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Senate ApprovesReligious Plan

At the regularly scheduledmeeting of the Fall River DioceseSenate of Priests held Friday,Feb. 8, at the Catholic MemorialHome in Fall River, the assem­bled priest-senators passed a res­olution that was the result ofthe work of the Committee forReligious of the Senate. TheCommittee under the jointchairmanship of ,Rev. JamesNickel, SS.CC. and Rev. Msgr.William Thomson presented aplan that would give more equi­table distribution of priests be­longing to religious communi­ties working in the diocese ofFall River on the Senate.

The proposal reads as follows:"Be it resolved that every reli­gious order/congregation repre­sented by five or more priestsin the Diocese elect from itsmembers active in the Dioceseone representative to the Senate·for a term of two years; and thatthose religous orders/congrega­tions represented by less thanfive priests in the Diocese electfrom their collective membership

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Confession BoxTo Remain

WASHINGTON (NC) - It is"completely wrong" to say thatconfession boxes will be abol­ished as a result of the new Pen­ance rite, a leading liturgist saidhere.

According to .Father FrederickMcManus, director of the U. S.Bishops' Committee on the lit­urgy, when the Vatican pub­lished the new ritual book forthe sacrament of Penance orReconciliation, on Feb. 7, it "leftto ,the decision of the episcopalconferences" what rules wouldbe established for places of con­fession.

The new rite retained privateconfession to a priest and indi­vidual absolution for the recep­tion of the sacrament, even whenPenance takes place in a com­munal setting. ,

But the rite did not specifical­ly require the traditional con­fession box. Rather, it spoke of"places of confession" and saidthat individual bishops' confer- .ences have the right to deter­rhine guidelines for appropriateplaces of confession in theircountry.

Father McManus explainedthat if any changes do takep~ace, they will take a while."The Bishops' Committee on theLiturgy will perhaps make rec­ommendations." he said. "Thebishops will perhaps vote toaccept them. The Vatican willperhaps approve them."

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sacrament of Penance/Reconcil·iation back into the dynamismof life."

those evils associated with abor­tion. We are indeed concernedwith the moral fiber of the coun­try."

He referred to the "new medi­-cal ethic" in which "the dignityand sanctity of the person is sac­rificed upon the altar of publicutility."

He cited examples of physi­cians who claim that some babieshave "deformities non-compatiblewith human life" and that physi­cians should make life-death de­cisions for such infants by eithergranting or refusing life-sustain­ing treatment.

"Two or three years is a rela­tively short period of time whenit -comes to amending the Consti·tution," he said, but he pointedout 'that the mass destruction ofinnocent human tife goes onwhile . the amendment processworks slowly.

then the translation must alsobe approved by the Vatican. Theprocess will take well over ayear and perhaps twd or three,he predicted.

The new norms which changethe name of the sacrament tothe Sacrament of Penance orReconciliation, retain individu.alconfessions in most cases butprovide for communal prepara­tion and thanksgiving. There willbe "no unexpected changes in

. the communal ce\l~bration of thesacrament in the U. S.," FatherKrosnicki said.

The new norms also suggestcelebrating the communal as­pects of the rite without confes­sion and absolution. These occa­sions, he said, would be "a wayof celebrating certain liturgicalseasons ... especially Lent." But,he noted, there. could also be

.special pastoral reasons or occa­sions which would lend them-selves to communal pententialcelebrations.

The new rite, Father Krosnickisaid, "is an invjtation to theCatholic community to place the

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Tentative DateSet for Hearing

WASHINGTON (NC)-March6 and 7 have been set as tenta­tive dllJtes for opening hearingson a proposed amendment to theU. S. Constitution which wouldreverse the 1973 Supreme Courtabortion ruling.

While still trying to reconcilethe dates with the schedules ofvarious witnesses, the Senatesubcommittee on constitutionalamendments is planning to hear.from Congressiona1 witnesses on

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Americans do n'ot want abortionon demand.

"Let us not deceive ourselves,"the senator said. "What is calledthe 'a'bortion issue' transcends

WASHINGTON (NC) - Al­though changes in the sacramentof Penance are certain, their ef­fects will not be felt for at leasta year and probably longer, ac·cording to Father Thomas Kros­nicki, associate director of thebishops' Cgmmittee on the lit-urgy. .

In a news conference held hereto explain the changes in therites of Penance announced hereand at the Vatican Feb. 7, FatherKrosnicki said that several timesduring the week may have to beset aside for reception of thesacrament, not just Saturdaynight as many church schedulesnow have it.

The Church and pastors, headded, will have to "do some re­considering of our past prac­tices." However, he noted thatit would be up to local pastors

. as to how often they wouldschedule the new rite.

But before the new rite be­comes etfective, he added, itmust be translated into English,approved by the National Con­ference of Catholic Bishops, and

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James ,Buckley of New, York ad­mitted here that his mail is only"slightly in favor" of his pro­posed constitutional amendmentto protect the lives of unborn in·fants, but declared that electedrepresentatives now should"stand up and :be counted" onthis .issue.

Referring to the 1973 SupremeCourt abortion decision as slop­py in its craftsmanship and ig­norant of its science, Sen. Buck­ley said the seven justices whodenied that unborn infants were'persons entitled to constitutionalprotection "went athwart theclear intent of the framers ofthe 14th amendment."

The Conservative· RepublicanBuckley told a fund rasing din­ner for the National Right to LifeCommittee recently that he isconvinced that the "majority of

of making ethical considerationsan automatic part of decision­making.

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PHOENIX (NC)-Top manage­ment in business must not onlybe ethical, but also be perceivedas ethical, a Catholic Universitypresident said here.

Jesuit Father Raymond Baum·hart, president of Loyola Univer­sity of Chicago, told HarvardUniversity Business School alum­ni here that the problem of eth­ical appearance is one of theprime implications of the Water­gate affair.

Father Baumhart, who holds amaster's degree in business ad­ministration from the HarvardBusiness school and has a doc­torate in commercial science,emphasized that managementhas an obligation not to under­mine ethical standards by settingunreasonably high sales quotasor other unreasonable goals. Acompany with "a pirate at thetop will tend to have pirates be­low," the priest said.

Noting that ethics seem toimprove as individuals grow old­er, he recognized that cynicstake the view that older mencan afford to be ethical.

He advised young profession­als, he said, to cultivate the habit

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During the first meeting hereof the newly formed executivecommittee of the NCCW, themembers said that the goal oftraining women for roles of lead­ership would be implemented bya series of traveling institutesto be held in 15 locations in thenation.' .

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Confession"Continued from Page One

But in any case, Father Mc­Manus said, "what is completelywrong is to say that confessionboxes will be abolished. Other,wider possibilities may be openedup '.' . What these will be, it'sreally hard to say. My guess isthat things will be more flex­ible."

He cited recent guidelines forchildren's confession which sug­gested that the place for con­fession should be open so thatthere will be less fear, but farenough away from the group(in communal celebrations) toinsure privacy.

"On the other hand there arepeople who Wiant the absoluteanonymity of the' confessionbox," he said. '

The guiding principle for pas­toral practice in the UnitedStates, he said, will be that "weshould try to accommodate theneeds of the people."

The Church law, which wascodified in 1917 and is now inthe process of revision, requiresas 'the' normal place for 'confes-

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'Ecumenism, Charismatic RenewalMost Important, Cardinal Says

NEW YORK (NC)-Ecumen-' And you have here a youthism and the charismatic renewal which is more future-orientedare the two most _important than past-oriented."movements in the Church today, Asked to comment on the feel­according to Cardinal Joseph ing that the ecumenical move­Leo Suenens of Malines-Brussels, ment is at a standstill, he replie(j:Belgium. "This is not my feeling at 'all. It

Cardinal Sueriens, a 'champion is true that at the' moment thereof the ecumenical forces at the are not such sensatonal and.Second Vatican Council, was spectacular eveilts as the meet­here to participate in a seminar ings a few years ago between thefor Episcopalian bishops at the Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras'Trinity Institute. and Pope Paul, or of the visit

The United States is a good 'of (Anglican) Archbishop ~Mi­'location for' ecumenism to grow, chael) Ramsey of Canterbury to 'he said. "You are free from the Rome. But I strongly believe theobstacle of a long history of ecumenical movement is goingmutually inflicted sufferings. on at different levels."

Cardinal Suenens compared itto flying in an airplane. Beforetaking off there is much noisefrom the engines. But once in theair one hears nothing, and theimpression of motionlessnessarises.

But in reality there is motion.And occasionally the atmospher­ic depressions which occur makeone very conscious of the flight."And so," Cardinal Suenens said,"I think we will have incidentsand even documents which arenot pleasing and which may cre­ate obstacles, but this is notstopping. I see not only far away,but the landscape where 'landingis possible,"

ECUMENICAL LITURGY: The profile of Cardinal Leo­Joseph Suenens, above, of Malines-Brussels, Belgium, standsout against stained glass windows and a main altar cross atRiverside Church in New York. Episcopal Bishop PaulMoore presided at the liturgy which began with ~ serviceof the word. The liturgy 'Was held during the second dayof a three-day ecumenical institute featuring the cardinal,the Archbishop-of Canterbury and ecumenical Prior RogerSchutz of Taize, France. NC Photo.

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March 6 and .from other wit­nesses on March 7.

The news of the hearings washailed ,by Bishop James s.Rausoh, General 'Secretary ofthe National Conference of Cath­olic Bishops and the U. S. Cath­olic Conference (NCCB-USCC).He called it "a moral imperativeof the hIghest order" to protect"the life and well-being of allhuman beings, before as well asafter birth."

The hearings will concern twoamendments before the Senatesubcommittee:

-An amendment introducedlast May 31 by Sen. James L. ,Buckley (Cons. R.-N. Y.), whichwould outlaw abortions exceptwhen continuing the pregnancywould e!ldanger the life of themother.

-A June 29 proposal by Sen.Jesse A., Helms (R.-N.C.), whichgives "equal protection" and"due process of law" to anyhuman being, from the momentof conception. The' Helmsamendment· is~ identical to thatproposed in the House of Repre­sentatives by Rep. LawrenceHogan (R.-Md.),which has re­ceived 'strong backing frommany right-to-life groups.

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active in the Diocese one repre­sentative to the Senate for aterm of two years: And by thisamendment. Article IV, Section4, P..aragraph 3 of the constitu­tion is hereby rescinded."

The resolution was passedwith all senators present in favorwith two ahstentions. Subject toapproval by the Most ReverendBishop, this change in the consti­tution would augment the pres­ent senate by six members givingreligious priests in the diocese"eight members and the diocesanpriests twenty-four members.

Marriage PreparationIn other' reports, Rev. Edward

Correia reported that a bookletwas in formation that would beof assistance to prie~ts workingwith Portuguese speaking peo­ple in the area of marriage prep­aration. Rev; Peter N. Graziano,president of the Senate of prieststold of his meeting with thepriests of the Taunton area andspoke of their overall impres­sions of the Senate as being ofpositive outlook.

Rev. Thomas Lopes, the liai­son of the Fall River Senate withthe National Federation ofPriests' Councils, presented theareas of concern for the forth­coming meeting of the House ofDelegates. Some of the areas in­volved in discussion includedDistribution of Clergy, a Searchand Share Program, Religiousvalues in public ~hools, Pastoralconcern of Catholics divorcedand remarried or desiring remar­riage and the Procedure for theselection of Bishops.

The next meeting of the FallRiver Senate of Priests will' beon Friday, March 8, 1974 at theCatholic Memorial Home in FallRiver, Mass. at eleven o'clockin the morning. All priests areinvited to attend.

His Excellency, the MostReverend Daniel A. Cronin,Bishop of Fall River, is recuper­ating at Saint Mary's Cathedral

,Rectory in Fall River from recentsurgery. Dr. Thomas B. .Quigley,noted Boston orthopedic surgeonand Professor of Clinical Surgeryat the Harvard University Medi­cal School, removed a torn car-

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Bishop Grateful/or PrayersI am very grateful to the many priests, religious

and lay people of the' Diocese of Fall River for thekind messages, remembrances and visits during myrecent hospitali~ation. I am particularly. grateful forthe good prayers which so many offered.

Thanks be to God, the operation was completelysuccessful, and 1 look forward to returning soon toa full schedule of activities.

In my gratitude to Almighty God for the waceof good health, I take from' my' recent experience'aspecial consideration for all who are sick, all whoare prevented by illness from full activity; I sendthem my special blessing, and ask their: good prayersfor the prosperity of God's Kingdom in the Dioceseof Fall River.

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Seek RollbackOf Fuel Prices

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - An.ecumenical group of clergymenhas called on federal, state andlocal politicians to support a roll­back to the gasoline and oilprices of Nov. 1 until Congresscan verify that "an oil crisis doesin fact exist."

Msgr. Frederick .r. Moore, pas­tor of St. Cecilia Church, saidthat the action has been takenby the clergymen because "thebig oil companies are out tomake a fast buck" at the expense

, of individuals.The cost of heating, he said,

has doubled for Catholic parisheseven though less fuel is being

, used. The Catholic archdiocesanpurchasing ,group stands to losesomething .like $3 to $4 millionthis year, if the present situationcontinues, he said.

"Where will the money comefrom?" Msgr. Moore asked. "Tui­tions wHl have to be raised.Something will have to ,be done."

SIX CATHOUC CHARITIES APPEAL DIRECTORS MEET: Area directors of theCCA discussing the mechanics, theme and procedures for this year's drive, are: Rev. JustinJ. Quinn, pastor of St. Kilian's, New Bedford Area Director; Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, pastorof Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton Area Director; Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes of OurLady of the Angels, Diocesan and Fall River Area Director; Rev. Bento R. Fraga, assistantpastor of Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro Area Director. Rev. John F. Andrews of St. FrancisXavier Parish, Hyannis, Cape Cod and Islands Director, was not present when the photowas taken.

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FAIRHAVEN (NC) - FatherFintan D. Sheeran has beenelected to a second term as pro­vincial at the Congregation ofthe Sacred Hearts, East CoastProvince.

The Irish-born provincial, whotaught ,in seminaries in the U. S.and Ireland, presided over a re­structuring of his order's provin­cial system. In 1969 FatherSheeran became the first pro­vincial to be chosen by an elec­tive process for the three-yearterm.

