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CHRISTMAS 1970
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)"/\.l ---- ~ " .- _ ~- .- - - I--~ ---T he new shepherd of the piocese of Fall River, Most Reverend
Daniel ·A. Cronin, visits Christmas crib with youngsters at St.I
Joseph's Ohurch in Fall River.
DESIGNA1!'ED "CORPORATE SOLE": Bishop Cronin signs documents designatinghim a "Corporate Sole" and legally empowers him to guide the financial and economicdestinies of the diocese in the same manner as a corporate board. Present at the Dec. 17thceremony at State House in Boston were: Attorney General Robert H. Quinn, Secretaryof..5tate John F. X. Davoren, the Bishop, Rev. Msgr. Reginald M. Barrette, chancellor~
Attorney Michael A. D'Avolio, Director of the Corporations Division.
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Bishop's ChristmasBishop Cronin wlIl be' the
principal concelebrant at the8 o'clocl< Christmas Mass,Thursday evening (Christmaseve) at _St. Mary's Cathedralin Fcll River.
The bishop will also celebrate Mass and deliver thehomily on Christmas morningat I I :30 over Television Channel 6.
attacked even if not yet born.The deliberate destruction of
an unborn baby can never bethe solutiqn to apparent difficulties. .It is an evil and it subordinates the right to life to lesservalues-material and social concerns and exigencies of themoment.
On this feast of the HolyFamily and mindful of tomorrow's feast of the Holy Innocents, I am directing that specialprayers be said at the Prayerof the Faithful at all Massestoday to ask God's protectionagainst attacks on innocenthuman life and in reparation forthe evils committed against it.
Faithfully yours in Christ,
>Ie DANIEL A. CRONIN,Bishop of Fall River
FightUnborn
'moment of its existence fromany direct deliberate attack. Thisis a fundamental right of thehuman person, which is of general value in the Christian· concept of life; and hence as valid'for the still hidden life within
. the womb of the mother as forthe life of the already born anddeveloping outside of her."
I reaffirm the unchangingteaching of the Church concerning the right to, life. Since abortion is a moral evil and againsthumanity, I urge my priests andfaithful 1l1ity to oppose any attempt to legalize it or to liberalize the laws against it. Wemust remember at all times thatwe are dealing with a divineprohibition against the deliber-
, ate destruction of innocenthuman life.
Let it not escape our attentionthat once the sacredness ofhuman life is violated by anyweakening of the laws againstabortion, the other equally despicablE~ crimes of infanticideand mercy killing will be waiting their turn to be legalized. Iam sure that no one at themoment has difficulty in respecting the life of the new-born babyor the elderly person paralizedor mentally ill. But recent modern tendencies make it our dutyto insist that the same humanlife is sacred and must not be
Bishop UrgesTo P,rotect
In his first pastoral letter tothe Diocese of Fall River,. MostRev. Daniel A. Cronin stronglyreaffirms the doctrine of theChurch in opposition to abortion.In a I~tter to be read at allMasses this weekend the bishopteaches:My ,dearly beloved in Christ,
I write to you on the sacredness of human life. As you allknow, there is a growing tendency, in this country ~nd elsewhere, to liberalize the lawsagainst abortion, if not to legalize abortion altogether.
As shepherd of the flock ofthe Diocese of Fall River, I muststate in an uncompromising andclear manner, together 'with thebishops of the Second VaticanCO!Jncil, that abortion is "anunspeakable crime."
As Catholics, ,we hold that thelife of an unborn baby is sa,cred,and should no 'more be destroyedbefore birth than after birth.Such an act of destruction is adirect attack against innocenthuman life. The law of God issupreme and says "Thou shaltnot kill." 'Christian moral teach-,ing abhors the evil of abortion.
In 1951, Pope Pius XII veryclearly expressed the teachingof the Church on this matter:"Innofeflt human life, in whatever condition it is found, is tobe secure from the very' first
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-'thurs.·Dec. ,i4, 1970• • "P _. __ :.. ", • ," "-'--~,.•• ' ~" .•
Rev. Marc H. Bergeron to St. Joseph Church, New Bed-ford, as assistant. I
Rev. Robert C. Donovan to St. John the' EvangelistChurch, Attleboro, as a!!sistant.
Rev. Raymond P. Monty to St. Patrick Church, FallRiver, as assistant.'
Assignments effective Wednesday, December 23" 1970., I
FIRST ASSIGNMENTS
AfPOINTMENT" -, ,
Most Rev, James J. Gerrard, D.D., Vicar General ofthe Diocese and Pastor of St. Lawrence Church, 'NewBedford, as Diocesan Consultor:
Appointment effective Wednesday, December 16, 1970.
Bishop of Fall River
DIOCESE FALL RIVER'
OFFICIAL'
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BISHOP CRONIN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Christmas is il feast particularly, dear to us all. Thisyear Christmas takes on an added meaning for me becauseit is my first Christmas~ as your new Bishop.
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In this holy season lOur thoughts are drawn to the allimporta'nt'tnith' of. the lncarnation-that the Son of Godtook on human flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary. He
'came among us for our salvation. His was a message of~econciliation and peace.
The Church carrie~ on the saving mission of JesusChrist. All of us, then, who profess our faith in Him mustbear witness to this' faith by doing our part to furtherpeace and reconciliation among men. Our fervent prayerespecially ,in this Christmas season is that through our ,lives men may come to know and to accept Christ as Lord.
I beg the divine Child to bless with abundant heavenlyfavors and graces the cletgy, religious and faithful of thisbeloved Diocese of Fall II River, and I extend to all of youmy heartfelt good wishes for a very holy Christmas and ablessed New Year. '
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~ On the recent occasion of my installation as fifth ~
~ Bishop of Fall River, I was greeteel with 'an overwhelming ~§ manifestation of warmth and welcome from clergy,' re- §~ Iigious and faithful of the diocese. In like manner, t.he civic ~
~ alclthorities participated ~ith enthusiasm in helping to make .~
§ the occasion a truly memorial one. ~= / I =,~ That I may reachl as many as possible, I u'se this ~
~ means to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere 'appre- ~
§ ciation to everyone who, even in the slightest way, shared '§~ in the success. of the 'installation of the new Bishop of ~
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THE ANCHOR- 3Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970
Bi~hop C!I'oninPlans ParishVisitations
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese ofFall River will visit Our Ladyof the Angels Church, Fall Riveron Sunday morning and offerthe 10 o'clock Mass.• Parishioners may avail themselves of the opportunity to meetthe new Shepherd as he initiateshis plan to visit all parishes inthe diocese and offer the HolySacrifice of the Mass and meetmembers of his flock.
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Courage
, Courage is almost a contradic·tion in terms, It means a strongdesire to live taking the form ofteadiness to die.
-G. K. Chesterton
!will be celebrated with a tour o'f
IFali River industries, the MarineMuseum, the Historical Society,:Battleship Massachusetts with aIluncheon on the ship with theMayor and City Officials.
I Students will represent France,Hong Kong, Japan, Trinidad,ICameroon, Thailand, DominicanIRepublic, Iran, Ethiopia, India,Uganda, China, Norway, Pakistan, Malaysia, Syria, Greece and:Saudi Arabia.
I The general chairman fo... themovement is Thomas Viana;Host Family R~cruitment, Steven'~aron, James Pacheco, KatherineHarkin, James Barrett, JamesRogers; Finance, Rita Bertonconi,patricia Dobek; Entertainment,Ann Marie Tyrell, Kathleen Harkin, Paul Bertoncini, Peter Robi-~oux, Donald Dapon~e; Publicity,Debra Fitzler; Miscellaneous,
Advent is a red" balloon that keeps gelting bigger until. hou think it'll burst.
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Christmas feature wer~ gathered at Holy
Union Pre-Scboo/, 527 St., Fall River
Over forty students representing 18 countries and 26 universities will take part in a Christmas International House sponsored by the South End YouthCenter, Fall River, from Dec. 22to 29. .
Begun in 1965 in Huntington,West Virginia, by the Rev. HarryPetersen of the 'First Presbyterian Church, the movement hasnow grown to national scope,coordinated by the PresbyterianU. S. Board of World Missionswith 45 sponsors in 24 states.
Rev. Kevin F. Tripp of theSouth End Youth Center in FallRiver announced the event asthe only project of its kind inSouthern New England.
Once they have registered forthe event, the students will holda mixer with local college students from Southeastern Massachusetts University,
An ecumenical· prayer service,roller skating party and tour ofLaSalette Shrine in Attleboro areplanned. A supper and socialwith host families is planned forDec. 27 with the visitors providing the entertainment. .
Dec. 28 will be "InternationalStudents Day in Fall River." It
Thirty-eight young ladies willbe presented to the Most Rev.Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of theFall River Diocese, at the 16thannual Bishop's Charity Ball onFriday, Jan. 8, at Lincoln ParkBallroom, in one of the manyoutstanding events to take placeat the most widely known socialevent in New England. "Thesepresentees represent parishesfrom all areas of the diocese,"said Rev. Msgr. Anthony M.Gomes, diocesan director of theBall. This scintillating Winterball will benefit the exceptionaland underprivileged children, regardless of race, color or creed,of southeastern Massachusetts.
Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., ofFall River, chairman of the pre·sentation committee, has announced that the presentees withtheir escorts are scheduled tomeet Sunday, Jan. 3, at 2:30P.M. in the ballroom of LincolnPark for a rehearsal of the impressive presentation ceremony.
The presentees are:Attleboro Area
Brenda McNally, Barbara Britton, Joanne Alix, Terri Yarsuites.
Cape Cod and the HslandsElizabeth Duane, Joan Fou
gere, Susan Davis, CathleenMarie Cook, Consuela MacDonald, Joanne Elizabeth Quirk,Janet Kinchla.
Fall River AreaPamela Rodrigues, Donna
Marie· Marques, Jo Ann Francoeur, Frances O'Shaughnessey,Patricia Marie Mello, LouiseThiboutot, Renee St. Germain;Debra Veloza, Debra Ann Hodkinson, Donna Marie Perry,Mary .Jane Lenon.
New Bedford AreaSandra Curry, Judith Ann
Saraiva, Cecile Hebert, MarianneDqnise Lacoste, Teresa A. Kut,Bonnie Smith, Elizabeth A.Humphrey, Barbara B. Boyce,Beth Ann Haden, ChristineCaron, Kathy Ann Mason.
Taunton AreaMarguerite Ann Monaghan,
Sandra Hazel, Marlene Braga,Debra Lynne Compos, DonnaEvangelho.
Jesus Chri'stOnly InterestOf Prelate
Charity BallPresentees
The following is the eulogypreached by Rev. Henry T. Munroe, assistant at Holy NameChurch, New Bedford, at theFuneral Mass of Rev. Msgr.
