Must Social Justice be a Church Affair?

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POPE PAUL VI AND BISHOP CRONIN meet during audience for the AmericanBishops who attended the recent canonization of St. Elizabeth Seton in Rome.

Is social iustice the businessof the Church?

That is the question dealt withby Fr. J. Bryan Hehir at a clergyconference in Fall River on Octo­ber 7. Father Hehir, who is Di­rector of the Division of Justiceand Peace of the United StatesCatholic Conference, conducteda workshop on the theme of"Justice and Peace" for some150 priests from throughout theDiocese.

Sponsored by rtlhe DiocesanDepartment of Education, theworkshop was held at BishopConnolly High School under thedirection of Rev. Michael G.Methot.

Father Hehir's talk dealt withfoundations of Social Ministryas found in Catholic socialteaching and on ihe church'sopening BicentennIal observanceand its relationship .to theChuroh's social teaching.

Father began ihJis talk by com-

Final preparations are beingmade this week for the pro­cession on Monday to commem­orate the fifty-eighth anniversaryof the final apparition of OurBlessed Mother at Fatima. Theprocession, which is being heldto pray for peace in Portugal andfor all oppressed peoples, isscheduled to begin at six o'clockin the evening at St. Mary'sCathedral. Led by cross-bearersfrom Santo Christo Parish, FallRiver, and the American and Pa­pal flags, tile procession WiHItravel up South Main Street toKennedy Park where the out­door concelebrated Mass will beoffered in the -softballl meld op­posite St. Louis' Ohuroh.

Representatlives are eXlpectedfrom all parishese of the diocesewith very large numbers fromthe Portuguese parishes. SantoChristo Parish in Fall River isprepa'l'ling :a delegatlion of twothousand marchers alone. TheFall River Police Department hasassigned Capt. Raymond Con­roy and Sgt. James Dean todirect the evening and they aremaking plans to handle crowds J

in the number of at least tenthousand.

Plans for the Mass call forBishop Cronin Ito detHver 'thehomily as well as being chiefconcelebrant. The musical selec­tions will'include popular hymnsin English, Latin, and Portu­guese as well as more intricate

sidering the foundations of theChurch's social ministry fromthree points of view: 1) theecclesiological, or how the faun·dation of ministry for justice isrooted ill our idea of the Church;2) the moral framework, or whathas the Church taught about the&oaia~ system; 3) the pastoral dm­pl1ioavrons of !taking social jus­tice seriously.

Under the first of these areas,he pointed out .that beyond anyspecific issue of justice is themore basic question, "Is socialjustice the business of theChurch?" The answer he said, isyes, and takes its origin in theBiblical insight about the sacred­ness of the human person..

Not only does the Church see '­the person as sacred, FatherHehir said, but as "radically so­cial," achieving full developmentonly in a soci'aI oonte~t. FUl1ther­more, he said, the Church holdstJhat: human beings have certainrights whicb must be protected

pieces which will be performedby the choir. The entire con­gregation will conclude' theevening by joining in Berlin's"God Bless America."

Msgr. Louis Mendonca, Vicar­General of the Fall River Dio­cese and director of the pro­cession and Mass emphasizedilJha't the sick and Iin~irm are es­pecially invited to attend theMass and receive the specialblessing of Our Lady of Fatima.Provisions will be made at Ken­nedy Park for the sick and speci­fidally it!hose in wheel chairsand stretchers.

Parishes will march as unitsin the candlelight processionalong with their priests. Manyparishes are bringing their owncandles but candles wiH beavaJiqable at the assembly area inSt. Mary's Schoolyard.

The or&g:inator of the pro­cession idea is Mrs. Beatrice An­gelo a member of Espirito SantoParish and a teacher at the FallRiver Adullt Leming Center, Mrs.Angelo mentioned the idea lastJuly to her husband John whothought she was suffering fromthe summer heat. Not to beeasily dissuaded she meritionedthe idea to Msgr. John J. Reganand then to her parish priestsand Espiritu Sancto. "Fromthere" she exclaimed" the ideaoaught on like wildfire. J.t's ob­vtious the Blessed Motlherwants it."

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(such ,as l!life, .food, hea'1'tih care).Finally, the Church understandsthat persons need an atmospherein which they can exercise re­sponsibility for their own livesand those of others.

'IIf the person is sacred," hesaid, "if the person is social, ifthe person grows into a fullyhuman person by the exercise ofrights and responsihlities - ifall that seems at least minimallyclear, then the move to the socialministry is rather easy hecauseit becomes clear to the Church,that tif ,She 'beHeves 18'11 of thisthen she has to have some wayof looking at the social systemin which she operates, becauseit's very clear that the way weorganize our life, politically, eco­nomically, socially, and cultural-

Iy, -the way we do that, eitherworks to the benefit of full hu­man development or it retardsfull human developm~nt."

F,ather noted that these havealways been the social implica­tions of the Gospel but in thepast 90 years there/has been in­creasing concern about theChurch's ability to evaluate so­cial systems. It is during thistime, he said, that the Church'ssociaJ teaching ha's devel'QPed.

As to the question as towhether specific social issues arethe work of the Church, he saidthat the Church has attemptedto answer that question duringthe last 10 years. The first re­sponse, he said, grew out ofVatican II and is summed up inthe document The Church in theModern World. That documenthe pointed out, said that a com­,plete .....iew of what 'the Ohurclhis, "has to judge the Church in'part by whtll't ~t does for humanlife."

A second response to the ques­tion, he said, is contained in theBishops' 1971 Synod documentJustice in the Modern World, inwhich the Bishops stated thatthe ministry for justice "appearsto us a constitutive (or constitu-

tional) element in the itie ofthe Church."

Noting that formerly the "con­stitutional elements" of theChurch were considered to bethe celebration of the Sacra·ments and the preaching of theGospeL Father Hehir said, "What,the Bishops did in 1971 is totake one strand of the preachingof the Gospel, the strand thattalks about the Gospel of Justice. . . they take that strand andthey raise it up for the Church;they give it visibility and theysay what makes the Church theChurch is the preaching of theGospel, the celebration of theSacramen,ts, and the ministry ofjustice, which is constitutionalto the life of the Church."

Reganlin,g 1:ihe second area, themoral framework of theChurch's social teaching, Fathertraced that teaching throughthree periods; the early, period,from 1891 to the 1940s; the sec­ond period, from the 1940s tothe 1960s; and the third, from1971 on.

In the first period, he said,heginning with Pope Leo XIIIand Pope Pius }G, he said therewas an internationalization ofOatihol~c 'SOcia:l teaOhing, with

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Fifty Years At( St. Theresa's

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Diocesan' Choir PracticesTonight for Peace Mass

"OH, roME NON, I KNOW I OVERHEARD IT'"WHICH O\IE OF IyQ(J REFERRED 10 ME AS'THE TOP BANANA' ? "

Invitations are extended to allchoir members, directors, and or­ganists to fOnIn a large ensembleof voices for the MARIAN MASSto be celebrated on Monday, Dc.tober 13th. in Kennedy Park.Over 100 choir members are ex­pected to participate in this spe­cial litJurgy'

The Diocesan Choir, directedhy Reverend William G. Camp­bell, will rehearse this eveningat 7:30 P.M. at. the Holy NameSchool Auditorium on ReadStreet, Fall River, Mass.

Music will include the BellGloria of C. A. Peloquin; ComeNearer, a hymn written by Dr.

Scouts Set Weekend'Man, God' Program

Several announcements !havebeen made Ito A!tHeboro-Tauntonarea members of Ithe Cra<thdiIicScro'uting Oomm:Hee by Rev. Nor­mand J .. Boulet, cl1llipl1a'in f'or theAnnawon Boy Scoult Oouncoil.

