dJ The ANCHORVol. 20, No. 12-Fall River, Mass., Thurs., March 18, 1976 An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

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~ In This Issue------------------------------------.Monsignori

To Confinn

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The Irish

Alive, Talking

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Abandoned Waif

Now Bishop

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Diocesan Delegation

at Eucharist Study

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Apostolic Delegate

On US Hierarchy

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2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

What'sHappening

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CATHOILIC NEWS SERVICE-----

NationalPolonia Patriarch

PANNA MARIA, TEX.-A monument toFather Leopold Moczygemba, known as the "Pa­triarch of American Polonia," is to be erectedhere during the bicentennial year. Father Moczy­gemba founded Panna Maria, America's oldestPolish settlement, in 1854.

Not PoliticalBROOKLYN, N. Y.-The chancellor of the

Brooklyn diocese denied that a pastoral letter onsex by Bishop Francis Mugavero of Brooklynwas a "political statement" on the rights ofhomosexuals, saying that there is "no contra­diction" between it and the Vatican documenton the subject. Citing what he called "a few con­fusing notions" about the letter in the generalpress, Father Anthony J. Bevilacqua said that it"confirms and supports the teaching of the HolySee" on the subject of human sexuality.

Equal VotesWASHINGTON-For the first time in Ameri­

can Catholic history, when some 1,200.bishops,priests, religious and laypersons meet for a na­tional conference this fall, each will have anequal vote on a national Church program. To beheld in Detroit, the meeting will cap an 18­month study on the Church's role in a~hieving

liberty and justice for all Americans. Its findingswill be the basis of a five-year social action planto be presented to the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops.

Pizza ProfitsMINNEAPOLIS-A 'Catholic high school here

is $1 million richer because of- a gift from a manwho spent 24 years making and selling pizzasafter he dropped out of school. James Totino is·the man who gave the $1 million to Grace HighSchool, a diocesan institution in suburban Frid­ley. Totino and his wife Rose are the formerowners of Totino's Frozen Foods, Inc. a frozenpizza company which they sold last Novemberto Pillsbury Co. for about $22 million in Pillsburystock.

Asks InvestigationRICHMOND, Va.-Bishop Walter L. Sullivan

of Richmond asked his Commission on ChristianEducation to investigate alleged links of the Na­tional Foundation-March of Dimes with abor­tion. Msgr. James T. McHugh, director of theCommittee for Population and Pro-Life· Activ­ities of the National'Conference of Catholic Bish­ops, has in the past said that the foundation sup­ports numerous valuable activities, and its pol­icies relating to areas of concern such as geneticcounseling were morally acceptable.

WorldPontiff Not III

VATICAN CITY-A Vatican spokesman has"categorically denied" that Pope Paul' VI hasany serious health problems. Pope Paul himselfraised the question when he told crowds athis weekly Sunday Angelus talk that he was

entering a week of retreat to prepare for Easterand "for death, which for us cannot be far off."

'Be Defenders'VATICAN CITY-Speaking to members of theforeign press corps in Rome, Pope Paul VI hasurged them to be astute defenders of true rights

and freedoms."Do not remainmute when thedignity and hon­or of the humanperson are threat­ened by violence,by economic ex­~loitation,. by aslackening of be­havior exempli­fied very well byour permissivesociety," said thePontiff. In a ligh­ter vein, he addedthat some people

"see the dome of St. Peter's and some SwissGuards and conclude that this is all there is toRome. You must read us, you must delve intothis unknown alphabet."

Sign of UnityVATICAN CITY-Leaders of the largest mis­

sionary order of priests in South Africa havetaken steps to make the Church "become a visi­ble sign of unity in an apartheid society." Pro­vincials and other high officials of the Oblates ofMary Immaculate recently called on Oblates toserve, to listen to and to learn from black Afri­can people more than they have in the past.

Programs For The Third Week· of Lent

NecrologyMAR. 27

Rev. James W. Conlin, 1918,Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset

Rev. Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira,1964, Pastor, Our Lady of MountCarmel, New Bedford

MAR. 28Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, 1960,

Pastor, St. James, TauntonRev. Bernard A. Lavoie, 1972,

Catholic Memorial Home, FallRiver

MAR. 29Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Mori­

arty, 1951, Pastor, St. Patrick,Fall River

Rev. James H. Carr; S.T.L.,1923, Assistant, St. Patrick, FallRiver

MAR. 30Rev. Aime Barre, 1963, Sick

Leave, Fall RiverMAR. 31

Rev. Msgr. George C. Max­well, 1953, Pastor, SS. Peter andPaul, Fall River

APR. 1Rev. George A. Lewin, 1958,

Pastor, St. Mary, HebronvilleRev. Edwin J. Loew, 1974,

Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole

Eucharistic WeekendSATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Match 20 and 21St. Theresa, South Attleboro:

Sunday: Exposition of the BlessedSacrament following 11 a.m.Mass until 4 p.m. when aprayer service, Benediction andReposition will take place.

Our Lady of the Cape, Brew­ster: Saturday: Benediction fol­lowing 5 p.m. Mass and Exposi­tion throughout the night until8 a.m. Mass Sunday. Sunday:Exposition following 11:30 a.m.Mass until 5 p.m.

St. Joseph, Fairhaven: Friday:Opening program at 7 p.m. inchurch hall with a film presen­tation on the Eucharist, followedat 7:30 p.m. in the church by aconcelebrated Mass with Rev.

Gabriel Healey, SS.CC. as hom­ilist. Adoration after Mass until10 p.m. Saturday: Adoration, be­ginning after 9 a.m. Mass witharea parishes responsible foreach hour of the day and Spl~·

cial devotions planned for eachtime period. Penitential serviceand confessions from 3 to 4 p.m.Mass, 4 p.m.; adoration, 8 to 10p.m. Sunday: 8 a.m. to noon,Masses, with Exposition betweeneach Mass. At 9:30 a.m. a spe­cial children's Mass. Adorationhours recommence at 1 p.m. forassigned parish groups, conclud­ing at 5 p.m. with a concel­ebrated Mass and Rev. RobertNee, SS.CC. as homilist.

Sacred Heart, Taunton: Satur­day: 5 p.m. Mass, followed bya Eucharistic procession andExposition until 8 p.m. Sunday:11 a.m. Mass followed by pro-

cession and Exposition until 4p.m., at which time a prayer ser­vice and Benediction are sched­uled, foHowed at 5 p.m. by aclosing Mass.

St. Stanislaus, Fall River:Saturday: Solemn concelebratedMass at 9 a.m. followed by pri­vate adoration qntil 3:30 p.m.,when a public Holy Hour willtake place. Confessions from11 a.m. to noon and from 3 to4 p.m. Regular Saturday Massesat 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. with ad­oration in the intervening period.All night vigil from 8 p.m. to7:30 a.m., with a solemn HolyHour of reparation from 11:30p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Sunday: Reg­ular morning Masses, with Ex­position following from 11:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m., when a con­cluding Holy Hour and Eucha­ristic procession will be held.

Lenten P'rogram"What's Happening

to Confession?"To be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

in all locations

Friday, March 19: St. Anthonyof Padua parish hall, Nye Street,New Bedford.

Monday, March 22: St. Louisde France Convent, 66 BuffingtonSt., Swansea. .

Tuesday, March 23: St. Mark'sparish haH, Stanley Street, At·t1eboro Falls; St. John Baptistparish hall, Wing Street, NewBedford; St. Patrick parish cen­ter, East Main St., Falmoqth.

Wednesday, March 24: HolyName School, Pearce Street, FallRiver; St. William's Center, Staf­ford Road, Fall ~iver; Coyle­Cassidy Library, Adams andHamilton Streets, Taunton.

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MONSIGNOR MUNROE

der recent ecclesiastical iegisla­tion, authorized to confirm thenew Catholic. Ordinarily, how­ever" administration of the Sac­rament of Confirmation is quitestrictly reserved to those in theepiscopal office.

However, the Holy See, rec­ognizing practical circumstancesof pastoral need which can exist,has entertained requests frombishops for special authorizationto be given to priests to serveas extraordinary ministers of

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Divine Worship, the Vaticanoffice which, under direction ofthe Holy Father, supervises thediscipline of administering theSacraments in the UniversalChurch, was recently sought byBishop Cronin, who explainedthat Msgr. Mendonca andMsgr. Munroe would now bequalified to assist him in admin­istering the Sacrament of Con­firmation to candidates in dioc­esan parishes.

"I welcome the assistance ofthese two exemplary priests,"said Bishop Cronin. "With nearly70 parishes scheduled to havethe Sacrament of Confirmationcelebrated during the comingspring season, it was apparentthat some sharing of the minis­try would be most helpful."

Both prelates are expected toadminister Confirmation in anumber of diocesan parishes.The Chancery Office indicatedthat a schedule· was in processof preparation. .

The administration of Con­firmation in parish celebrationsis ordinarily restricted to bish­ops. There are exceptional cir­cumstances when a priest mayadminister Confirmation; the hos­pital chaplain, for example, maydo so when a patient is in dan­ger of dying without the sacra­ment, and a priest receiving aconvert into the Church is, un-

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976 3

Bishop Cronin today an­nounced that an indult has beenreceived from the Holy See des­ignating Msgr. Liiiz G. Mendon­ca, Vicar General and Pastor ofMount Carmel Parish in NewBedford, and Msgr. Henry T.Munroe, Episcopal Vicar andPastor of Saint Pius Tenth Par­ish in South Yarmouth, as extra­ordinary ministers for Confirma­tion.

The indult, an official doc­ument issued by the Sacred Con­gregation for Sacraments and

Legion SlatesAnnual Acies

The annual diocesan-wideAcies or reconsecration ceremonyof the Legion of Mary will takeplace at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,March 21 at St. Mary's Cathe­dral, Fall River. Active and aux­iliary Legionaries, their families,friends and the general publicare invited to attend.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington,Diocesan Chancellor and Legionspiritual director, will presideand Rev. Kenneth Delano willspeak. The Cathedral Choristerswill provide music and the cer­emony will close with Benedic­tion.

ebration, to be held at 4 p.m.Monday, May 31 on the groundsof Bishop Stang High School,North Dartmouth. Thousands areexpected to attend the unprec­edented event, representing everyparish in the diocese.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen oftelevision fame, retired Bishopof Rochester, N. Y., world famousfor his many books and his longleadership of the National Soci­ety for t}le Propagation of theFaith, will be homilist for theMemorial Day Mass, which willhave as its theme "America:Past, Present, Future."

Planning CommitteeA special committee has been

formed to make arrangementsfor the historic event. Its mem­bership includes: Budget: Rev.James F. Lyons, pastor of St.Mary's Parish, Taunton and Rev.Peter N. Graziano, diocesan di­rector of the Department of So­cial Services and Special Apos­tolates.

I Music: Rev. William G. Camp­bell, assistant pastor of HolyName Parish, Fall River, andSister Evangela, RS.M. ofBishop Feehan High School.

Liturgy: Rev. John J. Oliveira,vice-chancellor.

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CollectionThe 1976 American Catholic

Overseas Aid Collection will betaken up in all parishes andmissions of the diocese on theFourth Sunday of Lent, theweekend of March 27 and 28.

A letter from Bishop Croninexplaining the annual appeal ison page 4.

-I- ~~v~La.~Bishop of Fall River

Saint Anne1s Hospital"Since I became the Bishop of Fall River over five years

ago, I have followed with great interest and support oneof the most precious apostolates in the Diocese, namely,Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River.

"This wonderful Hospital, noble in its care for the sick,proud in its long tradition of service to the Diocese and tothis immediate area, the City of Fall River, now finds itselfconfronted with severe obstacles to its desire for improve­ment and modernization.

"I fully support the request of Saint Anne's Hospitalfor the required Certificate of Need. In doing so, I praisethe good Dominican Sisters of the Presentation and thedevoted medical and nursing staff, and I invite all who loveSaint Anne's Hospital to encourage a reconsideration of theStaff Report of the Department of Public Health of the Com­monwealth of Massachusetts in order that the one Catholichospital in the Diocese of Fall River may continue andprosper in the future as a valuable witness to the virtue ofthe care of the sick.