. .John J. Hayes, iate pastor of theChurch, who died suddenly Dec.14.
We have just read an important message Qf Christ in theGospel passage of this morning'sMass. Each· message given by
• Christ, Who is the fulfillment ofGod's promise and the Savior of.mankind, contains within it theessence of life - not only theessence of human life as weknow it-but also the essenceof Divine Life as found in thePerson of the GodMan, JesusChrist, Our Lord.
When Christ spoke, and indeedHe speaks to each one today asclearly and as determinedly asHe did to 'those who were inrange of'His voice, every word
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CICOP Confe~enc~WASHINGTON (NC) - "Free
dom and Unfreedom" will be thetopic of the annual confet:enceof the Catholic Inter-AmericanCooperation Program to be heldhere Jan. 28-31 sponsored by theDivision for Latin America- ofthe United States CatholicConference:
God's Law First
"It happened under the Naziregime; who is to say it cannothappen here?" the prelates asked.
Catholics in New York statewere told not to be "deceivedbecause a civil law permitsabortions. God's law comes firstand God's law says: 'Thou shalt~ot kill.' No civil law can everdisplace God's commandment.", The letter warned that theChurch "invokes a severe sanction against any Catholic whoraises his unfeeling hand to destroy this most defenseless ofall human beings - the unbornbaby. The Church disowns byimmediate excommunication artyCatholic who, deliberately prbcures an abortion or helps someone else to do so."
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'F'cimily PlanningMisses, Goal
BOSTON (NC)-The Americannation has failed to develop a·sound policy on family planningand population control becausetoo many persons consider thoseterms synonymous. a U.S. government official said here.
"This is clearly not the case."stated Dr. Louis Hellman. deputyassistant secreta'ry of Health.Education and Welfare. "It isincreasingly apparent that curerent concepts of family' ,planningwill not slow down population
,growth in this country or in therest of the world."
Hellman made his remarks ina panel discussion at an' American Medical Association meeting.
Family planning, according toHellman, means .contraceptionfor the health .of the mother and,baby. spacing pregnancies andpermitting the woman to haveevery bab.y a wanted baby.'
Population control, he said.meqns· limiting the number of
-births so that an increase in population is halted or slowed.
"There is no evidence volu'ntary family planning will haveany significant effect on population growth of the UnitedStates." Hellman said'.
"We must go one step beyondfamily planning," he added."while maintaining the absolutely essential voluntary aspects ofthe effort."
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manger every time. That gets you ready for' Christmas.
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School Beards PoolPurchasing Power
ST PETERSBURG (NC)-ThePi.nellas County School Boardhas approved a plan permittingthe county's three Catholic highschools and 14 elementary
'schools to participate in its central purchasing pool and audiovisual center.
Father Jerome Diffley, associate superintendent for instruction in the St. Petersburg diocese. estimated that the new ar·rangement will represent a 35per cent,......thousands of dollarssaving on the cost of school andmaintenance supplies.
the cooperative purchasingplan enables Catholic schools topurchase supplies through publicschool bulk purchases.
Father Diffley said that twoother Florida counties earlierthis year granted cpoperativepurchasing to parochial schools.in Sarasota and Manatee counties. As far as he knows. thesecounties" and his own' dioceseare the first in the nation toconsolidate purchasing power.
THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970
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Catholic BishopsS.core New York,!Abortfon Law
NEW YORK (NC) - Catholi~
bishops in the state with th~
'nation's most liberal abortionlaw launched another attack onthat legislation. which theytermed "an 'outrage against hu'manity." '
The attack was ,contained ina letter issued by the 30 bishop,sof the eight dioceses in NewYork to coincide with Advent,It was read in all' the state'sCatholic churches.~ The letter claims that "oncethis law was passed, the abortionists lost no time in plyingtheir 'death-dealing trade., Eachday they grow wealthier fromthe killing of unborn children-,some of whom have been heardto cry as they were dropped intothe surgical trash can. They evehadvertise their' monstrous com,merce beyond the confines ofthe state, thus making' NewYork the abortion capital ofAmerica...· '
The bishops continued:
_ 'Vicious Principle:
"We plea~ with you to recognize the terrible consequencesof legalized abortion. Once innocent life at any stage is placedat the mercy of others. a viciousp'rinciple has been legalized.Thereafter. a simple majoritymay decide that life is to be denie~ the defective., the aged. theinc:orrigible. and granted only'tothe strong.. the beautiful, and theintelligent. , "
"The day may come when'lawmakers can set standardswhich people ,must meet if th~y
are to r~main alive. Already onestandard has been set, who cansay what others will comenext? For, once respect for human life has been underminedthe murderous possibilities ar~limitless."
The letter reminded legislatorsthat "the right to decree the e~tinction of human beings for socalled social and eugenic reasonswas once claimed in anotherla;ld..
national Business Machines(IBM) and Dr. Patrick Mulvihill,who currently holds the IBMpost, directed 'the conference.
They spotlighted management. techniques for 'developing goals,
and applied it to work as youthactivity leaders.
"Leaders need to learn to listen and not impose their ownwill on others," Mobley said.They must stop asking, "Howcan I motivate John Doe?" andask instead, "How can I understand his motivation?" he said.Mobley said the clue to a person's motivation is in his job andenvironment.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 24, 1970 5
WILLIAMSBURG (NC)-Youthactivity leaders should not forgetto·pay attention to the goals andideas of the' young people theyserve, speaker:s at the 13th national conference on Catholicyouth 'said here. .
Spon'sored by the U. S. Catholic Conference youth activitiesdivision, . this year's <;onferencealso included' an orientationworkshop for new youth leaderS.About 200 diocesan directorsfrom all over the country attended the four-day session.
Dr. LouisR.. Mobley, formerdirector of management training for public affairs with Inter-·
The clock strikes twelve, drinks held high, a chor~s of Auld'Lange Syne, tears, laughter, a New Year's kiss. That New Year'skiss . . . what a beautiful way to say to others: "Mayall goodthings be yours!"
But no ,one is really' al.one! For in a much deeper dimensionthan flesh and blood we ani in communion with all people everywhere. We do not encounter them as God's People ... and especiallyin the SIGN of God's Love 'and Presence~the Eucharist.
Whatever you do to celebrate the beginning of the new year,please welcome in your heart those who are the loneliest of God'sPeople: the poor, the suffering, the hungry, and helpless millionsfacing another year in the human poverty of ·the Third World..
Dedicated missionaries, serving right now in every part of theworld, depend on your spiritual and financial support today to bringto their people health, happiness, and peace for the new year.
PLEASE make your first New Year's Resolution be an act oflove for others by sending a generous sacrifice for the missionstoday. What a beautiful way for you to begin the new year! Andfor the world's poor and their missionaries, your gift today Is likea "New Year's kiss"-a greeting and a prayer: "The Peace ofChrist be with you." Why not do it-right now!
On behalf of all the Church's missionaries: Thank you forfor your continued love and support of the missions . . . Godlove .you and give you His peace and continued blessings in1971.
A NEW YEAR'S KISS
:'"'';~~;~iro~ "~~~";;;~I~~";~' ;h:';:;k":; ':c~:";o~~e~; "" ":, for the Propagation of the Faith. Please cut out this column ~
: and send your offering to Reverend Monsignor Edward T. ~
, O'Meara, National Director, Dept. C., 366 Fifth Ave, New ~: York,N.Y. 10001 or directly to your local Diocesan Director. ~,, The ~ev.. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine :, . 368 North Main Street ~: ~, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 :, ,, ,, NAME , , , ,.., , , , " , , ,: ', ., ADDRESS , .. ', ', ': CITy , STATL ZIP ; :• 12-26-70 ;~"'_,_,_" __"' ",.__ , " u_,_,.
Youth Leaders Attend! Meeting
Let's stop for a minute and think about that as we anticipateour New Year's celebration; We wish others to have health, happiness!.and peace, not just as a New Year's custom, but in everyday encounters with people. Even now at Mass we give this a"sacramental," significflnce when we give each other the "kiss ofpeace'.'~ ..\ .. '. \ . . ' , '.
W~' ~ilI soon 'l~a~e the old y~~r' ~~~~~d us .with its ;o~s', a~~ ,sorrows, pleasures'and problems, successes and failures. How sadit must be to be, alone on New Year's Eve .' .. to meet the newyear with no one to share our hopes and fears .. '. with no· one to·share a '.'kiss of- peace" .and, the wish for good· fortune and happiness.
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Maintains Contact With F~rmerPrie'ShKEARNY (NC)-The Newark adoption of a paper concerned . senate 'to act in, other than a
:Archdiocesan Senate of Priests with. its authority had been consultative fashion would behas established a special com- cleared u·p.' . I"self~licjuidating~" ",-.'mittee to maintain contact with 'Evolving Role' I Father Lennon said that as aarea priests who have left the The' paper, drafted' for the' result' of the letter'a senate del-active ministry. Senate by Father Anthony 1. egation met with Archbishop' Bo-
Formation of the committee Padovano of lmmaculte Concep- land and Auxiliary., Bishop Jofollowed a report given by tion Seminary, Darlington, N. J;', . sejh A. Costello t~assure themFather Thomas E. Davis on con- asserted that senates, being re~- . that the senate was not issuingversations he has held with' a resentative of the "presbyteriuml' "a declartion pf independence."group of former priests on behalf (the priests of a diocese) share He said the sen,ate had no inof the senate. in the government of the did- tention of· going peyond the
In establishing the committee, cese. . I authority i.t had been given byth t · d' t d th t't AdoptIOn of the paper led the archbishop, but that thee sena e 111 Ica e a I • . I. .h d t f tn d f Archbishop Thomas A. Boland paper conSiders "the evolvll1g
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. °thor~h an : flu e 0 ~e- to send a letter to all priests. role of the senate," that is, whatshPec
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uncovering problems in the IChurch and the priesthood that r:============================;]could lead to efforts to assistmen who are considering a return to the lay state.
The l2-member committee willinclude four inactive priests.
Several proposals have already been made by the formerpriests. One was that the formersuperiors of a man seeking a jobas a layman should willinglyprovide letters of recommendation. Father Davis said the refusal to provide such letters wasreported as being "extremelywidespread" by the inactivepriests.
Other proposals advanced werefor counselling services fortroubled priests, severance paybased on service, and exploration of ways in which such mencan be used in the apostolate.
At its meeting at New Jersey.Boystown here the senate alsoheard a report from its president, Father Robert T. Lennon,that a misunderstanding over its
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Schedule ElectronicEducationConference
NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Aninternational conference on newtrends in electronic educationwill meet here Jan. 4 to 9 atLoyola University.
The conference has beennamed NUNTEC I, which standsfor nuns in education fields andthe possibilities' that moderntechnology opens up for them.Lay teachers and others intere;ted in Catholic education arealso expected' to attend.
