Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese ofFall River will be the celebrantof the Mass to be televised overWTEV Channel 6, New Bedfordat 10 o'clock on Christmas morn­ing.

Rev. Mr. William L. Boffa,deacon at St. Joseph's Parish,Fall River will be deacon at theMass.

Rev. John J. Oliveira, secre­tary to Bishop Cronin, will serveas master of ceremonies whileRev. John F. Hogan, DiocesanDirector of Television and pastorof St. Julie's Parish, No. Dart­mouth will be the commentator.

The singing will be directed byRev. William G. Campbell.

attempting to undermine herfrom within."

Without naming specificgroups, he continued:

"The promoters and the vic­tims of th'is process, who are infact small in number by compar­ison with the vast majority ofthe faithful, claim to remain inthe Church, with the same rightsand opportunities of expressionand action as the rest of thefaithful, in order to attack eccle­sial unity."

The Pope s'igned his apostolicexhortation on the Feast of theImmaculate Conception, Dec. 8.It was released Dec. 16.

Pope Paul said that loyalty tothe authority of the Pope andbishops and to the Church'smagisterium (teaching authority)is the only way to maintain"sure union with Christ."

The Pope said the Church hasovercome rifts and internal dis­sension throughout its history by"clearing reaffirming" basic pl'lin­ciples of unity.

He asserted that today's "fer·ments of infidelity" are "equallydangerous and such as to war­rant th'is c:larification and call tounity."

The Pope spoke stronglyagainst those who oppose theauthority of bishops, and against"deceptively easy" formulas and"teachings that do not hold fastto the objectivity of the faith."

At the same time he firmlystated that, properly understood,~'pluralism of research andthought" has a "legitimate rightof citizenship in the Church."

He added that the "inscrutableriches" of the mystery of Christactually call for "constant freshresearch."

The Pope said that theChurch's role as reconciler on

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broadcast, "stressed how theseprocesses were taking place at aparticularly historic moment forthe Church, on the eve of theHoly Year."

The causes for the beatifica·tions of Ithe two Popes, linkedinto one ,process by Pope PaulVI, will now be examined indepth by the Congregation forthe Causes of Saints.

This examination, involving al­most a complete restudy of theinitial investigations which, inthe case of Pope John, spreadinto France and the East-Euro·pean and Mid-Eastern countriesin which he had served, may lastseveral years.

cHiation and heal the "spirit offaction" now dividing theOhurch.

He decried "the ferments ofinfidelity to the Holy Spirit ex'isting here and there in theChurch today and unfortunately

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ROME (NC)-The initial pro­cess for the possible beatificationof Pope Pius XII and Pope JohnXXIII has been completed.

Relatives of both Popes werepresent at the ceremony whichwas presided over by CardinalUgo Poletti, papal vicar generalof Rome.

Jesuit Father Paolo Molinari,for Pius XH, and FranciscanFather Antonio Cairoli, for JohnXXIU, had been postulators incharge of the seven-year longinquiries into the lives of the twocandidates for beatification andtheir findings were officiallytransmitted to the congregationby Msgr. Marcello 'Magliochetti,chief official of the vicariate tri­bunals.

Speaking during the ceremony,Cardinal 'Poletti expressed hisappreciation of the tasks under­taken by those in charge of theprocess and said that the conclu­sion of this initial processmarked a significant step in suchan important event.

He underlined the witness' toChristian life that the two Popeshad given-the whole world and:according .to a Vatican Radio

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VATlCAN OITY (NC)-PopePaul VI, in an apostolic exhor­tation "to the episcopate, clergyand faithful of the entire worldon reconciliation within theChurch," urged them to seizethe Holy Year's spirit of recon-

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Holy Year Services at whichthe Gift of the Indulgence maybe gained will be held at 3o'clock on Sunday afternoon inthe chapel of the Catholic Memo­rial Home, Highland Ave., FallRiver.

Rev. William E. Collard, chap­lain at the home, will conductthe special services in the finalpre'laration for tr.e Holy Year1975.

Most Rev. James J. Gerrard,V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of theDiocese will preach and theceremonies will close with Ben­ediction of the Most BlessedSacrament.

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ence than has been able to wit­ness in it the past four centuriescombined - through satellitecommunications.

Immediately following the cer-,emony inaugurating the HolyYear, Pope Paul will enter St.Peter's to celebrate ChristmasMass at the main altar. Duringthe liturgy, the Holy Father willpreach on the Holy Year theme:Renewal and Reconciliation.

Director of the program, asoriginated from the Vatican byItalian television IS Franco Zef­irelli, director of the film Romeoand Juliet. Commentary describ­ing the ceremonies will 'be pro­vided by Franciscan Father Ag­nellus Andrew, director of theCatholic Radio and TelevisionCentre, Hatch End, Middlesex,England, and the president ofUNDA Intern-a1tional, the Catho­lic radio and television organiza­tion.

"Holy Year 1975" is an NBCtelevision network presentationproduced in cooperation with theDivision for Film and Broadcast­ing of the U.S. Catholic Con­ference.

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SAINT: One of only two'life portraits of ElizabethBayley Seton, a copper plateengraving by Charles Saint­Memlin, is part of a displaywhich opened yesterday atthe National Portrait Gallery,Washington. NC Photo.

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NEW YORK (NC) - The in­auguration of the 1975 HolyYear in Rome, as well as PopePaul's Midnight Mass in St. Pe­ters' Basilica, will 'be broadcastthis Christmas Eve beginning atII :30 p.m. by the NBC televisionnetwork.

The ceremonies will begin withthe j::enturies-old rite in whichPope Paul VI opens the HolyDoor of St. Peter's for the pil­grims who will come to Romein 1975. The Holy Door, walled­up since the conclusion of thelast Holy Year, in 1950, symbo­lizes Christ. who called himselfthe "Door" leading to the ,Father.

The opening of the Holy Doorsymbolizes the opening of theabundant sources of pardon, mer­cy, and grace which the Church,by Christ's authority. dispensesduring the Holy Year.

The 15th-century rite can beseen this year by a larger audi-

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r1'las log was brightly decorated:.The youngest chikl poured winleupon it and a prayer was offeredthat its fire might warm thecold, that the hungry might findfood, the weary rest and all man..I;ind the peace of heav.en. .

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n. Bloy, Jr., was named presi­dent of the National Institute :forCampus Ministries (NICM) bythe NICM board of directors atits recent meeting here.

Bloy is currently the executivedirector of the Church Societyfor College Work and has exten­sive experience in I-..igher fiduea·tion ministries. .

He was Episcopal chaplain at,the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology 1958-66, and hastaught at both MIT and the Epis­copal Theological School in Cam­bridge, Mass. He has edited alarge number of bool<s on reli­gion and higher education and isa frequent contributor to reU­gious journals.

NICM is an ecumenical projectthat includes Roman Catholics,Jews and Protestants on its.board.

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Bishop of Fall River, principal concelebrant.Note: 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. The Cathedral Choir under thedirection of Mr. David Carrier will present a concertof sacred music to which all are invited.

Christmas Morning: Masses: 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11 :00.

Monsignor Regan and the Cathedral Staff extendbest wishes to all of you for a holy Christmas seasonand a prosperous New Year. At the same time weinvite all of you to share in the Christmas Liturgy atthe Cathedral.

During the consistory, PopePaul also announced the dateswhich have been set for the sixcanonizations. They are: BlessedJuan Battista de la Concepcionand Blessed Vicenta Maria LopezVicuna, both on May 25; BlessedElizabeth Seton, Sept. 14;Blessed John Massias, Sept. 28;Blessed Oliver Plunket, Oct. 12,and Blessed Giustino de Jacobis,Oct. 26.

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Cardinal Luigi Raimondi, pre­fect of the Vatican's Congrega­tion for saints' causes and for­mer apostolic delegate in theUnited States, toW NC NewsService: "I'm' sure there will begreat joy in tb2 United Statesat the news of Mother Seton'scanonization. My office has beenf1ooc.ed with letters, requestsand various groups all asking forher canonization, but I was notable to answer until the finalapproval came through.

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IMIN.STRY OF LECTORATE: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin installed eight diocesan

seminarians in the Ministry of the l.ectorate during the concelebrated Mass offered on Sun­day afternoon in St. Mary's 'Cat.hedral, Fall River commemorating the fourth anniversaryof Bishop Cronin's installation as the Fifth Bishop of Fall River. Installed were: front, Ste­phen Fernandes, New Bedford; John Ozug, Fall River; Bishop Cronin, Edward Parr, NewBedford; and Raymond Cambra, New Bedford. Rear, William Baker, New Bedford; JohnOliveira, Taunton; John Darcy, Fall River;' and Raymond Cambra, New Bedford. Thetheme of' the celebration was priestly vocations.

VATIC:AN CITY (NC) - PopePaul VI has given the go-aheadto the canonization of six per·sons, induding Blessed MotherElizabeth Anne Bayley Seton,who on Sept. 14 will become thefirst Amer,ican-born canonizedsaint of the Roman CatholicCl:·:Jrch.

The five' other canonizationsalso a'1proved by the Pope ·andcardinals at a formal consistoryat the Vatican Dec.' 12 for the1975 Holy Year were of: ,

-Blessed Oliver Plunket,Irish archbishop of Armagh, whowas martyred during the Refor­mation in 1681;

-Blessed' Giustino de Jacobis,an Italian Vincentian who wasa missionary bishop in Ethiopiaand died there in 1860;

-Blessed ,Juan Battista de laConcepcion, ,a Spanish Trinitari­an wbo died, in 1613;

-Blessed Vicenta Maria Lo­pez Vicuna, a Spanish nun who

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Urges PresidentAdopt Bishops'Food Polic'ies

WASHINGTON (NC)-BishopJames Rausch, general secretaryof the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops and the U. S.Catholic Conference, has urgedPresident Gerald Ford to adoptthe legislative policies supportedby the bishops in their pastoralplan of action concerning theworld food crisis.

He also asked the Presidentto meet with several bishops todiscuss the food situation.

The requests came in a letterhand delivered to the WhiteHouse on Dec. 9.

The letter was delivered at atime when the President wasconsidering suggested optionsfor the future direction of Amer'ican food aij overseas. StateDepartment officials were re­portedly pressuring for the useof food aid for political purposes.The bishops, in the pastl)ral plan,said government must "resist ef­forts to use food as a politicaland strategic weapon."

Bishop Rausch sent t.he Pres­ident a copy of the pastoral planthat was approvej unanimouslyat the bishops' annual generalmeeting, Nov. 18-22.

Claiming a "particular urgen·cy," Bishop Ra'usch highlightedtwo recommendations of theplan in the letter-an immediateincrease in food aid and supportof a legislative policy that "ad­dresses the food problem in thecontext of justice."

"In addition to the immdiateaction options available to theExecutive Office," Bishop Rauschsaid, "it is respectfully suggestedthat serious considerat ion begiven to incorporation into yourupcoming State of the Unionmessage the essence pf the pub­lic policy 'and legislative pro·gram enumerated, "we feel thatthe American public will reactresponsibly to a national call tomodify their consumption habitsand thereby release additionalfood supplies for humanitarianpurposes."

"Because these matters are ofsuch monumental importance,"Bishop Rausch said, "May I sug­gest that a time be designatedwhen' several members of theCa tholic hierarchy might meetwith you for further' discussionand elaboration."

In Who's WhoDaniel Bourbeau, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jean Paul Bourbeau,Fairhaven, and a graduate ofCoyle~Cassidy High School,Taunton, has been named to"Who's Who among Students inAmerican Universities and Col­leges." A junior at St. Joseph'sCollege, North Windham, Me.,Bourbeau is an honor student,active in many campus organiza­tions.

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Holy Year MassIn Taunton

La DefanaLa Befana, an old woman who

wanders the earth seeking theChrist Child, is known to Italianchildren as their gift-giver. Sheis supposed to go from house tohouse, looking into the faces ofbabies, giving each a gift inhopes that at last she will findthe Infant Saviour.

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Mayall men look to the Babe ofBethlehem for a renewal ofthe spiritual faith and love thatseem to have been forgottenor disregarded during thesetimes. Only then shall weexperience the joy and truesignificance of His birth­and overcome some of theconflicts besetting' us.

Christmas Blessings

The crisis of hunger is real ..The spirit of Jesus must con­vince us of the need to changeour patterns of buying and eat­ing."

Fund For Starvi.ngBishop Broderick of Albany Establishes

Plan to Combat Global 'Starvation

Focusing on the upcomingHoly Year, students from grades4 through 12 and faculty fromTaunton's parochial schools cel'ebrated a special Mass at St.Mary's Church, designated as thearea pilgrimage church.

The Mass was concelebratedby area priests, with Rev. Rich­ard Beaulieu, chaplain at Coyle­Cassidy High School, as princi·pal celebrant and homilist.

'Father Beaulieu noted that theneed for seeking reconciliationand peace is as great today asit has ever been in the past. "Inour family relationships, we needto experience a healing of per·sonal differences. In our country,political and social problems cryout to be corrected. And th,rough­out the entire world, men arestruggling to maintain peace andharmony for all,"

Schools ParticipateOffertory gifts were presented

by representatives of Tauntonarea schools: St. Mary's St.Jacques, Our Lady of Lourdes,Taunton Catholic Middle and

, Coyle~Ca'Ssidy.Brother WilliamJoseph went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth 'Breid, esc, of the Coyle-Cassidy

into Judea, to the city of David which is cal~ed Bethlehem, faculty, led the singing and thebecause he was of the house and family of David: to be enrolled brass section of the high schoolwith Mary, his espoused wife, who was with child. band also participated.

