brothers throughout the worldwho do not enjoy peace, to thosewhose hearts are not tranquil be­cause of anxiety about theirneeds, to those whose countries·are in political, civil, or militarydisorder." Then the Bishop ad­dressed himself to the theme ofthe evening:

"We, here in this Diocese,where so many of our commu·nity have ties of blood and faithwith our brothers and sisters inPortugal, look with fear andanxiety on the political events inthat beloved nation. We knowhow the Portuguese people wantto be free and want to elect bythemselves the form of free gov­ernment that will allow them tolive their lives in security andliberty, free to follow their reli­gious convicti<ms according tothe age-old religion of their an­cestors in the land where thetradition of their Roman Cath·olic Faith is so stron-g. They seea threat from Communism andthey do not want a communisticform of government. We supportthem- in their moment of fear andin their legitimate desires by ourpJ;:ayerful gathering this eveningand we raise our voices in unisonto beg the interce~sion of OurLady of Fatima, that-she willobtain special protection fromher Divine Son for that belovedland of Portugal which she her·self blessed at Fatima."

After the homily the eventsof the Mass so familiar to thefaithful; the prayer of petition,the Consecration, the recitationof the Lord's Prayer, the ex­change of the handshake ofpeace, and the distribution ofCommunion, took on addedsignificance.

At the conclusion of the Massthousands of voices joined in thesinging of God Bless America.They sang with an enthusiasmand feeling that can be only un­derstood by those who fl"()m first·hand experience know how-blessed it is to liVe in the landof the free. Then as the final actof the evening, white handker·chiefs were waved by the crowdto Our Lady of Fatima in thetraditional European· sign of af­fection and loyalty.

The procession and Mass werea sign of the vibrant faith thatexists in our area of this coun­try; aJ sign of strong devotion toOur Lady of Fatima; a sign ofconcern over the horrible eventsin Portugal and other oppressedlands. The success of the eveningwill undoubtedly call for this tobe an annual event but nevermore will one -be able to say "Ihave never seen anything likethis."

Couple receives Comm­union at Mass in KennedyPark. .

reading and the Gospel was pro­claimed by Hef1bert Nichols, aDeacon from Taunton who willhe ordained a priest in Decem­ber.

In the homilY,Bishop Croninset the tone of his remarks whenhe said "Our thoughts this eve­ning ,go quickly to those of our

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$UG ,.r,..Bill Campbell and his one hun­dred voice choir serenaded thecrowd with hymns to Our Lady.

By seven-thirty the infield,outfield, and the areas beyondwere filled with a rippling sea ofhumanity. The Bishop then ap­proached the altar surrounded byan honor guard and over sixtypriests and the Mass began.Dennis O'Brien, a 15-year-oldsophomore from Bishop ConnollyHigh School, delivered the first

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ing in the mild breeze, and thespectafors looked on in amaze­ment. Even a veteran newspaper·man remarked "I have neverseen anything like this before."

After the first few contingentsreached the park where a crowdof ten thousand were alreadywaiting for them, Rev. ErnestBlais, pastor of Sacred HeartChurch in New Bedford led the-recitation of the rosary. Whenthe rosary was concluded Father

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THIRTY THOUSAND PRAY FOR PEACE IN PORTUGAL: This picture was takenfrom in front of the altar at Kennedy Park and shows' a portion of the congregation stret­ching out into the dark horizon..

By Rev. Edward J. ByingtonAnchor Staff

An old woman appeared at thesoftball diamond in KennedyPark at three-thirty in the after­noon and set up her camp chaira few feet behind third base.That should have been an indi­cation that something extraordi­nary was going to happen.

By four-thirty the old womanhad been joined by a dozen co­horts and together they ..-Iavedthe role of sidewalk engineersfor the volunteers from EspirituSanto Parish who were finishingthe construction of the altar.

By five-twenty Columbia Streetseemed like a reenactmen of VJDav as thousands of SantoChristo parishioners were out inthe street preparing to proceedto the Cathedral.

At five-thirty St. Mary'ssch:>olyard was quickly beingfilled with people representingparishes throughout the diocese.On Rodman Street iust south ofthe schoolvard five buses wouldstO'1 and discharge their passen­gers. drive off. and quickly bereplaced by five more. Thepriests watching were guessingthe parishes b" the names of thebus companies. "That's Brander,it must be Holy Ghost, Attle­boro." "Look, there's Bloom,must be Our Lady of Lourdes,Taunton"" The variouc; coloredbuses were approaching theschoolyard from the east acrossRodman Street but suddenly likea troop of cavalry eight identicalyellow buses appeared from thesouth on Second Street and thefirst contingent from Our Lady ofthe Angels had arrived. By theend of the evening nearly onehundred buses were used totransport a mere fraction of thetotal crowd.

At six o'clock the processionbegan. The Santo Christo par­ishioners who were lined. up onSouth Main Street were in thevan. The other parish unitsmoved out of the schoolyard anddown Spring - Street to SouthMain Street. As they passed thefront door of - the CathedralBishop Cronin welcomed themuntil he joined the processionhimself. The peoDle of EspirituSanto parish marched from theirChurch down Pleasant Streetcarrying with them the statue ofOur Lady of Fatima. Around six­thirty they linked up with themain procession.

As the procession 20,000Street, the people filled thestrong moved up South Mainlength and breadth of the street.They sang hymns and chantedthe rosary, their candles flicker-

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The church was in darknessfor the Living Rosary itself,which was formed by representa­tives of parish organizations,Holy Name School and CCD pu­pils, each carrying a candle, Aseach prayer was recited, thespeaker's candle was lit and thefinal effect was that of a rosaryof light surrounding the congre­gation.

The flag procession followed

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Throughout the service an ex­planatory commentary writtenby Sister Teresa Sparrow, RSM,of the Diocesan Department ofEducation, linked the concept ofMary as patroness and protec·tress of the United States withthat of gratitude for the gifts ofliberty and justice promisedAmericans by the Constitutionand Bill of Rights.

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him when he was forced to sechis parish school close.

The new liturgy was difficultfor him; preaching became an in­creasingly heavier cross. Whata grace it was to a younger priestto see him study, constantly heread. Always he attempted torio what the Church asked ofh:m.

So, what does the Lord say toWi here this morning? -Are youkind? Are you humanly con­cl:rned with those around you?DC' you understand whose instru·ment you really are and how youand I must apply ourselves if Wewill be the workable instrumentsGod intends?

How often we can put our­selves in the way of the Lord!How often it is my way I insiston. Msgr: Dupuis asks us here:"What docs the Church want?What do the people need? Whatis God's will? How can I helpGod and God's people?"

What a grace it is to be <J

priest! To personally recognizethe Christ not just to be simplyphilsophically and theologicallyincarnate but to let him be in­carnate in me! To give Christmy mind, my heart, my hands ...to let. Christ decide what I do,when I do it and where I do it.

Oh how he prayed during hislast year as pastor here and it.was only because he thought asan instrument of Christ he wassomehow too fragile that he re­quested the honor and the bur­den of thcministry be turnedto another.

But his kindness did not stopthere. He always read the pa­pers, the parish bulletins an~1

made countless telephone calls.Many of us often heard from himas he expressed his concerns, hiscongratulations and his sympa­thies from Catholic MemorialHome.

He was so grateful to you hisonly parishioners. You do notrealize how prayerfully, howlong and how thoughtfully heprepared that bronze placquethat Bishop Cronin blessed andplaced in the vestibule.

And that is what Msgr. Dupuisdid here, and at St. Joseph's, andat Notre Dame. That is what hedid when he tried to teach theReligious as he gave conferencesin so many convents; that iswhat he did when he practicallyadopted everyone of the Domini­can novices in Dighton; that iswhat he did when he 'felt thepain of death when families came

'to him to bring their loved onesto him at Notre Dame Cemetery.That, he asks you and me to beas we live our Christian lives;we here robed in the ministerialpriesthood of Christ; you, thereparticipating as lay priests ofHis Church.

Msgr. Dupuis was a gentlemanpriest. His gcntlemanliness wasnot somc soft, spineless accom­modation to all things human,He, was a man, robust in inten­sion and earnestness in being apriest of God, but gentle - kindin all things.

The Lord's order to "let thelittle children come to mc" wasa ma'rk of his priestlxlOd. Did ithegin as he yearned for thepriesthood in Notre Dame par·ish? Or was it an intent Df hisearly years in the ministry inthat same parish? What does itmatter ... it was there and forlong years he exercised the let­ter of that precept of the Lordat St. Joseph's Orphanage, nowMount St. Joseph's Academy inFall River.

This blessed parish was thi'only one in which he exercisedhis ministry as pastor and father.But here too, what a joy to himwere the children at the school;the catechism questions he likedto ask the questioning littlcones; the wide, joyous eyes withwhich he prodded their hesitantanswers. The cross it was for

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sons in the Blesseddoesn't mean that hestands a thing about it.

"What's true for him is truefor high schoolers too," she con­tinued. "The experience of Godcomes before knowing abouthim, and you learn of Godthrough love - so if you reallylove God and want to helpyoung people in your commu·nity - you're almost home. Allyou need do is translate yourknowledge into terms your pu­pils understand, whether they'retots or high schoolers."

'Let It Cook'The revelation of God around

us in the things of nature canhelp our understanding of himand show us how to teach himto children, said Mrs. Newland,emphasizing that real teachingtakes' time. '

"As one kid said, 'You've got­to give it time to cook. " she de­clared. "You can't plant radishestoday and dig them up tomorrowto see how they're doing. Sooften we religion teachers wantkids to be good so fast - wewant to spare them all thetrouble of sins and problems.But God doesn't work that way."

The catechist said she fre­quently uses nursery stories toemphasize points of doctrine."Even the high school kids liketo hear stories - there's real

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Area religious education co­ordinators and teachers attended_an afternoon session entitled"Teachers, Let Us Tell You WhyYou Count So Much" and par­ents were invited to an eveningprogram. The sessions were ar­ranged by Brother James Moore,Sacred Heart's coordinator.