NUNTEC I is jointly sponsored' by UNDA, internationalCatholic association for radioand television, and Loyola'scommunications department. Theconference will acquaint Catholic educators with modern technological theories and equipmentwhich are reshaping traditionalblack board and lectern styles ofeducation.
Bishop~ IssueMixed MarriageGuidelines
WASHINGTON (NC)-Guidelines for marriages involvingCatholics with persons of other
'faiths were issued here by t~e
Nati,onal Conference of Catholi<.;Bishops.
Based on the mixed marriagenorms issued last Spring byPope Paul VI, the guidelines remove the demand that the nonCatholic party promise not toblock his or her Catholic spousefrom the Catholic's obligation toraise children of the marriage asCatholics.. Approved by the bishops attheir recent. semiannual meetinghere, the guidelines, which take
. effect, Jan. 1 are to be implemented at the diocesan level.
The bishops' statement alsomakes it possible for a mixedmarriage to be performed inplaces other than a Catholicchurch and before a minister orofficial other than a Catholicpriest, as long as some kind ofpublic ceremony or public recordis involved.
In both (instances, the localbishop must be consulted, however.
The guidelines cover 20 points,including the promise the Catholic party must make to continue practicing his faith and doall in his power to raise thechildren as Cath9lics.
Specifically ruled out is thepossibility of two religious. services or a single service inwhich both the Catholic andnon-Catholic ritlial are .celebrated jointly or successively.
Intercommunion is also forQidden.
Local bishops, however, maygive permission for a nonCatholic minister to participatein the Catholic marriage serviceby giving additional prayersor blessings or other words ofgreetings. ,
The bishops also instructedthat· programs be developed toprovide for basic pre-marriageeducation instruction involvingsuch couples; to explore the possibility _of an ecumenical formof mixed marriages to be givenin seminaries and through con-·tinuing education programs' forthe clergy.
Give ThanksHomelands
lands including, their, 'sacredBlue Lake.
The Senate, with White Houseblessings; overturned its own
..Interior. Committee's' recommentdations and voted 70-12.·togivethe TaQs Pueblos title. in trust to48,000 ·acres.
Sens. Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.)and Robert Griffin (R-Mich.)who led the Senate oppositionand succeeded in the battle forthe Indians' rights hailed thevote as a symbolic victory thatwould give hope to thousands of
. Indians of other tribes.Opponents didn't like what
they termed a precedent-settingsettlement. "It sets a precedentthat the Senate will live to regret," said Sen. Gordon L. Allott(R-Colo.).
The Indians are elated andtheir .90-year-oldspiritual leader,Juan De Jesus Romero, personally, thanked Congress in hisnative tongue for "restoring ourIndian religion and our Indianlives."
Here 'in Taos, his followers gotthe message by radio. They ranacross a wooden bridge to prayat the tiny adobe CatholicChurch. Many were crying withjoy.
The Indians say the regainedlllnd and lake are sacred to theirancient native religion, althoughmost of them also worship herein the Catholic Church built bythe early Spanish missionaries.They see no conflict and havebeen prac;:ticing both religionsfor many years.
Archbishop James P. Davis ofSanta Fe has long endorsed passage of the legislation destinedto return the land to the Indians.In 1968 the archbishop wasamong leaders of a then-newnational committee formed tosupport· the efforts of the TaosIndians to regain the land whichhad become part of the CarsonNational Forest.
New' Mexico IndiansFor Return of Tribal
TAOS PUEBLO (NC) -Hundreds of nature-worshipping Taos Indians, gave thanks here ina Catholic Church for successfully winning their 64:year-longcampaign, to' regain tribal home-
, Mass O~do'
FRIDAY-The Birthday of OurLord Jesus Christ: Solemnity.White, ,Mass Proper; Glory;Creed; Preface of Christmas.There are three different textsfor the Masses: Midnight,Dawn, and Daytime.
SATURDAY-St.. Stephen,. Deacon, First. Martyr. Feast. Red.Mass Pmper; Glory; no Creed;Preface of Christmas.
SUNDAY' -. The Holy Family,Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Feast.White. Mass Proper; Glory;Creed; Preface of Christmas.
MONDAY-The Holy Innocentsof Bethlehem. Feast. White.Mass Proper; Glory;' no Creed;Preface of Christmas.
TUESDAY - Fifth Day WithinOctave of Christmas~ White.Mass Proper; Giory; (Commemoration of St., ThomasBecket. Optional); no Creed;Preface of Christmas. .
WEDNESDAY-Sixth Day Within Octave of Christmas. White.Mass ·Proper; Glory; no Creed;Preface 'of Christmas.
THURSDAY - Seventh DayWithin Oc;:tave of Christmas.White. Mass- Proper; Glory;(Comrt:leinoration of St. Sylvester., Optional); no' Creed;Preface of Christmas.
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Rev. Thomas J: Stapleton,1956, Pastor, Corpus' Christi,Sandwich.
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Making 'an Impact·
The Feast of the Holy F,amily this week·end is a fitting time for mot.hers and fathers and sons and daughtersto take stock of their' family relationships and, of theefforts each is making to bring about more closely-knitand loving families. .
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Many persoris are upset-and rightfully so-at thedisturbing state' of the world and Hie country and localcommunities. And these' same, persons feel a' sens~ or' frustration because, in so many instances, there is little ornothing that they themselv.es can do directly to bringabout a change' for the better in these, situations that upset them.
But. people c'an' start wi(h themselves:
And if members of a family begin where they arein their own homes and with their own family members..,....then they can begin to bring hbout changes for the betterhere. .
And with enough persoq.sin enough families doingthis, the impact is bound to make itself felt in ~he community and then on a larger scale.
Glory and PeaceThe Christian's approach to Christmas. should be s()me- ..
what like the state of the ocean--':'stornis' arid disturba~ces
on the surface but deep underneath·, c~lm a.nd' peace.
Because he lives in a b!usy~O'rld, b~callse h~ is h'uman, the Christian cannot help' but- be .touched by thisworld in which. he lives, and its -~easel,ess activity isbound'to cause some measure of turmoil' within his life.if it were otherwise, he would be inhuman or insensitiveor uninvolved.,
But'this impact should' be' only on .the surface ofhis life. The Christian' is more than human. He is touchedwith and by the divine. He'.is in the image of G9d not·only by the fact of his creati:on by God,' but, by the r~ality
,of his redemption by Christ and Hisunionto that redemption in and .through and with, Christ. He has "put on
. Christ." And so in the mid'st,oC-the world"s turmoil heshould be at peace in union with Christ, knowing thatin God he "lives and moves &nd has his being."
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W'hile the' Christian lives and works to make this.world of his a good place-indeed, a Godly place-he also lives as a pilgrim who knows that this is his homeonly for, a while, and that his journey is from tbi's placeto a permanent' dwelling.
Christmas, then, is a time for him to re-live his unionwith Chris.t. It is a time to re-discover his inner self, .his, inner life, where there i~ peace and serenity because'he is "united to Christ. And i the message Christ gives tohim is that which Christ brought at His birth-glory toGod, peace to men. This sums, up the whole relationshipbetween God and man. Man', lives, or shoUld for God, hisCreator and his Father. And God holds out to His creatures and children peace, serenity in this world;' despiteits turmoil, a'nd the eternal peace that comes with' ever.~.lasting life with Him in heaven.
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Students StartPOW Campaign
JAMAICA (NC)-5tudents atSt. John's University here inNcw York launched a nationwidec:lmpaign to gather five millionsignatures aimed at pressuringNorth Vietnam's government in·to releasing information aboutAmcrican prisoners of war.
The campaign got its start ata rally in the auditorium of thisurban campus. It will continuewith a series of meetings togather support from students onother campuses in the metropolitan area.
A 5t. John's student spokes·man, Bernard Lawson. said:"Our appeal has no political af·filiation and it is being made~trictly in the name of humanity.
"We are very aware of theNorth Vietnamese gover~ment'sintcrest in the sentiments ofAmerica's students, and for thisreason we believe that we willsucceed where others have fail·cd. We are prepared to meetwith representatives of the NorthVietnamese government to bringback any message from thepeople of North Vietnam to thestudents of America."
THE ANCHOR--, 7Thurs.,. Dec. 24, 1970
"The canonization will help to~how us what true ecumenismreally means. It does not mean·abandoning the tabernacle,throwing away our rosaries orplaying down the authority ofthe Pope. That is false ecumenism."
It has reminded us that in the16th ·century men and womenfelt so deeply about their faiththat they died to defend it," theCardinal said. "This is true ofour own martyrs and of theProtestants who suffered fortheir beliefs.
pages of the book cause one tofear that one is in for a soggysentimental tribute. But thesolid reality of Doin Helder cutsthrough the mists of emotionalregard, and his own words succ~ed in characterizing and explaining him.
IIt's fun to sing Christmas songs, but it's I1wre fun to play theguitar and autoharp. If you don't get '11zad at the kids who tak.e
100 long tU1ns, you can put a straw in your manger."
He presses for what he calls"the humanization of the peotpIe," bringing them up from 1ilsub-human status and a sub~
human life to the stature andthe living conditions of men, towhom justice is due and towhom justice is rendered.
Dom Helder is critical of caPiitalism and of United States imc
perialism in Latin America, es~pecially of the economic sort. H~believes that, as the Christianpart of the third world, LatinAmerica has a providential rol~to play among the underdevelc
oped countries.Solid Reality
Mr. de Broucker attributes t9Dom Helder the force of ~
prophet and the subtleties of apolitician, and it is not hard tosee why a dictatorship, such a~Brazil's, looks upon him witl1intense disfavor, and also whysome of his fellow bishops havemisgivings about him. i
But Dom Helder insists thathe respects the laws of theChurch, could tolerate no disobedience' to the institutional
IChurch, and feels the need t~
he "in line with" Christ, the. Church, and the pope.
There is no doubt that theauthor looks upon his subjeqas a great hero, and accords hima species of worship. The first
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Giv'es ImpressionOf Controversia IChurchman
Archbishop Helder Camarawho heads the archdiocese ofOlinda and Recife in impoverished Brazil, is one of the mostcelebrated. and controversialchyrchmen in the world. Mostof us have heard of his activities or read one or another of
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his speeches, but have had littlepersonal information about him.Some is supplied by Jose deBroucker in his book The Violence of a Peacemaker (OrbisBooks, Maryknoll, N. Y. 10545.$4.95), which comes to us in anEnglish translation by HermaI3riffault and with exc~lIent
p~lo10graphs by John Padula.T'lis is not a biography. It is,
rather, a set of impressions, interspersed with lengthy quotati;ns from the writings and addresses of Dom Helder. Indeed,the biographical matter it contain~ is mostly found in an epi·logue written (or spoken?) byDom Heidler himself.
