Clothing DriveUsab1le clothing is ,being col­

lected by all the parishes inthe Diocese during this weekfor further distribution to rav­aged or disadvantaged areasthroughout the world. Thepackaged clothing will begathered from the parish cen­ters beginning Monday, De­cember 6.

Pope' CommendsAsceticismOf )Lldo

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul is studying judo.

Well, not exactly, but he didtake time to study the arduousregimen .de~ahded of judo en·thusiasts . and commended thesport for its "almost ascetic ruleof life and study.'" Judo comesfrom the Japanese words mean­ing "soft art."

The Pope singled out some 25instructor;s and students of theNational Academy of Judo whoattended the .general audienceNov. 24.

The Italian group, clad in bluemonogrammed blazers, rose asa unit as the Pope told them:

"We have read your regimenand your programs. We detectan impression of seriousness, wecould say of almost ascetic ruleof life arid study, to attain thishuman,goal which is both scien­tific and athletic."

The Pope described the youngathletes flS persons "dedicated to

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similar committees to consultwith local bishops.

The 1971 directives give localprelates final authority to inter­pret the dirE~ctives in their owngeographical area, a fact thathas turned into a sore point. Tocompound the situation further,American Catholic health facili­ties are" now confronted withmore restrictive directives thanthose issued in neighboring Can­ada just last. year.

Although few Catholic healthofficials will say so, the so-called"new" direl:tives contain littlenew. The CHA credits them forgiving Catholic health facilities-

,hospitals, nursing homes andextended care institutions - "anew sense of direction."

The directives sustain tradi­tional Catholic prohibitionsagainst abo:rtion, contraceptions,sterilization and masturbation­even for purposes of artificialinsemination. They take into ac­count ' organ transplants, dis­agreements about when a per­son can be considered dead, anda patient's Iright to know if he isinvolved in a medical experi­ment. Genetics, the biology ofheredity, is not mentioned.

"I recognize that this codedoes not solve the needs of thetimes, but it remains an impor­tant document," Msgr. Harold Po­Murray, dir~or of health affairs

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inllfiJ'ny,Years

Mr. Roderick has been atOLOA through· the pastorates ofRev. Egbert Steenbeck, SS.CC.;Rev. Stanislaus Bernard, 5S.CC.;Rev. ,Thaddeus Bouhuysen,SS.CC..; Rev. John F. Godelar,SS.CC.

Also, Rev. Edmund G, Francis,SS.CC., and Rev. Raphael A.Flammia.

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It also stated plans to requesta regular meeting with theUnited States Catholic Confer­ence committee on health affairsand urged local guilds to form

NAMED: Bishop Croninhas named Rev.' Msgr. Ro­bert L. Stanton, pastor of St.

,Patrick's Parish, Wareham,. as Diocesan Coordinator for

Medical Ethics.

JOSEPH RODEJUCKS

morning,' and leave you with a,'See you tomorrow, God willing.'

"Joseph has gone through Iivery difficult stage what withall the changes in the Churchtoday. Yet, he has adjustedbeautifully to the changes. Hehas a simple faith in God andChurch, is truly an exceptionalman and a, fine example forthose around him:;'

Did Bishops ChangeMedical. Ethics?

WASHINGTON (NC) '- Al­though modern surgery was per­formed on the new "Ethical andReligious Directives for CatholicHealth Facilities," some criticscharge that the patient still lookt\the same as it did 16 years ago.

That was in 1955, when theCatholic Hospital Associationpublished the original document.it was revised and approved bythe nation's bishops when theymet here this November.

Some theologians now arguethat while the bishops' attemptto remove some of the wrinklesfrom the directives is commend­able, it fen short of a' muchneeded total face-lift.

Some Catholic physicsians, aswell, have expressed displeasureover some of the 43 points in thenew directives. In a resolutionpassed unanimously at its Nov.27-28 meeting in New Orleans,the National Federation of Physi­cians' Guilds applauded the bish­ops for issuing the new direc­tives. But the doctors also recog­nized dissenting opinions in, their'own ranks.

The federation, representingmore than 6,000 physicians from36 states and Canada, resoivedto establish a permament com­mittee of its own to "study andreview medical 'ethical problemson a continuing basis."

Well known and loved by theelderly at the Catholic MemorialHome, Father Dennis was wakedat the home until Sunday after­noon. A Mass was offered thereand he was then brought to theCongregation's Church of St.Joseph in Fairhaven, where thefuneral was celebrated Monday,Nov. 29.

Born in Tillburg, Holland, sonof the late Frederick and thelate Josephina (Winkel) Spykers,Father Spykers entered 'theOrder of 'the Sacred ·Hearts in'Couttrai, Holland in 1905.

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'.Ser~iltg·~'1vew Bedford .Parish;'·:.Cap·acitiesforOver ·Fifty

BY ELLEN ANDREW .

Joseph RoderiCks .of M5 Pur­chase Street, New Bedford is tobe envied. He has an 'unquench­able .love of God and chllrch, is

. at peace with the world around'him and does every day what'he likes to do most, serve hischurch.

That would .be Our Lady ofthe Assumption Church at 6thand Cherry Streets in New Bed-,ford.

Joe is 83, and has served asan altar boy and' sexton atOLOA for 55 years or since hecame to this country in 1916from Santa Catherina on theIsle Santiago in the Cape VerdeIslands.

He has been an .integral partof Our. Lady of the Assumptionparish since the days it was alittle church on South WaterStreet, in the shadow of, ,theGas Company tanks in the c,ity'sSouth End. The present edificewas ded.icated Sept. 1, 1957 byMost Rev. James L. Connolly,D.D., formerly bishop of theDiocese of Fall River.

"Joseph Rodericks is one ofthe most faithful Catholic menI have ever met," says Rev. Am­brose .R. Forgit, SS.CC" a,dmin­istrator of Our Lady of theAssumption Church. "I've neverknown him to miss a day atchurch. He is an exceptionalman. He is never late and isjust faithful to his job as sexton.

"Mr. Rodericks is really dedi­cated, has a ready smile and avery pleasant personality. He'llalways greet you with a 'Good

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

TheANCHOR

Silver JubileeFor Holy UnionSisters Sunday

Sisters of Sacred Heart Prov­ince of the Holy Union commu.nity will mark the 25th anniver­sary of the founding of theirprovince in the Boston Archdio­cese at 3 Sunday afternoon inNotre Dame Church, Cambridge.Most Rev. Thomas J. Riley, Bos-

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Rev. Dennis' 5pykers~ 55.Ce.Was Model of Obedience

Rev. Dennis Spykers, a Reli­gious of the Sacred Hearts Con­gregation for' 66 years and apriest for 58' years died onThanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, atthe age of 89.

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Rev. Dennis Spykers

Confined to the CatholicMemorial Home in Fall River forthe past four years due to illness,

,his pastoral ministry' left himwithout the possibility of mak­ing office calls, visiting parish­ioners or even offering Mass.

On the day he entered the di­ocesan home, he could neithersee, talk or walk. The CarmeliteSisters cared for the priest andhe was able to concelebrateMass and becoll,le the "pastor"of the second floor. .,

The priest was praised as apicture of obedience to the Willof God. His devotion to the Ros­ary inade him the Father Peytonof the Sacred Hearts Congre-gation. '

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President UrgesR~9ular ,R~ading

.Of 'Bible ., , :WASHIN9TON '(NC) - Presi­

dent . ~ichard' M. Nixon,' in astatement m,aking National BibleWeek,urged America's familiest,o, begin regularly reading theBible during the Thanksgivingh9lida,Ys "to gain fresh insightson how to better serve God andtheir fellowman.". Nixon,' an honorary chairman'

of National Bible Week, recalledthat every ,ynited States presi­dent. had placed fiii; hand on .aBible in taking tile oath of office.

."In its' pages presidents, pub­lic servants and citizens of allages have continued' to find theprin~iples on which we havebuilt the American way or'life,"he' said.

Noting that a former U. S.president had said if the Amer­ican democracy. is to remain thegreatest hope of humanity, itmust continue to have faith inthe Bible, Nixon said,. "the truthof these words is made consis­tently clear, and chapter andchapter of our history attests totheir meaning in our lives."

Several organizations tookpart in National Bible Week, in­cluding the American Bible Soci­ety, the Greek Orthodox archdio­cese's laity department, the Jew~

ish Committee. for .NationalBible Week and the U. S. Centerfor the Catholic Biblical Apos~tolate.

, Former Supreme Court Justice,.THE-' BISHOP ISTEACHE-R: Parishioners of St. Joan Arthur J..Goldberg was' national

of .ArC' Parish in Orleans listened ',as Most Rev. Daniel A. chairman of Bible Week. He wasCronin :delivered the 'homily"of Sunday's Mass· at .parish the first member of the Jewish

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M 101Seay (Knight) vs BaileyEx Capite: Liga'men .

EDICTAL CITATION!nsofar as the whereabouts of Dorothy

Bailey, party In the. case of Seay (Knight)vs Bailey, Protocol Number M 101, are un.known, We cite the said Dorothy Bailey toppear before the said, Tribunal of the Dio.cese of Fall River on December lOth, 1971a, 10:00 A.M" at 344 Highland Avenue. FallRiver,. Massachusetts, to give testimony toestablish: , ..',· WHETHER THE MARRIAGE IN QUESTION .

BE NULL?Pastors and others haVing knOWledge of

the Whereabouts 'of the said Dorothy Baileyare advised to notify her In regard to thisEdictal Citation. .

HENRY T. MUNROE,

Given from the Seat of this OfficiallsTribunal, Fall River, Massachusettson this the 2nd Day of December '1971.

ROLAND BOUSQUET, "Notary

M 102Seay (Knight) vs May

, Ex Capite: LlgamenEDICTAL CITATION

Insofar as the Whereabouts of Sharon May;party in the case of' Seay (Knight) vs May,Protocol Number M '102 are unknown, Wecite the said Sharon May to appear beforethe Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall Riveron December lOth, 1971 'at 10:30 A.M., at344 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Massachu·setts, to give testimony to establish: .

WHETHER THE MARRIAGE IN QUESTIONBE NULL? •

Pastors and others having knOWledge ofthe whereabouts of the said Sharon May are

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Archbishop ·StressesPersonalAccountcibility··. of. Ca~holics

NIILWAUKEE' (NC)-Archbish-· ulty members. frpm the' campus'op ·William E: Cousins of ,M).!-' community.waukee took part, in an unusual .While they sat on pillows on"rap session" with. coll~ge stu- ',the floor, Archbishop' Cousinsdents hereanct- asked that he be. talked about .man's relation to

, considered not as a' me~per of the institutional Church. He alsoan impersonal hierarchy, but as said he does' not oppose womena member of the Church "just as. priests, and he. predicted thereyou are members of the Church." 'will' be changes in the present

"I want to break down any " parish structure..barriers you may. have in your. ' ,Church Is Peoplemind about the hierarchy,': the "We: often speak of thearchbishop said at the gathering Church'today, but do we knowheld at the University of Wiscon- ..what.thatreally means?" he ask-sin's Newman Center. ed. "'We fail' when we speak of. "I am just as unique as you," the Church'as an institution. The

he aqded. "I am a person' and' Church is Christ, it is people as'Wa~t to 'do'my thing' and be rec- they. become extensions ofognize<:t fpr· it. just'. as each of Christ's life in the community.you.", "If' we direct· our .efforts

It was a different experience toward ,something impersonal, asforfhe students, many of whom we tend to do with the Church,said they think of a bishop in we can't fully respond. As aterms'. of robes, mitres, crosiers member of the Church, I mustand:, confirmation rituals. fully realize that I have an ac-

But the archbishop, who min~ countability to the people of Godgled freely with the audience,' no matter what my role in thegot .do~n to a personal level. He Church is. But I must realize thatsaid he fears losing his personal.' I can't save the Church unless Iidentity beoause he is. a bishop, . am first sure of my own salva­and'. he /tol'd the students' he tion."warit~ '. to'· be seen as someone He reminded that· Christianwho went .'through . the same doctrine insists that all reformkinds ,of problems young people originate in the individual. "If Iface··~o·day. ,. insist on' changes 'iri the actions.

'. Relation 'to Church of others I better make sure thatHe. spoke about the priesthood what ~ recommend is within me

and "ui'e Circu'mstances which'led" firs't," he declared..up to ·his decision to' enter theseminary. He ~.aid that the sym~ . Father D.en.nisbolism that goes with his officehas caused people to' consider Continued from Page One

· him as part of the institution' Following his ordination torather than a human being. ," the priesthood o~ AU~. 30:'191,3,

Before 'the 'sessi6n . began;. ',.he. cam:. to this country- andArchbishop Cousins strolled was. assl~ed:~s cu.r:at~_ at ,St.among Uie. students ani:!" int~o:"" Jo'sepn's 'Chu'rch. Fairhaven'" In

· duced himself. He shook' hailds 1918;. Father ,Spykers was as­and chatted briefly to those who si~~ed to serve in the same ca,had come to meet him. paclty at Our Lady of Lourdes

Joining tl;ie, audience were C~u:ch,Wellfleet, becomi?g a?- Stu.dy·. D.-o,c·es·an"· A.cco'unt.-lI'lIlgpriests and nuns ftom the New- mmlstrator of that parish m u.man Center's staff and some fac- 1929. . WA.SHINGTON (NC) - A se-' sheet· and annual report in tell-

Appointed pastor of the Holy ries of seminars on. procedures' . ing the public where. diocesanNecrology' Trinity Church, Harwich in 1931, for diocesan accounting .and money comes from" .and where,

Father Spykers in .1935 was f . I . '1 b' it. goes. . " .DEC. 3 . named to the same position at mancla reportmg WI 1 egm in

mid-January; Cardinal Terence 4- variety. of systems,someRev. John W. McCarthy, P.R.; Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Cooke of New York, chairman of giving ·more complete informa-

1926, 'Sacred Heart,' Fall River.' becoml'ng pa tor emerl'tus theres . a . co'mml'tt~ of the' Natl'o'nal tion than oth r . t t. DEC. 4 . in 1963. In 1964 Father Spykers . . e.s, eXls s a pres-

Rev. Charles' Ouellette,' 1945" went into residence at the Holy Conference of Catholic Bishops,' ent A few dioceses don't reportreported at th'e bl'shops' m'eetl'ng publicly on their finances.. .Assistant, St. James, Taunton. 'Redeemer Church at Chatham, '. .here. .. . .

DEC. 6 "coming' . to 'Catholic Memorial. Rev. Joseph L. Cabral,' 1959, Home hete in 1968. . . By the end, of Oct~ber, Cardi-

Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall' ,Father Spykers leaves two ?al ..Cooke. said, 52. d.lOceses ha?River. qrothers, Alphonsus and Bernard -, mdlcated. mter:st In such s.eml-

'. . Rt. ·Rev. John H. Hackett, Spykers;a' sister, Maria and nars,:-vhlch wil.l ~e offer~d on'1966, Chancellor Fall, River Dio- several nieces and nephews all a ~eglOna~ ~asls and will. becese-June-Dec. 1966. of Tillburg. . v~rIed accor~Ing to the type-and.

DEC. 8 . size of the diocese.Rev. John F. Broderick, 1940, Creat.ivity Workshop Objective of the' seminars will

',Pastor" St. Mary, South' Dart',' be tointrodu~e standardization'-mouth. . . A Creativity Workshop will be ,and increase· effectiveness in'

held, at. 7:30 Thursday night, ·diocesan accounting procedur!,!s.Dec. 16 at St. 'James parish, New across the United S~at~s.,

,Bedford. Open to the public, the Cardinal .Cooke's committeeprogram will feature explana- was set up .temporarily; to find a:tions. of art techniqu~s and how way. for that nation's djoceses

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Weekdays Masses are held Monday .throughSaturday at 9 A.M., 12:10 and 7:30 P.M. Confessionsare heard in the chapel Monday through Fridayfrom 12 noon to 1 P.M., 2-3 P.M., 4-5, and 6.25 to7:25 ·P.M. On Saturdays, confessions are from 12noon to 7:25 P.M.; on Sundays, from 12 noon to 5 P.M.

This is the message of the 1971 observance,wh,ose theme is "A Star in Our Da:rkn~ss," with a

,focal-point ofa manger that is seen through a,,25-foot s't'lr co~ered with 2,000·lights. Otherappropri'ate displays and thousand:i more lights alsodot the La Salette grounds.

We hope you will ,come and find the Lightwho shines beyond the lights.

There are prayer services at 3: P.M. on each ofthe three Sundays of Adyent in December.Other special events to watch for includegroup singing and plays. .

More than 50,000 Christmas lights have beenturned on to celebrate La Salette's annual Christmasqbservances - with one purpose:to direct you to the ultimate Light, Christwho is the hope for the world.

THE ANCH9R-:Piocese' of F~II River-Thurs., Dec. 2, 1971 3

See the light,

not just the' lights.