Jesuit ReceivesPoetry AW<lrd

NEW YORK (NC) - JesuitFather James A. Janda has beenawarded the fifth annual SarahO'Loughlin Foley Award of $250for the best poetry appearing inthe Jesuit-edited 'America mag­azine during 1972, the mag­azine's editors announced.

Father Janda received theaward for a group of five poemsentitled "To Be Black" which ap­peared in the issue of April 15,1972.

He has also published in theUniversity of Illinois' So'westermagazine, the University ofIowa's Poet and Critic and the S1.Louis University Magazine. Hereceived a first prize for poetryfrom the Wednesday Club of St.Louis.

Father Janda is now doingparish work in New York Cityand writing short stories.

The Foley Award was estab­lished in 1969 by Dr. William T.Foley in honor of his mother andis awarded, annually.

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"The laity," he added, "is be­ing called on now to performmany roles once limited to thepriesthood, evidenced in the Un'it­ed States by the increasing num­ber of laymen serving as minis­ters of the Eucharist."

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Attractingattract vocations 'simply with anapostolic, activist ideal."

However, the most significanttrend today, the abbot said, is thegrowing importance of the laity,which he attributes to the de­cline in vocations.

MonasteriesLATROBE (!'fC) - "Any mon­

astery with a clearly defined pro­gram or ideal tends to attractvooations," according to AbbotPrimate ~embert Weakl,and, headof the World Confederation ofBenedictInes.

While viSIting S1. Vincent Mon­astery, where he served as arch­abbot before going to Rome asabbot pr,imate, Abbot Remberttold the Catholic Accent, thenewspaper of the diocese ofGreensburg, Pa., that "both con·servative and liberal monasteriescan and are achieving success in'attracting vocati'Ons."

The size of a monastery, hesaid, has little influence 'On the

'success of attracting vocations."The dedsive factor with re­

spect to vocations is whether ornot a pa'l'ticular monastery, largeor smlfll, liberal or conservative,is doing something significant,something alive," he said. "Peo­ple like to be where the actionis-even if that action is goodcontemplation."

The attitudes of priests andReligious, he said, Me of primeimportance in attracting voca­tions.

"By that I mean priests andReligious who attmct vocations'are contented," he explained.

. "They're not suffering throughcrises both personal and voca­tional; they know who they areand they know what they'redoing." ,

A growing interest id prayer,he noted, has manifested itself'all over the world in the attrac­tiveness of the Oriental systemsof prayer, :jncluding Hinduismand Buddhism, along with a

'sharply 'increased interest inprayer generally. '

"I find this growing interest'in prayer an important elementwith respect to vocations," Ab­hot Rembert explained. "Eventhe most 'a'Ctive young peopleconsidering v:ocations stress thegrowing importance of prayer.In my opinion, we can no longer

Shriver to AddressRights Conference

NOTRE DAME (NC)-SargentShriver, the nation's first direc­tor of the Office of EconomicOpportunity (OEO), will discussexecutive leadership in two ad­dresses scheduled March 21-22here.

In his presentations to a civilrights conference, Shriver willdiscuss strategies planned andexecuted by the office of the'president in gaining passage ofkey civil rights legislation andimplementation of civil rightspolicies.

The' conference will mark threesignificant events: dedication ofthe newly established CivilRights Center and Reading Roomat the Notre Dame Law School,the 20th anniversary of the Su­preme Court decision prohibitingracial segregation in publicschools, and the sixth anniver­sary of the death of Dr. MartinLuther King Jr.

Shriver, who was also the first'director of the Peace Corps andthe Democratic vice-presidentialcandidate in 1972, was NotreDame's commencement speakerand recipient of an honorarydoctorate in 1961, recipient ofthe 1968 Laetare Medal.

Area DirectorsDiscuss PlansFor Appeal

The 33rd annual CatholicCharities Appeal will be con­ducted throughout the dioceseof Fall River during April andMay.

The Appeal will provide fundsfor the many apostolates ofcharity, mercy, and social andeducational services in the dio­cese to all people, regardless ofrace, color and creed.

The mechanics, theme andprocedures for launching thisspring's Appeal were discussedat a meeting of the area direc­tors with the diocesan directorRev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of FaIl River, ser·dng as honorary chairman for thefourth year, will be bhe mainspeaker at the Appeal kick-offmeeting for over 900 membersof the clergy, religious and laityof the diocese. The kick-off ofthe Appeal is Wednesday, April17 at 8 P.M. at Bishop ConnoillyHigh School in Fall River.

Msgr. Gomes announced plansfor the agenda of the kick-offmeeting and he stated that thespecial gift phase of the AppealWliIl be held from April 22 'toMay 4. The parish house-to­house campaign will be con­duoted on Sunday, May 5 fromthe hours of 12 noon to 3 P.M.The parish level of the Appealwill conclude on Wednesday,May 15.

The area directors will be incharge of special gifts and par­ishes in their respective sections.Area direotors present at theplanning meeting were: Rev.Justin J. Quinn, St. Kilian'sChurch, New Bedford; Rev.Bento R. Fraga, Holy GhostChurch·, Attleboro; Rev. John F.Andrews, St. Francis XavierChurch, Hyannis; and Rev.Waiter A. Sullivan, SacredHeart Church, Taunton. Msgr.Gomes, Our Lady of the AngelsChurch, is also area director ofthe greater FaIl River section.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - TheCampaign for Human Develop·ment (CHD), has announced thatapplications for 1974 gr~nts willbe accepted until Feb. 28.

CHD, the U. S. bishops self­help anti-<poverty effort will an·no'unce grant recipients in thefall. Since it was begun fouryears ago, CHD has collectedover $20 minion and fundedmorf;l than 500'projects.

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One of the prime social con­sidera~ions of the next 10 to 15years, Father Baumhart said, will,be how much efficiency thiscountry is willing to sacrifice inthe n'ame of social responsihility.

Father Baumhart said that anethical price is one that coverscosts and provide a reasonableprofit, a profit that is sufficientto make the company's stockcompetitive with others.

Among the young, there is nota great tendency to switch fromthe attitu<le of "work hard andmake .money" to emphasis on jobsatisfaction, he said, adding thatyoung people give evidence of"more talk than action" in thatregard.

In starriM roles are EdyvardLambert, Chris White, RaI1l)araHamel, Robert Soares, PatriciaTenczar, Ravmond Delisle, GailDePaola. Paul Levesque andNancy Dupre.

Orchestration is under the di­rection of Madeleine Delisle, amusic teacher in the SomersetSchool System who has enga~ed

talented musicians from Caseand Somerset 'High School. Themusic is under' the' direction ofMr. Frederick 'Murphy, S.J.whotrained the soloists and chorus.

·Performances will 'be on Fri-'day, Saturday and Sunday eve­nings. Feb. 14. 16, 17, 1974 at .8:00 in the auditorium of BishopConnolly High School. Ticketsmay be purchased at the door.

Connolly HighPlayers SetFor Mikado

The Connolly Players are near·ing completion of their recenttheatrical enreavor, "The Mika­do," a comic operetta in t·wo actsby Gilbert and Sullivan. With theaid of the students of -Bishop Ger­rard High School, the playershave amassed a sizeable chorusof "Gentlemen of Japan" andpert "little maids from school,"

The story revolves aroundNanki-poo, the son of "A MoreHumane Mikado," Emperor ofJapan, who goes about disguisedas "A Wand'ring Minstrel" insearch 'of his beloved Yum·Yum,the ward of Ko-Ko, the "LordHDgh Executioner" of Titipuwho's "Got a Little List" of soci­ety offenders. High on his listis Poo·bah, the Lord High Every·thing Else. Love blossoms when"Three Little Maids from School"arrive in town "As Happy Dawnsthe Wedding Day." Plans arespoiled with the arrival of Kati­sha, Mikado's assumed "Daugh-'ter-in-Law Elect." Now "Here'sa How·De-Do," All is made rightby the Mikado himself, when he"Let's the Punishment Fit theCrime,"

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Vice-Presidlent Supports SchoolAid, Anti-Abortion Measures

GRAND RAPIDS (NC)-Vice- efforts to win tax aid for non­President Gerald Ford said here public schools and to pass anti­that he will continue to support abortion legislat,ion.

In a press conference in hisformer congress'ional district,Ford said he saw no reason tochange his position on schoolaid and abortion because he had

At a meeting held at St. Eliz· assumed national office. Duringabeth's Parish Center, Fall River, his 25 years -in Congress, Ford ac­the Fall River-New.Bedford area tively encouraged backers of taXcommittee on the ~atechetical help for private schools. He alsoDirectory elected Rev. Pierre opposed the liberalized abortionLachance, O.P., of St. Anne's, law proposed in Michigan in 1972Fall River, as Chairman and Sis- and defeated in a voter referen­ter Mary Ellen Mahan, SUSC, of dum.the Academy of the Sacred For<l, who was in Grand Rap·Hearts, Fall River, as secretary. ids for a homecoming celebra·

This group will study the spe- tion, said he felt that competi­cific area of Presentation of the tion result\ng from a dual schoolChristian Message. The objective system helps ,both the publicof the work is to suggest norms school system and education inand guidelines for the teaching general.of reHgion. Using the fonnat of State Sen. Robert Van<lerLaan, .the materials in the General Cat-, the Republican nominee to suc·echeticar Directory as a basis, ceed Ford as Fifth District repre­the tas~ is now 'to make the sentative in Congress. has alsomaterial relevant to American favored tax aid to schools andCatholics. anti-abortion legislation in the

The directors of the sub-com- Michigan legislature. ,VanderLaanmittees are as follow: Sacra- is not expected to switch hisments: Rev. Daniel Freitas, Sis- views if elected to Congress Feb.ter Theresa Croteau, SSJ, Sister 18.Denisita Sullivan, RSM. Among events of the "Wel-

Paschal Mystery: Rev. Marc come' Home" Day' celebrationBergeron, Sister Mary E}den Ma- was a Vice-Presidential Layman'shan, SUSC, Rev. Francis Mc- Prayer Luncheon attended byManus, SSJ. about 900 men. Testimony was

Content an<l Adaptation: Claire given' by profiessional footballGossens, Sister Noella Letour- player Norm Evans of the Miamineau, OP. . . Dolphins and the Vice-President's '

Revelation: Rev. John P. Dris-. ' son, Michael, a theology studentcoli. at a Massachusetts seminary.

Rev. Msgr. Wilfred H. Paradis, Ford, an Episcopalian, took. theNational Director of the Project, occasion to comment on the re­gave the general background and- lationship between sports andoutline for the Directory ~hen the values of daily livIng. "Therehe talked to the interested par· are a multitude of activitiesticipants at a recent diocesan where people develop their per·meeting. Area group meetings sonal spiritual values.' Athleticshave also been held in the Taun- is only one of them," saId Ford,ton-Attleboro area and the upper once all-Big 10 Conference centerand lower Cape areas. Sister Rita at the Univers'ity of Michigan.Pelletier is coordinating the Fall "Each of us sets the scale ofRiver-New Bedford area; Sister his or her values through person­Theresa Sparrow, the Taunton- al experiences," the Vice-Presi·Attleboro area and Rev. Michel den added. '~For me athletics hasG. Mf;lthot the Cape area. be~n one of those experiences,':'

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Most newspapers try their very best to give. an accurateportrayal of the news. Understandably, they tend to po~nt

up the unusual and the exCiting. That is what sells news­papers. But they usually want to be fa~r and accurate. .

Sometimes they are accused of being biased when itis a matter of things religious. The answer lies in the factthat most reporters are not theologians; there is a time­squeeze between when the story comes in over a nationalnews service and when the paper comes out; there is littletime in which to check the story with some knowledgeablesoiJrce; sometimes there. is not the' cooperation here thatcould be wished.

-The result is that at times things religious are distorted.

Here is where the Catholic' press comes in.

Most people are interested in things of religion. TheCatholic Church has always made good copy and morethan ever in the last decade. So when stories come outabout the lCatholic Church, about matters of procedureor clarification of doctrine or further insight into beliefs,there is a desire on the part of people to know what it isall about. The secular, newspaper can be expected to tryto do its best b,ut oftentimes, through no one's bad will,there are distortions or over-simplifications or just· plainmistakes. '

People must turn to the Catholic press to receive thewhole story and with ~he right emphasis and conclusions.Very often these do not make 'as exciting reading as thefirst shrill shrieks of the daily headlines, but the concernis and must be for accuracy and education. Strong argu­ments, indeed, for the Catholic press.

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Political CampaigningThe United States political climate could benefit greatly

from the example now being presented by the present cam­paign activity in Britain that will culminate in generalelection there the last day of this month.

The campaign is a limited one. The rules for conductingit are strict as far as advertising and other campaign pro.motions. The costs are, then, modest in comparison with.the vast amounts of money spent in the United States.

The United States Senate select committee that isnow investigating political campaigning in the United Stateswould do well to take a lesson from the British book. Thesuggestion that there be a ceiling on contributions madeby an individual or group to a political campaign in theUnited States is of limited value. There will always bethose who will be able to skirt the law. But if in addition,to the money limitation there was a limit on the time

. spent in an obviously active campaign, then this wouldscale the campaigning down considerably. Public outragewould preclude the usurping of too much television timefor the political race, and a ruler-or yardstick-:-wouldkeep accurate~ track of the amount of newspaper advertisingbought and at what price. .

So it would- seem as if both the money spent and thetime allotted on political campaigning must come underscrutiny and could profit from the British pattern.

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Bolivia Declares.State of Siege

LA PAZ (NC)-The Boliviangovernment, troubled by strikesand by criticism from Catholicbishops, has declared a state ofsiege to combat an a'1leged guer·rilla movement.

. Gen. Hugo Banzer, Bolivianpresident, said that foreign guer­rillas had tried to set up basesin Bolivia to mount attacks onother Latin American nations.

In a radio .and television,broadcast, Banzer said that thestate of siege, which abrogatesconstitutional law, will give thearmy the power to crack downon alleged guerrillas. Numerousroundups of political opponentsof the regime were reportedfoHowing the Jan. 28 decree.

·Bolivia was beset by a seriesof strikes following price in·creases decreed Jan. 21. Laborleaders criticized the governmentfor this as well as for the smallsalary increases decreed to of.fsetthe price rises.