Mrs. Newland, chairman of ~

the committee of adult and homeeducation for the Office of Re­ligious Education of the Albany,N.Y., diocese, is the author of10 books on how best to presentChristianity to children. Herown seven children, now adults,figure largely in her writings.

"The best thing you have goingfor you is your own humanity," .she told her audience of teach­ers. "It used to be that all youhad to do was make sure thatthe children knew what was inthe Baltimore Catechism, butnow we know more about howpeople learn and we realize thatjust because a second grader cantell you that there are three per-

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Rev. Andrew Cusack of Bridge.port and Rev. James Lloyd oflona College are the keynotespeakers.

Other speakers include RobertSaisi, Ed.D., Ronald J. Goba,Francis L. Broderick, Ph.D., Sr.Ann Nelson, R.S.M., Ph.D., Sr.Caroline Finn, S.S.A., Ph.D.,Adele M. Driscoll, Ed.D., RichardOehling, Ph.D., and Robert Chris­tie.

Registration is from 8:30 to9:30 A.M. and a liturgy will becelebrated at 4:00 P.M.

BOSTON BUSING: Helmeted State' Police along withteachers and monitors try to assure peaceful implementationof the busing program .in Boston.

from outside - they don't un­derstand what it's like to beproud of your neighborhood, forthat to be a really important partof life."

The people of Charlestownand many other neighboringcommunities do not have muchin the way of material advan­tages and opportunities to beginwith. New housing for all incomelevels and public facilities suchas schools, parks, a library and a

. fire station have only recentlybeen erected within Charlestown.Couple these improvements withthe re'newed interest of residentsin their schools and local affairs,and one can see the strong, po­tential that exists for enhancingcommunity pride and develop­ment. On a smaller scale, I have

What AboutBy Bob McGiU

(Ed. Note: Bob McGill is agraduate of Notre Dame andholds a Masters Degree in Pre­School Education from Tufts.A member of St.' John'sParish, Attleboro, he present­ly is a teacher in a pre-schoolprogram in Charlestown.)

A few weeks ago, 1 bouncedinto one of the last seats on apacked bus bound for the NotreDame-Boston College showdown."Cheer, cheer for old NotreDame. Shake down the echoescheering her name. . ." Oh yes,we were aroused and spirited tosay the least! And yet betweenall the boasts and cheers, I feltjarred and up-ended when I"reminisce'd" over my past weekin Charlestown. The football joy­ride we had embarked on borelittle resemblance to the ominoussounds of the escorted schoolbus convoys which inched in andout of Charlestown. Here on ourway to the game, one felt power­ful seeing waves of Notre Damefans sweep in from all over theEast 'coast: People from bothschools were proud to swell theranks of their past or nresentcolle~iate communities and rootfor their teams. Power, pride,purpose and communit'y - all ofthese same qualities are steadilybeinl;l stripped awav from the"fighting Irish" of Charlestown.

According to J.udge Garrity,busing has been implemented torectifv past iniustices and in­equities sustained or· perpetu­ated by the Boston School Com­mittee. But what about courtaction for the inequities andhardshiT'S now being levied onthe neighborhoods of Boston?What about the human costs andsuffering forced busing has ex­acted from the children and fam­ilies who are expected to livewith, and abide by, the courtsdecision? Schools area crucialbuilding 'block within any com­munity where families reside.Until recently, interest and in­volvement with the publicschools had been on the rise.

More than ever before, parentsfrom all areas are actively con·cerned about the safety of theirchildren and the conditions ofpublic schools and instruction.For all the talk and commotionabout bovcotts, walk-outs, andanti-busing marches, there hasalso been more demands fromparents for much needed schoolmaintenance, more reasonablecla,ss sizes, better vocationaltraining, more community accessto school facilities and a returnto discipline and mutual respectas a framework for instructionwithin the public schools.

For many years our countryhas suffered from a mountingerosion of close-knit neighbor­hoods and communities. Forcedbusing contributes far more tothis erosion than it does to es­tablishing a "unitary school sys­tern." In the words of FatherJoy, a local Charlestown pastor,"This neighborhood is comingback and ibusing would kill it.Charlestown's right on the edgenow." The State Representativefor Charlestown, Dennis Kearney

, concurred by saying, "People areafraid of having their neighbor­hoods taken from them. People

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Mission Sunday

whom the mother comes in con­tact - '.'so one crabby familycan affect half of Taunton!"

The speaker contrasted the oldnotion of "learning religion asif we had to recite it to some­one" with today's emphasis on"actually having the virtues, notjust knowing their names" andshe pointed out that little' chil­dren "just can't handle abstrac­tions. Up to about seventh gradeyou have to be concrete in yourreligion lessons."

Asked about the place of therosary in today's Catholic life,Mrs. Newland noted, "it holdsyou in an attitude of prayer,"and recounted a meeting she hadwith a high school group. "I toldthem about the rosary, then theSister who was working withme 'just happened' to come inwith a box of them. Those kidsliterally fell on them. Theyseemed hungry fqr that form ofprayer."

She said she had suggested tothe high schoolers that they "fastand pray for Patty Hearst, whono longer knows who she is, andask God to send a minister orpriest who can get through tothat poor child."

"What would you like to teachif you could choose only onethin&?" Mrs. Newland was asked,and her reply was prompt. "I'dlike to convince young peoplethat there's really no death! It'sso said that Christians are nolonger a great sign to the world.We're not those crazy peoplewho don't believe in death,who're full of joy, who're fan­tastically generous - we're justthose people who don't have toeat fish on Friday any more. Wehang on so - we don't realizethat the adventute is on theother side of letting go, of reallytrusting God. Abraham, whotrusted God so much he waswilling to sacrifice his son with­out knowing why he should doit, is the biggest figure of faithin all of scripture. We're notAbrahams."

Continuing Mrs. Newland's ef­fect on her listeneers will be aset of tapes she has made oncatechetics which were awardedas a door prize and won by Mrs.Jill McCloskey of Our Lady ofMt. Carmel parish, Seekonk.Mrs. McCloskey indicated thatshe will be glad to share theprize with area religious educa­tors.

Just Being

Responding to a questionabout teaching prayer, Mrs.Newland said "Just being is aprayer, in the way little childrenjust want to know where theirparents are. Being in God's pres­ence in the way tots want to bewith their parents is a prayer.'Gimme' is a prayer, too - theprayer of asking. And falling inlove is a prayer because in hu­man love one can see a shadowof God's love. Then there's thelong prayer of people who'velived a lifetime together andneed no words to know whateach other is thinking

"We're always carrying on aconversation with ourselves,"concluded Mrs. Newland. "Pray­er is just a conversion of this toan awareness of God and con­versation with him."

Discussed

York Yankees took time outfrom World Series play tohelp form plans for NationalCatholic Youth Week.

Mrs. Timothly Neville, St.Joseph's Taunton; Mrs. Ro§eMullaney, St. John's Attle­boro; and Mrs. Gilbert Noon­an, St. Patrick's, Falmouthwere preparing to introducenew CCD methods to variousparish guilds.

Illustrating the "ripple" effectof one family on its community,she noted that children and par­ents who start the day badly canupset all those with whom theycome in contact: the school busdriver, fellow pupils, teachers,the father's co-workers, thesalespeople and neighbors with

Immaculate Conception.Chris Servant and Brian

Frost were key men in keep­ing the Feehan Football teamin First place in the BristolCounty League.

A great celebration washeld in Fall River as St. Eliza­beth's Parish celebrated itsgolden jubilee.

At that time Father Greelywas still friendly with Msgr.Higgins and praised the mon­signor in his column.

New officers at Holy Familyin New Bedford were Ted Mc­Intyre, Glen Hall, Nancy Scottand Mary McGoldrick.

Dr. David Costa Jr. of NewBedford and Mrs. James A.O'Brien Jr. of Fall River weren.amed as co-chairmen of the1966 Bishop's Ball.

New CYO heads in Taun­ton were; James Murphy,Sacred Heart; Cornelia Duffy,St. Mary's; Virginia Eddy, St.Joseph's; and Robert Koska,

St. Louis Parish, Fall Riverwith Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh,pastor, and Rev. Edward J.Burns, curate celebrated the75th year of its existence.

Thomas A. Clark, GeorgeM. Thomas, Paul E. Despres,and Rev. Clement Kilgoar,SS.CC. were the new officersof Damien Council K of C inMattapoisett.

Yogi Berra of the New

Rev. Paul McCarrick of St.Mary's, Fall River, was ap­?ointed Diocesan Director Qf:he CYO.

Richard Cardinal Cushingwas given a tremendous ova­tion as he said farewell to thepeople of Boston at the in­;tallation of his successor.

Defining ClllJ¥Ilunity as"people who can relate to each

MISSION SUNDAY: Father Arnold Janssen, S.V.D.,left, Founder of the Society of the Divine Word, andFather Joseph Freinademetz, S.V.D., right, First DivineWord Missionary to go to China, will be Beatified byPope Paul on Mission Sunday, October 19, at St. Peter'sin Rom~.

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'Deadpan Teens'Continued from Page Three other lovingly," Mrs. Newland

drama in the story of Peter Rab- opined that at present "thebit, for instance, and you can Church doesn't know her peopleuse it to illustrate the impor- - the bond of love and servicetance of authority - just as and trust is missing."Peter's mother didn't want himin Mr. McGregor's garden be­cause she was afraid he'd getcaught, so God doesn't want usin what used to be called occa­sions of sin, because we mightget caught."Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan

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In our present society much value is placed on those in­dividuals who work c90ly and efffiently without causing re­actions from any quarters. While there is a time and placefor such activity and indeed in many occupations and pro­fessions such characteristic behavior must be the rule, alltoo often the word "cool" is nothing more than a euphem­ism to describe a moral .coward. There is definitely a timeto speak out, there is definitely a time when moral indigna­tion must be voiced. To remain' silent at such times is notcool, it is cowardice.

