosenas 'experimental cites for the

No Voucher Program to Catholic Schoolsout of the

Named to ReceiveHeritage Award

NEW YORK '(NC) - Msgr.Geno Baroni, director of the Na-

Two Louisiana Bills tional Center of Urb~n EthnicProvide School Aid Affairs, Washington, D. C., has

been cited for his wo,rk amongBATON ROUGE (NC) - Two the nation's ethnic working class

bills designed to'give nearly $17 and racial minorities.million in aid to parents with

Msgr. Baroni was named tochildren in nonpubilic schools receive the 1972 Americanhave been introduced in theLouisiana House of Representa- ~:~i~~; ~':~~ri~~ ~i~r~~nf:;tives. Minorities in ceremonies here.The first bill would providestate income tax credits up to The library, dedicated to the$100 per child. The second bill "recognition of our nation's mi­would provide direct' assistance norties," honored the 41-year-oldup to $100 per elementary school priest at an Italian night banquetchild and $125 per high school here.students for persons jn the lower Msgr. Baroni is the son of anincome brackets. immigrant Italian father who, Under both bills the assistance worked in the coal mines of

would be provided only in ,cases western Pennsylvania where thewhere the student is attending younger Baroni grew up. He wasschools which are in compliance ordained in 1956, and shortlywith the Civil Rights Act of 1964, afterwards 'organized his firstaccording to The Catholic Com- credit union to help the poormentator, ' the diocesan weekly save and 'borrow at reaSOnablehere . 'J.a,t.e.s.. . f" ~~ '," \• • • J '.. -

Six Schools

Under the plan, parents willbe given "vouchers" to presentwhen enrolling their children ina choice of educational programsat anyone of six Alum Rockpublic grade schools this fall.Schools will be reimbursed withOEO funds on the basis of thenumber of vouchers they get.

The Alum Rock district servessome 4,000 grade school students--48 per cent Mexic~n-American,

EIGHT STANG SENIORS GIVE RARITY TO 1972 CLASS: Among the 230 seniors atBishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth are four sets of .twins, th~y are, first r~~,

Vincent Nanni, Edward and Barbara Sylvia, Second row, Lmda Nanm, Paul and PhIlIpBenhener, Marc and Marguerite Rousseau.

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Office of Economic Oppor-'tunity (OEO) will exclude Cath­olic schools from participatingin its first long-term experimentwith educational vouchers, be­cause legislation' allowing thatparticipation has 'not yet been,approved by the California legis­lature.

OEO announced here that itwould grant the Alum Rock Un­ion Elementary School' Districtin San Jose, Calif., more than$2 million within a few weeksfor the first two years of thevoucher experiment.

,Druggists to MeetThe 10th anniversary meeting

of the National Catholic Pharm­acists' Guild of the United Stateswill be held Oct. 4 and 5 at theConrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago.Reservations may be made withthe hotel or with Ronald Pytel,coiwention Chairman, 2245 W.Walton St., Chicago, Ill. 60622.

DirectorAn executive is one who

makes an immediate decisionand is. sometimes, right; .

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Asks Democrats'Adopt NonpublicSchool Plank ,-

BOSTON (NC) - The Demo­cratic Party "should promise toappropriate the tax funds neededto give every American child anadequate education," a U. S.Catholic Conference official toldthe party's platform committeehere.

That promise, said AuxiliaryBishop William E. McManus ofChicago, means education wouldhave a higher priority in govern­ment spending "than an over­kill arsenal of weapons; higherthan questionable adventures toother planets; .. higher than newbridges to save rush-hour crowdsa few minutees a day; higherthan all sorts of things only reomotely related to a basic humanneed like education."

Bishop McManus, chairman ofthe Conference education com­mittee, also urged increasedgovernment aid for urbanschools, Democratic endorsementof tax credits for parents of non­public school children, andparty leadership in forming ef­fective school integration pro­grams.

,Emergency Aid NeededA member of President Nixon's

panel on nonpublic education,the bishop testified here at oneof several public hearings plan­ned by the Democratic platformcommittee to help it hammerout a policy statement to beadopted at the party's na­tional' convention July 10-14 inl'~iami.

"Tbe critical condition of mosturban public and nonpublicschool systems calls for promptfederal attention," Bishop Mc­Manus said. "Emergency aid isneeded to maintain essential ser­vices in city schools."

Beyond that, he added, the fed­eral government "should initiatean urban educational assistancep~ogram" to help public andnonpublic schools finance suchprograms as the replacement -orrenovation of unsafe, unsanitaryand antiquated school buildingsand equipment.

Bills in CongressBoth recommendations were

included in tpe nonpublic educa­tion panel's recent final reportto President Nixon, along with arecommendation for federal in­come tax credits on bills paid tononpublic elementary and sec­ondary schools, Bishop McMan­us told the platform committee.

Thirty-nine tax credit bills arecurrently before the ways andmeans committee of the U. S.House of Representatives. Theywould allow parents to subtractdirectly from their federal in­come tax total part of the tuitioncosts they pay to a nonpublicschool.

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POPE HONORS CAPTOR: l?ope Paul V I delivers an address from podium in Vaticancourtyard May 31st before bestowing the 0 rder of St. Gregory the Great on I.talian fire­man Marco Ottaggio, 20, left. Ottaggio overpowered the hammer-wielding man whosmashed Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica May 21st. NC'Photo.

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Study Religious Work. in LatinBOGOTA (NC)-Some 168,000 heads, the confederation, said it religious. Many missionaries find

men and women Religious is "essential to find and clarify themselves opposing the existingthroughout Latin America, a the re~sons: for sending religious order and face charges of politothird of them from Canada, the from abroad to Latin America." ical agitation, because of theirUnited States and other coun- His analysis warned that foreign stand on social justice.tries, are being studied in an ef· missionaries must strive':"to in- Motivations and factors among

. fort to improve their perfor- tegrate universal values with the those leaving the priesthood or. mance. values of the country" in which the religious life.

The Latin American Confeder- they w·ork. He, also said thp.reation for Men and Women should -be a balance between, The work of the religiousReligious has launched a series their .numbe!,s and resources and among women, youth, workersof studies on the spiritual, social, those of the,native clergy. and other sectors of Latin Amer-religious and political conditions The studty, outlined and ap- ican soc~etyof the orders working in the proved by .confederation leaders Figures released by 'the firstarea ' last February, is concerned with Inter-American Conference of

Religious groups in Canada, these areas: Major Superiors held in Mexicothe United States and Latin Renewal of spiritual life. City early in 1971 indicate thatAmerica are taking' part in the Sociologkal aspects of reli- of the 130,700 women Religious,

.study, which seek greate!, coor.. gious orders. about a third come from abroad.dination between Religious and Their missionary work among and that about half of the 37,000the diocesan clergy and lay or·· Indians and city dweller:;. Religious men were bo,rn in Can­ganizations. Political conditions in Latin ada, the United States, Spain or

Father Manuel Edwards, who America and their impact on the' other European countries.

Much to LearnMy own guess is that he wO,uld

have waited them out benignlyand with at least a modicum ofgood humor, convinced in hisown mind that intellectual fash­ions in this day and age Changealmost as often and unexpected­ly as hair styles (after all, evenWills, who started Ollt writingfor "The National Review," has'!lnexpectedly become somethingof a radical.

In brief, I think Murray wouldhave taken it for granted that indue time things would begin tosettle down to the point whereit would again be possibl~as itis not possible today-for his

'own brand of. political philos-ophy to be given' at least an ob­jective hearing.

It remains to be seen if andwhen the pendulum will swingin that direction. For my ownpart, I hope it will -- arid thesooner the better. The new breedof activist seminarians referredto by Wills undoubtedly havemuch to teach us, but,' by thesame token, they also have muchto learn from a man of Fr. Mur­ray's stature. If they think theyhaven't, I feel sorry for them,and can only hope that time, thegreat healer, will eventuallybring them to their senses.

Minority ReportOne final word concerning

Wills in his new-found! role asthe great put-down artist. WhileI consider hini to be one of themost brilliant Catholic journal­ists in the United States andwouldn't dream of ,passing upone of his articles, I have the un­easy feeling that his proven skillat cutting people down to sizeis beginning to get the better ofhis judgment.

His recent front-page reviewin the "New York Times BookReview" of Michael Novak's re­cent book, "The UnmeltableEthnics," is a case in point. Iagree with my fellow-diocesanand fellow-columnist, Fr. An-

, drew Greeley, when he says thatthis review is ,"a shallow, smart­alecky caricature of an impor­tant book."

Like' Fr. Greeley, whiIi! I agreewith Novak's basic thesis, I havecertain minor reservations aboutportions of hi~ book and I amcertainly not suggesting, thatWills was under any obligation

,to tout the book when, in fact,he doesn't agree with it. For thelife of me, I can't understandwhy he felt he had to knife itwith a literary meat axe. '

Whatever of that, I think itshould be poi~ted out, in fairnessto Novak' that Wills' review of....The Unmeltable Ethnic" was·in the nature of a minority re­port. With a few exceptions, theother reviews of the book whichhave thus far come to my atten­tion' have been, on. the whole,very laudatory of the book-andwith good reason, so far' as I amconcerned.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese ~ffall·River-Thurs.,J~~le 8,1972

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Commen-ds Church· State'. ..

W~itings of Fr. MurrayGarry Wills, a brilliant classical scholar turned journal­

ist and political comm~ntator, is fast acquiring a reputationas a supremely 'self-confident put-down artist. I will saythis for him, however: he is rio respecter of persons. To _thecontrary, his motto seems to -be tnat the bigger they are, been transplanted from the glens

and dales of rural Maryland, tothe harder they fall. Having the fabled sidewalks of Newput down President Nixon a York.few years ago in a widely her­alded book entitled "Nixon Ag­onistes," Wills has turned his at-

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tention more recently to theChurch-State writings of the lateFr. John.. Courtney Murray, S.J.and, alas, has found them sadlywanting.. In' an article entitled "SecularIncompetence and Catholic Con­fusion," published in the June,1972 issue of "Worldview," heargues that "Murray was so per­fectly suited to the times thathe could not step outside them,could not critici:ze the spirit ofthe age." Consequently, he in­

,forms us, Fr. Murray's last batchof students at Woodstock Col­lege (and also, presumably, Willshimself) "thought his brand ofliberalism simply obsolete andirrelevant."

. He Understood Peaceniks

That's an interesting thesis,but, frankly speaking, it's much

, too simplistic and just a wee bittoq patroni:zing for this writer'staste. Fr;. Murray himself-who_was 'fond of saying.' good­naturedly that a gentlemanshould never be rude except onpurpos~probably would haveanswered Wills (if at all) verygently and urbanely had he livedto see his "Worldview" article inprint.

IIi other words, while he mighthave been momentarily pained,he certainly wouldn't have pan­icked at the thought that he wasbeing written' off by the"now" generation of theologicalstudents and journalists as anintellectual has-been. He had alonger sense of history thansome of the new breed of post­conciliar seminarians and publi­cists and was not' overly im­pressed by their· compulsiveactivism.

On the other hand, with alldue deference to Wills, it's notaltogether accurate' to say thathe "never 'could have understoodthe . young peacenik prk3tsturned out by Woodstock in thelate sixities." That wasn't Fr.Murray's problem at all. He un­derstood them well enough and,in his own way, was truly fondof them. Rightly, .or wrongly,however, he didn't fully agreewith them.

Now that Fr. Murray' is gonethere is no way of telling howhe would have adjusted to his

I junior confreres' (and to theirradically different life style)' asa senior member of the Wood­stock faculty, which has 'now

_40,000 Attend A.nti.,Abortion Rally

SOLEMN CLOSING OF MONTH-LONG MEETING: Following deliberations concern­ing the Revision of the Constitution of the 0 'del' of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, BishopCronin was the principal concelebrant and h::>milist at the Mass concluding the meetings.Following the Mass at Villa Fatima, Taunto:1 the Bishop, center, assembled with MotherGeneral Marie De Piro, SSD from Rome; Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, chancellor;Bishop Cronin; Mother Almerinda Costa, provincial superior; Rev. Antonio Tavares, assis­tant at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton and concelebrant at the Mass.

ShameIt is a poor and disgraceful

thing not to be able to reply,with somE! degree of certainty,to the simple questions.' Whatwill you be? What will you do.

-Foster

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o Send a 'stringless',gift each month to theHoly Father to take care d the countless num­ber of mission emergencies. H~ will use it whereit's needed most.

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o For only $200 in India ~ou can build a decenthouse for a family that now sleeps on the side­walks. SilJlply send your l:heck to us. CardinalParecattil will write to thank you also.

o Feed a refugee family for a, month. I,tcosts.only $10. The Holy Father asks your help tofeed the hungry.,

Somewhere in our 18,ccJuntry mission worldyou can build a complete parish plant (church.school; rectory, and convent) for $10,000. Nameit for your favorite saint, in your loved one'smemory.

o Give a child a chance. In India, Ethiopi". andthe Holy Land you can 'adopt' a blind girl, adeaf-mute boy; or a needy orphan for only $14a month ($168' a year). We'll send you theyoungster's photo, tell you about him (or her).

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Keynotes Bangladesh EffortsVATICAN CITY (NC) - En- pontifical fact-finding tour of

thusiasm is the keynote of the the devastated country.people of Bangladesh for their Father De Riedmatten toldnewly won freedom and their Vatican Radio that "the realdetermination to rebuild their enthusiasm of the populationcountry, according to a Vatican for its new independence and itsrelief specialist. !> characteristic of the country is

Father Henride Riedmatten, determination not only.to rebuildsecretary of the Vatican's relief what has b~en destr~yed butcoordination office, Cor' Unum, also all that IS needed.reported on a recent visit toBangladesh in an interview withVatican Radio Station. The 53­year-old Swiss Dominican, hadaccompanied Archbishop WilliamA. Carew, Apostolic Nuncio tothe East African nations of Bu­rundi and Rwanda, on a recent

Praises President'sStand on Abortion-

BOSTON (NC) - Edward B.Hanify, Boston lawyer and boardchairman of the Human LifeFoundation, 'has praised Presi­dent Nixon's' strong oppositionto the abortion recommendationsof the national populationgrowth commission. ' .

Hanify, a Fall River native,said in a telegram to the WhiteHouse: "Congratulations and sin­cere commendation for yourforthright stand in defense ofhuman life and your repudiationof the destruction ,of the unbornas a means of dealing with prob­lems of popullition."

en by immature men, Leo Abse,a Labor party member of Parlia­ment told the demonstrators.Pretending concern for the wom­an, Abse said, it offers her nothelp but only the surgeon'sknife. '

Malcolm Milggeridge, a formereditor of the .satirical weeklyPunch, declared that back-streetabortionists are now thriving asnever before-and that venerealdisease . and promiscuity are'flourishing in' Britain. .

A counter-demonstration bymembers of .the women's libmovement was so small and in­significant in contrast to theanti-abortion protest that mostof the demo~strators hardlynoticed the women's libbers.

Emphasizing the interdenomi­national nature of the protest inthis heavily CatholiC city, RabbiS. Wolfe . led the prayers toopen the series of talks that cli­maxed the march. Also amongthose on the speakers' platformwere Archbishop George A. Beckof Liverpool; Auxiliary bishopsAugustine Harris and EdwardGray; Anglican Bishop JohnBickerstaff of Warrington; theRev. R. Kissack, representing theProtestant churches of Englandnot officiated with the Anglican;and Miss Jean Lynch, 19, a stu­dent at the Nottingham Collegeof Education, the only Catholicspeaker.

"One of the problems, espe­cially with' the laitY,is that no­body really knows what a priestshould do'. Some think he shouldtake needles out of kids' arms,or .blow up basketballs, or be aguru, or run bingo, or preachpolitical sermons.", ,

In pre-parish couricil 'days, heobserved, priests were mor,e orless left to their own' ways ofservice" ~'but now, people onparish: councils are beginning toask questions."

As part of the new program,job descriptions will be compiledfor every priestly assignment inthe diocese, from pastor to thepriest on special assignment.

The evaluations by superiorswill become part of the priests',personnel records and will be onfile as aids to help him attain hismaximum priestly potential. Thesummaries furnished· by otherpriests, religious and laity areregarded as extra evaluationswhich could confirm or counter­balance the views given by su­periors.

ganized by the Society for theProtection of Unborn Children,an interdenominational groupthat opposes abortion exceptwhen the mother's life is in overtdanger. It has the support ofmany Catholics in Britain, al­though it does not speak for norrepresent precisely the views' ofthe Church.

Britain',s Abortion Act is aconfidence trick played on wom-

"In business, the criteria for,'effectiveness is frequently meas­ured inp~oductivity-in dollarsand cents," he replied whenasked how do you measure apriest's effectiveness?

"But.with us it's not so easy.Mr. Lopez has had .experiencewith educational institutionswhose goals are also concernedwith the f~rmation of' people.

Records on .File

LIVERPOOL (NC)-More than40,000 persons of all faiths fromall over Britain marched a mileand a half through Liverpoolrecently to demonstrate their op­position to Britain's liberal abor­tion laws and practices-.