In 1964, Dom Helder wasnamed to his present position,in the very poorest part of Brazil. The average income thereis SI00. Seventy per cent of thepopulace is illiterate. The infantmortality rate is 50 per cent. Inthe sugar-refining town of Cabo,there are 30,000 unemployed outof a population of 60,000. "Onlyone man there has shoes towear."
Structural Change Neede:JDom Helder has addressed
himself to improving conditions.He does not live in the episcopal palace, but in three small,~cantily furnished rooms, wherethe door is always open. Hedr::J not we:u the episcopalregalia but goes around in a simple cassock, with a plain woodencross.
He once had faith in variouscovernmental undertakings to~ecure the betterment of thepoor masses in the northeasternregion. But he no longer believesin them, because they have madethe rich richer while doingnothing effective about thewretchedness of the poor.
He has become convinced thatthere must be structural changein society before real justice canbe achieved.
For this, he has been labeleda Communist or a dupe of theCommunists. The charge is base-
- ·Iess. Also, it has been allegedthat he condones violence. He"ays that he can understand theviolence of a Camito Torres ora Che Guevara, but violence isnot for him. He has relentlesslypreached non-violence.
Critical of CapitalismHe strongly advocates popular
cducation. People must learn toread; they must learn of therealities of the contemporaryworld; they must learn to put.:side apathy and despair; theyI:1USt learn their own power.
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. WASHINGTON (NC) :.:.,.. Thepulpit-pounding, hell-fire-and- 'brimstone parish mission preacher has disappeared from theCatholic scene, a priest invo!vec!in aiding the disappearance 'saidhere.
The priest, La Salette FatherJohn C. Hughes, said that parish retreats and missions, thoughstill functioning, are not flourishing. He said this is becauseCatholics still associate parishmissioners with "hell-fire andbrimstone, strict moralistic viewsand old-fashioned theology,rather than with the present
.personalistic .approach."
Father Hughes' is publicitychairman of The Inter-Community Association of 1!1issioners(Inter-Com), whose goal is "toenhance and gain respect fQrthe image of the professionalpreacher in America." InterCom, Father Hughes said, hasbeen set up to bring parish missions and retreats out of theircurrent decline.
Founded here in December1967 at a seminar organized bythe Paulist Fathers, Inter-Comhas seminars held each December since then.
Attended by more than 100preachers from 22 orders andcongregations of priests involvedin mission work, the 1968 and1969 seminars featured nationally known speakers and the lastseminar, besides talks by a scripture scholar and a moral theologian, provided opportunitiesfor general and small group discussions.
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.Cho9sing ClothesShows Difference.In Tastes·- '
Despite the economy slump,the holi9ay season ,will bring outa rash of social. events, andwhether it's an informal gathering of friends or an elabo'rate 'formal evening, clothes will glitter· and gleam.
There. .are two trends. of. thoughts on holiday dressing.
One 'group' of women likes tobuy holiday outfits' that are topnotch in quality but have a morebasic, round-the clock look.These a're outfits that' can beworn before five as well'asafterand can appear dressy orcasual. ,
The other type' of womanchooses . the more elaborate,dressy. dress that fairly shrieks, 'PARTY. 'These dress.es can be J
fun outfits, that lift ,yourmorale and really get you in a ,celebrating mood. They, do have :one drawback, however, one can I
get very tired of any outfit thatis so memorable - everyone. re-members it. ., Such clothes are best bought '
by the gal 'who either hasenough of a clothing budgetthat she can buy a "wear once,~~seas(.m dress" or,leads ~u.~h a,ibusy' arid; varieds9cial life ~that
$I:te attends many different func-:' i!ions ea~.t( ·.seasO:n a.nd dpesn't' irun across the same people ateach one.. , ." , ' ,. . ' .... :
. , L<ir'ig'· fcir'~Ev~hjng :f:i..' I predict'that"many of tprr'eally ,.bnlV,e, ..fashion-co,nscious' --girl's will be 'going lorig for'eve- tacturers'hii~e'~ome to the res- around to photographing the
, ~-lC-le,:-lC-lC-lf:-lCf:-'::-lC-le,:~~-{c-lCf:C~-lC--:C:-:C--:C:-:C-«::~~-lCtt:-lC:(~~~-«::-:C-lCf!C!t:!c!e;:\t~:c-!C!Ci~ning. If you've had a long black, I cue and are printing materials girls in the short.skirts,.the word ~
or 'navy skirt, that you tucked, that look as if a thousand pa- is that t~ere,:~\'~li,:sWl;c~a,:I9t:?tJ '.:"in the back of your closet a few' tient hands worked them up. such ,gal~ :aI:Ol,l.9-5i,~:'n,ot,:.?,"I~ :m,,~ ''', ".ye;lrs back, dig it out, buy a' Velvet, velour, satin, silk and Manhatt~n hut In qther, qlg cItIes .~" 'lovely, soft and feminine blouse even chiffon will grace the pret- as well. ·Supp6sedlY."it'~:,:~he year .~.,and join the parade. The .girls: tiest parties this holiday. The to "do.:xpur .ow.h' t~'ing.'~ The; ~ ,who feel that it would be a bit' floaty chiffons come in dark and younger' set, )specially, express- I(overdone (but really this season mysterious colors that, give a ing itself' by wearihg all lengths, ~nothing is too much) tan 'always, 'girl that "romantic look." but withpr¢rer.~ncefor' the minLi . ,save the longer lengths Jor at' Still Short Skirts With the. ecqnomy. of the j ,
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threat receIved rriIn!-1tes, b~forE;: iL , '",:':.";,7, ". ~ ~ Feitelberg Insurance Agerlcy ~the start of a·'Ma!is.. '!Iarking .Car-: ,'~ . V,oI ~ ~ ~ainal Lawren~e ·.Sheharfs·:25th I ~ • --Ct:tRISJ, .JHE "SAVIOR'; IS REBORN ~ ~ FALL RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU ...< ~anniversary as a bishop. A police ~ ~ JIj HENRY J. FEITElBERG JOHN J. MULLIN ~,
bomb squad search qf.the clj,the-i' ~ O/~EIt, F.lS~. TII~E' SERVICE ~; ~. JOSEPH H. FEITELBERG ANTHONY J. ABRAHAM f.dral turnE,d up, no: ,e.vidence ·of, 1ft • • .' ~.' ~_ FREDERICK W. KELLMAN JEANNE PELADEAU ,",
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Termination of employmentwill be conducted over the sixmonth-period from Jan. 1 to June30, '1971. The council voted a$337,500 fund which will be usedfor severance pay, re-trainingprograms, and a plan to helpthose without jobs to find otheremployment.
THE ANCHOR- 9Thurs.. Dec. 24, 1970
NEW YORK (NC)-The executive council of the Episcopal.Church in the United States hasvoted to cut in half the numberof persons on it.s national headquarters staff. here.
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The action taken by the governing body of the denominationwas taken at a' meeting inGreenwich, Conn. A spokesmanfor the church at its. headquarters here, explained that the estimated 100 persons who willlose their jobs will be notifiedby Dec. 31. ..
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The executive council approved the cut in personnel afterit heard the results 'of an' informal survey taken among Episco-pal. Qishops th~oughout the country. The prelates indicated to thegoverning.unit that the total anticipated income they would be
. , • abl~ to provide for the comingyears was $10,929,126. Thecouncil had hoped for $12,702,376.
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BUFFALO (NC)-An economydrive by the debt-stricken Buffalo diocese means that at least10 schools will close and a proposed Catholic hospital will notbe built.
As part of a massive financialretrenchment, other cutbacksoutlined by Buffalo Bishop JamesA. McNulty include:
One-third reduction of the£866,000 budget for 15 diocesanoffices and related services.
Sale of five major diocesan'properties.
Relocation of the diocesanminor seminary. . \
A $50-a-year tuition increaseraising the total fee to $400 inremaining qiocesan high schools.
The bishop of the eight-countydiocese announced the budgetcuts after discussing rising costsand the $16 million diocesandebt in a closed meeting withpastors of its 272 parishes.
Need $3.7 MillionDespite 'all these retrench
ments, property sales and consolidations, the diocese stillnec::ls to raise $3.7 million tobegin a systematic program ofdebt retirement. Otherwise, according to diocesan officials deficit financing will continue andprogress will be impossible.
In a fund-raising effort Msgr.John J. McHugh, chairman ofthe diocesan financial resourcescommittee, called for a "motivated giving program" to beconducted during April and May,1971, independent of the annualCatholic Charities Drive.
The program, if ;:ccepted bypastors, would ask that parishquotas of 15 per cent based onparish income for 1969 be raisedthrough an increased offertorydrive.•
<;atholic PopulationDiocesan high schools sched
uled for phasing out by September 1971 include: Bishop O'Hern,347 students; Bishop Colton, 333students; Bishop Ryan, 268 students; Bishop Gibbons, 346 students, Nash Hall, 255 students,plus an annex to Bishop TimonHigh School in South Buffalo.
In all, five Catholic elementary schools, four high schoolsand one annex are scheduled toclose. by next September. Theirtotal enrollment is 2,496.
Msgr. Leo E. Hammerl, diocesan superintendent of schools,'.gave assurance t!lat all teachersand "all pupils now attendingthese schools scheduled for closing can be accommodated inother diocesan schools."
The 948,000 Catholics in thediocese are thought to accountfor 56 per cent of the area's totalpopulation. In Buffalo, thestate's second largest city, theproportion 'of Catholics is evenhigher.
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Arrest Youth,' 19,On Arson Charge
PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A 19year-old boy was arrested andthree others are being sought in
· connection with the firebombingof St. Elizabeth's parish here.There were no injuries. The firedamaged the rectory reception'room.
The arrested youth has beencharged with arson. conspiracy.setting personal property afire=and malicious mischief. Four
· youths were reported to havetossed a Molotov cocktailthrough. the reception room wipe
· d9W. .Two other pombs exploded',on
the pavement in front of the'rectory. Information given by ayouth who witnessed the' firebombing led to the arrest.
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to· CribStatueing the "spectacular setup" of
. th.e crib s~ene.
"Your plastic Jesus wastaken," the note said to "symbolize digust with .'The Way ofLights," b~coming a tourist at·traction, gathering people ofcontradicting faiths, because ofa spectacular' setup." .
"Is this conducive to the true "meaning of Christmas?" the note -asked.
A 75,OOO-bulb "way of lights"leads' to the crib scene. a tourist !~attraction for a number of years'in this area. Father Edwin-. ~GUIld, O.M.l., shrine founder.,~'_',said members of other faiths ihave applauded the annual cribdisplay•. designed to make peo-ple "more Christ-conscious."
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The theft ot' a figure of the In-.fant Jesus was. stolen from an out·door "Way of Lights" nativitydisplay midway between Belleville. III. and East St. Louis.