Recently General Idi Amin, the President of Ugandaand head of the Organization of African Unity addressedthe United Nations and, in addition to denouncing the Uni­ted States, called for the extinction of the state of Israel.This type of Nazi like rhetoric may please some membersof the UN but our ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihandecided that such talk could not go unanswered. In additionto a fine rebuttal given by a black member of the UnitedStates delegation, Moynihan castigated Amin whom hecalled a racist murderer (using a quote from the New YorkTimes) and indicted the Organization of African Unity forhaving such a leader.

Many Africans were incensed that they should be soattacked and they were joined by some members of the lib­eral press who depicted Moynihan as being insensitiive tothe Third World.

Absolute malarky. Ambassador Moynihan's responseto the bombastic tirade of such a comic opera villain asAmin is a correct and responsible one. Why the Africansallow Amin to be their spokesman is beyond comprehen­sion. However even more mystifying are those Americanswho believe that such outrageous verbiage cannot be re-buked. I

Thanks to the millions of men who have been in uni­form in the last forty years and the post war tourist boom,Americans caught a glimpse of the poverty stricken condi­tions which exists in many parts of this world. Nobody inthis world lives as well off as we do and in fact nobody inthe history of t~e world has done so well. The.average Amer­ican today lives a life that would be the envy of Kings andQueens of yesteryear. Even what we call hard times couldpass for luxury in some parts of our so-called modernworld.

Nevertheless many people are becoming quite blase' a­bout the missions and missionary activity. Gone is the en­thusiasm of' past years when we could rescue a pagan babyin India or support our local Maryknoller in China. True themission situation has changed but the missionaries them­selves are quite aware of the change and in their endeavorstoday they still need our support.

As they preach the Gospel of Christ, they realize theimpossible conditions which must be alleviated if the Wordis to find roots. To reverse these conditions they need ourinterest, our financial support, and as always our prayers.As we approach this Mission Sunday let us· renew ourpledge to give to our missionaries abroad the support theyso ~esperately need.

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MEMBERS OF THE CAPE COD AREA of the Decor­ating Committee for the 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ballto be held Friday, Jan. 9, at Lincoln Park Ballroom areleft to right: Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan, St. Patrick's parish,Falmouth; Mrs. John J. Houst, St Pius X parish, So. Yar­mouth, President of the Cape Cod and Islands District 5,Council of Catholic Women; Mrs. James Quirk, St. Pius Xparish, So. Yarmouth; Miss Ethel Crowley, Holy Trinityparish, West Harwich.

Dear Editor:

Two weeks ago when I com·mented on Mary Carson's recentarticles I did not intend to comeacross as being against workingmothers. A working mother whois trying to make her home abetter place for her family, istruly a person deserving of muchpraise. For fourteen years I haveheld a part time job as a nurse,to help supplement my husband'ssalary, while raising a family ofseven children.

Also I was not speaking ofRoman Catholic as a matter ofnationality. Suerly everyone re­gardless of race or nationalityis welcome into the CatholicChurch, but perhaps I shall haveto refer to the Baltimore Cate·chism for a better definitionthan I was able to give. "TheCatholic Church is one becausefill its members, according to thewill of Christ, profess the samefaith, have the same sacrificeand sacraments, and are unitedunder one same visible head, thePope. There are many religioussects which claim to be Chris­tian, but are separated from theunity of Christ by their rejectionof the authority invested by Himin the Roman Pontiff, the suc­cessor to St. Peter."

I do not feel I was expressingmy own opinions on Birth Con­trol and Abortion, as our HolyFather, the Pope, has spoken outagainst these issues on numer­ous occasions.

In closing, I must say, MaryCarson's article this week (Oct.9) was really enjoyable and morelike the Mary Carson whom Ihad always admired and still do.

Most sincerely,

Mrs. Jeanne McCarthyTaunton, Mass.

doubt, even such important doc­trines as· those concerningangels, devils, original sin, theVirgin Birth and the EucharisticPresence, so a Commission ofCardinals was established to ex­amine it, and the Commission in­sisted that numerous modifica­tions be made, as explained inthe preface to the supplement toA New Catechism (SeaburyPress, c. 1973, p. 515). Becausemost of the Commission's cor­rections were included in thesupplement to A New Catechism,and because the reader is ad·vised in the preface that "manycorrections of details have beenomitted" (p. 515), the New DutchCatechism was able to obtain animprimatur on the assumptionthat the reader has been madeaware of the need to use thebook in conjunction with moreauthoritative texts.

As do most astrologers, Ms.Carvalho likes to believe that

. all scientists who speak out inoppositiori to astrology havenever seriously investigated thesubject. Actually, astrology hasvery little to offer the scientificinvestigator. No cause-and-effectrelationship between celestialbodies and human events hasever been found, and the variousstatistical studies which havebeen made either disprove theastrologers' claims or are incon­clusive.

Just as no scientist has to readmuch of the story of Little RedRiding Hood before realizing thatit is not a scientific treatise onanimal 'behaviour, so, too, nomodern scientist needs to readmuch astrology to realize that itis ·a purely imaginative work.

Rev. Kenneth DelanoFall River

Dear Editor,

In her last letter, Ms. Cath­erine G. Carvalho dismisses asbiased the recent anti-astrologystatement made by 186 promi­nent scientists. She does so onthe supposition that they arepractically all members of theAmerican Humanistic Movementand atheists. The scientists' faithor lack of religious faith is rele­vant in this case only to theextent that one is willing to ad­mit that astrology is es<;entiallywhat it was in the beginning ­a religion, a pagan religion.

Ms. Carvalho asks where onemight find a theological prohibi.tion of astrology. They are toonumerous to enumerate here. Infact, I devoted an entire chapterof my book, Astrology: Fact orFiction? to the religious objec­tions alone, citing Biblical texts,Church councils, popes and out·standing saints who strongly op­posed astrology.

What about the New DutchCatechism's encouragement ofastrological research? That cate­chism only goes so far as to say:"we should not deny at oncewithout investigation the exist­ence of such types of phenom­ena." The phenomena referred tois "extra-sensory perception;"and the authors of the catechismhave erroneously included astrol­ogy under that head. Whereastelepathy, clairvoyance and otherforms of extra-sensory percep­tion are unusual gifts or abilities,astrology is different, for it is astudy, a methodology.

The New Dutch Catechism hasmany good points, but it certainlycannot be cOI'sidered an infal­lible presentation of all Catholicdoctrine, despite the imprimaturit bears. The original Dutch Cate­cism failed to teach, or left in

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Denis Faul, Brian Brady andRaymond Murray said they be­lieve that the British policy ofinterning those suspected of ter­rorism without trying them willnot end by Christmas, as Reeshas said he hoped it would.

Internment PolicyCriticize British

FALL RIVER TO EMMITSBURG: Over fifty pilgrimsleft Fall River on Monday morning for a five day visit tothe area where St. Elizabeth Seton spent most of herworking years. Pictured above are Sisters from the CatholicMemorial Home in Fall River as they prepared to joinsome of the pilgrims already on the bus.

BELFAST (NC)-Three North­ern Irish priests have denouncedthe internee release policy ofMerlyn Rees, the British Secre­tary of State for Northern Ire­land, as ':spurious and false."

In a 15-page booklet, Fathers

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

Oct. 18. Kiddie Movie from Ito 3 p.m. at the Father CoadyCenter. Donation of $.50 will beasked at the door. Anyone iswelcome.

Oct. 19. Social at FatherCoady Center from 1 to 4. Re­freshments will be served.

Oct. 25. A dance at FatherCoady Center. Admission will be$2.00. Dancing 8:30 p.m. to 12:30a.m. and refreshments. Comeand have a good time. You'llbe glad you did.

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

St. George Women's Guildwill sponsor a fashion show,"Color Your World with Fash­ions" from Mr. A on Mon. Oct.20 at Venus de Milo. A hotbuffet will be served at 6 p.m.Styles will be shown by HartModels. Door prizes will begiven. Tickets available fromGuild members.

Friday - Saturday, Nov. 7 and8, Las Vegas Night at St. GeorgeSchool Hall, Westport from 8p.m. to 12 p.m. Luncheon in­cluded.

ST. WILLIAMS,FALL RIVER

Four new members were wel­comed at the October meeting ofSt. William's Women's Guild.

Mrs. Madeline Gagnon, Presi­dent, announced that Saturdayevening, Oct. 25th is the datefor the dinner dance to be heldin the parish center. Music bythe Jardineres." Plans, werecompleted for a Turkey Whistto be held in the parish centeron Sunday, Nov. 16. Mrs. Jean­nette Dooley, chairman of theChristmas party, announced thatthe Christmas party would beheld on Dec. 10 at Valles.

Mrs. Mary Batchelder wasnamed Vice-President of theGuild due to the resignation ofMrs. Sandra Costanza who hasmoved out of state.

Mrs. Mae Smith and Mrs.Mary Callahan were named tothe Hospitality Committee.

A Copper Demonstration fol­lowed the business meeting.

The committee in charge ofthe October meeting were: Mrs.Mary Williams, Mrs. Mary Cal­lahan, Mrs. Ellen Reid, Mrs. EffieWitinger.

OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION,OSTERVILLE

Charitable projects of the, Women's Guild will benefit froma flea market and food sale tobe held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday Oct. 18 in the churchparking lot. All contributions

. are welcomed, including clot~ing,

jewelry, hardware, toys andgames, books and kitchen items. 'They may be delivered to thechurch basement at any time be­fore the sale or pick-ups will bemade if donors call 477-0813 tomake arrangements.

ST. BERNARD,ASSONET

A pancake breakfast will beserved at the parish hall onSouth Main Street by the Wom­en's Guild members following8:30 and 10:30 Masses Sundaymorning, Oct. 19. The public isinvited and tickets will be avail­able at the door, with specialadmission rates for children.

ST. JOHN BAPTIST,NEW BEDFORD

A spaghetti and meatball sup­per will be served in the churchhall from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday,Oct. 18. A portable color tele­vision will be raffled in connec­tion with the supper. Tickets areavailable at the rectory.

A Christmas table and caketable will be set up for shop­pers on the weekend of Nov. 22and 23; and those wishing to do­nate handmade articles for thissale may leave them at the rec­tory.