To help you prepare spiritually for the Christmasseason and the coming of Christ, La Salette iscelebrating the Sacraments ~f Penance and Eucharist

.throughout the Christmas season and is holding aseries of prayer services on Sundays.

The formula for the figure tobe raised by each diocese in thisspecial assessment in five timesthe amount of the diocese's 1968assessment .for support of theUnited States Catholic Confer­ence.

Asked how binding this as-'sessment is, Bishop CletusO'Donnell of Madison, Wis" amember of the bishops' confer-

Bishops Approve , CU AssessmentWASHINGTON (NC)"- The' ence administrative committee,

National Conference of Catholic . said that the principle is "Do the,Bishops, at its meeting here, best .you caI).... The diocesesvoted approval of a special as- never raise the total CU appro­sessment for the support of the priation from the single annualCatholic University of America November collection for Catholicduring the next two years. . University, he added.

The vote in favor of the spe­cial assessment was 103 to 19.,with only the heads of diocesesvoting.

In a voice vote the bishops, also agreed to move the annualCatholic University' colh~ction

forward to the last Sunday inSeptember, starting in 1972, tokeep it from coming right afterthe annual Human DevelopmentCampaign collection.

ELDERLY AND YOUNG GATHER: An overflow crowd of St. Joan of Arc parish­ioners eagerly approached their F'ather in Christ, receiving Bishop Daniel A., Cronin'spastoral visitation. ,The Orleans church proved too small to accommodate all and the Sun­day Mass was offered by the Bishop in the Cape parish hall where he also greeted allpresent. The Orleans ceremony culminat~d a year of such parish visits by Bishop Croninto parishes throughout the Diocese since he was installed as Bishop of Fall River onDecel!l!>~r ~6, 1~?O.. ,

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Peloquin Chorale~o SingAt St. Mary's in Taunton

C. ALEXANDER PELOQUIN

A concert of Christmas music . program will ;be selections by afeatu~ing the Peloquin. choraie .' gu.est harpist:. Following the in­and orchestra will be held at' si: .. termission, more' traditiQnaiMary's Church, Taunton, on Dec. music will be presented, includ­19 at 8 o'clock in the evening. ing choruses ·from Handel'sRev. James F. Lyons, pastor, "Messiah" and familiar carolssaid that the proceeds from the from various countries. .affair will go toward starting a The Taunton Civic Chorus andrestoration fund for the church's the Cathedral Choristers from76-year old organ. Fall River will combine with the

Installed in 1895, the instru- Peloquin Chorale for the finalment now is valued at $100,000 part of the program, forming aand is, according to the New chorus of more than 100 voices.Englaind Historical Organ Soci- Sponsors and patrons are now~ty one of three of this size in being obtained with the generalthe New England area. admission tickets being available

C,. Alexander Peloquin, con- beginning Monday, Dec. 5, fromductor of the chorale, is the the church rectory.music director for Boston Col-lege and the Cathedral of SS.Peter and Paul, Providence, R. I.Mr. Pelo'quin is a world figure inliturgical music and was a friendand advisor of Pope John XXIII.His presentation of Churchmusic has always brought newlife and meaning to a subjectoften considered dull.

The concert itself will be di­vided into two one hour sec­tions. The first will be devoted

, to an historical survey of churchmusic with a commentary by Mr.Peloquin on each presentation. Afeature of this portion of ,the

Two Sides

with being subservient to anyparticular President or any par­ticular Administration.

They believe that the right todisagree publicly with a President- and; on occasion, even to'laugh at a President, as some.of them did in Miami Beach-isan integral part of the Americanheritage.

Whether or not Mr. Meanyand his colleagues exercised thisright at Miami with proper cour­tesy and decorum is probably anopen question. By the sametoken, h~wever, it is' also debat­able as to whether or not thePresident conducted himself withperfect Presidential propriety.My 'own feeling is that if, infact, he was treated wit~ lesscourtesy than he thinks he hada right to expect, it was at leastpartly his own fault. .

This is not said in criticism ofthe Preident as a person but issimply meant to suggest that, ~s

an experienced politician, hemust have known exactly whathe was doing - and shoul9,n'thave been surprised at the re­sults-when he decided to takeon Mr. Meany in an' eyeball toeyeball confrontation.

Said confrontation mayormay not have been good politics,but politics it most certainlywas, and to pretend that itwasn't is simply naive. Ditto forMr. Meaney's characteristicallybrusque. reaction. That too waspolitics in the standard Ameri­cl:\n traditiOn.

For the President and his sup­porters to try to turn it into anattack on the office of the Pres­idency strikes me as being ratherfar-fetched and totally lackingin political sophistication and orpolitical ho·nesty.

Can Stand the Heat

In summary, then, I don'tthink there is any point in tryingto portray George Meany, of allpeople, asa man who is lackingin respect for' the office of thePresidency'. Suffice it to say­and this is meant as a compli­ment to hoth men-that he 'andPresident Nu,;on are seasoned,rough, arid tumble politicians,who, when they squared off atthe Miami Beach 'convention,were acting' well within thebo.unds of the American politicaltradition. I'

Presum'ably, I might add, theyboth' have a sense of humor.That being the case, I suspectthat· they are c~uckling to them­selves over the pietistic and pre­·tentious efforts of some outsideobservers to exaggerate, beyondall reason, the long range signifi­cance of their confrontation.

Mr. Dr~ry says that Pat Moyn­ihan, who was quoted above,"can stand the heat and, in oneway or another, it seems safe topredict that he will always be inthe kitchen." Ditto for PresidentNixon and Mr. Meany. The longrange significance of their con­frontation extends to Nov. 8,1972, and not much beyond that.They can both stand the heat,and between now and the above­mentioned date their past experi­ence in this 'regard will standthem in good stea~\~,~ t: ~ '_ .' ~~ .'

again. On this ,point, th~ Amer­ican people, as might be expect­ed, tend to differ with one,an:other, depending, more oftenthan not, on .whose political ox .is being gored in any particul~r

controversy.. The, highly publicized "con­

frontation" between PresidentNixon . and the redoubtabieGeorge Meany at· the . recentAFL-CIO convention in MiamiBeach, Fla. is a pertinent case inpoint. The Administration andits followers are determined topersuade . the Am~rican public

rthat President Meany' and theAFL-CIO . convention delegatesshowed grave disrespect for theoffice ,of the PresidencywlienPresident Nixon appeared beforethe convention. ",

Reporters' ViewMr. Meany, on the other hand,

stoutly contends' that he' and theconvention d'elegates treated thePresident and his' office withproper courtesy and respect butreserved the right to disagreewith him and to register theirdisagreement by the admittedcoolness of their reception.

Mr. Meany also contends thatthe President came to MiamiBeach "not to make a speech . .but to contrive a situation underwhich he could claim that he hadbeen unfairly treated."

I didn't witness the so-calledNixon-Meany confrontation, butI spent some time at the AFL­CIO convention two days later,and I must say that the majorityof reporter& with whom I dis­cussed the confrontation tendedto 'agree with Mr. Meany's inter"pretation of the event.

Respect Institutions, Be that as it may, I think the

Administration and its support­ers would be poorly advised to·try to caricature Mr.. Meany andthe AFL-CIO convention dele­gates as men who are disrespect­ful of the office, of the Presi­dency. The fact is that this pa'r­ticular group of men have great­er respect for the Presidencyand for all of the otherbasic institutions of the' Amer­ican system than any other com­parable group of ciitzens. Ifanything, they are patriotic-andrespectful of our institutions­to a fault.

To their great credit, however,it must be said that they do notand will not accept the notionthat being pietistic' and respect­ful of our institutions is synon­ymous or should be synonymous

I)irective Requires"Priestly Dress

RALEIGH (NC) - Bishop Vin­cent S. Waters; who earlier re­quired -Sisters in the Raleigh,

" N. C., diocese to wear identifiablereligious garb, has made thesame demand of his priests.. .

In a recent letter to diocesanpriests, pastors and heads of Re­ligious orders,' Bishop Waterscalled it "important for the goodof souls of priests, as well asthe people they serve," thatpriests wear clerical garb exceptfor recreational activities.

"This means a black suit, nota grey one or any other color,with the conventional clericalcollar," the Raleigh bishop said.

THE ANCHOR~Diocese ..of 'Fall River~.Thurs., Dec..-2, 1971"-'''?- •

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,Nixon-Meany, Con'frontatio'n ·PoliticalActed Within Bounds of Amerocan Tradition

notes (by Allen \Drury) andphotogra'phs (by Fred Maroon),on the inside workings, 9f -theNixon Administration (Courageand Hesitation: Notes and Photo­graphs of the Nixon Administra­tion, Doubleday, $12.95).

Mr. Moynihan, who served onthe President's staff, as a regis­tered Democrat, during the firsttwo years of the Nixon Adminis- .tration, was one of those inter­viewed by Drury and photo­graphed by Maroon when theywere doing their field. work inthe offices and corridors of theWhite House.

He told Mr. Drury, amongother things, that "perhaps thefundamental issue of our time isthe erosion of the authority ofour American institutions" and,more specifically, the office ofthe Presidency.

"Perhaps the principal thingthat has struck. me during mytime here (at the White House),"he said, "has been the way inwhich the Presidency. has beendevalued, degraded and 'even in-,suited. There has been a steadydecline in respect for it and thisshows itself in many ways."

Case in Point

Mr. Moynihan looks upon thisas being' a dangerous trend. "Tome," he says, "it's vital to' theway our democracy operatesthat you respect the office andthe institutions of the country... The danger is ... that if theauthority of institutions iseroded enough, it may be suc-'ceeded by a power society inwhich democratic rights andfreedoms - will ultimately disap­pear."

Most Americans, I suspect,would tend to agree with Mr.Moynihan in this regard. In otherwords, the principle which saysthat respect (or the office of thePresidency is vital to the wayour democracy operates 'is an es­sential part of the Americanconsensus and is seldom, if ever,brought into· serious questioneven by extremists on either theLeft or the Right.

The' application of this princi­ple, however, is something .else

Daniel P. (Pat) Moynihan~probably the most quot­able public servant in recentAmerican ,history-returnedto private life some months ago,but he is still very much in thenews. His most. recent, quotable

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Question CatholicsTORONTO (NC) - Canadian

Catholics are being asked to par­ticipate in a "justice probe" andgive their comments and reac­tions to policies advocated by

~ the Canadian bishops to achievejustice in the Church and in theworld.

Speak. up More"Very 'Often the remedy called

for can only come about throughgovernment - approved legisla­tion," he s~id.

"This is where Catholics needto have their voices heard."

He cited as an example thewhole area of w~lfare legisla­tion.

Having just returned from theworld Synod of Bishops in Rome,where justice was one of themajor topics, Cardinal Deardenfeels more eduaction is neededto make Catholics understandthe Church's teachings in thisarea.

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Iics should make their voices'heard more on state and federallegislation, according to Cardi­nal John Dearden of Detroit,outgoing President of the na­tion's bishops' conference.

"In Plany instances manyCatholics are not as sensitive tothe moral dimensions of some ofour social problems as theymight be," he told NC News.

Because of this, he said,Church leaders must make a con­stant effort to make Catholicsaware of their obligation to tryto remedy this situation.

BISHOP MEETS COYLE-CASSIDY SENIORS: Among the students met by BishopCronin following a concelebrated Mass for Vocations offered at the Taunton RegionalCatholic Co-educational High School were: Paul Masi of Middleboro, Gary' Gaouette ofNew Bedford and Michael McManus of Taunton. Bottom photo: Bishop Cronin, principalc~lebrant, is assisted by concelebrants Rev. John J. Smith, left, diocesan director of vo­cations and Rev. John J. Oliveira, CQaplain at Coyle-Cassidy High School.

Se~ving ,ParishContinued from Page One

Joseph modestly disclaims anycredit for his many contribu­tions to the church, saying 'I'monly doing what I sh!>uld. Be­sides, I'm doing what I like andwant to do, and really, I'm ·for­tunate to have such an oppor­tunity."

He worked for years in thecotton room of. the HathawayMill, almost all the time at nightso he was able to take care ofhis duties at OLOA. "We usedto have one Mass in the morn­ing and one on Sundays," Josephsaid, "but times have changed.We have a full schedule of Sun­day Masses and things are reallybusy now. My responsibility isgetting the vestments, wines,candles and other essentialsready for the priest.

"I serve the Mass if there areno altar boys available. And ifthere are Saturday Masses, Iserve all of them."

Joseph is up a 5, and at thechurch at 6:30, seven days aweek. Otherwise, he sticks closeto home at 445 Purchase Streetin his clean, well-kept rooms.

"I keep busy cleaning, cookingand going to church," he added."I never watch television andrarely listen to the radio. I'vegot plenty of other things todo." •

Mr. Rodericks, who livesalone, has five children" Carlos,Zacharias and Albert anddaughters Phillipe and Albertina.

"I guess God picked me forthis," he said with a friendlysmile, "and I do my best."

Silver Jubilee, C01,lti?ue~. fr0In..Pag.e. Ope.,.

.t,C?n.\ ~UxiliarY . ~ishop, will peprincipal celebrant of a Mass ofThanksgiving with Rev. AlfredJ. Connick, Vicar of Religiousfor the Archdiocese, the homilist.A banquet for clergy and reli­gious will follow the Mass.

In Fall RiverThe . Sacred Heart Province

was formed from the originalHoly Union Province in FallRiver in 1946. Its provincialhouse is in Groton. In this dio­cese the Sisters staff SacredHeart School, North Attleboro,and St. Jacques School, Taunton.Other Holy Union schools in the

. diocese are staffed by Sisters ofImmaculate Heart Province ofthe community, which has itsprovincial house in Fall River.

. The Holy Union communitywas founded in 1826 at Douai,France, and the first Sisterscame to Fall River in 1886.

Ethicsing developments in theologyand medicine and. see the needfor continued evaluation."

The monsignor said .he plansto propose the formaticn of atheological revisory committeeto establish rapport with sden­tists and physicians working on

'projects destined to have far­reaching ~ffects on man.

The "problem witI:i the ·:direc.·tives, according to Msgr. Mur­ray, is that "for some peoplethey do not go far enough andfor others they go too far.".

. The document's approval atthe bishops' meeting by 232-7with two abstentions waspraised by, at least one promi­nPont Catholic physician, Dr. John

.Brennan; a Milwaukee specialistin obstetrics and gynecology andnational board secretary of theCatholic Physicians' Guilds.

'.'1 think the directives are fine... no need for revision," Bren­nan told NC News. He said herealized that future scientific de­velopments might pose newareas for the bishops' considera­tion.'

Brennan and Dr. Warren T.Reich, senior research scholarat Georgetown U. Kennedy Cen-

·ter for BioeUiics, and Rev. Judo AsceticismCharles K. Curran, theologianat Catholic University, agreed on Continued from Page One

. on one, point: the geographic or this demanding and controlledregional morality of letting each type of athletics."bishop :apply and interpret the Paying tribute to the spiritualcode as he sees fit may confuse formation offered by the acad-·and ali,enate people. . emy, th~ Pope pointed out that

- . . . Christian teachings combined'. The Canadian bishops, Father with athletic practice, will .formReich said, have taken a "very the complete man.different 'approach to medical Pope Paul said the presence ofethics" whiCh is far less authori· the judo enthusiasts lent a "notetarian and explicitly refers to the of novelty" to the audience. Theright to legitimate' dissent. • PoPe has in the' P;lst received

'''It is disconcerting to 'realize such disparate groups as fire­that Catholics; who are reminded men, street sweepers, astronauts,to be 'filithful to Church teach- midwives, scientists, Ilewlyweds,

-ings', may be grav'ely prohibited judges, pop singers and hair­from following some procedures dressers.-such as contraception, sterili- The Pope always pays special~ation, masturbation for pur· tribute to such groups, singlingposes of fertility testing .,..... in out some particular contributionMichigan, but not across the they make to the world com.-river in Canada," he said.- oJ" munity. .•.. , ..

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The 1955 directives.. were "afixed document," Msgr Murraysaid. "We now recogDize ongo-

Continued from Page Oneat the USCC told NC News in an~nterview.

The document "could be con­sidered a launching pad," hesaid, explaining t.hat "the realimportant thing in it is a para­graph in the new preamble thatopens the ,door for revision."

That paragraph states that hisUSCC committee on health' af-

" f~lirs, "with the widest consul­tation possible, should regularlyreceive suggestions and recom­mendations from the fiPold, .andshould periodically discuss anypossible need for updated revi­

.sion of these directives."

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Advent is a time of preparation for .the feast ofChristmas. . " ..

It is a time when men and women and boys and girlslook forward' to that great day. It must 'be anticipated,however,. not in the spirit of getting but in the ~pirit ofgiving.

Christmas is there-living of the birth of 'Christ andso He is the one Who should get the presents. And thepresents He wants are the good lives of men.