ARCHBISHOP SHEEN

'Participation of the Fall Riverdiocese in observance of the na­tion's Bicentennial will take theform of a solemn liturgical cel-

Diocesan BicentennialObservance Scheduled

ARCHBISHOP SHEEN TO PREACH

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ST. PATRICK/~) DAY -- 7976In a letter to be read at all

Masses this weekend, BishopCronin asks for a generous re­sponse to the annual AmericanCatholic Overseas Aid Appeal.Its text follows:

Camp ReunionCounselors of Our Lady of the

Lake and Cathedral camps willhold a reunion. at 8 p.m. Satur­day, March 20 at the Gondolarestaurant, Bay Street, Taunton.Announcement will be made ofthe appointment of head coun­selors at both camps and newcamp brochures will be distrib­uted. Plans for the coming sea­son, to begin Monday, July 5 atboth camps, will also be made.All counselors are invited to hepresent.

Bishop Asks AidFor World Needy

Dearly beloved in Christ,

In the Solemn Blessing whichconcludes Mass today, theChurch prays in this ,manner:

The Father of mercies has. given us an example of un­

selfish love in the sufferingsof his only Son. Throughyour service of God andneighbor may you receivehis countless blessings.

As this prayer of blessing re­minds us, the holy. season ofLent calls us to greater imitationof Christ through renewed ser­vice of God and neighbor.

For several weeks now, Cath­olics throughout the nation havebeen participating in a specialLenten program. I refer to Oper­ation Rice Bowl-a program ofprayer, sacrifice and almsgiving.It is intended to alert us to thehungry of the world and to en­able us to help our starvingbrothers and sisters in a con:'crete way-:

Next Sunday, we shall havethe annual American CatholicOverseas Aid Appeal. This spe­cial Lenten collection providesthe major financing for the on­going programs of Catholic Re­lief Services of the United StatesCatholic Conference.

Last year alone, more than. twenty million poverty-strickenpeople without regard to race,color or creed in some eighty­six countries around the worldwere aided through Catholic Re­lief Services.

The Migration and RefugeeServices of the United StatesCatholic Conference resettledmore than fifty thousand Viet­namese refugees, an estimatedforty-two percent of all the Viet­namese refugees who sought ahome in this country.

I beg your generosity to thisvery important Appeal. "TheFather of mercies has," indeed,"given us an example of the~un­

selfish love in the SUfferings ofhis only Son." May we imitatethe love of God by showing thatsame love for our brothers andsisters in need throughout theworld.

Faithfully yours in Christ,

~ DANIEL A. CRONINBishop of Fall River

St. William's Church

The Irish in America areAmerican Irish. They are stillcontributing their own gifts andgab to the life of our countryand we are the better for them.As one American Irishman re­cently remarked, "We. havecome a long way from the bogbut fortunately we stilI remem­ber it."

For centuries there have beenthose who have tried to ridthemselves of the Irish both hereand in Europe. Yet when all issaid and done, they are stillwith- us, not only in mere pres­ence but in power and position.Like all other ethnic groups,they have their unique failuresand faults. However, let no 'mantake them for granted.

much the Irish love it, is nottheir sole claim to fame. Theyare visible and active in numer­ous fields from George Meaney'sunion activities to Edward Gal­lagher's Western Union. In al­most every field of endeavor theIrish are stilI active in our Amer­ican life.

U. S. Census Bureau studieshave shown that the Irish as agroup are among the" most suc­cessful in the nation. About30 percent of all Irish hold high­level white colljlr jobs, comparedto only 19 percent of the adultpopulation as a whole. Anotherrecent poll has shown that IrishCatholic families were secondonly to Jewish families in aver­age income and educational ac­tivities. Not a bad record for apeople from such a poor littleland. •

REV. JOHN F. MOORE

For the past few years it has been fashionable tothink that the Irish in America have a fading and passinginfluence on the present sociological life of this country.There are those still in our midst who would like this mythto be certitude because oftheir personal bias or basicsocial insecurity. To be sure,there are many Irish in thiscountry who, rather than pre­serving their own ethnic iden­tity, have become more "Yankeethan the Yankees."

In addition, since the Irish wereone of the nation's earliest im­migrant groups with the advan­targe of speaking their ownunique version of the Englishlanguage, their pace of assimila­tion over the years has been rel~

atively successful.We must also consider the

fact that the immigration reformlaw of 1965 has dramatically re­duced the admission of Irish tothis country. Immigration at onetime averaging about 15,000 per­sons annually has now fallenbelow the 2,000 mark.

The new requirements of thelaw have also altered the char­acter of immigration. Newcom­ers are no longer from the farmbut rather from professionalbackgrounds. As a result, to­day's immigrant rapidly assim­ilates into the cosmopolitanAmerican life stream.

Still in HeadlinesYet, for all of this, the Irish

in America are alive and stilltalking. From the delightful glib­ness of Daniel :Patrick Moynihanto the stoic urbanity of JerryBrown, the Irish are stilt makingheadlines. The governor of NewYork, Hugh Carey, cannot beoverlooked along with other na­tional figures from Mike Mans­field to Ted Kennedy.

But politics, no matter how~leary Press·--Fall River

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVERPublished wee,kly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River

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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

Apostolate ThreatenedThe dedicated apostolate to the sick of the Dominican

Sisters of the Presentation in Fall River, assisted by theSee City's medical community of doctors, nurses and alliedmedical professionals, is threatened.

Oh, they have not been ordered to close their doors ­only to keep the door uncomfortably and partially closed.The Sisters have been told that not to modernize "wouldnot adversely effect patient morbidity or mortality." Atiny minimum indeed for a zealous public servant to aim at!

Such a gauge of satisfaction is not. worthy of anyCatholic endeavor. The aim of the Catholic hospital isnot to shave the least endeavor near the line of death butto promote health, to bring joy to a renewed possible pro­ductivity after a health crisis has been met and conquered.

Realizing the earnest interest exhibited by the Com­monwealth of Massachusetts to the plight of the poor andthose in need of social services, the "near morbidity-mortal­ity" gauge seems to be a socially acceptable barometer.

It seems that the State is saying that since it cannotseem to be able to serve its citizens in the social and healthfield, no one else will be permitted to.

The needs of citizens and the need for the Church toefficiently express her apostolate are real values. Slavishand blinder-aided use of statistics without reference toactual population increases and immigrant arrivals and anapparent insistence on someone's dream for one singlemedical center for the Greater Fall River Area are prac­tically telling the Sisters to go practice their apostolateelsewhere.

No doubt there are needs for good medical apostolateselsewhere. There are probably' places where medical needsare even more critical than the Fall River area and whereSt. Anne's would be better appreciated. But the Diocesedoes need the living example and activity of St. Anne'sand an awakened awareness among the citi:z;ens of thearea seem ready to say loudly to the Public Health Councilthat they need the facility too.

The Fall River Area Council, Comprehensive HealthPlanning, Inc., after long protracted studies, has recom­mended that St. Anne's be allowed to modernize. The hos­pital has been willing to temper its requests, to competerealistically with other medical centers and even to aidstate-sponsored emergency medical endeavors with im­portant but costly experiments.

But since the hospital will not be willing to acceptState Statistics, State values and State ways of doing things,it will have to do as best it can with heroically built 1903facilities or tear down the well-used facility and cramp alittle tighter in already busy quarters and still be expectedto achieve the best care.

The State knows well' how to demand the greatestideals while at the same time not appropriating - or in thiscase, allowing the means.

A mid-Atlantic state bishop recently observed that ifthe Church abandoned its religion and instead aligned itsschools to some terrorist, militant "philosophy" it wouldsurely get a hearing and it would be shown to be constitu­tional. Just what does St. Anne's have to sacrifice to be al­lowed to make the best medical facilities available?

Ordinary Principal CelebrantAt Cape Day of Recollection

BICENTENNIAL FLAGS: On display in electric lightcompany window on Attleboro's Main Street are bicenten­nial flag reproductions by students at that community's Naz­areth Hall.

He became a Domestic Prelatein 1974 and also in that year re­ceived the Military' Order ofChrist of Portugal for his serviceto the Portuguese community.

Msgr. MunroeMsgr. Munroe was born in

Fall River in 1928 and graduatedfrom the former Coyle HighSchool, Taunton, in 1946. Aftertwo years at Providence Collegehe entered St. John's Seminary,Brighton, for his philosophicaland theological training. He wasordained in 1953 at St. Mary'sCathedral, Fall River, by BishopJames L. Connolly.

He served as an assistant atHoly Name parish, New Bedford,from his ordination until' 1972when he was named administra­tor of St. John the Evangelistparish, Attleboro. In 1975 he wasmade pastor of St. Pius X ·parish.

The new extraordinary minis­ter has served the Diocesan Tri­bunal in various capacitiessince 1959, and is now its Offi·cialis. He was raised to the rankof Domestic Prelate in 1974.

then entered the Seminary ofAngra, Terceira, Azores. He wasordained June 10, 1944 by thelate Bishop James E. Cassidyat Our Lady of Mount CarmelChurch, New Bedford, where heis now pastor.

His parish assignments as anassistant included Santo Christo,Fall River; Immaculate Concep­tion, New Bedford; and OurLady of Mount Carmel, NewBedford.

In 1962 the prelate was namedadministrator of Our Lady ofHealth parish, Fall River and in1964 pastor of St. Anthony'sparish, East Falmouth, wherehe served until 1966. He thenbecame pastor of St. Michael,Fall River, for three years, thenof St. John of God, Somerset,for five years until his presentappointment at Our Lady ofMt. Carmel.

In 1967 Msgr. Mendonca wasappointed to the Board of Ex­aminers of the Clergy and in1971 was named Vicar General.

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Continued from Page ThreeSchool in that city in 1937 andConfirmation, and it was such arequest which Bishop Cronintransmitted to the authorities ofthe Sacred Congregation. TheBishop expressed his delight thathis petition had been favorablyand promptly processed, in time­ly conjunction with the begin­ning of the "Confirmation sea­son" in diocesan parishes.

When exercising their extra­ordinary ministry, Msgr. Men­donca and Msgr. Munroe will as­sume the roles ordinarily re­served to the confirming bishop.They will act as principal con­celebrants at the parish Masseswhen Oonfirmation is celebratedand will deliver the homily. Theywill recite the sacramentalprayers which invoke the HolySpirit upon the candidates andwill seal the foreheads of con­firmands with the Holy Chrism.

Msgr. MendoncaMsgr. Mendonca, born in New

Bedford Sept. 26, 1919, grad·uated from Holy Family High

Senate DelaysPension Vote

The Priests' Senate, meetinglast week, postponed voting ona proposed pension plan in aidof retired and disabled diocesanpriests. Rev. Robert Kaszynski,senate president, stated that thepriests are basically in favor ofthe proposal but seek clarifica­tion of certain of its aspects.

The senate also supported ef­forts of St. Anne's Hospital toobtain approval of a certificateof need.

with registration. A coffee hour,business session and a confer­ence on the Eucharist by Rev.Francis B. Connors, districtmoderator; will follow. After apenance service at 11 :30, theMass will take place at noonwith Cape and Islands clergyconcelebrating with the Bishop.

Father Oliveira's presentationwill follow luncheon. Reserva­tions for the meal will· closeMonday, March 22 and may bemade with area coordinators,Mrs. Gilbert Noonan for the up­per Cape, Miss Esther M. Turn­bull for the mid-Cape and Mrs.Richard J. Filliman for the lowerCape.

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The Legion of MaryDIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

24th Annual ACIES CeremonySunday, March 21, 1976 - 2:30 P.M.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Mass.

OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBllCEveryone Urged To Attend

With the them£! of the Eucha­rist, Cape and Islands DistrictFive of the Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women will hold itsannual day of recollection Sat­urday, March 27 at St. Pius XChurch, South Yarmouth. BishopCronin will be principal cel­ebrant of the Mass for the Feastof Corpus Christi and the day'stheme will be further carried'out by Rev. John J. Oliveira, di­ocesan coordinator for the Eu­charistic Congress who will pre­sent a slide program on congresspreparations.