They linclude a "Man and HisGod Weekend," 00 !bake place atOllimP Noose Oct. 17 !tftt'rough 19and a Scou::eT Developmenlt pro­grnm, ~ be presented from 1 009 p.m. Sa1turday, Nov. 8 at Sit.Joseph SOOool, Attleboro.

lit d,s noted that ScoUlt!S wihoare oandidll!tes fur the Ad AJltareDei and Pius XII reLigiousawaros must osubmut thedr rna­tenia:ls Ito Father Boulet by Sa·t­urd'ay, Nov. 1.

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will inculcate an understandingand appreciation of that truefreedom on which the well-beingof both our Church and our so­ciety is based."

The archbishop criticized pre­vailing notions of freedom whichare in fact endorsements of per­missiveness. Some people under­stand freedom as "the capabilityof doing whatever suits theirfancy, whether it he right orwrong. They want the freedomto engage in economic or otherinjustIces dn order 00 ·bolSitertheir financial or social stand-

. ing. . .. They insist on the free­dom to live a sexually permissivelife in order to avoid the obliga­tions of a stable marriage. Theydemand the freedom to kill un­horn children ... or the elderly."to improve their own lives.

"But instead of freeing people,"he went on, "these aberrationsmake slaves of them."

ter, the diocese's New Bedfordapostolate to the Spanish-speak­ing.

Ideas for projects suitable forpatients whose capacities areimpaired by illness are gath-

. ered· by Sister Dolores of theHome staff, a member of theSoutheastern Massachusetts Ac­tivity Directors' Assn., whichmeets monthly to exchange ideasfor therapeutic activities for con­valescent and nursing home pa­tients.

She said the patients hopeeventually to set up a smallshowcase at the Home entrancewhere their products can be dis­played. In the meantime, theywelcome shoppers looking fortruly unusual holiday and birth­day gift items.

bought by one of the patientsfor herself and are among hertreasured possessions.

The dollmakers work three orfour hours a day, said the nun,and it takes about a day to com·plete a costume. There are otherprojects going too, also in aidof others.

Plans are under way, for in­stance, to provide· a Christmassurprise of handknitted scarvesand mittens, as well as a set ofextra-special dolls, to 20 Head­start youngsters of whom the pa­tients heard through a regularvisitor to the Home.

And in the past, crochetedhats, pillows and scarves havebeen made and donated to pennysales and bazaars at St. Pat­rick's and at Regina Pacis Cen-

CINCINNATI (NC)-The pres­ident of the National Confer­ence of Cat.halic Bishops hasurged renewed efforts ,tostrengthen the Catholic schoolsystem, tying the survival of thatsystem to the well·being ofAmerican society.

Archbishop Joseph L. Bernar­din of Cincinnati made the reomarks in a speech delivered hereto the convention of the OhioCatholic Education Association.

"Perhaps our ,best contribu­tion to the bicentennial celebra­tion of our country will be tomaintain a strong alternativeeducational system, one whichinsures freedom ofchoice for ourparents and children, one which

Asserts Catholic Schools Needed

FIRST RELIGIOUS: Sis­ter Mary Ricarda Wobby,RSM, vice-principal of St.Mary-Sacred Heart Con­solidated School, North At­tleboro, has been named tothe town Youth Commissionfor a two-year term. She isthe first religious woman tohold such an appointment inNorth Attleboro. Her re­sponsibilities include build­ing .youth communitythrough arranging recrea­tional. and speaking pro­grams.

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OCT. 23Rev. Joseph Eid, 1970, Pa'S!tor,

St. A11ItJhony of Itlhe Desert, FallR'iver

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NecrologyOCT. 19

Rev. Manuel A. 5ihnia, 1928,Pastor, Santo Ohristo, Fa:l1 River

OCT. 21Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Carr,

P.R., 1937, Pastor Sacred Heart,FaU River; Ohancellor of D~'O'cese

1907·1921Rev. 'Fl'anci,s E. Gagne, 1942,

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P,astor, St. Peter, Dighton

Like most Catholic schools, St.Patrick's in Fall River has achronically lean treasury. But itreceived an unexpected boost re­cently when patients at the RoseHawthorne Lathrop Home madeit a donation of $92, moneyearned by selling beautifullydressed dolls to visitors andfriends.

The home for chronically illpatients is in St. Patrick's par­ish and Sister Alma, D.P.. one ofthe Dominican Sisters who staffsit, said that "the priests havebeen very good to us and the pa­tients wanted to do somethingto help them"

She added that, in the past,money realized from selling giftitems had been plowed back in­to buying materials for moreprojects "But we had enoughmaterials on hand, so the pa­tients wartted to give the extramoneY" to a worthwhile cause.And it's been a real psychologi­cal boost for them to be able tohelp others. There's much moreincentive for them to work ontheir projects." .

Rev. James F. Kenney, St. Pat·. rick's pastor, made a special

visit to the Rose HawthorneHome to accept the check fromthe patients and express theschool's gratitude.

Sister Alma said that most ofthe work on the dainty dolls isdone by three patients, Miss Sa­rah Keough, "who's a tirelessworker and inspires all of us,"Mrs. Francelina Silva and Mrs.Beatrice Ainsworth. Other pa­tients, not well enough for ac·tive participation, "pray for usand cheer us on."

The dolls, from six to 12 in­ches high, are adorned in deli­cately crocheted or handsewncostumes, with bride dolls spec­ial favorites. "We sell them assoon as we make them," saidSister Alma. Many receive thefinishing touch of a necklace orbracelet of tiny beads.

"People get them as birthdayor Christmas gifts for little girlsor even' for themselves," saidSister Alma, pointing out twolovely dolls· that had been

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River was scheduled to meetwith Bishop Dempsey in New'York concerning dispersement .of Campaign for Human De­velopment funds.

Martha Gazaille, Donna Ga­zaille, and Janice Belisle werelisted as hostesses for the Oc­tober monthly meeting of theWomen's Guild at St. Eliz­abeth, Edgartown.

and Mr. and Mrs. RichardGonsalves were elected 'presi­dents and vice presidents, re­spectively, of the CouplesClub at St. John BaptistNew Bedford.

Kathy Duffy, Michelle He­bert, Jeffrey Smith and JosephAlgeo were elected as the newofficers of the St. Joan of Are,Orleans CYO.

large group of diocesan pil­grims sailed on ilfue LeonardoDa Vinci for Rome.

Rev. Lester L. Hull, Admin­istrator of Our Lady of Mt.Carmel in Seekonk, wasscheduled to be the mainpreacher at the 15th annualpilgrimage 'at Mt. St. Rita'sDonvent lin Cumbel'1and.

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Bob Jorge of St. Joseph's,New Bedford. starting defen­sive end, was listed as a keyplayer for the American Inter­national College foot'hall team.

Sister Tabot and Sister Jos­mary from Ethio.,ia enteredMt. St. Mary's Academy inFall River to study for oneyear.

Rev. Francis L. Mahoney,Immaculate Conception, Fall

"No more war, war neveragain" were the words PopePaul used -as he spoke at TheUnited Nations in New York.

Sister Celine Rita, S.U.S.C.,of Fall River was elected sec­retary-treasurer of the NewEngland Conference of theAmerican Catholic Philosophi­cal Association.

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Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J.,Dean of the Boston CollegeLaw School, spoke out againstgovernment neutrality in mat­ters of religion at a Red Massfor lawyers in Maine.

St. Patrick's Guild of Fal­mouth gave -a Silver Tea inhonor of Sister Helen Marie,M.S.B.T.

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building and on Easter Sundayof the following year the firstMass was celebrated in the ed­ifice, followed on May 16 by asolemn 'blessing ceremony con­ducted by Bishop James L. Con­nolly.