Traditiomilly, Advent has been a time of 'penance­not so severe as that of Lent, but penance nonetheless.

The Church during the past few' years has b.eenencouraging her children to be mature enough ~o inflictthe penance upon themselves-to live Advent in the spintof prayer in order to open minds and hearts to the graceof God, and in the Spirit of sacrifice in order to break'away from the life of the senses and give the life of thespirit a chance to exert itself.

It would be sad indeed if this Advent were to slip awaywith no particular effort to live it in some such spirit..

Christmas would surely come, but it would hardly hewhat it is supposed to be-the feast of the greater comingof Christ into the lives' of His own. '

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'Saying "Yes"Next week's feast of the Immaculate Conception brings

into focus-fittingly, during Advent-of the place of theBlessed Virgin Mary in God's plan of Redemption.

Mary said "Yes" to God. She said "Yes" to Himwhen asked if she would let, the Second Person of theBlessed Trinity take flesh of her flesh and be born as ahuman being.

Mary said "Yes" to God when she ~id'not know allthat was involved but the fact that she was giving herselftotally and completely to God. '.

In anticipation of her "Yes"Almighty God ca~sed

Mary to have sanctifying grace from the very first momentof her conception, and her soul was filled ~th grace andpleasing to Him every moment of her lif~at the momentof her conception,. at the moment when she said "yes" toGod and Jesus was conceived within her; ~t the momentwhen she united her will to the Will 'of her·' Son as hewent about the work of mankind's 'redemption, at themoment when she stood beneath His cross and still said"Yes" to the sacrifice of Christ that brought· so m~ch

anguish to her own heart as well. .The secret of sanctity is for each person to also say"

"Yes" to God as did Mary, to echo in' his own life ;her"Yes" and never to take it back.

This is an age that has been putting very little stockin fidelity. Then all of a sudden people a{e beginning torealize that there must be' fidelity - fidelity betweenhusband and wife in the many sacrifices required to makea marriage work; fidelity in those who have dedicatedthemselves to God, in their rededication to the things ofGod and the work of God in the face of so many frustra­tions and difficulties; fidelity on the part of the young tothe basic principles of integrity and honesty and goodnessthat seem in such short supply; fidelity on the part ofthose who are older to the virtues that Christ came toteach so that cynicism and scepticism and materialism donot win the day.

In this our day and in this our age Maty can teachthe great lesson of saying "Yes" to God. and never ren'eg­ing on it and on its implications and ~ons~quences.

Carmelites AcceptNew Statutes

VATICAN CITY (NC)-:A con­troversial set of statutes forCarmelite nuns, said by some tobe detrimental to the order'sAmerican .communities, was re­ceived joyfully by "dozens ofCarmelites in the United States,"according to a Vatican official.

Father Edward Heston, theAmerican Holy Cross priest who

, was, secretary of the Congrega­tion for Religious when the s.tat­utes were distributed to morethan 700 Carmelite konasteriesin the worid, said that one U.S.community wrote him:

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Named ChairmanOf Hospitality

Mrs. Michael J. McMahon ofFall River has been named chair­man of the hospitality committeefor the 17th annual Bishops'Charity Ball to be held on Fri·day evening, January 14 at theLincoln Park Ballroom, NorthDartmouth. Her appointment wasannounced by Rev. Msgr. An­thony M. Gomes, diocesan di­rector of the social event.

Members of the hospitalitycommittee include the follow­ing: Fall River area-Mrs. leon­ard Berlo, Swansea; Mrs. AndreLatessa, Westport; Mrs. StellaPavao, Miss Clare O'Tool"e, Mrs.Raymond Boule.

Mrs. Wilfred Garant, Mrs. Ru­dolph Ouellette, Mrs. NicholasBiltcliffe, Miss Hortense Pontes,Mrs. Beatrice Vasconsellos, Mrs.Mary Gouveia.

Taunton area-Mrs. Albert G.Moitoza, Mrs. Edward S. Fran­co.

Attleboro area-Mrs. CharlesMahan, Mrs. Alfred Travers,Mrs. Ronald Mullins, Mrs. Vin­cent McGinn, Miss Angela Me­deiros.

Cape Cod area-Miss M. Ur­sula Wing, Mrs. Annie Eldridge,Mrs. Patricia Emond.

New Bedford area - Mrs. Jo­seph C. Carreiro, Mrs. MargaretGriffiths. '

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Archdiocese OpensResearch Office

NEW YORK (NC)-The NewYork archdiocese has opened apastoral research office to assistin planning and coordinating itsservices and ministry to the peo­ple.

Father Philip Murnion, whoholds, a doctorate in sociology,will head the office. He said itwill be involved in three typesof research:

A statistical study of the va­rious archdiocesan structures; ananalysis of present forms of min­istry as well as possible newforms of ministry, such as a teamministry, or ways priests canreach migrant workers, seamen,theater artists and other workingpeople who do not have a steadyresidence; an evaluation of is­sues and trends about religionand life styles in New York.

al distribution for the AmericanBible Society, made the presen­tation.

Archbishop Whealon said hethinks the TEVINew Testament"has 'been a positive influence"in Catholic classrooms "becausewe need to reach the youngstersand oldsters with an understand­ing of the New Testament thatpresents it to them in their ownlanguage,"

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ATTLEBORO GROUP SHARING IN BISHOP'S BALL PLANNING: Among the manyfrom the Attleboro Area assisting in arranging'the 17th annual ~ishop's Ball scheduledfor the Lincoln' Park Ballroom on Jan. 14, are: Mrs. Charles Landry of St. Stephen's Par­ish, Attleboro, decorating committee; Rev. Roger L.Gagne of St. Theresa's Parish, areadirector for "the affair; Miss Angela and Miss Emily Medeiros of Our Lady of Mt. CarmelParish, Seekonk, serving on the hospitality and decorating committees, respectively.

Form New DivisionIn Communications

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thefilm and broadcasting divisions,of the U.S. Catholic Conference'scommunications department havebeen merged into a single unit.

The new division will be call·ed the Division for Film andBroadcasting, and will be direct­ed by Father Patrick Sullivan,announced Bishop Joseph L.Bernardin, general secretary ofthe USCC.

Father Sullivan, 51, a Jesuit;has been with the USCC and itspredecessor, the National Cath­olic Welfare Conference, since1957. He has been director ofthe conference's National Cath­olic Office for Motion Picturessince 1966.

The new division replacesNCOMP and the National Cath­olic Office for Radio and Tele-vision.;,. " • "', ,., ..

HARTFORD (NC)-The "fimc­tional illJteracy" grip'ping theUnited States is "a particularchallenge for anyone who is in­terested in advancing ,the Wordof God; which is a Word and aWord tope read," said Archbish­op John F. Whealon of Hartford.

Illilterates include the "trulyeducated person ...who hasgiven up any serious, reading,"and the "young person who sim­ply does not read," the archbish-op said. '

He spoke at a ceremony' inwhich he was presented with acopy of the American Bible So­ciety's "Good News for ModernMan," the New Testament inToday's English Version, towhich Archbishop Whealon hadgiven his imprimatur (approvalfor publication) for the thirdedition. '

The Rev. Dr. James Z. Nettin­ga, executive secretary of nation·

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See Some ReformsDestroying Church

STRASBOURG (NC) - Threethousand Christians, most ofthem Catholics, from eight Eur­opean countries gathered here re­cently to manifest their opposi­tion to reforms that they believenre destroying the church.

The 3,000 are members of theRassemblement des Silencieux del'Eglise (the Assembly of the Si­lent Members of the Church),which was founded in France twoyears ago to speak for "the littlepeople of God." The assemblyclaims a membership of 350,000in Europe.

The Assembly's leader, PierreDebray, in his address to themeeting here emphasized theneed for flexibility. He indicatedthat he thought that the great­est danger to the movement isthe tendency to divide over ideol­ogical points of view.

Citing the new liturgy, Debraysaid that he "personally accepts"it. But he asked if it is necessaryto suppress the traditional LatinMass and whether the Latin andvernacuJar liturgies could not co­exist within the Church.

Pope Paul La/udsSelfless ActsOf Children

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Self­less acts of children that aredone "without expecting praiseor reward" are examples ofgoodness in a world that oftenconsiders goodness somethingfoolish, Pope Paul VI toldcrowds gathered in St. Peter'sSquare.

Present in the square to par­ticipate in what the Pope calleda "dialogue" were Italian chil­dren who had received local ornational 'honors for performingspecial good deeds.

The Pope praised these chil­dren for "doing good on yourown initiative" and even "in­venting on your own some goodaction."

This kind of action, the Popesaid, "is being good for the good

'of others without expectingpraise or reward."

The Pope told the childrenthat some people do not valuegoodness today.

"We often hear voices thataffirm ... goodness is old fash­ioned, that it belongs to othertimes, a thing for weaklings orsheep or the timid or fools," the,Pope said.

SpecIal RecognItionConcluding his "dialogue," the

Pope asked: "Will you remem­ber these words?"

Those in the square shoutedthat they would.

Italy annually sponsors throughthe school system a special rec­ognition of children who per­form outstanding acts of good­ness and, even bravery. In thepast, ,winn~!~, haye ri'1sl\ldeq,~n'brphan girl who kept her broth­ers and sisters together as afamily while continuing her owneducation, several boys and girlswho rescued people or animalsfrom fire or other dangerous sit­uations, and a young boy wholiterally carried a crippled friendback and forth to school.

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The New York prelate, whothat night received CYO's GoldMedal award, had, said he wouldlike to meet as many of thedelegates as possible after his'speech. .

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Speaking at the final conven­tion banquet, the Cailfornia Dem­ocrat capped a list of speakersthat also included business, edu­cation and church officials.

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. SERVICE IS FIRST: The first ecumenical Thanksgiving service in the City of Fall .River unitiiigrepresentatives of Protestant, Jewish. and Catholic faiths was held in OurLady of Health Church, Among participants were, from left, Rev. James Carey, of theChurches· of St., John and St. Stephen; Rev. Edward L. Thomas, Primitive MethodistChurch pas~or and president of 'the Greater Fall River Clergy As~ociation; Rey. EdwardVander-Hey, First Baptist Church pastor and president of the. Fall River Council' ofChurches; Rev. Arthur de Mello; Our Lady of Health Church pastor; Rabbi Moshe Babin,Temple Beth El; Rev. Richard Gendr~au, St. Michael Church, Ocean Grove.

, WASHINGTON (NC) - Newlyacquired voting rights for th~

young "can turn America aroundin this coming year, "the young­est member of the U.S. Senatetold 3,000 members of tpe Cath­olic Youth Organization here.

Sen. John V. Tunney, (D.Calif.,) said at the National CYOFederation convention here thathe would not blame ·young peo­ple for being disenchanted withthe government's success recordin solving problems of war, pov­erty and t:acism.

"But I couldn't really respectyou if you have given up," headded. "I hope that you h~ve

. not;, I hop~ that you won't. Be­cause 'next year, as in everyelection' year, there is an op­portunity to make a--:-difference."

Tunney, 37, was a co-sponsorof the Senate's constitutionalamendment allowing 18-year-oldsto vote. , .

He said speaking at the con­vention gave him "a sense ofrenewed- ,faith and strength,"since the Catholic Youth Organ­ization '''represents a commit·ment of conscience and spirit ata time when so many peop'le

Inadequate EnforcementNo News to Blacks

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Civil Rights Commission'sreport that the Nixon adminis­tration's enforcement of civilrights laws is inadequate came'as nO surprise to black leaders.'

"It is a verification of an ear·lier report from the commissionthat indicated a considerable gapbetween promise and perform­ance in the administration,"said Rep. CharlesC. Piggs Jr.,(D., Mich.), chairman of the con­gressional Blac~ Caucus~ "It reo.inforces the position of the cau-cus." '

Study~the Men '

Joe echoed 'my ~riend's' ,feel· '.:. ings' when he added that·· th<;gifts that' he has most enjoyed

.were.' the thOfIghtfl,ll' o~es ,that ..you .would hesitate to buy .for'yourself. He listed such items ashis crossword dictionary (thisgets daily use because he's aNew York Times crossword ad­dict, and he generally works onone puzzle all week), his I;>inoc' 'uars for bird-watching and thewater-colors that he had admiredbut had never expec,ted to recceive. "Tell your. readers . to' ':study the men in their lives he~

cause if they'Kriow't~em' weIienough'they'li also know the giftthat would please them," said'my better half.

I'll add to these suggestionssome of the gifts for men thatI enjoy shopping for and giving:books, records and now thehundred al)d one exCiting gamesthat are currently on· the market-again; though, "Know thyman."

than a smattering of nephews tobuy for what· she picks out forthe. boys and men of her familywhen she's tired of givingclothes.

"Wine racks are an unusualgift for adult ,males (th.is wouldbe even nicer if you' could in­clude a few bottles of their fav­orite wine), tickets for a play

. that they would enjoy butwouldn't bother getting forthemselves (Joe added here thattwo of those priceless Bruinshockey tickets would be a joyto any man), or if he's the typeof man who enjoys tools, a drillor something. of this type that,he would hesitate to buy forhimself," said my friend,

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A monogrammed sweater' for Linda, a bottle of per­fume for Aunt Jane-but when we get to'the men of thefamily that's when our p~ncil stops in mid-air and we runout of ideas. Ties, shirls,.handkerchiefs are the old stand­bys that We turn to ~ timeand time again, but eventhese can get boring to buyand receive. The male of thespecies is not' as easy to buy for.as the female. Once' they getbeyond the train and truck stage,they end up on your Christmas

Prot~stants in SpainSeek. More Freedom.·. MADRID (NC)-Protes'tants inSp'ain <:re pressing for' morefreedom, saying they want legis­lation in accordance with, thenorms approved by the SecondVatican Council. .

A spokesman 'for EvangelicalLegal Services.. the Rev. JoseCardona Gregori, acknowledgedhere that there has been 'markedprogress in religious freedom for "It would certainly be very .ob- 'the 30,000· or more members of vious to all of us that they;reSpain's approximately 20 Protes~ correct," said Marianist Brothertant denominations. Joseph Davis, executive' secre-·.

The 1967 law on religious free... tary of the National Office fordom, .he said, "has been a great· Black' Catholics, <,:onc;erning thestep forward and now we have commission report. "The admin­religious pluralism without any istration' is. trying to play thetrouble on either side." . game' both' ways by saying that

Those who feared Protestant ,vye're going to do som~.thing andproselytizing have been proveri then doing. nothing more than thewrong, he said. law requires."

, Brother. Davis called theadministration's, performance."very negative," 'and said .that 'in

Follow your honest convictions previous 'administrations "thereand be strong. -ThaJ:;keray' w'as 'som~ kind of. commitment."

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, gift list with MONEY spelle.d outnext to their name.

While clotfies for men are fastbecoming as colorful and· as ex­citing as those for women, thetaste o(the male to be gifted ~ssomethIng that has' to he ta~eninto consideration and when theyoung man is anywhere between,12 and 25 his taste is probablyso personal a thing that ourpencil or pen automaticallystarts to print the "M" in themonetary gift.

Even a. supposedly' close rela­tive like a mother hesitates toforce her choice of clothes onone of her growing adolescents.(She .knows that when Dec. 26rolls around, her gifts will, beata fast return to the waitingstore racks in exchange forsomething that her son thinks iscool but that she overlooked be­cause she thought that ra<;k wasfor goods damaged in a' fire sale.

New Ideas

Well, if you want to avoid thedisappointments that go with agift of clothes for an opinionatedmale, let's put our thinking capson and come up with some newideas.

I asked one of my friends, 'whoalong with extreme good tastehas a trio of brothers and more

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Meeting recently at c'artignynear Geneva, the interfaith

. group agreed to meet again next.May, probably in Cyprus, to take'a good look at what women's

. groups are already doing at thelocal, national and regional lev­els to further their goal.

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GOLDEN JUBILEE: Sisters at Villa Fatima, Taunton, mark golden jubilee in religiouslife for Mother Marie Jean Cranshoff (seated). Others, from left, Sister Adelaide Canehis,Sister Leonor Castro, ~everend Mother Pro vincial Almerinda Costa, Sister Cecilia Scalzo.

'Too Tired'

in Othters::C·hristmas·

says threc "Hail Mary's~' ... oncfor the mother, one for the baby,and one for all her own children.

Several letters mentioned pray­ing for' a safe landing everytime a plane flies overhead..

In lieu of Friday abstinence, awoman in New Jersey suggests,"a special act of kindness ... notthe every-day variety, but some­thing that would entail somepersonal sacrifice::' I~' everyCatholic would faitlifully practicethis "it could change the world."

Another woman, from Florida,told the tragic story of having'seen the fatally bruised and bat­tered body of someone who felldown a flight of stairs. Sincethen, whenever she goes up ordown stairs, she says a prayer.