Tickets for a parish NewYear's party are available at therectory. Since they are limitedin number, early reservations aresuggested.

BLESSED SACRAMENT,FALL RIVER

The Men's Club wishes to an­nounce that a Halloween Cos­tume Party is planned for Oct.25 at 7:15 at Blessed SacramentChurch Hall. For the meal itwill be fried chicken and fordancing it will be Leon Drew­niak and His Rhythmeers Orch.Prizes will be awarded for bestcostumes, and on Nov. 15 it willbe a night with 'The Jardinaire'sOrch. with a beef steak pie forthe supper for that night andalso on Dec. 13 and 14 a week­end tour to New York City isplanned. Eddy Brault is chair­man for the affair. Anyone de­siring tickets may call him orother m~mbers of the club.

ST. ANNE'S,FALL RIVER

Cub Scouts of the parish willbenefit from a dinner dance tobe held Saturday night, Oct. 18.Tickets are available from com­mittee members.

Rev. Robert Kaszynski will beguest preacher at a novena inhonor of St. Jude to be held atSt. Anne's shrine from Monday,Oct. 20 through Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The first Home and Schoolmeeting of the current academicyear will take place Thursdaynight, oct. 23 in the school aud­itorium.

A buffet and dance will besponsored by St. Anne's Fra­ternity at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct:25 at the fraternity hall, 149Guild St. The event will honorand benefit the parish school onthe occasion of its 50th anni­versary. Tickets are availablefrom fraternity members and atthe rectory.

Also marking the school an­niversary will be a 5:30 p.m.liturgy, followed by a banquet,scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1.Tickets for the dinner may behad at the rectory.

ST. PETER,DIGHTON

The Women's Guild will holda Thrift Sale in the rectory base­ment at 2039 County Street(Route 138) from 2:30 to 8 p.m.Friday, Nov. 14 and from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m~ Saturday, Nov. 15.

ST. KILIAN,NEW BEDFORD

The parish will benefit from'proceeds of a whist party to besponsored in the church hall at8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 by theWomen's Guild. The hall is lo­cated at Ashley, Boulevard andDavis Street. '

I'ubllclty chllrmen of Dlrlsh Drl.n'z.tlonlare liked to submit news items for thiseo/un'n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7. F.IIRiver, 02722. N.me of city or town shouldbe I"eluded, II well II full d.tes of .11.ctlvltles. Plelle send news of future r.therth.n p.st events.

ST. JAMES,NEW BEDFORD

The Ladies Guild has resumedits meetings in the church hallheld at 7:30 p.m. the third Wed­nesday of each month. MaureenLewis, president, and Ellie Qua­dros. program chairman, haveannounced the calendar for theyear, including a Mass for de­ceased members and a supper inNovember, and the annual pennysale, set for Monday, Dec. 1.Members may bring guests to allevents. ,

A baked goods sale will beheld in the church hall after allMasses this weekend.

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ST. MARGARET,BUZZARDS BAY

A communal ceremony of theAnonting of the Sick will takeplace in the context of' Mass at2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 inSt. Margaret's parish center. Allparishioners of St. Margaret'sand St. Mary's churehes who arein their sixties or older, thoseplanning major surgery, and theill of any age are invited toparticipate. A social hour willtake place after the Mass.

Further information is avail­able at the rectory and thosein need of transportation maycall the parish center, telephone759-2065, to make arrangements.Co-chairpersons in charge ofarrangements for this event areMartha Monaghan and Georg­ina Lips.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

A penance service will beheld for those to be confirmedthis month and their families at7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. A prac­tice for reception of the sacra­ment will take place in thechurch at 3:30 p.m. Monday,

'Oct. 20 and a meeting of spon-sors and confirmands will takeplace at 7 p.m. Tuesday"Oct. 21,also in the church.

New altar boys will meet inthe church at 2:45 p.m. today.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

A malasada supper and pennysale are set for Saturday night,Nov. 29 in the parish hall. Aplanning meeting for the eventwill take place at 7 p.m. Sun­day. Oct. 26. also in the hall.

Events on the calendar of theCouncil of Catholic Women in­clude a cake sale this weekend,a Christmas party Monday, Dec.1 and a penny sale Sunday, Jan.18.

Holy Rosary Sodality an­nounces a penny sale for 1:30p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 in the par­ish hall.

ST. JOHN,POCASSET

The Ladies Guild will sponsora Christmas Boutique Saturday,Nov. 29 at Pocasset CommunityClub on Barlow's Landing Road.Workshops are being held eachTuesday morning 'at the homeof the guild president, Mrs. JohnLaird.

The sale will continue' from9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a snackbar will feature homemade chow­der at noon.

Parish :Parade

ST. LAWRENCE,NEW BEDFORD

St. Lawrence's Parish 1n NewBedford is having a giganticChristmas Bazaar. The dates areSat., Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.and Sunday, Oct. 26 9 a.m. to5 p.m. at the Holy Family Gram­mer School on North all9 Coun­ty Streets. Hundreds of hand­knits, arts and crafts, toys,plants, aprons, handmade wood­en articles, grab bags. CompleteChristmas Shopping! Hurry'Hurry!

ST. JULIE BILLIART,NORm DARTMOUTII

The Ladies Guild is sponsor­ing a spaghetti and' meat ballsupper in the church hall from5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27.The event is open to the publicand children's tickets will 'beavailable. Reservations may bemade by calling 996-4767 or 996­5953 or by contacting any guildmember.

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of New York state, citing the. poor record of Catholics as reg­istered voters, have urged all el­igible' Catholics to consider ita Catholic's duty to register andvote in the coming elections.

The first teacher could notagree. And so he continued toteach as he always did. His stu­dents (although they were themost loyal of students) contin­ued to diminish in numbers.

Open Policy,The second teacher continued

his open policy, and on manyoccasions suffered through somegrievous insults from his stu~dents. But their numbers contin­ued to multiply and he was hap­py to have influence over sucha large number of students evenif it means enduring a certainamount of pain.

In fact, he remarked that hereally believed his studentsloved him because they contin­ued to come to his classroom,and once in a while he e~en

learned something from them,which made life interesting in­deed.

As a reader you may some­times wonder about your Cath­olic newspaper.

You may wonder why. it per­mits some' writers to questionthings. You may particularlywonder about me.

The reason may be that yourbishop, who is our teacher, iswilling to tolerate some disorderin his classroom (this news­paper). He is willing to allowwriters like me and readers likeyou to use this paper, just as theteacher who allows and evensuffers through challenges in hisown classroom in order that hemight influence more students.

I app~eciate him. I hope youdo too.

Discussi,ons

N1ewspap,ers

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River.....Thurs. Oct. 16, 1975

By

MARY

CARSON

PrayerIn Prayer we shift the center

of living from self-consciousnessto self-surrender.

-A:braham Heschel

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I,n CatholicThere once were two teachers, both learned, but they

conducted their classes in different ways. The first teacherinsisted on discipline in his classroom. He delivered hislectures 'eloquently, then had his students meditate on hiswords. There were no ques­tions because he had donesuch careful preparation onhis lessons none seemed nec­essary.

The second teacher worked'differently with his students. Heencouraged questions from his

students. He even permittedthem to challenge him at times.Some students took advantageof this occasionally and raisedoutrageous arguments. But mostof the time the class was a live­ly group filled with interestingtalk and lots of learning.

One day the first teachernoticed there were some emptyse~ts in his classroom. This hadnever happened before and hewas troubled by it. He passedthe doorway to the second teach­er's classroom and while he wasdismayed to see the apparentdisorder (a lively argument wasin progress) ... he also noticedthe room was full.

Permits Questions

The first teacher took the sec­ond teacher aside one day andsaid, "I don't approve of whatyeu are doing. You permit dis­

.cussions and arguments in yourclassroom and while the stu­dents may enjoy this and be at­tracted to it, it presents seriousdangers. Errors can creep in.The students w~ll lose sight ofwho the teacher is, and will be­gin to accept the opinons offellow students instead of theirteacher."

The second teacher said, "Thefact that these students comeinto my classroom indicates theyaccept me as their teacher. As

,long as the discussion takesplace in my classroom, I can in­fluence it.

He continued, "I know thereare some students who will ac­cept a teacher without question.But most students will not, andit is to attract them I permitquestions and discussions.

"As long as these questionsare raised in my classroom, I cando something about them. Thereal danger is that the studentswill gather someplace else todiscuss their questions. Whenthis happens I have lost my in­fluence over them."

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, .dissent over what TV program to didn't clean the house, didn't put 1 small sprig of fresh orwatch. in a wash, or because I spent too % teaspoon dried rosemary

A quiet rainy Sunday after- much. flournoon with absolu(ely nothing to Making this roast of lamb gave 1) Dry the lamb thoroughlydo but hake, read the New York me so-much pleasure that I just with paper towels and seasonTimes and sleep. . ,had to pass the recipe on. I with salt, pepper, marjoram and

A day when I find that there don't know if the lamb is as deli- oregano. Make tiny slits in theis not one piece of dirty clothing dous as I imagined it to be or if meaty part of the leg and insertin ~e whole house. The opposite it seemed to be because I haven't little bits of mashed garlic. Rubis generally true. cooked it in so long. Whatever leg with paprika, and mustard

A moment when I say NO to the answer, the recipe is worth let stand at room temperatureone of the children's requests trying. 'for 30 minutes to 1 hour or evenand they don't give me an hour Roast Leg of Lamb longer. ,of oration to persuade me that 6 to 7 pound leg of lamb ~ 2) ·In a large baking dish, heatmy view is 1) obsolete, 2) ar- salt and freshly ground black the oil, add the minced onion,chaic, and 3) about as unfair as pepper carrot, celery and rosemary.selling a freezer to an Eskimo, 'h teaspoon marjoram Cook the 'mixture withoutplus in opposition to everyone % teaspoon oregano ",,tj' browning for 2 to 3 minutes andelse's mother that they know. 2 large cloves garli9'''ft\ashed set aside.(Some day I'm going to form a 1 teapsoon paprika,;,,", 0 3) Sprinkle the lamb withunion for the mothers of teen· 2 teaspoons Dijon~Td flour and place in the bakingagers. I keep hearing that in 3 Tablespoons olive "oil dish. Roast the lamb for 1 hourunity there isstrengtb.) Ionian finely minced and 30 minutes in a 375' oven,

A Saturday spent in shopping 1 carrot; finely minced basting every 30 minutes, untilwithout feeling g"!'ilty because I 1 celery stalk, finely minced done. '

cause they tend to be very leggyafter the summer. They don'ttake to cutting back very wellbecause they often develop heavystems which make ,the plant lookstubby.