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parishioners in veneration of Pilgrim Virgin statue. The statue will travel to churches andhomes in Taunton-Attleboro area and was honored at Our Lady of Lourdes as parishmarked its pastronal feast Monday.

Priesthood TrainingAre~s Inadequate

LONDON (NC) - An Englishand' Welsh bishops' commissionsaid the pastoral training nowgiven in seminaries "is good andof great value to ·the training offuture priests" but added thatsome areas in the training havenot been adequately explored,such as industry, politics, racerelations and mass media,

The report, by the bi!>hops'Commission for Priestly Forma·tion, said that priests should beencouraged to study workingconditions, management tech­niques and trade union organiza­tion.

"If pr,iests recommend poli:~ical

involvement to their people," thereport said, "they ought at leastto know something of what theyare letting them in for."

Priests, the report said, musthave some knowledge and under­standing of the organizationsthat exist to further communityrelations and the social problemsinvolved.

Irish BishopsAsk School Aid

DUBLIN (NC) - The CatJho­lie bishops have asked the Irishgovernment for a massive in­crease in grants for the buildingand maintenance of primaryschools.

The government minister foreducation is expected to make

.a response soon.The bishops are seeking grants

for building and land purchasecosts, and the Catholic PrimarySchool Managers' Association,most· of whose members are par­ish priests, have applied for a50 per cent increase 'in school!paintenance grants.

At present, the governmentpays about 75 per' cent of thecosts of building a new schoolbut contributes nothing towardthe cost of sites. The cost ofsites accounts for about one·third of the total cost of a neWschool.

The present maintenancegrant paid by the governmentamounts to only one-third ofthe running costs of schools insome areas and about 50 per.cent throughout the country asa whole.

Asserts CubanCatholic ReligionHighly Personal

PANAMA CITY (NC)­Churches remain open but reli­gion must remain "highly person­al" for Catholics in Cuba, accord­ing to a priest who has just re­turned from a visit to that com­munist nation.

'Father Carlos M. Ariz, rectorof the Catholic University SantaMaria la Antiqua here, said thatwhile "there is a great opportu­nity for the development of a loy­al and exclusively evangelicalChurch in Cuba," Catholics will"always find serious barriers ,inascending to leadership posts.even if they enthusiastically col­laborate with a revolutionaryprocess."

This is logical, the priest said,since "all the government appa­ratus is oriented and directed bythe Cuban Communist party."

Father Ariz said that "all reli­gions are respected as long asthey don't 'llssume a counter-rev­olutionary attitude. All churchesremain open and even the bigstatue of the Sacred Heart ofJesus still stands on I.:a Cabana."La Cabana is a small mountainoverlooking the sea in Havana.

.Religion for Catholics is high­ly personal and "must limit itselfto a deeper understanding of themystery of faith. This faith ispurifying and is reduced to itsmost uncontaminated essential:a faith directed exclusively 'forthe kingdom of God,' " the priestsaid.

ArchdioceseStartsBlack Secretariat

WASHINGTON (NC)-A blacksecretariat, believed to be oneof only ·three in the nation, hasbeen established by the Wash­ington archdiocese, which hasone of the largest black Catholicpopu~ations in the n!ltion.

The secretariat, which was ap­proved by Archbishop WilliamBaum, will have "an advocacyrole," according to an archdioc-esan .spokesman. .

The result of a massive arch­diocesan self-study two yearsago, the secretariat will initiallyconsist of an interim board com­posed of the steering committeemembers who have been draftingplans for the secretariat.

Diocese to Produce·NewRadio Program·

MANCHESTER (NC)-The of­fice of commuuications of theCatholic diocese of Manchesteris going to write and produce anew 15-minute weekly radio pro­gram on religion in the news tobe heard on 12 New Hampshideradio stations starting in Febru­ary.

The new program, called Con­tact, will report on major eventsin religion" especially in NewHampshire churches. and on thereligious dimensions of majornews stories of the day, saidFather PhHip P. Bruni, directorof communications for the dio·cese.

"Contact is not intended as aplatform for the CatholicChurch in New Hampshire,"said Father Bruni. "It is designedto inform our people of the reli­gious eve.'lts in our state, ournation and our world, to enhanceand offer perspective to theirown faith."

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 14, 1974

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The Parents' Association ofSacred Hearts Academy, FaIIRiver, will sponsor a ProspectClub dance in the school gymna­sium at 8 p.m. SaturdaY,March2, -with Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeCummings in charge of arrange­ments.

The parents will hold a pennysale in April, for which arrange­ments will !be made at the nextexecutive and advisory boardmeeting, to be held at 8 p.m.Wednesday, March 6 at the resi·dence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Le·tendr.e, president couple.

Urges RejectionOf Violent

NEW YORK {NC) - "The vio­lent must be rejected, they mustbecome the outcasts of society,and they must be heroes to noman; woman or child, for theyspill innocent blood that criesto heaven for vengeance," Auxil­iary Bishop John J. Doughertyof Newark said here.

In a sermon at Holy FamilyChurch-established to serve theUnited Nations community-at acelebration of the World Day ofPrayer for Peace, Bishop Dough·erty, chairman of the U.S. Cath·olic Conference Committee onSocial Development and WorldPeace, recalled walking with chil­dren in the slums of Belfast"and listening to the words oftheir anxious mothers, sensingthe climate of fear in which asociety lives and hesitates tobreathe.

"And filled with a sense ofrighteous wrath I say to myself,we must not only lament the in­

.discriminate violence, we· mustabhor it, and with an overpower­ing conviction of its non-accept­ance, -withdraw support from theviolent, support by words, byfunds, by shelter."

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Following Ro,ads of CharityNuns Consecrated to Good of Whole Church,

Pope Paul AssertsVATICAN CI'IY (NC)-Nuns your boast, your daily sacrifice,

are consecrated by their voca- . YOUT reward, your crown. Theretion to "the good of the whole is no other reason which hasChurch," Pope Paul VI told thou- led you to give your life tosands of women Religious gath- Chr,ist Jesus, by means of theered in St. Peter's Basilica, Feb. 2. hands of Mary, than this: to

The Pope summoned the serve, to serve souls, to servewomen Religious of Rome to the the Church, the whole Church."'basilica to take part in the tra- The Pope continued: "We wiHditional annual presentation of let those who do not know orcandles on the Feast of the who forget this reaHty questionPresentation. your state, criticize it, discuss it

For the second year in a row,' and perhaps despise it. But yourthe Pope chose to honor the vocation is in this, entirely in'Church's women Religious 'with this, in this total obligation toa speciaiceremony that in the the Church, whether your livespast has been limited to repre- are worked out in the secret andsentatives of male Religious crocified life of the cloister ororders, the pastors of Rome and they follow along the innumer­other clergy. , able roads of charity which you

Cardinal Paolo Marella, arch- foHow untiringly and in thepriest of St. Peter:s, Cardinal servke of all human needs."Arturo Tabera Arauz, prefect ofthe Congregation for Religious.and the c~mons of the four patri·archal basHicas of Rome - St.Peter's, St. Paul's Outside theWalls, St. Mary Major's and St.John Lateran's-were the onlymen present at the ceremonymentioned by the Pope in hisspeech.

It was the Sisters' day and thePope said it was an occasionthat oftfers us reasons for greatconsolation." The Pope stressedthat "you beloved daughters inChrist are consecrated to thegood of the whole Church!'

"This is your definition, this,

Preaching InstituteTo Sponsor Work~hop

NEW YORK (NC)-The Wordof God Institute, a group set upto foster renewal of scripturalpreaching, is sponsoring anEpiscopal-Roman Catholic work­shop to e~plore "The Ecumen- .ical Dirmensions of BiblicalPreaching."

The workshop, to be heldMarch 19-21 at the New YorkCity headquarters of TheOhristophers, will ·survey oppor­tunities for Inter-faith pastoralachievements based on biblicalpreaching. These include inter­denominational parish renewals,pulpit exchanges, joint liturgiesof the word, coordinated Biblestudy groups and a variety ofyouth programs.

Keynote speakers are BishopJames W. Malone ,of youngs­'town, Ohio, and Episcopal Bish­op Cuthbert KN. Bardsley ofCoventry, England. The work­shop is open to 25 selected in­dividuals from each of the twocommunions.

There are days I'd give a fortuneif I could just find that littlecard I wrote the next dentist'sappointment.on.

I have another good idea. Thegovernment could collect allmothers' grocery lists and com­pile them into. one all-purposelist available for SOc from theGovernment Printing Office.

Any mother would send SOcto save all that time writing listsof: t bgs, cerl, brd, jly-grp, mlk,noodls, and green glitter forfairy costume.

The mothers who gave theirlists to the government, couldclaim a tax deduction ... thenwhen all those lists are sold, thegovernment w'ould earn back the .lost taxes. -

.WOpld UnderstandThe Pr-inting Office might

have some doubts that the listswould be of value, but PreSl.identNixon would understand the rea­soning behind the fact that gro­cery lists are always forgottenand ~eft home, so it reaUydoesn't matter what they saidanyway.

It's somewhat comparable tohaving printed billions of gasrationing coupons on the sameday the fuel companies an­nounc~d there is no crisis.

Financial accountablil'ity -formothers is complicated. How doydu recoro these transactions?"How come you wasted thebirthday money Grandma gaveme ... on dumb shoes?" "I'lllend $5.00 to get milk and bread,Mom .. and can I borrow thecar?"

Few mothers would snoop intheir child's diary .. much lesspay someone else to do it forthem, though I'm sure somewould if the family security wasthreatened.

I think I know just how Pres­ident Nixon f~els. My chJildren'"just voted 5 to 3 in favor ofimpeachi':!g their' mother!

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Look at Nixon's problems withenergy. How many mothers ~ave

hea~d their kids say: "Whydidn't you. know we were run­ning out of peanut 'butter?""Why didn't you go to the storesooner?" "There's nothing toeat" -

Or this variation: "I knowthere are cookies around heresomeplace,. but you've got themhidden because you want tomake that· ice-box dessert be­cause your friends are comingto tea. We're starving ... andyou've got cookies."

Missing TapeOr consider the missing 18

minutes of tape: "Mother .where did you put my shirt ...the one with 'Property of theGreen Dev-Dls' stenciled on thechest?" "Hey, Mom, where aremy best jeans ... the ones withall the patches?" "Where'd n:tycomfortable sneakers go?"

These, a mother generally an­swers,' "They must be someplace. Keep looking. Why nottidy your room, and maybeyou'll find them.'" .

Then there's' the problem ofexecutive privilege. 'lIow comeyou're allowed to talk to Grand­ma for a half hour on the .phone,and we're allowed only five min­utes to talk to our friends?"

The value of Nixon's papersis difficult to determine; a'mother's notes are priceless.

Loses in Tax ProtestOn Abortion Decision

BETHLEHEM (NC)-An Ohiofarmer who refused to pay hisincome tax in protest againstthe U. S. Supreme Court's 1973abortion decision, has found theInternal Revenue Service (IRS)unsympathetic to him.

The IRS has ordered with­drawal of $490 from the bankchecking account of BrendanFinnegan, a Richland Countyfarmer who last year filed his1972 tax retlirn but withheldwhat he ·owed.

Instead of enclosing a check,Finnegan attached a letter andsome pictures of aborted babies.He told the IRS that he wouldwithhold his taxes "until ourgovernment passes and enforceslaw to protect the unborn fromabortion."

I know very little about politics, but I wouldn't besurprised if President Nixon has great empathy for moth­ers. I bet if we mothers got together and answered him, he'dendorse laws giving mothers immunity, liberal tax deduc­tions, exemptions from everhaving to testify about any­thing, and a blanket permis­sion to raid their kids piggybanks.

There's a great similarity inNixon's situation a.nd that of

. being a mother.

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Archbishop WitnessesCovenant Signing

ALBANY - (NC) Witnessingthe signing of a covenant of mu­tual concerns between a Catholicand a Episcopal parish was oneof the highlights of ArchbishopMichael Ramsey's visit here.

The purpose of the covenantis to symbolize the grass-rootsecumenism that is essential ifunity is to be achieved betweenthe two churches.

Archbishop Ramsey of Canter­bury, who is the primate of theChurch of England, EpiscopalBishop Allen W. Brown of Al­bany and Catholic Bishop EdwinB. Broderick of Albany endorsedthe covenant.

Pledges made in the covenantinclude sharing facilities, makingall programs available to theother congregation, gathering to­gether periodically for prayerservices, working together forsocial justice, sponsoring jointsocial events, petitioning God inthe liturgies for a reunion of thetwo churches, praying for eachother.

Offici'ol Sworn InAfter Crisis

NEW YORK (NC)-James R.Dumpson was sworn in here asNew York City welfare commis­sioner despite an earlier reli­gious controversy over his pos­sible appointment.

The controversy started aweek earlier when Dumpson re­vealed that a deputy mayor hadtold him "certain seotariangroups" had voiced opposition tohis appointment to the welfarepost.

Both the mayor's office andDumpson declined to specifywhich religious groups were lob­bying against him. But othersspeculated that the oppositioncame from Catholic and Jewishwelfare agencies because Dump­son has supported a lawsuitchallenging the religious~based

system of child placement inNew York.

The Federation of Jewish Phi­lanthropies of New York andCatholic Charities of the Brook­lyn diocese-whose territory in­cludes part of the city-deniedthe charges. New York archdioc­esan Catholic Charities refused tocomment.

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necessary to insure purity ofdoctrine, it is the second stepin the process of beatification.

Among her writings whichwere scrutinized were her spir­itual diary, her notes on spiritualexercises and examinations ofconscience, and various writingspertaining to the administrationof Mother Drexel as the daughterof international. banker FrancisAnthony Drexel. During her min­istry to the Indians and blacksin America, she spent more than$20 miillion of her own money.She was born Nov. 26, 1858, inPhiltadelphia and died March 3,1955, in th(! motherhouse of theBlessed Sacrament Sisters inCornwells Heights, Pa.

Cardinal. John Krol of Phila­delphia will be the principal cel­ebrant at a Mass in the Philadel­phia cathedral on March 10, thetenth anniversary of the openingof her beatification process.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - TheConfraternity of Christian Doc­trine's (CCD) National Center ofReligious Education and theCatholic University of Americahere have announced the co­sponsorship of a workshop on"Religion and PUblic Education."