And a woman from Massachu­setts, whenever ·she sees some­one inappropriately or scantilydressed-especially in Church­says the prayer to' St. Michaelthe Archangel for protectionagainst temptations.

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Bra~il Bishop ProtestsExpulsion of Priest

CRATEUS (NC)-Bishop Anto­nio Fragoso of Crateus closedthe parish church at Taua afterparishioners failed to protest thedeportation by the governmentof their Italian pastor.

Father Jose Petandola was ar­rested in October on charges of"subversive activities" and laterexpelled without trial.

Bishop Fragoso and BishopJose M.Ramalho of the neigh~

boring diocese of Iguata visitedTaua shortly after the deporta­tion to concelebrate Mass withthe other priests of this smallcity in Northeast Brazil.

At the end ot'the Mass BishopFragoso closed the church andtold parishioners his action wasprompted by their lack of con­cern for their pastor. He saidthey should have protested the

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Some time' back I wrote anarticle about how I always saida prayer when I heard. an ambu­lance sIren. I called it My "Mod­ern Day Angelus" and askedreaders to send me their ownspecial "little prayers" that area part of their lives.

First of all, let me tell you. thatthere are people all over. this On .the way to Mass, Sundaycountry who have been saying' mornings, one reader in Northa prayer for the victim every' Carolina says a prayer for thosetime they hear an ambulance who are "too tired and stay in

and . they've been doing it for bed." R,esults fr·o.m B-Ishops' Meetl-ngyears. If you are ever carried Se.eing a funeral procession, or .off in an ambulance, at least passmg a cemetery, many read-you can rest assured that all the ers pray for the Souls in Purga- New -EthicaL Direc.tives for Clothol ic Hospitals;a~e't~~~'~~'ili:i/~~~Y~~fg~·:;:J~,~~~~ fi~d; :ihai LOf~erlhg"'ie-:.,1 WASI'IINGTON (~C)" ::...·The year' bi'c>ce'ss 'In'voivingcon~lilta- partment of Health Affairs topeople asking God's help in your. dlou~, hOl,ls~hold"t.~sk~m !~par,!-- . Uriited States Catholic hierarchy, Hoh wldi',theologians arId legal continue conversations with thebehalf! tlOn for sm makes them seem by a vote of 232 to 7 with two and medical experts. Application Catholic Theological Society re-

For Expectant Mothers w~rthwhil~. One reader ~x~ends abstentions, approved at its Fall of the code will be at the dis- garding future revisions of theAnd some of the other private thiS to gomg to the dentist. meeting a new set of "Ethical cretion of each bishop in his own directives.

little devotions that readers sent A reader in Ohio, whenever and Religious Directives for diocese. Several bishops at the meetingare beautiful in their simplicity \ traveling, says a small prayer in- Catholic Health Facilities" as a After approving the guidelines, commented that the revisedand practicality. The beginning viting God's· blessing for all peo- national code for the guidance the bishops urged the USCC De- guidelines were a response to aof Advent seems an appropriate pIe in each new town she enters of Catholic hospitals and medi- need often expressd by Catholictime to think about them. . .. a great opportunity for "truck cal personnel. doctors and others in the health

I . d . I • Education for PeaceA woman in Philade phla says rivers. The directive, an updating of professions. Bishop Stephen L~v-

a prayer for the dead whenever Instead of being upset when a 1954 document with the same Guidelines Planned en of San Angelo, Texas, saidshe opens the .paper to the obit- she sees disturbed people, one titlc, have been modified to take Catholic 'hospital officials in hisuaries, or when the church bell woman says a prayer that they into account such new medical GENEVA (NC)-An interna- diocese had told him:tolls the bell for a requiem Mass. can solve whatever, problem has procedures as organ transplants, tional task fo~ce of Roman Cath- "We need the bishops to tell

A family in another Pennsyl- led them into a' state of despair. the developm'ent of elaborate life- olic, Orthodox and Protestant us that this is the doctrine ofvan~a city says a prayer t.o St. Obliged to wait in her car for support systems and current dis- women has set out to produce the Church, not because we don'tChristopher for a safe triP as several hours each week one agreements in the medical pro- guidelines for education for know it, but because we can'tth~y back the car out of their woman started praying f~r the fession about exactly when a pa- peace. withstand the pressures on ourdriveway. . people walking by: "For the tient can be considered dead. The Women's Ecumenical Liai- own."

?ne mother of a large family man. who looks so discouraged; The document sustains tradi- son Group, in a joint effort withwrites that whenever sh: sees for the young couple who are tional Catholic prohibitions SODEPAX-the Catholic Worldan expectant mother she silently having a spat; for the one stag- against abortion, .contraception, . Council of Churches Committee

gering from a bar; for the young sterilization and masturbation on Society, Development andmother with her children spar- but with shifted emphasis. Peace - has projected a three-klin.g and clean'"shabby clothes, Omitted in, the new guidelines year program on "Wpmen's Roleb d t I in Peace Education."o les 00 ean. . ,is a whole section referring to

Another reader remarks that mental health procedures such asour way of life entails endless lobotomy, narcosis, hypnosis,waiting ... waiting for subways psychiatry and shock the~pyand trains, waiting for appoint- which have either fallen intoments, waiting in line for every- 'disuse' or ceased to be morallything. He called it "Killing controversial. The section onTime," a~d decided it wasa good contraception and sterilizationopportunity to pray.for the dead. has been thoroughly rewritten.

With apologies to St. Fr:aricis, Adoption of the' guidelines bythis Advent: When there are the U.S. Catholic Conferencelines to be waited on, let us sow was the culmination of a' four­patience; when there arecrowds, courtesy; where thereis disappointment, forgiveness;where there is fatigue, a smile.

Let us try not so much· to bepleased, as to' please; to be·treated respectfully, as' to re­spect; to be appreciated, as to·show si!1cere concern for others.For it is in seeing Christ in ourfellow man that we keep Him in

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As I begin the rush to prepare for Christma$ it wouldbe easy for me to forget "whQ" I am preparing for, andto excuse· myself by saying that I just haven't the timefor any prayers or spe~ial meaitation. But the mail I getfrom readers of this columnhas given me do?:ens of ex­amples how other busy peo­ple manage to make prayera part of their everyday lives.So if I follow their example Ishould be able to make myChristmas shopping an Adventprayer.

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· dicts to 'help them return' to so-ciety. . .

Co-sponsored by the parishand·..the New Jersey RegionalDrug, Abuse Agency, ~hris~op~er:: .•H.o~se is the second experirneptal 'program to be "estabiished 'in thiscity. under Chu'rch auspices in

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. After 'six months in the 'pro­gram addicts are expected to be­gin working or ~ttending schoolwhile continuing to live at Chris­topher House, which they them­selves will maintain. Vocationaltesting and guidance will beamong the services offered. Thegoal is to eventuaIIyretum form­

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OFF TO" APPALACHIA: Loading truck f9r trip to Appalachia are from left FredA. Endler, Attleboro; Brother Maurice Mercier, M.S., La Salette Center for Christian'Living, Attleboro; Rev. Mr. Michael Nagle, deacon assigned to St. John the Baptist par-.ish, New Bed(ord.

Parental Rights D Sh ""'h' k e e:The"statement said the hish- Three from. ioc.ese a,:e ..1. j an sg'V'llg·

ops .felt compelled to speak ,. . .about certaJn implications. reiat- w;:,'eth 7\Teed~'\f ,en Ap~nalach,ea '" ,ing to go~ernment assistance of:' . . . Wj 1 '4 . ..,: . r ". ,.,. Heads :P.h'ilippin.es·teachers' salaries in nonpublic Three men from the Fall River . River; members of St. Paul's "and slept for 10 hours straight," ,Broadcasting' Unit.schools. .', '. diocese missed. Thanksgiving parish,· Taunton; and Knights of said Rev. Mr. Nagle. Although MANILA (NC) _ Canadian-

, ,The bishops were referring to dinner with their families last·' ~Columbus.in Seekonk. In' all, 175 Endler was an early participant born Bishop Gerard Mongeau will: last June's 'ruling by the U. S. week because they ,were en route cases of canned foods were col- in Brother'Maurice's campaign,. .he'ad. the newly formed Asian

Supreme,Court against Pen~syl- to Appalachia>;W'ith.'a;,tI:uckioad lected in:what:Brotn,er Maurice th.e seminarian' .said 'he 'becamei section;:of,:Radio:.ventas(here:,),;v.a~ia and.R~o,~e'~sla~d·,',!~~.s of.: sI;1oes and~~~.a;"l,le4.,g~odS' for called·.·a:,,'lfantastic:l'esponse!!::to aware'~ of jtic:dnlyxa 1few"weeksi B' h M .; h ~.... n~ttHmwlilc~·permltted stat~ ~a?,m..o~e~ the Il~.e,~,y.""ITh.e_trio....,w.ere.-.F.. r.e~,:A. his, ..lJP.p~al.'b' ..': ....; ,.;. 'l"P .. "c.,., ago when he accompaniedi'll!l IS op ongeauls ea "0 et b d f bSldlzmg non . , f'N B df d . h i.ndependent prelatute of 'Cot~-o e .use orsu.. . - Eh~ler, Attleb.oro; Brother Mau-, Toys and: money were also re- group.o, ew. e or .Hlgreligious. subjects taught in rice ;.":ercier, M.S. of the La ceived and along the way' the School students to the La Salette batox~n the Philippines. .Catholic schools. Salette Center for' Christian. truck picked up 400 pairs of Center for a retreat. ' Rad~o Veritas, assisted by gifts. The bishops emphasized in Living, 'Attleboro; and Rev. M~:.. shoes fro'm a shoe store' in Bal- "Brother Maurice told me' from Misereoi, the German Cath­their statement that they were Michael Nagle, son of School timore, All will be distributed about the project and asked if olic aid agency, broadcasts undernot disputing the high court~s de- Superintend'ent ,and Mrs..Robert along with the foodstuffs by the I'd like to help drive the truck," two' separate branches:. l;lI~e forcision but rather, were express-' J: Nagle of Fall River, and a dea- 'Christian Appalachian Project said the husky seminarian, who internal programming. in theing their 'concern ov~r' some of . con assigned to St. John t~e headquartered at St. Clare's par- ',will be ordained for' the Fall Philippines; the other for intema-its effects. . . Baptist parish, New Bedford. ish, Berea,' Ky. River diocese on Feb.· 2: He', is '. tional programs beamed to all. Th~y ~aid that features of the The, trip was the result of a "The shoes are really needed," already well, known to diocesan parts of Asia. . .decision, if left unchecked, would .two-month canned goods collec- said Rev. Mr. Nagle on his re- small f~, as 'the "parachuting Bishop Mongeau, 71, will headaffect. the freeex~rcise.offunda-,..tion. '-campaign ',·:or.ganized ·"by.· turn'from'Kentucky: "We visited" ;" cou.nselor. - at. Cathedral Camp, ,a three"man co.mmittee in.chargemental parental. rights: to. edu- 'Brother' Maurice'. :lind dJ··..other" .:;many . 'homes ._while we ;were "East·, Freetown. Holder' of a· of the Asian section for a one­cate their .children in nonpublic volunteers after they worked there and although the tempera~ 'pilot's license and an enthusias- year triai Period.

· schools. ' last. Summer in the Appalachian ture was in the. ~O's, we didn't tic parachutist, he has beenTo Parents, Not Schools area of Ken.tucky. see a single., child wel,lring jumping over the ·camp as'· a

,shoes." 'highlight of, the Summer pro-AuxI'II'ary BI'sh.op WI·'II.:·a·m', ·E..·.. ' .. ~ Involves' Hundreds ' 'b . ' gram' for' the past few' years. '.' , '. .. . "It is almost·· impossl Ie to

McManus of Chicago; chairman . The' drive s'pread throughout· describe the extent of poverty,"of the yscc education co~mit- , southern New'England, involving '. said· Brother Maurice. "Aftertee, briefed newsme~ after he liundreds of .individual contribu- .working there last Summer we~iscussed the: con~ept of e~uca~ ."tors arid'many schools and par- couldn't-just leave Kentucky andtlOn t~x credits wI~h the almost ishes. Among diocesan contribu-, forget the people." .300 ~Ishops attendmg the closed tors were students at Old The men brought back tom~etmg. Rochester Regional High School, .Attleboro several Christmas

He told reporters later that Mattapoisett; Bishop Feehan wreaths and 200 poster-typehe did not think the tax credit High School, Attleboro; St. .calendars, made by Appalachians.idea, would conflict with court Mary's School, North Attleboro; They are for sale at La Salettedecisions. Such aid would go to Sacred. Hearts .Academy, Fall Center, and proceeds wili aid the'parents, not to scho.ols, he em-' work in Keptucky. . .

· phasized, thus avoiding "exces-sive entanglement" between New Jewish Union Slow T~ipchuI:ch. and state-a phrase' the 0,n C,a.tholic Campus Rev. Mr. Nagle said the truckSupreme. Court had used in its trip to Kentucky was ."quite andecision five months ago prohib- VILLANOVA (NC)-The new- experience." The vehicle couldn'titing direct aid. .' est student Qrganization on the be driven faster than 55 miles an. A'· t'ax'" credl't plan w·hl'ch w'ou'I'd' . Catholic' campus of· V.illanova ' hour, "so we were in no danger

' allow parents to subtract..half 'Univ,ersity is the Jewi~h }:Jnion:,. of speeding tickets'," Due to bad.the. cost ,of their children's edu- According' to the' university's· weather, .the trip .down took 32cational expenses from their public information office, the hours, he said, while the returntotal federal income' tax would ul)ion will 'attempt to provide a trip took 24 hours. The, threemean about $275 million nation- link between. Catholics and the, men drove in three-hour shiftsally, he said. ·150 Jewish students at the . and. reached Bereaat9 Thanks-

He also. said that such credits ,school..1t will also. provide an : giving night,. where the p;lstorwould encourage investment of opportunity for Union members and three volunteers nad jl tur­private funds in education, "pos- to establish their Jewish identity. key dinner in readiness for them.sibly the investment of billions in a Christian oriented atmo- They'retJlrned to Attleb9ro atof dollars." . sphere. . 3'A.M. last Sunday t morning,

1O' THE· A~~HOR-:-.' '......T~urs..,' Dec.. 2,' ,197.1"

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.wASHINGTON' (NC) .~ l'heu.s. Catholic bishops have come.out pl,lblicly for swift federal and.,state legislation to give a better 'tax break' to -parents who' 'send "their' children. to 'no~public'schools.

The annolincement,' came at'the Fall 'meeting .of the NatiqnalConference .' of'. Cathoiic 'Bishops'

· -UnitEi'd,States Catholic. Confer-· ence, where the bishops endorsed .

. ' . a."Statement of Parental Rightsand the Free Exercise of Reli­gion." .. Tod'ay the effects of taxation, .

inflation and rising governmen­tal costs make' it, increasinglyimpossible for' parents to' exer­cise their' constitutional free­doms·. in education without en­abling assistance," the. bis~ops" .statement said. '

"We are hop~ful.and confidentthat:the :Congress and the. stateswill promptly ena<;t legisl!lti~n,

in conformity with the Constitu­tion, .which will aid parents inthe exercise of their 'rights ineducation."

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Presbyterian voting is. confi­dential, but the influential Pres­bytery in Manchester is knownto have approved the merger:

Result of the voting Is expect­ed to be announced in a jointstatement in January. If presentvoting trends are confirmed, auniting assembly. will meet tosettle d('!tails.

THE ANCHOR- 11Thurs., Dec.' 2,.: 1971

Predic,t .Merge~Of Church~~

LONDON. (Nt) ...:,.. A definitemerger' of two of England'sProtestant churches is beingforecast..

The Congregational Church inEngland and Wales 'and the

, Presbyterian Church in Englandare now voting on the subjectand are expected to approve the

,formation' of a new United Re-formed Church. '

Of the 31 regional unions ofthe Congregational Church, 27·have 'approved the merger bylarge majorities,' which is 10

.more than the. minimum of 17originally ~sei' asa condition forunion.

The 2,280 individual Congre­gational parish churches are nowvoting and, though regional vot-

, . ing is never a sure guide, manyfeel tjle regional vote may haveset the pattern for the individualchurches. Acceptance requires

.that two-thirds, of the localchurches must be in favor andthat they represent not less than75 per cent of the total activemembership of about 166,000.

For the Presbyterians, withover 300 congregations and some80,000 active members, the big­gest part of the task is alreadyover. Its two national assemblieshave already assumed that localchurches. accept the merger andof its .15 regional branches or"presbyteries" the necessaryminimlum of· eight is expectedalso to be in favor.

Boards of Education, also saidthe credibility of present- andfuture educational efforts "iscontingent in large measure uponthe imagination and concern wemanifest· in . trying to developsoluHons"to the problem of defacto segregation," . '

The "total Christian commu­nity"-not just parents of Cath­olic school children-should "insome measure and manner makea significant, dependable con­tribution to the support of Cath­olic schools," Father Murdicksaid.