The Holy Year theme is beingPortayed by Erica Hague and Lynne Hutchinson, carried out in Taunton schools

Our Lady of the Cape parish, Br'ewster with various projects and pro­grams designed to develop anunderstanding of the notions ofreconciJiration and healing.

The bishop asked the peopleof the diocese not only forprayer and fasting but for "avoluntary decision to modifyourpurchasing of food and othermaterial items ... I invite you tosend what you save to a specialfund I 'have established."

Noting that the diocesan fi­nancial report (published at thesame time as the Advent pas­toral letter) reveals the diocesesent $70,000 to U. S. CatholicRelief Services, Bishop Broder­ick added: "This is not enough.

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'In an Advent pastoral letter,Bishop Edwin B. Broderick saidthat "no one can be ignorantany longer of the fact that inwhole continents countless men'and women are ravished by hun­ger, countless numbers of chil­dren are undernourished ... andwhole regions are condemned tothe most depressing despon­dency."

ALBANY (NC)-The Dioceseof Albany has established a hun­ger fund in attempt to combatglobal starvatio'n.

I~ the message the Popelauded St. Thomas for his open­ness to insights into truth foundin the works of non-Christian aswell as Christian philosophers.But the Pope stressed that thefirmly-grounded faith of St.Thomas "prevented him frommaking 'himself a slave of humanmasters new and ancient includ­ing Aristotle,"

St. Thomas' example shouldbe followed today, the Popesaid, since "unfortunately not afew modern systems are in theposition of being fundamentallyirreconcilable to Christian faithand theology."

Final ServicesIn New BedfordFor Holy Year·

The final dioces'an - prepara­tions in the New Bedfbrd Areafor the Holy Year are scheduledas follows:

The Maronite Pilgrimage isscheduled for 7 o'clock on Fri­day night in Mt. Carmel Church,New Bedford, Rev. George Saad,pastor of Our Lady" of PurgatoryParish, New Bedford, will offera Maronite Mass. All Maronitesof the New Bedford and FallRiver Areas are invited.

The final Portuguese Pilgrimagewill be held at 3 o'clock onSunday afternoon in Mt. CarmelChurch, New Bedford. Rev. An­tonio Santos, assistant pastor atSt. John the Baptist Church,New Bedford, will preach dur­ing the Holy Year Services,while the joint' choirs of therepresented Portuguese parisheswill provide the musical portionof the services.

St. Lawrence's Church willhold a communal penance ser­vice at 7 o'clock on Mondaynight as the final phase of theprepar,tion for the Holy Year forthe residents of the New BedfordArea.

wishes to change also the sorrowwhich has been visited upon herintb a love that can understandeverything and in Christ pardoneverything."

A true climate of reconcilia­tion, the Pope added, includes"fraternal openness to others"that fosters "the practice of fra­ternal correction,"

Fraternal CorrectionHe pointed out that fraternal

correction is a work of charitythat can be "done by anyone ofthe fai,thful to every brother inthe faith," Fratern~1 correction,the Pope said, "can be the nor­mal means of healing many dis­sensions or of preventing themfrom arising,"

In a Vatican press conference,called to present the exhortation,Archbishop Albert Descamps,president of the Pontifical Bib­lical Commission, explained thatthe Pope in the exhortation wasgiving a picture of the presentstate of the Church, which in­cludes elements of dissent.

He said that the Pope "wasnot excommunicating" anygroups through this document,but was trying to bring apout aHoly Year spirit of reconcilation,

HealingCatholicism

Pope Paul made the observa'tion in a 29-page Latin messagereleased Dec. 5 and addressed toFather Vincent de Cuesnongle,master general of the Domin­icans. This year the Church ismarking the 700th anniversaryof the death of St. ThomasAquinas, the Dominican theolo­gian and Doctor of the Church.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - St.Thomas Aquinas' ground rulesfor the study of philosophyshould be used today in discern­ing what is valid in contempo­rary thougbt, according to PopePaul VI.

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Continued from Page Oneearth has been obscured by"doctrinal dissension whichc1a'ims the patronage of theo­logical pluralism."

He continued: "This pluralismis at times regarded as a legiti­mate theological stand that per­mits the taking up of positionscontrary to the authentic magis­terium of the Roman Pontiff andof the hierarchy of bishops."

The magisterium, the Popesaid, is "a guarantee for allagainst the subjective judgmentof every varied interpretation ofthe faith, .. In fact, without themediation of the Church's magis­terium... the sure union withChr.ist through the Apostles, .. iscompromised,"

TensionsPope Paul noted that the vari­

ety of members and functions inthe Church provoke "inevitable'tensions," To deal with thesetensions, according to the Pope,Christ gave special autliority tobishops.

The Pope said that failure toheed legitimate Church author­ity leads to a "polarization ofdissent" that "bears within itand, as far as it can, introd'ucesinto the ecclesial community theseeds of disintegration." ,

The exhortation, signed bythe Pope on the Feast of the 1m'maculate Conception, Dec. 8, ap­peals to anyone who "feels thathe is in any way implicated inthis state of division" to seekreconciliation, "In each one we­would like to reawaken the long­ing for what he has lost,"

Root of Situation"We try hard to understand

the root of this situation and wecompare it to the analogous sit­uation in which contemporary

. civil society is living," the Popesaid. But he also warned thatthe Church "ought not to assim­ilate" from society "what israther a pathological state."

The Pope said he was present­ing the exhortation before theopening on Chr.istmas Eve of theHoly Year may truly be for theworld the 'Birth of Peace' aswas the birth of the Savior."

PriestsThe exhortation makes an ap­

peal of reconciliation "and for­giveness to priests who have leftthe ministry. The Pope first ex­presses the Church's sorrow attheir departure and notes the"consolation and joy" given theChurch by the perseverance ofthe great majority of priests,

The Pope added: "Being sup­por,ted and comforted by themerits of this great number, she

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River,-Thurs. Dec. 19, 1974

Bishops Approve ComprehensiveCommunications Media Program

WASHINGTON (NC) -- The facilities of 'the U. S. Catholic'U. S. Catholic bishops have ap· Conference communication ,de·proved a comprehensiye $90,000 partmen.t;communications media pJ'ogram -Hiring of consultants to dealwith the understanding that the with non-religious network pro­funds will be raised outside the gramming, with a West Coastbishops' conference: office, at a cost of $50,000;

The program would include: -A feasibility study on the-A feasibility study on the produc~ion of .a new homil~ in­

development of a National Re- formatIOn servIce to help pnestssource Center for Church Com- prepare better homilies, at a costmunications establishment of reo of $5,400;gional model communications . -Ex~ansion of USCC andcenters and publication of sev- bIshops conference staff. eff?rtseral manuals on media' use at to aId Churqh commulllcatlOnsa cost of $30,000 during 1975; efforts in thy Thi~d World of

. D I t f . I underdeveloped natIOns;- eve opmen 0 reglOna \: . .communuications centers includ- -Development of gUldelmesing a cost of $3500 for 'a meet. for. Church informational policying of regional' representatives; by the Nati~nal Ciltholic Office

for InformatIOn.-In~reased cooperatio~ be· -The program' was recom-

twe~n Church producers, In the mended by a 'task force of themedia and program syndicators, USCC committee on communica­including a meeting at a cost of tion. It had the support of the$1,900; full committee and the NCCB

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The parish committee willsponsor a New Year's Eve dancefrom 9 P.M. to 1 A.M., withmusic by the Ray Besse orches­tra. A buffet and continentalbreakfast will be served. Ticketsare available at the rectory.'

- HOLY TRINITY,WEST HARWICH, Members of the Ladies' Asso·

ciation of the Sacred He'arts willmeet at 2 this afternoon in 'thechurch for Benediction, followedby a musical Christmas programin the parish hall, with ClaireBarrette as soloist. Anne Moyni­han, association president, andexecutive board members will behostesses at a holiday tea formembers 'and friends, concludingthe meeting.HOLY NAME,FALL RJVER,

The final Family Advent Masswill take place ,at 5:15 tomorrowafternoon, planned by the Ed­ward T. Nicoletti family.

Project Leisure will meet at 2this afternoon ,in the school hall..The Folk Group of Sacred HeartsAcademy, led by Sister Barbara

'Walsh, will present a musicalprogram. A coffee hour will fol·low.

Parish 7th and 8th graders areinvited to a recor~ hop from6:30 to 9:30 P.M~ tomorrow nighta.t..~!lc~e,d, Hear:t~ JAcade~y'.

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Mem,bers of 'Troop 37 willserve hot chocolate to Christmasshopp~rs.at the common todayalldto~orrow.' ,.,' ". ,,'.'

, Regi&tratiQns for .Kpights, of theAit~~ ql,e!Jlb~r.shipt, ,open .'io ' any'hoy, in fourth ,grade or 'above,wUr'be ~aken - 'fr9m, Sunday-tnrough Jan. l. High schoolboysmay register at the same time,.f9r the pari~h Junior Corps.

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PRU,'CETON (NC)-"What we 'Amo,ng t~e. communions, in,hope and 'wait for is.'more' than which some Catholic' traditions.the outcome of theological dis- and institutior., continue to ex­cussiori; if"is' the' gJ'a'ce' of' Olir' ist '(e,,, patt'e-'subs'i'sfere':pe'rgunt);Lord, the light and strength f of, the Anglican' ,"Communion .. OCCli-'

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Vatican ,Secretariat for Promot- He said :he~ would not conclude'ingChristian Unity told a .sem- from that-text, that' the' Churchinar on ecumenism here. subsists in ,many churches.

The Vatican official, DutchCardinal Jan Willebrands, ob­served: "Several ages have wit·nessed our divisions. Faith and­hope ar(l not measured by time.The day' of the Lord' wHI comeand our joy will be complete." .

The seminar, held at Princetontheolog:'cal Seminary under the'co·spon~orship of the Trenton'Diocesan Ecumenical Comniis-'

, sion and theContinuing:-Educa.tion Center of 'the, seminary, .commerr..orated the 10th anniver­sary of 'the signing by 'Pope PaulVI of the '-Vatican Council' II'Decree on Ecumenism.,

Delivering the bpening lectureof the seminar, Cardinal' Wille­brands spoke on "The Ecumen­ical Movement: Its Problems andDriving Force."

He pOiled this question:

"Would' the teaching of theSecond Vatican Council allow usto say that the Church of Christnot only subsists in the Catholic'Church but also in the otherChurches and ecclesial commu­nities?" Then he explained:

"-In the Decree on Ecumenismwe find indeed the phrase:

Martyr to ChastityAnniversltl.;y Noted

KINSHASHA '(NC)-:The 10thanniversary of 'the death of Sis­ter A,nwarite Nengapeto, whochose, death over surrender ofher vow of chastity to Congoleserebels, has beert celebrated inthe Diocese of: Isiro-Niangarahere in Zaire. ' I .

Sister Anwarite was only twodays beyond he," 25th birthday

'when she was killed, on Dec. I,1964, by a band of rebels inIsiro, then called Paulis, in thenortheastern part:of the country.

.She was a member of the di­ocesan Sisters of. the Holy Fam­ily, and had been entrusted withthe religious edutation of littlechildren after entering that dioc­esan congregation at the age of16.

The nine bishops of UpperZaire have petitipned the Vat·ican to beatify Sister Anwarite<IS .a martyr.

F'ormer POW Is Beneficiary'Of God's Goodness and Prayers'

WASHINGTON (NC) - The On stepping 'from the plane inspokesman for the first plane· the Philippin'es. he said: "We areload of American prisoners of proud to have had the oppor­war released by North Vietnam tunity to serve our country un­said that he is a "beneficiary of der difficult circumstances. WeGod's goodness and your prayers ,are profoundly grateful to ourand sacrifice." Commander-in-Chief and to our

In a talk at .theCapitol Hill ·nation for this day." And i'henFirst Friday Club's annual came the w.ords-not written onChristmas dinner at fort Mc-' tJ:1~ pl~ne but ~~i~hj)()~~ed outNair, former POW, Rear Adm. under' the emotio,nal .pull of theJeremiah, A. ,Dentol),' Jr..;, :s"id '. mO.~E)~~-::-"-9oq;;k\ess ·America."that "God responds, spectacular.: The admiral is concernedIy to prayers." He added that.his. " abOut America: He said he be.years ?f ca~tivity, d,eepened ~is 'lieves: th.at "this is the greatestCatholIc faith" and' made him nation on earth " but that he isw~nt more than ever to liVl~ his 'concerned that!' it is dissipatingfaith. its. greatness' by selfishness,

Adm. Denton. was sh~t down moral laxity ane;! a breakdown inover North VIetnam m July family Hfe. He ~aid that upon his1965, and spent the next seven 'return to the United States he~nd a h~lf ye,ars as a POW, dur- 'was shocked at the way moralmg which time he was often decline had accelerated.tortured. More than ,four of D I .. lh t" h . Ithese years were sent in s'ol-, ec ar.mg : a w en we ose't f' t p our dependence on God, we loseI ary con memen . " ' ' '

. " . our love of neIghbor," he added:The Capl,tol HIli. Flrs~ Fn~ay "We're' almost, drowning in

Club presented him Its fIrst waste while, some other nationsMsgr. Mau~ice. King 'Meino~ial . are starving: Cettainly we shouldAward, whIch It plans to gIve stop this waste and overindul­annual~y "to, an '?uts~anding gence. We sh()ul~ do something."Cath~lIc for hIS contnbutlOn an?, He said he depl~red Amenicans'devotIOn to God and country. unwillingness to sacrifice.The late Msgr. King was theclub's first chaplain and waspastor of St. Peter's parish onCapitol Hill.