The point to this article is thatthere is no need to discard every­thing that has grown in the gar­den just because winter is set­ti'ng in. Plants that can be car­ried over should be brought intothe house,and although they maynot start out at their peak, withreasonahle pruning and care,they can become pleasant addi­tions to the home.

In the KitchenOne of my' daughters had a

school assignment requiring herto list the "little things" that areimportant to her. She said sh~

pondered for almost the wholeperiod before she came up witheven a few thoughts.

Listing the small things thatmake life tolerable is not easy.Oh, most of us can'think big andlist such things as winning thelottery, or the Irish Sweepstakes,a trip to Europe, a vacation to awarm climate in the middle of aNew England winter, or beingable to pay for the best collegesfor our children, but very oftenthe small things elude us.

As a mother, housewife andworking woman my prioritiesmay not be the same as mydaughter's, or even my hus1?and'sbut I'm almost positive that theyare the same as many otherwomen in the same position:

Having my whole family homeone evening, with everyonespeaking to each other and no

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Coyle-Cassidy Penny" SaIeThe Coyle &: Cassidy Mother's with the various booths featur­

Club will hold its A!tnual Penny ing this year an added attract­Sale at the School on Tuesday, ion-a plant booth which manyOct. 21st. Doors open at 6:30 .. .p.m. Sale starts at 7:30. As ai- wdl enJoy. Everyone IS welcome.ways there are many beautiful Mrs. Albea Milot is Generalgifts and 0 several baskets: aJong Chairwoman 'of . this event~

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick"

With the cold weather coming in, there are a numberof outside plants that can be brought into the house for theWinter. Some of these can be grown inside with no diffi­culty. Coleus, for example, in many of its variations can bepotted and brought into thehouse. If a plant is particu­larly large after growing out­side all summer, prune itjudiciously, repot it, and give itplenty of water until it becomesa,cclimated to the house.

Impatiens is another plant thatcan be brought into the housewith little difficulty. If they havebeen grown in th_e flower box orin a garden they should bepotted up for the winter. Impa­tiens can be started very ,readilyfrom cuttings. Snip off a threeor four inch end-section andplace this in a glass of water fora week or so until rootlets beginto appear. These cuttings canthen be potted .in loose pottingsoil and kept fairly moist. In notmuch time they will develop intovigorous plants. Impatiens tendto be over.grown when broughtinto the house and therefore newcuttings can be used to replace

, the older plant onCe they beginto grow well.

Much the same treatment canbe used in treating begonias.Tuberous begonias should bedried out and stored for the win- .ter. The fibrous begonias, how­ever, can ,be potted and thesewill grow well in the house withno real problems. Again, just aswith "impatiens, it might beworthwhile to start some cut·tings from the original plantwhich may be leggy after a full'Summer's growth. Cuttings takewell and although they take alittle longer than coleus or im­patiens to grow into a vigorousplant, they are worth trying.

'I personally don't think gera­niums are worth bringing in be-

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Monday Night

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I. - Parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River, arrived early. 2. - The people of Sacred Heart, New Bedford, waiting to march. 3. - The Altar Boys of St. Joseph's, Attleboro, in procession. 4. - The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried by the men of EspirituSanto, FaU River.

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5. - The crowd moves up South Main Street. 6. - Father Blais leads the recitation of the rosary. 7~ - Timmy O'Brien of St. Mary's, FaU River, reads the Word of God. 8. - Bishop Cronin: "We have ties of blood and faith withour brothers and sisters in PortugaL"

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Like first of all trying to findout what is going on. Why arepeople turning away from theChurch in droves? Everyone hashis opinion, but the opini9ns arenot burdened with evidence.How can you respond to a prob­lem, there is nothing one hasto understand, much less any­thing to which one needs torespond. If everybody wouldthink positive thoughts and ifthe "pessimists" would go awaywith their data, then therewould be nothing to worryabout.

One would never have be­lieved it possible to bury yourhead in the sand and whistle inthe dark at the same time. But·for the present generation ofCatholic leadership it comeseasy. .

own moral decisions.That's called whistling in the

dark.'Galloping Catastrophe'

And some prelates will an­nounce that the churches arefilled whenever they go; theydon't notice collections are going·down (even though almost everyother priest in the country does):

That's called whisting in thedark, too.

But nothing much else is go­ing to be done.

When you combine these dataon continued' decline' in churchattendance with the data re­ported in this column severalweeks ago about the increase inapostasy, you get a picture ofa galloping catastrophe.

What to do? Well, you mightcancel this column. I'm too neg­ative. Heaven knowll you needhappy people aboard a sinkingship.

But isn't anyone-a bishop, acardinal, an apostolic delegate, asecretary of state, a pope-ANY­ONE going to face up to the factthat we have a crisis of giganticproportions going on in Amer­ican Catholicism and that some­thing has to be dope about itand done about it now?

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Catholics has taken a sharp·drop, falling almost to 40 percent-a decline of 30 percentagepoints in seven years. There are360 'Catholic respondents in oursample, so the variation fromthe actual population could eas­ilr be six or seven percentagepoints one way or another. Buteven a 47 per cent Sunday Massattendance figure would repre­sent one (jf the most drastic de­clines in religious practice in thewhole of human histozr.

To make matters worse, theweekly church attendance forthose under 40 has fallen be­neath 30 per cent. Substantiallyless than a third of the Catholicadults in the country are goingto Mass every week.

Let it be carefully noted thatour question asks how ofteJl doyou go to church while theGallup organization question

·asks whether you went tochurch last week; hence Gallupnormally will get a percentagedifferent from ours-at one timelower and more recently higher.Some Catholic editorial writershave not yet been able to graspthat fact.

Erosion Continues

:aut however the question isworded and however much "sam­pling variation" may be, there isno doubt at all about the thrust

·of the findings: the erosion ofreligiollspractice among Cath­olics continues and· there is nQ.sign of it bottoming out.

What will happen? Perhapsthe editor of "America" willwrite another one of his piouslittle editorials casting doubt onthe accuracy of the data. SomeCatholic enthusiasts will rejoicebecause they think a smallchurch is better than a largechurch and because decline inchurch attendance is a sign thatpeople are now making their

Occasionally a social researcher cannot believe hiseyes. He knows his data are good. ije realizes the possi­bility of sampling variation but he has enough cases tobe reasonably confident about his percentages. Still thestati$tics are so surprisingthat we can't quite believe

'that they are true. Such ismy reaction to the'latestdata on church attendan,ce gath­ered by National Opinion Re­search Center. Weekly Mass for

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Bishop Mahoney

Rev. Roger L Gagne, pas­tor of St. Mark's, AttleboroFalls, has been named an As­sistant Coordinator of theCatholic Charities Appeal inthe Attleboro area.

Rev. William T. Babbitt, as­sistant pastor of St. Paul's,Taunton, has been appointedChaplain of Taunton Cath­olic Middle School.

Bishop JostledSACRAMENTO (NC)-Bishop

Roger M. Mahony, auxiliary ofFresno and chairman of the Cal­ifomia Agricultural Labor Rela­tions Board (ALRB) was threat­ened and jostled by Teamsterunion demonstrators outside hisoffices here. Another boardmember, LeroY' Chatfield, wasstruck with a picket sign androughed up by the demonstra­tors as he also tried to leave the'board offices.

torians and narrated by a profes­sional reader, it covers the de­velopment of Catholic life andpractice in this country from1565 to the present day.

Along with a number of mycolleagues on the USCC staff,I recently attended a preview of"Catholic/Americans." We wereall very favorably impressed bythe film. It's extraordinarily welldone from every point of view.To the best of my knowledge,there' is nothing even remotelycomparable to it on the market.I recommend it enthusiasticallyfor use in the Catholic schoolsystem, starting at the highschool level. It's also made toorder for parish adUlt educationprograms.

The film will be ready for dis­tribution within a couple. ofweeks. For further informationabout its content and price,please address the Paulist Press,400 Sette Drive, Paramus, N. J.07652; telephone 201-265-5770.

Bishop LinksFamily, Religion

ROME (NC)-The family, theparish and regular religious ob­servances are the pillars onwhich Catholic marital love and

l union rest, according to' CardinalJohn J. Wright, prefect of theVatican's Congregation for theClergy.

Cardinal Wright, an American,was addressing about 1,000 mar·ried couples of the Marriage En­counter Movement here. Theyhad come from the UnitedStates on a Holy Year pilgrim­age.

The Marriage Encounter Move­ment in the Catholic Church wascreated in the United States tostrengthen the effect of the sac­rament of matrimony on Cath­olic couples. More than 200,000couples have made encounterweek. ends over the past sevenyears.

Cardinal Wright said humilityis needed to make marriage suc­ceed.

"And let us never forget that­a successful marriage, .one ilf·which the children, too, are apart of the whole, is a marriagethat is based on family love, thecommunity which' is the parishand regular attendance ~at Sun­day Mass."

"The parish is the center offamily life and that same senseof community is What MarriageEncounter appeals to you all torevive .as couples within theChurch," added the cardinal.

Jokingly, the cardinal said:"This is one sacrament that Icannot share with you, but neverleave the priests, out of it. Neverleave priests .out of your senseof community, for it is the pas­toral wdrk of the priest thatbinds the community and familyinto a whole."

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and the real opportunit~es forrenewal have passed." ("The De­ferred Revolution: A· Social Ex­periment in Church Innovationin Holland, 1960-1970," Elsevier,52 Vanderbilt Ave., N¢w York,N. Y. 10017, $9.50' .