It was one of the largest dem­onstrations ever seen in thiscountry outside London.

"Abortion kills" was the key­note of the protest march-or-

New Personnel System to GaugeBrooklyn Priests' Effectiven'ess

BROOKLYN (NC)-The Brook­lyn .diocese has begun a perma­nent system of personnel "ac­countability" to find. out· howeffective its priests are.

The evaluation system hasbeen devised by a former Portof New York Authority planningexpert, Felix Lopez. It will beabout a year before the plancovers all 900 priestS in the dio-'cese.

It has these goals:To give the individual priest

information about his currentperformance and what' steps canbe taken to improve his effec­tiveness.

To give the dioce'se informa­tion on which it can base ap­pointments, transfers, re-assign­ments, special ministries and

~ other personnel transactions.According to Father John T.

Mahoney, diocesan personnel di­rector, the evaluation will work",from the top down", with thebishop evaluating his subordi­nates, vicars evaluating pastorsand pastors evaluating associates.

Pioneer Effort"In addition-we think there

should be some kind of evalua­tion of priests by their peers, bymembers of religious orders andmembers of parish councils," hesaid. "But the main evaluatio~

is the hierarchical one,"Father Mahoney said he be­

lieves the system is uniqueamong U. S dioceses and in somerespects a pioneer effort inecclesiastical life.

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Dominicans OpposeQuickie Maniages .

SANTO DOMINGO (NC) ­Saddled with "instant divorce"for tourists, the Dominican Re­public now faces "instant mar­riage" for foreigners.

This is what Archbishop HugoPolanco Br:ito, coadjutor of. SantoDomingo, said in the last of aseries of protests from clergy­men to a "marriage by proxy"bill very likely to be appr~ved incongress.

The law can be used by Do­minicans abroad and ,by foreign.ers in their countries.

forms of human life and which isan indispensable factor in ourearthy reality. If men are to faceand solve the problems of today,we must first reason why thishistoric unity.. has not beenevident in the past. What' hasseparated men's minds? What has'led us to the brink of self·destruction?

These questions and similarQnes can be answered only ifman attempts to restore ahealthier equilibrium between hiscommon ,life and externalactivity. He must become morefully aware of our social heri­tage and the roots of our com·lJlon inberitance.

So long as we allow ourselvesto be absorbed inordinately inour present conflicts 'be theysocial, political or even religious,we are permitting ourselves tobecome a tool in our own self­disintegration. We should begrateful for this modem histor­ical revival because a sense ofhistory on the popular level canbe a factor in restoring to mod­ern man a common purpose anda common intelligence that willbe able to guide and direct the .forces that are changing humanlife.

,Convicts EarnCollege'Deg~ees'

SANTA FE, (NC)-For six ofthe 182 graduates of the Collegeof Santa Fe, the walk up theaisle to receive a diploma be­gan in a prison cell. Four of thesix are currently inmates at theNew 'Mexico State Penitentiary,and two are on parole.

Five received associate of arts'degrees and one a bachelor ofscience .degree with honors to'become ,the first graduates since,the Iprison program began iIt1968.. ,

·"Students. enrolle4 in the pro­gram at' prison are ,as good ,as

, students on our D,laip C81l1PUS,"said !:Brother Regis, who works<at the .prison and'~e. college.: "And they assume'm~e respon-

; "sibility by keepmg records and",prep,aring classroom ;i:p~ter..ial 'for

-the instructor," 'he ~ded.

': The Christian)b:other believes-that ;the graduation :hasencour·,rged other inmate's to ,join theprogram. The enrollment. jumpedfrom· five last semestet"4:o 15, thissemester. Twenty-five former in-,'mates who have participated inthe college program hav.e leftprison and are currently in col­-lege.

Brother Regis' said that therate of recidivism of those whoparticipate in the program is 15per cent, in contrast to the na­tional figure, which is closer to65 per cent.

The program available to the300 inmates is funded jointly by

. the College of Santa Fe and NewMexico and federal governments.

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understanding that time!; andevents are truly shaped and de-'termined by people wh,~ have asense of what we might ca.1l his­toric unity.

More and more men are be·ginning to realize that there is abasi<: unity -which perm.eates all

Others have 'become the falseprophets of violence and riot:So many,read so poorly becausethey actually know so very littleabout the complete story of man,which for a better. word, wecall history. As a result, they arereduced to mere fadist. Today'scrusade becomes the all impor­tant object of a comp:letdy un·balanced and subjective searchfor seeming goods and benefits:

T:hese people, on the one hand,just refuse to consider and eval·uate, historic fact in their head­long: plunge into momentaryenthusiasm or, on the othel" hand,they becom,~ both gods andjudg:es, confining themselves tothe very narrow world of gloomand doom. Both extreffii~S cannotview events and people as theyreally exist in their historicevo­lution. In this 'personal flight intothe inner 'world ·of their ownmind, this very often :leave thereal world of their fellow manand thus outlaw his times andhis ehallenge:;.

Rev. John F. Moore, B.A., M.A., M.Ede5;5. Pe'ter & -Paul, Fall Riiver

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The rece~t explosion of histor­ical personages, -times and eventson the stage ·of popular enter·taimrient has· helped millions, tosome extent, know where manis going because they have' seenwhere he has been. In relation tothe present, they f~el a sense of

A Se·nse of His:tory'_During the past year the American public has wit­

nessed a most unique revival, namely an appreciation .ofhistorical events and personages. Examples of this renewalwould be the programming of the Masterpeice t'elevisionpresentations of Henry VIIIand Elizabeth 1 In the world:Jf, celluloid, Mary, Queen ofScots was one of the pop·ular box office attractions ·of theyell-r along with the Broadwayproduction of Vivat Regina.

No doubt, the superb quality ofsuch presentations has ·had agreat deal to do with their wide.spread appeal. To this end wecertainly applaud the presentand encourage the future and wedo :so with enthusiasm and as·surance.

If there was a time in man'slife when a sense of historic per~

spective is truly needed it is inour own day. The turbulence ofworld events, the shock of con·stant change and the despair ofpersonal politics have left multi·tudes trapped in a' historicvacuum. They have lost a, totalsense of' proportion in theirsearch for the now and the, .mOment.

Many have fled to the very un­real and dream world of dr.qgs.ANCHOR

THE ANCHPR-Diocese of Fall Riv~r=-:Thurs., JUr;'e 8" 1972..4

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GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGERRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rey. John P.Drisc:oll~ lelry pr"S;:-'''11I Rlv,~

Youth .land Religion .Seniors in one Massachusetts high school have de­

cided to hold their traditional vesper service but' without.the customary clergymen and prayers, and even adult guests.

If the young people feel that th~' traditional .program,was a meaningless routine and the bows Jo God and religionjust sops to respectability and. custom then they are telling

. people sODlething. (Although it. i~ interesting to note thatthey are manufacturing a ritual for themselves-momentof silence, clasped han(ls around a candelabra, songs, ad-dresses.) . , .. : .. .

. But one of the seniors has·'explain~d that the youth" today, are 1ess religion minded than their predecessors and

~ :'. lhattoday'syoung people regard religion as ,more of a. ' ,.persomil matter . , " ' ,~ " ~ . • .... •• . " I' • ~

(,::" He may1hav.'e a point. But :the 'young people. wou'1d. be•<~l," well advis~ to ;know what ·is ;going on in the.worM -lest:::~:-they J.ifid!~emselves out of sty-le and'out of step. " : "

Insld'e;;~t1ssia, for examp1e, ,there' is taking':',pllace aI\,":, upsurg~' .J~f -religion to a ,degree that frightens ~'~V1arxist::", ,leaders.: iRreedom of worship 'is becoming a rallyil'lg-point; , and a,,~e of dissent in a nation,that has 'promGted anc} ,:;'( 'enc~~a ',tatheism for more than two gen~rati(}ils•. The"',hostitt~~{;t-owanLreligion in the ·U.S.S.R. has >led not to the·.·expec~~i~]jlannedcontem:ptand, rejection :of ;religion" '", 'but tot.tJ~(,~war.eness among ',many that Marxist· d(!~gma is

.. " no substitute for religion. ,And :t~e great cry from within Russia in defense of

religion comes not alone from the old-fashioned worshippersbut from the youth, intellectuals and professional people.

If the Massachusetts seniors look around them theymight a1so notice the rise o~ the Jesus people and therenewed interest in the spiritual and the supernatural" thatis a phenomenon on 'college campuses and among manyyoung people throughout the United States. ., This,business, t1).en, of downplaying organized religionmay be orily the unthinking temporary attitude of youngpeople Who in this passing stage of their lives have notyet realized its place and value in their lives. It may !be thatthey do not understand that we live together,. we $orktogether, and that religion has a communal .and socialaspect to. it also.

But. the seniors had better be careful that they do notfind themselves shouting old-fashioned slogans brushingaside religion when the rest of their contemporaries haveveered in, the opposite direction. There is' nothipg so em­barrassingas for young people to d'iscover that what' theyare cha~pioning is a cause that is out of date.

What' 'Is Being Bone.A note, of. encouragement on the national scene is the

.fact that Americans are becoming bigger givers than ever,giving a .total of 9.4 billion dollars in 1961 'and giving anamazing '12q.5 per cent in 1971, a record of 21-.2 billiondollars. Gifts are those of individuals, foundations, be­quests and corporations to religion, health, education, wel­fare, civic cultural programs and the· like. Over <lOpercent of the money went to religion.

. This i~ telling people something. It indicates that Amer­icans care about spiritual values, care about one arlOther.It is always easy to point out the neglected areas of con­cern, the places where the demands are not being met, the

'shortcomings in care and concern. 'But -it .is also necessary when looking at these to see

the over-all picture. A hospital pathologist spends muchtime looking at and for diseased tissue. He must look upand around at' healthy people to regain his perspective. .

, And so when considering the many problems in theUnited 'State~ it is well to see what is being done as well

'as to look at what needs to be, done.

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University to HaveNew P'resident

ST. LOUIS (NC)-Father PaulC. Reinert, president of St. LouisUniversity since 1949. will as­sume the title of chancellor nextyear to deal with external long­range pla.nning, development andrelations of the Jesuit-tun uni­versity.

Father Jerome J. Marchetti, ex­ecutive vice-president for 14years, is resigning because of illhealth, but will continue as uni­versity secretary-treasurer. Hisposition will be eliminated withthe naming of a new president,who will handle interior and ad­ministrative functions.

A search committee for a newpresiden:, who must be a Jesuit,will include administrators, fac­ulty, stu:lents and alumni.

THE ANCIiOR-Thurs., June 8, 1972

Urges 'CampaignAgainst Abortion

TORONTO (NC)-ArchbishopPhilip Poeock of Toronto ap·pealed to all Canadians con­cerned about the rising abortionrate in the country to makeknown to members of Parlia-

,- ment their opposition to any eas­ing of restrictions on abortion.

Unless this concern is ex­pressed tl) the legislators, weshall be responsible for the con·sequences of our silence," thear,chbishop wrote in a letter toall pastOT!l in the archdiocese.

"I have been informed thatmembers of the legislature arebeing deluged with letters fromthe pro--abortionists," Archbish­op Pocock. said. "Unless we takeaction to arouse our people fromtheir apathy concerning thismatter we may well be facedwith a further relaxation of theabortion Jaws and with greaterprellsure to perform abortions inCatholic hospitals."

In 1969, the Canadian Parlia­ment pasiled legislation that in­cluded pennitting abortion whena hospital. committee of doctors'agrees th~lt pregnancy endangers'a woman's life or health. Thelegislation does not define whatis meant by health and leavesthe determination of mental orphysical grounds for abortion tothe doctors.

The Catholic bishops of Can­ada 0PPOlled passage of the legis­lation.

Now ,Archbishop Pocock hasurged Toronto pastors to sup­port the Toronto Right to LifeCommittE~e's concerted effort toget the pro-life side of the abor­tion issue across to the people.

Hispanos SupportVietnam Policies

WASHINGTON (NC) - Sixthousand Spanish surnamed pl;lr­sons living in the Miami area de­clared on petitions presented toWhite House officials here thatthey support President Nixon'sVietnam and other foreign poli­cies.

"We are not backing the war,"declared Fausto Lavilla, presidentof the National Journalists As­sociation of Cuba in Exile. "Weare backing the peace. PresidentNixon is fighting for peace."

Lavilla and Dr. Jose Vidana,president of the Rotary Interna­tional Club of Cuba in Exile, gavethe petitions to Herb Klein, thePresident's communications di­rector, at a news confer~nce inthe White House Executive Build­ing.

"We sympathize with Presi­dent Nixon," Dr. Vidana said.."Look what happened in Cubawhen Fidel Castro seized power.If Nixon doesn't adopt a strongposition, South Vietnam will suf­fer the same tonsequences andbe ruled by communists."

to redecorate the interior of thechurch, he was there to help.

Planning the surprise partywas no little effort. His familymade sure Frank was not at St.John's when the announcementwas made at the 5:30 P.M. Mass,on Saturday.

By "arranging a dinner party"in a nearby town, Jason was es­corted to Mass at St. Mary'sChurch in Padanaram while'feverish activity took, place atSt. John's.

He received a plaque from theScouts and a personal gift fromhis family. For once, it wasJason who was surprised by theScouts.

Holy Name LeadersBack School Prayer

MINNEAPOLIS (NC)-Leadersof the National Association ofthe Holy Name Society backeda proposal for prayer in publicschools at a board of directorsmeeting here. /

The board supported a propos­al for school prayer presented byWalter A. Jones, an educatorfrom Washngton, D. C. Theprayer suggested by Jones says:

"Almighty Father, help us toaccept your guidance in all thatwe do this day. Teach us toavoid offending our fellow stu­dents or our teachers by misbe­having in any manner. Give usstrength, wisdom and courage tohelp You establish Your kingdomon earth as it is in heaven."

The board also agreed to urgeHoly Name members throughoutthe country to support the weekof prayer in October proposed bythe U. S. bishops at their Aprilmeetng.

HONORED: Frank S. Jason, Jr., left chats with (ban­quet chairman) Gilbert Ferreira prior to the festivities hon­oring the scouting jubilarian.

He has never turned down arequest for help from New Bed­ford's Catholic community forhelp in starting Scouting pro­grams.

Wherever he is needed, hewill go, is the comment from

, friends and family. When he andhis wife were married in June1939, their attendants at St.John's included Boy Scouts andmembers of the parish Childrenof Mary Sodality.

As a young man, he lived nearthe City Mission and there "gotinvolved" first with the BoyRanger program and then withBoy Scouts.

An expert in survival training,h~ has taught scouts how to liveoff the land. He has served as acouncil worker and when St.,'John's embarked on a program

BY ROBERT LEIGH

Blue Army Buys'Convent ·-in Spain

FATIMA (NC) - The BlueArmy, the worldwide movementencouraging devotion to OurLady of Fatima, bought the con­vent in northern Spain whereSister Lucy, the only survivorof the three Fatima Children,once lived. _

The convent, in Ponte Vedra,formerly belonged to the Sistersof St. Dorothy, a congregationin which Sister Lucy, now acloistered Carmelite nun, wasonce a lay Sister.

The Blue Army plans to con­vert the convent into a. worldcenter, for promoting devotionto the Immaculate Heart ofMary.

Either, Or

The appeal went unansweredfor three weeks, Mrs. Jason re­called. "Then one day I said'Frank, either you take it or wewon't get married!"

With that, Jason "volunteered"and since that time, 25 yearsago, untold hundreds of boyshave benefited from his decision.

Jason would like to see theScout movement grow but thereare two problems. First, therehas been a drop-off in adultleadership.

There is a definite need formore Catholic men to get in­volved in Scouting, he said. Andsecond, there are more demandson a youngster's time these days.

But boys generally are still in­terested in Scouting, said theveteran leader. "Basically, tneyoungsters still love the outdoors. . . they just don't get enoughof this activity."

Although Jason and his wifehave no children of their own,they have "adopted" sons' theyhave come to know and lovethrough Scouting.

"He loves it ... he eats it,"Mrs. Jason said of her husband'sinvolvement in the programs."You just have to like boys andthe training will take care of therest," Jason said.

Charity, Patience

Vocation DirectorsOAKBROOK (NC)-The eighth

annual Midwest Religious Voca­tion Directors' Associations Di­rectors meeting will be held herein Illinois Sept. 11-15 and will"deal with the values of vocationsdirectors as religious personsand counselors. Speakers willdiscuss basic communicationvalues that are "Beyond Tech­nique," the general theme of theconvention.

Freedom of Expression

Archbishop Heston said he wasoptimistic of the future of theCatholic press despite "almostdaily reminders of the precari­ousness of its situation."·

He said that the Magnificat"need have no fear that theChurch will try to muzzle it orinterfere with its freedom ofexpression."