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iMaureen's kibbutz' was located:
in. the Gaza Strip- a hot spot,for more reasons than its arrid ;cliinate. '. '. . . I
In the "1948 war. residents ofher kibbutz' ~topped' the.Egyp" !tian advance 'on Tel .Aviv:In !.the Six-Day War in 1967, the iKibbutz was an' Israeli he'ad-;quarters. '. . ' ,,
Current Middle East tension is I,.
evident, too. The. collective idstill surrouded by barbed wireand guarded every night. .
-But Maureen. said war is'something the Israelis have:learned to .live with. "One night,the' terrorists came ... and blew:up our' water' pump, .?r tried to·... :she said. "I was the only' one:who was frightened by it."· :
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"They never got' upset. It Inever bothered them," she con· I'
tin~ed. "They've got so' much:self-confidence ... It's this feel- Iing that they 'can handle what- Iever comes. and if they can't.they can't.. That's life." .
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YORK (NC)~Maureen Mc-,!Guire did ,something different!after graduating' from highschool. .
The threat of attack is, onereason why children live separate from their parents. 'in the Isafest part of the kibbutz•.for ! Ah announcer at radio stationmost of tjle day. Maureen said. . WMRY-FM. operated by the.
'Shrine of Our Lady· of theOnly a few hundred people Snows. which arranges the dis
live in a kibbutz. so no child is play. broke' the th.eft· news. Afar from home. Maureen noted. note demanding $50.000 ranthough' 'most . children have som was left in place of thegrown up with their sitters. She statue. It was signed "Herod."s~id it's like being. tended by'your big sister. Twenty-four hours later the.
Maureen is 'now a freshman at statue was back-in its place withPenn State University's York. a second "Herod" note protest-campus. She wants to transfer ,t'o Hebrew University in Jeru- ' ..-------'-----------------.....--.salem her junior year. : Check These Banking Services
She sees some similarities be- Itween Israel, and the United IStates. Right. ·now. all kinds of :people who are immigrating I
there-people who came from'. I
caves and people who moved "from North America. she said. !
"They all have to live together Iand' work together ... They've I
got to get some kind of unity to ,build their country. It's a whole I
new society. and. they have· putit together." .
American GirlLea rns Fac'tsIn Israel'
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Thurs., Dec..24; 1970':
Political science classes at'. Catholic'" High School here i. sparked bubbly Maureen's inter·
est in' the Middie East. "I keptjumping on top of desks yelling;'Israel must· win. 'Israel' must,win,''' she' said. '''Our problems 'of democracy:teacher kept saying. 'Ypu do~'t ~now the, facts.' :.
"I' wanted" to find out the'facts," Maureen said. ;'So I I
'went.". She just. returned from a •year's stay at a.n Israeli kibbutz I
or' collective farm. ~,
Her jobs.on the collective in- :e1ilded': everything from cutting! .
. roses in a hothouse to counting Iworms in cotton plants: She 'also f
.worked' in the houses where~'babies are tended and.' in the.'com~unial restaurant. For the Ifirst' Jew months. she attended.e1asses on Hebrew and Israeli' ~culture half the day. !
THE ANCHOR-, 11Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970
Magazine Lists'Un~anonized Saints'
GRAYMOOR (NC) - Modernday heroes and models may'speak to today's world betterthan some canonized saints, according to a Catholic monthlypublished here.
The, Lamp: A Christian UnityMagazine, published by theFranciscan Friars of the Atonement, features an ecumenical"calendar of uncanonized saints"in its January issue.
Trappist poet Thomas Mertonand Jewish philosopher MartinBuber' are among those on thelist.
Others include Greek Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I ofConstantinople; Pope JohnXXIII; civil rights leader MartinLuther King, Jr.; social reformerArchbishop Helder Camara ofOlinda and Re~ife; Brazil's German theologian-martyr DietrichBonhoeffer; Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, and Dorothy Day,head of the Catholic WorkerMovement.~-llii!C:-lIl:-l$C-IC!CIC-ICtl:IC-U:~-lC~~!Il:~~~
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T.rainingReligiousIde and Leslie A. Darnieder, assistant school superintendents,and titled "Where Have All TheChildren Gone? The report isbased mainly uon comparati:vebaptism and enrollment statisticsdating back to 1947.
The report recommended:"There may be need for adult instructions at the time an infantis baptized. Seemingly, a largenumber of babies were baptizedand the baptism began and ended their formal contact with theCatholic Church."
It added: "Each parish shouldexamine its program to see whythis large number of childrenare not being serviced, wherethey are and where are theirparents? '
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MILWAUKEE (NC)-A report'issued here disclosed more than,a third of grade and high school'age Catholics in the Milwaukeelarchdiocese ilre not receivingany formal religious training,either in Catholic schools orConfraternity of Christian Doc-,trine programs. i
Prepared by the archdiocesanleducation department, the reportiestimated that pupils are not receiving such training rangedfrom 23 to 37 per cent among:grade schools, to 59 per centlamong high schoolers. It was es-'timated that 95,000 out of250,000 Catholic students werenot recei~ing any religion educa~tion. I
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St. Francis prayed to th~ Lord,"Make me an instrument of Thypeace. Where there is hatred,let me sow love; where there isinjury, pardon; where there isdoubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sad-
,ness, joy."
And so it will be on ChristmasDay as nuns of the Third Orderof St. Francis, who staff St.Mary's Home in New Bedford,open their hearts and the homeso 50 senior citizens of theGreater New Bedford area canpartake of the day's spiritualand joyful blessings.
These old people might otherwise have been forgotten, butnow they will enjoy this memorable day in' the true spirit ofSt. Francis.
Ordinarily, the home would bevacant on Christmas Day aschildren scatter to be with theirparents and benefactors, andnuns go home for the holiday.
But this year Rev. William W.Norton, the home's director, anaSister Marie Denis, superior ofthe Glen Riddle Sisters of theThird Order of St. Francis, Philadelphia Foundation, proposedthe sharing of their good fortune with the less fortunate.
"We will have 50 senior citizens as our guests on ChristmasDay, Father Norton said. "Thatis how many we can accommodate; hence, the reason for thenumber.
"The home, in effect, will bereturning, if only for a day, towhat it was at the turn of thecentury, a haven for the aged intheir time of need.
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Day of Joy
"It will be a day of joy forus to celebrate Christmas withthe elderly. One cannot consider
# poverty in terms of just money.Many suffer the poverty of loneliness and depression. This daycould be the iongest day of theyear for some.
"They have no one to be withon this joyous occasion andsome, I'm sure, will celebratewith a bowl of soup,. if they canafford that.
"This day is being organizedwith the co-operation of seniorcitizens' officials in New Bedford. They know only too wellthe people who should be partof this celebration. Transportation will be provided for thosewho can't make it to and fromthe home.
"The list is being drawn upby those concerned workers whoare deeply involved with theelderly in the community. Ithink it is commendable that allthe sisters willingly gave up thechance to go home for Christmasto spend this day here.
"There will be a Mass at 1iA.M. for those who care to sharein the spiritual joys of the day.Dinner will follow at noon, prepared by Sister Mary Dativa,O.S.F., and her staff.
Then there willi be distribution of gifts and a program ofentertainment featured by asongfest of all the carols of theday.
"It should be a memorableday for all of us."
Pledge of fealty by a religions to the Bishop. Justly proud parents witness installation of oldestson as fifth Ordinary. of the Fall River Diocese.
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"The very activities you pointto as evidence of the Church'sconcern for black people continue to systematically inflictupon black people and others apsychology of their own poverty,helplessness and dependency.
"We are the victims of themanifest need of white Catholicsand the hierarchy to have identifiable outlets by which to exercise their charity and provetheir very liberal concern for thepoor and the neglected."
Board 'Affirms'Fund Rejection
WASHINGTON (NC) - Members of the new board of directors of the National Office forBlack Catholics (NOBC) votedhere to affirm a Nov. 20 decisionby the NOBC's interim boardrejecting a $150,000 fund offerby the nation's Cathlic bishops.
The new board's president,lawyer Charles P. Hammock ofPhiladelphia, said that theNOSC rejection of the moneywas based on concern with whatthe allocation represented aswell as dissatisfaction with theamount.
In a' letter to Bishop JosephL. Bernardin, general secretaryof the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops' and the U. S.Catholic Conference, Hammockaccused the Church of paternal·ism in its dealings with blackCatholics.
"We are fully aware that various dioceses allocate money toassist black parishes and schoolsand sponsor some programs ...what cannot be overlooked is thepaternalistic, patronizing way inwhich these totally white·controlled funds are handled,"Hammock said.
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Mrs. Marie. Lombardi, thecoach's widow, and Father R.J.Henle, S.J., university president,stated the center will provide a
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ROME (NC)-If man continuesto contaminate the world'soceans, he is going to pay a bitter price for his recklessness formany generations.
This was one of several direwarnings given at the openingof the largest conference everheld to discuss problems andseek solutions to ocean pollution.The conference was convened bythe United Nations' Food andAgricultural Organization (FAO).
About 3QO environmentalistsand scientists were here to attend the Technical' Conferenceon Marine P~llution and Its Effe~ts on Living Resources.
On'e' of, the first reports submitted to ·the conference was byMax Blumer, an oceanographerfrom Woods Hole, who said thatno effective method currentlyexists' for neutralizing the up to10 million tons of oil spilled annually in the world's oceans.
, "A polluted small lake can bereclaimed within a few years,"Blumer said. "Lake Erie mayormay not be restored within -50years, but a polluted ocean willremain irreversibly damaged formany g~nerations."
The only way to avert furtherpollution of ocean environmentand preserve its ,resources is toprevent oil spillages from occurring in the first place, Blumersaid.
The conference opened threeweeks after Pope Paul, VI, expressed concern about pollutjonof bodies of w~teI: when hespoke at the FAO on the organization's 25th anniv.ersary.,"W~ see th~ pollutio!1 of
rivers, lak~s,. even oceans - tothe.,points of inspiring fear of atrue 'biological' death in thenear futur~ if energetic measuresaje not immediately and courageous.lY taken and rigorously putinto practice," the Pope said.
"It is a formidable prospectwhich you must diligently explore in order to save from destruction the fruit of millions ofyears of natural and human se- I
lection," he added. ,The FAO has described the
world's oce!lns as "probably thegreatest remaining reserve ofhigh protein food." Pollution isdamaging this reserve so gravelyas to threaten man's very'survival, according to the FAO.
K of C ProvidesPlane for, Diocese
JUNEAU (NC)-The Knights,of Columbus national office haspr~vided a $15,000 airplane tocarry out missionary efforts inAlaska's farflung 37,500-mile
- Juneau diocese.The disclosure was made here
by Auxiliary Bishop Francis T.Hurley of Juneau, writing in thediocesan publication, "The InSide Passag'e."