The purpose of the workshop,June 16-21, is to raise the aware­ness of religion and public ed­ucation among CathoHc religiouseducators on the parochial, dioc­esan, state, college and universi­ty levels, the CeD said.

The workshop, to be held atCatholic University, will "inves­tigate both the theoretical andpractical questions, problemsand implications of religion inthe public school curriculum,"the CCD anounced.

The workshop will be staffedby a team of experts from thePublic Education Religion StudiesCenter, which runs a national re­search center on religion andpublic education at Wright StateUniversity, Dayton, Ohio.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Thebeatification process of MotherKatherine Drexel, foundress ofthe Sisters of the Blessed Sacra­ment, has complet~j anotherstep here with the approval ofher writings by the Vatican Con~

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giving orders to one of his sisterswho was trying to save the onecan of walnut~ to use for cookiesshe was going to bake for a pa­jama party and he, of course,wanted them for the batch shewas making for him.

I think it's safe to say (withoutbringing all kinds of retributionon my head) that my generation,growing up, did not spend a .great deal of lime in the kitchen.Our mothers cooked (the majori­ty of them were not workingmothers as we are today) andthey did not encourage us tobother them in the kitchen.'Per­haps it's our permissive attitude,perhaps it's the fact that somany of us have to have helpin the kitchen, but whatever thereason, our children are more aptto feel that the' kitchen is alsotheir domain.

Daily BakingOne of my friends at school

daily brings us a sampling ofcookies that her children havemade the previous evening. Herdaughter loves cooking, so hardlya day passes by that she doesn'tbake something and even theboys in her family get into theact.

The same thing happens in ourhouse. Yesterday it was brown­ies, today it's cookies. A dayhome from school means at" leastone batch of something in thekitchen. Jason is the only onewho doesn't get into the act ex­cept for licking the bowl.

While my friend Barbara'sdaughter is older and more ad­venturous than my brood (herChristmas 'coffee bread was justelegrant), I do feel that they toowill graduate from the basks,with time. And as long as theyrealize that cooking can be awarm and rewarding experience(pius a good eating one) thenI'll overlook the constantlymessed-up kitchen and just enjoythat extra batsh of warm cookies.

This is the recipe that getsused more than any other by theyounger 'members of the. family.It's a perfect one to let youryoungsters experiment on.

Spanish Catholic Action

Names Woman PresidentMADRID (NC)-A woman was

appointed president of the Span­ish Catholic Action organizationfor the first time. Miss Pilar DiazPenalver y Colino was appointedby th~ permanent commission ofthe Spanish Bishops' Conferenceduring its recent meeting here.

Miss Diaz Penalver was in­vested in a ceremony presidedover by Cardinal Vicente En­rique y Taracon of Madrid.

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By minimal experimentationyou should be able to arrive atparameters within which theplant will do reasonably well.Secondly, remember. that theplant will naturally reproduce it­self in some manner. If it repro­duces through seeds, to keep theplant in bloom, faded bloomsshould !be removed to halt seedproduction and the plant should,be fed as bloom appears. Feedingshould be done on a regular basisand the plant should be observedto determine whether feeding i's!beneficial.

Constant observation and ex­perimentation are the keys tosuccess in growing plants,whether they be grown indoorsor out. There are plants that dorequire special conditions andmost people do not have thecapabilities for proper growth intheir homes, but these are not soabundant as to discourage mosthome owners. On the whole,those plants found in floristshops can be grown in the homeor the florists wouldn't sell them.

The thing is to forget aboutpanaceas. There is no fertilizerthat is magical, there is no gim­mick that wHl absolutely guaran­tee success, there are no potsthat have a magic formula, norsoils that are infallible. The keyelement is the grower and his orher powers of observation.

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It is only recently that I have become involved in grow­ing plants in the house so I was not really aware of theinterest there is on this subject. Since I have beeI\ writingfrom my limited knowledge about the subject I have beenswamped with calls andquestions about what to do

'with such and such a plant,where to get seeds, etc.Frankly, I am amazed at theinterest and I am equally amazedat the lack of knowledge peoplehave about growing plants. It isalmost as if growth were someunfathomable process which hasa degree of the miraculous aboutit.

A little common sense appliedto the growth of plants can goa long way toward success. Firstof aU, keep in mind that the plantneeds water, light and food tosurvive. Each plant will vary inits need for these threl~ basicelements. By observation one candeter-mine some reasonable limitsto what is given a plant.. If forinstance a plant is grown in fullsunlight and it does not do well,shift it to a place where it getsindirect light if it looks dry, wa-ter it, etc. .

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SYDNEY (NC) - The Aus­tralian bishops have expressedregret that the arms race con·tinued at the expense of develop­ment programs and called on allgovernment and citizens whosecountries have nuclear weaponsto work earnestly for their ban­ning.

"The world's resources," thebishops said, "are needed formore basic and urgent tasks thandeveloping skills and weaponsfor destruction; the Gospel itselfdemands this of us. . .

"While we welcome the limit­ations on the development ofatomic weapons which somecountries have accepted, we reogret that research and develop­ment associated with atomicweapons is still continuing on amassive scale.

"Because of 'their extraordin.ary destructive power and con­sequent dangers of their prolifer­ation nuclear weapons should bebanned. . . Many nuclear weap­ons are "aimed indiscriminatelyat the destruction of entire cities"-warfare of this kind was un­equivocally condemned by theSecond Vatican Council as "acrime against God and man him­self,"

Californi.a TaxCredits Illegal

SAN FRANCISCO (NC) - Athree-judge federal district courthere ruled unc.onstitutional aCalifornia law granting tax cred­its of up to $125 to parents whopay tuition in nonpublic schools.

Joseph McElligott, director ofthe division of education of theOalifornia Catholic Conference,said that the decision was dis­appointing but not unexpectedin the light of the U. S. SupremeCourt decisions of last June.

He said the California decisionwas based on the SupremeCourt's decision in the Nyquistcase, in whkh a New York taxbenefit law was ruled unconsti­tutional. The federal court, here,he said, found the state law un­constitutional because the judgessai.l1 it "essentially only benefitsstudents in sectarian schools."

The law provided tax creditsranging from $25 to $125 perchild depending on the parents'income. Parents with incomesover $19,000 a year received no,benefit. The average ben'efit'perfamily was $100, McEtlligottsaid.

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Simmons pointed out that thecost fur services at the centerruns from $3 to .$10 and thatanyone living :in the area is qual­ified to seek help. "We don't 'asktoo many questions," he said."One of the reasons whv peoplehere are afraid to go to the hos­pital is that they arsk too manyquestions. We ask them theirname and address and we don'teven veritfy that."

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A QUARTER A LOOK: Dr. Delfin Nada examines apatient in a storefront clinic in New York which offers prob­ably the best bargain in town-a medical examination fora quarter. Capuchin Brother Chris~opher Varley started thelower East Side neighborhood social service organizationseveral years ago. An anti-poverty group called the North­east Neighborhood Association (NENA) sponsors the healthcare program. NC Photo

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, a neighborhood social service or­ganization begun several yearsago by Capuchin Brother Chris­topher Varley, offers what mustbe the best bargain in town­medical eX'aminations for 25cents.

His . storefront clinic as anaging tenement across the streetfrOm Our Lady of SorrowsChurch on the lower East Sideis making ,this possiJjJe throughthe efforts of an antipovertygroup called the Northeast Neigh­hood Associa1lion (NENA).

NENA sponsol'lS a comprehen­sive health care fiacility in anovercrowded five-story tenement.Brother Varley's storefront clin­ic, t:our block'S from the center, isthe first satellite clinic of theexpanding health care facility,which is believed to be one ofthe few in the narlllon set up withfedenal Funds independent of amedical school or a major teach­ing hospita1.

"We have hospitals in the'area,"sadd Brother V;arIey as hewatched Dr. Delfin Rada exam­ining a patient, ":but 'the peopledon't like them. There's a lot of!superstition here regarding med­icine. Our idea is to show thesepeople just how important medi­cine is to their daily lives."

Twice a week, the doctor Vlis~

its the Stanton Street facilitywhere he examines as many aseight to 10 persons each time.The exams cost between 25 centsand $3, including the price ofany prescriptions.

'IIf anyone needs follow-uptreatment, they are entitled to allNENA benefits," Brother Varleysa:id. "If they need an ambulanceone will come immedd'ately, orthey will provide a oar service."

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Fr. McManus NamedTo C. U. Post

WASHINGTON (NC) - FatherFrederick McManus, one of thenation's experts in liturgy andcanon law (the law of theChurch), has been named viceprovost and dean of graduatestudies at Catholic University ofAmerica here.

He succeeds Dr. James O'Con·nor, who has been appointed di­rector of the. new Boys' TownCenter for the Study of YouthDevelopment at Catholic Univer­sity.,

Father McManus joined theuniversity's faoulty as assistantprofessor of canon law in 1958and served as chairman of thecanon law school (later depart­ment) from 1967 until his newappointment. He is also directorof the U. S. Bishops' Committeeon the Liturgy, a post he hasheld since 1965.

Pope Paul Stresses ~ecessity

Of Prayer in Christian LifeVATICAN CITY (NC) - A they do not know how to pray

Christian life without prayer is and, in fact, unfortunately, .manyHke a "blown out candle," Pope pray no longer for formI~~blePaul VI told a general audience reasons, but for false ones.J n 30 The Pope asked: "Can thereaS· ~. for the second week be a Christian life wlithQut.pr~y-

on ~~~ I~~bject of prayer, the' er?" And he answered: "~t IS h~ePo t ed that the Christian a blown out candle, It IS a lIfe

pe s ress , .·th t l' ht". G d h' h WI ou Ig .must both lIsten to .0 '. W IC Th P e 'Said that despite theis another way of 'affu'Ilung the e DP. 'faith and must talk to him, prese~t averSIOn t~. pray~r, he

.' . ' has dIscerned that there IS be-w~:Ch IS p~ayer... ing reborn in the heart of the

Prayer IS the first. (halogu~ present generation a need for, anthat man can hold With GO.d, orientation and sympathelJic feel­the Pope said.."Giv~n t~e eXIst-, ing toward some form of prayer.ence of a relatIonshIp With God, "We are perhaps facing thewhich 'is a religion, th~ ~eed to first dawning of a spiritual as­address our words t? HIm IS born piration, which, though strange,spontaneously at fmit and then is nevertheless most human. Andbecomes a duty." in those who have turned their

Prayer, he said, springs "from steps toward this path of authen­a' fundamental act of the intel- tic Christ'i'Cln spiritualrity, thereIigence, almost as an instinct, al- shines already the dawn of morn­most as an intuitive act," rather ing and spring time light: howthan, 'as is often affirmed, "from beautiful it is, how true, howsentimental reasons or ignorance wise it is to pray."or self-interest."

Noting that prayer has disap- 'peared from the Jives of manymodern men, the Pope said:

"PeDple do not want to pray,

Name Cardinal Krol'Prelate of Year'

PHOENIX (NC), - CardinalJohn Kool of Philadelphia willbe awarded the American Prel­ate of the Year award by, thePolish American Congress ofPhoenix on' Feb. 22 here iilArizona.

The award is part of the 500thanniversary celebration of thebirth of ,the PoUsh astronomerMikolaj Kopernick (Copernicus).

A banquet honoring CardinalKrol, president of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishopsand the U. S. Catholic Confer­ence will be held by the Koper­nick 500 Anniversary Committee.

Cardinal Krol is of Polish­descent.

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Mechanical, Synthetic Liturgy"Destroys Purpose of Reform

• NEW YORK (NC) - A priest- tronic media 'was limited to theliturgist rapped the "mechanical worship context.and synthetic liturgy" produced "There is no question of theby the use of "film and other value of these media for evan­mechanical or electronic media." geliza'tion and education; in these

Father John Hugo charged areas the Church shou1d certain­that the intrusion of mechanically make extensive use of them,"media into worship destroys the he said. "They may be accept­purpose of liturgicall reform. able also ,in pareliturgies, espe-

It "inhibits, 1f it does not al-' dally as these are employed astogether suppress, the immediacy . teach'ing aids."of thrs person1al worship experi- The new Rite of the Mass does.ence and expression . . . it does not forbid the use of electronicndt and cannot call forth the or mecbanica'1 media, Fatherspontaneity and exp.ressi~eness Hugo said, but it doe~ not en­of those assembled In faIth to vision their use either.worship God," he sa'id in an arti· A • t' '. th dU"ectory. .. I R n excep IOn IS . ec~e In HomJlebc and Pa~tora e- for children's Masses just pub-\!cw, a monthly for prIests pub- Iished by .the V'CllJican Congrega.IIs~ed hereh· I 'f the tion for Divine Worship. With

The :w o.e re~son "or ct':tain preoautions and specialmodern lIturgIcal reform, Father "'c that is' mechanica'l-H 'd" t d an era care, mUSIu~o sal, was ? en I ,roduced" may be used in chil-

o! lIstless and pasSIve spectator- Ir Pn, Masses the congregationship and to transform our assem- ~d s , , .blies into tru~y worshipping com-, sal. ,munities. If the media now take It also stressed an eXlp'andedover a leading role ·in worship, use of "visual elemen!s" t~ "per­the liturgical reform of Vatican mit children to perceIve.VIsually(Council) II, a thousand years in ~he great deeds.of God 10 creat·coming, will have been undone in i0':l and r.edemPtlo~,and thus ~up- .one generation." port theIr. pray~r. The Vatican

Father Hug,o, fonner chainnan congregatIOn dId not, however,of the Pittsburgh diocesan wor- directly comment on ~e u~e ofship commission, stressed that films or slides as pOSSIble VIsualhis objection to the use of elec- elements fqr the Mass.

Pope Takes Issue With CriticismOf Church Marriage Legislation

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MADRID (NC)-A meeting be­tween Cardinal Vicente Enriquey Taracon of Madrid and CarlosArias Navarro, Spain's new pre­mier, was evidence of the easingof Church-state tensions that hascome in the wake of the assas­sination of former premier, Ad·miral Luis Carrero Blanco.

The weeks prior to the assas­sination witnessed a deep crisisin Church-state relations, markedby demonstrations, takeovers ofreligious buildings all over thecountry, and hunger str.ike byseveral priests. At the sametime Catholic 'bishops, tradition­ally a mainstay of the regime,became increasingly bitter intheir criticism of governmentpolicies.