Schools funded entirely withtuition money, he said', "will"Operate as- a service .only to theeconomic ·elite ,and will becomea negligible force for,educationalgood,"

among Blacks; Puerto Ricans andnon-Catholics. .There ,are 488more Black students, 305 morePuerto Ricans, 593 more non­Catholics.

"These non-Catholics are notwealthy, yet they pay their way,for the sake of spiritual andmoral values, for discipline andfor quality education.

"Other free countries havefound a way to solve this prob­lem. 'For example, Great Britainpays 85 per cent of the capitalor construction costs of religiousschools and 100 per cent of theiroperational, costs.

"Eyen in Tanzania, the govern­ment pays 75 per cent of thecapital costs and 100 per cent ofthe operational costs. They havethe same principle or formula inHolland. In fact, they have done·this type of thing in every freecQuntry except the United States.

"I firmly believe that the edu­catiori of every child should beof interest to every citizen andhis government,"

Cardinal' Stresses Spiritual, MoralValues 'in Catholic ,Education

SAGINAW(NC) - Catholics al Association; told members ofcan no longer afford "the luxury a local laymen's club' that Cath­of separate, duplicative, uncoor- olics also have philosophical, so­dinated educational programs," ciological and financial issues to.the .Saginaw diocesan .school suo. confront regarding their schools.perintendentsaid ·here in. Michi.' .. PhilosophicallY,he ,said; an at":gan.bO!w;(',M" ):; ,,' "t "';IIW i'~l~ tempt should be made:to-idefm~.

"If we do not- face "the"fact goals' and objectives;that the 'survival of (Catholic) "What is unique, distinctivequality' education is dependent and of great value in our edu­upon the best' possible use of cational endeavor? . . . . Whyour limited educational re- are we in the school business?"sources," said Father Olin J. Sociological issues .include rec­Murdick, "we shall all. wither ognizing "the high priority ,ofin our effort to continue and ~ trying to- overcome raCial, eco­maintain programs which are,too' nomic, educational and sociallimited, too, parochial to", be segregation and resulting hostil-worthy of conti¥1ued support." ity," the priest .said. '

Father Murdick,an ,officiaJ of, .Father Murdick, 'who heads't~e National Catholi~-Educati011- ..NCEA's National Association of

CHRISTMAS SEASON AT ATTLEBORO SHRINE: Robert and Kimberly' Pelletierwere among the 3,000 who attended an afternoon prayer on Sunday service at the LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro as the 1971 Christmas Season was inaugurated. The year'stheme is CIA Star in Our' Darkness" which is portrayed by a 25-foot star surroundingthe manger., ,

WASHINGTON (NC)-Cardi­nal John Krol of Philadelphia,the new president of the Nation­.al Conference of Catholic Bish­ops, has long been noted for therole he has played in Catholiceducation. Regarding Catholiceducation, he told NC News Ser­vice:

"I can only speak with Phila-. delphia experience. There is no

question that parents want Cath­olic schools. They proved. it ad­mirably in the past five years.The costs have gone up 100 percent during this· time, yet theyheroically sustained thoseschools, They need help-federal,state and community' help. Andthey are worth all the help theycan get.

"Some of our schools in Phila­delphia, especially parish elemen­tary ones in the city, have morethan 50 per cent of their enroll­ment made up of non-Catholic

, students. While the total enroll­ment in Philadelphia parish ele­mentary schools decreased by

,about 3,000 we had an increase

Oppose Exemptions'DES MOINES (NC) - A tax

subcommittee of the Iowa legis­lature plans to recommend inJanuary that parsonages ,andrectories in the state be denieQproperty tax exemption begin­ning in 1974. Churches, privateand public educational facilities.and the homes of priests or nunsworking in parochial schoolswould retain exemptions.

Start Movement··Toward NationalPastoral Council

WASHINGTON (NC) - "Wehope to mov~ to a National Pas­toral Council by 1976," CardinalJohn Dearden of Detroit said atthe Fall" ~eeting of the U.S.Catholic :Conference here, ex­pressing' a consensus of the U.S.Catholic bfshops. His statementwas endorsed by a voice of thebishops~. .". .. After'· considering' a report

which said" that it is currentlytoo .early' to s'et' up a nationalcouncil representing the Catholiclaity, religiou!; and clergy aswell as the bishops,the UnitedStates Catholic Conference v.otedto give part of such, a council's

, role tempo~arily to its own 50­member adyisory council.. The resolution, passed by ilvoice vote, .called for enlarge­ment of "the' responsibility .ofthe advIsory council to include'on its agenda the pastoral con­cerns of the NCCB."

Regional Councils "

The reason given for this mea­sure, in the document voted onby the bishops, was that: "Vitaland sensitive areas of theChurch's life, for example, litur­gy, ecumenism, Church disci­pline, etc., ,will benefit from theinsights and suggestions of thepriests, religious and laity of theadvisory counciL"

Another step toward the for- 'mation of a National PastoralCouncil by 1976 had previouslybeen approved by the bishopswhen they voted to admit repre­sentatives of the clergy, religiousan(11aity. .to; ,t/leirJfuture national~~eti~gS:.i']r' (\! .n.:1·r/~;.""v;~ }r)r~~i~{ I

Measures which did not.require'a vote of the NCCB were alsoincluded in the report to thebishops. They urged the estab­lishment of diocesan and region­al pastoral councils, both fortheir own pastoral value and aspreparation for a national coun­cil, and the' assignment of re­sponsibility .for diocesan and re­gional pastoral councils to an of­fice on the National Conferenceof Cath,olic Bishops.

Nature, Mission

Last July, a committee ap­pointed to study the possibilityof a 'National Pastoral Councilreported that' such a council isnot presently feasible but thata foundation for it could be builtwithin the .next few years.

About half the dioceses in, theU.S. presently have pastoralcouncils, formed in response toa recommendation of the Sec­ond Vatican Council.

Before a National PastoralCouncil can be effective, thecommittee reported, its natureand mission must be more wide­ly understood within the Churchand the sense of participationand shared responsibility mustbe deepened among Catholics.

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line Frank L: RizZ9 was electedmayor in .Philadelphia becausethe "liberals gave the people nochoice," I;lccording to Msgr.Geno Baroni.

"Crime is a. real is.sue. youcan't ignore it; and you can'tjust give it to the reactionaries,"said the monsignor of Rizzo'selection after' a campaign basedon, tough law and order. Msgr.Baroni is director Of the Centerfor Urban Ethnic Affairs inWashington and formerly headedthe U.S. bishops'. urban \ taskforce. "

He told the North East AreaDevelopment convention here

. that. the rootlessness'in Americatoday results from the divisionof the society into the upper­middle alienated class, the "mid­~e Americans" and the minoritygroups. "

The monsignor, son of an im­'migrant Italian coal-miner, drew 'upon his experience growing upin a Pennsylvania ethniC com­munity tq illustrate. the chieftheme of his talk: that the as­similation of ethnic. groups intothe American establishment has

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'High 'Schoolers

New OrgCllni~ationOpposes '. Abortion

WASHINGTON (NC)-A com-· mittee of 13 men and women,

representing organizations' inboth the United States and Can-

· ada, has announced formation of· a new anti-abortion group, Amer­

icans United for Life.At a news conference here the

group of doctors, philosophersand' right-to-life committee <;hair­men said they plan to producefilms showing the graphic detailsof abortions being performed.They also plan to distributeprinted material ,and fight legal­ized abortions "in any other way

'we can:'" ., '.

Need Help

.' Absence of Parents

New Vice~I?'reside;'t·.WASHINGTON (NC)-Coadju­

tor Archbishop Leo C. Byrne of .St. Paul-Minneapolis :was electedon the second ballot as vice-pres­ident of the National Conferenceof Cathol.ic Bishops. l:Iereceived105 of 209 votes, with his near­'est competitor, Bishop. Joseph L.Bernardin,' general' secretary ofthe United States Catholic Con-ference' getting 85. . .

. "But we need help. We needthe confidence which has beenstripped from us in the past andwhich prevents thousands of my'fellow parents from taking onthis most natural and rewardingcatechesis in the hom·e. '

We need hierarchical encour­agement. We need pastoral sUP-'port. We need recognition of ourparental rights. in determiningwhen each child is ready tomove from the sacrament ofBaptism to the Eucharist. Weneed catechetical programs andliturgies designe'd for the famil)'.

"Finally-and. most important-we need the, acknowledgementof catechetical leaders like youi-- .

. selves that we are in fact as wellas in. document 'the. first andforemost educators 'of our chilodren.' (Document on ChristianEducation). Thank you."

first being a' single woman ca(e~. chist from the J;>hilippines. I wassecond.

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. Obviously, t\1.e Congress was'. ready for my plea for moreparental involvement· beca,use

,the simple three minute. inter­vention was interrupted by ap- .'piause four times. Later on," itwas alluded t9 in various,speeches and the 'absence of par­ents in the Congress was notedrepeatedly. . . .

After working ii: over aga,inand .again, the' final'version wasvery simple. Here it is

.l' , . "As a. catechist". writer, andH • \,,' one .of. the" few ,parents .·repre-REHEARSE FOR WINTERSET Jos h C lho ofm'5W&YM©l,%jlllfflM~1&. sented here,' I 'make a plea fpr. ' . . : ep' arvaday; ·we. were riding the' buses " more 'r~ai parertt,'catechesis. 'Bishop'Connolly High School and Celine Oliveira'of.Bishoplikeveterans. . .. , ." While' .we have '.I~ng· acknowl- Gerrard High School have their extra-curricular time- oc-

.,. : 'The morning !-ateran; audito- edge" thaJ parents are the prime .cupied with rehearsing their roles in Winterset scheduledrium session was an unusual ex- . religious educators, we haye ig- for Comiolly High on the evenings of Jan. 29 and 30. .perience for me: We ~ere hand~ nored it in reality. Because par-ed headsets 0'0\ the ''waf in. The ents haven't taken on this role;room itself was quite small. with we have presumed they can't. "a stage area in front and trans- "As a mother of three childrenlation booths in the balcony growing up in today's world, I·area. On the stage were seated recognized the' difficulties men·several cardinals in full red.. To tioned in' .to~aY's,p~(!sentation'. . ,Fo'r January 29, and 30 p'roductionthe' left was a podium with two I Iiv~ with,th~se'childr~~ ~nfl',. ..... ',; .. ". . -'. . .' '.",mikes: one for the loudspeaker th~s? .difficulti~~·d.~lr':!3ut.I~~~.-",,~~!I)~to~~~schO'9H~ear n?w, ~ Iiv~s ·~r:~ii. (arp)Iy'.~'ll}lltm~i1Y:'and one for the translators. As be.yo.n..d: .m~re re..c.ogn,_.',l.• t_'I,~!l,\of':~l!<,:.fi, .-,·:~.,.·r,l1I;1.e, ars...~l,s,~ave..:b,~gur:t' for Blsh- .». others-when'the"case'is'+'E!S1ime'du

a speakerstood,.he gave theJan-/~lifflcultIes:' .~::- ,,' . ',,' :", oP·~·ConnoIlY. ,High School's an-: yearS 'Iatet:rl'-)~ !··'.d~!, j'<'.?

guage he would be using. If it '''Today's Catholic parent is .' n~al·.ararilaticoffeiing, Winter- Two young lovers 'are savedwa~ not English, we would then more concerned and more' cap- . set, which WIll be staged at the and destroyed' by the tragedydial Number Two on our head- able than he. is given credit for. 'school auditorium on Jan. 29 and "when Winter sets his foot onsets. Parent catechesis is possible. It 30. the threshold leading' up to

~s being carried out successfully . This 'year's play is under the Spring and enters with remem­lOa few small groups made up direction of Rev William' J. Cul- .. bered cold." This undoubtedlyof p~rent~ who wisq.. to furn~sh len, S.J., who ha's brought .to the will be a memor~ble experiencethe nch home.a~mosp~e~ewhIch . Connolly' stage' in previous years for audience and players as well.a growth of faIth requIres. "Teahouse of the August Moon," Cast and crew have been work·

"H.M.S. Pinafore," and last sea-· ing ·many long hours to insureson's smash comedy productjon the enjoyment of all.of "The Man Who Came to Din- The staging and· props arener." Taking part in Winterset also being worked on' at thewill be a group of young actors present time by a large contin­and actresses from Bishop Con. gent of Connolly students. Asnolly, Sacred Hearts Academy, stage manager, Jeff Benoit, re­and Bishop Gerrard High' School. marked: "It will be difficult to

beat.""Winterset," a tragedy by Max- ,Things are well b(!gun and

well Anderson, is a dramatic and progressing according to sched­deeply moving play about a man ule. The cast and crew look for-who is living through the guil~ dof knowing that if he had testi-' war to playing to a full ~ouse.

. fied at a trial years before, he.could have. saved a man fromdeath for a crime he· never com­mitted. His failure to come for­ward causes. deep tragedy in the.

Explains 'Ne'ed fo'r ··Par~nfs

To' Cateche'tical Congress.Fifth in a 'series of ~ hous~wife's experience at the Vaticanas the only mother in .the American delegation to the Inter­nationalCatechetical Congress in Rome, Sept. 71.

o • Tuesday morning we took ~ bus· out to Lateran Uni­versity to hear, the· first .of'the fpur papers presented. Some-.time, in a lighter. co.lumn, I will write o( the Roman bus.One of our group had warned us earlier that 'on a bus in

.Roipe you have three t4ings", to. lose: your ,patience, your''wallet, ,and: you.r ,virtue;(Bishop', Luck.er·. promptlyproved' this true by having hiswallet stolen while in ftill ,RomimCollar .on his way back from St:Peter's!) Anyway, by the' third

The /audit6rium was· usuallyfull but we never did figure outthe baffling participant statis-'tics. While' Cardinal Wright men­tioned several' times that therewere from .1,000 to 1,300 regis·tered, the auditorium itself heldbarely 700 seats. our :English·speaking group which met later

·each afternoon was' one of theiargest and nurnbere~ only 135.So we never di(1 determinewhere the other '600' were, al-

· though occasional groups of Ital­ian nuns came en masse to heara single speech. Perhaps one-timelisteners were considered partici­pants but they had no influenceon the. resolutions ensuing fromthe .Congress.

An excellent paper 'on "TheNeed; the Obstacles and thePossibilities of Catechesis To-.day" was presented .TQesdaY byRev. Jose Estepa L1aurens. Di­rectly after hs paper,' the inter­ventions began. I had been ner­vous' that I would .perhaps bethe first and 'that I didn't wantto be; Bishop McManus calmedme by saying facetiously, "Don'tworry about that, Dolores. First,they'll o call' all the ,bishops whowant to speak; then the 'priests;then the laymen; then the nuns;

. ,and last of all you."He turned out fallible. The first

· two called were lay women, the

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES-BROTHERHOOD: A year ago, an explosion rocked UnionUnited Methodist Church in Mercerville, a Trenton suburb. Since then the Protesantcongregation has held weekly services in Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church,Mercerville. Above, the Rev. Edward J. O'Keefe, left, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows,and the Rev. David Finch, pastor of Union Methodist, look over the sign on the Cath­olic Church grounds announcing ecumenical action. NC Photo.

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silent about any attempts by theSamaritan to survey the rootcauses of highway banditry inPalestine, or to determine whythe particular traveler had beenvictimized, or to analyze" thecauses of clerical indifference tohuman tragedy. The Samaritan,confronted by the victim on theroadside, promptly provided im­mediate, temporary and ade-.quate assistance.

To deal with issues. of justice .demands a different set of re.­sponses. Conditions of injusticeare not accidents. They cannotbe ascribed as acts of God;rather, they result from the acts

. of men. To relieve the victims ofinjustice demands that the rootcauses of injustice be identified.and removed. This requires per­sistent and concerned effort; andshort-term, sporadic efforts -areboth inappropriate and ineffec-.tive for such a mission.

The victims of injustice fre­quently live in conditions similarto those caused by major disas­ters: wretched housing, inade­quate food, insufficient medicalcare, marginal educational facil­ities. The scene, on its face, mayappear to call for acts of charity,important in their own way.However, the search for rootcauses is likely to uncover notaq isolated ,event,. but. rather, in­stitutio~alized- .conditions' whichviolate the human dignity ofgroups of persons. To fail tograpple with this institutional­ized violence is to fail to ministerto those who hunger and thirstfor justice.

The episodes in Exodus ofMoses liberating his people illus­trate efforts to remove rootcauses of injustice. Moses didnot appeal to Pharoah for teams.of Egyptian volunteers withmedicine and food to enter Jew­ish forced-labor camps, On thecontrary, he challenged. the insti­tutional injustices of Pharoah'ssystem, even disobeying unjustEgyptian laws; and ultimately heliberated his people .by leadingthem to a new freedom and anew identity as a people.