Adm. Denton, ·whd was a com­mander when ,he was takenprisoner, is currently cornman.dant of the Armed Forces StaffCollege in Norfolk, Va. He wascatapulted into world prom­inence in February 1973, when,as the senior officer aboard theplane carrying the first groupof American POWs to Clark AirForce Base in the Philippines,he was chosen to say a fewwords on behalf of the group onarrival. He wrote down a fewremarks, asked his fellow POWsif the message represented theirposition, and was tolti that .it did.

CeppoIn parts of Italy Christmas

trees are scarce and a Ceppo isused instead; a pyramid-like con­struction of shelves on which areplaced a crib, presents, and ~ther'8rticles associated with Chri!;t­mas.

Holy Cross Brother HermanZaccarelli, former director of the'International Food Research Cen­ter. author of books on diet andnutrition, has also been namedto the advisory board.

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SCRANTON (NC) - The Unit­ed Societies of U.S.A., a non­profit fraternal benefit societybased here, has formed a newdivision for Catholics 50 yearsof age and older. called CatholicGolden Age.

"While worth·while organiza­tions for older citizens now ex­ist, none are in a position tosponsor programs for older citi­zens that are distinctly Catho­lic." said Msgr. John S. Randall,assistant secretary to the Catho­lic Near East Welfare Associa­tion, who has been appointed amember of the advisory board ofthe new organization.

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are not therefore in full Churchcommunion."

The magazine maintained thatthe real solution 'to the problemof divorce and remarriage "lliesupstream...• thM is, before themarriage itself. It is suggested

• that an extensive pastoral pro­gram is needed to "prepare. ac­company and follow those whoseek religious remarriage" andto ."reawaken the faith" in Chris­tian couples.

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Oppose MinnesotaTax Credit Ruling

ST. PAUL (NC)-A Nov. 25Minnesota Supreme Court rulingoverturning'a state tax credit forparents of nonpublic school chil­dren "clearly Hmits freedom ofchoice and freedom of' religionfor the lower e.conomic segmentof the population." the Inner Ur­ban Catholic Coalition (mcC)said here.

lIn other actions Minnes'otaCatholic Conference executivedirector. John Markert, predictedthat the court ruling will be ap­pealed to the U. S. SupremeCourt. and the St. Paul-Minneap­olis archdiocesan board of ed­ucation issued guidelines to helpparents deal with the economicsetback they received in thedecision.

state for a dissolution of a val­idly contracted marriage andhave remarl1ied civilly accordingto the Fortuna-·Baslini law(ltaly',s divorce law) are to con­sider themselves in a situationseriously and publicly irregular,even if this situation is unknownin the circle in which they Hve."the magazine said. .,

"According to Church disci­pline. these people cannot be.admitted to the sacraments and

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Ask PrivilegesNEW DEHLI (NC)-The Cath­

olic Union of India has appealedto Prime Minister Indira Ghandito remove "disabilities" afflict­ing Indian Christians. The mem­orandum to Mrs. Ghandi askedthat all privileges given Hinduswho come from the "scheduledcastes" be extended to Christiansfrom those castes also. Amongsuch scheduled castes, or under­privileged social groups, are theso-called untouchables, or Hari­jans.

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Church Stresses MarriageVATICAN CITY (NC)-Thc

Church holds firmly' to Christ'steaching on the indissolubility ofmarriage and therefore cannotadmit a divorced and remarriedCatholic to the sacraments. ac­cording to the Vatican's weeklymagaZlinc.

L'Osservatore della Domenicasaid in response to a reader'squestion that the Church's clearregulations regarding divorced,remarried Catholics "obviouslydo not mean that the Churchshould not be anx.ious in amotherly way about these chilodren of hers who have placedthemselves in a state of guiltwhich is objectively very seriousand difficult to recover from."

The Dec. 8 issue of the weeklymagazine declared: "The doc­trine of indissolubility Of matri­mony has been and is constantlyupheld by the Church's magis­ter·ium (teaching authority) infaithful harmony with Christ'steaching."

The Pope and bishops. themagazine added. restated· theirsuppport of this teaching duringdebate preceding this year's Ital­ian national referendum of di­vorce.

"Those who. in conflict with.this doctrine, have asked thE'

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At the regularly scheduledmeeting of the Fall River DioceseSenate of Priests 011 Friday, Dec.13, at the Catholic Memorial II

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a lengthy report submitted bythe Committee on Priestly Lifeand Ministry. The report stressed II

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them: "We mus~ work togetherusing (lifferent talents to' build 1'1'

up the body of Christ on earth."Recommendations were made inthe areas of lay distributors of I!.,

communion, permanent diacon-ate, retired priests and possible 1:1'

team ministries.

In other action the Committee I'!,

on Peace and Justice reportedthat they are working on a pro­gram to be used in the diocese II

i~conjunction with the Bicenten- .nial Celebration. Mr. RobertClark of the United Farm Work· II

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of the grape boycott. This infor­mation will be made aVlail!lble I'to all the priests of the diocese. .!

Material was submitted to thesenators by the ConstitutionalCommittee for their examinationregarding the revision of the firstfour articles of the Constitution.Specific voting on this revisionwill take place rat the next meet­ing.

The January meeting of theSenate wiIl be at the CatholicMemorial Home beginning ateleven o'clock in the morning of'Friday, January 10, 1975. AIlpriests are invited to attend.

ArtReligion is the everlasting dia­

logue between humanity andGod. Art is its soliloquy.

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.Agencies PleasedAt Peace AwardVATIC~N CITY (NC)-Inter­

national organizations have ex­pressed their gratification tl)Pope Paul VI for conferring thePope John XXIII Peace Prizeupon the United Nations Educa­tional, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO)..

The International Atomic En­ergy Agency wrote of its "par­ticular grati£ication" at PopePaul VI's' decision' to honorUNESCO.

"It is indeed fitting that thecontribution that the United Na­tions Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization has madeto international cooperation byits unremitting endeavors formore than 25 years should reoceive the, highest recognition,"

, the International Atomic Energysaid in a letter to Pope Paul'sSecretariat of State.

The director general of theWorld Health Organization, Dr.Halfdan Mahler, telegraphedPope Paul: "The complimentarydistinction bestowed uponUNESCO honors in fact the en­tire United Nations family,whose efforts for peace are thusrecognized in a striking manner."

The World Intellectual Prop­erty Organization, which workswith UNESCO for the protectionof copyrights and of incomefrom the work of. artists, wrotethat it "rejoices at the witness ofrecognition given UNESCO byHis Holiness Pope Paul VI."

Plan Holy' InnocentsFeast Observance

BOSTON (NC)-A celebrationof the feast of the Holy Inno­cents here on Dec. 28 will com­bine a concelebratedl Mass andhomily by Cardinal HumbertoMedeiros of Boston with an ed­ucational forum on the abortioncontroversy conducted by Mas­sachusetts Citizens for Life.

Massachusetts Citizens forLife, a statewide organizationaffiliated with the NationalRight to Life Committee, and theFranciscan Fathers ,of St. An­thony's Shrine here are co­sponsors of the event to be heldat the shrine.

The educational forum will in­clude a slide and speaker presen'tation about the beginning 'anddevelopment of human life, theU. 'S. Supreme Court's decisionremoving most state restrictionson . abortion, and thEi legal andpolitical means available and ne­gate the decision, including pro­posed anti~abortion amendmentsto the U. S. Constitutkm.

the beautiful churches he hasseen in the' United States, espe- ,dally the national shrine inWashington, D.. C., and St. Pat­rick's cathedral in New York.

Father Turcic said he is build­ing a new church and conventfor his parish and liked many of'the ideas he saw here.

"I have 2,700 parishioners,",Father Turcic told his brotherand sister-in-law, who acted ashis translators. "OJ those, 70per cent visit Mass on Sunday.The old church is too small sowe are building a new one. Wehave 400 children every weekfor catechism lessons."

'Father Turcic said that thebiggest difference he noted be~

tween the American CatholicChurch """and . the YugoslavianCatholic Ohurch is the parochialschool system here. In Yugosla­via there are only public schools,he said.

Bibles DistributedSTUTTGART (NC)-At least

375,000 Bibles and se1Eicted bib­lical texts were distributed inthe past: year in the communist,ruled countries of Eastern Eu­rope, according to the WorldFederation of Bible Societies,whose :~eadquarters is here inWest. Germany. In addition,about 315,000 Bibles were madeavailable in communist EastGermany. Demand is said to beincreasing despite risks involved,

YIIgoslav Priest Visit's American BrotherIn New York Home

After 35 Years

Birth of Christ - Reign of Peace

CLINTON HEIGHTS (NC)-'When Stanko Turcic was study­ing fol' the priesthood in his na­tive Yugoslavia, his 15-year-old'brother, An·ton,· sailed for theUnited States and a new way oflife.

·For 35 years they kept 'intouch through' letters to eachother, to their parents and totheir four brothers, but theynever saw each other. Twoweeks ago they met again whenFather Turck visited the UnitedStates and the Clinton Heightshome of his brother Anton.

"When I left Yugoslavia hewas a skinny seminarian,". saidAnton Turcic of this priest­brothel'. "Now he is a healthypriest, living a good life."

Fatb:Jr Turclc was also pleasedto see his· brother again, and tosee his sister-in-law of 24 years,Rose Turcic. While in the UnitedStates he visited an Uncle Paulin Brocklyn and another brother,.Joseph Turck, who came to the'United States in 1966 with the

. help of Anton.

While in Clinton Heights,Father Turck made friends withhis brother's pastor, Father Jo­seph D,:Jlaney of St. Mary's par­ish in Clinton Heights. FatherTurck said Mass at St. Mary'sand drove to Lake George withFather Delaney, who showedhim various parts of the AlbanyDiocese.

A pastor' himself, Father Tur­dc saie. he was impressed with

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ASSISTANT MANAGERSRe". John P. Driscoll

Saint fpr Our TimesThe news that Mother Seton will be declared the first

American-born saint has a fittingness about it. Hers was aninteresting life and a varied one-some' WQuld say typicallyAmerican. And certainly the things she did are synonymouswith the vigor of the Church, in the United :States-seeing aneed and immediately setting about to do something aboutit even if it means establishing a whole system of schoolswith the personnel to staff them.

Mother Seton thought American-':'thought big.She tells much to the Church in America in this day.

Surely she would stress again the value of the parochialschool even in this day when so many schools have closedtheir doors. But she would still insist that the parochialschool is a place where the whole person can be educated­in truth, in service to others, in bringing before the commu­nity the examples of Christ-like living.

Mother Seton would still insist that there.is a value tothe religious life-to the giving of oneself totally and with­out reserve to God and to concern for His people in acommun~ty that"is meant to reflect in miniature what theentire wQ,rld is called upon to be.

Mother Seton would still ask dedicated people to bindthemselves by vows of poverty and chastity and obedienceso that there would be freedom to serve God and others andso that others might see in heroic size what'they are calledon to practice in their daily lives, the rigl)t use of things,the legitimate and moral enjoyment of pleasure, the submis­sion of one's will to God's Will with the attendant conquer­ing of human pride.

Divine CommunicationIn the Fourth Century, the Bishop Gregory of Nyssa

wrote of Christmas: "On this day, the darkness begins towane, and the lengthening rays of the sun c~owd back moreand more the ruling forces of night. And today a divine lifegleams before the eyes of men: the Light which is Christ.'Now, too, the powers of sin are forced to withdraw and di­minish. See how the sun mounts higher in the sky and how itsrays grow stronger. At the ~arpe time thillk 'of the arrivalof the truest of all lights, who with the rays of he Gospelnow enlightens the whole world." .

In some such spirit are followers of Christ called uponto prerare for Christmas.

The impact itself of Christmas depends in large measureupon what goes before. That is why th~ Church givesAdvent as a time of preparation. But even these final daysbefore Christmas can be helpful if they are lived in the spiritof expectation.

The cards that one receives from relatives and friendsare all messages of good will and friendship and the hopesof good things. They reflect in a human way'the Divine Willof God Who wishes to bestow upon man not only his GoodWill and Friendship but Himself-to live within our livesand to be the food and strength. and light of the pilgrimagethat 'is this life.

The presents that are given and received at this time'of year are again meane to be a human expression one toanother of the Divine expression of the Father Who willedto give us the Son, that man might be united with Godthrough and with and in Him. . .

It is a good pedagogical principle to 'proceed from whatis seen to what is unseen. Following the adviee of Gregory of

,Nyssa, it would be a worthy preparation for Christmas Dayto look upon all the activity.involved in addressing and mail­ing and receiving cards and packages not :as distractionsfrom the Feast but as reminders of what it is meant to be-

, Divine communication from God to Hi~ creatures.

Plan to Observe CatholicSchools Week Feb.' 2-8

And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping night-watches overtheir flock.

WASHINGTON (NC)' - Theweek of Feb. 2-8, 1975, has beendesignated Catholi:: SchoolsWeek, a nationwide celebrationof the contributions thoseschools make for the bettermentof their social communities andthe country as a whole,

".catholic Schools - DifferentWhere It Counts" is the themefor the 1975 celebration. Cath­olic Schools Week is a jointproject of the Division of El­ementary and Secondary Educa­tion of the U. S. Catholic Confer­ence (UseC) and the NationalCatholic Educational Association(NCEA). Its purpose is to assistCatholic schools in developingeffective public information andstudent recruitment programs.

To ·assist the 1975 effort, theUSCC and the NCEA have sentmaterials to hi'shops, ,Catholicschool superintendents and Cath­olic school principals. The mate­rials include "Making the Differ­ence Count," a booklet with sug­gestions on Catholic school pro­motional programs, brochure de­sign, and hints on use of media;rCl'roducible art, a full-color pos-

ter, a calendar, and copy for two30-second radio spots. Schoolsare encouraged to develop theirown creative programs.