The day will begin at 9 a.m.

Continued from Page ThreePublicity: Rev. John R. FoIster,

acting editor of The Anchor, andRev. Ronald A. Tosti, assistantpastor of SS. Peter and PaulParish, Fall River.

Transportation: Rev. John F.Hogan, pastor of St. Julie Parish,No. Dartmouth.

Decorations: Robert Cogge­shall of the Cathedral Parish andMrs. Stanley Janick of SS. Peterand Paul Parish, Fall River.

Ushers: Rev. John J. Steakemof Bishop Stang High School andRev. Maurice R. Jeffrey of Bish­op Gerrard High School.

Ground Crew: Mr. GeorgeMilot, Principal of Bishop StangHigh School.

Youth: Sister Theresa Spar­row, R.S.M. and Sister Rita Pel­letier, S.S.J., both of the Dioc­esan Department of Education.

Knights of Columbus: Rev.Ernest E. Blais, pastor of SacredHeart Parish, New Bedford.

Bicentennial

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THEY WORE THE GREEN: Everything was comingup shamrocks at Holy Name School hall last night as OurLady of Fatima Court of the Catholic Association of For­esters presented its 29th annual St. Patrick's Day Review.Among dancers, front, from left, Patricia Harrington, CherylLeduc; second row, Kris Smith, Sue Vennette, Claire Rich­ards; back, Jean Richards, Eileen Audette, Michelle Ver­mette, Kathleen Hodkinson.

I cup milkdash saltY2 teaspoon vanilla extract.I) Melt the chocolate in a

buttered double boiler top overboiling water.

2) Stir in the brown sugarand ~ cup of the milk. Stir overboiling water until sugar dis­solves.

3) Add the bread, eggs (beat­en with the remaining % cupmilk) salt and vanilla, do notstir. Cook over boiling watercovered 1 hr.

Wednesday, March 24Tuna Fish Salad

Chocolate PuddingWednesday, March 31Spaghetti & Tomato

SauceGelatin Dessert

Wednesday, April 7Creamed Peas on Toast

Rice Pudding

Wednesday, April 14Tomato SoupTwo Cracker:1

Trinity HonorsDiocesan Girls

Two diocesan students havebeen admitted to Trinity College,Washington, D. C. as PresidentialScholars. The program, insti­tuted as part of the observanceof the 75th anniversary of theCatholic women's college, recog­nizes outstanding academic andco-curricular achievement.

The diocesan honorees areMary Gorman, Seekonk, daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gor­man, a Seekonk High Schoolsenior; and Eileen Smith, Center­ville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Leonard Smith, a BarnstableHigh School senior.

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cause many of our recipes wereethnic dishes the homemadecookbook became a collector'sitem, and to this day I meetmothers and grandmothers whoare still using it.

AI Saulino of Holy Rosary par­ish in Fall River and a fifthgrade teacher at the JeromeDwelly School in that city dida similar project recently butwent a step farther when hisclass wrote to city, state andfederal officials requesting theirfavorite recipes.

The project grew out of alesson in fractions and their usein cooking. When the idea carneof making a collection of recipes,the class' study of local, state,and national government led toSaulino's suggesting that hispupils ask officials at these threelevels to respond. Response wasoverwhelming and the resultingcookbook has just arrived at myhouse "hot off the press."

·President Ford sent a recipefor a baked turkey casserole,Congresswoman Heckler sentone of her family's favorites,Shrimp Florentine, and SenatorEdward Brooke offered an in­teresting Italian recipe, Capan­ato, that uses eggplant, zucciniand fresh string beans as itsmain ingredients.

Governor Mike Dukakis' wifeKitty responded to the writtenrequest with a favorite recipefor her own clam chowder andthe Mayor of Fall River, everycity councillor, the state repre­sentatives and State SenatorMary L. Fonseca are all repre­sented in "What's Cooking inAmerica," published by the fifthgrade students.

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By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

Today was the first day we ventured outside to ourrock garden to begin some weeding and cleaning up. Therock garden is on a bank which faces east beneath two largeold, oak trees which cover the plants in the fall with leaves.These we allow to remainuntil mid-March or until thecrocus bloom, when we re­move them to allow the sunto do its work.

I really enjoy working in mygarden. It is now about eightyears old and each year we addto it. Originally it was an unde­veloped lot belonging to anuncle. At first we consideredplanting a lawn on the site butthis meant upkeep and thetedious job of grading and cut­ting so we began a rock gardenwith a two foot strip of plantsand rocks. Now it measures ap­proximately 20 by 20 feet.

Scree NeededIt is not a true rock garden,

however. We merely placed rocksin the slope to cut down on ero­sion and planted rock gardenplants. A true rock garden shouldbe developed with a scree androcks placed in such a way asto imitate the natural outgrowthof rocks found in nature.

We started with perennials wehad in the main garden; alyssum(basket of gold), ajuga, violas,pinks and whatever lent itself toa rock garden. Since then weput aside $30 to $40 a year forplants and have gradually weed­ed out the ajuga and periwinkleused initially for ground cover.

Last year we added some newsedurns and sempervirums, acouple of helianthums, aboutfour new potentillas and a fewother odds and ends. Now I ambuying plants which will giveme some late bloom. One of theproblems with alpines and otherrock garden plants is that theytend to be Spring bloomers sothat the garden is at its best inthe early spring, but as the sum­mer comes has less and less inbloom and tends to look weedy.

In The KitchenOne of the most rewarding

experiences I had as a teacherwas when my class publisheda cookbook with their mothers'and teachers' favorite recipes.We had great fun in both gather­ing the recipes and printingthem in book form and some ofthe mothers were even kindenough to send in samples. Be·

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"Put on your jeans, grab yourpartner and come to a 'GoodOld Country Barn Dance'" saymembers of the parish Couples'Club. Preceded by a ham andbean supper at 7:30 p.m., thedance will continue until mid­night Saturday, March 27 at theparish hall on Main Road. West­ern music will be by the Drifters.Reservations, which are limited,may be made with Mr. and Mrs.Bernard Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Al­ston Potter or Mr. and Mrs. Rus­sell Tripp.SACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

During Lent homilies by Rev.Ernest E. Blais at the 11 a.m.Sunday Mass will discuss prep­arations for the new Rite ofPenance.

The CYO will sponsor a Bi­centennial dance for adults withthe Art Perry Orchestra from8 p.m. to midnight Saturday,April 3. Refreshments will beserved during the evening anda continental breakfast at mid­night. Tickets are available atthe rectory.

ST. DOMINIC,SWANSEA

The. Men's Club will sponsora "Good Olde Times Dance"from 8 to midnight Saturday,March 20 in the parish center.Foxtrots, waltzes and variousline dances will be featured, andmusic will be by the Hi-Hatters,appearing at the parish for thefirst time. Tickets are availableat the rectory, the parish creditunion or from club membersand will also be sold at the door.Pretzels will be provided at eachtable and other refreshmentswill include chourico sandwichesand meat pies.

The next Men's Club dance isscheduled for May.

ST. THERESA,NEW BEDFORD

The Couples Club will sponsora spring style show from 2 to 4p.m. Sunday, March 28. Jean­nette Tetreault, chairperson, an­nounces that tickets are avail­able from any club member.

HOLY TRINI1Y,WEST HARWICH

The third lecture in an enrich­ment series on the new rite ofPenance will be offered from7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday,March 24 at the church hall byRev. Francis J. McManus, S.J. ofthe faculty of Bishop ConnollyHigh Sch{)ol, Fall River.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL,SEEKONK

In place of a regular meeting,the Women's Guild will hold anevening of recollection Thurs­day, March 25, with membersmeeting in the parking lot onRoute 44 at 6:30 p.m. to travelto La Salette Shrine. Refresh­ments will be served.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

Altar boys of the parish willsponsor a cake sale at all Massesthe weekend of March 27 and 28.

An initial planning meetingfor the Espirito Santo Feast cel­ebration will take place at 7 p.m.Sunday, April 4.

ST. JOSEPH,FAIRHAVEN

The annual Sisters' Tea of theAssociation of the Sacred Heartswill take place in the school hallat 6 p.m. Sunday, April 4. Mem­bers are asked to bring prizesfor bingo and a pot luck supperwill be served with Mrs. IreneMandeville as chairlady.

The Association's annual ban­quet is set for 7 p.m. Wednes­day, May 5 at Western Steak­house in Fairhaven. Mrs. NoraSylvia is chairlady. New officersto be installed are Mrs. EileenElliott, president; Mrs. HelenSullivan, vice-president; Mrs.Imelda Sylvia, secretary; Mrs.Mary Blanchard, treasurer.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

Mrs. Margaret O'Neil is incharge of reservations for afashion show planned for Wed­nesday, April 7 at White's res­taurant and for a theatre partyWednesday, May 5 at Chateaude Ville, Warwick.ST. MARY,NEW BEDFORD

Parish programs for the re­mainder of Lent, each startingat 7 p.m. Wednesday in thechurch with a liturgy and guestspeaker and continuing with adiscussion and question period,will include for March 24 "Wom­en in the Church - We NeedThem," presented by SisterPrudence Croke, RSM; for March31 "The Hunger Issue-We CanHelp" by Jessie du Mont andButch and Anne Lavois.

For April 7 "A Tour of theHoly Land: We Walk in theFootstep of Jesus" by Rev. Wil­liam W. Norton; and for April14 "The Forgiveness of Jesus:We Receive It," a penance ser­vice offered by five priests.HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

Women's Guild members whohave not paid dues are askedto place them in the collectionbasket next Sunday.

First Penance Service for chil­dren will take place at 7 to­night. Parents are urged to at­tend and receive the sacramentwith their children. First Gom­munion will be received at 9a.m. Mass Saturday, May 22.

·Pro.ject Leisure will meet inthe school hall at 2 p.m. Thurs­day, March 25. Rev. John J. Oli­veira will speak on the Eucha­ristic Congress and asocial hourwill follow.

The Parish Parade

OUR LADY OF LOURDES,TAUNTON

Children's and adults' ticketsare available at the rectory forthe annual homebaked ham andbean supper to be served familystyle from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Satur­day, March 20 in the school hallon First Street. .

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Rescued WaifNow Bishop

There's a new bishop in thediocese of Unhambane, Mozam­bique who's very much in theloving prayers of Sister MariaBranco of the Franciscan Mis­sionaries of Mary at St. An­thony's Convent, Fall River.

Sister Maria, a native of SantoChristo parish, Fall River, re­turned last July from 42 yearsat various posts in the East Af­rican nation. One of her assign­ments was the care of babiesat a creche where the futurebishop was brought as a home­less waif. She tells his story: .

"Our children were out for awalk one Sunday when they mettwo little boys wandering aim­lessly around. One child wasabout three, the other five.

When questioned, they saidthat their mother was dead andthat their father had gone toJohannesburg to work in themines. Such work often resultedin the premature death of ~e

miner.The youngsters were brought

to the creche until someonewould claim them. Since thisnever happened, the two littleboys were cared for and educatedby the Franciscan Missionariesof Mary.

From the beginning, Pedrowas interested in religious ed­ucation. He became an altar boy,then expressed his desire to be­come a priest. He was sent toPortugal for studies and ordina­tion. When he returned to Mo­zambique, he came at once tovisit the Sisters who had caredfor him.

'Father' Pedro is now the newBishop of the Diocese of Unham­bane, Mozambique. During thesetroubled times under a commu­nistic regime, he needs theprayerful support of Christianseverywhere."

Sister Maria, now assigned toSt. Anthony's Convent, welcomesthe opportunity to renew oldfriendships and may be con­tacted at 621 Second St., FallRiver, telephone 673-2892. Shenotes that the Franciscan Mis­sionaries have recently produceda film about the work in Ghanaand that it is available for show­ing to area groups.