"Magnificat will be expected to'try to explain fully the thinkingof the'Church and of the diocesefor which it is accepted as the'public spokesman.' But if an'unrestricted liberty of expres­sion is maintained' in the non­editorial pages when a particularquestion is under discussion, theChurch will be the last to object.

"If you doubt me-I'm sayingit again!-read the Church's ownassurances in the document fromwhich I have quoted so generous­ly."

, "It is to be expected that an­cient machinery will creak a bitand sometimes jam completely,when it is asked to adapt itselfovernight 'to new movements. Ifthe machinery is constructedlargely of 'human elements,' thenpredictably-and sometimes un­predictably-blockages will oc­cur."

"Charity and patience are stillChristian virtues-more impor­tant than speed, even whenspeed and urgency are indicated-and it helps if one remembersthat obstructions are the resultmuch more often of good willthan of bad. In any case, the tideof change is now so strong t~at

nothing can hold it back for verylong."

BUFFALO (NC) - The Vati­can's top communications offi­cial said here that Rome wants For the first thime in his 50.a free flow of information and year 'career in Boy Scouting,wants it in two directions. Frank S. Jason Jr., of 1036 Rock-

"The Church at the c~nter ex- dale Ave., New Bedford, did notplicitly requires that the ma- know what was going on.chinery for this two-way flow His family and friends of St.should be set up at all levels of John the Baptist Church madeits entire organization," Arch- sure Jason did not know aboutbishop Edward L. Heston told an plans for a surprise party toaudience at a celebration mark- honor him for his dedicateding the 100th anniversary of the service.Magnificat, newspaper of the The affair was held at ,White'sBuffalo diocese. Restaurant in Westport and it

Archbishop Heston, president caught him compiely by surprise.of the Vatican Commission on During his 50 years in scout­Social Communications, quoted ing, Jason, 62" has gatheredextensively from "Communion nearly every award possible, in­et Progressio," a pastoral in- eluding the St. Georpe Medal,struction on Social Communica- given to honor oustanding ser­tions issued last year. "This in- vice as a Catholic scout leader.struction," he said, "is the Jason has been scoutmasterChurch's declared policy on com- of Troop 17 at St. John's for 25munications and she is not going of the troop's 30 years of exis-back on her word." ,I •• ' tence.

However, Archbishop' Hes'ron His wife recalls that he hadtold his audience of 1,500 pbi-- almost no choice over becomingsons, "having a policy is: one' a Scoutmaster.thing" and "putting it into eff~ct I Frank and his then fiancee,is another." .. ,. Miss Alice Correia, were attend­

ing Mass at St. John's whe!! Rev.Leo'J. Duart made an.appeal fora Scoutmaster.

Asserts Vatican,

Seeks Free FlowOf Information

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Media AwardWASHINGTON (NC)-A Paul­

ist priest was named winner inthe TV category for the annualFaith and Freedom awards, tobe presented here June 23 byReligious Heritage of America.Father 'Ellwood E. Keiser, execu­tive producer of Insight Films ofLos Angeles, Calif., was selectedfor a series of films examiningthe major moral· and ethical'probl~ms of modem man.

S~art Commun itySchooI Pr'1O'g'ra'm

PITTSBURGH (NC)-An or­ganization of black sisters hereis spearheading a project whichwould make parents ultimatelyresponsible for' developing cur­riculum, hiring staff, settingpolicy and raising funds for in­ner city parochial schools.

"It is being increasingly recog­nized and announced, in bothparochial and public school sys­tems" that community parentsshould determine the characterof the school that is shaping thelives of their children," said Sis­ter Martin De Porres Grey, pres­ident of the National Black Sis­ters' Conference.

Sister Grey said predominant­ly black inner city parochialschools "are often staffed bypastors and teachers who havebeen in the schools since thedays when the school and com­munity were predominantlywhite."

"Understandably,'" the MercySister continued, "their instruc­tional material and methods didnot change as the communityand ,the needs of the communitychanged."

Responding to requests from32 different inner city schoolsfor help with educational plansand policies, NBSC 'has develop­ed a two-part. community pro­gram.

The Black Sisters' Conference'assembled a team of 10 educa­tional experts including Dr. Ken­neth Haskins, lecturer atHarvard University's GraduateSchool of Education to conducttraining programs for staffs ofinner city schools.

The tel!m will describe newlearning and teaching methodsand ways to collaborate withparents in the local community.

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American Cathollicin Ror:nethe Paulist Fathers in Romesince Pope Pius XI a.ssignedthem the parish in 19.22. Recall·ing the thousands of Americanswho had been served by thePaulists over the years, the Popesaid he blessed all Amerkans.

The Pope asked those presentwho had come from the UnitedStates for the occasion to takeback with them "to all Ameri­cans" his love and blessing.

In his prepared speeeh, thePope paid tribute to the "zeal,dedication, generosity and faith­fulriess of the priests and laitywho during these 50 years haveserved Santa Susanna's andhelped it to fulfill its missionworthily."

lhe three former pasltors inRome for the anniversary werePaulist Fathers Edward Peters;James Cunningham' and JohnDimond. Another former pastor,Father Wilfred Hurley, is ·retiredin Albuquerque, N. Nex.

The present pasto:r, FatherRobert O'Donnell, received a'chaRice from Pope Paul for theparish as a' memento (If the an­niversary.

Parish 'Anl1liverSarlr

LEADING SENIORS AT ST. AlVfHONY HIHH: Prin­cipals among the 100 seniors to be graduated from the NewBedford' Parochial High sclhool at 5 on Sunday evening,June 11 are: Debbie Durand, val,edictorian; Suzanne Greg­oire, president of the' student council; Marianne Lacoste,vice-president of the honor society; Louise Robitaille, salu­tatorian..

Pope' Paul PraisesPresence

. VATICAN' CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI had high words of praisefor the American Catholic pre~­

ence in RomE! 'on the 50th anni­versary of the Parish of SantaSusanna, the parish forAme~­icans living in Rome.

The Pope received in audi!,!nceabout 200 friends and parishion­ers of Santa Su~anna's includingthree former pastors.

After delivering .a preparedspeech in English, the Pope apol­Ogized for his poor prqnunciatioJ;land continued' extemporaneouslyin Italian.

The Pope's extemporaneous re­marks were interpreted by Bish­op Paul Marcinkus, president ofthe Pontifical Religious Work~

(the Vatican Banks), and a for­mer English interpreter for PopePaul.

The Pope praised the work of

being used more and more foryourigster'li clothes. This fall (orI should say mid-summer) whenyou're shopping for schoolclothes, you'll find a wide variety.of knits on' the racks.

Versatile Separates

For little girls the layered lookachieved with popoyer vests andbias skirts will be a favorite, es­pecially since this look can bechanged with the addition of dif­ferent blouses and jerseys. As amother who only has to shop forschool uniforms, I truly marvelat the ingenuity of those motherswho manage to put their girls(and boys) into a differ~nt out­fit each day without breakingthe family budget. However,many' of them are clever enoughto do this by trading on the ver­satility of separates.

Separates are the only waythat dress manufacturers .havebeen able to figure out to 'beatthe decline of the dress l>usinessin the children's departments.They feel that the 70's will bean age when separates will re­place the stock dress. In fact,some buyers believe this sostrongly that if. you want adress for your little girl, you mayvery well end up making it.

Anglican Dean Wins'Appeal of Conviction

CAPE TOWN'(NC)-The VeryRev. Gonville Aubrey ffrench­Beytagh, 60-year-old Anglicandean of Johannesburg, won hisappeal of a conviction of violat­ing South Africa's Terrorism Actbecause of his oppositimi to the'country's apartheid policy ofstrict racial segregation.

The Appellate Division inBl6emfontain set aside the sen:tence of five years' imprison­ment given the former dean lastNovember after he had beenfound guilty by the SupremeCourt on' three counts under theact.

Hearing the appeal, Chief Jus­tice Ogilvie Thompson and two,other judges found that therewas insufficient evidence to sup­port the _, charge that Fatherffrench·Beytagh had channeledmoney from the Lond6n-basedDefense and Aid Fund~which isbanned in South Africa-·to out­lawed persons and. organizationsin ,the country. '" "

Daughter of CharityServed 85 Years

'NORMANDY (NC) - SisterAlexis Kuhn, a Daughter ofCharity of St. Vincent de Paulfor 85 years died recentlY'he~

in Missouri at the age of 102.Born in Wills Creek, Ohio, in

1869, she entered the order inEmmitsburg, Md. in 1886. Herfirst assignment was at St. Pat.

,~eorgeto.w·~, Honors'., .rick'~ school ·in San Francisco.

SAL N · In 1970, after the school hadT . egotlator :. been torn down, apartments for

". WASHINGHTON (NC) - Ger- the elderly were built on its siteard C. Smith, chief U. S. delegate' and named in honor of Sisterto the Strategic Arms Limitation : Alexis. .Talks (SALT),. received a.n hon- After 34 years in San Fran­orary degree at Georgetown Uni- ',' cisco, Sister Alexis .was trans.versity. . ferred to the Kansas City, Mo.,

"His patience and skill at the ." Boy~ Home, and in 1921 shenegotiating table have br<;lUght went to St. Joseph School in

.us at last within reach of 'long New Orleans.. In 1933 she 'reosought goal-a world free from turned to San Francisco to workthe burden and anger of arma- at an orphanage., Since 1936, shement" according to the honorary 'lived at the Marillac Provincialdegree citation. House here,

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'We fly men to the moon, watch our. President visitChina and Russia while sitting in our own living rooms,but the designers of children's clothes have not yet de­signed really rugged' childre~'s wear. I don't mind buyingmy six-year-old terror, a newjacket or two each seasonbut when the bill hasn't evencome in and said jacket isalready not even fit for Good­will, the'n I think somethingshould be done.

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I thought my-girls were hardon clothes but I hadn't comeacross that guaranteed knee­ripper, sleeve-shredder, stain­getter-a boy. True, I did havean inkling of what I was in forwhen as a teacher I had recessduty and watched' a hundred or'so first, second, third and fourthgraders wreck havoc upon oneanother, and, more important,upon one another's clothes:

Why Don't They?

At that time I wonderedwhy they didn't make jacketsleeves to s~and up under thewear and tear of five or so boystugging on them, or why can'tshirts and slacks be made outof material that will resist aslide across a macadamizec! play­ground. Is this really too muchto ask? .

While I must admit that washand wear fabrics have proved aboon to mothers, they too havetheir bug-a-boos, which includean 'affinity for grease stains anda pilling of the fabric after re­peated use. Also, drip-dry whitesdo not keep their fresh look solong as their harder to care forbrethren.

Because knits are easy to c,arefor and wear fairly well if theydon't get caught on anything(this is a lot to' ask of, one's off­spring, who attract protrudingobjects like magnets), they are

Helen Hayes ReceivesSt. Genesius Medal

ROME (NC) - Helen Hayes,first lady of the American thea~

ter, wa's awarded the St. Gene­sius award of the American Par- .ish of Santa Susanna here forher "outstanding dedication ~o

the promotion of Christian prin- .cjples iii the acting profession."

The St. qenesius gold, medal, 'commemorating the Roman actorwho was martyred under the Em-

,peror Diocletian .in' the early'fourth century, was awarded toMiss Hayes at ceremonies May20, as part of the Parish's '50thanniversary celebration.

A second gold medal wasawarded to Miss Helen G. Bonfilsof Denver, well-known Broadwayproducer. Miss Bonfils was notpresent for the award because ofillness 'but was represented byDonald Seawell, ,head of theAmerican' National Theater' As­sociation.

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THE ANCHCR- 9Thurs., Juno 8, 1972

Doctor to ViewMoraI Issue'S

Mildred Jefferson, M.D., willspeak on "Medical and MoralIssues of Abortion" at 7:30 onSunday night, June 11 in St.Patrick's P~rish Hall, Wareham.

Dr. Jefferson is a foundingmember of the Value of LifeCommittee (VOLCON) and pres­ently is a member of the board·of directon in the· capacity ofvice-president.

The lectuce is open to the pub­lic and ther,~ will be no charge.

CompensationParenthood is a sacred obliga­

tion that bears compound inter­est through the years.

-Glasow

J,esuit EducatorOpposes Busing

SAN FRANCISCO (NC) - A'Jesuit priest running for a seaton the Board of Education heredecries busing as a means togain equal Education.

Father Thomas Reed, profes­sor of education at the Univer­sity of San Francisco, claimspeople of all races and economiclevels are aglinst busing becauseit is not an adequate answer.

"I certainly believe in integra­tion," he said, "but in this city,kids are being bused from goodschl?ols to inferior ones. In somecases, a minority famHy willhave managEld to move to a bet­ter neighborhood and their chilodren are being bused right backinto the ama they left. Whatsense is there in that?"

A-s an alternative, he suggestedthat new school zone boundarylines be drawn which would ,in­include neighboring areas in aracial and economic mix andstill 'allow children to attendschools nearer their homes.

The priest als decried thecost of busing which he claims,lessens the money available toprovide quality education. FatherReed has tElught and counseledin public and private schools for23 years.

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Mai'nt,ain 'TraditilonCatholic Hospitals Called Visible Sign

Of Deep Respect for LifeTORONTO (NC) - Amid the "The Catholic and, indeed, the

clamor for easy abortions and long Christian tradition mustthe growing disrespect for non-, have a voice and this voice willproductive persons, Catholic hos- be heard properly only if it ex"pitals stand as a visible sign ists in some tangible and visible"nourishing a deep respect for way. Were it for this alone, Ilife" in contemporary society, would say-go slow about vacat­said Bishop Alexander Carter of 'ing the hospital field."

, Sault Ste. Marie, OntoSpeaking here at the annual Unborn, Weak, Retarded

convention of the Catholic Hos- He suggested that hospitalspitaI Conference of Ontario here, can best serve men "by helpingBishop Carter supported the pub- to save them from the folly oflic witness that Catholic hospi· the destruction of human life, bytals give to Christ by maintaining nourishing a ,deep respect for lifetheir long tradition of service to ... life of the unborn,the weak,the sick, weak and elderly. the retarded, the very old.

~'The Christian 'capital' off "If old age and mental weak-which, our society, has lived in ness is an affront to the pridethese last years is rapidly evap- and self-sufficiency of our timeorating,:', he told the delegates ..: . well, tough! There are great­attending the conference. er values than our petty contem-

"Secularized society is the pat- prary vanities and our growingtern of our times. With all the· pride. How silly both of thesegoodwill in the world we believe are can be meaured by the grow­that this secularization, divorced ing and well-founded fear thatfrom spiritual principle and ac- we are on the road to general

tivated by sentimental' and and.~u;n~iv~e;r;sa~l~s~el~f;-d;e;st;r~u;ct;io;n;.~,,~~:;:;:~::::::~=.])superficial reactions, will bringabout a deterioration in our so­ciety.

"The presence of the Catholichospital would be justified if it

. were only for the faith it pro­fesses in the ultimate destiny ofman and the natural dignity ofthe human being with a conse­quent right to life."

The 'bishop said he feels thatthe present agitation for easyand free abortions will be fol­lowed by a clamor for euthana­sia.

"We are rapidly approachingthe point where' usefulness andproductiveness will become thenorm and basis of our right tolife. All the horror of this is notyet apparent.

RECEIVES LAETARE MEDAL: Dorothy Day, founderof the Catholic Worker movement, speaks at University ofNotre Dame commencement exercises (May 21)' following

, reception of the 1972 Laetare Medal. The medal, given an­nually since 1883 to an outstanding American Catholic, waspresented by Rev. Thedore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., presidentof the University, and in her acceptance remarks Miss Day~ecalled the influence of Notre Dame faculty and alumni10 the early days of the Catholic Worker movement.

and the last traces of flowersand veiling have left thechurch, do, you ever get misty·eyed?

When children you baptizedyears before stand before you tobe married, do you go throughfears and joys with the parents?Somehow, I think that the wordsof the marriage ceremony havemuch more impact on parentsthan they do on the bride andgroom. The parents know themeaning of "its joys and sorrows... for better or for worse."

The young couple think theyknow ... but they' don't under­stand it the way you do. You'veseen so many marriages over theyears-both the good ones andthe bad - that every time you,marry a couple you must wonder­about the joys or sorrows tjley'li'face ... and whether they'll beback to baptize a new genera-·tion or back with unsolvableproblems.

Other Moments

Then there are other moments... when a little one crawls upon your lap and shares a glass ofsoda ... or a first grader runs toyou in the schoolyard, throwsher arms around you and pro­fesses, "I love you best of all.When I grow up, I'm going tomarry you."

What do those moments doto your heartstrings? There mustbe a thrill that they love you.But is there also a tug? I watch­ed a priest holding a child in hisarms, just rocking her gently,till the sleepy-eyed toddler set­tled down and dozed off. Heseemed far away in thought,then said, "You know, hundredsof kids cai! me 'Father' .. b~t notone calls me 'Daddy.' "

Father, you go through all theheartaches, and the worries ...but does anyo~e ever thank youfor the good you've done.

I'm sure you've had influenceon my children that I'm not evenaware of ... bits of advice, 'awarm smile, good example, en­couragement ... and many, manyprayers.