The document that the-Pon­tifical Commission on Justice andPeace submitted to the recentRoman Synod speaks directly tothis issue in contemporary termswhen it says "Liberation move­ments arise that reject 'estab­lished disorder' and 'institution­alized violence'; they struggle fora more human world with justiceand freedom."

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Acts of Char-ity,-- Justice\~.Should Be Distinguished

"If Catholic performance does not match Catholicpromise," the American bishops said in 1968, "then, trulywe shall have failed." The hopes of peoples around theworld .have been raised because of the volume of Churchpronouncements on socialjustice, particularly in recentpapal and conciliar docu-'ments. In this context, then,the bishops' statement takes onadded significance.

Clearly, the Church has public­ly associated itself with the needto pursue justice. But in takingthis stance, if the bishops' cau­tion is to be heeded, it is imper­ative that affluent and influentialChristians reflect on the implica­tions of this social movement ofthe Church. If people of theChurch-newly sensitive to thisphase of the Church's missionin the field of justice-are to beeffective, it is crucial that cleardistinctions be made betweenjustice and charity.

To say that the practice ofcharity and the pursuit of justiceare not the same is not to implythat one is superior to the other.Each is essential in combatingthe ills that afflict mankind, buteach has its distinct character­istics., .• '.. : ,.r, ';" ... .t.. ,,'

Spontaneous Act

One dist.inguishable element ofan act of- charity is that it canbe occasioned by an accidentalevent, a so-called act of God­flood, famine, earthquake; or anindividual tragedy resulting fromsuch things as fire or highwayfatalities. To provide charity insuch cases is to assist the vic­tims of large~scale calamities orpersonal tragedies. The historyof the Church in this .field isprobably second to no other in­stitution in the world.

A second characteristic of anact of charity is spontaneity; init there is no attempt to identifyand cope with the causes ofcatastrophies. Relief measuresare not designed to survey theroot causes of disaster as such.Rather, the charitable donationis intended to -move quickly­spontaneously-to the victim.

Also, a charitable act is essen­tially short-term. The victims ofdisaster must be provided imme­diate assistance to satisfy basichuman needs, such as, food,clothing and shelter; but the ex­pectation is that conditions willreturn to normal and relief mea-sures will no longer be needed. Urges' Reform

A fourth mark of a charitableact is that it is non-controversial. CLARK· (NC) - Priests mustAdmittedly, donors are reluctant work to reform the Church's in­to give their money .merely to stitutional structure so clergy,vague good-will .projects, but nuns and lay people can have awhen victims of natural calami- voice in the selection of bishops,ties or individual tragedies are Father Andrew Greeley said here'clearly 'identified, the dominant in New Jersey. Addressing somequestion usually is not whether 350 priests of the Newark arch­to respond to the needy, but diocese at a l1'1eeting sponsoredrather, how much should be by the archdiocesan priests' sen­given. ate, the Chicago-based sociolo-

A classic example of the char- gist said priests must preach theitable response is that of the gospel incessantly and "reform

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GREENSBURG (NC~A re­cent Dick Van Dyke televisionshow depicting a Catholic priestand a nun trying to get marriedwas in "extremely poor taste,"the national president of Holy

.Name Society charged here."Speaking for the entire mem­

bership of the Holy Name So­'ciety, I publicly protest thiss~ow,"· declared Stephen An­drussian of Minerville, Pa., who

.is also his state's HNS president.."I do not feel it is a matter

of be!,!ing overly sensitive," An­drussian said here about the pro­gram. "The situation depicted, ofa Catholic priest and nun in' theprocess of going to Mexico tomarry, may be subject matter fora movie but hardly suitable fora family-type tel~vision program9ccupying prime broadcastingtime."

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Rev. Msgr.· Henri A. Hamel,pastor and Denis Tetrault, or­ganist have arranged this seriesfor the benefit of music devoteesof the area.

Tickets are· $3.00 for adultsand $2.00forstudimts. A limitednumber of tickets will be avail­able at the door on the night ofthe concert.

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made their first· visit to theUnited States in June 1964 whenthey appeared· at the NationalConvention . of . the AmericanGuild of Organists in 'Philadel­phia.

Other tours have included re­citals at the University of Mich­igan, St; Paul's Cathedral inPittsburg. The Riverside Churchin New York. Other'appearanceshave been in Russ.ia and Canada.

. The forthcoming tour will in­clude seven performances of .Mr.Durufle's "Requiem" and mast­er classes to be conducted in var­ious cities throughout the coun­try, including Ann Arbor, Mich.,where they will take part in theannual Music Conference at theUniversity of Michigan.

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Among his other awards is thecitation of "Commander in the

Liberal Weekly Hasfinancia~ Problems'

FRA.1'Il'I,{FURT (NC~Publik, aliberal CatholiG weekly establish­ed here three years ago with thefinancial support of the Ger­man· bishops, may be forced tohalt publication because of fi­riancial .problems.

The Association of German Di­oceses, the administrative agencyof the German Bishops' Confer­

.erice; refused the paper's requestfor over' $4 million considerednecessary for its survival untilSept. I, 1973.

Despite an investment of some$7 million; of which over $6 mil­lion .h~s been spent so far, thepaper, has failed to attract alarge readership. Publik's cir­culation is about 95,000 but ithas only 9,000 regular subscrib­ers, less than the mimimum con-

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-Jean de la Bruyere·

For the past few years wehave added a piece to our nativ­ity set on this day and it is with·great expectation that the chil­dren look forward to picking outa new figure for their rapidlygrowing stable.

There are so many' old andlovely customs that can becomepart of your particular Adventcelebration. that you can pickand choose those that you feelmost at home with. Try at leastone this Advent. It will trulymake the Christmas season moremeaningful.

This is the Christmas puddingthat I intend to mix up on Stir­up Sunday. It's from a cookbookthat still remains my favorite- .Eleanor Early's New· EnglandCook Book.

Holiday Pudding.Y2 cup sugarY2 cup butter or margarine

. I egg slightly beatenY2 teaspoon cinnamon1,4 teaspoon clovesYs .t!,!aspoon nutmeg3 cups flour1 Tablespoon baking soda1 cup sour milk1 cup molasses1 cup chopped raisinsY2 cup currantsY2 cup ground citronY2 cup chopped candied cher­

ries1 teaspoon vanill.a1) Cream sugar and butter or

margarine until light. Add egg.Add spices to flour:

2) Dissolve the baking soda inthe milk. Gradually add milk,molasses and flour, alternatelyto creamed mixture. Blend well.Add fruits and vanilla (I'll tossmy fruits with a little flour - sothey won't sink to the.bottom).

3) Pour into 2 greased I-quartmolds. Place in kettle of boiling .water and steam 3 hours.

4) Serve with hard sauce.

Lord and come .. ! ) fruitcake orplum pudding will be reposingin a: soaked cheesecloth covering,and preparations for Christmaswill have begun.

While Stir-up Sunday is a hec­tic fun time (with all hands stir­ring, arid· chopping away at tJ1enuts and fruits) what the chil­dren really look forward to isSt. Nicholas Day', which falls onDec; 6. . /

St. Nicholas 'is the holy. bishop'who loved youngsters and whoseSaint's Day is observed at this

. time. This would be a wonderfulday to bake those gingerbreadhouses that we mentioned inJastweek's column, or if you don't .feel quite that ambitious, how-about so~e St. Nicholas cookies?

THE ANCHO~-[jiocese' of F'all River":"'Thurs.,· Dec. 2, 1-971·14

Only One Piece

After such a dinner I was onlyable to eat one piece of· mymother's squash pie and one'piece of her mince pie. Like mostof the men in the country, I thensettled down to watching theNebraska-Okl,!homa game whichwas' just exiciting enough tokeep me awake until late in theafternoon, following which Icaught an hour's sleep whichwas long overdue.

In the evening ,we just sataround and enjoyed each other'scompany and madl'l a few sortiesto the refrigerator, not out ofhunger, but out of memory andbefore we knew it, it was timefor bed. As I said at the begin­ning of this. column, if Thanks­giving came more than once ayear I would not be able to fitinto any of my clothes.

This kind of gluttony befitsThanksgiving and it is certainlya welcome change from constantdieting, .but, more important, itis a great feeling to 'spend acomplete day with each otherand the kids, instead of running"around from place to place orbeing absorbed with work orbusiness affairs.

In the Kitchen

As I'm 'writing this columnwe're just recovering from a tre­

,mendous Thanksgiving dinner,Joe managed to watch a fewfootball games, Jason enjoyedtwo TV specials and becausewe're experiencing a rainynortheaster .all thoughts arehome centered. Our tummies arestuffed with turkey, Nana's date­nut bread and Grandma's squash

. pie and. all in all it's been alovely day that is' leading intoa lovelier season. The. lovelyseason is Advent.

Advent will have already be­gun by the time this column isprinted, our Advent wreath willgrace the dining room table (westill haven't resorted to an arti­ficial Advent wreath and by thethird Sunday it gets to be quite .mangy but at least we've en­joyed making it ourselves), ourStirring Up Sunday ("Stir upYour power, we beseech You, 0

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Sto .Nic'holas" Day ·Is Time'. .

To' Add Figures to CrecheBy Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

I am writing this article having partaken of all the.food and festivities of. Thanksgiving Day, and I want tothank God that this day comes only once a year, other­wise. I would weigh 400 pounds. The day started simply

'. ·enough with a couple of cof·fees and a slice or two ofMarilyn's homemade bread, .but then I was constantlyasked to check the dressing,check' the tu'rkey, etc., and mytaste buds began to palpitateand then to water. By the timedinner was seryed at one o'clockI was famished.

And of course, Marilyn outdidherself. We had the usual turkeywith two dressings, mashed po­

.tatoes with giblet gravy, home­.' made cranberry sauce. a sweet

potato casserole, onions bakedin honey, a cranberry mold, car­rots and all the little fixingssuch as celery and oliveS. Thisfollowed a large shrimp cocktailand a delicious champagnewhich set the tone for the wholedinner.

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provide recommendations andpossible solutions to the questionof financing nonpublic schools,and those solutions must ofcourse be consistent with Su­preme Court decisions."

Marland said participants inthe 'meeting in Warrenton hadgathered to share ideas on "waysto solve (educational) problemsin the big cities."

He called the meeting signifi­cant because it was held at all,noting that some Catholic andpublic school superintendentsfrom the same city had nevermet each other before the ses­sion.

What came through "time andtime again," said Msgr. James D.Habiger, president of the Na­tional Catholic Educational Asso­ciation superintendents' unit,

. was that "all educators worthyof the name are concerned notwith systems, but with children.Therefore, the hand of coopera­tion was extended from bothsides of the table."

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DOYLESTOWN (NC) - Thisyear's Christmas manger at theShrine of Our Lady of Czesto­chowa here in Pennsylvania willfeature a realistic twist: it willinclude live cows, sheep', don­keys, chickens, turkeys, ducksand goats.

Shrine officials, who describedthe display as "mammoth" and"Disney-like," said the animalswill be placed in a replica of abarn under the church's stairway.

this time be premature" becauseof the work of the commission,Marland said his "quick impulse"was that the Office of Educationfavors child-benefit aid over di­rect support or tax credits. Headded that the federal govern­ment "has only a limited rangeto work from" in helping non­public schools, due to constitu­tional considerations and recentcourt decisions.

The White House, in a pressstatement later, did not referspecifically to tax credits. But itsaid President Nixon agreed withMarland that there were consti­tutional difficulties surroundingnonpubIic school aid.

'Hand of Cooperation'The White House press spokes­

man said Nixon "is looking tothe (School Finance Commis­sion's nonpublic school) panel to

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of FaiL River-Thurs., Dec..2, 1971 1S

Child Benefit to Tax CreditsCommissioner Cites Court· Decisions

PrefersEducation

WASHINGTON (NC)-Dr. Sid­ney P. Marland Jr., the nation'sCommissioner of Education, haspredicted that his U.S. EducationOffice will back "the child bene­fit theory" - federal school aidwhich takes the form of servicesto children - rather than taxcredits to parents for educationalcosts.

Marland spoke at the end of ahistoric two-day closed meetingin nearby Warreton, Va., of some100 Catholic and public schoolsuperintendents from the biggestcities around the country, thefirst such meeting ever held un­der federal sponsorship.

While the meeting was goingon, the U. S. Catholic bishopswere assembled in their ownsemi-annual meeting in a Wash­ington hotel. They endorsed thetax credit concept, which wouldallow parents to' subtract someeducation expenses from' theirfinal income tax.

Expect RecommendationsAsked whether he favored that

kind of aid program, Marlandtold a news briefing the topicshould await an Administrationvoice going out of the President'sCommission on School Finance.

That body-which includes afour-man panel on nonpublic ed­ucation - is expected to makerecommendations next April onthe best forms of government aidfor public and nonpublic schools,Noting that this opinion "may at

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING?

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

The parish council will meetat 7:45 tonight in the lowerchurch hall. The council an­nounces that it will sponsor aNew Year.'s "Eve "party forparishioners and friends begin­ning at 8 P.M. in the hall. Tick­ets are available from Mrs.Joseph Gromada, chairman.

The Men's Club will hold apre-Christmas party .following7:15 Mass Saturday night, Dec.4. Reservations may be madewith Frank Mis, club president.

Rev. Robert S, Kaszynski, pas­tor, will present tapes and slideson his recent trip to Poland inconnection with beatificationceremonies for BI. MaximilianKolbe at the Christmas party ofthe Holy Rosary Sodality,sched­uled for 2:30 Sunday afternoon,Dec. 5 in the hall. Also on theprogram will be Polish mountainChristmas carols.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,NORTH EASTON

,The final centennial celebra­tion for the' parish will takeplace at 8:15 Wednesday night,Dec. 8 in the parish hall, follow­ing the evening holy day Mass.Using the theme "To 'Christthrough Mary," the program willpresent living portrayals of 10famous Madonna paintings, withparishioners serving as models.There will also be musical selec­tions by adults, young peopleand children. Organizers an­nounce there will be no admis­sion charge and refreshments

. will be served.

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ST. JOHN BAPTIST,CENTRAL VILLAGE

The annual Christmas bazaarwill be held from 10 A.M. to 8P.).VI. Saturday, Dec. 4 underchairmanship of Mrs. RalphSouza. A snack gar will be avail­able to patrons.

ST. JOSEPH,ATILEBORO

Parents of children makingtheir first confession will meetat 7:30 Sunday night, Dec. 5and 12 in the school hall. A prac­tice session will be held at 11Saturday morning, Dec. 11.

A Home and School Associa­tion is being formed for parentsof St. Joseph's School pupils.

.The initialomeeting.. will,beheldat 7:30 Friday night, Dec. 10 inthe schooL

Senior Citizens will sponsor aChristmas card party Sunday,Dec. 12. Donations of items forprizes are requested. They maybe left in the hall on Fridayafternoons or at the' home ofMrs. Poirier, 193 Maple Street.

A Christmas bazaar is sched­uled from 6 to 10 tomorrownight and from 10 A.M. to 10P.M. Saturday, under sponsor­ship of the Women's Guild.

Knights of the Altar will meettonight from 7 to 8:30.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The Council of Catholic Womenand the Holy Rosary Sodalitywill co-sponsor a malasada salebeginning at 2 Saturday after­noon, Dec. 4.

A CYO pot luck supper isscheduled for Saturday evening,also in the hall.

ST. MARY,NO. FAIRHAVEN

The Sacred Hearts Associationand Couples' Club will sponsora penny sale at 8 o'clock on Sat­urday evening, Dec. 11 in thechurch halL Proceeds will aid inpaying the debt.

Mrs. Lucien Dlugosinski andMrs. Leo Grenon are co­chairmen for the event while re­freshments committee will beheaded by Mrs. Stephen Gonet,Mrs. Annie Mello, and Mrs.

.Joseph Cataldo Jr.

SACRED HIEART,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will holdits annual Christmas party at 8Monday night, Dec. 6 in theschool hall. A gift wrappingdemonstration will be presentedby Mrs. Lester Broughton. Onedollar gifts will be exchanged.Mrs. Raymond Nestor, immedi­ate past president, will" be chair­man, aided by other past presi­dents.

Publicity chairmen of parish or·ganizations are asked to submitnews items for this column to TheAnchor, P. O. Box 7, fall River02722.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI,NEW BEDFORD

The Ladies League will holda Christmas party Monday night,Dec. 13 in the church halL A hotbuffet will be served. Plannedfor the future is a spaghetti sup­per, with date and place to beannounced.

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KNOW YOUR "FAITH

I , (ommunoI Penance Services II Learning the Law of Love' II

By

FR. CARL J,. . .'

PFEIFER, 'S.J.

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meant it, a formula for personalresponsibility, with all the cour­age, creativity, compassion, gen­erosity, realism, imagination anddiscipline that responsibility re-

,quires. There is actually no morechallenging task in life thanlearning to love genUinely.