Spirit of ConfidenceDr. Edward R. D'Alesssio, di­

rector of the usec Division forElementary and Secondary Ed­ucation, said a number of di­oceses have reported success instabilizing recruitment cam­paigns .and programs that tellthe story of Catholic schools andtheir genuine contributions tothe local community.

"We've hidden our light underthe proverbial bushel for toolong," the USCC official mused."There's a renewed spirit of con­fidence in the Catholic schoolcommunity today, and it's abouttime we communicated our en­thusiasm and commitment topublic service to a wider audi­ence."

Catholic school'S, said Dr.D'Alessio, must proclaim thefact that they are "viable ed­ucational institutions that pro­vide a unique, value-oriented,quality education in a faith­community setting."

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Lutherans, Catholics Study InfallibilityPRINCETON (NC) - Catholic

and Lutheran theologians met forfour days here to continue theirstudy of papal infallibility, oneof the key issues that dividesCatbolics and other Christians.

The 13 Lutheran and 10 Cath­olic scholars read and discussedeight papers on various aspectsof the controversial ·topic.

The recent meeting wasthe second devoted to papal in­fallibility and the 19th since theNational Lutheran-Catholic Dia­logue was founded in 1965.

In the past the scholars havereached agreements on the Ni­cene Creed, Baptism, the Eucha­rist and ministry. Seven monthsago they published a break­through statement of limitedagreement on papal primacy, atopic that has been the sourceof continual friction since theProtestant Reformation.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Theeducational element of the Cam­pa,ign for Human Development(CHD), the bishops' nationalanti-poverty program, deservesmore attention that it is getting,according to Bishop RaymondGallagher of Lafayette, Ind.,chairman of the bishops' CHDcommittee.

'In a report to the Americanbshops at ther annual meetinghere Bishop Gallagher said thatdespite some failures the cam­paign's program of grants toself-help groups has had a highdegree of success.

He noted that only about oneapplication in 10 results in agrant of money, because of thelimited amount of funds avail­ahle from the yearly campaignoollection taken up in parishesaround the country. But even thehigh number of applicants, hesaid, shows that the 'CHD servesas "a sign of hope" to many whomight otherwise be without hope.

,But he stressed that, in addi­tion to the self-help programs,the CHD has a second element,developing educational programsand modules to educate peoplein the nature and causes of pov­erty. These programs should heused more widely than they noware in parishes and schools,Dishop Gallagher said.

Pittsburgh Pri·est Named ChairmanOf Natural Family Planning Group

PITTSBURGH (NC) - Msgr., a conference in Washington,John J. Seli, Pittsburgh diocesan D. C., in June 1973, of U. S. or-.vicar for family life, has been ganizations dedicated to assist·granted a leave of absence to ing couples "to practice uprightbecome national chairman of the and truly human responsibility,"newly organized National Fam- according to Msgr. SelLily Planning Federation of Amer- The new federation will com·ica, Inc. bine existing resources of the

The federation's headquarters member agencies across theare in Washington, D. C. country into a unified effort to

The Natural Family Planning improve training, establish pro­Federation of America (NFPFA) gram standards, initiate essen­was organized in October to fo- tial research, provide sound fi­cus attention on natural family nancial underpinnings, and pro- •planning. It is an outgrowth of vide technical assistance needed

by the organization to securefunding.

Msgr. Seli, in outlining initialtargets of NFPFA, sa'id that hisoffice "will provide the focalpoint of leadership, guidance andeducation in the field of naturalfamily planning."

The federation, he said, willpromote and encourage the ac­ceptance of natural family plan­ning by individuals as well ac;the general public, and promotegovernmental support for theprovision of natural famHy plan­ning services to all persons whodesire them by means of bothpublic and private agencies.

"The federation will conductscientific research aimed at im­plementing and improving meth­ods of natural family planningand the delivery of natural fam­ily planning services," he said.

Another job. for the federation,he said, will be to counter mis­leading information 'about nat­ural family planning.

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Debtsschool subsidies, in adding fundsto endowed care funds for par­ish cemeteries and in building upreserves in the Catholic Institute.. Inviting parishes to participate

in the program, Bishop Connare

The program is designed to aidparishes to payoff obligationsincurre::l prior to the 1974-75fiscal year, which began lastJuly. The Pennsylvania diocesewill assist parishes that werebehind as of last July 1 in payingtheir assessments for the twodiocesan high schools, or which,on that date, owed money to theCatholic Institute, a diocesanloan ft.:nd.

The program will also assistparishe, in paying parochial

Forgiveness'rofGREENSBUR'G (NC)-Bishop

William G. Connare of Greens­burg tas announced a "ParishReconcHiation Program" to for­give or reduce indebtedness forparishes in his diocese during the1975 Holy Year.

So what appears to us to be aperfectly sensible statementmight appear'in a different lightto people who have differentexperiences. Until we learn that,I don't see ho:-v the Church canregain its teaching authority inthe world.

Not that Bad

When one ,realizes that theWorld Food ,Conference musthave been held in an atmosphereof great tension (early in theconference th,e delegates hadrealized tha,t no matter what ac-­tion they took' it would be toolate to save th¢ millions who arenow starving)~ it shouldn't besurprising that the little joke're­peated by Sectetary of Agricul­ture Earl Butz l made the roundsat the conference. llt probablyserved a useful purpose in reliev­ing tension. '

A't any rate, Christmas isupon us. With~ it will come tHeopening of the 1975 Holy. Yearby Pope Paul.. His theme for itis most appropriate: Reconcilia­tion and Renewal.

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As a' practidll, exercise in re­conciliation, it might be good forOatho~ics to w,rite to SecretaryButz in Washington, and tell himwe really doil't think it was allthat bad. .

And let's vow to renew oursense of humor, especially whenit serves to reduce the tensionswhich we all fice in these diffi­cult times.

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Cardinal Krol Asks 'HelpFor Eucharistic Congress

WASHINGTON (NC) - Car­dinal John Krol of Philadelphiaasked the nation's bisTi-ops 'to ap­point diocesan coordinators tohelp prepare for the Internation­al Eucharistic Congress, to beheld in Philadelphia in 197H.

Reporting on the progress ofthe congress at the bishops' an­nual general meeting here, Car­dinal Krol said initial plans arealready under way.·

He said that it was his hopethat the congress will be morethan just a short period of cere·monial observances, but willhave a spiritual impact on thewhole country in its preparation,its observance, and its foll~wup.

The International EucharisticCongress in i976 will be the firstsuch congress in this country in50 years..

not forbid the poor to be born.Yet it was Ithat part of the

talk which got the most public­ity. Why?

First, let's take a look at thatfrom the point of view of i.l del­egate from India. The govern­ment there has been distributingcontraceptives for years, yet thepopulation has continued togrow and the food shortage thereis most critical.

The delegate from India mightthink the Pope's thought wasabsurd because his governmenthad already found that limitingpopulation by government de­cree is an impossibility.

Who Can Tell?Another point of view might

be held by a delegate fr~m SouthAmerica.

Catholic missionaries in SouthAmerica have disseminated in­formation on natural familyplanning for years in an atlemptto get the poor to space theirchildren.

I recall a story tol,d to meby a Maryknoll Sister who hadworked among the poor there.She gave chains with 28 headsto mothers of large families.Several beads were red, theothers all blue. She explained tothese illiterate women how touse the beads to calculate theirsafe days.

The women continued to be-

8 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River--Thurs. D,ec. ,19, 1974

It's a Great Gift To SeeOurselves As Others Do

Last week I said I thought the two dangers facing theChurch were that we have lost,our sense of humor and thatwe fail to take into account how we appear: to other people.

I'd like to discuss how we' appear to others in thecontext of Pope Paul's' talk t

to the World Food Confer- come pregnant and when ques-tioned said, "But Sister, in the

ence. Most of the Pope's talk dark who can tell the colors?"contained positive sugges- So a South American delegatetions for increasing the produc- to the World : Food Conference,tion of food. A relatively small who might be' familiar with thispart of the talk was devoted to Catholic action in his country,[I warning that nations !,hould might think the' Pope's remarks

• 'about population control wereinconsistent with the Church'smissionary activity. .

Incidentally, it's interestingthat both attempts to controlpopulation failed. People appar­ently have children because theywant them. '

Rob,es Recall Glamo,r EraOf Movie Musicals

directives from the Vatican Con­gregation for Religious.

The agreed statement saidthat "differences, tensions andconcerns surfaced during themeetings due to varied ap­proaches to renewal and aggior­namento (modernization)." •

Amonp. hasic values of the Re·ligious ,life on which partie­ipi:tnts agreed, the statementlisted "consecration, immolationthrough the vows, evangelicalwitness, community life, fidel­ity to the charism of the found­ers and commitment to theapostolate."

To all?

beyond the Vatican statementin public comments on the meet­ing.

The two U. S. groups repre­sented at the meeting were theLeadership Conference of Wom­en Religious (LCWR), the Vat­ican-approved association of ma­jor superiors of U. S. Sisters'orders, and the Consortium Per­fectae Caritatis (Association ofPerfect Charity-CPC), a groupthat emphasizes conformity inReligious renewal to the doc­uments of the Seconj VaticanCouncil, subsequent papal state­ments, and interpretations and

MerryChristmas.

THE SOCIETY FORTHE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITHSend YOW' gift to:

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Dept. C., 366 Fifth Avenue 368 North Main StreetNew York, New'York 10001 Fall River, Massachusetts 02720

Right now, in the hurry and happiness of the holiday season,think for a moment of the millions of children who will knowonly sadness and. suffering this Christmas. Helpless and home­less, their hunger is all the more desperate because it is two­fold. They are starved not only for food, but for the Word ofour Lord. Think how much richer and blessed your ownChristmas will be if you will but reach in your heart and helpall of the world's children.

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gation of the Faith is the selflessness and love of our mis- •principal one among all Christian • sionaries, and in the prayers of •charities, for it represents the • the thousands helped by the •total Church in its work of ex- missions, I joyfully enclose mytending the Kingdom of Christ • gift of $ .•on earth. Through your charity • Ithe Society supports more than • Name I187,000 missionaries and semin- • •arians-providing love, faith and. Address •hope as well as food, medicines, •education and shelter through • City Iorphanages, hospitals, schools, • State Zip •leprosaria and homes for the aged L ANCH-I2-I9-74 Jthroughout the world. _

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 19, 1974 9

Meeti·ng Faces Religious Renewal Vi~wsWASHINGTON (NC) - Reaf­

firmation of "the essential val·, ues of Religious life" and"greater acceptance of the prin­ciple of pluralism in unity" re­sulted from a recent meeting ofVatican officials and re.;:>resenta­tives of two U. S. Sisters' groupsthat have differed in approachesto renewal of the Religious life.

That assessment of the three­day 'meeting in Rome appearedin a statement issued by the Vat­ican Congregation for Religious,which sponsored the meeting.U. S. Sisters who parNcipatedsaid all had agreed not to go

Manila Archbishop.Scores Government

MANILA (NC) - ArchbishopJaime Sin of Manila, declaring'''We cannot jail a man indefi­nitely and still call ourselvesChristian," has publicly criticizedthe marital-law regime of Pres·'ident Ferdinant Marcos.

Martial law and all it con­no,tes ... is for emergencies only,and not for the n'ormal state ofthings," the archbishop toldnewsmen here.

Archbishop Sin said somepersons "have been confined forover two years without anycharge being filed against them."

Marcos imposed martial lawin September 1972.

don't look like this on Christma3morning after a night spenteither putting toys together (thishas resulted in a complete setof broken nails) or wrappingpresents, but the vision was nicewhen we were contemplating.adulthood. ;

Lovely RobesOne part of our dream can

come true this Christmas, forrobes are as elegant now as theywere in the thirties and forties.This season the colors are theloveliest I have ever seen. Manyrobes come with hoods to wardoff the chills while at the sametime making the wearer lookvery dramatic; while others are

.trimmed in mock fur, featherslind even what looks like yardsand yards of elegant lace.

In past 'years it was difficultto find a robe that was prettyand warm at the same time-notthis year. Corduroy, velour, vel­vet, all are ·favored fabrics-atleast giving one the outer trap­pings of that long walk downthe staircase.

Although this year we are allwatching our pennies, everyoneneeds a morale booster and oneof these robes that conjures upvisions of a movie musical couldwell 'be the answer.

MARILYN

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No Taras

Well, needless to say, theworld of reality is a far cry fromwhat MGM wanted us to believeit was or is, and while I do havea stairway, the act of trailingdown it would take about threeseconds and if the front doorchanced to be open, my sophis­ticated walk could easily end upon the' front steps (that's howsmall my entrance hall is). Alas,there are very few Taras in ourfuture.

The dramatic entrances downthose movie stairs were alwaysmade in the most dramatic andelegant gowns imaginable. Everyruffle was in place or the Irishlace was so thick that you'dthink the star had her own per­sonal tatter. Her hair was per­fect, not 'a curl out of place(even though it was Christmasmorn), and altogether she lookedas if she had just stepped outof Kenneth's.

Needless to say, most of us

and perfectly formed Christmastrees just had to be part of theChristmas celebration.

If Roz Russell could floatdown that staircase, that's whatI would do, and I still can't gointo a house with a curvingwhite staircase without wantingto trail languidly down it a laS{;arlett.