Thanks, Father.Thank you for all you've done

for me.And Happy Father's Day.

Baltimore Nuns VisitWomen ,Prisoners

JESSUP (NC) -:- "I just likepeopre," Sister said, in answerto that old line "What's a nicegirl like you doing in a placelike this-the Maryland Institu­tion for Women?" '

Some 20 Sisters from half adozen communities in the Balti­more area are participating inprograms here organized through

,the Sisters Council of the Balti-more archdiocese. The Sisterstutor, visit, and just talk, usuallyon a one-to-one basis, withwomen prisoners.

From a distance, the red brickbuildings at the Jessup prisonbear some resemblance to asmall college campus. Thewomen live in "cottages" andinside, curtains and a few flow­ers and plants decorate therooms.

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MARY

CARSON

American Jesuit HeadsIndia Association

NEW DELHI (NC)-American­born Jesuit Father James S.Tong was elected president ofthe Indian Hospital Associationat the group's annual conventionhere.

Father Tong, 58, a nath~e ofOwensboro; Ky., is founder ofthe Catholic Nurses' Guild ofIndia and organizer of the Cath­olic Hospital Association, whichhe has served as executive.direc­tor since 1957.

father has to his -children? Doyou go through the anxieties and­the rewards; the disappointmentsand joys? Do you ever get ov~r­

whelmed by all that r?spo~sibil-

ity? 'If I think about all the respo,n- ,

sibilities we parents have to ourchildren, it, becomes almost in-, ..comprehensible . . . . and some­what frightening. Do you everget scared, with your responsi­bilities?

Suppose a mother comes toyou with a problem. She's con­cerned about her daughter hang­ing around with a crowd whosereputation isn't too good. Whileyou're counseling the mother totry to develop other interests forher daughter, and encouragingher to pray, do you ever get ananxious feeling of desperation asyou would if it were your owndaughter?

Are There Doubts?

Can you Counsel, then forceyour mind to go on and takecare of other things, or do theproblems of your parishionerskeep gnawing and/nagging? Doyou, ever have doubts, wonderingif you've done everything youcould - or if there might havebeen something more youshould have done?

Do you ever get frustratedwith yoiJr "children"? Do theycome to you with reasons youknow are illogical.,. but youjust can't ~eem to convincethem?

And what about the timesthey do listen? Like when one ofyour children has decided it'sno longer necessary to go toMass, and hasn't been aroundin a long time. By chance, youhave the opportunity to talk with'him ... He listens. He, comesback with a new devotion and

, firm conviction. Do you feel athrill and elation?

When all your little ones havemade· their First Communions,

Day Specialf.at,h,er of Paris,h?

~less me, Fa~her, for my mind is wandering again ..and It may be a lIttle irreverent. Father I've been wonder-. '109 .•. what does Father's Day mean to a priest? I'm nottalking about how you counsel the children to do nicethings for their fathers. What

. thoughts come to you onFather's Day. Do you feelthe same responsibilities toall your parishioners that a

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jun~ 8, 1972

GETTING TO KNOW US: Fifteen couples from Holy Name andSacred Heart parishes, Fall River, together with their .60 children, makefamily retreat at La Salette Center of Christian .Living, Attleboro. Left,Anthony and Clare Correia discuss questionnaire sheet for couples, "Get­ting to Know Us." Center, "Sunshine Girls," four and five-year-olds have

a rather wide-awake rest period; right, retreatants join priests in diningroom song session. From left, clockwise, Mary and Tom Murphy, Rev.Richard Delisle, ~.S., ,Rev. Arthur Bourgeois, M.S., Rev. R-obert Carter,Sacred Heart parish, Pat and Bill Riley. A mini-retreat was ·included forthe older ,chil<fi~en. .

Fam!ly Retreat at LaSalette f'Jenter £~!ers

Fun, Deepening of Spiiri.tu(ll LiJrf.~

Direc;tory'Lists,Latest Figures

NEW YORK (NC)-The Cath­olic population of the UnitedStates increased by 176,261, butthe number of ,priests and Catho­lic school students continued todecline in 1971.

The figures are found in the1972 Official Catholic Directory,just published by P. J .. Kenedyand Sons here.

The annual reference bookl'ists the total U. S. Catholic pop­ulation as 48,39Q,990 or 23.3 percent of the total population. .

The new directory reports1,054,933 infant baptisms lastY!'lar-33,530 fewer than in 1970.

The number of adult convertsdropped to the lowest yearlytotal since 1940, with 70,012converts, or 5,522 fewer than.in \1970. Other losses reported in'the directory are: priests, down740 for a current total'of 57,421;seminarians: down 2,745 for atotal of 22,963; nuns, down 6,731for a total of 146,914; Catholicelementary and high school en­rollment, down 361,910 for atotal of 4,067,413.

.St. Louis TuitionsTo Remain Same

ST. LOUIS (NC)-For the firsttime in four years, tuition inhigh schools operated by the St.Louis archdioce~e will not be in­creased next year.

Father John J. Leibrecht, as­sociate superintendent of schools,~aid here that tuitions of $335for freshmen, sophomore andjunior students and $355 forseniors will remain the same forthe 1972-73 term.

He also announced that thearchdiocese has signed a con­tract agreement,' with the Arch­diocesan . Teachers' Associationproviding for a two' per centsalary increase for the comingyear and one per cent increasesin ea~h of the succeeding twoyea'rs.

The decision to hold the lineon tuitions next year, FatherLeibrecht said, was made by theArchdiocesan School Board andthe Archdiocesan Council ·ofAdministration, a group which'passes on all major financial ex­penditures in the archdiocese.

BY PAT McGOWAN

"Retreats never used to' belike this!"

Speaking. through a 'mouthfulof pizza, the young husband andfather waved his hand at a room­ful of dancing couples. Upstairsat La Salette Center for Chris­tian Living, the 60 children ofthe dancers were safely tuckedin bed. '

It was all part of a 'parishfamily retreat which brought 15couples from Sacred Heart andHoly' Name parishes in FallR,iver to the Attleboro center.

As many participants recalled,their previous retreats had em­phasized silence and passive lis­tening to a retreat master. Thisone brought everyone into theact. , /

"What about the children?",hi1d been the main concern ofmost parents. They needn't haveworried. An expert corps ofcollege-age counselors, directedby Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lockwoodof Seekonk, whisked them offfor their own cram-jammedweekend of activity, including amini-retreat/for the older ones.

"Have them dressed and. in thelobby. by 7:30 Saturday morn­ing," said Lockwood at a Fridaynight briefing session. "Youwon't see them again untilnight."

Supervision cOlltinued afterthe children were in bed, withcounselors patrolling hallwaysuntil the last parent returned tohis room.

Children Applal11d

Meanwhile parents gathered insmall groups to discuss the basicquestion, "why did you come onthis retreat?" Several said theywere simply curious, while other~

admitted that what with the has­sle of getting several small chil­dren ready for a weekend awayfrom home, they'd almost de­cided not to bother.

But now they w~re here andrelaxed. Their mood was expect­ant. First surprise came when

'they followed Rev. RichardDelisle, M.S.' and Rev.. Robert

Boucher, M.S. of the center staffto a large meeting room for t:1efirst of what used to be calledretreat conferences but nowa­days are more like freewheelinghappenings. On the way theypassed through a double line oftheir own children, vigorouslyapplauding them.. "Why did you do that?" amother later asked her daughter.

"They told us to make youhappy," she giggled, before skip­ping off to her next activity. Thechildren's program was hopefullyto have been mainly outdoors.Pouring rain throughout theweekend scotched that plan, butundaunted counselors came upwith one activity after anotherfor every age level.

Parish Priests

Participating in the retreatwith their parishioners were~ev. Robert Carter of SacredHeart and Rev. Edmund J. Fitz­gerald of Holy Name. Purpose ofa parish experience, rather thana gathering of people. from allparts of the diocese, they ex­plained, is to build parish com­munity, allow follow-up mee::­ings with retreatants, and hope­fully facilitate the making (Iffurther retreats by the samegroup.

There have been many familyretreats at La Salette, but thiswas only the third parish _pro­gram. Previous such retreatswere from St. Patrick's, Somer­set, and another from HolyName.

General theme of the retreatwas prayer, explained by FatherDelisle as "reaching into our­selves and reaching out toothers." Discussions, films andselected music built, on thi:;theme with emphasis on ways inwhich couples could share thl~

Christ life.

A highlight was a ~essjon

titled "Getting to Know Us," inwhich 'each couple went private·ly through a detailed question..naire examining their strengthHweaknesses. "I never knew my

husband so well before," com­mented one wife.

Father Carter and Father Fitz­gerald followed the question­naire session with a. generalmeeting at which they took thesame queries and' applied themt,o. their lives in their parishesand their relationships with pa­rishioners. "The .priesthood islike . marriage," noted FatherFitzgerald. "You take your peo­ple for better or worse.'"

For Better or Worse

,Both priests emphasized theimportance, in reserved NewEngland, "of letting your priestsknow you love them." Often peo­ple have warm feel:ings butdon't show them, said FatherFitzgerald. "A priest can bekilled by the coldnes:; of· hisp,~ople."

What he most wanlted fromhis priesthood, said Father Car­ter, was the opportunity to buildChristian community in his par­ish. He invited pari.shioners tojoin him in this task.

Saturday afternoon there wasthe opportunity for the sacra­ment of penance. with coupleshaving the option of using tra<ii­til)nal confessionals or meeting .with a priest in a conferenceroom.

At night the La Salett.epriestsand the visiting parish priestsjoined in concelebrati.ng a "wed­ding" Mass at which couples re­nE!wed their marital VQ'ws. Theceremony was followed by apizza and beer "wedding recep­tion" and dancing.

Theme of the final day of re­treat was celebration, with cou­ples asked to take a walk to­gether and "talk about all thegood things that hav,~ happenedto you as a couple."

Children joined th,~ir parentsfOI~ a closing Mass at which thealtar was adorned with craft ob­jects they had made during theweekend. Especially striking wasa large branch adorned withLatin-style "eye of God", designs.

Prelate VilifiesLegaI Horror

LONDON (NC) - CardinalJohn Heenan of Westminster,head ,of the English and WelshBishops' Conference, called the1967 British Abortion J\,ct "anact .of Parliament unique in acountry professedly Christian.

"There are signs that manybesides Catholic's now r~alize thehorror of what has been madelegal."

Writing in a' special four-pageinsert in the Universe, a nationalCatholic Weekly , the cardinalprotested the rising toll of abor­tions, which are expected to ex­ceed 150,000 this year in Britain.

"Sir John Peel, past presidentof the' Royal College of Obste­tricians and Gynaecologists, hasbluntly stated" the appallingfacts," the cardinal said. "He hasdeclared as a doctor that to hiscertain knowledge the vast ma­jority of abortions are complete­ly unjustified on grounds ofhealth, either mental or physical. '

"Whatever Parliament mayhave ,intended when it passedthis immoral piece Of legislation,the fact is that in practice wehave legalized abortion on de­mand."

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-photo: the dialogue discussion concerning religious matters that hasbeen introduced by Bishop Cronin and becoming so popular is seen insession at the Falmouth Parish. The Confirmation class in this Capeparish numbered 102.

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for CarmelitesSets GOQls

Private College !,idBill Introduced

TRENTON (NC) - Seventeenstate senators have sponsored ameasure to provide $7 million infinancial aid to private colleges-the first such effort in thestate's history.

Based 0:1 a plan worked outby the New Jersey Associationof Independent Colleges and Uni­versities and the State Board ofHigher Education, the bill is be­ing given an excellent chance ofpassage even though· measuresto aid non-public elementary andsecondary education are stalled.

Introduction of the bill marksthe first attempt to providebroad-scale aid directly. to thestate's private institutions. Itspurpose is to encourage the en­rollment of New Jersey studentsin independent colleges in an ef­fort to avoid widespread expan­sionof the public college system.

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Cardinal Scores'Catholic' Listing

DETROIT (NC) - CardinalJohn Dearder-: of Detroit has de­nounced a li!:ting in the Detroitmetropolitan telephone directoryfor "Catholic Abortion."

"Abortion has always beenseen by the Church as a crimeagainst nature," the Cardinalsaid in a stat~ment, "and to findthe word coupled with the word'Catholic' is an insult going be­yond the bounds of acceptablebehavior."

Cardinal Dearden's publicstatement ca:ne after the Michi­gan Catholic, Detroit archdioc­esan newspaper, and other arch­diocesan offices began gettinginquiries fro:n people who haddialed the "Catholic Abortion"number.

Callers w~re told about anabortion "package," includingroundtrip tra.nsportation to NewYork where a permissive abor­tion law is iri effect.

They were falsely informedthat the Catholic Church wouldsoon be changing its position onabortion, and that if their con­science was troubling them abouthaving an abortion, the servicewould put them in contact with"liberal" priests who would as­sure them that abortion is per­missible.

Cardinal :Jearden is attempt­ing to have the listing removedfrom the telephone directory.

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"Much responsibility must begiven to individual superiorswithin the various provinces. Weare an international group andmust accept the fact that thehead of the order in Rome simplycannot make rules to cover allcircumstances," Father Thuissaid.

Dutch Catholics

The youngest major superiorin the Church, Father ThJ.lis hadseI:ved as vicar of the Diocese ofHertogenbosch in Holland. Hesaid reports in the United Statesand Italy about Dutch Catholicsare often inaccurate.

"There is no undergroundChurch in Holland, and we don'twish to start one," he said.

, He stated that 70 per cent ofthe Dutch Catholics are moder­ate, with'15 per cent extremelyconservative and 15 per cent ex­tremely liberal. Most of the timereports are given on sensationalevents while or;dinary events are'not reported, he said.

"Some of the criticism hascome that the Dutch bishops do

,not use the power of excommu­nication because they are notstrong enough. This is simplynot telling the truth. The bishopsare trying' to keep from alienat­ing people from the Church andfrom each other," he stated.

Hospital CeasesCremating Fetuses

ALBANY (NC)-As a result ofan article in the Evangelist, theAlbany diocesan newspaper, alocal medical center has ceasedcremating infants aborted aftermore than 20 weeks.

The article charged that theAlbany Medical Center Hospitalwas apparently violating healthlaws which require that fetusesof more than 20 weeks' gestationmust be buried or cremated bya licensed agency. City recordsshowed that the hospital wasdisposing of the aborted childrenin their incinerator.

After a formal meeting be­tween the head of the hospitaland Arnold Proskin, the districtattorney of Albany County, thehospital ceased cremating theaborted in their facilities.

In issuing a formal interpreta­tion of the statute, Mr. Proskinwarned that any "formal crim­inal complaint filed relating toviolations of the law will beprosecuted to the fullest extentof the law." He declined to pros­ecute the Hospital for prior viola­tions because he felt "willful in­tent" would be difficult to prove.

of priests and nuns at the Re­newal Center for the CarmeliteThird Order here.

This must be aCyomplished bya living example of brotherhood,not just empty mouthing of slo­gans, he said.

Plurality of Approaches

"For ,example, if we work ina parish where racism is a prob­lem, we must solve it not just bypreaching but by living as broth­ers ourselves. If we have racistsin our own group. we can't solvethe problems of others," he said.

Since the order works in avariety ,of cultures Carmelitesmust have' a plurality of ap­proaches, he said.

PriorNewAYLESFORD (NC)-The new­

ly-elected prior general of tlJ,eCarmelite Order has pledged tohelp the poor in any part of theworld and to improve communi­cation within the order by allow­ing a variety of'viewpoints.

Father Falco Thuis,first Dutchsuperior in the history of theCarmelites, spoke here in Illinoisduring a U. S, tour.

He said "poverty, misery, andinjustice," exists in the UnitedStates and' Europe, as well as inunderdeveloped nations.

This is why the Carmelites areworking in parts of Polandwhich are poorer than parts ofLatin America where 220 Car­melites also work, Father Thuissaid.

"We must fight for' justice,equality and fulfillment of thepotentiality of people whereverwe are. In this way we can laborto bring about the presence ofGod here on earth," the 40-yearold Carmelite ,told an assembly

Louisiana BishopStress'es RulesFor Worship

LAFAYEITE (NC) - BishopMaurice Schexnayder, of Lafay­ette has called on clergy, Reli­gious and laity to comply "con­scientiously and, faithfully" withregulations on worship in theChurch.

He spoke in a statement issuedafter discussions with his dioc­esan consultors.

The discussions were promptedby a report that certain irregu­larities: using table bread andwine for the Mass; offering Masswithout vestments; allowingministers of other faiths topreach Mass sermons; givingCommunion "in the hand" andgiving Communion to non-Cath­olics.

A diocesan spokesman saidthat Bishop Schexnayder and hisconsultors did not wish to con­demn priests or alarm Catholicsby the statement. They sought,he said, to achieve two goals:one, to inform everyone that theauthority for change in the lit­urgy lies not in the individualCatholic priest or layman, but inthe Vatican and the bishop; two,that certain unauthorized actionsin the offering of Mass are par­ticularly serious and they, alongwith all other liturgical aberra­tions, are to cease.