Although no official version ofthe cardinal's meeting with,Pre­mier Arias was issued, Catholicsources here said that it was"extremely cordial" and that thetopics covered were "very im·portant:'

The Catholic daily Ya saidChurch-state tension had eased."There is silent' reflection amongthe more acUve groups withinthe Church ... and a rethinkingof the sources of conflict regard·ing religious and political mat·tel's," the paper said.

Ten CommendmentsBill Passed

ANNAPOLIS (NC)-The Mary­land House of Delegates haspassed and sent to the Senatea bill that would allow studentsor teachers to recite the TenCommandments from the Bibleeach day in the public schools.

Passed by a vote of 104 to 8,the bill amends Maryland lawregarding school prayer to allowindividual teachers and elemen­tary and secondary school stu­dents to recite the command­ments each morning. Privatemeditation, Scripture readingand prayer are now permitted inMaryland.

The U. S. Supreme Court ruledagainst offidally sponsoredprayers in public schools in 1962and 1963. In 1971, the U. S.House of Representatives voted240-162 in favor of a constitu­tional amendment that wouldallow prayer in public schools.The vote, however, was short ofthe two-thirds majority neces­sary for Congress to enact pro­posed constitutional amendments'and send them to the states forratification.

Last September, the 28 bishopson the administrative board ofthe U. S. 'Catholic Conferencecalled for a constitutional amend·ment permitting prayer and reli·gious instruction in "public insti­tutions, "including public schools.

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from the Vatican to be orda,ined.His family, hospital employes

and the Augustinians werenamed as giving esssential aidduring his recovery from theaccident. And then there werethe 21 seminarians in Atkinson'sresidence. How many of themlent a hand?

"All 01' them," he replied."The guys get me up, put me in'bed, dress me, feed me."

But he has some degree ofmobility thanks to a motorizedwheelchair and a van that pre­dates Ironsides:' Through exer­cise, he retains neck movement,and with the aid of mechanicaldevices he is able to tYipe.

"Other people have problemsthat I don't have," Atkinsonpointed out. "I look at them and

. say I'm lucky. Everybody has a()ross to bear. I look at every­body and say that everybodycounts, just because they are."

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Bill Atkinson, Quadriplegic, OrdainedBy Cardina'i Krol

VILLANOVA (NC)-Bill At­kinson was ordained by CardinalJohn Krol of Philadelphia eightyears after he lost the naturaluse of his arms and legs in a to­baggan accident.

Father Atkinson, believed tobe the first quadriplegic to beordained in the U. S. and pos­sibly in the world, was ordained,in St. Alice's Church in suburbanUpper Darby before a crowd of900 people, 150 of whom werefellow Augustinian priests.

In commenting on Atkinson'sordination, Cardinal Krol said,"This is a good day for all ofus."

"A lot of people wouldn't letme die," said Atkinson, who hadto receive speci~ permission

QUADRIPLEGIC IS ORDAINED: William E. "Bill"Atkinson talks with Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia froma wheelchair before his ordination, beli,eved to be a first fora quadriplegic. With them is the ordinand's brother, AI,linebacker for the New York Jets football team.

The Pope was clearly referringto a speech given at the recentopening of the juridical year ofthe Rome vicariate's tribunal byProf. Pietro D'Avack. The pro­fessor, who is dean of ecclesias­tical law at the University ofRome and former rector of theuniversity, characterized thepresent Code of Canon Law asbeing "decrepit, out of date andparadoxically inhuman."

The professor, who is also alawyer licensed to practice be­fore the Roman Rota, shocked as­sembled judges and lawyers ofthe Rome diocesan tribunal bysta'ting that the Church is wrongto claim the primary end of mar·riage ·is the procreation of chil­dren.

,In touching on this incident,Pope Paul began his commentsby urging his audience to have"trust in the legislation of theChurch:'

The Pope said that he couldnot hide the surprise experienced .by himself and others "resultingfrom some criticisms, excessivein their expression and not al·ways well founded, regarding thepresent canonical legislation onmatrimony, delivered by a veryauthoritative person in a placeand on an occasion which wereworthy of a far more reverentand objective language:'

"We have just indicated thisknown episode to you so thatyou too, since you are experts in­terested in the matter, may knowthat we do not share any of thejudgments there pronounced onthe present discipline of theChurch on such an importanttheme.

"It is true that following thenegative comments of the speechthere were those that were posi­tive. and of such we take notewith loyal recognition. But itseems to us that the value af­firmed in these second comments,instead of confirming the first,(negative) one, correct them:'

ence for European Security andCooperation.

"The Polish government ex­pressed to the Holy See its es­teem for its effortS and proofsof good will, seelcing to consol­idate (support) of the peacefulcoexistence of peoples and ofjustice in international rela­tions," the communique stated.It added:

"The delegation of the HolySee expressed its appreciation tothe Polish government for theconstructive contribution of thePolish People's Republic towardnormalization of relations in Eu­rope and in favor of worldpeace."

The communique stated thatthe "principal problems concern­ing the religious situation in Po­land and the normalization ofrelations between the state andthe Church were ,the object ofparticularly deep discussions.

"The government of the PolishPeople's Republic confirmed forits part the desire to continuethe discussions with the HolySee as well as with the Polishbishops. 'The Holy See expressedinterest in continuation, of di­alogue with the Polish People'sRepublic and the conviction ofthe usefulness of reciprocal con­tacts between church and state."

Pastoral PlanningJElFFERSON CITY (NC) ­

Bishops and chancellors of allMidwestern dioceses have beeninvited by the Jefferson Citydiocese to attend the third Mid­west Pastoral Pl,anning Confer­ence here, March 11-12.

Franciscan UrgesMinority Voca'tions

AUGUSTA (NC)--Special at­tention must be given to devel-'oping priestly vocations amongracial and ethnic minorities andto selecting bishops from amongReligious order priests if theclergy is to be effect.ive, Fran­ciscan Father Ivan Rohloff saidhere.

Addressing the seventh annualmeetng of the Atlanta ProvinceFederation of Priests' Councils,Father Rohloff said that "veryfew members of minority groupsenter our seminaries and prac­tically none persevere to ordina­tion."

Under present seminary prac­tice, said Father Rohloff, rectorof Assumption Seminary in St.Paul, Minn., minority studentsmust either conform to an alienculture and lose their own cul­tural identity, or retain theircultural identity at all costs. Inthe first case, a minority stu­dent "may make it through toordination, but will so have losthis cultural roots that he will beineffective with his own people,or in the second ca.se, he willleave the seminary because thecultural shock is too great:'

VATICAN CITY (NC) - PopePaul VI has rejected criticismsleveled at the Church's marriagelaws by a prominent ItalianCatholic lawyer.

The Pope defended Church lawin a speech to his annual audi­ence for judges of the RomanRota, Church high court, andother courts.

Vatican, Poles Agree to SeekBetter Church-State Relations

VATICAN CITY (NC)--Agree­ment to continue negotiations tohring about better relations be­tween Church and state havebeen reached at Warsaw by rep·resentatives of the Polish com­munist regime and it top Vat­ican dip'lomat..

The Vatican published (Feb.7) the text of a joint commu­nique agreed on in Warsaw onthe conclusion of a four·day vis­it by Archbishop Agostino Casa­roli, secretary of the Vatican'sCouncil for the Public Affairs ofthe Church.

Archbishop Casaroli, who isfrequently referred to the Vat­ican's minister of foreign affairs,is a specialist in negotiationswith Eastern European countries.His presence in Warsaw, to­gether Wlith a group of Vaticanoffidals, followed a visit lastNovember by Polish Minister ofForeign Affairs Stefan Olszow­ski to the Vatican.

The joint communique de­scribed the archbishop's visitwith the Po~ish officials as tak­ing place in an "open and cordialatmosphere." The two parties,according to the communique,discussed general problems ofworld peace and had a usefulexchange of their respectivepoints of view on the: Confer-

Catholic WOI1ker's principle was"to do everything possible our­selves before calling on thestate,"

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States Still LackConscience Clauses

ST. LOUIS (NC)-Thirty-ninestates have conscience clauses,the Catholic Hospital Associa­tion (CHA) annollnced here ina statement urging the 11 otherstates to adopt legal provisionsto protect those who refuse onthe grounds of 'conscience to co­operate in abortion.

A conscience clause generallygrants civil and criminal immu­nity to hospitals, physicians.or employes who do not wish totake part in abortion proceduresfor moral, ethical or religiousreasons.

Conscience clauses alreadyadopted, said a spokesman forthe CHA, usually protect insti­tutions as well as individuals,although some states do not per­mit institutions to ref-use to per­form abortions. ,

We Must Trust

Returning to the subject ofnonviolence, Miss Day said thatdespite the fact that house ofhospitality guests are not screen­ed; there has never been anyonehurt at the Catholic Worker. Webreak windows, not heads. Wemust trust each other!"

Speaking of the United Farm­workers, whose cause she sup­ports to the exte.nt of going tojail for two weeks last summerafter a California demonstration,she said "The farmworkers liveunder worse conditions thananyone," She appealed to herhearers to boycott grapes, let­tuce and non-union approvedCalifornia wines.

Of her stay in maximum se­curity jail barracks, she said,"The guards were friendly. Theywere union men themselves,"She commented that priests en­tered the prison weekly to sayMass for the stri'kers and notedthat "the present farm workerpicture looks '!ike utter defeatbut this is a union with a visionof a new way of life."

She summed up her years ofwitness wJth 'the comment: "Bewhat you want the other fellowto be,"

And she demonstmted hercommitment to voluntary pov­erty when she returned fromFall River to New York by bus,the cheapest available transport.With her she took a paper baglunch, including a three-day old,peanut butter sandwich. "It'sstill edible," she'said.

was first recommended to theCatholic Worker, by JacquesMaritain,"

A nonviolent Gandhian tech­nique followed by the CatholicWorker, said Miss Day, 'is that ofmaking no secret of what actionsare planned. "If we plan tomarch, picket, fast, or whatever,we tell the police or other au­thorities about it. The peacemovement doesn't resist evil.It's the whole business of accept­ing the cross. In houses of hos­pitality, you have many oppor­tunities to accept the cross,"she added. "There's violence allabout."

Miss Day said, speaking iron­ica1'ly, on the same night thatPresident Nixon declared in hisState of the Union message thatAmericans were enjoying thehighest standard of living everknown, "In my' long lifetiJ;11eI've never'seen conditions worse.So many weLfare programs havebeen cut out," She said that the

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Over the years, all has not'been smooth sailing for the con­troversial movement, she said.In World War II "a great split"occurred as many Workers de­parted from the principles ofpadfism to join the armedforces.

Nor did the Catholic Workercompletely support the contro­versial actions of the Berriganbrothers. "We did not supporttheir destruction of property be­cause in the Sermon on theMount it is said that you don'tdo to others what you wouldn'twant them to do to you. We be­lieve in nonviolence, followingthe teachings of Gandhi, who

mercy in the direct form of pro­viding beds and food for theneedy is the Catholic Worker'sphilosophical ,stand, always op­posed to war and totalitarianism.

"We were about the onlyCatholic group that opposed theSpanish Civil War," recalled

~'Miss Day.

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Visits Fall River, Speaks of Life WorkBY PAT McGOWAN

Dorothy Day, a living legend,spent two days in Fall River re­cently, attending a noon Massat St. Mary's Cathedr\ll while inthe city and remarking appre­ciatively on its exquisite rosewindow.

The 76-year-old co-founder ofthe Catholic Worker movementseemed tireless in the midst ofa lecture to~r taking her to Bos­ton, the Trappist abbey at Spen­cer, Mass., and BridgewaterState College.

At Bridgewater' she sp'oke toan audience, of faculty members,students and many area sub­scdbers to the Catholic Workernewspaper who seized the op­portunity to see and~ meet her.

Discussing the backgroundthat led her to the founding ofthe Catholic Worker in 1933,Miss Day saDd that as a younggirl she worked on a socialistnewspaper in New York and"was so hor~ified by what I sawthat I decided the only way Icould get over my aversion tothe living conditions of the poorwas to live with them."

Accordingly the 20olJellll'-oTdleft home and moved into a fur­nished room in a'dark, unheated

.house.

There were no bathing facil­ities, she'said, and public showerswere half a I mile dista)'lt fromthe house. Such showers exist'today for the poor of New YorkCity, she added.

In such an abrupt manner,she said, she was introduced tothe class struggle and to effortsof immjgrants to acculturatethemselves to American ways.

For some time, she said, sheupheld Communist principles,but friends told her she was tooreligious to make a good Com­munist, and they were- provedcorrect when in 1927 at age 30she was baptized a Catholic:

All'the time she continued to, write for various Socialist pub­

lications and it was her wrHingsthat brought her to the attentionof Peter Maurin, a. French peas­ant who had been a Christi,anBrother but who lett his com­munity seeking a way to foundChristian farming cOqlmuneswhich would support city housesof hospitality offering shelterand food to the needy with thedirectness and simplicity man­dated by the gospels.

Eager ListenerIn Dorothy Day the French.

man found an eager listener andthe Catholic Worker movementbegan to take form, eventuallyincluding farms, hospices incities across the country, manyof which are still in operation,and the famous Catholic Workernewspaper which for 40 yearshas maintained its price of· apenny a copy." Traditional at the New YorkCatholic Worker are Fridaynight meetings, said Miss Day.Over the years hundreds of thefamous and obscure have spokenat these forums, exposing then:t­selves to a gamut of questioners, 'ranging from the erudite to thealcoholic and emotionally dis­turbed who form a large propor­tion of the Worker's guests.

Going hand in hand with prac­tice of the corporal works of

Hits Vote on AidTo P'oor Nations, WASHINGTON (NC) - The

general secretary of the U. S.Catholic Conference character­ized as "humanly apppalling" and"potentially devastating" the re­jection by the House of Repre­sentatives vote of a proposed$1.5 biLlion loan to aid theworld's poorest nations.

Bishop James S. Rausch saidthat the vote reflects "the pro­foun'd malaise wrich presentlydominates the American scene"and exposes once again the terri­ble vulnerability of ·the poor tothe actions of the powerful.