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Forsaken,Lent

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By one "jllne Greeo Sioce 1821

When you have trouble tryingagain during Lent, talk to thebeaten, discouraged, despairingChrist ... crushed into the dirt,under the Cross.

ing the spiritual benefit you firstanticipated. Again, it's a defeat.You made a bad choice. Youdidn't analyze your spiritualneeds accurately. Again, itforces you to face your humanweakness.

That can be eroding. It cancause you to want to give up. Itcan discourage you from tryingagain.

And that is the time for ameditation on the Passion ... andChrist's humanity, Christ's weak­ness, Christ's defeat. AndChrist's getting up and tryingagain!

If Christ were only God, HisPassion would have meantnothing. God doesn't get scared;God doesn't worry; God doesn'tfalter or fail.

But it was Christ, the Man,who faced that Passion. As aman, He knew His time wasrunning out. The establishmentwould get Him. Why did Hestay? Why not take off and hide,or go to another country?

Because He was showing thatmen should not always seek theeasy way out. He could haveavoided it ... But He stayed ofHis own choice.

There was no Church law thatsaid He had to go through withit.

So, today, Lent without all theold laws on fast and abstinence,gives us the opportunity of freelychoosing ... as Christ did.

Christ the Man

On the way to Calvary, whenHe fell, it wasn't God lying inthe dirt. God doesn't get tired.It was Christ, the Man, the hu­man we can relate to.

He didn't fall just from phys­ical exhaustion. Mental, emo­tional and spiritual exhaustionare far more debilitating.

Within the last few hours Hehad asked His father for help... and got none. One friend be­trayed Him; another friend de­nied Him; and the rest of Hisfriends disappeared. And His en­emies were about to kill Him.

His mission to bring peace tothe world was ending in His ownviolent death. His message oflove had fallen on deaf ears.

What made Him get up? Allthe goals, ideals, and ambitionsof His life had failed!

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To fast now requires our choicerather than the Church's.

And it's much more difficultto make your own choice.

At the beginning of Lent wemust evaluate our lives, deter­mine what is needed, and makea deliberate decision what todo. If that decision, deep down,offers no spiritual significance,the Lenten sacrifice is a cop-out.It's like giving up movies ...when you never went to the

movies anyway.But once a decision is made

on what to do for Lent, then thedifficulty comes in following it.

Personal Thing

When it's your own choiceyou don't have the fear of com­mitting sin if you fail. If youfail it's a personal thing. It's ablow to your ego. You must ad­mit defeat to yourself. You haveto recognize that you set out todo something ... and didn't.

And that is far more difficultthan not eating between meals!

Suppose you stick to yourplans for Lent, but as the weeksprogress realize that it isn't hav-

I was comfortable with the old Lenten fast. I was com­fortable spiritually . . . physically I was miserable. But itmade me feel good. I was working so hard observing thefast. It made me feel good because it was easy. It requiredno decision on my part. Therules and regulations wereimposed by the Church. Ididn't make a choice. Theytold me what to do.

If we choose to fast now, ithas to be a deliberate action re­lated to our growth spiritually.

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'Our Hearts Are Restless'

How to Ease Loneliness of Dyingmily to the end; cheerfulness; '­relaxed manner on the part ofvisitors, and competence on thepart of those who serve the pat­ient.

"On the matter of showingsome concern for the patient,"Father Cassem said, "the con­cern can he non-verbal and fre­quently it is. But it must be real.If the patient says somethingahout his illness and you pausehefore answer-ing, it can showthe patient that you have feel­ings about his or her illness. Onedoctor was examining a patientand came to a dead spot whichindicated that cancer had spreadand the doctor said, 'Damn!'Then the doctor said, 'Excuseme' ·and the patient told the doc­tor it was all right. 'As a matterof fact it's nice to know thatyou care,' the patient said. Thiscan Ibe the kind of reaction thatthe patient appreciates."

Death is admittedly a "morbidsubject" and communicationabout the patient's conditionshould be carried on with greatcare, Father Cassem said.

"·Communicating with the pa­tient is not easy," he said."Some people do not want totalk about their condition. It isnot nearly so important whatyou tell the patient as it is whatthe patient tells you that is im-

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LONELY: The Attleboro teen whose parentsare making her a state ward so she won'tcorrupt the little kids at home.

LONELY: The Newcolor TV,' but no love.

portant. That is one of the mostimportant things I have learnedin working with the sick."

"Patients like oheerful people,"he said. "They don't want youto act as if you were at a wake.One right a patient has is to betreated as one of the living. Pa­tients do not mind if you showemotion. If your eyes fill withtears for a moment, tha.t's fine.But they don't like someone whois uptight all the time. Patientsalso have a right to competence.They do not mind a doctor whois gruff hut good at this job asmuch as one who does not seemto know what he is doing."

In addition to the points that.the patients made, Fatt.er Cas­sem said, he has discovered twopoints of his own.

"And the first one I discoveredis that the patient wants you atsome time to respond to how hadthe situation is for him or her.It's fine to be cheerful and thepatient wants that, but they alsowant a sign that the person serv­ing them or visiting them has anunderstanding of what they aregoing through."

The second discovery FatherCassem made was that "youhave to appreciate the good thatyou come across and the goodis the patient."

der to cry on," 'but a wealth of practical assist­,ance in coping with everyday living.

From her experiences Mrs. Dube has writtena book, "Widows Can Cope," available from herat Madonna House, 44 Norwood St., Fall River,02723.

And she has done her share to ease the painof one of the most difficult forms of loneliness.

Students HelpAt high schools of the diocese, too, students

are concerned for the lonely. They are channel­ing their energies into SIGN (Service in God'sName), a national program that asks "youthsliving the Eucharist" to give 100 million hoursof service to others in honor of the EucharisticCongress.

Area teenagers are responding generously,said teachers. At Bishop Feehan High Schoolin Attleboro, for instance, the staff at NazarethHall School for Exceptional Children, located onthe Feehan campus, says "we couldn't survivewithout them. They give hours and hours oftime to us each week." Feehanites are also'teaching CCO classes in their parishes, coachingunderprivileged children in various sports pro­grams and acting as aides at hospitals andnursing homes.

At Bishop Connolly High School in FallRiver officials said that SIGN wasn't needed toprod boys into action. "Through our human­awareness program, students are alreadyworking at the Fall River Nazareth, in homesfor the aged and at the Corrigan Mental HealthCenter."

Not to be forgotten as an aid in easingloneliness is the newly revised rite of penance,which will emphasize pastoral concern andindividualized spiritual instruction, designed toremind penitents of the compassion of Christwho, in the ultimate insurance against lone­liness, has promised his people, "I will not leaveyou orphans; I will come to you."

ST. LOUIS (NC) - A Jesuitpriest-physician who is an asso­ciate professor of psychiatry atthe Harvard Medical School andhas done extensive work on theemotional impact of terminal di­seases has given St. Louis areamedical personnel and chaplainssome guidelines on treating ter­minally ill patients.

The priest, Father Edwin Cas­sem, said his experience in treat­ing terminally ill patients hadtaught him that there are severalthings that they seek from thosearound them.

"At the Massachusetts Gener­al Hospital for the terminally ill,where I hold seminars with ter­minally ill patients, most of thepatients are dying quickly andothers are dying slowly. We con­duct the seminars with them tofind out what they want fromthe people who are there toserve them. From hundreds oftalks with such patients thereare some things that I can sug­gest that virtually 'all terminallyill patients need."

These are, he said: some showof concern; aid in finding physi­cal and mental comfort; commu­nication; visitation by childrenand grandchild to show continu­ity of life; some sign of familycohesion; preservance of the fa-

By PAT McGOWAN

St. Augustine said it best: "Thou hast madeus for thyself, 0 God, and our hearts are restlesstill they rest in thee." But although God is theonly final and complete answer to loneliness,there are partial answers, many being givenhere and now in the Fall River diocese.

One is the Widows' Exchange of Fall River,organized by Mrs. Edna Dube of Notre Dameparish, a founder of its Women's Guild, and arecipient of the diocesan Marian Award andtwice the president of the Fall River CatholicNurses Guild.

When she was widowed severa! years ago,she said, the bottom dropped out of life. "I really

,did not know what loneliness was, however,until I came home after my husband died andlooked up to the window as I drove into thedriveway. He had always seemed to be therein his big red chair; now, tlie chair was empty."

Loneliness EasesGradually, though, her loneliness eased,

helped, she said, by attending daily Mass atNotre Dame. As time went on. she realized thatmost widows shared her initial feelings of loss.As one said to her, "It's like reaching out forhelp and finding there is nothing there."

Not only was there little emotional supportavailable to widows, Mrs. Dube discovered, butthere were few practical helps with insurance,social security, legal problems and even house­hold matters such as repairs or improvements.Women whose husbands had always handledsuch affairs found themselves floundering.

Something must be done for such women,Mrs. Dube decided. She discussed the problemwith officials at the Women's Center of BristolCommunity College in Fall River, who offeredher facilities and encouragement in calling ameeting of widows.

From that beginning the Widows' Exchangedeveloped, offering members not only a "shoul-

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Dimes, and eventually wasawarded a plaque of apprecia­tion from the organization. Shegrows and cans her own veget­ables.

The Kenneys still owe $4,000for Teresa Marie's initial medi­cal expenses, and more for hercontinuing care. How will theypay these expenses? "I just putmy trust in God," Mrs. Kenneysaid.

"Loneliness permeates us all," a socialanalyst acknowledged. "We're fragmentedpeople with unloved hearts."

A civil servant felt "people are craving fordeeper relationships, which' aren't possible inour working life."

A young reporter said many single womenof her generation were "afraid to be alone sothey go out for a good time and often havea rotten time."

A community worker said that some poorerfamilies "don't know what it's like to live in aloving way because the parents never experi­enced it themselves as kids."

'Give Me Some Sign'Here is another example, from a middle­

aged woman in a rehabilitation center foralcohol and drug addiction:

"About midnight I was so depressed I wasgoing to try suicide again. I knew I'd really doit up this time. I started praying and I saidto God: 'Just give me some sign, kick me inthe head now, show me there is some reasonfor me to live.' Just then my son knocked onthe door. He had a nightmare that I was takingan overdose so he came right over to my apart­ment. It was as if the whole world lifted off me.Somebody cared!"

Maxwell did note that not all those heinterviewed expressed feelings of loneliness.However, there was a strong underlying currentthroughout Canadian society which revealed abreakdown in community living, he said.

Nowhere is this being more painfully feltthan within the very heart of community life,the family, he said.

In the report's chapter dealing with mar­riage and family life, Maxwell described thepresent state of family life in Canada as "acrisis situation." He appealed for pastoral pro­grams, ,to help strengthen the family. He alsosuggested that such programs take into accountthe serious search for viable alternatives to thetwo-generation, nuclear family model.

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-causing smoke <:lamage, but nofire.

Teresa Marie's birth alonecost the Kenneys $11.000. Theyneed ex~ensive medical servicesregularly. This Christmas theyhad to accept food from charit­able organizations, even thoughMr. Kenney has a job as mana·ger trainee with Rinker Mater­ials Corporation in Bradenton.

How does Mrs. Kenney handleit? "Some people drink or takenerve pills," she said. "I pray."

The Kenneys are members ofSacred Heart parish and of aprayer group which meets thereeach week.

"I just put my trust in God,"she said. "If this is the way Hewants things to be, what can 1say? Maybe this is my penance."Mrs. Kenney said she reads theBible, says the Rosary and praysespecially to the Holy Spirit.

She does more than pray.While with Teresa Marie in thehospital, she met a young couplewith a sick baby who had nofood, no car, no money. She col­lected infant clothing, kitchenutensils, food, and toys forthem.

Shortly after her cancer oper·ation, she started volunteerwork for the Mothers' March of

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BRADENTON, Fla. (NC) ­Rosemarie Kenney has had hershare of misfortune. Withinthree years she has suffered hos­pitalization for a gall bladderattack, appendicitis, emergencydelivery of a child by Caesareansection, radical surgery remov­ing a malignancy on her leg, andremoval of two benign tumors.

Her husband, Jim, has beenhospitalized during the sametime for a torn cartilage andpneumonia.