In 1964 tbe last note was paidon the church debt and in'1967land and a house adjoining theparish property were nurchasedfor a parish center and convent.The latter was occupied by threeHoly Cross Sisters in Septemberof 1969 and Bishop Connollyblessed the new parish center thefollowing September. It was en·JlJi:rely ,paJid fOO' in 1973.

Also in 1969 Msgr. Chabot'syears of dedicated service wererecognized when he was nameda prelate. .....

In 1972 Father Gagne wasnamed pastor 'of St. Mathieu'sChurch, Fall River, and Rev.Roger Levesque replaced him asassistant pastor, serving untiluntil June of this year, whenFather Roy became curate as hisfirst assignment after ordination.

From 1947 to the present,rioted Msgr. Chabot, La SaletteFathers have aided in celebrationof Sunday Masses at St. The­resa's.

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of S:toneihJill College, Easton, hasbeen named book reV'iew edlitorf'or 1Ihe lJinaore Quall00r-ly, om­cira1 journa'l of ,tJhe Na'tJionaI Fed­eraltion of Ca,tJholl;c PhysliClians'Guild.

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cost of more than $1 million,there is no debt, and the parishhas all the facilities any parishcould desire.

"It has often been said duringthe past years: 'tbat unless theLord build the house, they laborin vain who build it.' We arefirmly convinced that God wasand is with us; that St. Theresa,our patroness" did not in vainintercede for us! How ~ittingly

and well must we give thanksto the Lord on this 50th anniver­sary!"

Important DatesSigp..ificant dates in the parish

history came in 1923 when landand a house were bought by thediocese for vhe future St. The­resa's 'and in October, when Rev.Joseph LaRue, the first pastor,arrived to begin the actual for­mation of the parish.

Father LaRue served at St.Theresa's until 1947 when hewas succeeded by Rev. AnatoleDesmarais, who remodeled thechurch and drained the swampyland adjoining it so that a park­ing lot could be installed.

Following Father Desmarais,Rev. Stanislaus Goyette waspastor until 1954. During hispastorate he began a ,buildingfund for a new church, whichproject was continue~ andbrought to fruition by Msgr.Chabot, who came to St. The­resa's in 1954, and was joined in1955 by Rev. Roger Gagne as as­sistant pastor.

On April 18, 1956. ground wasbrol.ten for the presen't church

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The 50th anl1liversary of St.Theresa's pal1ish, South AJttIe­boro, WIa.S 'C~lehraJted ,last n1ightat ill concelebra'ted Mass withHi'SIhop Cron'in as pllinoipal cel­ebrant and homilist. The Eudha­ristic liturgy was followed by abuffet lunch In 1lhe ohurch hallat wlrich parishioners were theguests of Msgr. Geraro J. Chabot,pastor, Rev: R!ichard Roy, assis­.tant pastor, and SiSlter LucilleH'Citte, S'isrer AllIHa Desrosiersand Sister A':dne LaPerole of theOongregwlJion of the Holy Cross,religious who starf parish pr(}­grams.

Little Flower.o~scussli!l1g ;the hiisltory of the

South AJttleboro pariSh, Msgr.Chabot reoaHed lIhlllt 4t wasfounded an October, 1925, :theyear St. Theresa of Jt!he OhildJesus, 'the Little Flower, wascanonized; hence she was chosenas its paJtroness.

St. 'I1heresa Patjsh seemed Itoheld little promise in the earlyyears of its foundation," continoued the pastor. "There were fewpanishioners, $1'50,000 was Ioanedto the parish to buy part of theland that is now parish property,and tbe house which is now therectory. For several months Sun­day Mass was said in a restau­rant then situated at the comerof Washington and Baconstreets.

"A temoorary chapel that couldseat 300 people was put up hur­riedly;it was built on postsand had a flat roof, a second­hand hot-air furnace furnishedsome heat for the first Winter.Fatber Larue, the first pastorremarked, not without reason,tha:t if ever a ohurch -looked Hkethe stable aJt Naz-areth !it wasSt. Th'eresa Church.

"The following year a gableroof was added, cement blocksreplaced the wooden posts thatheld up the edifice, an additionwas made for the vestry, and,below it, a partial cellar was dugto accommodate a new hot-airt'umace. An adcHt:ona'l $7.000.00had to be borrowed for this, pur­pose. (Our present C.Y.O. Hallgives us a good idea of whatSt. Theresa Church was for some30 years. It was ilJhe parishchurch!)

"Then came the depression,soon followed by World War IIand rationing; many parishionerslost their homes and finally thereremained about 120 families onwhich the parish could count forsupport. One wonders how, un­der such conditions, a parishcould have survived. But surviveit did!

"Today St. Theresa parish isconsidered one of the nicer par­ishes of the diocese. With prop·erties valued at a replacement

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@rheANCHORMother Teresa to GetInternational ·P'rize

WILMINGTON (NC}-MotherTeresa, foundress of the Mission­aries of Charity of India, isamong the recipients of the firstAlbert Schweitzer InternationalPrizes, to be awarded Oct. 23 atthe University of North Caro­lina at Wilmington.

Mother Teresa, known for herwork with the sick and poor ofIndia, wm receive the prize inhumanities, consisting of $5,000,and a bronze medal.

COLUMBUS DAY - Astained glass window in theNational Shrine of the Im­maculate Conception inWashington, D.C., memorial­izes the man credited withfounding the New World.The window is at the baseof the 329 foot bell tower ofthe Shrine. The tower and its56 cast bell carillon weregifts of the Knights of Col­umbus. Columbus Day is ob­served next Monday Octo­ber 13th.

Catholic WomenPresent LivingRosary Tonight·

A lJiViing Rosary wJqJbe pre·'sen'ted by Ithe FaH Riiver DistrictCoonoil 'Of CathoHc Women onTuesday evening, October 9th, at7:45 p.m. at St. EtiZlllbelJh'sOhurch. MM. Aubrey Aam'StTong,district president, announced,nhat Mr.s. Robert Bem'ier isoha'irman of the affair. Monsi·gnor An1thony M. Gomes, districtmoderator, :wH1 lead the recdrta­ilJion of 1lhe rosary, ReverendGeorge de Soum, ho&t pastor,wlill del;iver illhe homJily. Mrs.James Correia is -host president.

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holiness, comfort and strength tothe Catholic people of Ireland.

In time :he was arrested by tlhe .English government and castinto a Dublin prison. Fearingpopular reaction, the Archbishopwas transferred to stand trialfor his faith in London. To indi­cate the mood of the Crown, theOhief Justice presiding over thetrial stated that there could beno greater crime against theCrown than to endeavour topropagate the Catholic faith. Forthis reason and this reason only,Oliver Plunkett, the Archbishopof Annap.h. lost his head onTyburn HiH.

Days, years and even centurieshave passed and ,the Catho1'icpeople of the North of Irelandstill have no peace. Each daythey must face the uncertaintiesof life and death in the streetsof their cities and the byways oftheir fanns. Neither child norgrandparent is spared the hor­rors of modern hate Why can'tthere be peace? Why can't theCatholics in the North of Irelandfind in this great moment of the·history of the Irish Church, theincentive of faith and the well­spI1ing of hope ·that !they need toheal the wounds and bind up theinjuries of the past? On thisSunday of October 12th mayeach and every one of us praythrough the intercession of Oli­ver Plunkett thai peace, at Iast,will come to dear old Ireland.

REY. JOHN F. MOORE

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Oliver Plunkett

OLIVER PLUNKETT the primate of Ireland was exe­cuted for the faith in England in 1681· He will be canonizedthis Sunday at Vatican City. Five thousand Irish pilgrimsare expected to witness the ceremony. Also attending willbe Rev. James F. Lyons, Rev. John F. Moore, Rev. Barry W.Wall and Rev. Ronald A. Tosti of the Fall River Diocese.See story below in the Mooring.

in the past. The weaponsare modern but the intent isthe same. Persecution andpillage, suffering and injus­tice, 'blood and death mark thoseloyal to the Church of Rome.