The 1.5 billion representedone-third of a $4.5 billion loanpromised by the world's richercountries to ·the InternationalDevelopment Association (IDA),an agency which furnishes the21 poorest countries with low­interest, long-term loans.

Selecting BishopsCHICAGO (NC)-The National

Federation of Priests' Councilshas set up a task force whichhas the assignment of charteringa permanent committee on theselection of bishops. FatherCharles E. Ervin .has been as­signed to head the task forcewhich will work under theNFPC's Ministry and PriestlyLife Committee, of which FatherErvin is a member.

Theologian SaysSocial JusticeKey to Youth

ROME (NC) - An Americanlay theologian believed to be thefirst Catholic layman to teachat Rome's prestigious GregorianUniversity said he feels that theChurch must ",get with it" inpr~aching a consistent social jus­tice or lose today's youth.

Dr. Michael Galligan, whosesmall stature and 26 years' make,him look more a student thanprofessor, said that kids in theUnited States 'are not listening tothe Christian message" andmost show "a profound ignor­ance that the Church has eversaid anything" about justice ,andpeace in the world.

He also has some positive ideason how the Church can become,morellttractive to the young andis teaching those concepts at theGregorian, the Jesuit-run univer­sity St. Ignatius founded over400 years ago.

Stand With YouthA graduate of the University of

San Francisco and the depart­ment of religious studies at Yale,the young professor sat amongneat stacks of books in his one­room residence in Rome and con·sidered the question put to him:Where does the Church in theUnited States stand with youthtoday?

"One does not like to be aCassandra," he said, "to predictdisaster, but my honest reply isthat the Church is in a fairlyweak position.

"The irony in that it has thepotential of being in a. verystrong position."

Galligan said that for his con­freres at Yale "the Churchwas no part of their picture,"and for those with Catholic back­ground at USF, the Church was"still fairly weak.". The Church, he said, "will per­sist, even though it might losethis or that generation,"

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

Ashes will be given out at allMasses on Ash Wednesday,Feb. 27: 7 A.M., 4 P.M. and 7P.M. A Lenten Mission in Portu­guese is scheduled for Sunday,through Saturday, March 3through 9.

ST. KILIAN,NEW BEDFORD

The Ladles Guild will spon­sor a whist party for the benefitof the church at 8 o'clock onSaturday night, Feb. 23 in thebasement of the school at thecorner of Earle St. and AshleyBlvd. ,

Mrs. Theresa Wooley and Mrs.Mamie Farley will serve as co­chairladies.

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OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION,OSTERVILLE

The parish will sponsor ascholarship dance at OstervilleVeterans' Hall from 9 P.M. to 1A.M. Saturday, Feb. 23. Musicwill be by Mike Villani Trio anddoor prizes will be awarded.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE,SWANSEA

The monthly meeting of Ste.Anne Sodality will be held at8 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 20 inthe parish hall. Barbara Chad­wick will demonstrate crewelwork. Admission is free but res­ervations are necessary and maybe made by calling Muriel Pat­enaude, chairman, at telephone672·3586 or Cecile Couture,678-9450.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES,TAUNTON

The annual parish ham andbean supper will be held in theschool hall at 12 First St. from1:30 to 7 P.M. Saturday, Feb.23. Dinner music wil~ follow thesupper and the're will be dancingfrom 9 to midnight. A large ar­rangements committee is headedby Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mendes,Mr. and Mrs. John Correia andMr. and Mrs. Francis Cardoza.A pllinning meeting for the eventwill take place at 7:30 P.M. Mon­day, Feb. 18 in the rectory base­ment.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Bingo is played at 7 P.M. eachWednesday in the school.

The Home and School Assn.will meet at 7:30 tonight in theschool. Rev. Pierre Lachance,O.P., school director, will spe~k.

The 6:30 P.M. folk Mass Sun­day, Feb. 17 will feature theSt. Patrick Folk Group of Som­erset.

The parish committee willmeet in the school at 7:45 P.M.Monday, Feb. 18. The unit plansa Valentine dinner-dance for 7:30P.M. Saturday, Feb. 23 in theschool auditorium.

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ST. JOSEPH,TAUNTON

The annual penny sale willtake place Monday and Tuesday,Feb. 18 and 19 a,t SheridanStreet School. Cash awards of$300, $100, an.d two of $50 eachwill be awarded and winnersneed not be present.

fluIlllclty chllrmen of parish orianlzatlonsIrl asked to submit news Items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver 02722. Name 01 city or town shouldbe Included, as wall as lull dates Of IIIIctlvltles. Please send news 01 future ratherthin past events.

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

A "Sew into Spring" fashionshow, featuring styles createdand mode:ed by parishioners,will be sponsored by the Wom­en's Guild Friday night, March29 in the parish hall. Anyonewishing to participate may callMrs. Evonne Lavoie at telephone636-8053 for further information.Teenagers are especially invitedto exhibit their talents.

A Las Vegas Night programwill take place Friday, May 31and Saturday, June 1, with Mrs.Louise Buckley as chairman.

ST. JOHN OF GOD,SOMERSET ,

Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca,vicar general of the diocese, willbe honored by parishioners Sun­day, March 10 at a testimonialat Venus de Milo restaurant.Father Mendonca, former pastorof St. John of God, is now pastorof Our Lady of Mt. Carmel par­ish, New Bedford.

Edward S. Machado has beennamed general chairman of thetestimonial, aided by a largecommittee. Tickets are nowavailable from all members.

ST. JOHN,ATILEBORO

At Boy Scout Sunday cer­emonies Cub Scout Pack 4,sponsored by the parish, receivedthe Pope Paul VI award for itswork in promoting religious pro·grams in Scouting. IndividualParvuli Dei awards were also reoceived by 22 cubs, includingThomas Blanchard,Daniel Bul·lock, Edward Bullock, ThomasCourchesne, Henry Deslaurier,Donald DesVergnes, Dean Faw­cett Jr., Michael Gallant, WilliamGallant, Scott Hilsman, StevenH)'Iland, Dale Kelleher.

Also, Richard Lincoln, JosephNolin, John Reeves, RaymondSmith, David Teixeira, RaymondTondreau Jr., Keith Trepanier,Michael Turgeon, Denis Wainand Leroy Yarboro.

Leaders who attended a Scout­er Developml~ntProgram in orderto make the pack eligible for thePope Paul VI Award are GeorgeLincoln, Ben Bilello, RaymondTondreau Sr. and Anne Hyland.

The Parish Parade

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

A DrQP-In Center for parishteenagers will reopen at 7:30Monday night, Feb. 18 in theschool. Registration fee will be$1. Adults interested in aidingthe program are asked to con­tact Jim Gibney, telephone 675­2694.

Skiing Club members leavethe school yard at 5:30 P.M.each Wednesday. Those planningto attend should call FatherCampbell bl}fore 4 P.M. in orderthat transportation can be ar­ranged.

NAMED: Francis J. Butlerhas been named execu­tive director of the Bishops'Committee for the Observ­ance of the Centennial. NCPhoto.

most blistering language I haveever encountered in a decisionof this kind. "To deal effectivelyand meaningfully with a respon­dent such as this one," he wrotein his' decision, "the board'screativity will be taxed to theuttermost. Over the past three­and-one-half years, the boardand the courts have issued or­ders and decrees enjoining Farahfrom engaging in a wide varietyof unlawful conduct. This respon­dent has been repeatedly direct­ed to mend its lawless ways, andyet it continues as if nothing hadhappened, pursuing its policy offlouting the act (National LaborRelations Act) and tramplingon the rights of its employees asif there were no act, no boardand no Ten Commandments.Farah has simply thrown downthe gauntlet to this agency andhas dared the board to stop itfrom making the act a deadletter as far as Farah employeesare concerned. To carry out themandate of the act, the remediesrecommended and ultimatelyadopted herein must respond tothis challenge."

The remedies recommended byJudge Maloney constitute amajor victory for the Amalga­mated Clothing Workers and adisastrous defeat for the FarahCompany.

Boycott Continues

The company, under the'termsof the National Labor RelationsAct may now appeal JudgeMaloney's decision to the Na­tional Labor Relations Board inWashington. Presumably the com­pany will do so. This means thatthe boycott of Farah productswill go on. I intend to suppmtthis boycott, and if De Toledanoand Father Lyons are wonderingwhy, I suggest that they readthe complete text of JudgeMaloney's decision. The decisionis entitled Farah ManufacturingCompany, Inc., and Amalga­mated Clothing Workers ofAmerica, AFL-CIO, SouthwestRegional Joint Board. It is CaseNo. 23-CA-443~. Copies of thedecision may be obtained bywriting to the Director of Infor·mation, National Labor RelationsBoard, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave­nue, N. W., Wash., D. C. 20570.

( © 1974 NC News Se1'Vice ) ,

SUly Blooper

Since Father Lyons is closerto the ecclesiastical scene thanDe ToledanQ, he might havebeen expected to be somewhatmore accurate than the latter inhis statements. If anything, how­ever, his recklessly careless reoporting makes De Toledano's re­cent column look good by com·parison. Father Lyons recentlystated, for example, that "all ofthe Catholic bishops who havepublicly supported the boycottexcept Bishop (Carroll) Dozier(of Memphis) have begun toback down from their earlierstands because they are begin­ning to realize that the workershave been severely hurt and theunion has not done all that itshould."

A few phone calls would havesaved Father Lyons the embar­rassment of committing such asilly blooper. In any event, theNC News Service checked Lyons'statement with the partieularbishops in question and learnedthat ,it is completely false. Allof the bishops or their spokes­men contacted denied that theyare retreating from their positionof backing the Farah workers'strike and national boycott.

It would appear that De Tole­dano and Father Lyons have notbeen keeping up with theirhomework on the Farah contro­versy. I have almost reached theconclusion that they don't givea tinker's dam about the factsinvolved. This will be immedi­ately apparent to anyone whoreads a 31-page decision on theFarah controversy recently hand­ed down by Walter H. Maloney,Jr., an administrative law judgeon the staff of the NationalLabor Relations Board.'

Both De Toledano and Lyonswould have us believe that theFarah Company is the complete­ly innocent party in its long.standing dispute with the Amal­gamatedClothing Wor,kers1JudgeMaloney has ruled otherwisewith a vengeance. After meticu­lously reviewing the history ofthe Farah dispute, he has con­cluded that the Farah Companyis in flagrant violation of theNational LaboJ;' Relations Actand has also charged the com­pany with being "contemptuous"of the federal courts.

In the light of all the evidence(none of which has been report­ed by De Toleclano and Lyons),Judge Maloney felt constrainedto excoriate the company in the

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SaysControversy

Ralph de Toledano, a Washington-based author andsyndicated columnist, and Father' Daniel Lyons, S.J., whowrites a column out of New York City for Twin Circle andthe National Catholic Register, are walking around thesedays with egg on their faces. .

they do not regard support ofMaladroitly mixing meta- the Farah strike and boycott asphors after the fashion of "palpably contrary to faith, mor­Mrs. Malaprop, I am afraid als, or simple human decency."that the only way they can wipe It should also be noted thatit off is to eat a bit of crow in shortly aflter the NCCB meeting,publ,ic. the Committee on Social Devel­

opment and World Peace of theU. S. Catholic Conference, whichincludes 11 bishops in its mem­bership, issued an official state­ment in support of the Farahboycott.

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The Farah dispute was dis·cussed .briefly at the NCCB meet­inging by Bishop Metzg~r of EIPaso, who explained 1.0 the as­sembly that he felt obliged, asthe Oroinary of the diocese inwhich the Farah strike began,to reply to some of the blatantlyanti-union propaganda whichhad been distributed at the meet­ing by a public relations firmrepresenting the Farah Company.In the course of his unscheduledspeech, Bishop Metzger reviewedthe history of the Farah disputeand told the bishops why he wassupporting the workers' cause.But he did not (and, under therules of the NCCB), could notask the assembly to adopt a res­olutiop.

The bishops responded withthe longest and most enthusias­tic round of applause I have everheard at a meeting of the NCCB.This would seem to suggest that

HIGGINS

In writing about the Farahstrike, and particularly about therole Of certain bishops in sup­porting the Farah boycott, bothde Toledano and Lyons havemade recent statements whichare absolutely incorrrect - irre­sponsibly so, in my opinion.

For example, In a columndated Dec. 15, De Toledano said,"Monsignor Higgins and theACW (Amalgamated ClothingWorkers) tried desperately toget the National Council (hemeans Conference) of CatholicBishops to endorse the boycottof Farah. It was touch and golast month, at the bishops meet­ing in W8$hington, until. the is­sue was given some ventilation.It became apparent then thatthe case, as lobbied by the Hig­gins apparat, did not exactlyrepresent the facts, and thebishops backed away from par­ticipation in an activity whichwas so palpably contrary tofaith, morals, or simph~ humandecency."

No Special Ruling

That statement is completelyinaccurate. Neither the ACW norMsgr. Higgins lobbied "desper·ately" or in any other way toget the NCCB to endorse theFarah boycott. This matterwasn't even on t~e agenda ofthe bishops meeting, and therewas no attempt on anyone'spart to get it on the agenda bymeans of a special l1uling.

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The Fathers' Club will sponsora dinner-dance this Saturday atHoly Name School auditorium.

A ibuffet will be served at 7P.M. followed by dancing.

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The fourth Minstrel and Vari­ety Show will be held on Fridayand Saturday nights, May 10and 11 In Bishop Feehan HighSchool. A Western theme willpermeate the show.

Rehearsals will begin at 7:30on Sunday night, March 3 and ageneral meeting will ~e' p~ld atthat time. .

Cub Scout Pack 37 'will holtlits Blue and Gold Dinner at 7o'clock on Sunday evening, Feb.17 in the parish hall.

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SANTO CHRISTO,FALL RIVER

At Installation ceremonies withRev. Antonio Tavares, pastor, asguest speaker the Counc,il ofCatholic Women returned all In­cumbent officers to their posi­tions, including Mrs. Helen L.Oliveira, president; Mrs. IdaCabral, vice-president; Mrs. Be-

.atrice C. Cournoyer, secretary;Mrs. Mary Medeiros, secretary;and Mrs. P.aLmira Aguiar, pub­licity chairman.