The Kenneys have five chil­dren, one adopted from CatholicSocial Services. Their older sonis hyperkinetic, 'has a blood dis·order and fructose (sugar) in·tolerance. Their four-month-olddaughter, Teresa Maria, spentthe first 17 days of her life inan intensive care ward for arespiratory disorder. Twice doc­tors said she would die. TeresaMarie has a lump growing underher left eye which doctors saymust be removed.

While driving 40 miles to bewith their daughter in the hos­pital, the Kenneys disabled onecar in a minor accident and theirother car broke down. Lightningstruck their home while theKenneys were at the hospital,

By STAN KOMA

OTTAWA, Canada (NC) - Loneliness isamong the most serious maladies afflictingCanadians, a national survey conducted by theCanadian Catholic Conference (CCC) has indi­cated.

Grant Maxwell, director of the CCC's SocialAction Office, said in his report, entitled "Asses­sing Everyday Life," that loneliness pervades allincome and age groups.

"Witness the tragic stories of lonely stu­dents who 'shoot up' their classrooms, singleparents driven to despair and pensioners whodie alone," he said.

"Loneliness is a countrywide problem thatis both personal and social in its causes and inits effects," he continued. "People in all walksof life are calling out for help, for evidencethat 'somebody cares' in an increasingly mech­anized and depersonalized society."

While acknowledging that ministering tothe lonely has always been a pastoral concern,he said: "Grassroots evidence shows that thisministry should receive top priority in pastoralprograms."

He called the ministry to elderly people"perhaps the least glamorous and probably themost needed service of neighborly caring."

During his eight-month study, Maxwell hadconversations with about 750 respondents.

Conversations were held with individuals,couples and small groups. Respondents rangedfrom school students to retired couples, fromfishermen to city planners, from poor to rich,from committed believers to avowed atheists.

Among those interviewed were local reli­gious leaders, civil leaders and men and womenin the news media.

In his report, Maxwell described the "preva­lence of loneliness" as one of the clearest signsof the times.

Here ~re a few examples of what some ofthe respondents said:

'L'onelinessl

LONELY: The Taunton mother' .home somuch with only the kids.

LONELY: The Fall River husband andfather who wouldn't retreat behind the paperif there were someone who'd listen.

LONELY: The solitary crowd at any SundayMass.

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exposing its members to socialconcerns through education andincreasing public awareness.

Intercommunion with other de­nominations was noted to be amatter of concern, especially atsuch events as weddings andfunerals. It was recommendedthat the Bishops permit inter­communion whenever possible,within Vatican guidelines.

The New England Bishop saidinput from the area meetingwould be made available to otherAmerican Bishops at a forthcom­ing general meeting and alsosaid results would be valuablein making plans for the Eucha­ristic Congress.

-Francis J. McConnell

Indispensable,"The prophet who dares to

speak out against public opin­ion is indispensable to thechurch."

Providence diocese, asked theBishops to engage in prayerfulrefll~ction, and to petition Romefor an extension of women'sministerial role in the Eucharist.She said she did not expect im­med.iate action but noted thatthe real need for a strongerrole in the Eucharist was in themissionary field.

Also discussed was a requestby members of the Manchester,N. H. delegation for the Bishopsto approve reception of HolyCommunion in the hand, a pro­posal earlier defeated at a na­tional Bishops' meeting.

Revive BenedictionDelegates and Bishops agreed

that. Eucharistic devotions suchas Benediction should be re­vived in a contemporary con­text, such as use in paraliturgies.

It was recommended that theChurch remain strong in its roleas ;a community of conscience,

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Eucharistwomen would be admitted to thepriesthood.

Sr. Prudence Croake, R.S.M.holder of a doctorate in theEucharist and a teacher in the

the subject of divorced and re­married Catholics and their de­nial of admission to the sacra­ments by Church law, delegatesand Bishops could not make anysingle recommendation on thesubject.

No ActionAlthough it was agreed that

compassion was due victims ofbroken marriages, little has beendone to readmit divorced, remar­ried Catholics to the Eucharist.Several discussion groups rec­ommended a strengthening ofmarriage preparation programs,and more efforts in the area ofmarital counseling by the Churchin an effort to prevent breakups.

Regarding the role of womenin the Eucharist, delegates andBishops agreed that women'srole in the Mass has increasedin the last few years. Womenare now special ministers of theEucharist and lectors at Mass,but it was felt unlikely that

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mendations regarding the roleof the Eucharist in the contem­porary Church resulted from theFourth Annual Convocation ofthe New England Bishops, heldlast weekend at Mont Marie,Holyoke, and attended by 13delegates from the Fall Riverdiocese, led by Bishop Cronin.

At a wrap-up session, del­egates told the assembled bish­ops they felt action should betaken in several areas tostrengthen attendance at Sun­day Mass. Included were suchideas as more careful planningof liturgies to take in needs offamilies, youth, aged, and in­capacitated Catholics.

Also, several delegates rec­ommended a "sincere missionary.effort" to search out Catholicsnot regularly attending Churchservices, and help them returnto the community of Faith.

Despite strong discussion on

didn't know till very recently.But a pragmatic compromise!was worked out in the earlydecades of this century whichmay have been the most impor­tant event in the whole historyof Catholic pluralism in theUnited States.

The - research being done onthe twentieth-century Catholicimmigrant (close to half theCatholic families in the UnitedStates came in THIS century) isbeing done at the University ofChicago, the University of Wis­consin at Milwaukee, and theCenter for Migration Studies onStaten Island. And the men whoare doing the research-VictorGreene, the Tomasis, Joseph Par­rot, Richard Linkh, Edward Kan­towiscz, Charles Shanabruch­are not hired by Catholic schoolsand are unknown in the Cath­olic community. The amateurs,of course, are then perfectly freeto pontificate about ethnicity inthe Americain church. Men likeNovak and Gambino, not with­out insight, surely, but lackingthe research evidence of the pro­fessional scholars, fill the vac­uum.

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So be it, if that's the way theCatholic universities want it. Butthen they will forgive us if welaugh when they have solemnhigh conferences in the shadowof the Golden Dome to talkabout the "evangelization ofAmerican Catholics," They sim­ply. and quite literally do notknow what they are talkingabout-and are too dumb evento know that they don't know.

In the meantime, to whetyour appetite for "The Critic"story, remember two namesyou never heard of - MaclawKrushla and James MichaelQuigley.

And no one knows about it.As far as I can figure out, thereare no scholars at Catholic uni­versities even lookjng at thequestion-or who are even awarethat it is a question. You try topersuade someone who special­izes in the history of the East­ern and Southern EuropeanCatholic ethnics and he'll tellyou, "We already have a man inCatholic history. The Catholicuniversity's obligation to self­understanding is discharged byhiring one man ...

Says Catholic ResearchBeing Done by Others

Some people have been moaning that I want to takeaway the freedom of Catholic university scholars.b~ su~­

gesting that Catholic universities ought to specIal~ze In

scholarly research on things like the history and SOCIologyof American Catholicism. Idon't think so. Scholars canresearch anything they wantto. But all universities, ex­cept maybe the very largest ofthe megauniversities, make de­cisions about the areas in whichthey are going to specialize. (The

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18,1976 11

University of Chicago, for ex­ample, does not have a schoolof journalism and will shortly nolonger have a school of educa­tion; Northwestern, on the otherhand, has both.) My point wasrather that it would be appro­priate for Catholic universitiesto focus pragmatic energieson areas of research in whichthey can either most readilymake a special contribution orin which they might most prop­erly have a special interest.

For example, the wise menwho preside over the destiniesof "The Critic" have in theircourageous wisdom asked meto do a long interpretative es­say on the state of AmericanCatholicism. Without tipping toomuch of our hand, I becameconvinced that most Catholichistory ends in 1895, and mostof the things which shape theChurch today began after that.

Thus, if we follow the booksof the Ellis school of institution­al history, we see that with thebattle against the Germans be­fore the beginning of the cen­tury, the Irish-dominated hier­archy had soundly beaten thosewho wanted ethnic enclaves inthe American Church - andthere were lot~ of signs of reliefabout this till Coleman Barrycame along and rehabilitatedPeter Paul Cahensley and hisAmerican allies.

But in either interpretationthe ethnic enclaves matter hadbeen settled against the ethnics.Yet, it always seemed strangeto me that in fact we find achurch at the present time whichdoes indeed have ethnic en·claves. Somehow or the other,between the Americanizationcontroversy and 1940 when Ibegan readling Catholic historybooks, the tide had turned.

And if the ethnics didn't haveseparate dioceses of their own,as the Cahnesleytes wanted, theyhad at least powerful sectorswithin the large diocese, not in­frequently headed by an auxil­iary bishop of their own nation­ality. How had this come to be?

Now (would wager gentlereader, that you don't know.Most Catholics don't know. I

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Wher'e Is Joy,Asks Cardinal

Asking a new high-level cate·chetical group to restore "joy tothe learning and practice of thefaith," Cardinal John Wright, incharge of a Vatican congrega­gation overseeing catechetics,said, "Something has happenedto laughter and joy in theChurch and that something isnot good,"

"Specifically, laughter and joyhave been buried under method·ology lost in the content of cate·chesis,"

He said that the disappear­ance of laughter and joy "isprobably the principal difficultyin the catechesis of modernyouth."

"It is certainly the principalobstacle to our catechesis ofadult intellectuals,", He asked the newly organized

International Catechetical Coun­cil, which met this month inRome, to "teach us how we canrealize the ideal proposed by St.Ambrose: 'Catechize with joy.' "

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portion of workers with 1,400hours of work. When workerswith less than 700 hours of workin the industry were removedfrom the sample, the mediannumber of hours reported for allcrafts in all areas was 1,535.

Modest EarningsEven if one employs the high­

er figure of 1,535 hours, the av­erage yearly earnings of the va­rious 'crafts are, by today's stan­dards, rather modest. The aver­age for all trades was $10,716for . those who worked 1,200hours, $12,502 for those whoworked 1400 hours, and $13,708for those who worked 1,535hours.

Construction workers havealso been criticized on thegrounds that the average annualrate of contract gains as nego­tiated in collective bargainingagreements has been excessivelyhigh. In point of fact, however,the wage gains in the buildingindustry have not only failed tokeep pace with the cost of livingbut in three of the past fouryears have lagged behind thoseof a number of other sectors.

I hold no special brief for theconstruction unions. Like anyother organization, they havemade their share of mistakesand are subject to legitimatecriticism. On the other hand,they have a right to expect thatcriticism directed against thembe based on the facts and thatthey not be blamed for thingsfor which they are not solely orprincipally responsible.

In summary, then, as HenryFord II emphasized in his bicen­t~nnial essay referred to in lastweek's column, "We should stopthinking that our problems arecaused by the bad intentions ofother people" (in this case bythe alleged greed of the construc­tion unions). Problems, Mr. Fordemphasized, get solved by look­ing for solutions, not scapegoats.

By

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GEORGE G.

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round earnings of workers arenot out of line with those skilledin other segments of the econ­omy.

At the present time, far from,being the pampered darlings ofour economy, construction work­ers are being hit harder by therecession than almost any othersingle group of blue-collarworkers. In a 41-city randomsample conducted by the AFt-'CIO Building and ConstructionTrades Department, the averagerate of unemployment for con­struction workers was found tobe 27.2 percent.

Unemployment in some craftsin some cities ran as high as90 percent and in many craftsin a number of communitiesacross the nation it averaged be­tween 50 and 75 percent. Inshort, unemployment in the con­struction industry has reachedcrisis proportions. It will be theprincipal item on the agendaof an emergency conference of3,500 delegates to be held inWashington on April 5.

Critics of the construction un­ions will say, of course, that theyhave priced themselves out ofthe market and that they them­selves are principally responsiblefor the alarmingly high rate ofunemployment in their industry.

This charge overlooks thefact that construction workers,on the average, do not have year­round employment. According toa U. S. Department of Laborstudy completed in 1970, for 13occupations in four areas, mostconstruction workers were em­ployed less than 1,200 hours dur­ing the 12-month period sur­veyed.