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When I was growing up I imagined that my adultChristmas celebrations would be a cross between "Christ­mas in Connecticut" (Barbara Stanwyck spent most of thispicture curled up in front of a cozy fire or out walking infragile snowflakes) and"Holiday Inn" (in this oneeveryone's sitting around thefire singing). I grew up at a

- time when our daydreams werecolored 'by our weekly Saturdaymatinees, and sweeping stair­cases, long flowing velvet robes

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Just as the human heart is notperfect in contour, he added, soman cannot experience love inits total,ity until he is joinedwith God in eternity.

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"I tell them (students) to goout and hol.d hands with somewrinkled old woman or somebroken creature who has beenin an auto accident or with oneof the '10 million lepers in theworld.

"That is the way to gain afeeling for another person," hepointed out.

The third Greek word for lovewas "agape," or perfect love,the prelate continued. "It is anentirely new kind of love thatcame to this earth when God

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"love is used over' and over.We say '1 love pickles. I lovethe New York Mets. I loveGod,'" the 79-year-old church­man said here.

"We use the word in confus­ing, bewildering ways," headded.

The archbishop was the firstspeaker in the new Town Hal!lecture series here.

Archbishop Sheen told his au­dience that American obsessionwith love may stem from thefact that we hav.e only one wordfor it. By contrast, he said, theGreeks had three..

"The first Greek word for love~ros-typified the love offriend for friend, spouse forspouse," the archbishop ex­plained.

Generally, Americans thinkof love in terms of eros, he said,the entic'or sex. As soon as the.experi:mce and the thrill of thisk!ind of love is gone, so is thelove itself.

The second type of Greek lovewas "pliilia," a love of humanity,Archbishop Sheen continued.This love is part of the will andcan be commanded and con­soiously cultivated.

College sensitivity..training ses­sions in which students joinhands to build sensitivity are afarce, 'he said.

reached San Salvador. A Por­tuguese who in young manhood

'had been on a voyage to Indinby the African route,' Magellap.entered the service of Spain atthe age o,f37, and two yearslater, in 1519, he set out on whatwas' to be the first" voyagearound the world.

"As a mariner and navigatorhe was unsurpassed," writes Ad­miral Morison, "and although hedid not live to complete thegreatest voyage of discovery ii,the world's history, he plannedit, and discovered the 'Straitthat shall forever bear his name,'

,as well' as the Marianas and the'­Philippines where no Europeanhad touched befor~e."

His navigation of the Straitsof Magellan, at the, lower ex­tremity of South America was afar greater' feat of seamanshipthan crossing the Atlantic, and itwas he who, sailing into theocean west;,of this hemisphere,gave it the' name Pacific. His dif~

ficulties enl

route were prodi~gious, but he was equal to them.In the Phil'ippines, however, hehadly misc;alculated, and hisdeath was t~e price of this mis­take.

Other fberian discoverers andtheir exploits a're paraded beforeus by AdmiraJ Morison: Ponce deLeon, De S~to, "cortes, Cabezade Vaca, Sarmiento de Gamboa.

IThe last, by the way, was excep-tional not only in being able,when a prisoner, to conversewith Queen Elizabeth I in Latin.for more th~n two and a halfhours, but ~Iso in giving fullcredit to his subordinates andeven'to common sailors. His ex­ample in this was not muchcopied then, hor is it now.

Drake S,uperb Captain

The Spanish were never happyabout Sir Fr~ncis Drake, for hegave them grievous trouble. Verymuch an opportunist, he wa'salso a superb captain. AdmiralMorison hold,S this Englishmanin high regatd, and there is aspecial zest in his rendition ofDrake's mid-~6th, century voy­age along the coast of this hemi­sphere, his sPeedy threading ofthe Straits of' Magellan, his tra­versing of th~ Pacific.

An hour before moonrise, on,October 11, 1492, Columbus andone of his seamen thought thatthey saw a light rising and fall­ing. At two In the morning ofOctober 12, I,and was sighted.Admiral Morison says of thetime between; "Not since thebirth of Christ has there been anight so full of meaning for the

,human race. I

This is remIniscent of hyper­bole uttered li. few years ago,when m~n first landed on themoon. But the admiral's state­ment is not so preposterous asthat other on~. Few events inhuman history;' have had suchconsequences as the discoveryof this hemisphere.

It is well, therefore, to famil­iarize ourselveS with the mode'of that discovery, and the Mori­son book enables us to do so.

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RT. REV.

MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

beginning with Columbus' firstvoyage and ending with the firstsighting of Cape Horn somethingover a century later. In that in­terval, a marvelous new worldwas found and partly E'xplored;the globe was circumnavigatedfor the first time; the founda­tions of four great empJres werelaid.

All this was done by men whodared vast and uncharted oceans,on which their only means ofpropulsion was sail and' oar.They went forth in ships tinyand frail by modern stanciards,with primitive instruments ofnavigation. They suffered frus­tration, illness, hunger. As oftenas not they were treated un­gratefully, and even were throwninto jail, on their return home.

'Pioneering Colossus'More than a third of the book

is dominated by ChristopherColumbus of Genoa, the pioneer­ing colossus. His ear,ly C~lreer issketched, including the chanceswhich turned him toward whathe called the Enterprise of theIndies and brought him into theservice of Spain:

He was not singular in believ­ing the earth to be round. Allmen of some education were ofthat view. But he was unusualin believing that by sailing Westhe could reach the East, specif­ically Japan and China. What hereached, of course, was thn WestIndies.

It was only on the third of hisfour voyages that he touched onthe mainland of the WesternHemisphere, at a point in pres­ent day Venezuela. But in thecourse of those voyages he madediscovery after discovery: His­paniola (Haiti and Santo Domin­go), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad,etc. He opened the way for allthe rest, all of whom get theirdue from Admiral Morison.

Columbus sailed up and down,the coast of Central America,looking for a passageway to thewaters west of it. There wasnone, but had he been lucky, hemight have seen the Pacific froma land height. That was left toBalhoa, in' 1513. But Balboafared worse than Columbus; hewas beheaded.

Unsurpassed NavigatorFerdinand Magellan was III boy

of about 12 when Columbus

10 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rivet-Thurs. Dec. 19, 197.4

Morison Relates EuropeanDiscovery of America'

. At the age of 87, that distinguished historian, AdmiralSamuel Eliot Morison, is publishing a' monumental work,"The European Discovery of America: ~The Southern Voy­ages, 1492-1616" (Oxford University Press, 3817 Park Ave.S., New York, N.Y. 10016.758 pages.IllIU~trated.

$17.50):, This complementshis treatment of the North­ern voyages (500-1600), whichappeared three years ago.

He now weaves~an enthrallingaccount of heroic und2rtakings,

An~ they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.And seemg, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child.

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Plan to AppraisePriests' Work

BOSTON (NC)-The Archdi­ocese of Boston will soon 'begina program of evaluating the per­formance of archdiocesan priests.

In a letter sent to priests ofthe archdiocese, Cardinal Hum­berto Medeiros of Boston saidthat there are "serious problem~

in the life and spirit of priests"and that the evaluation program"hopes to alleviate some of theseproblems and help each priestto see more clearly the goals ofhis priesthood in his particularassignment and to develop hisbest potential for serving theChurch."

In establishing' the program,the cardinal was responding toa proposal submitted to him bythe Boston Priests' Senate lastspring.

Beclluse of the sensitive na­ture that such an evaluation pro­cedure would entail, the pro­gram will be implemented invarious phases. Each phase willhe carefully studied and anal­yzzd before proceeding further.

Beginning in the winter of1974-75, three willing parisheslind one willing agency will par·ticipate in the experiment. Theprogram will then be offeredacross the board to any willingparish or agency beginning inSeptember 1975.

If those two preliminary stepsare judged successful, the pro­gram will then become applic­able to all priests of the arch­diocese in 1976.

"This program," the cardinalsaid, "must develop slowly inorder that every priest will un·derstand the very positive pur­pose of evaluation;" and it "mustnever be used to threaten, butrather to stimulate the growthof each priest."

lHE ANCHOR- 11Thurs., Dec. 19, 1974

TVonport for his work in producingradio and TV spots-30 and 60second pleas for people to loveone another.

Do they work?

Indications of Success- The commercials are sent to

approximateily 650 TV stations,he noted. He gets in return a 6:>to 70 per cent response. An­other indicator of success is theamount of time given to the tele­SPOTS, since the Franciscanshave to compete with 200 othercampaigns in the public interest.Direct response from the viewersis difficult to measure, of course.

"Occasionally an individualwill call the station to get ouraddress and write," he said. "Wegot a very good reaction to theparking meter spot." The com­mercial, by the way, was bannedin Boston, because it violated alocal ordinance against feedingsomeone else's meter.

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College to OfferCourse on Hunger

'PHIrLA-DELPHIA (NC)-A newcourse on The Ethical and Polit­ical Implications of Hunger andMalnutrition will be offered thisJanuary by $t. Joseph's eveningcollege.

The course, which is being of­fered by the Academy of FoodMarketing of St. Joseph's college,will examine the ethical, polit­cial, social, economic and moralaspects of the global productionand distribution of food.

was on the Church's use of radioand TV.

"The Church in the U. S. hasnever really' understood or ap­preciated TV as a tool of com­munication," Father Wrobleskisaid. "They don't have the atti­tude of seeing TV as a tool ofcommunication":"" which is con­trary to ,what three Popes havesaid." .

CommercialsNeed ofAlJBANY (NC) - Yo\! may

have seen the commercial. It'opens with an expired parkingmeter. Along comes a, metermaid to ticket the car. Butbefore she can get to it, an eld­ely pedestrian spots the red flagof the expired sign and slips anickel 'into the slot. At first an­noyed, the woman soon breaksinto a little smile. The camerashows a close-up of the man ashe g'oes on his way and thewords appear:

"Love makes all things newagain."

Then the credit line appears.The commercial (if it can becalled that) is the work of theFranciscan Communications Cen·ter. 11his and many other "tele­SPOTS" as they are known arethe work of Father Edward Wro­bleski. A Paulist who got mixedup with the Franciscans, he dis­cussed why TV needs "commer­cials for God" in an interviewrecently for Tuned In, a weeklyTV column which appears inseveral diocesan newspapers.

A native of Rochester, N. Y.,Father Wrobleski began life asthe son of "pagans, 'but very_good pagans," he said. After abrief stint as a magician, heended up in the U. S. Air Force,where religion touched him forthe first time.

"I was empty and searchingfor something solid, somethingwhich would always be there,"he told me. "My friends weremostly Protestants and I wentto their services. Then I metthe Catholic chaplain. He wasmore of a challenge to me. Hefeigned indifference. I was at­tracted to his personality. Henever pushed." The chaplain, hecontinued, brought him into theChurch by his easy manner.Three years later he was study·in3 for the priesthood.

His entire life since then hasbeen focused on radio and teIe­vis-ion. In fact his master's thesis

Legislation UnfairTo Catholic Schools

STOCKHOLM (NC)-'-In a for'mal statement to the Swedishgovernment, Bishop John E. Tay­lor of Stockholm has protestedsharply tlhat proposed legislationon immigrants and minoritieswould discriminate against Swe­den's two Oatholic schools.

Bishop Taylor's point is thatSt. Eric's Catholic school inStockholm and Queen Astrid'sCatholic School in Gothenburgare not classified as minorityschools, while the Jewish HillelSchool is given that status andso becomes eligible for prefer­ential treatment. Subsidies areinvolved.

The American-born bishop wastaking issue with recommenda­tions of the govern'menl's Com'mission on Immigration. His sug­gestions, and tlhose of other in­terested persons, are formallysubmitted to the government forpossible incorporation into draftlegislation before the govern­ment puts that legis).ation be­fore parliament. This procedurefills ·roughly the function of tes­timony before U. S. co.ngression­ul committees.

Plan HearingsFor ObservanceOf Bicentennial

WAS:'IINGTON (NC) - Thefirst of six regional hearings forthe Catholic observance of theU. S. bicentennial will, be heldhere Feb. 3-5, 1975.

Cardinal John Dearden of De­troit, chairman of the Bicenten­nial Committee of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops(NCCB), will preside at the hear·ing, which is expected to be heldat the Theological College ofthe Catholic University of Amer­ica.

Francis Butler, executive di­rector of the committee, an­nounced the full schedule ofthe hearings, which will provideinput for a major nationalChurch-sponsored conference on"'Liberty and Justice for AlI" in1976. The other hearings, hesaid, will be held as follows:

San Antonio, Tex., April 3-5;Minneapolis, Minn., June 5-7; At­lanta, Ga., Aug. 7-9; Sacramento,Calif., Oct. 2-4; Newark, N. J.,Dec, 4-6,

Detroit ConferenceThe regional meetings will

highlight specific subtopics ofthe national conference in Octo­ber 1976, which will be held inDetroit. The Detroit Conferenceis expected to recommend pol­icies and programs of social ac­tion for the Catholic Church inthe United States for the fiveyears following the bicentennial.

Butler sa'id the February hear­ing will begin with a reflectionon the theological foundationsof the Church's ministry for jus­tice in the world..' "It will then proceed with anexploration of social issues of aninternational character which il­lustrate the global dimension's ofjustice," he said.

"The world food crisis will beone of these issues," he added.

Butler said the committee willinvite author.ities on intlerna­tionaI social issues and represen­tatives of the Church in under­developed nations to offer pre­sentations to the BicentennialCommittee at the Februaryhearing.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - There -Having the guidelines onare almost as many permanent permanep,t deacons translateddeacons in the United States 'as into Spanish through the Mex­there are in the rest of the worM, ican American Cultural Center iriaccording to Archl;lishop Daniel- San Antonio, Tex.Sheehan of Omaha, Neb., chair- -Monitoring the 0 log i calman of the Committee on the studies of the diaconate and try­Perm"nent Diaconate of the Na- ing to learn from the experiencestional ,Conference, of Catholic of deacons in the field.B-ishops. -Working on guidelines for

The U. S. has ~ore permanent. Religious Brothers interested indeaeons than any other country, becoming deacons and with the'he tol:l t~e :bishops' an?ual gen- Conference of M~jor Superiorsera-I meet!ng-750 ordained dea- of Men concerning deacons with-cons, with another 1,500 in train- 'ing programs.