Several projects have beenlaunched in recent years tomeet this problem head~on andto stir up renewed. interest inthe study of Church history inthe United States. Father Rob­ert Trisco, professor of ChurchHistory at the Catholic Univer­sity of America and editor ofthe Catholic Historical Review,for example is heading up a Bi­centennial. Church history proj­ect under the auspices of theU. S.Bishops Committee on theBicentennial. Within the nearfuture, the scholl,lrly manuscriptsbeing drafted under the super­vision of the Trisco team will bein book form.

The Paulist Press, as its owncontribution to the Catholic ob­servance ofthe Bicentennial, hasjust completed a three-hour doc­umentary film, "Catholics/Amer­icans," on the history of theChurch in the United States.Divided into six chronological.topical units, with each unit con­sisting of three' lO-minutescripts written by competent his·

Father Walter Goddijn, a Dutch sociologist, remarksin his recent study of Church reform in contemporary Hol­land that in the Church as well as in secular society "re­newers are a little disposed to think historically. It seemsas if they fear that their urgefor radical reneWal will becurbed by historical think­ing. Their consideration ofhistory starts just too late torelativize their own standpoints.At that moment they themselveshave become a part of history,

National MemorialMass Scheduled

ARLINGTON (NC)-A nation­al memorial Mass at ArlingtonNational Cemetery has beenscreduled on May 31, 1976, forall the men and women whohave given their lives in theservice of the United States.'. .

Chief celebrant for the Mass,sponsored by the Arlington -di­ocese will be Cardinal TerenceCooke of New York, head of theU. S. Military Ordinariate. (TheMilitary Ordinariate is respon­sible for the pastoral care of allthe persons who serve' in theU. S. armed forces or are attachedto military bases.)

All the bishops of the countryhave been invited to concel­ebrate in the. Memorial DayMass, whicq is a part of nation·wide . ~emonies marking' thebicentennial year.

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KNOW YOUR FAITHSensitivity to Sin Political Morality

Transition to Kingship

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Saul to David, and even moregifted and charismatic person­ality.

David is the Old Testament'smodel political leader. True, hewas far. from perfect. As weknow from the subsequent nar­rative in the second book ofSamuel, he was capable of seri­ous transgressions against God'slaw. But sinning, he repented.He reaffirmed his commitmentto God, and God continuaIly re­affirmed His commitment tohim and to the people he led.

At the end of the first bookof Samuel, Saul is dead and theway is open for David, long per­secuted and pursued by Saul,to ascend to the monarchy. Butthe political and military situ­ation of the Israelites is weakand ominous. It is a' moment ofsupreme peril. The permanent

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The sword and sacred word of God are early symbolsof kingship among the Israelites whose monarchy wasforged in the furnace of battIe. "Difficult in the best oftimes, this transition (to monarchy) was all the more dra­matic because it was provoked and carried out in the faceof continual warfare with the better organized, betterarmed Philistines." From article by Russell Shaw.

they fail in this-and failure ac­curs all too soon they offend Godand subvert the political orderitself.

In many respects Saul mea­sured up to the high standardsdemanded of him who would beking of God's people. Even hisphsyical appearance was strik- .ing "There was no other Israel­ite handsomer than Saul; hestood head and shoulders abovethe people," He was brave tothe point of audacity and cap­able of charismatic leadership.

But in many ways he also feIltragically short of the moral re­quirements of political leader­ship. The' narrative teIls of ep­isodes of extreme emotional in­stability-fits, of rage and moodsof deep depression-which sug­gest that in contemporary jar­gon Saul might have been classi­fied as a manic-depressive. Moreserious, he took it upon himselfto go against God's commandswhen it was convenient or prof­itable to do so. His performanceamply justified Samuel's initialdoubts about the monarchy and.led to a complete and irrecon­cilable break between the twomen.

Still the conditions which had 'first caIled for the monarchypersisted. In these circumstancesSamuel recognized that God'schoice of one to unify and leadhis peoples had passed from

This is strikingly true of thefirst book of Samuel, where theworking out of God's plan is de­picted in some of the most crit­ical events in Israel's historyand in the lives of several of theOld Testament's most remark­able figures. The story containsa lesson on the use and abuseof political power as timely asWatergate and far more last­ing in its implications.

PoliticaIly, the narrative con­cerns a drastic transition-fromthe loose tribal confederation ofthe Israelites to the creation ofa strong monarchy. Difficult inthe best of times, this transitionwas all the more dramatic be­cause it was provoked and car­ried out in the face of continualwarfare with the better organ­ized; better armed Phillistines.

The lesson of political moral­ity taught here is both simpleand profound. Both leaders andpeople are subject to judgmentby higher standards than expe­diency ,or profit. The ultimatemoral norm of political leader­ship-asof everything else inhuman life - is obedience toGod's will.

Three striking figures dom­inate the. story: Samuel, Sauland David.

Samuel was the last of theIsraelite tribal judges but, clear­ly, he was also something more.Events surrounding his birthand special consecration to theLord pick him out as one whois to play a special role in thedivine plan. His absolute incor­ruptibility are emphasized. He isshown performing priestly andprophetic functions. J\11 thismakes it clear that, in legitimiz­ing the people's desire for a kingand identifying first Saul andthen David .for this role, hewas indeed acting as God'sinstrument.

But Samuel himself has mixedfeelings t()ward the monarchy.He accepts it but he has misgiv­ings about it. "Samuel was dis­pleased when they asked for aking to judge them," The point,here and in what is to follow,is clear enough. God's people arenot to have rulers on the modelof the pagan kings who setthemselves up as demigods.Kings and people alike are tobe God's obedient servants. If

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RUSSEU

SHAW

In the Old Testment, history.and psychology are consistentlyinterpreted in light of theology.The purpose is to probe beyondthe surface of events and per­sonalities in o,rder to reach adeeper insight into God's will ofHis people.

IIGod helped him to resolve the

conflict and sanctioned thechoice of Saul as the first kingof Israel. The latter carried o~t

his immediate duties with dis­tinction, but' in the end heturned out to be one of the mosttragic figures in all of humanhistory.

It .is quite otherwise with hissuccessor, David. He was thedarling of his people and becamethe ideal king of Israel, to whomfuture ages looked back with asigh. So much did they idolizehim, in fact, that when divinelyinspired hopes for a Messiahtook definite shape, those hopeswere expressed in terms of theDavidic ideal. The Messiahwould be no less than anotherDavid. And in truth, David diddeserve their love and admira­tion, in spite of his franklychronicled faults.

For some time after escapingfrom the dangerous presence ofthe unbalanced Saul, he led sortof a Robin Hood existence witha band of faithful followers. Hisprestige, already great at thecourt of Saul, increased duringthese years. He had been desig­nated by Samuel as Saul's suc­cessor, and immediately afterthe king's death, he was pro­claimed king at Hebron by themembers of his own tribe ofJudah.

As might have been expected,the northern tribes were.,. reluc­tant to accept another southern­

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Jonathan pleaded with hisfather, Saul:· "Let not your maj­esty sin against his servantDavid."

The prophet Nathan toldDavid: "You are the man! ...Why have you spurned the Lordand done evil in hi,s sight?"

Some observers of the contem-,porary scene like psychiatrist

Karl Meninger believe we needa few more Jonathans andNathans today. They feel thatmodern men and women, for va­rious reasons, have grown in­sensitive to sin and either arenot aware of their moral faultsor too easily rationalize themaway.

An appendix in the New Ritefor Penance contains an exam­ination of conscience whichmight help in this regard.

In a positive but pointed way,it examines three divine com­mands: "You shaIl love the Lordyour God with your wholeheart," "Love one another as Ihave loved you," and "Be per­fect as your Father is perfect."Under each mandate, the exam­ination poses a lengthy series of .questions designed to stimulateour consciences and increase ourawareness of sin. I think RomanCatholics might find daily use of

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Saul became jealous of David.He grew very angry and resent­ful when the crowds praised theyoung leader by singing, "Saulhas slain his thousands, andDavid his ten thousands. TheKing likewise raged in his houseover the youth's popularity andeventuaIly sought to kill him.

David, later, also knew weak­ness and sin. He took anotherman's wife and then, as is oftenthe case, compounded this faIlhy arranging for the wrongedhusband's death.

Critics warned both Saul andDavid, pricked their consciences,told them they were wrong.

Human nature does not seemto change much over the cen­turies. The temptations, weak-,nesses and failures we readabout in the Old Testament daysof Saul and David are not rad­icaIly different from those ofthe 1970's.

fRo JOSEPH M.

CHAMPLIN

Rev. John J. Castelot, SSt

Samuel grew up in the savageand precarious period of theJudges. Marvelously endowedby both nature and grace, hewas already in his prime whenthe battle of Aphec put an endto the independence of his littlenation. He had grown up in theservice of the priests at Silo,and from there his reputationhad spread among the people.He was known far and wide asa prophet, a true man of God,one who could make knownwith sureness the divine will.

His most far-reaching contri­bution was the development ofa unified national consciousnessamong the Israelites. He put thefinal touches on the political ev­olution which was to substitutefor the enervating separatism ofindividual tribes a national un­ion under one head endowed

'with stable power. Equally im-portant, being himself a prophet,he had established alongside thissoon-to-emerge secular authoritythe counterforce of a religiousand .prophetical ministry.

In a nation like Israel therecould be but one supreme au­thority: God. There was no room'for an all-powerful king whorecognized no authority abovehis own. It was this apparentconflict of authority - Yahwehversus a human king - whichmade Samuel hesitate when thepeople asked him to select aking for them.

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tension between hope and threat'in Samuel's words about thepolitical order is clear.

"If you fear the Lord and wor­ship Him, if you are obedient toHim and do not rebel againstthe Lord's command, if both youand the king who rules you fol­low the Lord your God - welland good. But if you do not obeythe Lord and if you rebel againstHis command, the Lord will dealseverely with you and your king,and destroy you."