Not Private Functions

The statement called for com­pliance with the liturgical regula­tions approved by the Vaticanand the U: S. bishops. It empha­sized that "liturgical services arenot private functions, but arecelebrations of the Church whichis the 'sacrament of unity,'namely a holy people united andorganized under their bishops."

It noted that recent changes inthe liturgy provide several op­tions to choose from, but "otherchoices are without approval,and generally injurious to theunity of liturgical practice of theChurch." ,

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Students SpeakFor School Aid

CINCINNATI (NC) - Severalthousand Catholic school stu­dents, 'parents, s~hool officials,pastors and high school bandsparaded through downtown Cin·cinnati recently in supportof state aid to nonublii:: schools.

While the speakers includ~d

adult leaders in the campaign for, state aid, some of tlie most spir­

ited remarks came from Catholichigh school students themselves.- Jacki Russell, a Catholic· high

school junior, warned the crowdthat "secularists are in the proc­ess of imposing their beliefs onthe children of the public ~chools

and have thus far succeeded inprevailing upon government toessentially deny tax funds orcredits to children who study inchurch-related schools ...

"By imposing secularism andthereby discriminating againstGod-centered education, the gov·ernment determines what chilodren shall think and believe."

Another student speaker, TonyMaxey, told the audience that

'''nonpublic education cannot af·ford any further costly delays"in its struggle for state aid.

"Enrollment in many of ourschools, particularly in the more

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Acknowledging his own 'goodfortune in receiving a Catholicschool education for 11 grades,he said his joy was lessened by"my awareness that many of myfriends and other children in thecommunity are being deprived ofthis because of their parents'

. lack of finances."

,Endless Possibilities

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of, Fall River-Thurs.'.. .JuneS, ) 972

Seven Last Words

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'''Will, Benedict XIV,survive the intrigues?""Will the Borgias control the Vatican?~~ ,"Will the Church continue to press for peasants'

rights?" "Tune in next week and ..." Impossible toi~agine? I don't think so.' ,Rather, I find it ludicrous to one bitter fact: people aren't at-

t~nding meetings any more. Itignore. We're trying to ed- doesn't matter ,who the speakerucate adults in our church. or what the material, people areWe have conferences, magazines" satiated with meetings andcolumns, workshops and a vir· classes. How long this will lasttual .plethora of adult texts de- is anybody's guess but we sh/ould

prepare for' the eventuality thatit might be perman,ent.

"People won't watch religioustelevision." They wOn't watch'what we offer them today underthe label of religious television... the early Sunday morningkind. (It's the only time kidswon't turn on TV, even for the

•commercials.) PeoplEl will *atchgood programs,- as proved byratings on secular programs like ,

'The Vatican, The 'Robe; and theHoly Week documentaries.

I suggest· we take The Wivesof Henry VIII, by BBC as a modelfor a series called ,The Popes. We.have. to do it objectively, show­ing the bad along' with the good.The value would not be in wash­ing dirty linen (too often hiddenin the hamper until it begins to

'smell) but in teaching us theflavor of the times. We can't ?o·this in books.

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voted to interesting our Catholicadults into coming to class ~o .learn their religion on a grown-up level. '

But they aren't coming.They're home' .watching HenryVIII and Elizabeth R and Civili­zation and 'The Last of theMohicans on television~ If Mo·hammed 'won't ,', come, to· themountain, then let's finally takethe mountain to him. Let's, asperceptive catechists, try ul>ingthe airwaves to teach our Cath­olic adults.

I'vs written of the need, touse television in religio!1s edu­cation before and since then Ithink I've heard just about everyreason why it won~t work. Hereare those reasons with my reac­tion.

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The ,popes don't seem like real Franciscan nuns has opened apeople to us. Neither did Henry House of Wilderness here to il­VIII until he was brought to life lustrate a "certain way of renew­as a real person in a real country al" in lifestyle to help people outwith all kinds of pressure beat· of the wilderness of mechanizeding on him, The series taught us modern life.as much about life at that time The six Sisters are membersas it did about the various wives. of an experimental province ofWe have enough material on the Sisters of the Third OrderThe Popes to last thtee years tm of St. Francis of Pepetual Ad­TV and' then we can begin again, oration, headquartered, in La-fqllowing each ;program with Crosse, Wis. '

, study guides and bibliography to They have been quietly explar­."met the inevitable interest of ing directions for 'post-Vatican' watching Catholics. The educa- II renewal in terms as old as St.'tional possibilities are endless Francis and as new as Earth

and exciting. ' DI don't think the Church would ay.

coine off looking' too badly; As one put it:'either. When she does appear "There's a great wilderr.:esstarnished liistorically, it's be· within, people-a need to devel­cause certain segments and op a more integrated 'relationshiplaws and actions are'taken out between themse~ves ",and theirof context rather than discussed " environment."in' relationship to the' iimes. ,- The Sisters were, invited toMariy Catholics, for example, Vancouver by Archbishop Jamesbetter understand the problems F. Carney. Since last August

, of the Church during the time of ;, they have made' themselves atHenry VIII as a' result of that home amid the towering treesseries than they understood of beautiful British ',Columbia.them by'studying:Church history. ,They have been teaching in St.

"We don't have the exppertise Jude's parish school; furnishing-to'do it>' We do. We 'have the' their modern home, with thingswriters in 'a 'church v.'here news- 'of the e!1-rth, re~di1y' availablepapers are clisappearilt"g. We from natural sUrroundings, andhave always' had great numbers 'preparing themselves for renewalof peopietalent~d in the' aits. ' projects here..Their' talents" are lying latent, The visitor is greeted upontoday or 'go~rtgsecular. ~,

We have a riCh Catholic his-tory and we are ignorant ot' it,for the 'most part, 'We pavedozens of programs like' TheAgony and the Ecstacy in' em·bryo: We have some llf the most

Joins Campaign interesting and spell-bindingWASHINGTON (NC) - Judith characters in history right there

Weahkee, a Zuni-Hopi Indian, in our, history - of - the - churchhas joined, the U. S. bishops', books. Sadly, that's right whereCampaign for Human, Develop- r':';':theY're 'staying.ment ~s an assistant associate' If we can't interest our,director. She will evaluate' pro- Church in The, Popes, maybe weposals for campaign' grants. • should go to BBC. ' ,

"We've never done it that waybefore." Someone called thesethe seven last words of theChurch. I wonder if the monkshad this much trouble sellingbooks after. the printing pressappeared. '

"We don't have any' money."Add up all the monies now beingspent and duplicated in a fruit­less attempt at adult educationand we could buy prime timeone evening a week for thewhole country. '

Successful educational' TVproyes that it ,sells pooks on thesubject. During The' ForsytheSaga, bookstores couldn't' keepthe books' in stock.After TheWives, of Henry VIIi, there wassuch a demand for books on thatperiod in ~nglish history that

,editions long out of dellland wererushed ,i!1to print... KennethClark'~ Civilization aroused thesame kind' of reader interest.The publishers would have goodreas9n for backing such a ven·ture' as good religious educationprograms.

"It takes religious 'educationout of the Ghurch. '! Right, andit puts it where p,eople are today-home. We might as well face

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NEW YORK (NC) - FatherJames C. Finlay has been namedpresident of Fordham Universityhere succeeding Father MichaelP. Walsh.

Father Finlay, dean of Ford­ham's graduate school of' artsand sciences since 1968, will .take over as head of the univer-sity July 1. '

A native of Irlliand, Fr. Finlaycame to the United States in1928 and entered the Society ofJesus in 1942. He received a doc­torate in political science fromDuke University in 1960. Hecame to Fordham that year as amember of the political sciencefaculty.

Baptist-CatholicDialogue Held

LIBERTY (NC}-The sixth an­nual Baptist-Catholic dialoguewas held here in Missouri atImmacolata Retreat house to dis­cuss understanding of the Chris­tian faith, doctrines, and spe­cific issues from the viewpointof the two denominations.

This year's meeting explored"The Meaning of the Separationof Church and State in theUnited States Today," as it af­fects Catholics and Baptists.

A steering committee wasformed to assist local congrega­tions -in discussin,g and reflectingthe progress of the dialogue sofar and to encourage feedbackfrom the local churches.

The Baptist stand on Church­state separation was drawn fromthe Baptist Joint Committee onPublic Affairs. The prortounce­ments of Vatican Council IIserved as the basis for theCatholic views.

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Humphrey SupportsTax Credit Plan

CLEVELAND (NC)-Sen. Hu­bert H. Humphrey, campaigninghere for the Democratic, presi­dential nomination, urged pas­sage of federal tax credit legisla­tion for parents of nonpublicschool students.

Humphrey said that his ownstate of Minnesota "had the fore­sight and practical good sense"to allow state income tax credits"not to exceed 80 per cent ofpaid tuition" of nonpublic schoolstudents.

The approach is constitutional,he said, and similar legislationshould be' passed by the Con­gress. Twenty-one tax creditbills have been introduced inCongress this year.

"I am concerned," the senatorsaid, "that the American tradi­tions of cultural and educationalpluralism are endangered by thefinancial crisis facing non'publiceducation. When nonpublicschools are in trouble, all schoolsin America share in these hard­ships."

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Stang; Student Is Youngest Master EverOf Mattapoisett G,·ange

BY ROBERT LEIGH

It's hard to catch Mark Breton.And with the schedule he main­tains and has maintained for thebetter part of his 17 years, it'seasy to understand why.

Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs.Real R. Breton of West HillRoad, Mattapoisett, is a youngman on the move.

When he's not studying tomaintain his B-plus average atBishop Stang High School inNorth Dartmouth, he might be atSt. Anthony's Church in Matta­poisett where he was an altarboy for six years, or out at theReservation Golf Club, where hehas a 14 handicap, practising forthe Big I tourney later thisspring, or down at the Matta­poisett Grange 215.

Mark became the youngestmaster in its history when hewas installed last September atage, 16.

While a member of the JuniorGrange, Mark served as masteras well as being' active in otheroffices.

He was the recipient of theSuper Junior Grange Awardpresented by the state Grangefor his accomplishments while inoffice. "

Active in CYO

Besides 'serving in Grange ac­tivities, Mark was an altar boyand participated in the parishCYO program.

He also worked with studentsat St. James Church in New Bed­ford, helping in a tutorial pro­gram set up by the parish school.

Mark was ~ctive in Boy Scouts,winning the Ad Altare DeiAward three years ago while amember of Mattapoisett's Troop53.

Prior to coming to Mattapoi­sett, Mark was involved inchurch' activities in Meriden,Corin., his former home.

With all his outside projects,he carries a heavy school load,including advanced ,algebra,French, American culture andChemistry at Stang High School.

He hopes to be recommendedfor entry into one of the na­tion's leadingmilitary academies.He has no choice now.

He might play ball for one ofthe services, since he has wonletters both in football, as a quar­terback and, in golf.

Develops Responsibility

Mark feels that Grange activi­ties have helped him mature.The Grange motto of "Patrons ofHusbandry" indicates its concernfor agriculture and animal care.

Grange brings people of allages and persuasions toge'ther,aiming to develop responsibilityand aid the community.

Mark's sister, Marybeth, 15, isa member of the Junior Grange.A brother, Peter, is a student at

Spanish-American the U. S. Military Academy atWest Point.

Pastoral Plan Goal The young man feels his activ-WASHINGTON (NC)-Catholic ities and -associations will make

leaders working with the Span- him a better adult. His scheduleish-American community will., wiiI be a busy one the next fewmeet here June 19-22 in the first ' weeks.step toward developing a pas. The Mattapoisett Grange istoral plan for those working in preparing a representation to thethis apostolate. 100th anniversary celebration

Participating in this "Encu- Sept. 17 at the Eastern Statesentro Hispano de Pastoral" will Exposition in Springfield.be bishops, diocesan delegates, Mark is also on a Youth Com­and leaders from the Spanish- mittee to raise funds, a bowlingspeaking community. It is under team that hopes to compete onthe sponsorship of the UnitedStates Catholic Conferences'sDivision for the_ Spanish Speak-ing. .

Emphasizing the importanceof such a meeting, Paul Sedillo,

, division director, noted that "theSpanish-speaking p.eople in theU. S. now comprise approximate­ly 25 per cent of the AmericanCatholic Church."

"The purpose of the meetingis to discuss long ~nd short­range goals of the Hispanic­American community in all areasof its life," said Bishop JosephBernardin, USCC general secre­tary, who invited the Americanhierarchy to attend.

Jewish LeaderSees ThreatIn Evangelism

NEW YORK (NC) - Key '73, •an evangelism crusade withProtestant and Catholic backing,has "raised serious concern"among "Jews, according to thereligious affairs director of theAmerican JewiSh Committee.

In an introductory statementto a compendium of documentson Jewish-Christian relationsRabbi Marc Tanenbaum saidKey '73 ... "may become asource of tension and conflict ifits nationwide campaign doesnot continue to be sensitive tothe living, permanent reality ofJudaism and, the dignity of theJewish people who by no meansperceive themselves as candi­dates for conversion."

Key '73 has been supported bysome Catholic bishops and main­line Protestant denominations,as well as by t~aditionally evan­gelical Protestant denominations.

"As a matter of freedom ofconscience the Jewish commu­nity recognizes the inherentright not only of Christians butof all religious communities topropagate their faith and to seekconverts," Rabbi Tanenbaumsaid.

But he added that "an objec­tion that is raised by many inthe Jewish community to mostconversion and evangelism, pro­grams is that these usually arebased on a stereotyped and car­icatured view that holds Judaismto be a dessicated fossil thathas been superseded by the !newIsrael' of Christianity. Obviouslysuch 'a v,iew -is not only untrueto the facts, but is also a moraloffense against the dignity andthe honor of the Jewish people."

Heartening Developments

Rabbi Tanenbaum also notedthat "many major Christianbodies" have "in one form oranother clearly condemned anti­Semitism and have repudiatedthe use by any Christian orbiblical or theological teachingsas the basis of hatred of Judaismor the Jewish people."

Among the documents citedwas one issued in October, 1971by the Sixth Synod of the Arch­diocese of Cincinnati, which in­cludes a comprehensive sectionon Roman Catholic-Jewish rela­tions.

Rabbi Tanenbaum aiso statedthat "the response of Christianbodies to the plight of the threemillion Jews in the Soviet UniOnin recent months has been one ofthe most heartening and positivedevelopments that has resultedfrom the extensive growth anddialogue between Jews andChr,istians over the past dec­ades."

114 Men Take StepToward Diaconate

CHICAGO (NC)-One hundredfourteen men took the first steptoward the permanent diaconatein a ceremony at Holy Name Ca­thedral here Sunday.

Cardinal John Cody presidedat,the ceremony in which themen were "admitted to the cler­ical state"-a new designationfor the traditional order of ton­sure.

The candidates, ranging in agefrom 35 to 70, are scheduled tobe ordained permanent deaconsnext January.

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ST. MARY,NANTUCKET

Members of the Women's Guildwill receive Holy Communion atthe 10:30 Mass on Sunday morn­ing, June 1i and will have abrunch in the rectory followingthe Mass.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUALHELP, NEW BEDFORD

New officers of Our Lady ofPerpetual Help Society will beinstalled Sunday, June 25 at abanquet to be held at the Coach­men restaur!lnt, Tiverton. Reser­vations may be made withMrs. Helen Bobowiecki, presi­lent, or Miss Pauline Waclawik,vice-president. Chairman Mrs.Adelia Michaul will be assistedby Mrs. Florence Goyette, co­-chairman.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER'

The Men's Club announces aSpring Frolic, to be held in theschool'hall Saturday night, June

"10. A buffet will be served from7:30 to 9 and dancing will fol­low until 1 A.M., with music bythe Happy Notes. Joseph Am-

'aral, club president, is generalchairman for the affair.

A pre-festival parish auctionis scheduled for 10 A.M. Satur­day, June 17 in the church hall.Pickups of donations may be ar­ran'ged with Frank' Braney Jr.,chairman, at, telephone 676-9391.

Parishioners and non-parish­ioners are invited to participatein a 75th anniversary trip to theBahamas on the weekend of Oct.20. Reservations may be madeat the rectory.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

There are a few openings ingrade one of the parish school.Registration will be open to non­parishione~s after Monday, June12.

A party for the 1923 Cltib willbe held Saturday, June 24 at theschool.

ST. JOSEPH..AlTLEBORO

Members of the 'Womel)'sGuild planning to attend the in­stallation banquet scheduled for6:30 on Tuesday evening, June11 are requested to call Mrs.Anita Maigret at 222-6525 assoon as possible. .

Detective Lieut. Clarkson willbe the guest speaker.

The knights of the Altar withthe Apprentices, together withtheir families, will hold a picnicon next Sunday starting at 1o'clock. There will be gamesand prizes for all .age groups.

Publicity chalirmen of parish or­ganizations art! asked to submitnews items for this column to TheAnchor, P. O. BOK 7, ~all River.02722.