Sixty-five dioceses have diac­onate programs and another 10or 11 are formulating programs,he said.

Archbishop Sheehan said thecommittee, working with St.John's University School of Di­vinity, Collegeville" Minn., haddesign~d a diaconate programfor use in rural dioceses. He saida number of rural dioceses had'felt that they did not have theresources to develop thei~ ownprograms. ,

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course, that he is personallyanti-Semitic and tried as besthe could to make amends for hisunfortunate remarl~s. I thoughtthat his apologies, however ,sin­cere, were rather weak, but.that's beside the point. The pointis that, whe,ther consciously ornot, he helped to perpetuateanti-Semitic myths on which big­otry has fed' for CI~nturies, hereand abroad,' with tragic cons~­

quences for ,the Jewish people.Worse than that, he managed toget away with 1t.

I 'realize,of course, that hewas reprima'nded by PresidentFord and Secretary Schlesingerand by a large segment of the,press. From one point of view,that was probably punishmentenough. In other words, I am notsuggesting that' he should have

. resigned or been removed fromoffice.

On the other hand, Lt seems tome that he arid his superiors andmany of his tritics in the media, .while reprimanding him forspeaking out of turn on mattersof foreign polky, tended to shyaway from the fact that 'his re­marks at Duke University were,objectively speaking, anti­Semitic.

Objective~y Anti-SemiticJoseph Alsop's syndicated col­

umn of November 15 can serveto illustrate t~e point I am tryingto make. Mr. Alsop, who ispersonaMy a staunch defender ofthe State of Israel, tried desper­ately to show that GeneralBrown is also deeply concernedabout Israel's security. Hepointed out that, in warning thata;' new wave of anti-Semitismmight result from another Mid­dle East war, the General wasmerely repeating "in semi-privatewhat informed and thinkingIsraelies and Jewish-Amerkanshave long bE1en saying amongthemselves in real privacy. In­stead of denouncing GeneralBrown for anti-Semitism; itwould threfore be wiser to rem­edy the real cause of the troublethat so worries General Brown."

According to Alsop, "the realcause is the turrent lunacy o'fthe Left-wing Democrats and theliberal intellectuals. Despite theIsrael,is, this lunacy has now leftus with a defense program littlericher than the weakened fake-

. defense progtam of the lateSecretary L04is A. Johnson,which in turn produced theKorean war.

That was a good tryon Al­sop's part, but; in my opinion, itsimply will ncit wash. With alldue respect for General Brown,the opinions 'he expressed atDuke Univers,ity, were objective­ly anti-Semitic. Mr. Alsop wouldhave come closer to the targetif, insotead of yentin'g his spleen 'against "Left wing Democratsand the liberal intellectuals," hehad said that General Brown,whether consciously or not, wasreflecting what Forster and Ep­stein have described as the"new" anti-SeiniHsm,(@ 1975 'by NC News Service)

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problem; its indifference or an­tipathy to Jews and Jewi~;h con­cerns is far more subtle than theblatant forms of anti-Semitismand religious discriminationagainst which the Jewish com­munity long ago constructedfirm defense, and far morerooted in self-righteousness."

I reoall reading a number ofreviews of "The New Anti-Sem­itism" which suggested that For­ster and Epstein are slightly par­anoid on the Jewish issue andare psychologically incap81ble ofdistinguishing between legit­imate criticism of the State ofIsrael, for example, and authen­tic anti-Semitism. I am notgreatly impressed by this line ofargument. While Forster and Ep­stein may, to a very minor ex­tent, be hypersensitive on theJewish issue, their basic thesis'is grounded on what I would re­gard as solid evidence.

'Jewish Lobby'Witness, for example, the

rather bland reaction in manycirdes to General George,Brown's recent criticism of theJew.ish community and the so­called Israeli lobby. In a questionand answer session following aninformal address at the DukeUniversity Law School, GeneralBrown, Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, said, 'lmongother things, that a new Araboil embargo might cOllvinceAmericans "to get tough-mindedenough" to set down Jewish in­fluence in this country. He also'asserted that the Jewish. lobbyin the Un1ted States i~1 "sostrong you wouldn't believenow," partly, he alleged, "be­cause Jews own the banks inthis country (and) the news­papers."

Apologies 'Weak'To judge from the casual Offi-'

cers..club tone of his intemper­ate remarks as they were subse­quently replayed on the te.Ievi­sion networks, General Brownapparently thought that he wastalking off 'the record and neverdreamed that he would be q:aotedby the media. No wonder he wasso taken aback when he dis­covered that his criticism' of theJewish community had beenmade public and that there was

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Shifts Fr·om CandleOfferings to Food

BUENOS Al'RES (NC) - SanCayetano parish here has bannedcandles and flowers as pious of­ferings and instead encouragedparishioners to bring food forthe needy.

During the first month of theoperation the parish gatheredand distributed to hurricane vic·tims in the city of Goya 30,000pounds of wheat and corn flour,meat, sugar, rice, vegetables andbaby foods, and 5,000 cans offood, plus several bales of cloth­ing, shoes and bedding.

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Presents RelicOf St. Cyril

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Onbehalf of Pope Paul VI, FatherPierre Duprey, undersecretary ofthe Vatican Secretariat for Pro­moting Christian Unity, presentedEcumenical Orthodox PatriarchDemetrius. 'I of Constantinoplewith a relic of St. Cyril in Istan­bul, the Vatican reported.

The presentation was made ata liturgical service in the GreekOrthodox Church of St. George.

The relic of St. Cyril, whosememory is linked with that ofhis brother St. Methodius, wasformerly kept in a chapel in theapostolic palace in Vatican City.

It will he placed in a newChurch dedicated' to the saintsthat is now being constructed'in their birthplace of Thessa­lonika (Salonika). The brothersare venerated as the Apostles ofthe . Slavs by Catholics andOrthodox.

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Asks New ApproachTo Redefining Life

SPOKANE (NC)-A professorof ethics at the Texas MedicalCenter in Houston called herefor an interdisciplinary approachto the "redefinition of life anddeath," which he said is "tooprofound to be answered by themedical field alone,"

"'We need the corporate wis­dom of the total culture-theol·ogy, sociology, art, biology-allof which give hints of what lifeis and what it leads to," said theprofessor, Dr. Kenneth Vaux,who is also professor of ethics atBaylor College of Medicine andprofessor of law at the Univer­sity of Houston Law School.

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administrations. Anti-religionists,especially from Communist-dom·inated countries, have long ar­gued that the text must assignequal importance to the convic­tion of atheists and agnostics.

In an attempt to break thedeadlock, the Netherlands andSweden submitted a compromisedraft of nine articles as a "work­ing paper" designed to reconcilethe conflicting views expressed.It specified the right of everyoneto freedom of thought and ofconscience, including "freedomto adhere or not to ~dhere to anyreHgion' or belief" and to changereligion or belief in accord withthe dictates of his conscience.

As the committee neared avote, S.N. Smirnov of the SovietUnion asserted that some coun­tries wanted a declaration thatwould not be juridically bindingon them but that would allowthem to condemn violations ofhuman rights in other countries.

Christ Himself for the spreadingof His Gospel."

These trends in the writings ofsome modern authors, accordingto the Pope, "lead the readerwho has unconsciously becometheir disciple to close his eyes tothe sure but shaded appearance(nevertheless shining with lightand signs) with which Christwished to clothe His presencein the world so that His true andpenetrating vision would remainin the economy of freedom andgrace,"

The result of this class ofmodern literature has been that"those who look do not see andthose who hear do not under­stand," the Pope said.

"Unfortunately we know thatstill today, and. perhaps more sotoday than ever, Christ Jesuswhom the Church confesses, ex'alts, defends and loves is a'sign rejected,' as old Simeonsaid to Mary when she presentedJesus in the temple,"

Those who accept in faith themystery that Christ is both Godand man know tlhat true theol­ogy "does not dry up the lan­guage of the heart and of poetry,but stirs it up and sets it onfire," the Pope noted.

CarolsMany say St. Fr-ancis was first

to make the carol popular. Whenhe created the first Christmascrib, it is told that he was sohappy, he burst into song. Forcenturies the carol was keptalive among simple people, butin the 9th century the form be·came universally popular andgrows more so by the year.

UNlllED NATIONS (NC) ­After more than. a decade of ef­fort to formulate an internationalconvention· on elimination ofa:ll forms of religious intolerance,the UN General Assembly's third(social, humanitarian and cultu­ral) committee has again votedto defer the topic.

Because the composition ofthe committee is equivalent tothat of the Assembly, no rever­sal of the decision is likely whenit reaches the plenary stage.

The most recent postponementof the Religious tolerance issue-led to predictions from some del­egations that it might be yearsbefore any action can be taken,despite the committee's recom­mendation that it be given pri­ority at the 1975 session. Th~

Human Rights Commission,which is also charged with re­sponsibility for working out aversion of a convention or adraft declaration on the subject,has repeatedly failed to reachagreement on the provisions ofeither.

In this Assembly, as from 1962when discussion began, the de­bate has been followed closelyby representatives of various de­nominations, including the Vat­ican's delegation of observers.

The objectiv~ is to provideeither a convention or a declara­tion of principles which will en­sure the right of any individualto follow the dictates of his ownbeliefs, secure against per~ecu­

tion or prosecution by national

Committee Again PostponesStatement on Religious Bias

Pope Says Modern Society CastsDoubt on Existence of Christ

VA11lCAN CITY (NC)-To­day perhaps more than ever,Jesus is a "sign rejected," PopePaul has declared.

A whole contemporary liter­ature is "working hard" to placeChrist's very existence in doubt,the Pope told his weekly generalaudience.

An entire erudite and some­times artistic literature from thelast century up to today is work·ing hard to vivisect the Gospel,in order to throw doubt on Jesusand even on His very existence."

The Pope said this class ofliterature "starts out with sub­jective presuppositions" whichunder-mine the objectivity of theGospel.

He said that Christians mustbe cautious of this literature's"hypothesis, opinion, Hterary ar·tifice, scientific ambiguity, cun­ning humanistic praise, senti­mental superficiality, and tricksrelating to the interpretation orexpl<anation of Scripture pas­sages,"

He also warned against thosewho "substitute free examina­tion for the well thought-out andinspired reflection of the magis­teriupm (Church's teaching au­thority) put before all others by

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'Bishop Broderick, in a letter. t\)the people of the diocese pu~­

lished in The Evangelist, the diLDeesan newspaper, reported 011the debate among bishops 01,whether or not to oppose thl~

death penalty. II"I myself am completely oP11

posed to capital punishment," hI;wrote, "for I feel it is incompat!rible with our Right to Life a.p"proach and to the dignity of hu\fman life, contrary to ourChurch's teachings on the purl!pose of penance, conversion andirehabilitation." I!

Commenting on the deterrentlargument, the bishop said: "N~Ihuman being, I believe, should 1betkilled in order 'to frighten othed!to keep the law. The state haSImany other ways to repay soliciety than by burning out th~!life of someone in a chair."

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tive party here, fully supportedthe present Labor government'splans for a new Northern Ire­land convention to be set upafter elections early next year.But he expressed anxiety thatrepresentatives might be elected-presumably referring to theforecasts of a strongly Protes­tant executive-who would con­stanNy try to obstruct the willof the United Kingdom Parlia­ment in London.

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E;loodshed could also lead tointervention by the Irish Repub­lic, and could even spread tooth~r parts of the United King·dom.

William Whitelaw, the Britishpolitician who was sent to runthe province after the old Prot­estc.nt local government was dis­solved, -warned the Foreign PressAssociation here that two bigBritish cities with large workingclass Catholic-Protestant antag·

- oni~ms, Liverpool and Glasgow,cou:d be dragged in. "Anyonewho imagines you could have a

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LONDON ,NC) - Sectarianmurders i~ Northern Ireland,mostly of ordinary innocentCatholics by' untraceable assas­sins and terrorists in England byIrish repuQlican guerrillas, arethreatening once more to hurlthe provinces -into disaster.

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Pressure 'is mounting on theBritish government to withdrawBritish troops from northern Ire..land and leave the Irish to sort:things out: among themselves,Observers here warn that such amove could mean civil war, inwhich the main sufferers wouldbe Northern Irish Catholics, lessorganized than the Protestantmajority. It could mean mass ex­pulsions of Catholics -from theirhomes anQ 1m exodus across theborder into the Irish 'Republic. ,

When JeSU~5 therefore was bOI-n, behold, there came wise men from the east to jerusalem,saying, Where is He that is born king of the Jaws? For we have seen His star in the east, andare come I to adore Him.

Portrayed by Louis; Elizabeth and Ann Marie Voillancourt,Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro

Masons in NorwayAid Franciscans

OSLO (NC)-The Masonic Or·del' in Oslo is one of the donorssupporting the S1. Frands Aidorganization, which helps old,lonely people and sick personsliving in their homes.

S1. Francis Aid is a voluntaryCatholic enterprise, administeredby the Franciscans in Oslo.

Last year the Franciscans­started cooperating with theround-the-clock medical serviceof the city, and w'ith the FalkenRescue Corps. They also startedemergency aid specially for pooraged people in acute, need,

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Of AbortionWASHINGTON (NC) - Arch­

bishop William Baum of Wash­ington has urged "all womenand men of good will" to join incombating the "monstrous evil"of abortion.