There is an enormous differ­ence between the ordering ofpolitical life in the Israel ofSamuel, Saul and David andthe political scene in contempo­rary America. Yet political andpublic morality is as urgent anissue today as it was then. Ad­mitting all the complexities ofthe current scene, one still ar­ries at the same conclusion.Politics is not an amoral busi­ness where "anything goes." Ul.timately, political life is judgedby the same norm as the restof life; obedience to the will ofGod. That is a sobering thought,both for those who seek roles ofpolitical leadership and for allof us who share responsibilityfor choosing our political lead­ers. Are we ready, even today,for the revolutionary notion thatgood politics demands goodmorality?

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Under number III, "Be perfectas your Father is perfect":'

"Where is my life really lead­ing me? Is the hope of eternallife my inspiration? Have I tried

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this section an excellent moralsensitizer in their individuallives: The appendix includes 24paragraphs of questions. Takingone each night could, in amonth's time, lead the concernedindividual to a much keenerview of what it means to be aChristian.

Here are samplings of thattext:

Under number I, "You shalllove the Lord your God withyour whole heart":

"Is my heart set on God, sothat I really love him above allthings and am faithful to hiscommandments, as a son loveshis father? Or am I more con­cerned about the things ofthis world? Have I·a right inten­tion in what I do "

Under number II, "Love oneanother as I have loved you":

"Am I concerned for the goodand prosperity of' the humancommunity in which I live, ordo I spend my time caring onlyfor myself? Do I share to thebest of my ability in the workof promoting justice, morality,harmony, and love in humanrelations? Have I done my dutyas a citizen? Have I paid mytaxes?" .

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gives His own Person in an eter­nalact of love.

Jesus came among human be­ings as a full and complete per­son to bring them life and tobring it more abundantly (In.X:IO). Because He lived gener­ously and selflessly, he gaveevery person the strength andpower to "go and do likewise".(Lk. X37)

Some QuestionsOnly in experiencing oneself

as a gift from the Otber can onebe an individual, a liberated per­son. Good persons provide anorm for the doing of gooddeeds; and good deeds, seen assuch, povide the context forcreating good persons.

The Christian, then, becomes afree person with a heart of fleshwhich can accept the love of Godand able to make authenticchoices. The Christian, thereby,helps the world regain the truenotion of person and of what itmeans to be human.

Is the Christian person ananomaly in our society? No. Forthe Christian person is a promiseof something and Someone more.H is by living authentically thepersonal gift of love that Chris­tians become the heralds of GodWho is liberty and justice for all.

Plenty of questions here;plentv of discussion. Join a par­ish discussion group; give yourown insights; share with yourfellow parishioners. Here are"some general ouestions from theBicentennial "Liberty And Jus­tice For All" discussion guide:

I) Wbat are the ways societyin the United States has pro­moted and reverenced the hu­man person? How has society inthe United States shown disre­spect for and blocked the growthof the human person?

2) What are the ways theChurch in America has promotedand reverenced the human per­son? How has the Church inAmerica shown disrespect forand blocked the growth of thehuman person?

3) What experiences have youhad that made you feel most likea complete human person? Whatexperiences have made you feelleast human?

4) What things could happento our society and in our Churchto better promote human dignityand worth for the individualperson?

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'Personhood-What Are YOU!Just what are you? No, I did

not say, "Who . . .. Why . . . .How .... , I said, "What."

It is actually a very' difficultquestion to answer. Biology,Sociology, History, Philosophy,Theology . . . . they all haveanswers. Basically, the person isboth a gift from God and a taskto be accomplished.

To realize one's self as beinga gift from God, one must reflecton the experience of restlessnesswe aU share The search for ade­quate answers reallv never stopsfor every question and attemptedanswer only promise that a per­son can still change and grow.One experiences the basic in­completeness of self and hopesfor fulfillment.' I, you,are awonder . . . "a wondrous giftof God.

A Created GiftThe mature person is the one

who knows not only tbat thereare others who give him/herbirth, sup")ort and love, but thatthere is ONE OTHER whose orig­inal gift of love called him/herinto existence.

Then begins the search for the"Why" and the discovery of God.

De;-endence upon one anotherinvites us to depend upon God.Persons discover their true ori­gin in worship, a thankskivingoffered to God for the gift ofpel'sonhood.

Personal TaskBut personhood is also a task

to be accomplished. There arepersons whose lives are charac­terized by failure and sin. Theyrefuse to respond to their ownpersonhood. They refuse the lov­in~ call of others. They ignorethe invitation of God. Their per­sonal development becomes in-

. fidelity to God. The Christianexperiences. sinfulness.

Even Christians have some­times looked at sin as a simpletaboo or a failure to <>'bey extrin­sic commands. The almost exclu­sive limitation of sinfulness tothe sexual has clouded theissue.

Sin is found rooted in human·ity; it is fostered by the selfishchoices persons make. It is over­come in the Person of Jesus ofNazareth.

Where we are sometimes un­faithful, God is Faithful; wherewe choose to ignore the painfulneed for personal growth, God

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He stressed the ecumenicalnature of the pro-life movementacross the United States.

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Bosgra is a director of theNational Right to Life organiza­tion and an area representativeof Americans Concerned forLife.

"In this issue," he said,"Catholics and Protestants havelowered the denominational bar­riers and stand united until theright of every citizen has beenrestored. An unborn baby hasrights, not because it is wantedbut because it is a human being.Abortion is condoned by evenCongress and the SupremeCourt, as 'just a little bit ofmurder.' "

"A society as rich as ours," hetold NC News, "can well affo~

to take care of the problems as­sociated with the poor. We donot need to solve our problemsby getting rid of our offspring.A minority of the population hasnothing to gain by becoming aneven smaller minority as a resultof voluntarily putting their chil­dren down the drain."

Bosgra, who was reared in the"Nazi-occupied Netherlands, said:"I am not willing to see this so·ciety desert the sanctity of h'u­man life and to convert the dcc­tor from healer to social execu­tioner."

Pro-Life LeaderScores Congress

HONOLULU (NC)-Tj Bosgra,a Hawaiian Protestant pro-lifeleader, accused the U. S. Con­gress and the Supreme Court of"tolerating, participating andsustaining 'just a little bit ofmurder.' "

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His downward glide beganwith his adultery with Bath­sheba, his pretty next-doorneighbor. It must be said toDavid's credit, however, thatwhen the prophet Nathan tookhim to task he, repented sincere­ly and did penance with reallytouching humility.

A series of family scandalsdarkened David's last years, buthe was undoubtedly the greatestof the kings of Israel. An alwaysvictorious soldier and statesman,he was also a sincere and enthu­siastic "servant of Yahweh"who contributed, to the limit ofhis means, to the developmentof the cult of his God. Neverthe­less, he was not unscathed bythe customs of his times, as hissins attest. But these nasty shad­ows on his character did noteclipse the sparkle of his per­sonality or the brilliance of hisbasic gQodness, and in the writ­ings of later biblical authors wemeet him as the ideal king.

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A map shows Palestine at the time of Samuel and Saul."There was no room for an all powerful king who recognizedno authority above his own. It was this apparent conflictof authority - Yahweh versus a human king - which madeSamuel hesitate when the people asked him to select aking for them. God helped him to resolve the conflict andsanctioned the choice of Saul." From article by Father JohnCastelot.

Transition to Kingship

PALESTINE IN THE TIME OF SAMUn AND SAUL (1 Sm ]-13) - (I) The period of the Judgesends with the fall of the sanctuary at Shiloh and the capture of the ark of the covenant under theonslaught of the Philistine invasions (c 1050·1020). (b) Self·supporting states emerge, each underthe authority of its king similar to the Canaanite kings found in Ammon, and MOlb in Transjorclanand among'the Aromeons in Syria. (e) To ward off the Philistinn or "People of the Sea" who settleon the coastal plain of Clnlln and set up a confederation of city·states (Ashdod, Asllkelon, 6ua,61th and Ekron), the ~rk is moved from Shiloh to lead the Hebrew armies. The Israelites are defeatedand the ark is captured (4, 1·11). (d) The Philistines transfer the ark in turn to Ebenezer to AsIIdod,6l1th, Ekron and then return it at Beth-shemesh. From there it is taken to Kirllth-ielrim with rejoicing(5, ,1-7, 1). (e) The priestly prophet Samuel then anoints Saul a,s king of Israel (7, 2-12, 25).

- WESTERN SEA

Continued from ~ge E1even

er as king. It took them morethan seven years to admit that,southerner or no, here was aman they simply could not re­fuse to have as their ruler. Theybecame one under his scepter,and under his strong rule thelittle naUon scaled hitherto un·dreamed-of-heights.

They defeated the Philistinesand captured the important cityof Jerusalem. It became the Cityof David, but also the City ofGod. David and the Ark of theCovenant brought with greatpomp to the new capital, whichthus became the religious aswell as the political center of thenation.

A rich liturgy was not long indeveloping, now that circum­stances favored it, and Yahweh

'was worshiped in grand stylearound the symbol of his pres­ence, ,the Tabernacle (tent)wherein the Ark was enshrined.This "official" worship. did notimmediately supplant that of thepopular· shrines throughout thecountry, but it certainly over­shadowed them.

Israel was to have come ofage overnight - too quiCkly,really, for its own good. The oldrivalries among the tribes couldnot be snuffed out just like that!The principle of unity which held

turn treacherous,' sucking thetrusting hiker down in quick-sand. ,

But if local lore is to be be­lieved, we were safe from anyperil. The reason? One day wespied two magpies, with theirblack and white plumage andtheir long, oar-like tails. To seetwo magpies together, we weretold, is, to 'be assured of good'luck.

The Dart River runs throughDartmoor; obviously it is fromthe river that the moor gets itsname. It is the same with Dart·mouth, the town which, for ages,has been clambering up a hillsidewhere the river meets the sea.We crossed the dying Dart atthis point, on a small ferry whichscuttles back and forth, like, awater bug, all day, and for whichthere is always a long wait.

Dartmouth, for all its drowsycalm, has seen notable mass de­partures at widely separated in­tervals in history. From here, forexample, English knights andtheir retainers left for the HolyLand as Crusaders in 1147, to tryto wrest the Christian holyplaces from the Muslims. In1944, American troops embarkedhere for the coast' of Normandyand the D-Day assault on Hit­ler's Fortress Europe. GeneralEisenhower styled that under·taking a crusade. In a way, itwas.