SANTO CHRISTOFALL RIVERTh~ Council of Catholic Women

will hold a hrea,kfastfollowing9 A.M. Sunday Mass, June 11.Members wishing to attend whohav.e not made: re,servations maycalli Mrs. Mary Gagn!'l at 674­7587.

, A dinner meeting is slated forTuesday, June 13 at the Skipper ..restaurant, Fairhaven.' Busseswill leave the church at 6:30P.M. 'and reservations' may be made,with Mrs. Ma~, Silvia, telephone672-7872,' or, Mrs. PalmiraAguiar, telephone 674-3253.

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The Holy Name Society willsponsor a breakfast meeting fol­lowing 8 A.M. Mass Sunday,June 11. Wives ailld families areinvited. The ulllit plans a base­ball. trip for Sunday, June 18.

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There will be a beachcombersdance on Saturday night, June 24and tickets may be obtainedfrom any parishioner o~ at therectory.

Bingo is playe,d every Wednes­day night at 7 in the school onForest Street.

Courses in remedial math andreading will be conducted in theschool from June :!6 to July 21.For further infoirmation can, 678­2152.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Preprimary pupiils of the par­ish school will hold graduationexercises at 10 on Friday morn­ing, June 9 in the recreation hall,while the eighth graders will re­ceive their diplomas at a specialgraduation Mass s'cheduled for7:30 on Wednesday night, June14 in St. Anne's: Church.

Tickets' are available at therectory for the Hoily Name spon­sored Father's Day Communion'breakfast.

ST. MICHAEL,OCEAN GROVE

The Annual Save Our SchoolBazaar is tentatively scheduledfor two weeks, namely the threeday-period of Aug. 11, 12, and.13and Aug. 18, 19, and 20.

Henry A. Dion, Jr. will serveas chairman with Edmund Ban­

.. ville serving as co-chairman.

REV. ARNOLD 'E. SIVLERY

Missione'r DiiesOn Jubilee E"e

Rev. ArnoldE. Sille~" M.S.,who would have celebn.ted his25th anniversary as a priest :inthe La Salette order on May 31, ,died May 26 at the La SaletlteVilla' Mont Planeati, F:dbour,g,Switzerland.

A native of New Bedford, the51-year old priest was in Switz­erland pursuing advanced studiesat the University of Fribourg.

Father Sillery was a son ofthe late John H. and Ida L.(Quintin) Sillery. He is survive"dby a sister, Mrs. Herbert {irene)Isherwood of New Bedford.

He was educated in parochialschools of New Bedford and theLa Salette minor seminary ofEnfield, N.H. Having completedstudies in philosophy and theol­ogy at La Salette Seminary, At­tleboro, Father Sillery was Ol~­

dained to the priesthood on May31, 1947, by the late BishopJames E. Cassidy.

In June, 1948, Fa~her Sillerywas named a teacher and prefectof discipline l,lt La Salette Sem­inary of Enfield, and served asdirector of Camp Pius XI, untilAugust, 1953, when he becamean instructo'r at La Salette Sem­inary, East Brewster. A yearlater, he was named a curate atOur Lady ()f La Salette, Mont­real, Canada, where he was ele­vated to the post of Superior andPastor. In August of 1961, hewas named to a second t,erm aspastor. In August, 1965, he be­came pastor of Our Lady of theHoly Rosary, Windsor, Ontario.

Continuing his education in thelight of Vatican II, Father Sille~,

entered the University of Fri­bourg on Sept. 11, 1971, for ad­vanced studies in theology.

A Mass of Christian Burial wasconcelebrated at 10 on Wednes­day morning, June 7, in St. Jos,·,eph's Church, South Main Street,Attleboro. '

National Birth Rate'Continues to Drop

WASHINGTON (NC)-The na..tional birth rate - number ofchildren born per 1,000 people,in the country - has, r~mainedeven lower than it was duringthe Depression years of the1930s.

According to the Na,tionalCenter for Health Statistics herewhich computes the U. S. birth"rate monthly, the nation aver­aged 15.8 children per 1,000people in the first three monthsof 1972.

The new figures indicate theU. S. birth rate has now drcppedfor 13 of the last 14 months. Inthe f.irst"quarter of 1970, the ratewas 1,7.5, compared with a rate

, of 18.6 in 1936, lowest birth rateeluring the Depression.

Climbing Peace had tQ~be de­stroyed when we b'uilt the addi­tion on the house), planted thewindow boxes (generally a taskthat doesn't .work out, as wellas I intended it to), and startedsome herbs to lise in the kitchenbut basically I left the actualgardening up: to Joe, and hisfather. . '

~.' ,Finally, Convert~d"

, This ye~ i have finally' dis­covered the joys that one canfind in tending God's growingthings. I still . rparvel at thechange'that takes place in the

,garden and its. surroundingswhen May appears and suddenlythe world is no longer coveredwith greyness but, suddenlybathed in soft green.

Where there were brittle twigs,there are now lush green vinesor vibrantly alive bushes. Work·'ing with these plants is not onlyrewardirig but relaxing. In factI'm enjoying it so much that per­haps f can talk Joe into tradingcolumns if I can only convincehim of the joys of cooking.- With the price of meat what itis today most women are lookingfor ways to stretch the family'smeat dollar and what betterway than buying a pot roast.This recipe is a more unusualmixture of ingredients than isordinarily found in this type ofrecipe but the results are quitetasty, especially the sauce.

Sweet and SOll~ Pot Roast'

5 lb. chuck or round pot roast2 to 3 Tablespoons flour

.2 Tablespoons salad oil1% cups beef broth '1 can pineapple' tidbitsY2 cup sliced celeryY2 cup cider vinegar1,4 cup dark brown sugar1 teaspoon ground ginger1,4 cup cornstarch6. sweet potatoes

1) Wipe roast with damppaper towels. Roll in flo).lr untilevenly coated., Heat oil in Dutchoven and brown roast well on allsides.

2) Stir in I, cup of Qeef broth,pineapple tidbits,Emd syrup, cel­ery, cider vinegar, brown sugar,soy sauce and ginger and bringto boil.

3) Reduce heat to low andsimmer covered 2 to 2Y2 hours,or almost tender.

4) Meanwhile pare 6 sweetpotatoes. Cook in salted boilingwater 30 minutes until tender.Drain, keep warm. "

5) Remove roast to hea~ed

serving platter, slice sweet po­tatoes 1,4 inch thick and arrangearound roast. Keep warm.

6) In small bowl stir remain­ing % cup beef broth intocornstarch then stir 'into panliquid. Cook, stirri'llg constantly,

,until mixture thickens and comesto ,a boil. Boil 3 minutes. Spoonsome of the sau'ce Clver the sweetpotato slices.

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Worth the Cost

Prices are high for thes"e stun­ning plants but they are worthevery penny invested in them. Ihave had no trouble with themas far as hardiness is concerned.All of mine are healthy andstrong and are growing on thenorth and east of the housewhere they are slightly protectedfrom strong winds. I mulch themevery Spring after fertilizing andthe only other special care Igive them is to be certain that

,they are given more than enoughwater during the dry summermonths.

An added plus is that theycan be moved with no difficulty.As with most azaleas, their rootstructure is such that they rootrelatively close to the surface sothat they can be lifted andmoved with no difficulty.

Azaleas ,are always appreci­ated for their burst of color inlate May, when gardens tend tohave little bloom, but these giveus the added bonus of being ex"ceptional specimen plants.

In the Kitchen

Quite a few years ago I readJanet Gillespie's book, Joy Of ASmall Garden, and while I en­joyed her .delightful chatty styleand charming narrative I didn'tenjoy it as much as I would haveif I had gone out immediately,taken over a piece of Joe's gar­den and tried for some joy of myown. But very often we're justnot ready for a certain hobbyand evidently I wasn't ready atthat time. Now I suddenly realizethe pleasure that can come fromplanting some tiny insignif.icantlooking piece of greenery andwatching it grow into a beautifulplant.

Oh, over the years' that we'vehad the g"arden I've helped Joepick out some of our roses (them.ost beautiful of' these, the

Advocates, Exbury AzaleasFor Height, Glowing Color

By 'Joseph and Marilyn RoderickAs I write this coiumn the azaleas are in, bloom and

they are gorgeous. We are particularly struek by the Ex­bury azaleas which we have been adding :to the gardenover the past five years at the rate of ()ne a year. These,

, are hardy azaleas which arecharacterized by very large'clones' of flow~l'S and which

,make a great deal of upwardgrowth. This m~~es' them a per­fect foil for the low' growing'~zaleas ';"hich we commonly' find'in this area.' , "

. . . The color~ of the -'Exbury mustbe handled wilth care., I have apale lemon, a vivid' yellOW, a

, gold with touches of yellow, avery vivid flaming orange and awhite' and pink variety. The,colors are in fact so startlingthat care has to be taken toavoid mixing them. Wherev!'lrExburys are planted 'they, shOUldeither be the sole color or theyshould be blended with' other

-shades' of 'the same color so as. not to. have too much contrast

Up until this year I have or-. dered these azaleas from cata­logs, but now I find the area nur­series are carrying them so Ilook f,orward to buying mine lo­cally rather than sending forroot varieties which take severalyears to produce.

made the travel reservations forus to come toget:ler. The Spirithas given us the urge to travel;we have only to supply our ownmap.... How long that journeywill take is known only to God.

"We should not wait for per­fect accord on every tenet of ourfaith before we address ourselvesto the perplexir..g problems ofour society. Together let us re­spond as Christia ns to all of oursuffering brothers."

Provides TextbooksJEFFERSON CITY (NC)--Gov.

Warren E. Heames has signed abill that provides state aid topupils in nonpllblic schools inMisslturi. The nlew law will in­clude nonpublic school studentsin the state's Free Textbook

Fund. The fund :provided $9 mil­lion in textbooks to public schoolstudents last year and rc-:orrleda $3' million sur.plus.

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

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tions and the authority .of bish­op·s.

But he interpreted "these in­ternal Catholic squabbles" as apotential blessing for the ecu­menical· movement.

"We are learning about' thosethings which could be changedwithout doing violence to theGospel," he said.

"We are learning to live withthe diversity of thought andopinion while maintaining aunity. I believe this acceptanceof diversity is an important pre­requisite helping -our ecumenicalefforts bear fruit."

BishQ,P M8'1ClIle, Catholic co­chairman in 1henational Meth­odist-Catholic -diaWgue, expressed,both optimiSlll aad enthusiasmabout the futllre.@f the ecumeni­cal movement. .

"Our prayers for Christianunity one day will- be answered,"he said. "The Holy Spirit has

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Potential Ecumenical Blessing

Most Rev. Edward T. O'MearaNational Director

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

Turmoil

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ATLANTA (NC) - The manyinternal controversies currentlytroubling the Roman Catholic_Church may in the long run clearaway the underbrush blockingthe path to Christian unity, aCatholic bishop told UnitedMethodists here.

Bishop James W. -Malone ofYoungstown, Ohio, acknowl­edged to the United Methodistquadrennial General Conferencehere that, to outsiders, the tur­moil within 'Catholicism todaymay seem a dismal omen forecumenism.

To Protestants, he said, it mayappear "that Catholics are 'sodivided ,en so many issues flhatwe ,qannot agree on Catholic.Unity, much less obtain Christianunity." .

Bishop ~Malone noted the con­tinuing ferment since the SecondVatican Council on such mattersas· celibacy, the papacy, ordina­tion of women, liturgicalques-

Profits Leave

Then take into account thethird point-that in the develop­ing cities, growing four to eighttimes as fast as population,much of the industry is'Western­owned and sends its' profits backto America and Europe. Much ofthe technology, invented in theWest, is designed to use capital,not labour. So even the invest­ment produces insufficient jobsand cannot offset rising unem­ployment.

And, last of all, markets need­ed to absorb the production ofthe new industries' are obstruct­ed-locally by the poverty of themasses, internationally by West­ern tariffs and the co~petition

of multinational giants like I.B.M.and General Motors. The result?The Bishops sum it up thus:''These stifling oppressions con­stantly give rise to great num­bers of "marginal" persons,

ill-fed inhumanly housed, illit­erate and deprived of politicalpower as well as of the suitablemeans of acquiring responsibilityand moral dignity." .

This is the fundamental chal­lenge of world justice - to re­verse historical fatality and towork together for a more humanworld.

Population;al/Jis'..{ , l'...

Take ,next the 01i#Qai ·Issue ofpopulation. ThroQ~t ,the de­veloping world,the.sariita-ry andmedical revolutions 'Which havehalved death ra~. ·$ld put anend to prodigious iRfaPt, mortal­ityhave occurred' ,aliead ofchanges in farming':ood' foodproduction. PopulatIGn growingby nearly three per cel'lt a year,the work force by two per centmeans that the' pressure on foodsupplies and on rural jobs issteadily increasing. There is toolittle surplus food and capital,too many surplus labourers.

Where can they go? Here weencounter three other differencesfrom the relative good fortune ofdeveloped lands. Colonial terri­tories acquired European-typecities for administration and toorganize the export of local rawmaterials-minerals, tea, coffee,cocoa. Most of these cities areports - Rio, Lagos, Calcutta.Thus cities exist ahead of indus­trialization and urban jobs. Toth~m the surplus labour in agri­culture streams in ,a migratoryflood. .

Notice secondly that the alter­native-moving to open, not yetsettled temperate continents-isan option that is closed by thefact that the Westerners got'there first, even to such last andstill colonized pockets of tem­perate land as Southern Rhode­sia.

tended to freeze the ·dependence. of the present on small land­lords and rent collectors. In Af­rica, tribal farming was notchanged and 'in many areas Eu­ropeans took the temperate land.All this meant that, historically,the developing world 'coUld notgo through the critical Pl'econdi­tion .of the modern eCl'lnomy-alarge increase of output'. on -thefarms. '. , '"

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BARBAftA

Forceful Takeovers

Western colonial settlementand control spread around theworld between the sixteenth andtwentieth century. Takeoverscame whenever and whereverlocal tribes or peoples were tooweak to withstand the drive ofthe incoming Europeans-Aztecsand Incas in South America inthe 16th' century, the Rajahs ofthe Spice Islands in the 17thcentury, India in the 18th cen­tury, the Red Indians of NorthAmerica and Russia's Asian con­quests in the 18th and 19th cen­turies, the Africans first byslavery and then by conquestthroughout the whole period.China nearly succumbed in thelate 19th century. The last force­ful takeover was Italy's conquestof Ethiopia as late as 1936.

During these centuries, thebasic fact was that a large partof the world virtually lost con­trol over its own affairs justwhen the economic and socialimpact of the successful Westerntraders, colonists and settlerswas becoming more and morepowerful. This powerlessnessmeant that they did not and in­deed could not share in the for­tunate historical sequence fol­lowed by the conquerors.

Take first of all agriculture.In Latin America, the incomingfeudalism of Spain and Portugalkept the land in huge estates de­signed for power and luxury, notcareful husbandry. Even todayin many Latin American lands,less than 10 per cent of the peo­ple still own 80 per cent of theland. In Asia, European control

"The rapid growth of popula­tion and of the labour force, be­cause of rural stagnation and thelack of agrarian reform, and be­cause of the massive migratoryflow to the cities, where the in­dustries, even though endowedwith huge sums of money, never­theless provide so few jobs thatnot infrequently one worker infour is left unemployed."

But why have all these diffi­culties become, as it were, selfreinforcing and self perpetu­ating? To understand this fact,we have to look at the explosioninto the world of the new tech­nological order and look at itseffects, not on those who in­vented and, in a sense, masteredit, but on those who were, onthe contrary "at the receivingend."

Working for M'ore HumanWorld Is Bas,ic Problem

If the developed world owes much of its vast predom­inance in wealth and power to a series of fortunate histor­~cal chances, much of the poverty of the less developedlands is equallY.rooted in a sequence of historical change- .political, social, economic­which has worked to per­petuate their poverty. TheSynodal documents picksout the following factors in theircondition of "obdurate under­development:"

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., June, 8, 1972 .' ..

KNOW YOUR---------------------------------------------

tII What •IS Really Meant?' II lrhe ,Child· in I••day'sSociety II

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is difficult for, the clergy andpeople to assemble with thebishop on Holy Thursday morn-,ing: the blessing may be held onan earlier day, near Easter, withthe celebration of the properchrism Mass."

First of all, diocesan officialscould schedule far in advancethe impressive rite at an evening ..hour on, Monday, Tuesday, orWednesday of Holy Week. Thiswould enable more lay personsto share in that liturgy withoutneglecting their dl!ties at work.

, ~ Moreover, early announcement,of the time likewise should offerthe clergy an opportunity toplan .their own parish functions~ound the night designated forblessing oils.

In addition, bishops whose re­sponsibilities extend over a widearea (probably most of them inthis country) might also ponderthe possibility of repeated cele­brations on each of those threedays in different sections of theirdioceses. It is easier for oneman to drive a hundred miles toan outlying city and back thanit is for fifty to make the sametrip. Perhaps even more impor­tantly, a bishop's appearance forthe rite in these temporary"satellite sees" then would givea significant number of lay per­sons (designated representativesfrom every parish in the region?)an occasion to view the cere­mony and to sense a closerunity with their spiritual leaders.