His statement came in reac­tion to a report that during 1973the number of legal abortionsexceeded the number of livebirths in the District of Colum­bia. According to the D.C. 'De­partment of Human Hesources,10,091 city residents obtainedabortions during that period. The

'number of children born to D.C.residents was 10,837.

A spokesman for the depart­ment noted, however, that lastyear 12,204 children wereaborted by women whose stateof residence is unknown. Also,reporting of births is compul­sory, while reporting of abor­tions is greater than the numberof births to D.C. women.

Washington is the only juris­diction in the country wheremore children of residents areaborted than are brought toterm, according to federal abor­tion statistics.

The total number of abortionsin Washington last year, includ·ing those performed on non·res­idents, was 40,812. About 10,000'of the women who obtainedabortions were from Marylandor Virginia. Another 8,600 abor·tions were performed 011 womenfrom other states, mostly fromthe South.

Medicaid HelpsThrough the Medicaid pro­

gram, federal taxpayers subsi'dized about 5,600 abortions inD.C. last year.

Archbishop Baum's statementsaid:

"In just a few days we shallcelebrate the birth as man ofthe Son of God. Our faithteaches that He became man,coming into this world that wemight have life, and have itmore abundantly. '

This gift of life, both naturaland supernatural, is in the caseof each man something precious,given gratuitously by God.

"It is with profound sadnessthat I see the number of legallyperformed abortions has exceed·ed the number of birth:; in theDistrict of Columbia in the lasttwelve months. Each of theseabortions has resulted in thedeath of a fully human person.Each of these abortions is con·trary to the will of our Creator.

~'I urge that all women andmen of good will join in com·bating this _monstrous evil."

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-The church support demo­graphic research.

-The church support pro­grams to delay the age of mar­riage-such as support for equaleducational opportunities forwomen-to ease the populationpressures which come from earlychild-bearing.

Church's teaching forbiddingartificial means of contraception.

"If today suction bottles, cur­ettes and saline are decried inCatholic circles," he said, "wemust accept our share of theblame for not having lobbied forthe alternatives."

Dr. Hellegers recommendedthat:

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and Bioethics at GeorgetownUniversity, Washington, D.C.

The article was entitled "Pop­ulation, Rhythm, Contraceptionand Abortion Policy Questions."

In the article Hellegers saidthe Church could help fight ris­ing numbers of abortions by.lobbying for suppprt for researchin human reproduction to perfectnatural family planning methodswhich do not violate the

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PORTLAND (NC) - The Na­tional Federation of CatholicPhysicians' Guilds has named Dr.Andre Hellegers recipient of theLinacre Award for the best ar­ticle to appear during the yearin the federation's journal, theLinacre Quarterly.

Dr. Hellegers, a Catholic, is afetal physiologist and directorof the Kennedy Institute for theStudy of Human Reproduction

Msgr. Gendron NewManchester Bishop

WASHINGTON (NC) - PopePaul VI has named Msgr. OdoreGendron bishop of Manchester,N.H.

The monsignor, who has beenManchester's episcopal vicar forReligious and clergy, succeedsBishop Ernest Primeau, who isnow director of Vi1la Stritch,residence of U. S. bishops andpriests serving the Holy See "inRome.

The appointment was an­nounced here by ArchbishopJean Jadot, apostolic delegate inthe United States.

Schools AccusedOf AlienatingFrom God

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thehead of an organization thathas helped establish parent­controlled schools around thecountry accused U. S. publicschools of practicing thought­control techniques aimed at "thesystematic alienation of thechild from his parents and hisGod."

Mrs. Mary Royer, founder andpresident of the National ParentsLeague, made this accusation ata news conference here at whichthe Rev. Avis Hill, a leader ofthe two-month-long protestagainst textbooks used in theKanawha County, W. Va., publicschools, announced that protes­ing parents there have set upabout 10 schools with a total ofabout 1,000 students withdrawnfrom the public schools.

Mrs. Royer, a resident of Port·land, Ore., is also a member ofCatholics United for the Faith(CUF), a nationwide traditional­ist Catholic. group, and has as­siste~ in the establishment of sev·eral Holy Innocents Schools, setup by Catholic parents .dissatis­fied with the teaching of religionin parish and diocesan schools.

Rebellious AttitudesSince the West Virginia pro­

test began, Mr. Hill said, "peo'pie are beginning to open their('yes all across the nation" to the"filth in textbooks used in pub­lic schools and to the teachingof "rebellious attitudes" to chil­dren in public schools.

"The people of this nation aresick and tired of having theseattitudes shoved down theirthroats," said Mr. Hill, pastorof the Freedom Gospel Missionin St. Alban's, W. Va., "The TenCommandments of the Biblehave been thrown away. The'thou shalt nots,' are 'thoushalts' today."

Noting that publishing com­panies publish textbooks for usethroughout the country, Mr. Hillsaid: "The people in power-theNEA (National Education Asso­ciation) for one:"-' decide whatgoes into the books. It's time theaverage Joe on the street, theaverage parent, has some sayin what goes in."

Mrs. Royer, who said the Na­tional Parents League (NPL) hashelped to set up about 150parent-controlled schools and hashranches in 30 states, said thatthe issue "is much larger thandirty books." Investigations shemade several years ago, she said,found that the public schools"were using various forms ofhehavior modification programsso detrimental to the child thatthe damage is incalculable.".

Diocesan OfficesTo Move to 'Abbey'

DE PERE (NC) - An agree­ment has been reached wherebythe Green Bay diocese will es­tablish temporary office facilitiesin a section of S1. Norbert's ab­bey here. Bishop Aloysius J. Wy­cislo of Green Bay and AbbotJerome G. Tremel made theannouncent.

All diocesan offices will relo­cate at the abbey. It is e){pectedthllt all diocesan' agencies anddepartments will be in the newlocation by the spring of 1975.

At present the various dioc­esan offices are in eight sl~parate

locations in Green Bay. Sinc~the Fall of 1973 the diocese hasbeen pursuing a number of alter­native possibilities of centraliz­ing diocesan operations and re­ducing costs.

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NAZARETH (NC)-No abor­tions will be performed in ani,hospital operated by the Sister!;of Charity of Nazareth, the ordlerdeclared here in a reaffirmatiortof its position. II

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Mary IHonoredOn Fegst Day

ROME (NC) - Pope Paul VIplaced a hJge urn of pink' andred roses at the base of a' col­umn topped; by a statue of the-Blessed Virgin in a traditionalceremony h;ere in Dec. 8, theFeast of thc!Immaculate,Concep-tion.- .

As thousands watched frombehind police barricades, PopePaul prayed briefly before themonument, Duilt in 1856 near theSpanish stairs, to commemoratethe promulgation of the dogmaof the Immaculate Conception in1854.

The base of the column wasfestooned ~ith floral displaysfrom Roman'. labor and civic or­ganizations; ,a group of producevendors contributed a samplingof choice fruits and vegetables.

Several hours before thePope's arriv:al, two Franciscanfriars recei~ed bouquets from

, women, children and young cou-ples. i.

A half hour before the Pope'sarrival, Rome's Mayor' ClelioDarida and Cardinal Ugo Poletti,vicar of the Diocese of '~ome,

placed a bed of white carnationsbefore the column on behalf of

,the city of R,ome.

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Cardinal AponteIs MediatorIn Conflict

SAN JUAN (NC) - CardinalLuis Aponte Martinez of SanJuan met here with labor leadersin a successful effort to end athree-month:old strike at thegovernment waterworks. He con­demned ,the sabotage and van­dalism that occurred during thestrike. .

He said his meeting with laborleaders Hector Rene L ugo and

- Francisco Figueras of the ,Water­works Employees Union "waspositive", but gave no furtherdetails.

Shortly after the meeting theunion membership approved rec­ommendations by a three-manmediation team on, solutions tothe strike.

In a statement issuf:d whilethe strike was in progress Car­dinal Aponte has said that "wevigorously condemn the sabotageand vandalism to which ourpeople are being submitted."

As he spoke police were dis­mantling what they called apowerful bomb found at theBristol-Meyers pharmaceuticallaboratories in Barceloneta nearhere. Four days before anotherbomb, exploded at the UnionCarbide factory. There were nocasualties. Properties owned bycorporations and the governmentwaterworks have been the targetof about 18 bombings since early

" December.

Blame Leftsists

Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon,called o,ut 1,700 members of theNational Guard to protect thewaterworks. Labor leaders,claimed they had no paJ't in thewave of violence. Observers saidleftists seeking independence fOrthe Commonwealth of PuertoRico from the United Statesmight be responsible for theviolence.

,Cardinal Aponte said he sup'ported gove~nment moves to"defend the common good." Headded that the Church defendsthe right of workers to unionize'themselves and seek better con­,ditions and, wages.

. . Howpver; -he added, ," I must: remind every worker who con­- sider~ himself' a ,Christian thathe is',morally bound. against theuse of violence, sabotage orcrime even if he is defending a~ood' cause."

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Program ElicitsL'etters, Calls

NEW YORK (NC)-A programon Death and Dying broadcaston NBC-TV Nov. 24 has broughta strong response from viewers.

The program was a filmed pre­sentation of the work done byDr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, whoworks with the terminally ill inChicago. It was a filmed presen­tation of the NBC Religious Pro­grams Unit in association withthe Division of Film and Broad­casting of the U. S. CatholicConference (USCC).

Dr., Kuhler-Ross, a native ofSwitzerland, said she attemptsto make death "more naturaland less fearful."

Jesuit Father Patrick J. Sulli­van, director of the USCC's divi­sion for film and broadcasting,said that his office "has beendeluged with calls 'from all overthe country" complimenting theprogram.

During the first week after theprogram, he said, his office re­ceived more than 6:000 letters,many requesting transcripts ofthe show.

A letter from one couple,Father Sullivan said, noted thatthe program left both of themin tears.

Another added: "It was one ofthe best programs I have everseen on television."

Father Sullivan said that afterstudying the reaction to the pro­gram, his office may be able tocome up with more concrete ex­amples of what the viewing au­dience wants to see.

the recognition of, respect forand, where necessary, the resto·ration of these principles whichconstitute the irreplaceablevalues in the development of anadvanced people."

Pope Paul said these principlesinvolve "the fum:tional differ­entiation of women through nat­ural identity from that of men,hence the originality of her verybeing, of her psychology of ,iterhuman 'and Christian vocation."

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their fullness of energies."Even when some of the pres­

ent experiences being u'ndergoneby women are undesirable, hesaid,' "they maY.t,proveusefu!lat~r; "if in society. women will'affirm the sound principleswhich· are universally' knownso as to attain new balance indomestic and social life."

Explainin.,g his point further,Pope Paul declared:

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Not all these developments arenegative, he added, "and in thissense women of today and oftomorrow perhaps may moreeasily develop the possibilities of

He noted: "They have accessin an ever-increasing measure,on wider levels of specialization,to the professional fields. Thereis also an accentuated tendencyto prefer non-domestic areas ofwork."

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI told the Italian Unionof Catholic Women -Jurists thatthe Church "is directly inter­ested" In all questions involvingwomen's role in today's chang:ing society.

The P,ope -received the groupof Catholic women who hold of­fice in Italy as regional or localjudges, or are private lawyers,on Pec. 7. The' group held itsconvention in Rome' this yearto discuss woman in Italiansociety tod~y-., ,

~ointing 6ut tha't :he- has estab­'Iished a special Vatican commis'sian to study the role of womenin Church and society, the Popenoted that Italy moved "in arather short period of time" froman agricultural to ail industrial­ized society.

Pope Paul noted that today'swomen are enjoying more equal­ity in education as well as "agrowing emancipation in relation'to men and a new concept andinterpretation of their roles aswives, mothers, daughters, andsisters."

CandlesMan has always wished to

prolong the day and flee fromthe terrors of darkness; thuslight has from the earliest timesbeen a symbol of Christian joydispelling the darknE!ss of pagan­ism.

UNESCO AwardedJohn XXIII Prize

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI has awarded theJohn XXIII Peace Prize to theUnited Nations Educational Sci·entific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO).

The presentation was madeto UNESCO in' Paris by Arch­bishop Giovanni Benelli, papalundersecretary of state.

It was the second time theprize had been awarded. Thefirst winner was Mother Teresa,the famed nun who founded theMissionaries of Charity in Cal­cutta, India, to help the dyingand abandoned poor there andin other countries. Mother Ter­esa received the prize in January1971.

The John XXIII Peace Prizewas set up and founded throughthe $160,000 peace award thatPope John himself had receivedfrom the Balzan Foundation, anItalian-Swiss corporation. PopeJohn left his prize money forthat purpose when he died thesame year.

Majority FavorsGovernment AidTo Parish Schools

BLOOMINGTON (NC)-A ma­jority of U. S. citizens f,avor anamendment to the U. S. Consti­tution that would permit govern­ment financial aid t~ parochialschools, according to the sixthannual Gallup Poll of publicattitudes toward education.

The results of the survey,sponsored by the CFK founda­tion, appeared in the Phi DeltaKappan, the monthly magazineof Phi Delta Kappa, the profes­sional educational fraternityhE!adquartered here in Indiana.

The survey, taken last May,indicates that 52 per cent of theU. S. public favors a constitu­tional amendment that wouldpermit government finan~ial aidto parochial schools, 35 per centoppose such an amendment and13 per cent said they do notknow or did not answer.

Of those with no children inschool, the percentages were: 52in favor, 35 opposed, and 13with no opinion. Of parochialschool parents, 66 per centfavored an amendment, 26 op­posed. and 8 per cent had noopinion.