Generally, the less skilled oc­cupations reported a higher pro·

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KNOW YOUR FAITHHidden Riches ATime of Great Expectations

IA Modern St. Paul Writes to His Flock"ONE DAY a young man from Galilee turned up in the

audience of a man who was creating quite a stir, John theBaptist" (From article by Father John J. Castelot). TheBaptism of Jesus is shown in this 1886 woodcut by PaulGustave Dore. (NC sketch)

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the long awaited Messiah. If Hewas asked point-blank, He usu­ally managed to avoid giving adirect answer. Even after Peter'sacknowledgement at CaesareaPhilippi, "You are the Messiah,"

.Jesus told him to be quiet andwent on immediately to predictHis passion and death. He didnot deny the truth of Peter'sconfession, but it was going totake some time for the disciplesto realize just what kind ofMessiah He was and how Hewas going to work out His mis­sion.

It is significant that Peter re­acted rather violently to the pre­diction of the passion and deathand Jesus had to reprimand himsharply. From this point on, es­pecially in the Gospel ot' Mark.He refers to Himself consistentlyas the "Son of Man." He simplydid not like the" title, Messiah.It conjured up too many false

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show for its presetige and glorywas its family tree. Little didthe crowds who pressed aboutthe Baptist realize that therestood in their midst the One forwhose coming they yearned soardently, the One who wouldraise the royal house of Judah toundreamed of glory and wouldestablish an everlasting kingdom.But it was to be a kingdom of afar different sort from the onewhich the popular ~magination

had fashioned-and so no onetoo::!: much notice of Him thatday.

It was not long, however, be­fore He drew a great deal ofattention and attracted a fairnumber of followers. With mes­sianic expectations running sohigh, it was only natural thatmany should at least entertainthe hope that He might be "theone who was to come." Still,prudence dictated that He makeno public, overt claim to being

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BYREV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S.

Jesus was born into a trou­bled world. He started his publicministry in an even more trou­bled world. His people werechafing under the rule of paganforeigners. True, they themselveshad asked the Romans to stepin and take over Judea, but theymade their request out of des­peration; they simply could notendure the misconduct of theHerodians. Herod the Great hadbeen bad enough; his son, Ar­cheluaus was impossible. TheRoman procurators were a mixedlot, some good, some bad, someunbearably oppressive. Good orbad they were a constant thornin the side of the Jews, an ever­present reminder of the low 'es­tate to which they, the peopleof God, had fallen. One dream,one sometimes fantastic desirepossessed them: to be rid ofalien domination and come intotheir own once more. Theirdreams, their hopes were cen­tered on the coming of the oneof whom the prophets hadspoken, the one whom they nowcalled the Messiah, the "anoint­ed one."

There was no agreement onwhen or where or how he wouldappear. The prophets had beenfar from clear on de~ails; rather,they had given so many detailsthat it was hard, if not impos­'sible, to blend them all into areasonable composite. Some ofJesus' contemporaries stressedone aspect of the messianic pic­ture which had been sketchedin the past, others stressed an­other. Most popular was theidea of a brilliant descendantof the royal line of David, aconquering hero who would leadthe forces of Israel to a crush­ing victory over the pagans andraise Israel to the status of num­ber one world power.

A strong minority emphasizedthe spiritual qualities of theMessiah and of his rule. Hewould be kind and generoils,just and merciful, completelyand sincerely devoted to Yah­weh. Still others gave up tryingto reconcile the apparently con­tradictory elements of the proph­ets' picture and looked for atleast two Messiahs, one an in­invincible warrior and king,the other a saintly man of God.The Qumran sectaries, for in­stance, about whom they calledsimply "the prophet."

One day a young man fromGallilee turned up in the audi­ence of a man who was creatingquite a stir, John the Baptist;and submitted to his Baptism.His name was Jesus,and Hecame from an insignificant vil­lage called Nazareth. He hasspent a very uneventful youththere and was now in his 30thyear. He could trace His ances­try back to the great king,David, but the royal line hadnever rallied from the fall ofJerusalem back in 587 B.C. Allthe house of David now had to

not granted by request. Realiz­ing that He had said no wasappalling., It's all very well tosay, "Everything is f.or the besteven though you don't knowwhy," but believing is a differ­ent thing. And the remark thatsome well-meaning friends made:"You must be especially blessedto have a child like this.' Godknows you can cope with it. Oneis never asked to do more thanhe is able," was irritating. Itwas irritating because I did notwant to accept God's will.

But time has a way of pavingthe way for many things. Yvonne ­was the most loveable of all ourchildren. And God, in His infi­nite wisdom, had not deprivedher of response. I have, sinceYvonne's birth, realized that itis indeed seldom that a child hasno response at all.

,She seemed to blossom witheach passing week. We watchedthe other children grow moreconsiderate; we watched themlearn to love more deeply. Andthe day came, I'm not sure ex­actly when, that I realized sheis perfect. I finally understoodthat God never makes a faultyhuman being. Each of God's

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his letter to prayer groups wementioned last week.

- On this subject of healing,he wrote:

"The 'release of the Spirit'should not be presented to peo­ple as a 'cure-all.' In fact, forpeople with serious problems itcan be dangerous. Often profes­sional psychiatric help would bethe best advice.

"In some ways there are insome areas - especially funda­mentalist ones-an exaggerationof 'claiming healing' or 'claim­ing our victory.' There is dangerof the pendulum swinging to theother extreme that everyoneshould be healed, which onlybrings guilt and hurt. Whine

,God's general will is for ourwholeness, His will is obvious­ly not done perfectly on earth.

"We need to remember thatJesus learned obedience throughsuffering. So must we, even ifGod allows evil in our lives."

- On the subject of "Baptismin the Spirit," Fr. Chachere urgeshis people not to use the term.With Cardinal Suenens, he noteswe do not maintain a duality ofBaptisms, one in water and onein the Spirit. There is but one.

"The term 'release of the Spir­it' seems more appropriate. Itwould clarify the fact that wefirmly believe Catholics receivethe Spirit at Baptism and Con­firmation. The emphasis wouldthen be on the power of theHoly Spirit becoming a matterof personal conscious experi­ence."

BY ANGELA M. SCHREIBER"I baptize thee Yvonne Marie

in the name of the Father andthe Son and the Holy Spirit."The moment was one of joy­the joy of witnessing the en­trance of my infant daughter in­to the Christian community. Butit was coupled with acute pain­pain because I feared she wouldnever develop the ability toreally know anything about God.

Each child whom I had borne,I considered as a special, tem­porary gift from the Lord. Andfive of my gifts were without aflaw. But this little one, lovelyas she was, had what the worldconsiders to be a major flaw-a flaw that cannot be healed-she was a mongoloid.

"How could You have notmade her perfect, God?" Iasked. And in the next breath,"Help me accept," followed by"I can't accept what You havedone." And finally; "God, pleasemake it not so. Make her whole.'Faith,' You said 'could move amountain.' I have the faith." SoI took her in my arms on herchristening day and resolved theproblem. It would not be so.

Time passed and I finally hadto admit that it was so. God had

By

FR. JOSEPH M.

CHAMPLIN

"Why don't you bring your­friend John to our prayer group-We will pray over him, layhands upon the poor man and hewill be healed. Just like that. Noproblem."

Just like that. No problem.This promise of instant, easy

healing came from a very sin­cere, enthusiastic, well inten­tioned charismatic priest of asouthern diocese. He commentedin response to my description ofa pastoral incident involving anindividual we called John whostruggles with severe family,physical and emotional $lifficul­ties.

The ailing man has receivedmedical treatment and psychi­atric care with some success, butmany of his troubles continue.

Suppose he does go to thatprayer group and is not healed?What then? Will he now alsofeel guilty, believe he lacks faith,think God is punishing him bythe sickness?

That is one of the problemsconnected with the charismaticmovement, tendencies which Fr.Richard Chachere, the Lafayette,La. Diocesan Director of Char­ismatic Renewal, confronted in

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THE ANCHOR- 13Thurs. March 18, 1976

Scholar to GiveSlide Lecture

A slide lecture on the deathand resurrection of Jesus willbe given at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,March 23, in St. Louis ChurchHall, Eagle St., Fall River. Thepublic is invited and there willbe no admission charge.

Presenting the slides will beFather Antonine DeGuglielmo, aFranciscan binblical scholar whoholds a doctorate in theologyfrom the Pontifical Universityof St. Anthony in Rome; alec­torate in scripture from theFranciscan biblical scholar whoJerusalem; and a licentiate insacred scripture from the Pon·tifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

He is among translators andeditors of the New AmericanBible, has taught intermittentlyfor 18 years and served for 10years as councilor and secretaryof studies for the entire Francis­can Order. He was also secretaryor vice-secretary of two world­wide gatherings of Franciscanmajor superiors, one in Mendel­lin, Colombia, in 1971, and theother at Madrid in 1973.

Continued from Page Twelvechildren is unique and we eachcome into the world as a perfectsreation.

Thinking about what I ex­pected my child to be like whenshe was born brings me to re­flecting upon what people ex­pected their Messiah to be like.Many though that surely Hewould rule the world, that theirlives would be made easy, thatexistence would perhaps parallelthe Garden of Eden. What ashock it was when they real·ized that His was not a kingdomof this world but of the next!Their reaction was somewhatlike mine. My daughter was notlike I had expected her to be.The Messiah was not like theyexpected Him to be. They weredisappointed. Like me, they re­belled. It took time to accept Hismessage and longer still to un­derstand it. In fact, 2,000 yearslater, we do not understand Hismessage fully. We're continuingto grow in our Christianity.

It's human, of course, to buildimages of things to come. It'shuman, too, to be disappointedwhen they don't match our pre· .conceived ideas. But if we're pa­tient enough to watch, wait,a'cld try to understand, we're aptto discover hidden riches. Acouple of Sundays ago, afterMass was over, Yvonne ran­down the center aisle to thealtar. I reached her just in timeto hear her say, "Hello, God. Ilove you!"

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notions in the minds of His con­temporaries. The title, Son ofMan, was mysterious, but itsuited his purposes. It had takenon certain messianic connota­tions since its introduction inthe Book of Daniel. But thephrase itself, in its literal sense,suggested also authentic human­ity, humility, lowliness, andserved as a corrective to popularmessianic ideas.

Throughout His public minis­try He remained ultimately amystery, even for His disciples.It was only in the light of theirresurrection experience and withthe aid of the Holy Spirit thatthey began to realize just whoHe was. By that time, of course,the real nature of His messianicidentity and mission was clearand not open to misunderstand­ing. And so the apostolic Churchhad no hesitation about callingHim· the Christ (Messiah) and in­terpret His career eventually inthis li~ht. in the four Gospels.

That reminds me of St. Paulcommunicating to the Christiansat Corinth, Ephesus or Rome.

Father Chacherae recognizedhe was writing at length, and by

. necessity and purpose in rathernegative fashion. His phrases,however, were not chosen light­ly or "without much prayer andreflection and consultation."

He concluded: "So in thestrength of My Lord I write to

. you in great confidence thatyou will receive these wordswith the love with which youhave always received me. Youare so dear to me and togetherwe share an eagerness forspreading His Kingdom. May thishelp to bring us closer together

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mer or non-charismatic friends:"We should be very careful

not to segregate ourselves fromour non-charismatic friends andbe highly sensitive to the work­ing of the Holy Spirit in everyindividual; discernment largelyconsists in discerning good, notevil in people!"

- On using Charismatic jar­gon: "People should be in­structed not to use phrases like"the Lord told me" as that isoffensive to others and impliesan 'in-group' mentality andblocks Paul's admonition 'to testall things.' "

For similar reasons he feelsphrases like 'Praise the Lord'should be avoided in the pres­ence of those not involved in themovement.

- On competing with parishactivities:

"Give the priest his appropri­ate place as leader and spiritualcounsellor and let the sacra­ments have their central place;try communal Penance servicesfor healing of dissension. Trynot to regularly have a separatecharismatic Eucharistic celebra­tion which might take peopleaway from their professional orparish setting."