The unit will sponsor a cakesale at all Masses the weekendof Feb. 23 and 24. Donations ofpastry may he brought to thesales table before any Mass, ac­cording to announcement' madeby Mrs. Herculana Raposa andMrs. Aguiar, co-chairmen.

The next regular meeting isslated for 7:30 P.M. Tuesday,March 12 in the parish hall.

The

secretaries, and could dictate totwo or three at once. This wasfortunate, since his handwritingwas legible by only a couple ofpeople.

He became famous, and hisgenius ·was honored by popesand kings. But he remained sim­ple In manner and humble ofspirit. He was meticulous aboutobserving his vow of povertyand in peIlforming such dutiesas preaching.

Offered an archbishopric, hevigorously refused it, and whentold that he would surely receivea cardinal's hat in recognition of 'his services to th~ Church, heinsisted that such not be' thecase.

Suddenly on December 6, 1273,he stopped work. He may havesuffered a physical breakdown.His secretary would later dis­close that Thomas had told him,"All that I have written seems tome like straw compared withwhat has now been revealed tome." He neither wrote nor taught~hereafter. '

He was ordered to attend theSecond Council at Lyons, whichwas to begin in May, 1274. Obe­d.ient as ever, he set out forFrance, but on the way he wasstricken, went to a Cisterclan­monastery, and there died.

BIBLE CELEBRATION: Students at Dominican Academy, Fall River, mark CatholicEducation Week with Bible celebration, conducted by Sister Annette Fontaine and em­phasizing the "Different Where It Counts" theme of the week. Parents were invited toprogram.

.ST. THERESA,SO. ATTLEBORO

The Confraternity of ChristianMothers will sponsor a pennysale from 8 to 10 on Friday andSaturday nights, March 8 and 9.

ST. JOSEPH,FAIRHAVEN

The Ladies of the Association 'of the Sacred Hearts will spon­sor a "Oily of Recollection"· onSunday, Feb. 24 in the schoolhall.

Fr. Thomas Grannell will di­rect the program that extendsfrom 'I o'clock until 5 and itwill include the offering of theHoly Sacrifice of the Mass. .

Tickets are one dollar and may, be obtained by calling eitherMrs. Helen Burke at 996-1789 orMrs. Joseph Borges at 994-9084.

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JOHN S.

KENNEDY

Are you grousing about not having enough gas to makea trip you had planned? Consider what St. Thomas Aquinasdid when, -in '1268, at the age of 44, he was ordered to pro­ceed .from Viterbo in central Italy ~o Paris far north inFrance. He walked. ih~ wholeway. The journey on foottook two full months, andwas. made in winter. St.

.Thomas was not only a greatthinker, he was also a great

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'Friar Thomas D'Aquino'Achieves Author~s Purpose

position of no sman importance.But after some eight or nineyears there, he went to Naplesto study,the arts and philosophy.And in Naples he met theDominicans.

, Religious LifeThey were then a new commu­

nity, attracting many recruits.Like the' Franciscans, they weremendicants, depending on beg­ging for their sustenance. Thomaswas drawn to their plain way oflife, and at ·19 he joined them.His family objected bitterly. Thereligious me? Well and good, ifit meant the Benedictines, butnot any order of lowly friars.

The family had him seized,and he was detained at home for

.w@;',w::li~"~Y"~MliI a year, possibly longer. AlthoughThis improving item I have he was not as brutally used' as'

culled from t:he pages of Friar some have contended, strenuousThomas D'Aquino: His Life, efiforts were made to dissuadeThought, and Work by Father . him. He would not be budged.James A. Weisheipl, O.P. (Dou- At last he was freed, headed forbleday, 277 Park Ave., New Naples, then spent three years inYork, N. Y. 10036. $8.95). March the DominiiCiin house in Paris7, 1974 will be the 700th anni- engaged in private, study.versary of Thomas' death and It is probable that when Albertthis book is Father Weisheipl's the Great, the illustrious Domin­contribution to a proper celebra- ican master, went to Cologne to

, tion of that occasion. ' teach in 1248, Thomas ~ccom-

Would Thomas say to ,him panied him. He studied underwhat the Lord is reported, to Albert for four years, and Alberthave said to Thomas, "You have .qukkly recognized his extraordi­written well of me"? That de- nary abili.ty.pends. Certainly this is not a Basic Frameworkpiece of popularization, nor isit a smoothly flowing biography. Ordained a priest in 1250,

It attempts to set the thought Thomas returned to Paris inof St. Thomas in its true histor- 1252, and it was there and thenical context, showing its sources that his blossoming began. Heand its development in response first lectured, first published into events and needs; its develop- Paris. From the start a distinc­ment, too, as the saint's study Nve approach was evident. Heand reflection deepened. Only the dwelt on a "dual aspect" of the,specialist can judge how success- flow of all things from God andful this attempt is, for only the the return of all things to God."specialist is qualified to evaluate It "was to ,remain a basic,the author's argument. framework for Thomas."

Disputed Points ' At the exceptionally early ageIt also requires a special' of 31, he was declared a master

knowledge to .follow Father o~ sacred t~eology at the Univer­Weiheipl's analysis of .Thomas' slty of ParIs.. He then had onlyprincipal writings. Such an an- 18 years t~ 1JV~, but they werealysis is presented at that point to be relen .ess ~ busy. a.nd won­in the saint's life when one or derlully productIve, dIVIded be-another of his works was com- twe~n. France and Ita!y. .l'eted HIS was an era of Intense m-

p I a~ far from saying that the tellect.ual ferment and rigor~us,discussion is totally incompre- sometImes rancorow; theologIcalhensible to the intelligent: reader,. deb~te. In these he played abut he will have to work at it. leadIng part, save for the ranco~.

There is the htatter, again, of He was a path~blazer, and hISdetailed treatment of disputed tho~ght .and method would be.ofpoints. Thus, there has long been capItal Importance for centurIescontroversy as to the year of St. to c~me. .. ,Thomas' birth. The various v.iews It IS. surp~slg to learn that ~I­are set forth' in the text, rather tho~gh he lIved many years Inthan in the notes, and their re- ParIS, he never learned French.hearsal can be boring. This pro- Also, he had alql~st no Greek, socedure, is followed in, other that he read ~rI~totle a~d theinstances of disputed data. Greek Fa~hers, Im~ensely Jm~or-

The author holds that Thomas tant to hIS work, In translatIon.was born in 1224 or 1225 in Roc- Phenomenal Memorycaseca, in' an area now known His reading was prodigious, asas the Roman Campagna, but was his writing. He producedthen part of the Kingdom of Sic- more than 40 volumes in fewerily. 'His family belonged to the than 20 years, with Httle or nominor nobility and Thomas was repetition. The secret of hisone of'many children. originality and freshness was "re-

After his fifth birthday, he thinking every. problem anew,was placed for schooling in the· and ,presenting newer and mOreBened.ictine abbey of MOlltecas- accurate solutions to old prob­sino. It was expected that he lems."might one day be its abbot, a He had the services of several

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KNOW YOUR FAITH-

Do You Really Know How to Pray? I II . A Healing Ministry

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minds? Is depression as acutefor them as it may be for theirhealthy relatives? Who, otherthan God, really knows or canjudge?

Meaning of Sickness

In an excellent booklet,"Anointing and the PastoralCare of the Sick," the U. S.Bishops' Committee on the Lit­urgy answers these inquiriesin part by describing the effectsof critica1 sicknsss.

"To put this in other words,what does it mean to be serious­ly ill? To be sick means bodilypain, psychic depression, isola­tion from one's profession aswell as from normal human so­ciety, especiaUy as experiencedin the family. To be sick meansimpatience, sulkiness, an exces­sive preoccupation with self. Tobe sick means discouragementor even despair, hardness ofheart, spiritual dryness."

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Boys Town CenterDirector Named

WASHINGTON (NC) - Dr.James P. O'Connor, formerlyvice provost and dean of grad­uate studies at the Catholic Uni­versity of America here, has beenappointed director of the newBoys' Town Center for theStudy of Youth Development atthe university,

As head of the center, Dr.O'Connor will be responsible forinitial planning, staffing and re­

. search focus of the new program,which is planned to last 25 years.

In announcing the appoint­ment, Catholic University pres­ident Cla,rence C. Walton said,"Dr. OConnor's blend of scholar­ly attributes and. administrativecompetence will ena-ble him toskillfully direct the new researchcenter for youth developmenthere."Chapel Closed

ADRIAN (NC)-As an energyconserving measure, LumenChapel, seating about 800 per­sons on the campus of SienaHeights College here, has beenclosed indefinitely.

All services ordinarily sched­uled for the chapel have beentransferred to the 400-seat HolyRosary Chapel at the DominicanMotherhous(~ in the college com­plex.

Every Friday afternoon, ac­cording to a rotated schedule,one of Fulton's priests celebratesMass for Catholic patients in theMichaud Nursing Home.. Thissparkling new structure built bythe county government is fur­nished with the latest in hospitalor extended care equipment andits staH offers the elderly res­idents marvelous attention.

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But a new building and mod­ern medical techniques cannotobliterate the fact that these areold, sick persons, people oftenpathetically disoriented or phys­ically helpless. Some in their 90s,have minds remarkably alert andinterested, but: bodies whioh justcan't function well any longer.Others walk around withoutcane or crutch, yet ta'lk about aworld that no longer exists andperhaps never was.

Relatives and friends comeand go, dutifully visiting theirbeloved, trying to cheer andcomfort those who once waitedon them, who once lived full,active lives. Many of these caiU­ers, I am sure, arrive reluctantly,wondering what to say or do,and leave a bit depressed, know­ing that death sometime relative­ly soon will end the patient'sstay at Michaud.

How do these senior citizensfeel themselves about their owncondition? Are they aware? Dothey exp~rience'mental frustra­tion or physical pain? Whatthoughts run through their

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vestigation interesting. Theykept scrapbooks of ads, togetherWlith their own reflections onlife's meaning. They discussedwhat they were learning fromthe ads with what their Chris­tian tradition taught about man.They compared the values under­lying the ads w:Ith Christ'steaching ahout what is really im­portant in life. The ads helpedthem look more closely at lifelin the light of the Gospel.

That ex·perience suggests tome that, at least from time to

. time, as we explore variousthemes of Christian life, it maybe stimulating to take a seriouslook at the ads in newspapers,magazines and on television.We may from time to time find,as well, that these same sourcescan be a help toward meaningfulprayer.

Lf you would !'ike to test someof the posibi1ities and techniquesof using ads in religious educa­tion, you might look at Discov­ery in Advertising, by Richard J:Payne and Robert Heyer (NewYork: Paulist Press, 1969). Butdon't hesitate to just pick upyour dllJily newspaper or turn onthe television and explore foryourself what the ads suggestabout human life and values.Most of all, try to perceive whatquestions they raise in your ownmind about what you really arelooking for in y,our own life, andhow that squares with yourChristian faith.

'Prelate of Year'PHOENIX (NC)-The "Amer­

ican Prelate of the Year" award'spresentation date has been'changed from Feb. 22 to Mar.8, the Polish American Congressof Arizona has announced. Thecongress wi'll present the awardto Cardinal John Krol of Phil­adelphia, president of the Na­.tional Conference of Catho1icBiishops.

they feel needs and desires, theycan be successful even whenone perceives their lack of logic:Modern advertising is based onserious studies of human moti­vation. More money, time andhard work is expended on theaverage ad than on some text­books. Therefore, there is rea­son to expect that a cross­section of successful ads maywell provide insight into whatpeople today are looking for inlife. Ads can image man and hisvalues to himself.

Hidden Motives

So, our class began collectingads that caught their interest.We set out to discover whatmotives were hidden under theimages and words. "What doesthis ad appeal to in man?""What need does it respond to?""What value does it assume peo­ple cherish?" "What does it im­ply about man and his purposein life?"

The youngsters found the in·

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Finally, I suggested that theyuse the daily rtewspaper as astimulus to prayer. Almost everynewspaper every day has pic­tures and stories about peopleloving, suffering, marrying, di­vorcing, warring, making peace,acbing selfishly and selflessly. Atleast one image or aocount eachday may strike a cord in oneselfor give rise to a feeling of thanks,sorrow, fear, or love. All thesecan become food for prayer.

The students found using anewspaper for prayer a helpfullycreative technique. They werestimulated from day to day tothank God for some particulargood thing or person, to ask Hishelp for someone in need of help,to praise God for his presenceand care, to ask his forgivenessfor their own and other's sinsand failures.. From that experience withprayer; we discovered that thenewspaper provided a wealth ofmaterial for religious educationin general. Magazines, television,and radio were equaHy valuableresources. For example, we setabout exploring ads as we reoflected on the purpose of life andtrue values. Advertisementsproved eminently suitable forsuch an investigation. Ads arereally a kind of mirror reflect­ing contemporary man's senseof values.

Aims of Ads

At first glance this may seemvery superficial. A close look atthe typical ad reveals a kind ofincredible unreality. Few of usseriously think that using aceI"tain toothpaste or mouthwashwill dramatically change our per­sona1Wes. Anyone but the mosthopelessly naive realizes thatthere is more to personal rela­tionships than using a certainperfume or hair-oil.

Yet, a second glance at ads re­veals that they are geared atpeople's needs and deep desires.Most of us want to be more at­tractive, to be loved, to feelsecure. It is at people's feIt needsthat ads lIJim, and they normallyrespond to these needs not withscientific facts or logic, but withsymbols and images.

Because ads are ima!~inatively

geared to touching people where

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PFEIFER, S.J.

A group of hiigh school stu­dents once asked me to helpthem learn to pray. They hadtried a number of approaches toprayer without much success.I suggested several more meth­ods of prayer. They were nomore successful with my sugges­Hons than with their previousa'ttempts. But they really wantedto learn to pray.

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Rejects CI,argesOf CommunismAmong Clergy

RIO DE JANEIRO (NC)Cardinal Eugenio Araujo deSales of Rio de Janeiro de­nounce:d extreme anticommu­nism and strongly rejectedcharges of communist inf1ue~ce

in the Catholic Church in LatinAmerica.

The cardlinal's statement cameafter strong attacks were lev­elled at the Catholic Church byparticipants in the Second Con­gress of the Latin AmericanAntic~mmunist Confederationheld here Jan. 24-26.