On Sunday the 12th of Octobera man of this land will be de­clared a Saint. Even though hewas put to death hundreds ofyears ago, IMs spirit ISbill Hves asa symbol of hope for the peo~le

of all Ireland. Oliver Plunkettwas a priest, professor and'bishop. Educated at the IrishCollege in Rome he became aprofessor 'at the Pronaganda Col­lege until.he was called upon tohis native land as the· Arch­bishop of AI1lTlagh. Knowingwhat was before him upon hisreturn, he sought to bring to hisSacrament starved flock thaton1ly consolation· of .tlhe spirit thatwould give them the courage and

,strength to survive persecution.The hills and the woods becamehis church, the stones and therocks his altar. Yet his successwas truly a miracle of faith.

In the first three months of hisreturn to his diocese he con·fir.med over ten thousand peopleunder the most adverse of cir­cUillls1Jances. From market placeto farm, dressed in various dis­guises, the Archbisho1) would notforsake his people. With a priceon his head, he continued day inand day out to he an example of

There is a sadness in the land. The wail of the widowstill echoes over the barren bog. The cry of the child stillpines for pity. It is hard to be Catholic in the North of

.Ireland. Today is no different from the thousands of days

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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., SJ.D.EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

The ProcessionThere are many good Catholics who for various reasons

have decided not to participate in the procession and Masswhich will take place in Fall River next Monday evening.Some feel that these activities are solely for one ethnicgroup (but if that is true what then does "catholic" mean)while others believe that a religious procession and Mass

- as a form of social involvement is quite antiquated and,worse, quite useless. If you have decided not to get involvedbecause of the above reasons, we implore you to reconsideryour decision.

We realize that a procession may be a somewhat lessthan usual activity for many people. However for a largesegment of'the faithful from all ethnic backgrounds, theevents on Monday evening will be not only a fulfillingreligious experience but also a genuine response to a terribledanger. The encroachment upon the liberty and freedomof the Portuguese people by a militant minority is an issuewhich should speak to all of us for indeed as their freedomsdecrease we are all the poorer.

. Is a religious procession and Mass a valid response tothe outrageous situation across the Atlantic? Of course it is.As Chrisians it is only proper' that in any crisis we shouldpetition the aid of our Heavenly Father. Our action is apeaceful response to a pressing problem. It is a definiteanswer to those who would challenge our sense of decency,and a fine rebuttal to those who would feel secure becausewe are supposedly apathetic and indifferent.

Can we remain silent as Communist totalitarianismWhich was rejected by the Portuguese people in their elec­tions is now placed upon them by force? Do we care orare we so concerned with our own interests that we cannotbe bothered?

This procession and Mass offer the opportunity torespond to the evil perpetrated against a people with whomwe are so closely united. Will we avail ourselves of thisopportunity to respond or will we remain silent? Do notforget the old maxim which states that silence impliesconsent·

There are some to be sure who can agree with the abovebut doubt if the procession and Mass will have any practicaleffect. No need for us to discourse on our belief concerningthe power of prayer but perhaps it would be well for us torecall the example of Selma. We believe that this processionand Mass, this gathering in prayer·of so many people witha single intention will not go unnoticed either by ourHeavenly Father or by those who feel they possess someof His power in this world. It will not only stir the heavensbut also stir up some thinking in Washington and Lisbon.It will 'remind many people who have the power to directlyinfluence events in Portugal that there are many Americansto whom the liberty of the Portuguese people is a paramountissue.

If you had decided not to participate please reconsideryour position. Realize the importance of a large turnoutMonday evening and the necessity for your participation.Decide now, not only to be a participant but, to do yourbest to influence as many people as possible to take part.

. The cause is for liberty and justice in Portugal and foroppressed peoples everywhere. The cause is for peace.Shall we be called blessed because we are the peacemakersor shall we be removed from the sight of the Lord becausewe said "Lord, Lord" but failed to respond to His teachingswith our deeds?

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LonelinessThe soul hardly ever realizes

it, but whether he is a believeror not, his loneliness is reallya loneliness for God.

-Von Zeller

guests, and optiolllal1 for every­one else. 'Jiickets are ·avaJi:llaJbleand may be purchased from anyofiliicer 'Of the Aissembly or near­est Council at $6.00 per peI"SOnand wiH not be iSold at olJhe door.No otlickets wHI be sold aofiter Oot.11, 1975.

MAKE THEIRDREAIVICOIVIETRUE

NEAR EASTMISSIONSTERENCE CARDINAL COOKE, PresidentMSGR. JOHN G. NOLAN, National SecretaryWrite: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE Assoc.1011 First Avenue • New York, N.Y. 10022Telephone: 212/826-1480

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Sisters are desperately needed as nurses, doc­tors, teachers, therapists, missionaries. Just$300 ($12.50 a month) will provide completetwo-year training, for a Novice. The vocationsare there. The money is not. Sponsor a Sisterof your ownl

The poor in India yearn for their own churches.They'll donate the labor if someone will providethe money. Just $3,500 will build a chapel,$4,000 a school, $10,000 will help build a parishplant with completed church. A wonderfulMemorial for a loved onel

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Bishop Sebastian Vayalil of Kerala, India writes:

"There are 4,000 homeless families in theDiocese of Palai. They live in squalid shacks,or straw huts - if they're lucky. In open fieldsor city streets, if they're not!Nowhere in the world is there poverty to equaltheirs!To them, a simple 3-room limestone andbrick house (without heat, water or electricity)would be an 'impossible dream' come true."

H you can spare just $200 to help build sucha house, the Diocese will provide the balanceneeded to provide shelter for those who, likeChrist, have no home of their own. Write ustoday!

In India, thousands of children have no homebut the streets. For only $14 a month you can"adopt" one of them. Give them an opportunityto grow and learn as self-supporting membersof their community, Instead of becoming beg­gers, thieves, or worse! Ask for details.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 9, 1975 5

K of C to Hold Diamond Jubilee

THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFA·RE ASSOCIATION

THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

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General Chairman ChaT.les J.CuJilen 'has announced that Bish­op WIiHiam Silang General As­'sernbly of the Fourth DegreeKn'ighbs of Colum'bus wiU cel­ebrate thek 751lh Anniversa~ atFall River Ooundl 86, 1492 Co­lumbus Drive in. FaII Riiver on·Oct. 18 by combining their In­sballa!tJion of OfifiiceI1s wi,th anAnnlivel'sary BaH.

llhe BaH wiH start at 9 p.m.wilth ItJhe music of Art Perry andbis Ordhestra until 1 a.m. Thedress ror 'tJhe evening will be fur­ma'l for a'lll offiicers and honored

Dear EdLtor:Some weeks ago a full page of

The Anchor WlaS devo~ to"Do you ever wonder whereyour money for Special Collee­tJions goes 00". Jot showed mis­,sionar,ies doing ltIhe!i~ Ithing and'the ohi:ldren they taught and thehare necessities Ithey pUit upwi'bh. I wiJsh I had kept tlhat pa,r­Iticular IisSiUe because lit ooncen­tmted on ONE of ·ltIhe graIlitsgiven by ltIhe Admin'iSlt'l'altors of'bhe funds. WiH you give space,maybe once a month, to ollhermissions which 'l'ElCeiive some'Smal'l amounts. It would certain- .ly make people more aware andmore oonoetned, about Ithesepoor ntissionades OUit lin the"hoon-docks". I'm sure you m\lSltknow iIlhaJt the 'lay people arevery up ibight about the ,la[igeamounts of money that variousOathoJiic administrartJors are "sit­!\ling on" w'bJile itlheI"e lis such~reat need.