Bishop Hurley said that thegift came in the ~ake of anunsuccessful scouting trip hemade in Europe, seeking priests,Brothers and. nuns for the 'diocese.
The bishop said the K.of C.gift assured "the clouds can besplit open" now in carrying ondiocesan missionary activities.
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CWV Head laud$Rescue Attempt
WASHINGTON (NC) - AldoDiChiara, Catholic War Veterans'national commander, praised asheroic and humanitarian theabortive. effort of PresidentNixon t~ rescue American prisoners of war from North Vietnam.
He said critics of the Presidentand the venture, which employeda volunteer commando unit andbombing of North Vietnam POWcamps, expressed an ~'undue
solicitude for the welfare of the~emy," plus a fear of reprisal.
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Marist Brother Cites Primary Aims of Catholic Schools
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CHICAGO (NC) - A Marist in schools, eliminating mindlessBrother said here Cathloic edu- conformity and. renewing emcators and laity may be ignor- phasis on teaching students aing central reasons for existence, sound Christian philosophy.of their Church schools. : "There seems to be a feeling
Brother Anthony J. Ipsaro of I that if we get money, everythingthe University of Notre Dame i will be all right," Brother Ipsaroeducation department told a I said.group of educators here the aim: "Catholic schools are the onlyof Catholic education should I really successful operation ofcenter on encouraging creativity I the Roman Catholic Church," he~/,~~J).~::l't)1~/'~~l:llJl.ltl"~~Mll-JlJl7171Jl»l~~)1~~:Dll11~)l)l
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HONG KONG (NC) - Swimming is not a sport for the hundreds of young Chinese tryingto escape to this British islandcolony just off the .coast ofmainland China:
Hong Kong police reportedthat in the first two weeks ofNovember they had picked up'50 bodies of young Chinese whodied trying to make the fourmile endurance swim. Hundredsof others were taken out of thewater after swimming for aslong as 14 hours. Many more,police speculated, have enteredHong Kong without being detected.
Most of the swimmers areyoung people born and rearedsince the communists took power in mainland China. Most ofthem are students who wereordered to go to the countrysideto learn from peasants ratherthan continue their schoolstudies.
According to the successfulfreedom swimmers, many of thestudEmts are dissatisfied withthese orders and when sent tocommunes in the Hong Kongarea try to get out of Red Chinaby swimming to Hong Kong.
Ironically, Chairman Mao Tsetung had ordered all students tolearn how to' swim, giving themthe training needed to make theirescape.
The swim from the mainlandto Hong Kong is dangerous because of reinforced water patrols, but even before reachingthe water the students mustface the gauntlet of heavy landpatrols.
Urges AdmissioJ1Of More Refugees .'
WASHINGTON (NC)-A complete re-examination of the nation's nationality and naturalization laws and procedures hasbeen called for by an official ofthe Unit~d States Catholic Conference.
In a statement to the HouseJudiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality, JohnE. McCarthy, executive directorof migration and refugee services also recommended that theannual number of refugee admissions to this country· be increased "more in keeping withpast demands."
McCarthy gave strong support to legislative proposals urging admission of religious functionaries as special immigrantsto this country.
"The services carried on bymembers of religious denominations-staffing of schools, hospitals, orphanages, day-care centers, engaging in social work andcommunity organization - aremore and more in demand especially in the urban and innercity areas of the UnitedStates," he said.
Deaf Mute PriestJOHANNESBURG (NC) - A
deaf mute, the son of devoutJewish parents, has been ordained here in South Africa byBishop Ernest Green of PortElizabeth, a former chaplain tothe deaf. Fa~her Cyril Axelrod,28, said his interest in St.Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" led to his conversion andhis decision to become a priest.
Urges MandatoryEqual Employment
,CLEVELAND (NC) - Cleve·land's diocesan Commission onCatholic Community Action hasasked Bishop Clarence G. Issen·mann to initiate a proposalguaranteeing equal employment·iriall contract ~ork and pur.chases in the diocese.
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-right into your finger... Unless ·unrecognizable shapes. One ofthe cranberries are very ripe. the children. was creating threeThen the needle goes right wise men. As, the clay sagged,through, bu.t the. little berr-y they looked like melted snowsquashes "in your hand. . men. I'
After we had what seemed to __ As a .last' attempt, the' kids·be miles of these ropes, we fes· rollei:l it out like dough,cut it.tooned the tree. The popcorn with star and' angel cookie cut·looke.d lovely but the cl'anber- ters, .inserted hair pins for. hang-
, ries seemed to disappear. ers a-nd set them to dry. ItSomething else Grandma did seemed we had found success at ~)j-~~~~)$t~~)t~~~~~:t.
last. ~ . . '. ~not tell me. If you want the ~ . Icranberries. to shoW', YO,\Jl' 'have The following morning, the PJ ..to. alternate them 'on the same children· anxiously picked' up' I i!string with::. -the popcoril·. My. their own handmade ornaments. i Icranberry compote ,for the fol· Their beautiful crafts crumbled I~ it'lowirig day, was ilOW: covered to dust. Grandma didn't tell me ~with pine sap..' that's why I shouldn't have add~ IGrandm~'also told; me about ed that:' extra flour. . . i I
a fine day I could make out .of Then she told the children ~. ~flour and corn starch. Maybe she. about making balls for the tree ~ Icouldinake it; I couldn't. by cutting circles out of old ~ !
.Wise SIIlOW Men Christmas. cards and fastening ~ ~. , them together. don't know exact· ~ ~ .
I followed' her" r~cipe exactIy-' ly how they did this; I never i Ia handful of this,a pinch of' got involved with the project. In I~that, add a little water until it fact, they woulqn't let me get .looks "rigl-i't" -- and I .had the involved.. ~ ~most . unmanageable glop you . They simply got the instruc· i Iever saw. It stuck to .the kids; tions from Grandma, and went ~
it stuck to the table; 'it stuck to ahead on their own. Each time ~ I. the floor .. : it just wouldn't stick I wanted to help, they sent me ~ ~to itself. away. They assured me they ~ ~
Determined to prove I 'could didn't need my help. a (itA' ~make these' old·fashioned orna- Funny, those ornaments came I; nd she brought forth her first-born ~ments, I· added more flour until out so well. ~ ~
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Grandma Didn't Tell.. ,. Do 'you kno~ how'm'any litUkbranches are on· .a Christma~tree? Infinitely more than my pa~tience could pin. popcorn on:!
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Then I remembered another· of Grandma's great Christmasstories. She said they used tostring popcorn arid cranberrie~to decorale the tree. .
So we tried to string the pop'corn. 'Oddly, this went weit Infact, it was going so well, I delcided to go all the way and con~tribute the two boxes of crant.berries I had bought. (or .Ch·ristrmas dinne~. . _, I
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Good Old. O'oysBeing ProblemsIn Reliving,
My grandmother always' tellsstories of her family'- back- i~ ,the "good old days." Her chil;dren gathered around the kitcht
, en table and worked together;,making their own Christmasdecorations, There was such awarmth, togetherness and glowto her narrations, you ,could al~
most hear the fire crackling. I
Last year I 'decided to followher example. and restore that"old~fashioned'Christmas spiridto our ktchen. I gathered th~children and we made plans[They were thrilled with the idea,
But, from our experiences, )have some doubts about Grandi'rna's stories - and her reCipes~Or maybe, she just forgot to give.me all the instructions. ~
There was the popcorn. Mygrandmother always poppedcorn,' advising, "No buying it alLready done; the popping is half
,the fun. ". She then attachedthem, with straiight pins, oneby one, to the end of 'each littlebranch. She said the effect was"like snowflakes drifting ovetthe tree." "I, The. idea', sout:\ded'so good,Since the kids' had broken mostof our ornaments, the popcornwould be a fine substitute. It
· would be gorgeous, and it was'something they could all do to~
· gether. '. We popped. pots full of corn;.
• ,they. ate "'aU of it. We poppe1more. By .then they were so sicKof it, they didn't even· want t6look. at it. After some brain~washing, I convinced a few ofthem to' start pinning it to thbtree. ' ,
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HARRISBURG (NC)-Ndnpublie schools in Pennsylvania reoceived more than $4.2 million instate aid from the Departmentof Education on Dec. I, a department official said here.
Vincent McCoola, director ofthe department's Office for Aidto Nonpublic Education, saidthat amount was part of a $19million package that 1,147 non·public schools would receiveover a two-year period.
The non public schools' receivedabout $4.8 million in September,and another $LO million has beenearmarked for next year. Thepayments are for "renderingsecular educational services"during th'e 1969·70 school year.In 196B-69, when the aid started,the nonpublic schools got $4.8million.
Most of the funds coveringboth payment periods -' $14.9million-will go to 1,064 Catholic schools, while 84 other nonpublic schools will receive $4.8million.
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Nixon' Sets PoUti'cal Asylum Pol~cyed immediately .of. any· other service at the Unitedsuch incidents.. Until now, the Catholic Conference.State' Department had final authority in almost all defectioncases.
The new instructions are saidto be more explicit than presentprocedures for handling defec-tors and refugees. .
A recent incident, involving aLithuanian sailor, prompted thenew guidelines after consternation and outrage about it wasvoiced on Capitol' Hill and byvarious religious groups including the migration and refugee
PresidentWASHINGTON (NC) - Presi
dent . Nixon announced newguidelines here to prevent recurrence of a recent incident inwhich a defectfng Soviet seama~was refused sanctuary aboard a .Coast Guard cutter.
Orders from Nixon to all federal agencies stated that nowould be defector is to be re-,turned "arbitrarily or summar·i1y" to foreign control until itcould be determined if his pleafor asylum was legitimate.
The President, aiso orderedthat the White House be inform-
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A newly formed group calledConcerned Christian Laymen,charged, ina ·broclfure it' circu- 'lated among pastors and laity,that the council was involved in"controversial activities," hasstated aims that are "totally un·acceptable to basic Catholicdogma," and is mainly interestedin getting its hands on "Catholicmoney."
Franciscans OpenRural Institute
JUTIAPA (NC) - Priests fromthe Franciscans' New York province has established the Centerfor Human Formation here tohelp serve the educational needsof the rural population in southeastern Guatemala.
"The center will be a responseto the problems and questionsof the campesino (poor farmers),who is the symbol of faith forthe Church in Latin America,"Father Feliciano Napoli, codirector of the institute, said atceremonies marking the founding of the center.
Cardinal CookePlans Christmas'With Troops
NEW YORK (NC) - CardinalTerence Cooke, military vicarfor the U. S. armed forces, willconfine his annual tour of military bases to the Pacific areaand the Far East this year.