Love's demands are notlearned chiefly from textbooks­old or new. Love is learned by

, living with people who are strug­gling tOe love. Love is learnedby actually working at loving,'by'responding to people, needs, val­ues and opportunities. Love canonly be learned by loving. In theprocess a person may make mis-

~mm0N&_mKml'% I' takes, .but there is no other wayadolescents and adults are re- ' to learn to love than by tryingf1ecting the' authentic teaching it.of the Church. Within a Christian group of

Beware of Selfishness. people trying to live 'responsible,Learning the specific require- loving lives, individuals can help

ments of love in daily'life is not each other learn from experiencea simple matter. One can, under and from the tradition of Chris­the guise of love, rationalize al- tian moral teaching. This is themost every form of wrongdoing. role of religious education, toMany have in past times as well enable Christians to assist eachas in today's Age, of 'Aquarius other in interpreting their expe­used the name "love" to describe rience, discovering their mis­their own 'selfishness, greed, or takes, sha.rin.g personal .experi­laziness. "Love, and do as you ence and I~slghts, .explormg ~~­

will," is not a formula for li- gether the ImperatIves of legltl-cense. It is, as St. 1'-ugustine Turn to Page Eighteen

in religious education, if it is tobe true to !he New Testament,and the Church's tradition, must·focus primarily on love, on help­ing carry one another's burdens,as fulfilling the Law of Christ(Gal 6:2). In this the new cate­chetical ,programs for children,

love for men never stops and ina strange, mysterious mannerhis grace real,ly starts the sin­ner's conversion. We tend to for­get these comforting truths andoften rely perhaps too much' onour own initiative.

Penance services attempt toplace the conversio'n-forgivenessexperience in proper perspective.They bring out the 'need for atrue change of heart' and evenspecify in hard, concrete termswhat repentance means in one'spersonal;- practical life. But theylike-wise emphasize, especiallythrough 'appropriate scripturalreadings and an accompanyinghomily, the Lord's ever readywillingness to pardon and, grantpeace.

The New York ArchdiocesanLiturgical Commission's January,1971 Bulletin, "Communal Pen­ance' Issue," included a series ofs u c h conversion - forgiveness ,texts from the Bible suitable forthese services. For example: Eze­chiel 36, "I shall give you a newheart," John 8, "The adulterouswoman," Luke 15, ''The prodigalson."

It is expected that the revi,Sedrite for the sacrament of Pen­ance to be issued in the not toodistant future by the, Holy Seewill contain a 'list of ov~r 100similar biblical. r~ferences. Intro,­ductory principles of that Romandoc;~lmerit encourage their use inpenitential liturgies as a meansof, making the Lord present, of

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Just the other, evening at agathering of parents anxious toexplore new developments in re­ligious education, one mother'

, asked with considerable feeling:"All this talk. about love is (ine,but when will the children learnthe basics of Catholic morality?"In response .to my question toher, "What would you say arethese basics of Catholic moral­

)ty?" She suggested, "Weil, theten commandments and the pre-cepts of' the Church and re-spect for authority and disci-pline. It isn't' just' 'love, love,love!'" "

Her observations refleCtedwhat many 'ofthe parents in the

, group felt~indeed,what manyparents feel all over the country.In one sense her :point is welltaken. ,In another it is a carica­ture ot Catholic moral teaching.

If love fneans ignoring orflaunting, legitimate law and au­thority, to do whatever one

'pleases, she is certanly right.There is more to Catholic teach­ing than "love," if love becomesa guise for avoiding disciplineand obedience. However, no ap­proved, widely .used religious ed­ucation program in our countryproposes such a false view oflove and morality.

On the other hand there is a. sense in which Catholic moral­

ity is' summed up' "'love, love,love." It is really 'surprising topick up the New Testament andread how often love is taught assumming up in one word allthere is to say about living as aChristian. (e.g. Rom 13:8; Gal

II5:14; Mt. 22:34-40; Jn, 13:34; Col

LOY' .eng'God ,and your Nell.g'hbo,r 3:14; I Cor 13; I Cor 16:14) TheLaw of Christ, the law of the

write you is not new: it IS the" Spirit, is definable simply as aLaw of Love.

old command, the one' you have .had from the very beginning. . ~ule of Love

, Catechists are reminded ofThe old command is the ·message this in the Vatican's recent Gen­you have alreadyhe'ar'd" (I John,2,7). "For the message you heard, eralCatechetical Directory. "The

activity of the Spirit of Christ 'isfrom the very beginning in this: clearly. illuminated when thewe must love' one another (IJohn 3,11). specific characteristics of Chris-

tian moral teaching ,are revealed."The only doubt ,you shouldhave is' to love one another Its universal precepts and coun-Whoever loves his fellow man 'sels, are ess~ntially reduced tohas obeyed the Law. The com- faith which is active in love (Cf.mandments:' 'Do not commit Gal 5:6 . . . Sil1.ce God is loveadultery;"do not murder; do not' and his plan is, that in Jesussteal; do not covet'...;.,all these Christ his love be shared callingand any others, besides, are, men to mutual love, it followssummed up in the one command: that to freely and perfectly re­'Love your neighbor as yourself.' spond' to God and His plan isWhoever loves his neighbor 'Will ,nothing qther, ,than to enter a

life which in the observance ofnever do him wrong. To love,then is to obey the whole Law" commandments is ruled by love.(Romans 13,8-10). "Let not love "In other wofds it is the samemake you serve one another. For as 'em,bracing and translatingthe whole Law is summed up in into one's life as a new com­one commandment:, 'Love your mandment the law of love. Manneighbor as yourself'" (Galations is therefore ,called to embrace in5,13f.). ' faith a life of'love toward God

Double Command, \, and other men. In this is hisgreatest'responsibility and high-

Matthew gives the' command est moral dignity (No. 64, myof love as' a double command: translation, pending publication"You must il;>ve the Lord your, of. official English translation).God with all your heart and with The General Catechetical Di­all your soul and .with all your rectory is merely reiteratingmind. This is the greatest and what Jesus Himself taught sothe most' impo'rtant command-clearly, that the love of God andment. The second most impor-, neighbor sums up Christiantant commandment is' like it: moral teaching (MT 22:34-40).

Turn to Page Eighteen The approach to mora,l formation

By,

FR. JOSEPH M.i,

CHAMPLIN

God's Love

God's constant love for sinfulman. Our Lord naturally will notforgive the unrepentant'. He doesnot compel us to accept his loveand mercy. Nevertheless, Jesus'

"You will be doing the rightthing if you obey the law of theKingdom which is found in thescripture: 'Love your neighboras yourself''' (James 2"8).

How tiresome it, can be tohear the new morality ceasinglysolve all problems with recourseto Augustine's famou~ saying:"Love, and do what you will."It can't be that simple! Theremust be objective standards! It'sso easy to decei,:e yourself!

Local stores these days begintheir "ChristmaS sell" long be­fore Thanksgiving. The Church,however, still waits until Adventfor its season of "joyfUl andspiritual expectation." We pre­pa~e; during that period, for theDecember 25 feast which recallsJesus' coming in the past at.

'Bethlehem and anticipates hisglorious return' at the end of

,time.' ,

As a part of the Advent prep­aration process, more ana moreparishes throughout· the UnitedStates have, been conductingcommunal penance services.Those biblically oriented, litur­gies vary greatly in format andcontent. In essence, however,

, they seek to convey these points:God's constant love for sinfulman, the social nature' of sin, andthe communal nature of forgive-ness. -

The overly simple morality istiresome. But so are the standard~objections ,agailJst it. They havebeen heard for centuries, becausethe new morality isn't all thatnew. And, of the two-the lovemorality does seem to be the onewith the New Testament evi­dence jn its favor. '

"This is what he commands:that we believe in the name ofhis son, Jesus Christ, and loveone another, just as Christ com-,manded us" (I John 3,23). "Mydear friends, this command I

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stirring up our faith, and or re­minding us that Jesus caine, notto condemn, but to save sinners.

Nature of SinThe social nature of sin.

Every sin must, .of necessity,come from the human heart andinvolve an individual person. Buteach moral failure touches othersoutside of and beyond ourselves.We need to understand that sinaffects not only our relationshipwith God, but also with fellowmen and with the world aroundus:

To illustrate: Open battles inthe home between bitter hus­bands and wives leave lastingscars on the children who wit­ness them. Negligent or selfishvacationers and 'industries de­stroy forests and pollute streams.Unconcerned taxpayers or in­sensitive administrators mayhave indirectly contributed tothe tragedy at Attica.

Through a group examinationof confession which asks care­fully prepared, pointed questions,the communal penance serviceseeks to deepen the participant'sawareness of just how far theimpact of his or her sin canreach.

Communal Nature3. The communal nature of

forgiveness. If sin ruptures ourrelationship with God, neighborand the world, then forgivenessmust involve reconciliation withall three. These innovative pen­ance liturgies attempt to under­score this truth through congre­gational prayer, common pen­ances and some concluding ges­ture of harmony or peace. TheOur Father works particularlywell in this context. "Forgive usour trespasses as we forgivethose who trespass against us

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American major superiors,who now call themselves theLeadership Conference of Wom­en Religious, are currently get­ti.ng together a group of Sistersto help- Mother Teresa care foran estimated 9.5 million personswho have fled East Pakistan forIndia.

Mother Teresa is founder ofMissionaries of Charity, a con­gregation dedicated to 'helpingthe sick, the dying, the homelessand others in need around theworld.

At the recent meeting of SUin Chicago, the organizationcalled upon American Sisters toraise the public's level of aware­ness of the· "subhuman condi-

. tions of Pakistan refugees inIndia."

Action plans of the SU andthe LCWR, for influencing publicopinion on the issue, includedcongregational and individualdonations and letter campaignsto government and Church offi­cials.

Frustration of Power (RandomHouse, 457 Madison Ave., NewYork, N. Y. 10022. $8.95), whichreviews the Nixon administrationto date and attempts to evaluate .it.

In brief, it is their opinionthat the President has scored sig­nificant successes in the field offoreign affairs, in which, theysay he is chiefly interested, buthas done far less well in the fieldof domestic affairs.

They picture him as an in­tensely private person, "the mostsequestered President since Her­bert Hoover." His White Housestaff, they assert, is fiercely loy­al in protecting him, but is re­sponsible for lapses, gaffes, andcommunications failures whichhave made for difficulties withthe Congress.

Whereas they cannot be said to _be partisans of the the President,neither are they adversaries.Thus, although they note thecomparative fewness of his pressconferences, they are themselvescritical of the handling of newson. television and sometimes' ofthe press.

PATRONESS OF THE UNITED STATES: The feast ofthe Immaculate Conception occurs on Wednesday, Dec. 8and is a holyday of obligation.

Help Mother TeresaSisters Asked to Consider Pledging

Funds for Pakistani RefugeesCHICAGO (NC) - An appeal

for help from Mother Teresa ofIndia has spurred major superi­ors of women' to ask every U. S.congregation of women to con-'sider pledging one per cent oftheir income for the next threeyears to help refugees fromPakistan.

The plan which originatedafter Mother Teresa spoke tothe International Union of Supe­riors General in Rome, was alsoendorsed at the November meet­ing of Sisters Uniting. SistersUniting is' an umbrella organiza­tion open to all national groupsof U. S. Sisters.

The American newspapermenRowland Evans Jr. and RobertD. Novak are the authors ofNixon in the White House: The

Analyzes Facts

How explain this? As for thereligious aspect, Mr. Rodinsonargues that Mohammed's claimedvisions and revelations all camefrom his rich unconscious. Hallu­cination and self-deception, in theauthor's view, played their part.Muslimism drew on Jewish andChristian sources. The amalgamwas well suited to the needs ofthe people to whom Mohammedaddressed it.

Muslimism did two thingswhich were novel in the Arabworld. First, it stressed the im­portance of the individual: Allahwas said to be concerned abouthim in a direct, personal way.Seconoly, it produced social soli­darity among tribes and ethnicgroups, welding them togetherinto a' unity then unprecedented.The social pressure was irresis­tible.

Mr. Rodinson's book is farfrom simple and far from easy.His prejudices naturally color itsomewhat. But he has workedhard at sifting and analyzingfact, and he has flashes of in­sight which are dazzling.

. .Nixon Administration

He died in 632, at the age of61. In the short space of tenyears he had wrought an extraordinary achievement. He hadunited the' disparate elements ofArabia into one military andpolitical force, a society boundtogether by a Muslim ideologywhich has a total hold upon thepeople.

Before his death he was be­ginning to move against the out­skirts of the Persian and Romanempires, which had been disas­trously weakened by their longconflict.

It did not seem possible thatthis new force, which had beenshaped and wielded bya man ofgenius could ,survive him. Yet itdid. The Arab state which hefounded, propelled by the Mus­lim religion which he established,moved out of Arabia to create avast empire and a new civiliza­tion. A century later "his succes"sors were ruling from the banksof the Loire to the Indus, fromPoitiers to Samarkand."

nary success in marshalling amilitary force and outwitting oroutfighting various tribes whichhe sought to bring under hiscontrol.

He could be ruthless. in hisresort to brigandry and in order­ing the execution or arrangingthe assassination of those whoopposed him. More than once,he was responsible for the mas­sacre of Jewish communities.

He became extremely rich andpowerful, had ten wives andmany concubines. His picture ofthe afterlife was one of ease,luxury, and sensual gratificationfor the elect, and of a hell oftorment for those who did notheed Allah's sole prophet.

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The first to accept this religionwere the members of Moham­med's own household. By thetime of his famous flight fromMecca to Medina, in 622, he hadabout 70 followers. Politicallyskillful, Mohammed maneuvereduntil he had control of Medina,and from this as a base helaunched a series of brilliantmoves by which he brolight moreand more of Arabia under hissway.

He proved to be an astutegeneral, and he had extraordi-

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was born. Two great empires,that of Persia and that of Rome(with its seat now in Byzantium)confronted each other and oftenclashed. .

Arabia, mostly desert, wasinhabited by tribal peoples, somewanderers, some settled in' cities.Among the Arabs, the two mo­nothCistic, universal religions,Judaism and Christianity, hadmade some headway.

Mohammed's birthplace wasin Mecca. He was an only childwhose father died before. Mo­hammed was born and whosemother died when he was onlysix years old. Some of his earlyyears were spent in the desert,but his place was in Mecca,where he rated as a member ofa lesser branch of one of theleading families.

New Religion

He lived for awhile with agrandfather, then with an uncle>At 25, with poor prospects, hemarried a prosperous widow 16years his senior.

Scraps of the Scriptures of theJews and the Christian wereorally repeated in Mecca, andundoubtedly Mohammed becamefamiliar with them. He began toobserve periods of retreat andmeditation, and in one of thesehe believed he experienced a callfrom the angel Gabriel, later thathe heard the very voice of God.Mohammed was then almost 40.

He began to proclaim a newreligion, the fundamental truthsof which were that there is onlyone God, Allah, and that Mo­hammed is his prophet. The rev­elations which he said he re­ceived were written down, onscraps of leather or bone, andthus began the Koran, or Recita­tion. Ritual and moral code de­veloped.

Maxime Rodinson WritesBio'graphy .of Mohaml1led

Mohammed, the founder of the Muslim religion, wasborn fourteen centuries ago, in 571. He is the subject of anew biography, Mohammed (Pantheon Books, a divisionof Random House, 457 Madison Ave., N.Y. City, 10022.$8.95), by MaJiime Rodinson,an Arab who is an atheistand who writes in French.The English translation is byAnne Carter.

The book begins with a de­scription of the sixth centuryworld into which Mohammed

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Go'd &'-Neigbb.~r-. Continued f~om Page !'SiXteenYou must love your neighbor asyourself. The whole Law ofMoses and the teachings of the'prophets depend on these twocommandments" (Matt. 22,36-40)

But the same Matthew canalso ,sum up these two com­mands Q as one; "Do for otherswhat you want them 'to-do foryou: this is the meaning of theLaw of Moses and the teachingof the prophets" (Matt. 7.12).St.. John explains why: "If some­one says. 'I love God' yet' hates 'his brother, he is a liar" (I John4,20). "This then is the commandthat Christ gave us: he who lovesGod must love his brother also"(I John 4,21).

Christ says: "If you love me.obey my commandments ...who­ever accepts my commandmentsand obeys them. he is the onewho loves me ... if you obey mycommands. you will remain inmy love ..." (John 15,10), Butthen he i~mediately explainsthe commands he means: "This

. is my commandment: love oneanother just as I love you" (John15,12).

Love Is PatientIs this command of love really

so subjective and so easy? Notif we try to love the way Pauldescribes: "Love is patient, kind.not jealous or conceited orproud; not ill-mannered, selfish,irritable. Love does not keep arecord of wrongs; is not happywith evil; never giv,es up; itsfaith. hdpe and patience neverfail; hope ~rid Plltience neverfail" (I Cor. 13.4-7). There'snothing vague about that. :.