Pro-Life ForcesSlate DinnerOctober 27

Sincerely,Mrs. Kenn'eth BakerTaunton

More Attention

to Missionaries

'lIhe P,r.o-Ufe Legal DefenseFund, an OI'gani:z;atJion seeking ItoIirnplemeIlit palSsage of a "HumanIJife Amendment" to the Oonsti­turmon, WliLl 'hold a fund-roajj'singdinner Monday, Dot. 27 at theMa11l'Iiott Hotel, Newton .

In announoing itlhe event JohnW. McOormack stated, ..Lt willhe ItJhe iUl'st ofWlh'a't lis !hoped Wlnlbe a serJes of activities ItIhrough­out the na:llion as a response tothe current stlaotus of pro-life leg­Iislaltion and o1'iJlligation at st'ateand feder.a1 Jevels."

The dinner speaker widl bl;.Aillty. DaV'iJd lJouij,seH of ltIhe lawfiaoulty ,of rtlhe Un1iversiJty of Cal­lifurnlia at Berkeley, wlho WlHI dis­cuss "Life Values and t!he LawToday." .

Alsospeakling all: the pressconference announcing tlhe din­ner was Mrs. K!aJtlherine P. Healeywho commeIlited, "If your daugh­ter W1an1Js Ito !have her eaJrS

p!ieroed, she needs your \Yt.Ltten'consent. If your dau~ter is go­ling on a meld rtlllip W1ith her cl'ClSiSat iSdhool, s1he needs your WfIj'trtenocmsenlt. But .if your dJaug!hJter,even a 12-yea,i--old, wdshes tohave 'an aborllion, she does notneed your oonsent.

"WdH you waiit untia yourdaughJter starlls reoeiViing dunningletters fur :tJhe unpaJid ,balance ofher abortJion biiJl.I to become out­reged? I !hope not,"

She appealed to parents in'PaJTllicula~to S'Upport t1he Pro-LifeLegal Defiense Rund, "00 aJidthose wUlo are 'lJryiing il:o redressthiDs cynffoa1 ,legal de<:liJsion."

F~llher Iinrorma1!ion aboUJt uhedinner and the fund as availablefirom itlhe offlices of ltIhe Massa­chusetts Call1hollic Oonference, 60Sdhool St., Boston, 02108.

More Defense

of Astrology

CorchiaHy,

C. G. OarvalhoFaH River

llhank )'lou fior recommending"Astrology: Fact or Flicbion" byFr. Delano. I .am awaTe of hisbook and il:!he positIon he takeson Astrology, fl10m an ASitron­orner's Vliew-,point.

Th'ank you too :f:or publishinglin part my ,lelJter; ,t!he partswhich you edilted, dronioaUy,were the most vaLid infurma'bionupon wftticih it was based.

Are you awaoe itlhlaJt Ithe "186sOientists wUlo released the dni­6a'l dmfitcautionling the publiicaga:illiSlt unquestioning aocept­ance of Astrology are p1'laot'icaHyaU members of the AmeroIcan Hu­maniis11ic Movement, who sub­scribe publicaLly to the Human­~sllic Manifesto: a movementwhIch has heen condemned bySt. Piius X and every Pope Ithere­after?

Dear Editor:

Would you kindly cite wherein ilJhe EnchJiridion Symbolorum,(Den~inger-Schcnmetzer, t1here isany reference w1hidh fiorb:ids O!l'

pmhibiits a OaothoJiic from per­'Suing serious AstrologioaI sbudy?AddJi1llionaHy, I ask you It,o quote1irom the New Dutdh Oa:tech'ismwith Supplement (pub1~shed lin1972 !by Herter and Henter),whti'ch caNies an ..timptimatur",pages 444 and 445 W1hioh sup­port and enoour,age the fU1'ltlher­ance of serious astroiogioaI re­search as a va,Nd and viiable toollin Ithe seroh for truth.

Do you seriously recommendilih;a't we go against itlhe antic:1esof :f:aillh whidh have been wni,t,tenby the Ohuroh and Ito accept on .bllind fa,ith, ltIh'e words of a groupof known a:tJheists, who publlical~

~y subscribe tto promO'tling fuaittheo11Y?

The ,J,a'be John J. O'NeiU, a sci­ence ed,i<t~or of ltIhe New YOI'kHeroa'ld T~ibune, aJso a Pul]tj;rerPl11ize winner, lhad dnitiaHysoomed aostlroJiogy, as Isome soi­enOislls <today have, branding Ii,tunscientoj'f1ic and oota.1Jly irraJtion­aI, unllJil he reconsidered Irisviiewpoint aiiterserlious 'SItudy ofthe subject and later admittedltIh'at his orittlioism of Astrologywjtlhout dnvestigaitJion of it W1aIS,

"... ullter negaJtion of the ~ien­

tific attitude ..." (Aistrology-ItsRole lin Your Life, "SydneyOman''').

As lin Ithe ,prev,ious letJter, I 're­fer you to 'bhe book Super Na­ture by L)'IlloH Watson, PHD formore iinvestligatJon of the subject.

There lis an axjjom: The great­est fea~ lis fear itself.

Ed. Note: We repeat it is def­initely wrong for a Catholic toseriously believe in Astrology.

Readers who wish to knowmore on this subject may pur­chase Fr. Delano's book. Send$2.00 to the Anchor and we'llsend' you a copy.

SincerelyGenevieve E. FoleyNew Bedford

Priest Works

With LepersDear Edi'ror

Approximately two moIlithsago a fiine young pl'liest, Fa'bherWilHam F. Petrie, SS.CC., for­mer director of Regina PadsSpaniSih Center, New Bedfurd,left for Calcutta, India ilJo workwith Mother Teresa. He is work­ing pl'limarily with lepers.

I believe for a person to workwith lepers, the least of ourbrethren, displays the greatestlove for Christ. One time some­body mId Mother Teresa theywouldn't do that type of workfor a million dollars, and MotherTeres,a ,rep:lied thaJt Illeiltlherwould she-that she wa's doingjot for Ohrist.If anyone WlIshes iVo !help Father

Petrie's work, in hils imita'bion ofChrist, donations may be sentto him at the following add~ess:

Reverend Father William F.Petrie, SS.CC.,

Missionaries of Charity54A Ach'ar)'lll J.C. Bose R'oadCalcutta-700016India

Mothers at Home

are LuckyDear Ed1tor:

I am Wl"iting an reference toan ariVicle whiich appeared inyour I.Jeillters to :tJhe Editor sootion... "Thoug!hrts About MallY CaT­son".

The person who Wl"ote thearticle 'StaJted fuaJt every'One 'isen1litled to their' own oplindons,and ilJhen oonmnued by writingtJhall: she felt every woman'splace (espeC'iaHy a moVher) waslin itlhe home,~jndireotly ref.leot­ing her own opinlions aboutWOI'lcing motJh~s, birlllh oontrol,aboiIlllions, etc.) Upon :readingIth:at par.tlicular wne my ffirst:tJhought WiatS, how 'lucky tlh:iswdfe and mobher is tlhlaJt shedoesn't have ;00 work whti'le raoiJs­ing her fiami:ly.

Next I came 100 her opin1ionsabourt: reW11iiJting and redirectingthe Doctrtines. What ooourred tome fiiTst was a reading frOlIll llli'stSunday's Mass, wUlere C1hristsand to 1Jhe Ibig!h pr.iests and eld­ers (ot1his ds not woro fur woro)Ith:at ltIhe tax ooHeotoos and pros­:llitutes were entering il:!he King­dom of Heaven before Ithey were.

Lastlly, I would 'l'ike il:o men­ilJion t1hat, we do not have Ito beRoman to be a CllJllhoHc, or a"GoodOatltQl:ic:~ Af,ter all Chr,istWlaS ncitfu.er Roman O!l' ltalIDan.

Mns. L. J. MelloSwansea, Mass.