- On loyalty to the' Church,he urged:

"A willingess to submit tolegitimate Church authority, lo­cally represented by BishopFrey."

sential prerequisite for nourish­ment with natural food.

But Baptism is a lot more thana prerequisite for the receptionof the Body and Blood of Jesusin the Eucharist as spiritual foodfor our journey to an eternalhome.

Baptism is an initiation intoa community - the communityof all those who are not onlyour brothers and sisters in thehuman family but are also ourbrothers and sisters in faith andin the life of Christ. Our broth­ers and sisters in faith and ingrace are those we join at thetable of the Lord in a commu­ity truly Christian as we satisfythe human family's most pro­found hunger for nourishmentwhich is everlasting in receivingJesus who is the Bread of Life.

"SUPPOSE AN AILING MAN does go to a prayergroup and is not healed? Will he now feel guilty, believe helacks faith, think God is punishing him?" (From article byFather Joseph M. Champlin). Hands have become symbolicof charismatic movement as this draWing by Floyd Sonnier.depicts. (NC sketch courtesy of Lafayette, La. Morning Star)

By Rev. John P. FoleyHow do we get to become

members of God's family?In one sense, all human beings

are members of God's family,because all human beings arechildren of God. Since aU of ushave' the same Father, we areall brothers and sisters - allmembers of the same humanfamily.

In another sense, however,members of the human familyhunger for a deeper relationshipwith God and with one anothe"r- and God has made such a re­lationship possible by giving tohuman beings a created share inHis own inner life. Since God isvastly sU'1erior to human beingswho are, after aU, only His crea·tures while He is their Creator,the inner life of God is reallysomething beyond human co~­prehension or capacity. Thus, itis only by a special gift of God- a gratuitous gift - that hu­man ,beings receive a speciallycreated-share in God's inner life;a new type of life which enablesthem to live in the company ofGod and to appreciate. the com­pany of God forever. That spec­ial gift of new life is calledgrace.

Because grace is a createdshare in God's own life and be­cause Jesus Christ wac; not onlyman but God. the grace we re­ceive as a gift from God is trulythe life of Christ. "Of his full­ness," St. Paul said, "we haveall received." And we receivethe fullness of Christ in the Eu­charist, in Holy Communion, thesacrament or outward sip,n inwhich we receive the Body andBlOOd of Christ Himself "underthe appearances of bread andwine.

Introduction NeededJesus Himself has said: "Un·

less you eat the flesh of the Sonof Man and drink His blood, youshall not have life in you." Healso said: "He who eats Myflesh and drinks Mv blood abid~sin Me and I in him."

Before we can feast at the tableof the Lord. however, we mustbe introduced to it.

Just as food has no effect ifit is fed to a dead body, so thespiritual nourishment of theBody and Hlood Qf Christ in theEucharist have no effect unlessthey are received by one. who isspiritually alive, one who hasreceived the gift of grace, thegift of God's own life, one whohas been born again.

Our Lord has also said: "Un­less a man be born again ofwater and the Holy Spirit, heshall not enter the kingdom ofheaven."

This, Baptism - the sacra­ment or outward sign by whichwe are introduced to grace, toGod's own life - is an essentialprerequisite for reception of theEucharist, just as life is an es-

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Baptism NeededTo Join Church

Delegate Questions EmphasisOn Organization, Money

By Michael Newman ality, although there are local

SAN DIEGO (NC) _ Pope Turn to Page SixteenPaul's representative in theUnited States said here he is im­pressed by the leadership givenby the U. S. bishops and by therenewal of interest in the spir­itual life among the country'spriests.

Archbishop John JadQt said,however, that he finds the bish­ops' leadership hampered byfaults in the line of communica­tions, and that organization andmanagement are given too muchemphasis.

He called the National Con­ference of Catholic Bishops(NCCB), "a very strong organ­ization, helping to give strongleadership."

But, he added that the leader­ship of the bishops "does notCQme through everywhere be­cause of lack of communication."

The Belgian-born apostolic del­egate continued: "I do not meanonly the technical aspects, butthe need to be aware of the needfor presence, for dialogue, tomeet with the people. Somecases are very good, but this isa problem here."

Archbishop Jadot said he wasalso concerned about the way"the American way of life givesso much prominence to manage­ment, to organization and tomoney."

"Perhaps we still place toomuch emphasis on these," hesaid, "and too many people arespending too lJluch time on them.Perhaps we place too much em­phasis on management and or­ganization, and see them as anend in themselves.

"Bishops, priests and laity in­volved in the work of theChurch have to think about get­ting a good organization, butwe have to make sure it is notmore 'inside-looking' than 'out­side-looking.' "

Something DeeperCommenting on renewal of in­

terest in a spiritual life in theUnited States, the archbishopsaid: "I am very impressed par­ticularly by the priests. Not allof them, of course, but we haveso many, particularly the young­er priests who are really prayingmen, alone and together."

Sisters, the archbishop said,"search also for a strong spir­itual life. And the laity, too,show a great prayerfulness."

Such movements as the char­ismatic renewal, Marriage En­counter, and cursillos or mini­retreats, help the growth of thespiritual life, Archbishop Jadot­said, adding: "There is some­thing much deeper than all the

.movements, which is growing."He said he considers the

Church to be now in the "secondstage" of the post-Second Vat­ican Council period.. "The first period was one ofadjustment, changes in our in­stitutions," he said. "We had towork very hard to get our newstructures."

But, he said, "that was onlyone part. Now we are in the sec­ond period, and are more awareof the Spirit."

On sensitive national issuessuch as abortion, Archbishopsaid it is necessary "to havecommunion of thought."

"We are speaking of collegi-

14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

In his spare time, Mike writesa weather column for "CBWhaler." a communications mag­azine, and he is secretary of theSoutheastern Massachusetts Sky­watch Assn., a group of about30 observers who record weath­er conditions at 7 p.m. daily.He's also an associate memberof the American MeteorologicalSociety and the SmithsonianSociety.

His comment on the field inwhich he hopes to make hiscareer: "Meteorology is a capti­vating subject for anyone inter­ested in the sciences,"

Didn't Help

Despite Mike's influence, how­ever, it proved to be a misty,grey and wet morning that jun­ior English students chose for arecent bus trip to Salem. Butthe weather wasn't inappropri­ate, since investigation of Sa­lem's famous witch haunts wasthe order of the day.

First on the agenda was in­spection of the House of SevenGables, immortalized by Nathan­iel Hawthorne. An interestingfeature of the house, which wasowned by Hawthorne's cousin,a shipmaster, is that -its doorsare constructed ship-style sothat they close automatically.Also drawing attention was awinding trap staircase leading toa bedroom and entered througha closet at the back of a chim­ney, revealed by pressing asprin~ 'in the fireplace.

It is thought the staircasemight have been used' to hidesuspected witches or, more prob­ably, the shipmaster's treasures.

Following lunch, the St. An­thony students visited the Pick­man House, oldest in Salem. Itwas obvious from looking at it,that people from long ago weremuch shorter than our presentgeneration.

Visits to the Witch Museumwith its wax figures and to thePeabody Museum concluded theday.

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FEET FEAT: After 12 hours of basketball, the feet ofAnn Covery (left) and Lisa Charbeneau deserve a soaking.The eighth graders from St. Mary's School, Mt. Clemens,Mieh. played in a marathon basketball game to raise $800for Korean deaf-mute child. The score: 858 to 846.

Mike. is generous in sharing hismeteorological talents with St.Anthony students and faculty,pos:~ing a weather report on hishomeroom bulletin board dailyand maintaining an excellent av­erage of accuracy in his predic­tions.

plied with weather observationsand bulletins. Also among hiswea.ther predicting tools are ahygrometer, barometer, anemom­eter, thermometer and windvane, as well as several refer­ence books.

youth

Meterolo~list Can'tRain for ~Classmates

Music"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," currently a Billboard top

100 number, is a re-recording of an old song by the same artist,Neil Sedaka. But this version is much more sensitive andsincere. In many ways, this tells us that life runs in cycles,with the pendulum swinging back and forth. Are we returningto the "good old days"? Is popularity of "oldies" an indicationthat old days are returning, not only in music but in otherareas of life?

We saw a great deal of change in the 1960s. Manyexternal expressions and structures were torn down. In fact,the climate during that decade was so unnerving that onebook described the period as that of "Future Shock." Theauthor, Alvin Toffler, stated that "to survive ... the individualmust become infinitely more adaptah::e and capable than everbefore." Precisely this type of statement made us aware thatmany of our securities were being swept away and the frightof the hurricans force of the changes rocked many to the veryroot of existence. We were challenged to rethink conceptsand attempt new modes of expression.

But things are settling a bit. People have found newperspecHves, become more comfortable with change, and moreinsightful about analyzing the situation. Today a number ofthings are being revived - songs, religion, religious practices,education theories, and certain family life practices. Does thissay that we are actually returning to the "good old days"?That is impossible; events leave an indelible mark. If practicesexternally look the same, the intemal feelings must give adifferent "soul" to it. Christ told us that we cannot put newwines in old wine skins, or else the skins will burst. Thissame advice holds true today. Again" the song "Breaking UpIs Hard to Do" 'looks the same in terms of the words, butit has renewed life and a different "souI."

SAHHalt

S'et 'Godspell'At Stang High

The Gateway Players of Bish­op Stang High School, NorthDartmouth, will present the rockmusical "GodspeU" tomorrow,Saturday and Sunday at 7:30p.m. in the school auditorium,with tickets available at thedoor.

"Godspell," an adaptation ofthe Gospel of St. Matthew tocontemporary feelings, is de­scribed by its author, John­Michael Tebelak, as "free formtheatrical work. I would like torevitalize people's interest inreligion. I want to bring morecelebration into religion."

Directed by Gerald Morrisseyand John Martin, the Stang casthas been in rehearsal since mid­January to present a musicalwith the message that "man'sclouded sun shall brightly riseand songs be' heard instead ofsighs."

By Rita JasinskiSchool Correspondent

St. Anthony High, New Bedford

"Weather changes hour byhour, minute by minute," re­marks Michael Cejka, St. An­thony's private weatherman.Presently a junior, Mike hasbeen interested in meteorologysince his grammar school days.

In 1971 he began recordingdaily weather observations andrecently bought himself a fivefoot high radio typing unit,which keeps him constantly sup-

•InLife

Secrecy Needed"The experience of every na­

tion on earth has. demonstratedthat emergencies may arise inwhich it becomes absolutely nec­essary for the public safety orthe public good to make expen­ditures the very object of whichwould be defeated by publicity.... 'In no nation is the applica­tion of such sums ever madepublic. In time of war or im'len­ding danger the situation of thecountry may make it necessaryto employ individuals for thepurpose of obtaining informationor rendering other important ser·vices who could never ,be pre­vailed upon to act ,if they enter­tained the least apprehensionthat their names or their agencywould in any contingency bedivulged.

"So it may often become nec­essary to incur an expen~iture.

for an object highl" useful to thecountrv; . . . . But this objectmight be altogether defeated bvthe intrigues of other powers ifour Pourposes were to be madeknown by the exhibition of theoriginal papers and vouchers tothe accounting officers of theTreasury."

The most dramatic change intoday's meaning of the word "in­telligence" stems from the tech­nological genius of Americans.We have applied to intelligence

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•(c) 1973 MCA Records, Inc.

Written by: Sedaka, GreenfieldPerformed by: Neil Sedaka

By The Dameans

BREAKING UP IS HARD TQ DO

Don't take your love away from meDon't you leave my heart in misery

'Cause if you go, then rll be blueBreaking up is hard to do.

You tell me that you're leaving,I can't believe it's true

Girl, there's just no living without you..

Remember when you held me tightAnd you kissed me all through the night

Think of aU that we've been throughBreaking up is hard to do.

I beg of you, don't say good-byCan't we give our love just one more try .

Come on baby, let's start anewBreaking up is hard to do

Breaking up is so, so hard to do.

They say that breaking up is hard to doAnd I know, I know that it's true.