This survey showed a signif­icant change from the results ofthe 1970 Gallup Poll on publicattitudes toward education. Thenthe question was: "It has beenproposed that some governmenttax money be used to help pa'rochial sctlOols ffi'3ke ends meet.How do you feel about this? Doyou favor or oppose giving somegovernment tax monev to, helpparochial schools?" The findingswer-e: .48r,p~ ..(&ent in fav,(j)r ,of'~id,"44 per cent opposed and 8 percent no opinion.

,A spokeswoman for the Gal·luI' organization said that fourper cent is not a statisticallysignificant difference, becau'seUle survey procedure producesresults that may vary by fourper cent' . ,

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Finish First DraftOf Directory

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thef!ryt draft of the National Cate­chetical Directory will be sentto the nation's bishops by thefirst of the year. according to areport made to the annu:al gen~

eral meeting of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops.

Archbishop John F.Whealonof Hartford. Conn., reported thatthe first draft is the result of anation-wide consultation withbishops, priests. Religiolls andlaity. .

The second consultation isscheduled to begin Jan. 1, 1975;tnd will.lasLuntil. April.3G;.1975.

Help NorthernIrish Children

WArSHINGTON (NC) - SOn'lechildren in Northern Ireland "ej~­joy violence." said Lady Patr.ic!laFischer, a former member of t~ieBritis~ Parliament who repn~­

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al Council of Women of GreallBritain. "We want to try to stolpthis, to try to give them a com,­pletely different picture of theworld." II

The two women, Lady Fishell,a Protestant (Church of Ireland),.and Lady Tilney, a Catholic, arl~

founders and co-chairmen drWomen Caring Trust. a twdfyear-old. London-based ecumen.ical charitable organizatior/I,which raises funds to supportactivities in Northern Ireland dellsigned to help children therl!overcome the effects of growint:upon a strife-torn region. I!

They are on a two-week visiitto New York, Boston and Was:hll

- i?~t~n to raise funds for the alclltlvltles supported by Womer.1Caring Trust. II

A Belfast psychiatrist {ounelthat the five years of violenc~iin Northern Ireland have had'"terrible" psychological effectJ!on children "especially thosewho've known nothing else,'.'said Lady' Fisher. Childrer/Ihave seen members of their fam·,ilies shot. killed, bombed, sild!said. pointing out that t"t is 11q~1uncommon for "a child to an­swer a ring at the door and bels'hot or see his parents shot.·.. I

One Belfast schoolteacher, shellsaid, told -her of -'being nervous I

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that they had been shooting atsoldiers the night before. Chil-IIdren "have produced guns in 'I'

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Another speaker at the con­ference, the first held for sevensoutheastern states, was the Rev.Robert Holbrook of Hallettsville,Tex., representing Baptists forLife, who said that many pro­abortionists attempt to makeabortion a church-state issue.Making abortion a church-stateissue. :he said, gives some per­sons the chance to opt out andavoid involvement in a "Cath­olic" issue, allows people to saythey are more .interested in per'sonal freedom than in the life ofthe unborn. and allows others to'indulge their religious bigotry.

"The point must be stressedto all the media." he said. "thatthis is a human issue. involvingpersons of all religious persua­sions."

of the common law, misinter­preted the statutory laws of theseveral states, made scientificerrors. extended the meaning ofthe' 14th Amendment to the U. S.Constitution beyond intendedlimits. and neglected to considerthe will of the people by ignoringvotes against abortion in NorthDa:<ota and Michigan. .

Indulge Bigotry'The opinion was a good ex­

am]>le of 'judicial legislation,'"Daly said. "since the justicesmerely decreed that the unborninfant is not a person. Theyfailed to ascertain the facts be­fore deciding on the law:'

ASlk Funds to SaveOld Newark Church

NEWARK ~NC)-The' pastorof St. James' Church and other

. interested -citizens have launcheda d::ive to save' the church, oneof the city's most famous.-

S~. James' has been a land·mark in the city's Ironboundarea, which ,has welcomed waveafte.r w..ave of immigrant people,sinc3 1866. A tentative recom­mendation to raze the churchhas already been made by thearchdiocese because of the ex-

_tensive repairs and renovationsthat would be necessary.

IE~ltimates of the cost of re­storing the church and its steeplerun as high as $300.000, accord­ing to Father Joseph Jaremczuk.pastor.

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BU Professor Stigmatizes Supreme Co~rtATLAN'JiIC BEACH (NC)-The

1973 U. S. Supreme Court over­turning most state restrictionson abortion rulin.g "set the s"ealof approval on violence as asocial solution and selective kill­ing as a means of· populationcontrol," a Boston Universitymedical school professor sa'idhere.

Speaking at the southeasternconference 'of the National Rightto Life Committee (RTL) here,Dr. Mildre~' Jefferson, professorof surgery at Boston Universitymedical sc!)ool. charged the S~­preme Couit with acting on in­adequate information and underthe influence of pro-al;lOrtionists.

She said. the decision "madethe pregnant woman and thedoctor super-citizens, reducedthe father to a sub-citizen withno defined right to protect thel~fe of his child, and the unbornchild a non-person in -the eyesof the law i .."

She also questioned the judg­ment of P~esident Gerald Fordin nominating for the vice pres­idency Nelson Rockefeller, whoas governoc' of New York intro­duced that. state's permissiveabortion laW.

"If the PJ;esident is concernedwith promoting healing and uni­ficat'ion, he, will withdraw thename of Nel$on Rockefeller." she

. said.Attorne~John Daly of Jack­

sonville, Fla;. contended that theSupreme Court abortion decisionwas based on misunderstanding

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Pop~ Paul NamesThree PrelatesCardinal-Bishop

vATICAN .CITY (NiC) - PopePaul VI has promoted three car­dinals to the rank of cardinai­bishop by naming them toRome's so-called suburbicarianchurches.

They are Cardinal Jean Villot,the papal secretary of state; Car­dinal Antonio Samore, prefect ofthe Congregation of the Sacra­ments, and Cardinal SebastianoBaggio, prefect of the Congreg3­tion for Bishops.

At the sam e consistoryin which the 'Pope promotedthese cardinals, he ,gave CardinalFranjo Seper the now largelyformal title of chamberlain ofthe College of Cardinals. Cardi­nal Seper, a Croat from Yugosla­via, is prefect of the DoctrinalCongregation.

The s eve n suburbicarianchurches of Rome were the firstdioceses established at the out­skirts of Rome. and thE'ir'bishopswere among the first cardinals toform a consultative body of bish­ops around the Pope in the earlycenturies.

Cardinals who hold title tothese dioceses no longer governthem as tbzir bishop. since mostof these dioceses now have be­come too large to be adplinis­tered part-time by a man whoseprincipal duties lie in the Vati­can.

Cardinal Villot was appointedtitular to the church of Frascati.CardinalSamore to Sabina andPoggio Mirteto, and CardinalBaggio to Velletri.

See DiscriminationAgainst Catholic,WASH~NGTON (NC) ......:' Cit­

izens for Educational Freedom(CEF). a national non5ectarianorganization supporting parentalrights in education ,based here,and the Ohio Civil Libel'ties Un­ion have charged an Ohio schol­arship fund with discriminatingagainst Catholics.

But the fund, the WagnallsMemorial in Lilthopoli5, Ohio,'has denied any discrimination. '

1'he memorial administersscholarships from a trust estab­lished in 1935 by Mabel Wag­nails Jones to honor hell" father.

. Adam Wagnalls. co-founder ofthe Funk and Wagnalls publica­tion firm.

In her will, she called forscholarships for "all" residentcitizens of Lithopolis, her fa­ther's birthplace, and neighbor­ing Bloom Township, withoutdiscrimination on the basis ofrace or religion.

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IiNO. ATTLEBORO PREPARES FOR HOLY YEAR: Rev. Mr. Kevin Harrington, deacon

at Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro preaches on "the hope of the world and the kingdomof heaven in the spirit of reconciliation" during the Mass in St. Mary's Church, No. Attle­boro, one of the churches designated by Bishop Cronin as a pilgrimage church in the finalphase of preparation for the Holy Year. Rev. Cornelius J. Keliher, pastor of St. Mary's isin the sanctuary.

Priests' EducationFunds Approved

INDIANAPOLIS (NC)-Begin­ning July I, 1975, every priest inthe Indianapolis archdioceseshould receive up to $75 a yearfrom the parish or institution heserves to cover his costs for at·tending workshops or other con­tinu education programs. Thenew policy was announced hereby Archbishop George Biskup ofIndianapolis following a recom­mendation by his archdiocesanpriests' senate.

Tells Aged PersonsTo Remain Active

HOUSTON (NC) - A socialworker specializing in helpingthe aged has urged the 21 millionelderly persons in the UnitedStates not to retire from lifebut to live meaningfuly, pur­posefully.

The social worker, Mrs. VichyPeralta, director of Adult andAging Services of the Philadel­phia Department of Public Wel­fare, said: "Life is a gift fromGod and it's a privilege to live.Therefore, we must show our ap­preciation to God by continuingto give something of ourselves."

She urged elderly persons "toshow they care and it doesn'ttake money to live" by telephon.ing shut-ins, visiting the sick orwriting letters.

Mrs. Peralta, who was here toconduct a workshop on aging atHoly Rosary parish, said the el­derly can also avoid the night­mare of loneliness by "getting in­volved in projects like ProjectHEAD (Helping Elderly AdultsDirect)," an interfaith self-helporganization for the aging whichshe founded while she was di·rector of the Philadelphia arch·diocesan Department of Commu­nity Services on Aging.

League

Hockey

IN THE DIOCESE

Tonight Case meets Old Roch­ester, Dighton-Rehoboth playsNew Bedford Voke, Bishop Con­nolly will tangle with CardinalSpellman of Brockton and Ap·ponequet Regional of Lakevillecollides with Coyle in the nightcap.

hockey."The league is to be commend­

ed for recognizing the interestof its athletes to play scholastiehockey and thus adopting thesport. Its foresightedness in try·ing to head off unsportsmanshipactions on the ice is likewise'praiseworthy. It is importantalso that those fans who attendthe games conduct themselves ina fashion aligned with goodsportsmanship so that nothingwill detract from the true pur'.pose, of the game.

The oircuit will operate withthree divisions. The four Capeschools with hockey traditionsBarnstable, Falmouth, Dennis­Yarmouth and Bour..e will com­pete with newcomers DurfeeHigh of Fall River and New Bed­ford in Division I. The latter twowere added to the group primar.i1y because of their size and thefeeling that they would becomecompetitive quickly.

struction and playing time nec­essary to develop their skills atan early age.

Player and parent interest isat an all time high. The decisionof the Conference to sponsorhockey comes as no surprise. Itwas just a matter of time.

Most of the schools that willbe competing in the circuit havehad i<;.e hockey teams for a fewyear-so However, they have beenplaying on a club basis for themost part. A few like Barnstableand Falmouth have had formalhockey teams for years and havequalified for state tourney playnumerous times.

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

By PETER 1. BARTEKNorton High Coach

Southeastern Mass.

T 0 Inaugurat~ Ice

Second Annual Silver City TournamentBishop Connolly High of Fall tion period. One of the main at­

River which has produced some tractions is the Second Annualexcellent teams the past few Silver City Hockey Tournamentyears and last year's Bristol which will be staged at theCoun!y Leagl\e champion Taun· Taunton Family Rink beginnington are expected to be among this week.the leaders in Division II. Som- Sixteen schools will vie for theerset, Dighton-Rehoboth, New title in the single eliminationBedford Vocational and Seekonk tourney. Twelve of the entreesround out the bracket. Coach are schools from the S.E. Mass.Bob Souza of Somerset sees the Conference. In first round actiond·ivision well balanced with no last night New Bedford' playedclub having a decided advantage. Wareham, Durfee met Fair-

The third division includes .haven, Somerset took on Taun­Dartmouth, Wareham, Old Roch· ton in games involving leagueester High of Mattapoisett, Case members. Bristol Aggies ofHigh of Swansea, Megr. Coyle- Dighton played Bridgewater.Bishop Cassidy of Taunton and Raynham in the other game.Fairhaven. Each school will playdivisional opponents twice duroing the campaign and only divi·sional games will count in thechampionship race.

While the official league open­ers will not be played until Jan­uary 4, there will be plenty of'action over the Christmas vaca·

The real change for the com·ing season is that the schoolswill compete under the auspicesof the league for div,isionalchampionships. The decision ofthe multi-school loop to accepthockey as a conference sportwas arrived at after many hoursof debate. The governing boardrecognizes that hockey is a fast,hard hitting game,' contact ispart of the sport and that toooften altercations result.

1'n order to make its positionclearly understood the leaguehas sent letters to hockeycoaches and officials requestingthat all possible steps be takento prevent any unfortunate sit·uations. League president Stan­ley' Brabiec of Fairhaven hassaid, "it is the intent and goalof the Conference to have a sea­son of good competitive hockey,unimpaired by the adversary re·,lationship and antagonistic spiritthat has frequently occurred in

The Southeastern Massachusetts Conference will in­augurate its first season of league ice hockey commencingin January of 1975. In keeping with the philosophy ofthe circuit, schools have been aligned into divisions accord­ing to competitiveness andgeographical. considerations.Eighteen of the 26 memberschools will sponsor teams inthe loop, with the winner ofeach division automatically qual·ifying for post season statechampionship competition.

'J1he popularity of ice hockeyis vividly demonstrated by theever increasing number of boyswho are joining .the various youthand club hockey leagues now inexistence throughout the ~i·

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