6 THE ANCHO~-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 9, 1975

If You ·O·on'fHave Child,renYou Wo,n't Beli,ev,e This

OUR LADY OF THE ISLE,NANTUCKET

St. Mary's GUlild wtiH !have tiheirftir5t meeting of ithe season Tues­dayevenJing, Oct. 14 all; 7:45. AUrnembel's are urged to attend.

ST. MARY'S,NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild lis SIpOI1ISOr­ling a Dance "Color My Woold"'by the "As 4".

The date lis October 18, 1975from 8 p.m. 'tiD 12 m:idIlJight atSt. Mary's School Hall on IHi­nods St.

'J1he tickets are $2.50 per per­son and also wiH be sold ait t1hedoor.

Fo!r ii~ketJs please caU Mrs.MaifY PeHevier, 995-0614 or Mrs.Pat Loveridge, 995·9883.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVERTwen~-one new member5' were

weloomed to the Women's GulildaJt 'a membeI1Sbip tea held in ·theschool baH. OUioers of theun:iJt for Jtnle coming year areMrs. Thomas Burke, preSiident;Mrs. Edwtard Niooletti, Vliee­presideIllt; Mrs. Joseph FeliteI'berg,'SOOretaifY; Mrs. Joyce Desmamis,itJreasurer; Mrs. Roaymond Medei·ros, finanoi'a'i secretJaifY.

Ml's. Joseph Feitelberg :is cl1adr­man of the dinneT .and fashionshow ItO ,be sponsored by theWomen's GUild on Oot. 14 at6:30 p.m. at itJhe Ooaohmen Res­taurant Male models from :tIhepa.riSh wtiH 'include: Mr. JosephBeneV'ides, Mr. M Berube, MayorW,ilfired DrisOO'l1, State Rep.l1homas Norton, Mr. EverettSmvtih, Mr. Jean Beaupre, Mr.Amland DesrnrlUllliis, and Mr.James Rezendes.

Commen1la'tors wtiU be Shil"leyMarVin and Donald Audette. Fe­male models wJiH be graduatesand current students of Mr5'.Ma:rtin's ohamland modelingschool.

TicketJs are available by caH­ling 8-6634 or 3-4318 and wi1:l.be sold after all Ma'sses. TIcketswiU not be sold 'lit the door.

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

The Couples' Club WIiIl spon­sor a danoe at 8 p.m. Saiturday,Oct. 18 ,in 'tihe school haH. Thepubllic irs dnVliJted. The evel1lt wiHffilaTk the fiftlh anniversaifY of t1heclub and MT. rand Mrs. MannyFernandes and Mr. and Mrs.Adrien Dumnd. are 'in charge ofarmngementsand tliclrets.

Music w,Hlbe by itJhe J~mmy

Brock group an9 refreshmentsW:iUbe available.

HOLY ROSARY,FALL RIVER

MIlS. Mary Mazzoni, presUdent,presided at tlhe iiiTst meetJing ofthe Guild, a. Coffee Sooia1 whJiohwas held in the church ha1:l.

Rev. Vlinoent Di'liferio, pastorand Monsignor Joseph R. Pan­non'i, pastor emer~tus spokebriefly.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE,SWANSEA

The Ladies of St. Anne's Sodal­dty Win hold 'tihElir monthly meet­ling on October 15 alt 8:00 p.m.in !the ohurch haU on BuffingtonSt. I,t wtill ,be an open meeting.

l1he program for the meeting:is "The TrevelJing GTeenihouse."The speaker will be ~t Durfee.progmm oha~mlan 'is ColetteGolden.

P,lants wHI be on di6play and'available f'Or puI'idhase.

ST. PIUS x,-SOUTH YARMOUTH- A Halloween sandwich bridgeand whist party is planned by theWomen's Guild for noon Mon­day, Oct. 20 in the parish han.Tickets 'are available froin AliceWilliams telephone 394-4972 orMary Bandera, 394-4916.

SACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

Mrs. Evelyn Paquette is chair­person of "A Style Show forEveryone," to be presented inthe auditorium of Sacred HeartHome Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19.Tickets are available at the rec­tory or from imy member ofSacred Heart choir.

Planned fur 10 a..m. to 9 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 1 in the parishcenter is Sacred Heart's first an­nual Ohristmas hamar, whichwil'l feature handmade items,jams and. jellies, a white ele­phant table and games for allages. Ghairperson .is ,Mrs. Jo­seph Williams, aided by Mrs.James Jenkins and Mrs. EdwardMetivier Jr.

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST,ATTLEBORO

The second meening of tlheLadies Guild will 'be held onWednesday, Oct. 15 lin 1fJhe schoolcafeteria and will ~nclude a pot'luck supper and fundraiiSiing gi1it­ware demonsWation. A slillite ofofficers Ito serve for itJhe oomingyear wU:I'I be presented to illhememberslhiip. All women of 1lheparIsh are ~nv1ted to a!tJtend andjodn tihe organJizatiion.

Beginning this month, t!h.e 8:45Mass on Sunday wiH be a Ohio!­dren'ls Mass fur grades 1 and 2.C.Y.O. members will prowde'n'UiI'lsery care, enabIiing pa.ren'ts00 illItJtend ilJh:is Mass with itJheirfirst rand second graders. Follow­ing :tIhe Mass, cl1Hdren will pro­ceed to the ,sclhool for C.C.D.classes from 10:00 to 11:00.

StJudents of St. John's Scl100Jhave begun t1haIr drlive for Oamp­be'll's Soup and Fl'anco-Amenioanlilllbeis whJich are used 00 procuresOOool eqUlipment. PaflioShiionersare ua:-ged 'tiD lend it!heir sUppoI'ltby sawng these labels and de­posi!tiing them in itJhe receptaolesat ,t!he ohuroh entrances.SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

Mrs. Milton Kozak and Mrs.Clam Ber.nard are c1hai'l"personsfur a whiist party to be held fl't1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13 inFatJher Coady Center.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

A Bible and it!heology class forooullts begin5 at 8 tonight' in the'Sohool haI:! and Pol!ish classesresume tomorrow niogh:t an theschool wiJtih ·beginners meeting{'rom 6 to 6:45 and advancedstudents f.ram 8 it'<> 9.

Persons J}loollling Ito paI'ltlic­apate ~n ra ipaiI'l~sh~ponsored tr:ip00. Egypt and Poland wIH meetat 8 p.m. Saturday, Oot. 11 anthe school haIl.

Tickets are avalilable fromHelene BoYilro ..and Jean Drzalfor a perfiorm,ance rat 8 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 23 a.t-Bisihop Con­noHy High ~hool 'by Fa'tJherHana'gan's Boys' Town Ohoir.IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,FALL RIVER

The Women',s Guild wiU holda cake sale October 11 and 12 linJthe ohurch haiL Mrs. Geo«'geCbaflbonn~u ~s cl1a'irman.

The Parish Parade'ubllclty ch.lrmen of D.rish orl.nlz.tlonl

ere liked to submit news items far thiscolun n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FillRiver. 02722. Nlme of city or town .houldbe ',cluded, as well as full date. of IIIactivities. Plelse .end news of future flth.ft~en past events.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The Council of Oatholic Womenannounces a caire sale the week­end of Oct. 19. Al,so planned isa Christmas party Monday; Dec.1 and a penny sale Sunday, Jan.18.

A pre-Advent supper andpenny sale will ,take place Sat­urday, Nov. 29 in the parish hall,wtith 5upper served from 6 to 8p.m. and the penny sale follow­ing untJiI 11 p.~. A planningmeeting for this event will takeplace an the hall at 7 p.m. Sun­day, OCt. 26.