Cornwall, beyond Devon, is atthe southwestern extremity ofEngland, and is a place of en­chantment. Its climate is mild,often suh-tropical, in contrastwith its physical ruggedness, es­pecially on the jagged coastline.Its name connotes shipwrecksand smup,glin~. and it is associ·ated with saints' names heardnowhere else: St. Austell, St.Blazey, S1. Mawes, St. Mellion.Originally Celtic, Cornwall has(or had) its own "little people,"known as pixies.

The Cornish coast can be sam­pled at Tintagel, reputed to bethe birthplace of the legendaryKing Arthur. The village itselfhas been converted into a touristtrap. Shops offer shoddy sou­venirs, and eating places offerQuick, unappetizing service.These and other establishmentsare inappropriately adorned withsuch names as Camelot, Merlin,Pendragon.

But if you leave the somewhatspoiled village behind, pick yourway down a stony track, thenout, seaward, along a winding,dipping rising path to a headland,you get away from the commer·cial and even the contemporary,and enter another world and age.

You are now high above themighty sea which slams andforms against steep slate cliffs.The wind from the sea tears atyou and chills you through.

However, as you drive musing­ly back to Devon from Tintagel,you meet a suggestion of joust­ing of another sort in our owntime-Yelverton. Isn't Yelvertonthe first name of Y. A. Tittle?

IyitT. REV.

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Paul has set up the new Dioceseof Pensacola-Tallahassee in'northwestern Florida, andnamed Bishop Rene H. Gracida, .auxiliary of Miami, bishop of the~ew See. The new diocese coversan 18-county area, all takenfrom the St. Augustine diocese.

sky, is mysterious in origin andcharacter.

The oldest part has been datedat 1850 B.C., the latest at 1500B.C. There are surmises that itsprehistoric ma'kers intended it tobe a burial monument, a temple.to the sun, a device for predict­ing astronomic events. But theseare guesses, no more.

Stonehenge jealously retainsits age-old secret. But it doesspeak of an ancient people, prim­itive by our standards, but withtheir own form of piety, as wellas surprising skills not only indesign and construction, but alsoin transporting weighty and cum­bersome masses of stone over aconsiderable distance, since someof the stone is not native to thearea.

In Devon, we made more thanone expedition into and acrossDar.tmoor, 300 square miles ofrocky tableland which has an ap­pearance and a reputation bothromantic and sinister.

Its look is romantic becauseuntamed and picturesaue. Someparts are heavily wooded, othersare open but pitching like a mot­tled sea suddenly .immobilized.Narrow roads, and narrowerhi~h-banked . :lanes, meanderthrough it.

Wild ponies live upon' it andmay he seen strealdl1" dow., ahillside, their frowsy manesstreaming in the wind. In thedistance one glimpses sheep ,1>'''''."':_

ing; sighted afar~ they resemblewhite woodchi~s scattered overthe grass. There are many flash­ing streams, haunts of trout andsalmon.

<But there is danger here. Forone thing, a thick mist mayspring up without warning, andthe leisurely, carefree travelermay instantly lose his way andbe fear-stricken. For another,the innocent-looking earth may

Historic Sites in ·BritainAttract American Visitor

Leaving Belgium, we went on to England, to see someof the West Country, especially for the first time, Devonand Cornwall. We drove down from London, and the far­ther west w.e went, the more beguiling the countryside be­came, a galaxy of ,prepnsdespite a hot, dry summerwhich caused mutterings ofdrought. We made a fewstops, one at Stonehenge inSalisbury Plain. This circulargrouping of mostly perpendicularstone slabs, stark against the

..'14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 16, 1975 Inquiring Photographer

By Th~ Dameans

Life •In Music

QUESTION: Is there an advantage to a Catholic highschool over a public high school and if so,what is it?

WHO ASKED: Students at Coyle-Cassidy High Schoolin Taunton.

Paul Boffetti, Senior, St.Mary's Parish: Yes the facuItymembers are more concerned.with the students, and there ismore exposure to values, notonly Christian, but the valuesof other people, too.

SinThe real trouble with our

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Sheila Andrew, Junior, Sa­cred Heart Parish: Yes, not onlydo the students know each otherwell, but the teachers know thestudents personally, for the mostpart.

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Mary Jo Ferreira, Junior, St.Paul's Parish: Yes, you becomefriends with. all the kids. Theteachers know you and you'renot treated as a number. Theschool is like a family, and notjust a bunch of people."

Kevin Cayer, Sophomore, Sa­cred Heart Parish: Yes there isa better atmosphere for learn­ing. The teachers have moretime to work with you individ­ually.

CovetousnessCovetousness makes a man

miserable, because riches 'are notmeans to make a man happy.

. -Jeremy Taylo~

Daniel Chisholm, Senior, St.Joseph's Parish: Yes the Chris­tian value system is impressedmUCh more through the religiondepartment than in a publicschool where religion is not re­quired.

Rhonda Ducharme, Sophomore,S1. Joseph's. Parish: Yes, it's asmaller school, in our case, andyou get to know everybody.

Billy Ventura, Junior, St. Jo­seph's Parish: Yes, I think thekids that go are closer together,and have much more spirit. Al­so, when you graduate, you arebetter prepared for college."

The first time I hear.d of Michael Murphy was when JohnDenver sang his song "Boy from the Country" in concert.I remember being quite impressed with Murphy's story of theboy who loved nature's simple ways. People thought he wascrazy because he talked with the animals; but. as the songasked, who says t~e animals don't talk just hecause theyhaven't spoken to you?

Michael Murphy has his share of the spotlight now. Firstthere was "Wildfire" which made it to the top five and nowhe follows it by sharing a part of his world, "Car-olina inthe Pines."

I 'remember the first time I noticed trees. It was on theroad we used to ride when we would take Dad out to theairport. We lived in the city where we had one tree in ourfront yard and the neighbors had one in the back yard. Butthi's was trees and trees and trees - miles of them. I wasconvinced these were the most trees growing in one pla,cein tbe whole world.

As I grew older, I still looked forward to the ride to theairport. But a funny thing. happened - buildings startedgoing up and the trees began to disappear. Then you hadto look closely to catch the patches of trees that still linedthe road waving at us as we passed by. Now there arenone left - not even a small grove - and the drive to theairport is a bore. .

Trees and forests are -still. a favorite part of my life.I try to get away ~t least a week a year to be where thetrees grow, and even during the week to walk through thepark and listen to the trees.

_ It's difficult to explain why trees are important to me.The explanation isn't as interesting or important as the feelingthat it's good to be there. With the number of campers beingsold across the country you know that a lot of people enjoygetting away to enjoy being surrounded by the beauty ofnature.

Ther,e's a certain grace to camp in the middle of a pineforest or walk a mountain trail with trees below you in thevalley or lazily nap among the Aspens on a warm afternoon.To be a part of the beauty of nature is to learn somethingabout its Creator who provides it all as a free gift ,for Hischildren.

For our part, we must take gentle care of the gifts aroundus. This goes not only for the trees and forests and waterfallsand mountains, for no matter how inspiring these gifts may be,they fall short of the beauty conferred on each one of us.We have the power to love like nothing else God created.We must learn to care for one another as much as we dofor the cause of ecology for we are the greatest gifts ofcreation for one another.

There's a new moon on the fourteenth, foui'th .quarter thetwenty·first

And a full moon in the last week brings a fullness tothis earth

There's no guesswork in the clockwork of the world's­art or mine

There are nights I only feel right withCarolina in the.. pines.

When the frost shows on the windows and the woodstove smokes and blows

As the fire grows we can warm our souls watchingrainbows in the coals

And we'll talk of trails we walked up far above thetimber line

There are nights I only feel right withCarolina in the pines.

by Michael MurphyMystery Music. Inc.

B. M.I.

(All correspondence should be directed to:

The Dameans, P.O. Box 2108, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70821)

(Copyright (c) 1975 by NC News Service)

CAROLINA IN THE PINES

She came to me - said she knew meSaid she'd known me a long time

And she spoke of being in love with every mountainshe had climbed•

. And she talked of trails she'd walked upFar above the timber line

From that night on I knew I'd write songs withCarolina in the pines.

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marked, "It was exciting; It wasthe first time I'd been exposed toso many poltidans a,t one timein one place. I enjoyed it verymuch .and gained new insightsinto how the officials of fallRiver are elected. I'm lookingforward to personally speakingto a city councillor to get hisV1iews on the problems and goodpoints of Fail River."

One ambitious senior has al­ready started her project bymaking an appointment to inter­view the mayor. When askedwhy she chose the mayor, Ce­leste Morin replied, "I wanted toget to the core of city govern­ment and I think from the mayorI can get ~heanswer.s I'm ,lookingfor. I was slightly nervous mak­ing the appointment with hisS'ecretJary, but I'm looking for­ward to meeting and speaking tothe mayor."

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Upon what kind of charterwas Fall River founded?' Wheredoes the mayor derive hi~ powerof appointments? What can stu­dents do to become actively in­volved.in the political life of FallRiver?

Under the direction of SisterAnn Mildred, O.P., seniors study­ing Justice in America at BishopGerrard High School have setabout finding ilie answers tothese and other questions con­cerning Fall River's political andeconomic problems.

The objectives of the coursecloselv tie in with the Bicenten­riial <theme designated for the dio­cese, "Liberty and justice forall." "One of the aims of thecourse is to become more respon­sive to and resnonsible for theneeds of the community. In asense, Fall River is our test." Sosaying, Sr. Ann has encouragedthe girls :to go out <into the com­munity to find answers to theirquestions.

The students have a variety ofways to locate the answers. Oneconsistent action, however, mustbe folowed by all 16 girls. Eachone is responsible for contactingan official, even the mayor him­self, and making an appointmentfor an interview in order to col­lect first hand answers to thequestions plaguing today's youthconcerning local pl'Oblems andgovernment.

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