The-cardinal-archbishop of New"York will celebrate Christmas
day with the troops in SouthVietnam on a seven·day visit toSaigon. His itinerary includes:
Alaska, Dec. 14-15; Korea,Dec. 16-17; Japan, Dec. 18; Tai·wan, Dec. 19; Hong Kong, Dec.20; Saigon, Dec. 21·27; Thailand,Dec. 27·29; Philippines, Dec. 2930; Okinawa, Dec. 31·Jan. 1;Truk, Jan. 2; Guam, Jan. 3-4 andHawaii, Jan. 5.
He is expected to return toNew York on Jan. 6 or 7.
Anniversary Mass
As a preliminary to his trip,Cardinal Cooke held his annualyuletide get·together for childrenof the New York Foundling Hospital. This year an added dimen·sion was the fact taht the cardi·nal was celebrating the 25th an·niversary of his ordination, to'the priesthood.
To mark that occasion, an anniversary Mass was celebratedin St. Patrick's cathedral. It waspreceded by a party on StatenIsland for nearly 2,500 childrenfrom orphanages in the NewYork archdiocese.
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18 !HE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. ,Dec. 24, 1970
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MADISON (NC) C;ltholic.Protestant and Jewish 'Ieadershave asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the Amish way of life against a threatto religious liberty.
Pending before the state highcourt is an appeal on behalf ofthree Amish fathers of '!'jewGlarus, Wis., convicted in alower court on a charge of failing to have their children attendhigh school.
The Amish way of life callsfor the equivalent of a gradeschool education for their children. It opposes <:!ducation thatis "increasingly technical, secular and materialistic," contraryto state school laws requiringchildren to attend high schools.
The Rev. Willis Merriman, executive director,' WisconsinCouncil of Churches; RabbiManfred E. Swarensky, who fledNazi Germany's religious persecution in the 1930s an9 Msgr.Andrew R. Breinee, Madison editor of the Catholic Herald Citizen newspaper, filed a friend ofcourt Brief on behalf of theAmish fathers.
the Divine Mysteries who made ,Christ live among men. MayGod receive his priestly soul.
What would. I say to Mary? ]'d say, "Can.I play outside with your Baby?"
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charitable in judgement. If evera man could find the good inmen, he did, and of this there isno doubt.
Always a man; always a F~(~~~::l$l~~~~:3'l:ll~::l$l~~~~)j-~~~~~~::tl:3'l:3'l:l'l::tl::tl:ll:ll::tl:ll:ll:ll~
priest,his presence enriched ~ • feach and everyone into whose ~ ~presence he came. "Unless the ' ~ Igrain of wheat falls to the earth ~ ~
and dies"-dies to itself to be- ~ {Scome one with Christ. ~ ~
The philosophy of life which ~enabled Monsignor Hayes to iemulate his Divine Exemplar so Iwell, might have been borrowed ~
from Cardinal Newman, who ~
wrote,: They alone are truly Iable to enjoy this world, who Ibegin ,with the world unseen.They alone enjoy it, who have)::!:,::::abstained from it-They a'lone ~ :::::,::,: l~n:e~i: ~~eW~~r~~k~oitc~~~, s~a:~ !t::::::;::::;:":kt ~
wants it to be. "Father, into ~ TO OUR WONDERFUL PATRONS.' ayour hands I commend my ~ I,
sP~:"thank God for His teach- i FRAN K-X. Pl:RRON Sing of Christian life, for His ~i: INSURANCE ~demonstration at that life in His ~
Son, Christ Jesus, Our Lord- GEqRGE BEDARD ItaM ~
we thank God for John J. Hayes, if, 260 NORTH MAIN STREET FALL RIVER ~,priest of God and _~ispenser of t=:-:e;-:e;-:e;-:e;~cl~~C~(-t-.:-:e;-:e;.v::-:e;-:e;tI:.v::!:t-.:t::t::.v::.l::It';t-.:t::t:llI:t<t::te:!tt::t::t-.:I:!:t::IC:!e:t::!e:I'l:!e:!:!:t:~
Interest helps make the man,and Father Hayes had only oneconsuming interest in the entirety of his life-Christ Jesusand the Church of God. An everperfecting mirror of the Lordwas so evidently present in thisgentleman who was truly aGENTLE MAN; in this priestwho was a churchman-,..truly aCHURCH MAN. There was theever present, strong, thoughgentle determination to "restoreall things in Christ" through theministry of the Church and'infaithful and humble obedienceto her' comm'ands and directives.
The man marked with the signof the Holy Spirit, Anointed withthe Sacred Chrism, sealed withthe sign of Sacred Orders must,in an ever-increasing degree,bring. this Christ, the lover ofsaints and 'Of sinners-into hisown life and radiate it into thelives of all who even hear hisname. He. must become a sign ofChrist.
On May 30th, 1931 along withseveral other young men, JohnJ. Hayes, an ordained Deaconin the Church of God, prostrated'himself just prior to Ordinationto the Sacred Priesthood, theLitany of Saints was being sung,'and outside the CathedralChurch a civic parade was goingby on the strE~et below-a bandcame 'by~it 'played "Y()u're inthe Army Now"-the soon to be.Father John Hayes mentionedmany times, that this momentstruck' him both comically andseriously 'at the same time. Ithelped him to realize how Christmust be the One. to Whom allhis allegiance was owed, theOne Whom he must serve withhfs whole heart and soul.
The story of the life of FatherHayes, whether it be in Sandwich, SS. Peter ancFPaul in Fall
.. River, St. Mary's in the northend, or here at Holy Name isone and the same story.. Therewere no two personalities, notw.o fronts to Monsignor Hayes,but only the one-'-the one livingsolely to bring Christ to any andto all Men. How many can witness to the .fact of his care? Tohis compassion? To his gentleand kind understanding? Always
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that c;ame forth from His mouth, sian, did not despair and gave,brought with. it the life of God Himself willingly to the Fatherfor mankind. Not only did it ac- -so too must the true Christian.complish the conveyance of this In the period of the test of saltruth, it also gave insight into va.tion; the time called life, heHis life on earth; the end resuh must bring to a degree of pero.f. which was and is our salv~- fection all that is found in thistlOn. wonderful, joyful, saving life of
To be joined to God is a great Christ; the accomplishment ofgift, to be joined to God by the his life being that he has Christ,Redemptive Act of the God-Man and that he brings Christ intois an even greater realization f<;>r the world. In effect, that ,Christeach one of us; and still :more":"": lives in Him, and through Him,to see fulfilled in the life of Christ lives in the world.
, Cnrist what He taught us, is t~e What' is true of every personmost powerful, the most tangi- worthy of the name Christian,ble, the most excellent means is all the more true of thoseof conveying His message of chosen from among men to besalvation to mankind. the "dispensers of the mysteries
In the human, the Redemptive of God"-those called to particLife of the God made Man, Our ipate most especially in theLord and Savior Jesus Chri~t, priesthood of Jesus Christ bythe message of the seed nece~- vocation and by their priestlysarily being placed in the ground consecration through sacramen·and being vitally affected and tal ordination.influenced by other forceswhich finally made it bear itsfruit is' so evidently borne out.Christ, when He assumed hum'!nform, in the eyes of men, had toprove His Divine Identity. Solelyby becoming man could He fulfillthe promise of the Father; solelyby becoming man could He, inthe present Dispensation, workout the satisfaction and the salvation of all mankind.
And so, Christ the seed, plillitcd Himself among men - bornof the Virgin Mary, a man, likeall of us present and all men ofthe past and those of the futur;e,in all things but sin.
Through this planting of t~e
Divine Person with His DivineNature in a human nature, ~llthat human nil-ture could or, everwould know, feel, suffer andneed was a part of the life ofOur Savior; Jesus Christ.
Because this Seed of Salvationwas sown among men~and began
"to bear its fruit, we find in thelife of Christ, DETERMINATION-"I Have come to do the willof Him' Who sent me."
In the life 'of Christ we seeMERCY - "Take courage, yoursins are forgiven you; we seeCC>MPASSION-"Allow the little children to come to me"':"'""Unless you become like one 'ofthese, you ca'n not· enter thekingdom of Heaven."
In the life of Christ we SeeCARE - "Whatever you havedone for these, the least of mybrethren, you have done to Me;"\ve see SACRIFICE-"The reason the Father loves me is because I lay down my life, thatI may take it up again. No mantakes it from me, but I lay, itdown of Myself.'"
In the culmination of the birthof Christ, with' its subsequentfulfillment of the will of theFather-tl1"e shedding of the I~stdrop of His Sacred Blood uponthe wood of that Cross, therewas no cry of despair-only thelook and the word of love,."Father forgive them" - "Son,behold thy mother"-"Into yo'urhands I comme'nd my Spirit.'"
What is evidenced in the Life'of Jesus Christ, the Savior of. theworld, is to be mirrored in thelife _of. everyone who has the desire and' is worthy to be call'edChristian. If Christ sacrificed, :somust the Christian sacrifice,-and for the' same reasons thatChrist did. r'f Christ loved, suf-
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College PresidentNamed to Council
JERSEY CITY (NC) - JesuitFather Victor R. Yanitelli, president of St. Peter's College here,has been named by PresidentNixon to the National AdvisoryCouncil on Economic Opportunity.
The 21 cmember council servesas a general advisory board tothe Office of Economic Opportunity and reviews the effectiveness of the agency's war onpoverty programs.
Father Yanitelli, active incommunity and educational affairs in New Jersey, wi1l serveon the council until September,1972.
Schedule HearingsOn Abortion Law
TALLAHASSEE (NC)-Statewide hearings on possiblechanges in Florida's century-oldabortion law were cl\lIed forhere by state senate president,Jerry Thomas.
The law now on the books allows abortions only when anexpectant mother's life is indanger. Efforts to modify thelaw have failed in the past fourlegislative sessions.
Five different abortion billsare scheduled for considerationby the 1971 Florida legislature,Thomas said they range fromslight modifications to permitabortion under, strict medicaland residency requirements to ameasure permitting a patientand doctor to make the decisionthemselves.
THE ANCHOR- 19Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970
spending several Summers as acaddy at the Country Club ,ofNew Bedford. Loyola, for one,certainly appreciated the effort.
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Country Club CaddyIn addition to playing football
on a varsity level at Loyola, Sylvia was in charge of the Men'sIntramural football program atHingston Hall (men's residence)during his junior year. With thegridir.on season behind him,Mike is now the head usher forall hockey and basketball gamesplayed on the Loyola campus.
This year, Mike was electedto the Loyola of Montreal Athletic Association Council, one ofonly 10 members to be named toa post. The council is mainlyresponsible for raising funds forthe athletic programs and is the"jury" in all student athletic"gripe" sessions.
Mike worked hard to pay hisway through Stang and LoYOla,
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cornerback on the defensiveunit. Make threw the shot putas a two-year member of thetrack team and during theSpring was a member of theSpartans' golf team.