Ss. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild is spon­sorJng 'a harvest supper at 6:30p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 in theFather Goady Center with Mt'ls.Noel Harrison rand Mrs. RoccoPostigIione as oo-<:hairmen. Tick­etsare aV'wilable from Jthem orany club members. M1"S. StaiIlleyJ'an'iok 'is in cllaJrge of a pennysale tofoHow the supper. Bothevents are open to tihe publlic.

ST. ANNE,NEW BEDFORD

Mrs. George Ohoquette, tel­ephone 997-9090, is in charge oftickets for an Autumn Ft'loLic 00,be held from 8 to midnight inthe school hall on SillIturday,Oot. 18. Music wiH ,be by ItheEverett 'I1remblay orchestra andref.reshments will be served.

SACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

Four buses will :Ieave thechurch at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.13 to carry representatives ofparish organizations to Fo3,!l1River -for participation in thepeaoe procession supportingj'ustice land peaoe 'in PoI'ltJugal.

Sacred Hear.t and Holy Nameparish senior citizen,s will meetlin the parish oenner at 1. p.m.11hursday, Oct. 16.

The parish Blue Ohip Club willhave its final drawing at a buf­~et dance from 8 to midnightSaturday, Oct. 18 at GaudetJte'sPavilion. .

At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19there will be a fiashion 'show atSaored Heart Home audJtocium.Tickets are avaHable from pa­rJshioners, including Evelyn Pa­quette, genemI chairman andJ.oseph Soammons, organ fundchrairm'aal.

The summer camp fund of t!he,paTlIsh B!oy Scout troop wtiU ben­ef~t 1irom proceeds of a danceto take iplace ~rom 8 to midnightSa!turoay, OCt. 25 in Jthe parishcenter.

Cub. Scouts wlill hold a packmeeting lin the center illIt 1:30p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26.

SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will !hoid_a Ham and Bean Supper on Sat­

urday even,ing, Ootober 18th.There wtiU lbe two siitJting,s, oneilit 5 p.m. and itihe s'econd SlDttingat 7:00 .p.m.

l1ickets are $2.50 fur adults'lind $1.25 fur ohiHdren 12 yearsand under. Oo-cha'irmen areMargaret O'Hearn and Ann stat­foco. TIckets wUl be on sale aJtIthe door.

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Parish ParadeST. PIUS XSO. YARMOUTH

The Guild wtill meet Tuesday,Oct. 14. A social hour at 7 wliHprecede l1he 8 p.m. meebing linrohe church hall.

A ,guest spea~er from theYaI'1In'ouifJlh F1ire Department wi:llrtJalk on itJhe Rescue Sqiuad.SANTO CHRISTO,FALL RIVER

The Council of Oaltholic WomenwiN sponsor a dance on Satur­day night at itJhe ohurclt ha:I1.Music will be by the Jardina!iresand tickets wiH be avan'1,able altthe door.

* Don't set any goals aboutbeing ltihe perfect parent. Ifyou're J'ight more than half thetime, you'ife beaJl1ing the avemge.

* You'll be void ,never 'tiD ihJHyou're ohdld when you're angry.But lif YJOU mt your child whenyou're NOT angry, you needhelp.

* If you are unsure of your­'self, read a 1ot. You can findlSOIIletll'ing lin pl1in't Ito back upwhililtever you 1!hInk lis right.

* Learn to get along on four·hours sleep. When you've Hved1Jhrough nlight feedings and night­mares, you gmduate to mglhtdates.

* When Jin doubt about yourkids, get adV'ioce rrom someonewiho never had any. He'll knowaB the anSWeI1S.

* If you can't find a oounsel­or, make believe yours are theneighbors' klids. Yoo knowwhalt's wrong wIth them.

* Under no oircums'tances everponbil1ioa:te: "MY ohUd wouldNEVER ... " because he'll turn\l'iigfht a'round and do somethingworse.

.* Keep YJour faJDth. Believe\that God knew what He wasdOling when he helped y,ou create;the kids, even lif you didn'tknow what :you were doing.

* Keep your lhope. They will,evel1ltuaUy, g·row up to be people.

;:. Keep YJOur Ioove. T1h'at'show itJhey learn to 1'ove in retJurn.

... Keep smilling.

CARSON

By

MARY

After 20 years of raising childr~n I've decided to giveout some top quality advice to parents. This is going to bethe real 'thing ... stuff that Dr. Spock and Sidney Callahannever told you. This is strictly for parents only becauseif yeu don't have childrenyou won't believe a wordof it. I wouldn't have iIi theyears B. C. (Before Children).

Before I thad my own kids, Irt:Jhought a motJher who let aohild woo,r dirty shoes was neg­Hogen1t. Now I'm grateful d( minejust have shoes on.

I used to have beaUl~ful

dreams how I would l'IaIis:e myfamliJy. There were "always"things, 'and "never" things. Iwould always he paot1ieI1lt andundersbanding. I would never al­low dil'ity -fingerpr.ints '00 accumu­late on Jtnle woodwork.

Then I h1ad klids.11here 'is no pOliI1lt dn ,teHing

what ~It"s like 100 parents~tJo-be.

THEIR kiids· aren't going to beHke THAT. All my advJoe can doris offer a IJiltJHe oonsol1a'tJion toparents who l1ind rellief in know­ing itJhey are not alone.

No Logie'J1hese items are in no Jogical

order. Since I've had kJids Ihaven't doneanYJthJing in a log­Iioal order.

... You will never find the5cotch Jtape dispenser when youneed it. You wHI fiind lit in themiddle of 'the nJight when youget up to go to 1lhe haltJhroom,and '<lire ,roo tired to look furyour sHppeI1S. If you cut yourfoot on tlhe dispenser you wmnot be able /f)o tiind bandages.

... 110 get the klids '00 deanilJhe ~iving room, teI:l them a fa­vOl'll'te relatJive is ooming to v:isit.l1hey WliJl lhiide every,thing illh'at'sc1uHening the Hwng room intheir bedrooms. The only wayto get the whole house clean· dsto dnvite overnight guests.

... To gather children together, lin ra hurry, make a phone caU

you don't want them to overheaJr.* To rind oult !if a ohdld bas

homework, ask 'bim to help washrt:Jhe dishes. He'B sudden1y re­member a repoot tllat must hedone 'immediililtely.

... Paren'ts of several childrenare frequently expected 'tiD bi­locate. When you Me supposedto be in 5eveml pIaoes at tihesame '11ime, don"t go to any ofthem. Then aU t1he kJids areequaHy mad at you, and youhave ithe oolllso1'aJ1Jion of knowingyou've shoWln noo faV'cII'Ij,tIIsm.

* There won"t be a oalamityevery day. But illhere will beother days wIth two or ltihreeto make up fur ljit.

* The most deVJaSltating paTltof parenthood lis lseeing yoor ~ids _make the same mistakes you did.

If I cou1dglive adVlice to par­ents~o-be:

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THE ANCHOR- 7Thurs., Oct. 9, 1975

Florida Priest AdvisprTo Cursillo Movementn~LLAS (NC) - Father WH­

Ham Keane, a' former pastor inthe Orlando, Fla. diocese, hasbeen named national priest ad­visor to the Cursil10 Movementin the United States headquar·tered in Dallas.

The Cursillo Movement stressesdoctrine and spiritual formationof lay groups through short,closed retrl'lats, and communityparticipation through lay pro­grams. The movement originated,in Spain in 1949 'and was intro­duced to the United States in1957.

Asked to explain the job of na­tional priest advisor, FatherKeane told The Florida Catholic,Orlando and St. Petersburg dioc­esan newspaper:

"The priest advisor's role is'primarily a priestly role as abuilder of community and thespir,itual leader of that commu­nity; he is a reconciler, a sanc­tifier and a theologian. Withinthe movelJ1ent his service is pri­marily on the level of service tothe priests involved ,in the Cur­sillo Movement and meetingtheir needs in such are;lS as spir­itual growth, support and theo­logical growth."