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type of behavior ~ is ,.valued 'by, and love to see each childparents, family. ~1~·9.. society" '. through infancy to adulthood,

Within, the .fa.~ily;· children through all the ups and down~,.,. and' the almost-didn't make-its.learn to relate t<,:·:,others. They

learn to work, to :.'p·lay, to make Stability Essential. The stability and integrity offriends, and eveIi:"to marry and

raise children. In thi:1~Jamily each' society. is very much dependentchild learns who h'e,'is,' what he on the stability and integrity ofis, and hopefully, \*~,y he is: .. that' society's families. And to-

morrow's families will be madeThe most esse~.ti~i quality of up of today's (our) children.

parenthood is 10ve:·.'Every new Since society benefits most when'baby is lovable,' And"' little chil- children become free and re­dren, while c:ertainly ,lovable, sponsible adults ,and contributingprestmt problems --'- although for members of the community, so­the most part these are little ,ciety should support the, childproblems. But as time goes on and protect his rights·and inter-and Children grow up, ,their ests. .problems are apt to become No society can remove allmore complex, demanding more dangers' and hazards fromfrom parents. Allin all, it takes' human. experience. No mattercommitment, personal interest,. what' 'safeguards it. sets up, it

cannot protect all children fromhomes broken by illness or in­sanity. It cannot guarantee that

'a mother will not die givingbirth, or that a fath~r will notdie in a car accident on the wayhome from work.

But there are many things thatsociety can do,. through law and'social policy, to help all ~hildren

achieve a sense of meajlingful­ness - a sense of dignity andworth. And society's responsibil-

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sore troubled. The voice of thegunfighter was heard in the land.

And it came to pass that Hoss,'being a goodly man and broad­of-shouler, saith, "Fear not, forI shall prospect."

But Diminuative Joseph ad­verted his eyes, clying, "Verily"

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II· -Blessing of Oils

Fit JOSEPH M.

'CHAMPLIN.-Jsences indicated, not a lack ofsupport for their bishop andpriests, but a conflict of obliga­tions and desires. One cannothear confessions in a parish orwork at an· offke and, at, thesame time, celebrate Mass withyour chief shepherd in hischurch miles away.

However, we no longer need'continue this Holy Thursdaymorning only in the Cathedralprocedure which in practice de­prives many of so much.. The re­vised ritual for the "Blessing ofOils and Consecration of theChrism" opens the door for lib­eral experimentation :with bothtime and place. It states:' !'If· it

The Old WestBY JAMES BREIG

By GAlep. QUINN

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(Sunday, June 11, is Children'~;

Day. The "children" on "Bonan,·za" a popular TV program forseveral years, are not exactly"kids" anymore. On, this pro,·gram, we see exhibited an excel..lent father-son relationship, aswell as love between brothers.In this narrative, these relation .. ,ships are portrayed through the:discovery of a "missing" bookof the Bible.) , ,, The following document wasfound yellowed and cr~mbling in I renewed my priestly prom­an attic in Zelionople, Penn. It ises on Holy Thursday morninghad been preserved' in a sealed this year with a handful of othercruet. priests and before a few dozen

Biblical scholars are now re- per'sons scattered throughout. oursearching and testing the pages large Cathedral". church' ~hich

to determine their authenticity. \. seats over 1,100..While there may be some doubt It was, nobody'~ fal!lt that aabout the genuineness' of the mere fraction (If the diocesanbook, we take pride in present- clergy were present for' this.,ing it for the first time. blessing of the (lils and rene;.val

The Book of Hoss ot' commitment to prie!!tly ser-And. it came to p~ss that Hoss, vice.~~r can we' blame the laity

son of Ben, and Ns. blood kin, for fallmg to show" ~p ,at thatDiminuative Joseph,' settled in early hour. Such, noticeable ab-

the land of milk and honey ~,mHt!'1ilI+&lll'known. as the city of Virginia.

And Ben and his brood wereexceedingly happy.. ,

But it came to pass that darkclouds of famine and pest:lencedescended on· the brood. Theirbusiness, ,repairing' carts, wasburned to the ground. And theylamented 'much the loss.

And Ben turned from his sons,saying, "So long; pardners. Thelast round-up approacheth."

But Hoss and the DiminuativeJoseph consoled .their patriarch,sighing, "Don't, hang up yourspurs, Elder. We shall not want." .

Yea, though Ben survived, hethrived not. And the land was

would require that time, be spentin finding out what faith in hislife rea.lly means. After the mean­ings of words are clearly under­stood we should be able tc seethat there can be a differencewitllout ' destruction, 'a crackwithout a break, a ·stream with­out a flood.

Never before has any country, published and consumed so much

material on how to bring up chil­dren. No doubt, parenthood is aunique challenge. Parents mustnot only educate their children,but must provide' them withnorms and values.

Children must learn not onlyto adopt acceptable' social be­havior, but they must learn toWANT to do so. A child needsthe approval of adults. And so hebegins to behave in certain ways-smiling, walking, talking, ete.-until he gets the desired res,-sponse. This seems like a simplething, but the, child is learningwhat is desired, and fina]y hecomes to realize that a certain

JOAN

'HEIDER

A father came home wearing,his first pair of glasses. His littleson looked at his wife and said:~'Mommy, I thought Daddy was,coming home with glasses we

,drink out of."Does the lack of understanding

the meaning of words separateyouth from parents, youngerpeople from older' ones, liberalsfrom conservati'{es? Could it be.th,at,.the misunderstandings come .

",~.

, GROWn!: The farmer in teaching two youngsters howto, steer a tractor is forming the foundation of 'the meaningof growth "for as long as something lives it grows . . ..in the process it is not necessary that all former stages betotally dismissed and forgotten". NC Photo.' ,

. and confusing, experience. If, glasses' can only mean what one

drinks from, then. maybe whatwe need to do is to establish a

, new language., Then set it solid­ly, as Latin and Greek, and labelit "dead."

Growth,, As long as something lives it

grows. Growth often results inthe creating of something differ­ent. In the process it is not nec­eS!;iary that all the former stagesbe totally dismissed and forgot:ten. .

As, the added meanings of"glass," "fix," and' "cool" be­come a part of an individual'sgrowth and'understanding, theearlier meanings attached tothese words need not disappear.It is simply a matter of buildingsomething more on w:hat we pre­

more from what the hearer hears viously knew. This is growth." than ,frQm what the speaker A problem arises when we do

speaks? not give each :other the chanceThere are other examples of for an' explanation of what is

the various possible meanings of really ,meant. Faith to some maywords. To a child, "cool" means mean the gift or grace receivedtRe, opposite of warm. To a teen- at Baptism.. Faith for others mayagel' it. could mean,' something mean the truths expressed in thereally outstanding. To an a,dult it Apostles' Creed. Faith to otherscould mean sel(controlled. 'may mean daily living as the

"Fix" for a child is what means of leading' others to God.'Daddy does to his toys. Fix for , Even though these are threea teenager could be rela'ted to different meanings.' or under­drug experiences" Fix for an., 'standings of the same word, itadult could mean a dreaded ne-, does 'not mean that. any.oLthecessity of life which is put off three is not a true meaning of'as long as necessary before com- the word. The difference in' un­pletion.', . derstanding only implies a differ-

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Deep Significance Contained in Blessing of OilsContinued from Page Sixteen of the principal expressions of faith "without thinking of their

Significance of Oil r the fullness of the bishop's own profit," but solely for theWhat we are suggesting here priesthood and a sign of the well-being of the people they

is a practical measure to fulfill close unity of the priests with were sent to serve." I can pic­the purpose of the chrism cere- him." ture clergy am!. laity alike movedmony as ~xpressed in liturgical My experience this yeardur- by the sincere plea of a bishopdocuments. "The bishop," in the ing Holy Week wouldn't confirm who asks: "Pray also for mewords of a Vatican II text, "is that last assertion. I found the that despite my unworthiness Ito be considered as the high. ceremony personally satisfyin~ may faithfully fulfill the officepriest of his flock, from whom and indeed e~pressive of this of apostle which Jesus Christthe life in Christ of his faithful union between bishop and entrusted to n:.e."is "in some way derived and de- priests. ,But, to be truthful, I de. . Finally, I can see Catholicspendent." An introduction to the cided only at the last moment who actually attend the blessingblessing of oils conp.ects this to make the half hour drive and or watch a report of it via lateideal with the specific matter at participate in this liturgy. Fur- night television news under·hand. "The chrism Mass is one thermore, several late pragmatic standing a bltbetter the link""""""''''"'''""'''"''''''""'''""""""'''"'''"'''"",,'''''',,''',,,,,,''',,,,,,'''.''',,,,,,,, developments (a need to pick up between oils' :j?~~ecratEt~. '. bythey are the privileged recipients the holy oils for our parish and their bishop and materirl'S"'usedof a divine gift of tongues. But to stop at the religious goods for the sacraments in their par­even they will have to credit him store) prompted my decision ish. When an ailing parent iswith thoroughness (the long more than the lofty motivation anointed or a baby baptized or ayears of field work, and a bibli-· mentioned above. teenager conJ:irmed then, per­ography of 20 pages) and a dis- The rite in fact does beautiful- haps, they will grasp better thepassionate attitude and tone. Iy convey these truths about the concept that the whole ChurchTheir chief objection· is bound to priesthood and the significance joins with us for those impor-b h t h h h Id b tant events of our lives.eta w at t ey 0 to e a of oil in a Catholic's life, a fur-sheerly supernatural phenome- ther argument for making itnon is not subject to scientific more readily available to prieststesting. and lay persons.

Granted, present day "speak-ing in tongues" appeared to have Impressivesome subjective benefits. It I can envision young menmade the practitioner feel better, extremely impressed and olderless worried and depressed. But persons deeply touched by thegenerally the practitioner was sight of all priests in a districtinitiated when in an anxiety promising once again to sacrificecrisis. Also, he closely resembled their "own pleasure and ambi­the type amenable to hypnosis. tion" so they might "bring hisOnce he began the practice, peace and love to their brotherssome psychological regression and sisters," or by hearing themwas evident. resolve to teach the Christian

. Ione last chance both for authen·tic Christianity and for modernman. It required a great apoca­lyptic event.

The great event planned byJohn was not Vatican II; thecouncil was simply to occasionit. The event itself was to be "adawning, a mythical light break­ing in all hearts and giving anew understanding... whichneither Christians nor Catholicsnor non-Christians ever beforepossessed." It would bring allmen together to effect a radical.solution for all their problems.

Utmost Dogmatism

The great event did not comeoff. John died. The councilfussed and fiddled with house­keeping trifles. And now it is all·up with the Church and withmodern man. Paul VI, in Dr.Martin's view, is trying desper­ately but hopelessly to preservesomething which is doomed.

All this is circuitously affirmed,with the utmost dogmatism. Itis so because Dr. Martin says itis so. His reading of Pope John'sexpectations, for example, is anelaborate fiction, patently atodds with what is known of theman, his express thought andintention..

To say of John, "He was thefirst Pope to think as a man" isto make a claim dumbfoundingin both its arrogance and absur­dity. But this is all too charac­teristic of Dr. Martin's peculiartactics.

Speaking in Tongues

Dr. John P. KiidahI's The Psy­chology of Speaking in Tongues(Harper & Row, 49 E. 33rd St.,New. York, N. Y. 10016. $4.95).is the result of an exhaustive 10­year study by him (he is a clini­cal psychologist) and two collab­orators, one a psychiatrist andthe other a professor of NewTestament..

Speaking in tongues means"the experiences in which a per­son seemingly speaks a languagehe has never learned or a seriesof sounds not known to bespeech of any group on earth."In the New Testament are in­stances of speaking in tongues,under the power of the HolySpirit. It is this which some con­temporaries of ours claim to be .doing.

The claimants are found inmany Protestant sects, even in"mainline Protestant churches,"all across the country. Some fewCatholics maintain that the gifthas been c'onferred on them, too.

Dr. Kildahl concludes that thespeaking in ton~ues which heclosely observed is not the phe­nomenon mentioned in the Actsof the Apostles. It is not, hefinds, uniquely spiritual, "notuniquely the result of God's in­tervention in man's speech."And rarely does it benefit thecommunity, as every charismshould. He attributes to it manynegative aspects and conse­quences.

Subjectiv,e Benefits

His opinion will displeasethose Y'~o are persuaded that

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of the present century. He makesan occasional point which:has aspark of originality.

However, what he does in themain is not to draw meaning outof history but to impose arbi­trary and sometimes bizarreviews of his own on.history, tor­turing it to fit his assumptions.

The three Popes of the titleare Pius XII, John XXIII, andPaul VI; the Cardinal AugustinBea, with whom Dr. Martin wasassociated. Bea had somethingto do with each of the pontifi·cates here touched on.

Verbose, Repetitious

It is obvious that the threePopes in question differ markedlyone from another.- It is quite asobvious that their eras and pon­tificates are equally different.And it is incontestable that agreat change has taken placein the Church and the papacyin recent years.

But Dr. Martin goes far be·yond such facts. He is verbose,repetitious, ·almost incantatory..He sets loose swarms of buzzing,sometimes stinging words. Butas often as not his writing con·ceals or beclouds meaning,rather than clarifying it. Still,there is no mistaking his animusand his anger.

As nearly as I can make out,he contends that the Church hasbeen totally on the wrong trackfor many cent'uries, concentrat­ing on power rather than the es­sence of the Gospel. And forhim, Pius XII is the malign per­sonificationof a triumphalistChurch completely out of touchwith the contemporary humanpredicament and human needs.

Gratuitous Assertions

In his denigration of Pius XII,he says, for example that "hewas wholly indifferent to theactual pains of the commonman." This is a very 'gravecharge, and it is gratuitouslymade. But the reader who had'gone this far in the book (page156) no longer expects proof ofthe most astonishing (and assas­sinating) assertions. Dr. Martinflings them around like confetti.

With Pius XII out of the way,there came Pope John. He was(who will deny it?) marvelouslyhuman. According to Dr. Martin,this Pope saw that there was

Author 'Tortures HistoryT'o Fit His Assumptions',

A book somewhat exciting, frequently exasperating,and finally preposterous is Three Popes and the Cardinal .by Malachi Martin, a former Jesuit (Farrar, Straus andGiroux, 19 Union Sq. West, New York, N. Y. 10003. $7.95).

There is always somethingexciting about a book whichpurports to take a new lookat history and provide afresh interpretation of it. This iswhat Dr. Martin attempts, withparticular attention to the rela­tionship of the Catholic Churchto human history, especially that

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Today~s SocietyContinued from· ~age Sixteen

ity is greatest 'when the familyis weak or non-existent.

At first glance, the UnitedStates seems to be a very child·centered society. We're concerned.about the quality of our schoolsfrom kindergarten through col­lege, day care facilities and nur­sery schools. We abound in pro­grams to help parents feed theirchildren properly, to see thatthey receive good medical care,and proper' clothing. We wantour children to have dancing les­sons, piano lessons, membershipin the YMCA, and often moretoys than they can possibly playwith.' ,

Yet, our laws and social .cus­toms that directly affect c!tildrenare not always consistent. Oneproblem area has to do withadoption. Adoption laws shouldprotect the welfare of the child.

But there have been cases reocently where the courts awardedcustody of a child to its motherseveral years after the adoption ­was final. It seems in such casesthat the courts are implicitlydefining parenthood in strictlybiological terms, without takinginto consideration what qualitiesmake a woman a mother. Andit also seems that the welfare ofthe child would better be servedby assuring him of uninterruptedlove and security in the onlyhome he has ever known, withthe only parents he has everloved.

Child's WorthAnother situatjon that needs

, more thought and concern is thematter of illegitimacy. Societydisapproves of woman beingpregnant out of w~dlock (or atleast disapproves of the actionsleading to her pregnancy). As aconsequence, we mete out pun­ishment not only to the woman,but also to her child, who hasdon'e nothing wrong. We brandthe child as "illegitimate," astigma that'"follows him throughlife, often denying him his right­ful place in the community.Some effort must be made torectify this situation.,

As the Family 'Life Directorsnoted in their January, 1972.

.statement on the family: "Thisis the moment in history whenall of society must reaffirm itsbelief in the worth and signifi­cance of children, and the con­tribution they make to thehuman family ... It is to thegood of society and of the fam­ily that the rights of children berespected and protected by law.Moreover, it is a matter of jus­tice toward the child."

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The certifi<:ate, about the sizeof a driver's lic(ms!~, is a newpart of a program to help· theChurch maintain contact withand help solve the problems ofCatholics who migrate through·out Japan.