Seeks Master's DegreeMike is one of three Sylvia
children and the older of twoboys. Andy is a freshman at Bishop Stang and was a co-captainof this year's freshman squad.Eight-year-old Paula is a thirdgrade student at St. GeorgeSchool in Westport.
The Sylvias are communicantsof St. Julie's Parish in NorthDartmouth.
Like most athletes, Mike enjoys all of the major sports,such as baseball, basketball andfootball. His hobbies also includelifting weights and playing golf.
Majoring in business administration, Sylvia will enter Sir
Wins Co~ch's Praise
Under head coach GeorgeDixon, former star pro Canadianfootball player, the Warriors en-'joyed an unbeaten season in theformer's first year at the helm(two seasons ago) and went onto gain a b'erth in the CentralCanadian Division finals.
For the past four seasons, the5-11, 190-pounder has been astarting cornerback on the perennially tough Warrior defensiveunit. During the first four gamesof this past season, in whichLoyola enjoyed a 3-1 record, thedefensive unit held the opposition to a total of 33 points (8.1per game) to rank as the" bestdefensive record in Canada.
BY LUKE SIMS
Mich~el Joseph Sylvia
While at Stang, Mike was athree letterman, competing infootball, track and golf.
As a member of the Spartansgrid squad. he played offensivefullback and was a standout
Last year, despite injuries andinexperience, Dixon guided hismates to a .500 season. Sylviaplayed a leading role in bothseasons. His performance wassuch that Dixon went out on alimb and predicted All-Starratings for the North Dartmouthresident.
Mike Sylvia EndsFine Grid CareerAt Loyola
Loyola College of Montrealhardly, if ever, found its wayinto the sports headlines of papers throughout SoutheasternMassachusetts. Michael JosephSylvia of North Dartmouth onthe other hand received "ink"periodically during his four yearsat Bishop Stang High School.
When the son of Mr. and Mrs.Franklin J. Sylvia of 9 SummitAvenue, enrolled at the Montrealinstitution four years ago,nothing really changed. Sportsfans in the Southeastern Massachusetts area remained in thedark about the fortunes of Loyola while Sylvia remained in theheadlines.
A few weeks ago, the Warriors concluded their season.And with the final gun, Sylviaput the wraps on a fine colllegecareer.
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Basil J, Giletto, both obstetrician-~ ,gynecologists, informed'the courfthat they were entering the caseon behalf of interested parties s8'far unrepJesent~d: ,unborn chilr'dren.'" .
.On'the other, 'side, 1,141 men,w6miri. ~nd p'rofessionals have;challeng~,d,Pennsylvaniaabortionlaws and Philadelphia Distric~
,Attorney Arlen Specter's en.forcement of them in a civil' sui~filed against Specter, I ' ,'" I'
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, 'financial or other reasons,/
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relief, ,from ,t!:le law on theground' that, it forces them to become fathers, while theprofes~sionals-doctofs, lawyers, psychologists, clergymen and socia'iwork~rs~harged' that.the present abortion laws deter them inthe practice of their profession~.
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brief in support of that motiol1filed on behalf ,of Drs, Porreca'and Giletto 'infQrms' the ., courtthat, "arfl:Jther, Class of indivi~
uals is ultimately concerned withthe outcome' of.this.suiC~ ,',
The motion and brief said thatt!:le unborn and, ,unrepresented'children involYed,.in, the··~uit:Would be disposed of unless thecourt appoints guardians to as:sert their rights. This would de'prive th,e ';' children/of the equ~1'protection under law gutmii'iteedthem by the U. S.Constituti6~,~he brief maintains., ,'" : '
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Young relatives of new Ordinary manifest interest in ,Instaliation Dites.
Two of the concelebrants, Rev. Msgr. Raymond T.Considine, P.A. and Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, with BishopCronin.
Bishop Cronin waits for the Apostolic Delegate to leadhim to the episcopal ~hair in the sanctuary of the cathedral.
22 THE ANCHOR-Diocese qf Fall River.-2Th·urs .. Dec. 24, 1970 '.
Bishop. Cronin and Archbishop Raimon di _.,t banquet commemorating installationCeremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hogan of St. Raphael's Prorish, Medford are visited by theirformer pastor. Mrs. Hogan served as Bishol) Cronin's secretary while he was Auxiliaryin Boston.
Mrs. Cronin receives Holy Communion from her son.
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WASHINGTON (NC)- Six ~nominees for awards honoring ~
outstanding Catholic young peo- iipie' have been announced by ~the National Catholic Youth Or-' mganization Federation here. ~,
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Three teenagers are runnfng ~for the CYO federation's Out- ~
standing Catholic. Youth of the ~Year plaque, and three ot-hers in Atheir 20s are competing for the ~federation's Outstanding Catho- mIic Young Adult of the Year ~awa~. , I. Diane Berry, 18, of Miami, ~Fla.; Mary Jouise Morrell, 18, of ~
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Ind.; Sharon M. Fohl, 25, of Buf- Pi'falo, N. Y". and Leonard E. Ii,
Honacki, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio. ~
More and more, the elderly,are exercising their politicalprowess. The 2.5 million-memberNational Council of Senior Citizens was instrumental. in pushing through Medicare and is nowactive in bettering the servicesprovided by that bill.
Other associatio~s havebanded together to provide theirmembership with better automobile insurance, cheaper medicines and the like.
Urges ClergymenOn United Board
WASHINGTON (NC) - TheUnited Way for America, therecently reorganized UnitedCommunity Funds and Councilsof America, has been chided by
. a Catholic priest for lack of religious leadership.
Msgr. Lawrence J. Corcoran,secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Charities, senta letter to United Way president Bayard Ewing of New Yorkcriticizing the group for notelecting or nominating a clergyman to its new board formed ata meeting in Dallas, Tex., Msgr. Corcoran, a member of
the group's governing board before its' reorganization, said aclergyman should have beennamed to the board because'United Way appeals to the social awareness of business corporations when seeking contributions.. "Such motivation must appealto more than fear or selfinterest," he said.
"These basically' are conceptswhich touch man's spiritualroots, concepts enunciated andurged by religion. Since theUnited Way will be dealing withthese concepts and means to implement them, it seems appropriate and even necessary to have.the involvement of religiousleaders at the highest level of-its structure."
Ewing would not comment onthe priest's letter when askedabout it by NC News, althoughhe sajd there are vacancies onthe board. He said clergymenhad served on the board beforeit was reorganized.
percentage of the old are luckyenough to benefit from the cities.
A recent Time magazine report estimated that one-third ofthe nation's old live "in the deteriorating cores of the big cities.On Manhattan's upper' WestSide, thousands of penniless'widows in dingy single-roomoccupancy hotels bar their doorsagainst the alcoholics and thedope addicts with whom theyshare the \bathroom, ·the padlocked refrigerator and the "telephone down the hall."
Faced with the financial inability to 'support themselves,many of the old move in withtheir children. Living together,however, presents problems' forboth parent and offspring.
Elderly men usually do notprovide as big a problem whenthey live with their children.The diversion offered in a family setting usually helps to keepthe man busy. His principal difficulty very often is that he isseparated from his old friendsand neighBorhood.
Elderly women, however, donot seem to adjust to the situati()n as well. Generally, theyhave been used to ruling theroost arid their unwillingness or,perhaps, inability to relinquishthis position often results in the"Mother, I'd-rather-do-it-myself"syndrome.
InstitutionThe third alternative, institu
tional living, is the one least employed. Only five per cent of theold in America live in institutions, according to Time. However, fewer than half of the25,000 'homes offer skilled nursing services. And the facilitiesin many of the homes are farfrom desirable, as recent reports,by Ralph Nader. indicate.
Moreover, a constant threat inold-age institutions is that theresidents, continually being reminded of their years by thesights around them, will not beable to turn their minds awayfrom death.
But beneath the problems ofliving at home, with childrenor in an institution, there is abasic problem.
TimetableEach individual ages accord
ing to his own timetable, apparently, and the role that chronicillness plays on that timetableis of uncertain influence, according to Dr. Carl Eisdorfer of DukeUniversity.
Activity-poor days resulting inboredom seem to have quite animpact on the aging process,however.
Anthropologist Margaret Clarkinterviewed 600 elderly peoplein San Francisco and found thatengagement with life contributedvastly to their psychologicalwell-being, provided that theenga~ementwas not gain-related.
But the old have, for the mostpart, been left so far out of themainstream, that it is not easyfor them to become involved.
StrengthOne way the old can provide
the.mselves with activities is toexercise their tremendous political strength·. The old are almostequal in numbers to the nation'sblacks and the ranks' are growing. Moreover, since practicallyall the old can vote, they comprise 15 per cent of the nation'svoting force.
PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Theold are perhaps the most neglected minority in Americatoday.
While modern medicine's efforts to extend the quantity oflife have assured 67 years ofexistence for the average malean'd 73 years for the averagefemale, little effort has beenmade to improve the quality ofthose extra years.
In fact, there is a growingtrend in America toward "ageism," according to psychiatristRobert Butler of' Washington,D. C. Age-ism, he said, is just"not wanting to have all thoseugly old people around."
Butler predicts that by the endof the century, age-ism will be aproblem equal to present-dayracism.
In the family-oriented Easternworld, age is a measure of merit.Elders are held in high esteemand are generally understood toreact to that esteem with. considerable amounts of wisdom.
But the hold of the familyunit in the U. S. is at best tenuous. Rather than being thetransmitters of the Western culture, the old have become a"strangely isolated generation,"according to anthropologist Margaret Mead.
NicheNo nkhe has been provided
in society for the old. For themost part, they are being phasedout of the business and socialworlds.
It might seem that the old arethe best suited for this fate.After all, some maintain theyhave had their turn at bat andan ample opportunity to providefinancially for their retirement.
Unfortunately, it is not thatsimple. One out of every fourAmericans 65 or over lives ator below the poverty line. Overtwo million or 10 per cent of theold live on social security alone.The combination of fixed incomes, diminishing savings andspiraling costs has shaped theold into a class that Time magazine has termed the "nouveauxpauvres"-the. new poor.
Within this economic framework, there exist three alternatives for the old: to stay in theirown homes, to move in withtheir children or to live in aninstitution.
Many people are able, bothphysically and economically, tolive in their own homes. Buteven this select group is facedwith certain threats, not theleast of which is boredom.
Elderly women are generallybetter suited to retired life athome. The house is their huntingground and there is alwayssomething to keep them busy.Men, on the other hand, are usedto spending only part .of theirday in the house and they oftenfind themselves ill at ease inthe restricted environment.Moreover, older men usuallyfind their circle of associatesdWindling with each passingyear.
SolutionOne solution to the boredom
problem is evidenced in the reocent upswing of "golden age"cities. The cities seem to affordthe elderly with the happy combination of tranquility and com·panionship. But only a small
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