Don't say-that this is the endInstead of breaking up, I wish that we were makisg up again.

=your basicfocus on youth . . .

By Cecelia BelangerEver since Watergate young people have been grabbed

by a deep interest in alleged abuse and wrongdoing in gov­ernment agencies, notably the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA). I have had several requests to write about.this agencyand the following is an objec­tive report of my findings.The CIA itself was most co­operative in supplying mewith material, as were severalpeople quite knowledgeable inthis area.

The 'intelligence profession it­self can be traced at least toMoses, who sent a man fromeach tribe to "spy out" the landof Canaan, and it has a longtradition in America. One of ourearliest heroes, Nathan Hale, wasan intelligence agent and GeorgeWashington was an assiduous di~

. rector and user of intelligence.

In a recent speech, WilliamColby, outgoing director of theCIA, said, "lnteUigence haschanged in recent years. Todayits reality is different from itstraditional meeting. In the com­mon understanding, intelligenceis still linked with secrecy andspying. We in America havechanged the scope of the word·so that it has come to meansomething different from thatold-fashioned perception. Thesechanges have stemmed fromcharacteristics peculiar to Amer­ica and from the nature of oursociety."

His comments are illuminatedby excerpts from the writings ofvarious presidents, beginnin.~

with a message from PresidentPolk to the House of Representa­tives in 1846:

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By PETER J. BARTEKNorton High Coach

Irish ConsulSean McDonald, vice consul­

general of Ireland, will be guestof honor at the annual St. Pat­rick's dinner dance of the Coyleand Cassidy High School Mon­ogram Club, to be held Saturdaynight, March 20. The event willbenefit the athletic program ofthe Taunton school.

members of St. Joseph's Knightsof the Altar will serve theBishop, while other Scouts willbe ushers for the service.

A buffet in the parish hall willfollow the ceremony.

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THEY'RE TOPS: Cheerleaders at St. Francis XavierSchool, Acushnet, are diocesan CYO junior division champs,will continue in spring to New England regional contest.Front, left to right, Karin Goulart, Sandy Durocher; Stand­ing, Margaret O'Toole, head cheerleader, Lisa Moniz, AnnDuggan, Kathy Hudon; Second row, Karen Govoni, assisanthead, Karen Makuch, Charlene Govoni, Lori Girard; Top,Lisa Bergeron, Laurie Vieira. Placing second for juniorswas St. Mary's New Bedford; third, St. Joseph, New Bed­ford. In high school competition, Bishop Connolly, FallRiver, was first; St. Anthony's, New Bedford, second; Bis­hop Gerrard, Fall River, third. Contests were held at Ken­nedy Center, New Bedford.

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Bishop To Present MedalsTo Adult Youth Leaders

The 17th annual presentationof medals to qualified adults ac­tive in Boy Scout, Girl Scoutand Camp Fire Girl programswill take place at a Mass a 7:30p.m. Friday April 2 at St. JosephChurch, Attleboro.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin willbe principal concelebrant andpresent the awards. The Bicen­tennial Mass will be sung andpatriotic church decorations willbe arranged by members of theparish Boy Scout troop. Musicwill be by the senior choir, di­rected by Miss JoAnn Valente.

Chaplains' aides of the Anna­won Council and Boy Scout

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focus on youthContinued from Page Fourteenthe talents of our inventors, ofour engineers, and of our sCoien­tists.

In the past we had to deducefrom circumstantial evidencehow many missiles the Sovietshad; today we see and countthem. We used to wonder whatnew missiies the Soviets mightbe developing; today we followtheir tests and determine theirrange, size and effectiveness.

A memo from President Roose·velt to Strategic Services Direc­tor William J. Donovan, writtenone week before Roosevelt'sdeath in 1945, authorizes Dono­van to plan for a post-war intelli­gence service, and in his memoirsHarry Truman wrote: "I consid·ered it very important to thiscountry to have a sound, weIl­organized ,intelligence system,'both in the present and in thefuture. Properly developed, sucha service would require new con·cepts as well as hetter-trainedand more competent personnel. . . it was imperative that werefrain from rushing into some·thing that would produce harm­ful and unnecessary rivalriesamong the' various intelligenceagencies. I told Smith (then Di­rector of the Bureau of theBudget) that one thing was cer­tain - this country wanted noGestapo under any guise of forany reason.

(This study of the CIA will becontinued next week.)

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Attleboro SetsScouter Day

The Catholic Scouting Com­mittee for the Attleboro-Taun­ton area will sponsor a ScouterDevelopment Program open toall adults involved in Cub andBoy SCout activities in the Anna­won Scout Council. To takeplace Saturday, March 27 at St.Joseph SChool, Attleboro, theprogram will begin at 1 p.m.and conclude with a Mass at6:30 p.m., followed by a ban­quet.

Scouter Development, say or­ganizers, "aims to form in Scout·ers a truly Christ-ian approachand motivation to their aposto­lic work. It will help those in­volved to dedicate themselves tothe task of developing their per­sonal leadership and sanctifica­tion and thereby enhance theirsacramental life and service tothe people of God."

IN THE DIOCESE

Commence Drills

Spring Campaign

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

Schoolboys

For ActiveBaseball players, trackmen, golfers and tennis play­

ers all have reported for practice. The busiest of the school­boy sports seasons is officially underway. If the New En­gland weather cooperates everything will run smoothlywhile the athletes train vig­orously for the season open­ers slated for early April.A farewell blast by Winterwill cause athletic directors tohave nightmares.

Every moment of availablegymnasium time will be aIlo­cated to the individual teams asthey all try to get a jump on theseason. Each coach will barterfor more time, substantiatingwhy it is necessary. Chaos willreign until each team is ableto move outside and remainthere.

uled for April 6, in all three di­visions.

The circuit has aligned schoolsinto divisions strictly accordingto geographical boundaries fortennis. In Division I (Cape) Barn­stable is at Bourne, Falmouth atWareham and Old Rochester Re­gional of Mattapoisett at Dennis­Yarmouth for the curtain raisers.Fairhaven is idle.

Schools located in the NewBedford-FaIl River areas willcompete for the Division IIcrown. In first round actionBishop Connolly High is atBishop Stang in Dartmouth,

In the multi-team Southeastern Durfee travels from Fall RiverMassachusetts Conference, ten- to meet New Bedford and Dart­nis will be the first sport to mouth hosts Holy Family High.commence league competition. New Bedford Vocational drawsOpening day matches are sched- a bye.

Track Season Begins With Falmouth RelaysDivision III is comprised of and 9 running events. In all

schools in the Taunton and At- meets the field events will betleboro areas. Opening day Case staged simultaneously and willHigh of Swansea is at Norton, be completed before the runningTaunton hosts Attleboro and events start.Dighton - Rehoboth entertains The 7 field events include theMsgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy of shot put, discus, high jump, longTau?ton. Somerset opens on jump, pole vault, triple jumpApnl 8 at Attleboro. and javelin. The 9' mandatory

The coaches in the remaining running events in order ofthree Spring sports will have, events are the two mile runat least, an additional week of 120 low hurdles, 100 yard dash:preparation before opening their 880 yard dash, 440 yard dash,seasons. 120 high hurdles, 220 yard dash,

In track, where the schools 1 mile run and 880 yard relay.are aligned competitively, Divi- The 180 yard low hurdles aresion I begins its dual meet sea· optional and will only be con.son on April 12. Most schools, tested by mutual agreement ofhowever, will compete in the the coaches.Falmouth Relays slated for the While most area basebaIlthird of April. The Division II teams will open their season incampaign commences on April approximately two weeks, all19, and Division III gets under- games played before April 19,way on April 26. will be non-league contests. AIl

.Each le~gue sancti?ned meets three divisions open the loopw1ll cons1st of 7 f1eld events campaign on the 19th.

Football Back in Conference SpotlightThe non-league games are im- schools for the 1976 campaign.

portant and do count in the final .season record, but coaches are A few months .back, 1t wasaIlowed the luxury of experi- thought that the 1ssue was r~­menting during those contests. solve~ w~en the Conf~rencesUnlike basketball, the overaIl athletic d1rectors. subm1tted awon-loss record of a team is not proposal for reahgnment. How­a criteria for qualification in the ev~r, tha.t recommendation waspost season state championship rejected 10 some quarters and aplayoffs. Only league titIists and ~ovement to ne~ate the adop­runner-ups qualify. tion of that ahgnment com·

Division IV will open the golf menced.season on April 12 with a com· Recently a new proposal hasplete schedule of matches. Divi- been submitted that reportedlysion III starts on the 15th, I and will garner the support neces­II on the 26th. sary for passage. Under the new

Although the footbaIl season version Fairhaven moves fromis six months away, the grid Division II to I and Somersetsport is back in the Conference drops from the large schoollimelight. As is usual, at this bracket into II, while Case Hightime of the year, the reason for of Swansea moves from III to IIthe discussion regarding football and Dennis-Yarmouth falls backcenters around realignment of into the scmaIl school division.

We've come to know them for their help during major disasters.They're first on the scene with medical aid, coffee or just a sym­pathetic shoulder to lelan on. But little is said for the many otherservices they perform every day in this community. Like bloodbanks, nursing programs, volunteer work, water safety and firstaid classes, and helping servicemen and their families.

Since 1881, the Amerkan Red Cross has been helping peopleand communities throughout the country and abroad. And now,they need our help to keep the organization alive.

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The Home and School Organ­ization will hold a corned beefand cabbage dinner dance from7:30p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday,March 27. Tickets are obtainablefrom Joyce Dalton, telephone679-5376 or Louis Farias, 672­8935.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will holda buffet supper and family fash­ion show Sunday, March 21 inthe school hall. The supper willbe served at 5 p.m., followed at6:30 p.m. by the style show,featuring modes for every mem­ber of the family.

Chairperson is Mrs. RobertPolak, aided by Mrs. RobertAstle, with Mrs. Everett Sim­cock in charge of tickets andMrs. Scott Sokoll decorationschairman. Door prizes will beawarded. Tickets are availablefrom any committee member.

SSe PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

U.5. BishopsContinued from Pa~e Thirteen

aspects of national problems,"he said. "Weare all novices atcollegiality and ought to try towork together. We may not al­ways agree, but we have towork together."

On the question of the tenureof bishops in dioceses, he saidthat Pope Paul "does not liketo transfer a bishop from onediocese to another if it can beavoided." He also said there isno trend to making diocesessmaller.

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Knights of the Altar will spon­sor a flea market and bargaintable from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrownight in the parish hall and willalso make· preparations for apenny sale and raffle planned for8 p.m. Saturday, March 20.

Cub Scouts will hold a packmeeting at 7 p.m. Sunday,March 21 in the parish hall.

Junior Corps members will at­tend a Boston Celtics game to­morrow night, leaving Attleboroat 6 p.m.ST. BERNARD,ASSONET

The Women's Guild will con­duct a public whist party 'Wed­nesday night, March 31 at theparish hall. on South \ MainStreet. Refreshments will beserved and prizes will includea food basket and plants. Doorprizes will also be awarded.

ST. MARY,NORTON

The annual pancake and sau­sage breakfast of the CatholicWomen's Club will be servedfrom 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday,March 21 at the parish center.

ST. CASIMIR,NEW BEDFORD

St. Casimir Circle will sponsora whist party at 8 p.m. Saturday,March 27 at the parish hall,2056 Acushnet Ave.

Knights of ColumbusTo Hold Irish Night

Fall River Councpl 86 of theKnights of Columbus will holdan Irish Night Saturday, March27 at the Council Home, 1492Columbus Dr., Fall River. Acorned beef and cabbage dinnerwill be served at 7 p.m., followedby dancing until midnight. Incharge of arrangements are Wil­liam Whalen and John Trainor.Tickets are available from BillNunn, ticket chairman, tele­phone 676-9819 or from anycouncil member.

Also on the March agenda atthe Council Home are a meetingof the Bishop Stang Assemblyat 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 17and a social meeting of Council86 at 8 p.m. Monday, March 22at which time a Mass for Voca­tions will be celebrated.

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