Some 200 delegates met to dis­cuss plans to combat commu­nism and the alleged infiltrationof communists among priestsand laymen in the CatholicChurcil, which they consider one'of the major problems in LatinAmerica.

Conservative Archbjshop Pro­enca Sigaud of Diamantina at­tended the ·confederation's meet­ing and decJoared in the key notespeech that "since communism,is a negation of religion, thestruggle against it must be con­sidered a religious struggle.

Archbishop Proenca Sigaudwas one of the founders of theCatholic right-wing Society forthe Defense of Tradition, Familyand Property. The organizationhas moved to fight against com­munism dn all of Latin America.Archbishop Proenca Sigaudabandoned it after the organiza­tion refused to accept te liturgi­cal reforms of the Second Vat­ican Council.

Oardinal De Araujo Saleswarned that regarding commu­nism as "all-powerful". wouldmake "the most authentic appli­cation of the social doctrine ofthe Church suspect." He defend­ed those who advocate freedomand the change of unjust· socialstructures as well as respect forthe human l1ights of the people.He warned that this is not "mo­tive enough for accusations ofsubservience to communism." .

"The Church rejects atheism,but admits the possibility of asincere . and prudent dialogue"with communists, Cardinal DeAraujo Sales said. "We cannotbe instruments of those whospread the fear of the commu­nist threat ... as a means to pre­sewe unjust and unequal pr,iv­Heges."

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tival Eucharist of Thanksgivingfor the life and ministry ofArohbishop James Peter Davisof Santa Fe, N. M., wiII be cel­ebrated here by the Episcopaldiocese of the Rio Grande.

In anouncing the celebration,Dean John B. Haverland of St.John's Episcopal Cathedral calledArohbishop Davis "one of thegreat ecumenical figures of ourday and our area."

Archbishop Davis announcedhis retirement recently. No re­placeme~t has yet been named.,

that regard. It so treats the re­formed rite historically, theolog-

. ~cany, and pastorally that webetter understand the ceremonyourselves and thus can helpothers- appreciate the sacrament.

A Healing Ministry

ANOTHER WORLD: Others (old, sick people) walkaround without cane or crutch, yet talk about a world thatno longer exists and perhaps never was. An old man wan­dersaimlessly in a park in the Midwest. NC Photo.

Continued from Page Thir-teenThese nursing home patients

are, to quote the document,"dangerously iII," even thoughtheir demise may be months or)(ears away. They need supportand could profit from the revisedrite of anointing for the sick.

Sacrament of the Sick

That sacra:ment promises tothe belie.v:er true heaQing. It maynot restore physical health, but (this ritual always brings courage,peace and ul)!derstanding to theaffHcted heart of a person whohas faith. The cross may nQtdislippear; however, it seemslighter and the infirm stronger.A Ohristian· can, after anointing,more easily take up Je.sus'burden and follow him.

Many Catholics, unfortunately,despite rather extensive preach-.ing and teaching in recent yearson the subject, cling to the "lastrites" notion about this sacra­ment. For the priest to anointmeans~ for them, death is immi­nent. That prospect alone f.re­quently frighten and saddensboth patients in bed and peopleby their side. Summoning theclergy merely intensifies fearsor sorrow.

It seems, therefore, we mustcontinue to catechize on the mat­ter 'f.he Study Text II mentionedin this column (USCC Publica-

• tions Office, 1312 Mass. Ave.,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005,$1.50 per copy, discount on quan­tity orders) wiU aid greatly in

Expresses Con"cernIn Controversy

JEFFERSON CITY (NC)-TheJef.ferson City diocesan priests'senate has sent a resolution ofconcern to members of the Lut.h­eran Church, Missouri Synod, inregard to the controversy sur­rounding Lutheran ConcordiaSeminary.

The senate said that as"brothers in Jesus Christ" it rec­ognized the painfulness of thesituation. The priests asked tosuffer along with the LutheranChurch "in the pilgrim struggle.that is part of our Christian con­dition."

Concordia Seminary in St.Louis is bei~g boycotted by moststudents and facuity in protestover the firing of Dr. John·Tiejen,the school's president. Dr. Teijenwas accused of false teaching

'and of interpreting the Bibletoo liberalIy by a LutheranChurch-Missouri Synod conven­tion last summer.

The faculties of two other St.Louis seminaries - Catholic St.Louis Unh:ersity divinity schooland Eden Theological Seminaryof the United Church of Christ-have expressed support of Dr.Teijen and other Lutheran pro­fessors charged with false teach­ing.

\THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thllrs. Feb. 1t 1974..

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

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One of the magic words one hears in t~e Church to­day is "accou.ntability." We picked it up from the worldoutside, where by now it doesn't mean anything at all. Itdoesn't mean much in the Church either, but that doesn'tstop it from being used asa substitute for thought andreal change. Pastors are ac­countable to their priests weare to.ld. Bishops are accountableto their pastors. Priests are ac­countable to their pastors.Priests accountable to their peo-

.. Chicago has the enviable dis­tinction of having disposed of amad bishop (a lovely, pathetic,tragic man) in the middle of thelast century. It took only. threeyears.

I would not suggest that thereare any such in the Church to­day. Such a question can bestbe left to the historians of thefuture. But the point is that it ispractically imposs~ble to impeach:a bishop; and until everyone isaccountable, no one is.

I am not saying that the sanc­tion should be imposed often.On the contrary, the removalof anyone from office-superior,pastor, curate, bishop-should bea rare event. But unless it is a

~ possible event you don't havepie. Leaders of religious com- accdountalrfb-<tility, ~nd it is fOOtliSh

dmunities are accountable to the < an se eceptlve to pre enrest of their members. Parish that ~ou do. .councils are accountable to the ArtIcles of Imp.eachment haverest of the parish. Everyone is been. voted ~gamst only oneaccount8'ble to everyone else. Ame~lcan presIdent and he was

.. . acqu~tted. It's anyone's guess,as.Mostly this IS all baloney, not I write .this column, whether

to use. harsher language. they will be voted again. (U theyAccountabNity, if it means are, I don't think there will be

anything at all, means that a an acquittal this time.) But un­person can be removed for doing less the possibility exists on thea bad job. I am hard put to books, as Madison and companythink of anyone who has been , quite properly realized, you do'removed in the Church from any not have aocountabHity.position of importance.in recent We don't have it in theyears for doing a bad job. In- Church. If we want it, all of usdeed, such a sanction is unthink- will have to pay the price of run­able. For all the talk about ac- ning the risk that those who' arecountability you take what you dissatisfied with us will wantget and like it. our removal. It may not be a

A priest is supposed to be ac- ch'ance we ~a.nt to' ta~e.countable to his parish. But Accountabdlty Will comesuppo'se he decides to build a eventualrly. But not tomorrow.huge rectory or a brand new' Or the next day. .church and gets it by the bishop. Or even next week. .Suppose then that he goes wildly © 1974, Inter/Syndicateover the budget estimate. Are hispeople 8'ble to call him to anaccounting, to demand that hestop, to insist that he be re­placed? Not very likely; or ifthey do it wHI be long after thebuilding is finished, the moneyspent, the debt piled high.

Or take a priest whose S,}n­day sermons are unintelligibleand his work with adolescentsand young people consists most­ly of denouncing them. Does thismean that having failed in whatare probably the two most im­portant tasks most modern parishpriests must take on his peoplecan call him to account and de­mand that he get better or havehis salary cut off? Don't be silly.

.Accountabillty Req'uiresPossibility of Sanctions

Not CatholicsLONDON (NC) - Twenty per

cent of the teachers in Catholicschools in England and Walesare non-Catholic, and the pro­portion has been rising in recentyears, Dr. M.P. Hornsby-Smith,lecturer in sociology at SussexUnive~sity, told the annual study

. conference of the Catholic Teach­erss' Federation. The Catholic,school population, he said, has'doubled since World War II toabout 900,000 students. Therewill have to be accommodationsfor more than a million by theend of t'hedecade, he added.

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-In a letter marking the anni­versary, Cardinal John Krol ofPhiladelphia, president of the Na­tional Conference of CatholicBishops, said that the Churchand the nation "have a greatneed for men who conduct theirlives in fidelity to the spirit ofthis ancient lay confraternity."

PeaceThe Christian has a deep,

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ing Catholics. A Spanish transla­tion of "Holy God We Praise ThyName" has been made hy a priestfrom a large Chicago Spanish­speaking parish and is being dis­tributed to men in other Spanish­speaking parishes in the city.

In addition to a membership'drive, the organization will workto reanimate parish societies andpromote more spiritual and socialprograms, said James T. Bana­gan, Holy Name president. A fundraising campaign is also slated

one could ask for a better finishto another success~ul Southeast­ern Massachusetts BasketballConference season.

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NEW ORLEANS (NC) - TheHoly Name societies in this coun­try are marking the 700th an­niversary of the organization'sfounding with a membershipdrive geared especially to attractyouth participation.

"Youth Talks to Adults," aseminar program being run byparish Holy Name groups, is thevehicle' which Holy Name menhope will draw younger mem­bers. The all-male organization,founded by Blessed John of Ver­celli, a Dominican monk, hopesto gain a million new members,raising its totals to about sixmillion.

In the youth seminar programsa panel of about seven teenagersfrom different cultures and back­grounds give short presentationsand field questions on topics likecommunicating with parents, le­galization of marijuana, theChurch and race relations, voca­tions and Catholic schools. Theonly rule in the dicsussions iscomplete honesty, according toa Holy Name spokesman.

Chicago Holy Name men ,areseeking to attract Spanish-speak-

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 14, 1974

PARAPLEGIC PRIEST COMPETES: Father Leo Close of New Zealand tosses a javelinduring the Fourth British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games at Dunedin, N.Z. Father Close,paralyzed from the waist down since a fall when he was a seminarian, is director ofCathoUc education in Dunedin. He has traveled the world with paraplegic teams and inthe Commonwealth Games won a bronze medal for the javelin throw, a silver in discusand a bronze in shot put. Father Close is also a religious commentator on local television.NCPhoto.

Membership Drive Marks Anniversary

IN THE DIOCESE

Norton who lost three gamesin their first five league outingshas come storming back over thesecond half. First the Lancersavenged their loss to New Bea­ford Vocational, then they beatWareham who had beaten them'by 30 in their first meeting,then they knocked Diman fromthe undefeated ranks. Now ~f

Wareham can beat Diman, theLancers with a victory over St.Anthony's, of New Bedford cantie for the crown.

New Bedford Vocational didits share, The Artisans followedNorton's lead and beat the FallRiverites to set the stage forWareham.

If Wareham does defeatDiman tomorrow and Nortonand Voke both win, all fourclubs will tie for the title. No

son and White will close thedoor on both Taunton and Dur­fee. But, if Attleboro is able toturn the tide on the Whalers andTaunton beats visiting Barn­stable while Durfee handles hostBishop Stang of Dartmouth thethree will tie for the champion­ship.

Dartmouth, who was favoredto win the ten team Division IIrace appears to be the best betgoing into this week's action.The Indians hold a slim onegame advantage over Holy Fam­ily High of New Bedford withtwo games remaining. The PeteGaudet coached Indians finishthe campaign against visitingFairhaven.

Dartmouth and Holy Familyare the only two Division IIteams with a chance of quaHfy­ing for the post season tourney.Whichever wins the crown willqualify automatically, the othermust win 65 per cent of itsgames.

feated 10-0 record against Divi­sion IV opposition. When thecircuit realigned the basketballdivisions, O1d Rochester wasmoved up to Division III.

,Playing against stronger clubsdid not phase the Bulldogs in theleast. They have won eight ofnine league contests going intotomorrow's final game withMsgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy Highin Taunton, good for a first placefinish.

The tourney bound Regio:lalsare led by big Mike Santos, astrong rebounder and good scor­er, and sharpshooter Tim Dem-

, ski. John Andrews, Pete Nelsonand Fred Door combine wellwith Santos and Demski and,play an important role in the OldRochester success story.

Title

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SCHOOLBOY S PORTS

In Division II final games to­morrow Somerset is at Falmouth,Bishop Feehan of Attleboro is inSwansea to play Case High andBishop Connolly High of FallRiver visits Holy Family.

New Bedford Vocational andNorton fans never thought theywould see the day when theywould root for Wareham. But,the cry in both communities hasto be "come on Vikings."

Diman Regional Vocational ofFalil River has led Division IVthroughout most of the Winter.Following the Al'tisans victoryover Wareham in the last gameof the first half, it appeared asthough the divisional race wouldbe settled on the final night ofthe season. It will be, but not·the way most observers sus­pected.

Old Rochester Retains

Three RacesThe tempo of any good story continually builds

throughout the narrative, finally reaching the climax or highpoint shortly before the conclusion. Following the typicalstorybook pattern, the 26 team Southeastern MassachusettsConference basketball teamswill climax their loop seasontomorrow night with nineclubs still clinging to theirchampionship aspiration. OnlyRochester Regional of Mattapoi­sett has clinched a title. TheBulldogs wrapped up their sec­ond successive crown last weekwhen they came from behind todefeat second place Seekonk ina critical Division III game., Thevictory assured the Regionals ofboth the championship and apost season tournament berth.

The Bulldogs have played wellunder pressure all season long.Last week's win over Seekonkwas a fitting ending to anothersuperb campaign for the JohnShockro titlists. A year ago theShockromen rolled to an unde-

Norton and 'N.B. Yoke Root for Wareham

Whalers and Indians in Drivers' SeatSeekonk and Bourne, both at

5-4, will attempt to hold on tusecond place tomorrow whenthey conclude their seasons

'against Dennis-Yarmouth andDighton-Rehoboth respectively.

While a relaxed Old Rochestergoes through its paces tomorrow,nine other Conference teamswill be competing for champion­ship honors in three Divisions.

In Division I Coach Sal Lom­bardo's New Bedford Whalerswill have the opportunity of win­ning the title. All they have todo is beat Attleboro on the Jew­elers homecourt. The Whalerstook over sole possession of firstplace in the large school DivisionI race last week, when they beatfavored Taunton. At the sametime, Dul1fee High of Fall Riverwho was tied with both Tauntonand New Bedford for the topspot was upended by Barnstable.

A week ago Durfee was in thedrivers seat. Now it's New Bed­ford. Another win for the Crim-

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