And Jesus makes it less vagues~iII;. "~ove one another just as1L~16~~~~ou. ,,.!he w.-~e!~~t lq,,:e ~lman, C;l.n have ,for his -friends .is,:to give hi~ life iodhe~~ You ~remy friends if you do what Jcommand ... This then, is whatI command you: love one an·other" (John 15.13f). Vague? Not

. at all. "This is how we knowwhat love is: Christ gl!ve hi~ lifefor us. We too then, ought togive our lives for our brothers"(I John a. 16). All we need is thefaith to believe it and the cour-age to do it. .

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solutions for economic produc­tion problems and for the equi­table distribution of . wealthamong the world's, haves and"have-nots.

Saying injustices exist in the,western hemisphere. he said."We must strive to remove situ­ations which cry for' change inour Pan American world.

"Bishops and priests mustspeak out against injustice wher­ever it raises its head. whether in ,.the Americas or in any otherpart. pf th,e~orJdl:: ~e said~,., :.-,

'lXmdng'J(~o~e '"'a¥ten~~g,~1h~~Mass' 'wer!'! Ambassador RafaelAlperto Zuniga of Costa Rica,chairman of the Council of theOrganization of American States.and the U. S. representative tothe counCil. Ambassador JosephJ. Jova. Also in the congregationwere Secretary of TransportationJohn Volpe and former SupremeCourt Chief JustiCe Earl Warren.

Cardinal Patrick A. O'Boyle ofWashington. D. C.• ,presided atthe Mass and Archbishop, L~igi

Raimondi. apostolic delegate in'the United States. was the maincelebrant.

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Avoi,d'Shoals of Is@~ationism

,LE<::TURE ON ZEN: The well-known Jesuit scholar.on Zen, Father Lasalle, speaks on the subject at the Churchof S1; Peter in ,Cologne. Father Lasalle has established aninstitution of Christian Zen in Tokyo and is on tour lectur-ingon the rprac~ice. NC Photo. .

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of .Fall River,.,..T.hurs., Dec.-2, 197'1• '- ~ • • • I. • - _ ••••• •

REV.

ANDREW M.:::

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in, the sports palace at Nurem­berg and the demonic Wagnerian·speeches - of the Fuhrer wereclassic examples of the irration­ality of German Nazism.

(2) It appealed to the humancapacity to hate as a necessaryforce for accomplishing socialchange. The German nation wascalled on ·to hate the victors ofWorld War I. to hate the inferior

. Slavic peoples. and/. eventually.to hate to the point of destruc­tion all those wI:to were not"Aryan." It was only throughhatred that, the German peoplecould achieve their destiny.

S~e$,~.,Resurgence 'Qf' <Nazi~.:·Mentality ..~n Ame,ri~CI'. .'

r am worried about the resurgence ,of Nazism.I do' not mean Nazism in Germany;l mean Nazism

in the United States. And I do not mean theAnietican NaziPa'rty, which is a ridiculous. splinter group. I mean the Nazimentality that seems to me' '. . ,to ,b~'- increasingly .wide~' Nazis .~laimed that ,their' .moral:

. spread ~in' our society.NazisuperiQrity' .flow~d. fro~ ·their·mentality;I-take it, has three pure bloodline~ :apd., th~ ~aters

·in contempOl:ary, Amer,ica, see'characteristics: (1) It emphasizes.: moral superiority. flowing "fromemotion and will rather·than rea- political ideology. ,(Although ofson. The fantastic pagan liturgies course black bloodlin:es are.pre-

~ s,umed to grant moral superiorityand so. too. the, use bf,narcptics;thus. the neo-Nazis 'are willing toconcede in part the biological'origin of virtue.) .

Two recent experiences em-'phasized for me the strong' Nazistrain in contemporary America.One was reading the "black the­ology" of a' gentleman namedCone. It is a theology filled withhatred for white 'people and theassumption of a moral superior-ity of black over white.. Professpr Cone's admirers andsupporters say that this biolog-ically based theology is merelythe political strategy he is usingto build up black pride and topoint out, to whites the oppres­sion which has existed forcen­turies in American society. We'ought not. they argue. take Coneseriously or literally~

WASHINGTON (NC) - An•American' bishop told a congre­gation of U. S. government offi­cials'and ,Latin American diplo­

'mats:here that the United States"must carefully avoid 'the\shoalsof a resurging isolationism."

Bishop William G. Connare ofGreensburg, Pa.. specificallywarned against sharp cuts inU. S. econoniic aid. He said:

There were those who said ""In 'liD" understandable desireth.at we ou?ht not take ~dolph to set our own economy in order.~Itler senously or lIterally ,'Americanli' mUf?t not foolishly

. ,~Ither. :P~~fessor Cone wo~ld.re; ,'. '.cut' ·ioreign·~id -'in a drasticAccident of Birth" Ject the Idea that truly vIrtuous fashion to our brothers in need

(3) Finally. the Nazi mind re- black ,men would kill ~ny whi~e 'in Latin 'Amerlca and throughoutfused to deal with people as in- men. but not necessanly. a~1 h.ls the world." ,dividuals. A man was not to be, readers would be so tImId In' "In a' world which daily be­judged.on who he wa~ personally drawing such an implication comes smaller, every man mustor What he did personally or from his writing. help other me~:' he added.what his own particular and spe- The other experience was, Bishop Connare gave', the ser·cific characteristics were; he was watching on television some' of mon at the Pan-American Mass.to be judged by what broad cate- the anti~s of th.e spokesmen for ·an annual event here since 1909.gory he belonged to. If he was Women's Lib.' Le't me make it Bishop Conriare said the"Aryan" he was good. if he was clear that I haVe been a feminist Church is concerned about justa blond "Aryan" he was better. for 15 years. and I think thatif he was a Jew. he was evil, in- every Catholic must _be one in Law of Love

'., light of the stand 'Pope Johnferior. and had to be liquidated. Continued from Page Sixteentook in Pacem in Terris.·What ·counted in a"man's life mate laws and authorities, thewas the accident of his birth. not' I deplore discrimination against life and teachings of .Jesus andhis accomplishments and achieve-· women in the secular society. His followers, t~e tradition ofments; and what counted in: and I am ashamed at the dis- the Church.

h th h Id I· t II crimination against them I'n theweer a man· s ou ' Ive a a ' St. Paul, assures us that onlywas also the' acCident of hi!( Church. I .think., women should the loving man or woman IS ablebirth., A man was executed:-noC be '~ble to be .,priests•. bishops. to "judge what is God's will,f6r committinga'specifi~d'crime ami ~ven ,popes., Tp,eY·. certainly' what is good. pleasing and per.- ,but b~cause•. he,happened,to be'. c~uld do no wo~se·than.some oC fect" (Rom 12:2). God'!!'. will,born' 'of "I1arerits with' certain: the present male leadership in', what 'is really important in hu-'"bloodlines;'; , ' , ' . :; ~:.- .'.' the Church. and. they might do man life can he deeply appreci-: ,One needitofIook"vefy far in:. a good deal better. . , , ated and responded to.only by a

American soaiety today to dis-. Screaming Women ' person who struggles to keep hiscover appeals to the irrational. mind and heart open to God andthe demoni6, the hating. the sick. Nonetheless, many of the other!!. "My prayer is that yourand the stereoty~ingprqpen.sities WQmen's J..ib, spo~esmen are ter-,' love may more and moreof the human personality. Thus, rifying. They seem to be human' abound. both in understandinga~1 whites are guilty of, racism.. beings filled with almost uncon- and wealth of experience. so thatall men arechauvinists•.··all old 'trollable~ anger. and hatred. with a clear conscience andp~ople hiiVe :'sold' out:," Whol~ __ . screaming fbrthsickneess, ani-', blilmeless conduct, you, may

;::~~::::~ "~;dd~~m~::,,,,~:;:~.~: .~o~'i;;~~~";;VO:;;~~aih:i..::.C~:';;'Y' :::at~~~e(P~~1~~~~g), that i"IllIll""""""III",""""'""III"III"",IIIIII"mlll,""""m"""O""""""III'""""""""'III""m""'1"·squares," are assllllled to b~ feminist, leadership. many of: , , ! , ; " Color Process Year' Booksguilty; it is .l~gitiniat~ Jo'hat~. whom' ~n "my 'experience are work and watch' the Women'sthem and whenever possible to sophisticated and civilized. I am Lib' people on teievision I can Booklets Brochures"rip off" from them. _ also. awar~ that television jour: not help seeing once agai~ those

Theology of Hatred . 'nalists seek ou~ thEf haters and screaming crowds at the sports.. .th~ screaJ!lers. In preference to: palace in Nuremberg. Cone the A . P I

Furthermore. just as the Nazis ,the' civilized and sophisticated. screaming women. and a l~t of me,rlcan' ress, nc.saw dark and sinister~ 'Jewish But hatred, anger.' irrationality.' other self-proclaimed radicalsconspiracies; 'so their' American screaming; judging arid denounc-' currently on the loose in Ameri- 0 FF5ET· PRINTERSsuccessors in the 1970s see a : ing entire categories of human can society would have been'dark and sinister' "Establish-,beings J:1ave. never made the, right at home in such ,an environ- §§ 1 17 COFFIN 'AVENUE Ph 997 9421 ~ment" conspiring against them. world a better place to . live in ment, and they would have '§,. one • §The, ~iicle is <;orriplet~, with the . and never' Will. " , shouted "heil!" louder than all § New Bedford, Mass. §

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SECOND APPEARANCE: Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, who spent 15 years in asylumat. the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, arrives at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to cele­brateMass. It was the Cardinal's second public appearance since his arrival fro~ Rome.'

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During this Mass CardinalMindszerity, who speaks verylittle German, remained silentthroughout;

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a courtesy visit to U.S. Ambassa­dor John P. Humes that lastedfor about two minutes. The car­dinal thanked the ambassadorfor the hospitality of the Amer­icans at the U.S. embassy in Bu-'dapest.

The cardinal left his asylumill the embassy Sept. ~8, andafter about a month in the Vati"can came to Vienna with the un­derstanding that he would donothing to harm Vatican effortsto improve relations with Hun­gary or to embarass Austria in,its relations with neighboringHungary. '

Mass in Cathedral

The cardinal's Mass here mark~

ed the 50th anniversary of St.Stephens' Club, acharitable or­ganization for Hungarians livingin Austria. '

On Sunday, Cardinal FranzKoenig 'of Vienna invited Car­dinal Mindszenty to attend Massi.n St. Stephen's Cathedral in or-

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Urges, Hungarians to, Love EnemiesCard.nal Recalls Saint's Diffic~lties

VIENNA (NC)-eardinal Joz­sef Mindszenty told a largelyHungarian congregation here toreact to their enemies with love.

In his sermon at a Mass hecelebrated in the Capuchinchurch he compared the plightof Hungarian exiles with the dif­ficulties experienced by St. Eliz­abeth, a 13th-century Hungarianqueen who was forced into exileas a child before she returnedto the' throne.

Avoiding any reference to theCommunist regime in Hungary,to his own imprisonment there,and to his self-imposed asylumin the U.S. embassy in Budapestfor about 15 years, Cardinal Min­dszenty said that St. Elizabeth"had lived in exile just as, weHungarians must now,"

St. Elizabeth, he said, "react­ed to all her enemies with loveand she always fulfilled theteachings of the, Church . . .

, Thanks Ambassador"Everyday, we Hungarians in

exile face the same, problemsthat she did. The question iswhether our leaving Hungarywill cause us to falter or whetherit will raise us to moral heights,"

After the Mass the cardinaljoined the congregation in sing­ing "God Bless Hungary," '

Cardinal Mindszenty, wholives i~ the Pazmaneum, a homefor Hungarian priests here, paid

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Lawrence High of Falmouth, co-champion of the Cape­way Conference stands alone at the pinnacle of the final1971 diocesan football standings. The Clippers finishedthe grid campaign with an impressive 8-1 over-all, record.,Coach Don Ruggeri's club '

I b k t boro Won the Bristol Countysuffered its on y set ac a League title with a 6-1 mark. Thethe hands of league foe Fair- Blue Bombardiers were also de­haven. That 6-0 defeat pre- feated once in non.circuit actionvented the Clippers fro!," win- and culminated a successful yeariling the loop crown, as well as with a 7-2 record.a share of the State elass C title. Old Rochester of Mattapoisett,Falmouth placed fourth, in .the a member, of the Narragansettfinal Class C rating behind Way- Football Leag!le until it foldedland, Hingh.am and Franklin, a'lI' at the ,condusion of the 1970-71of whom had perfect 9-0 records scholastic year, embarked on anfor the season. 'indepenqent .trail this Fall and

Fairhaven entered its holiday found the 'going to its liking.game with Dartmouth needing 'a ,rhe Bull Dogs, coached by Gerrytie or win to corral the Capeway Oliva, ended tpe campaign ,withchampionship. However, Coach a 27-0 victory over Dennis­Kevin Cadieux's lads were upset YarIl1'outh. to 'up' their 'seasonby a spirited Dartmouth' eleven record to 7-~. The Bull Dogs'21-8. Although the Blue Devils, losses were to Fairhaven anddid complete the campaign with Case High of ·Swansea. If thea 6-1 slate in league plaY,they Narry loop had been in existence'were not as successful against this past Fall, the Regional fromnon-loop opponents and placed Mattapoisett probably wouldsixth in the diocesan standings. have earned themselves a league

Second place finisher, Attle- championship.

"Little" Feehan High Again Among Leaders. After losing to Attleboro early ers in the state, Feehan hasin the, season; ,New. Be~ford earned the same respect in .foot­fought valiantly 'to get ba~k into ball that Holy', Family High ofthe Bristol County League title New Bedford has in basketball.race. When Msgr. Coyle-Cassidy Coach Paul' O'BOy reportedlyHigh of Taunton upset Attleboro was to suffer through a rebuild­it appeared as though Coach Joe ing year this past Fall, but suchBettencourt's charges would fin- was not the case as his clubish in a tie with the Jewelry City compiled' a 6-2-1 record to finishboys. However, a stalemate with 'fifth in the diocesan ratings.Bishop Feehan o~ Attleboro en~- Provincetown, the Mayflowered New Bedford s hopes and It League champion, rolled to a 6-0had to settle for a second place mark against league oppositionfinish in. th,e league. The Crimson ,but was unable to win in three?nd WhIte s over-all 6-1-1. mark non-loop outings. The titlistsI~ good for·~ fourth place m the share, sixth position in the griddIOcesan ratmgs. ..'

F h th II t hi' ,ratmg WIth Capeway Conferenceee an, e ~ma .es sc 00 m co-champion Fairhaven, Oliver

the ~ounty CIrCUIt, has fewer Ames of the Hockomock Leagueboys m grades 10 through 12 and Seekonk. All were 6-3 forthan all but a handful of schools thin the diocese. However, the e season.Shamrocks a~e rich in football Somerset of the disposed Nar,-tradition and provide stiff com- ry circuit is the tenth place club.petition for all opponents. AI- The Blue Raiders. played onlyways among the top clubs in the, eight gam~s: and ended the sea­BCL and often among the lead~ son with a 5-3 slate.

Fifteen of Twenty-eight Be'tter .500 Mark,Barnstable at 5-3-1 is lith, . peting in football, withill the ,dio­

Case High of Swansea ,and cese did,however, finish aboveCoyle-Cassidy High tie for 12th the .500 mark:with Dartmouth and Dighton- ''the final diocesan standing isRehoboth rounding out the top as follows:13, 1 Fal,mouth . 8-1-0

No school located within the' 2 Attleboro . 7-2-0confines of diocesan territorial Old Rochester 7-2-0 'limits was able to complete the 4 New Bedford 6-1-1season without a single blemish 5, Bishop Feehan 6-2-1on its record. In fact, only six 6 Fairhaven 6-3-0schools in Eastern Massachusetts Provincetown 6-3-0did enjoy an ,undefeated and un- Oliver Ames 6-3-0tied ,campaign. No qass A Seekonk 6-3-0school rates among 1971's "per- 10 Somerset 5-3-0fect" teams and only Holliston 11 Barnstable 5-3-1from the Class D division was 12 Case 5-4-0able to attain that cherished Msgr. Coyle-Cassidy 5-4-0goal. Winchester and Swamp- 14 Dartmouth 4-4-\'scott both 9-0 tied for the Class Dighton-Rehoboth 4-4-1B title and Wayland, Hingham 16 Bourne 4-5-0and Franklin, as previously. men- Durfee 4-5-0tioned, share the "C" crown. 18 Martha's Vineyard 3-5-0'. ;¥~f~~~.q .•<?t.1l1e.•28.s~h9C?1~ ~0P17 .!,~ •••.•• ,.,..I;I1!l!:ltuc1<et .' :. '. ...'.".",· ..~·P~Q,

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