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Archbishop FIUllton Sheen HlonoredAt National Shrill1e by K of C:

DOYLESTOWN (NC) -- Arch- He said it was up to the peo-bishop Fulton J. Sheen was hon- pIe to straighten them out if theyored by more than 6,000 persons "get out of line." As for the na­at the National Shrine of OUf tion, Archbishop Sheen said heLady. of Czestochowa, and was worried ahemt so much per­praised in a letter from Pr,~sident' missiveness, so' much compro­Nixon, as "Catholic Man of Ac- mising and so many haIfraytion" for 1971. measures. He also had words'

Beautiful holiday weekend about Russia.weather and a colorful program Tum to Godthat included a. process~C!n and "Right now our' great Presi-Mass ~t the shrine here In ,Penn. dent is in Russia, an anti­syIVa?Ia, bands and ~hol1's, a religious country that conductstrooping of flags and a J~t squad.. subversive activities throughoutron fly-over drew an Im~ensE; the world," he sa:id. "We mustcrowd for the a~nu~l c,,~arc learn to co-exi:;t, to get alongceremony on the shrI!1e s KnIghts with all nations, and that in­of Columbus Day. . cludes Russia. We must be on. In a personal letter w:Itten: our guard, but we must ,get toJust .before h.e went ~o Mo"cow, know the peopl,e c,f Russia."President NIXon saId he was. The archbishop .said that,greatly ple~s.ed to learn tha.t the while their nation is Communist,Pennsyl~anIa State Council of the people there for the' mostthe KnIghts .of Columbu~ h~d part are not-and they are "be­ch?sen ArchbIshop Sheen JOr ItS ginnin to turn to ,God" whichthIrd annual award. .g , .

"I h I h t dl .. 'th he said they have always qUietly. woe ear e Y.Joln m e done in the past.

sentIme~t~ of those who a~)pl~ud The National Shrine of Ouryou~ religlOu,s and humanItarIan Lady of Czestoc:howa was ded­achleveme~ts .and who ~~ph~ld icated in 1966 in the, presence of~our contrIbutIOns to ~an ::, SPI~- of President Johnson, markingItual and.mor~l well-being, said a thousand years of Polish Chris­the presId~ntIal"letter ~ead to tianity. Vice P:resident Hubertthe. gathering. .Your life and Humphrey spok,e there on theminIstry have mdeed ~een a shrine's first anniversary.str~ng force for good III our The state knights and the,socIet~, and throughout the shrine conferred the first "Cath­W~ld. . olic Man of Action" award in.

rchblshop Sheen,. who b~- 1969 on Transportation Secre­came fam.o~s as a. skilled radIO tary John A. Volpe., ,The secondand. teleVISIon prea~er, turned award went in':1'970 to eight as-.78 ~n May. He r~tIred a. few tronauts who are Catholic.years ago after servmg as bIshopof Rochester; N. Y.

The archbishop said in ac­cepting a hand-illuminated cita­tion that he was pleased to beat the Polish-American shrine,although he did not regard aim­self as anyone special.

Difficult Times"Whatever I am, God has made

me," he told his vast audiencewhich included knights frommany eastern states. "I'm goingto accept this award on thatbasis-that in honoring me, youare honoring God."

In his keynote address, Arch­bishop Sheen said he knew thathis listeners wanted to hearwhere their Church is going andwhere their country is goir.:g insuch difficult times.

"Who is going to save ourChurch?" he asked. "Not ourbishops, not our priests and Re-_ligious. It's up to you, the peo­ple. You have the minds, theeyes, the ears to save the Church.Your mission is to see thatyour priests act like priests, yourbishops ';act 'like bishops andyour' Religious 'act 'like Reli-'gious." ,,: .....:;' ,'., '.

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not national' honor that was atstake: it was the President's ownacumen as a political decision­maker. .Vietnamization was acomplete.failure just as PresidentNixon's intelligence expertswarned him it would be. It maymake him feel good to railagainst the North Vietnamese"bandits" when his real angeris against the South' Vietnamese,who are stupid, foolish, and cor­rupt men. But to try to persuade

. the American people that some­how the fault was not his ownmistaken decisions but acti9nsby the Russian government con­tinues the Mceit which hasmarked American Vietnam pol­icy for the last decade. If Amer­ican political' leadership expectswidespread support when it pro­vokes dangerous confrontationswith other superpowers, out ofre~pect for the American people,it ought to tell us the truth.

Flights of JRhetoricWhen men like Defense Secre­

tary Laird talk about the "cop­out shuttle" and about being"quitters," they a:re engaging inmeaningless flights of rhetoric.The American people are neithercopouts or quitters, but they aresick unto death of a politicalleadership that attempts to cover

. up its failures w.ith dishonestyand evasiveness.

The Vietnamese War has beena disaster, for the Vietnamese es­pecially but also for the confi­dence of Americans in 'their ownrepublic. Mr. Nixon's recklessand dishonest television addressjust two weeks before a meetingwith the Russians indicates thathe is more interested in salvag­ing his own bankrupt Vietnam­ization policy than reaching anaccommodation with the. Rus­sians, which has been the pri"

, mary object of American foreignpolicy for almost three decades.

Mr. Kissinger may think thatit is, an acceptahIe risk.' Onewonders how many other Amer­icans think the same thing.

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Nor can the cause of the crisisbe found in the volume of Rus­sian shipments to North Viet­nam. The real cause was thefailure of the South Vietnamesearmy .and the failure of Mr.Nixon's Vietnamization policy.

It is all well and good to talkabout national honor, but it was

International game plans thatinvolve confrontation betweensuperpowers may occasionallybe necessary, but one would liketo believe that such confronta­tions are not recklessly andfoolishly provoked.-One can onlytell in retrospect whether theconfrontation was a lunatic actor an example of political cour­age.

The trouble with this is that ifit were indeed a lunatic act,there would be none of usaround to make the judgment.

Americans would have a greatdeai _more confidence in theirleadership when' it does engagein confronting behavior if thatleadership told the truth. Welmow enough about the historyof the Vietnamese war to knowthat we have been systematicallydeceived; and President Nixon'srecent television broadcast tothe nation about the mining ofthe North Vietnamese harborswas one more example o(blatantdishonesty-dish'onesty that musthave fooled only a very smallportion of his audience.

For everyone knows that thereal reason for the crisis in Viet­nam is not the sophisticat~d mil­itary hardware introduced by theRussians. The South Vietnamesehave at least as sophisticatedhardware from us, and a permis­sive case could be made that theRussians have introduced much­less in the way. (>fmodern mil- .itary equipment 'into the Viet­namese. war than we have.

Will the lying about this war ever stop?_ As I write this column, it looks like 'restrainton thepart of the Russians will prevent the mining of the Viet-.namese harbors from turning into another major worldcrisis. It is not, however,.aparticula,rly pleasant thought

- for an American to realizethat nuclear confrontation isavoided because the Russiansshow restraint when we don't.

Seek to Infh..enceBusiness· Ethics _

NEW YORK (NC)-The Paul-­ist Fathers, as stockholders inseveral prominent American bus­iness firms, plan to use theirproxy .votes to influence businessactivities which :raise· ethicalquestions.

Surely it is our ethical duty toshare actively in the responsi­bility for the moral implicationsof activities - of companies inwhich we have investments,"Father Thomas·F. Stransky,

"'Iun Honored president of the Paulist commu"1'II1II nity, said here.

NEW YORK (NC)-The Amer- He noted that the Paulist com-iean Jewish C'Ongress has hon- ..munity plans to cooperate "in theored a Catholic Sister for "dis- coordinating efforts of the Cor­~inguished service in the field of porate Information Center of theChristian-Jewish relations." Sis- National Council of Churches."ter Rose Thering, program coor- That NCC unit E!xamines ac­dinator ,of' Seton Hall Univer- tions and policies of major U. S..sity's In1>titu,te ,of ,Judaeo,-cc;>rpot:lltions in the areas of con­Christian ~Sh~~ies, ~,wa~ 9n~ : of,.:, 'stim~rism, ~~!lvironment, foreign

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TestamentContinued fl~om Page Sixteen

where shall 1hee get thy grub­stake?"

And Hoss saith, "What shall1 do with this stake, brother?"

To which Joseph replied,"Pound it int,) tire ground, kins­man, and U.ere shall ye findwhat ye seek."

So it came to pass that Hoss,with his stake over his brawnyshoulder and a mallet over theother, entered the land of silver,Pan De Rosa (or, Red Bridge).

And while he wandered, Jo­seph ministered to his father,cooking his grub and vittles andsewing his chaps. And still Hosswandered through the land.

Come the Sabbath and Josephcried out unlo his father, "Come,let us worship for the sake ofHoss and ourselves that we maybe delivered in a golden buck-board," ,

And whil~! they prayed, Hosscame unto a spot and he wassore afraid. His feet were soreand he was afraid.

He toolt his boots from hisfeet and sitting in the middle ofa glen, he f:lOught, "Here shall 1pound my Btake." And so withmallet ringing blows on wood hedid as his brother had asked.

And a rock spit open and sil­ver and gold glinted. Hoss

,shaded his orbs, crying, "Twothings have I struck-the stakeand it rich,"

Yet, . while he thus thought.still other thoughts came untohim, saying, "Keep this to your­self" and "bamboozle thyfamily,"

Meanwhile, back at the ranch,Joseph and Ben in innocencesat. Their chairs had been takenby the bank for non-payment.

And Joseph was heard to say,"Fear not, for Hoss will be oursalvation. Let us go forth andseek him. We will find him in avalley an~l we will head himoff at the pass,"

And so :ourney forth they did.And finding Hoss they asked,"What ba:;t thou found?"

And Hoss in silence ponderedand ponderosa'ed. and in thescales of his mind he weighed'his wealth alone against the loy­alty of his family; he measuredhis gold versus his love. And theweights shifted and fell.

"I have found gold and silver,"Hoss told in jubilation. "And weare once again a family."

And so it came to pass thatBen who loved his sons sawthem flourish. And Joseph whohad minis,tered to his elder pros­pered. And Hoss who had sacri­ficed his comfort and had toldthe truth blossomed. He blossom­ed into about 320 pounds.

And they were happy unto thelast morr.:ents of their lives.

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New AbbeyOver the past three months '

the monks have been movingbusily back and forth betweenold abbey and new. One of themonks spoke of the "extraordi­nary, feeling of wandering be­tween two worlds. It has beenlike passing from the medievalworld into the modern, withouta transitional period,"

The monks of Prinknash be­long to the Subiaco congregationof Benedictines, founded in Italy100 years ago. The Prinknashcommunity began in 1922 withthe mass conversion of themonks of Caldey, an island offthe coast of South Wales.

In 1928 the monks were of­fered accommodations at Prink­nash in a stately 16th centuryhome that had in fact heen" aBenedictine abbey before thedissolution of the monasteries byby Henry VIII. They acceptedthe offer, sold their old abbeyand the island to the Cistercians,and moved to Prinknash.,

But the new stately" home­cum-abbey soon proved toosmall and in 1939 the communitymade plans to build a new mon­astery on a nearby hill. Duringexcavation of the site they dis­covered a rich bed of clay thatled them to experiment withpotterY-making,which becameone of the success stories of En­gland. Prinknash products aren9W sold all over the world andcan even be found in Harrods,that 'elegant refugee of Ameri­cans in London.

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Quoting Pope John XXIII,Msgr. Peters said a Catholicnewspaper must be "an ampleand faithful mirror, telling thingsas they are, telling the truth."Catholic editors, he said, "don'tlik~ to print the 'bad' news. Weprint only what we hl\¥e to inorder to present a true picture,to be a "faithful mirror,'''

The editor told the diocesanleaders that they should be in­terested in the archdiocesanpaper because "it is your Cath­olic paper.. It's not the arch­bishop's paper; it's not meant tobe the editor's 'paper,"

Catholic newspapers enjoy amonopoly with their audiencesand because of that "the readeris, in a sense, at the mercy ofthe editor," Therefore, Msgr.Peters said, "the editor feels aresponsibility to take a bal­anced view, to present all of thelegitimate views, but not theextreme view on either side,"

He suggested two remedie:; forlagging circulation: strong pro­motional efforts and emphasison the paper's role as an educa­tional tool.

Archbishop James J. Byrne ofDubuque, commenting duringthe program, said he is so con­vinced of the importance of aCatholic newspaper in the .dio­cese that it ha~ plaf:ed.-"~igh in~ur" priorities," . ", ,', ' ,

The massive six·story buildinghas provision for 71 monks (al·though there are only 37 in thecommunity at present), a library,a large kitchen and wine cellar,a five-room laundry, a refectorythat can seat 100 people in apinch, two large common rooms,a garage, and even a self·serviceelevator. The biggest luxury,however, is central heatingthroughout - quite an accom­plishment in a country wherefewer than half the homes havebl,lilt-in heating.

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CRANHAM (NC) - God andgood Benedictine business sensehave joined to produce the firstnew abbey built in England thiscentury.

Built on a hillside in the WestCountry, the new Benedictine abobey,at Prinknash with its warmyellow stone reminds one of themonasteries of Italy. But the re­semblance ends there. The newabbey, consecrated on May 3,cost over $1 million, and has allthe modern conveniences onecould pray for.

Despite Problems, Veteran EditorI .

Sees Promise in Catholic PressCEDAR FALLS (NC)-Catho·

lic newspapers in the UnitedStates have problems, but"there's nothing really incurablywrong with the Catholic press,"a veteran Catholic editor saidhere in Iowa.

According to Msgr. Robert' G.Peters, editor:manager of thePeoria, Ill., diocesan weeklyCatholic Post, "there's much lessof a problem' than people think."Across the nation, the generalattitude now is "not a resigna­tion, but a recognition' of theneed of the Catholic press."

Declining CIrculation is themajor problem but Msgr. Petersthinks "the bottom seems tohave been reached. Over all thisyear, circulation is up."

He reported to 75 priests, reli­gious superiors and lay leadersmeeting here to discuss circul­tion problems of The Witness,weekly paper of the archdioceseof Dubuque.

"There was a time when itwas a boring job to be a Catholiceditor,. but all that has changed,"the former Catholic Press Asso­ciation president said. '

He characterized Catholic jour­nalism today as exciting andpromising, and he said that "re­porting the news today doesmean controversy because a

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ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST$150

Dr. Cacio P. Bueno$100 .

Friend

Fall RiverSACRED HEART

$25Mary Louise O'Sullivan

HOLY NAME$125

Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Hackett$25

Atty. & Mrs. Joseph S. Calla­han

Miss Gertrude M. Hurley

New BedfordST. HEDWIG

$25Mrs. Clifford Bates & Family

AssonetST. BERNARD

$25Mr. & Mrs. Richard Houghton

No. AttleboroST. MARY

$100Mrs. Maude McCabe

$50Walter Rowe

$25Red Rock Hill Motor Court

MansfieldST. MARY

$100Genevieve Rioux

$50Hon. Edmund DinisMr. & Mrs. John Fernandes

$35Schmidt Mfg. Co.

$30Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Walecka

$25In Memory of Mary C. & Gilda

P. Arruda, Dr. Antonio de M.Castro, Friend, Friend, St. Vin­cent de Paul of St. John's Parish

ST. LAWRENCE$100

Richard T. Saunders FuneralHome

Attleboro FallsST. MARK

$100Society of St. Vincent de PaulPeter Amirrotto, Jr.

$50Charles O'Neill

$35James M. LaFrattaMrs. Michael D. Nolan

$25Robert O'Brien, Thomas Rush"

Gerard E. Hickman, Russell Carr,Mrs. Richard Dunn

William McKenna, Mrs. Cia·rice Dwyer, Mr. & Mrs. James L.Dever

Parish Gifts

TauntonST. JOSEPH

$30Mr. & Mrs. Peter Reilly

$25Mr. & Mrs. Roland Chase

No.' EastonIMMACULATE CONCEPTION

d. $50

,Mrs. Francis D. M9ne,

.... 20 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., June 8, 1972

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Dr. Letitia E. Obeng, diredor of the Institute of Aquatic Biology at ArchimQte,

Ghana, states:

"From all over the world, we must ~obilizl~ love for our fellow

man and ifor our planet. The Church can cllnd should be a crl~·

ciaI .agent .in this process, to help, guide and save the worlld

from beco,ming dehumanized and to insure thl9 right of evelY

being and nation to a good life."

Un'ited Nations Conferenco em the

Humcm Environmell1lt

Stockholm, Sweden, 19~72

This Message Spo,:,sored by the' Following Indiv/iduorls and Busi'lIe~is ConcernsIn rhe Diocese 01 Fall Rivc~r

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Cape Cod and The IslandsBASS RIVER SAVINGS BANK

Fall RiverANN DALE PRODUCTS, INC.

DURO FINISI-tING CORP.TOM ELLISON

(~UALITY MEN'S APPARELTHE EXTERMINATOR CO.FALL. RIVER ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.FALL RIVER 'TRAVEL BUREAUGLOBE MANUfACTURING CO.

MASON FURNITIURE SHOWROOMS

MacKENZIE: ANtI WINSLOW, INC.

R. A. McWHIRR COMPANY

SOBILOFFBROTIiERSSTERLING I~EVERAGES. INC.

New Bedford

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