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It's not easy to dress well to­day, especially when yourclothes budget has to be sharedwith growing teenagers, but atleast we can try. It takes work,a ,bi,tHe eXitra <time, but more Illhan'anything else it takes ·a con­cerned effort to get every bit ofvalue for each dollar you spend.

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theologians at the FranciscanRetreat Center in Scottsdale,Ariz., next Feb. 19-22. The 1976fall session will be held Sept.16\.19 at a \place'-tOl be determined..

Appointed to the committee·that will attempt to draft a jointreport under the tentative title"Teaching Authnrity in theChurch with Special· Referenceto Papal Ministry" were:

Lutherans - Dr. George A.Lindbeck of Yale UniversityDivinity School in New Haven,Conn., and Dr. Warren A. Quan·beck of Luther Seminary in St.Paul, Minn. Catholics - FatherMaurice C. Duchaine of St. Pat·rick's Seminary in Menlo Park,Calif., and Father George H.Tavard of Methodist TheologicalSchool in Delaware, Ohio.

The meeting here was devotedlargely to separate sessions ofthe two groups at which theyframed questions to be answeredby the respective participants. Inplenary session, the answers ofboth sides were discusseed and itwas agreed that these should hefurther refined and circulatedamong the scholars for theircomments in advance of the nextmeeting.

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Lutheran-Catholic CommitteeTo Work on Infallibility Statement

WASHINGTON (NC) - Afterfour sessions of study of papalinfallibility, Lutheran and Cath­olic theologians have named acommittee to seek to draft acommon statement on the doc·trine, the most controversial is­sue separating the two COIll/omunions. .

A four-day meeting at St.Paul's College here Sept. 18-21was the 21st held by the scholarsin the 11 years since the talkswere initiated under the jointauspices of the U. S. Catholicbishops' Committee for Ecumeni­cal and Interreligious Affairs andthe USA National Committee ofthe Lutheran World Federation(UWF).

Five papers discussed at themeeting dealt with historicalstudies of papal authority in thearea nf doctrine during the earlycenturies of the Christian era,the authority and infallibility ofecumenical councils as under­stood by Catholics, psycho-socialdimensions of Lutheran opposi­tion to infallibility, the First Vati­can Council's definition of papalinfallibility and the modern deft­nitinns of doctrines on the VirginMary as applications of papal in­fallibility.

Presenting ·the papers were Dr.Joseph A. Burgess of Gettysburg

. (Pa.) Seminary, Dr. Fred Kramerof Concordia Seminary inSpringfield, Ill., and Dr. KarlfriedFroehlich of Princeton (N.J.)Seminary, all regular partici·pants in the dialogue, and twoguest lecturers, Carmelite FatherEamon Carroll and Father Rob­ert B. Eno, both of the CatholicUniversity of America here.

Nineteen papers on the subjecthave thus far been presented anddiscussed and four more win begiven at the next meeting of the

CodCape'Considered 'topics such as poventyon Cape 000, ibhe ebhicaI and.tJheol'Ogrical 'Ls'Sues of WOT'ld hun­ger, praotJicaI problems of nU'trti­'tion, and tt!he need for individualinvolveInoot and appropriate leg­Islllltion dn the area of famine.prevention.

vo dl'amwtlize ibhe plight oftwo-'bhdrds of human1iJty, a thirdwor.ld mea'l of mce and raJis:inswas shared by !those attendingthe workshop. The progmm wasattended :by 75 area adullts and)"oung people, and wIaJs designedto emphasize lbhat "probably iI:lhemost crucial 'issue of iI:lhe next 50yeans is how to ensure itlhatevery pa"Sion can have enouglhro eat."

onHeldx, South Yarmouth and OurLady of A!ssumption Osterv>ille.

Registration 'began I8It noonand a progmm dncluded exhiibtts,IS diHm 'and two speakers began'alt 1 p.m. Discus~ng world hun­ger was Sister Mary Evelyn Je­gan, a member of rbhe nlaJtionaI·board of "Bread frQ!!" rbhe World"and an educllItJion'al consultant toCathollic Re1Jief SeI"V'ices, an armof the U. S. CllIthoHc Conference.

A'lso heard was Dr. Scott ~r­adise of the BOSiton IndustrialMission, whose topic WI8'S themoml involvement and ooncern

. flor human needs of large cor·pQ!!"ations.

IndiViidual diiscuSSlion peruods

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - New Bedford, Mass., McMahon Council No. 151, ThirdDegree members are shown at a recent gathering: I to r, front row, Richard Jodlowic,inner guard; Joseph F. Hipolito, district deputy; Frederick E. Murray, grand knight; Rev.Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher; Severo G. Alfama, deputy grand knight; Frederic Duby, assistantdistrict deputy; Stephen Collins, recorder. Back row: Raymond Borges, warden; ManuelA. Gomes, lecturer; Antonio Gomes, financial secretary; Alfred Martins, past grand knight;Ronald O'Berry, advocate; Joseph J. Correia, inside guard; Samuel Barboza, trustee; Thom­as Sloane, trustee; Joseph Oliveira, chancellor.

Mid-Cape pa,l'IisIhes coopa-­ated wjlJh P.roteslJailit and GreekOrtlhodox ohua-ohes of rbhe a·readn iSponsorung 18 works'hop, "'J1heHU1Iig'l1' of tJhe World," heldIast Sunday ait Sit. FranOis XaVlia­parish center, Hyannis.

Among members of a centralpl1anning oommibtee representingthe 20 chuoches paTltJicipa.tIlng in:the progrnm were Rev. JohnAndrews, St. Francis ~aViier andRev. GeOt1ge F. Coleman, OurLady of Viotory parish, Center­Vii-lIe. Fa'bher Andrews made ar·rnngements for use of rtnle Hyan·nis center and FalJher Oolemanplanned a pmyer service whiClhconcluded rbhe day. OVher ooop­emting pa1'1islhes were St. Pius

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Some of ilihe opinions stressedattihe workshop were tbat: ~erich he11itage of ilihe past shouldnot 'be qost in a melting pot men­taHty - eil:lhnic parishes slhouldpreserve and .use their languagesand customs in regU'1a·r Hbul'gies--ll:emi,toniaI ,parishes ShoUlld of­fer an opportundty to their pa­rish:ionel's Ito eJCPress and sharertheir etihnioity illhrou~ specialmeals, 'litmgies, pageants etc.

A major address by Dr. DavidJ. O'Brien from ilie ColIege ofThe Holy Gross, on itlhe revolu­tionary principles and pol'icies ofour Foundin'g Fathers, capped theday.

FAITH AND.BEGORRAHits John McAvoy, himself,for the Irish.

dmmigrant. From ibhe parishpriest who received ilJhe ijrnmi­grent nnto rthe Ohurch's familyand wiho a'iso arranged employ­ment and lodging for those linneed, The ~mmigrant found sup­port andsdlace. The Ohurchwas and $tliU remain's a key fac­tor lin' iIlhe building of a whole­some oommuni,ty of various eth·nic stm~ns.

Benedictine OblatesOb1fllltes of St. Benediot will

bold a chapj)er meebing at 2:30p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 '<lit POl1~S­

mouth Abbey, P011tsmoubh, R. L.,be~nnj.ng with Mass, followed-by a conference, recited vespersand dUnner. Reservations maybe made at ltihe ,abbey or wtithMrs. Fmnk S. MOl'iar.ty, tele­phone 672-1439.

Frencl1-Cafi'adian-~ernard The­I1"OUX of Fall RJiver

Spantish-DorotJhy KaHevik ofNew Bedford

_Portuguese-Joao L. DeCoS'ta O'fFaN RJiver

PolliSlh-Wanda Wrobel of FaNRiiver

CllIpe Verdeans-Leofi'ard Rochaof New..Bedford

Lithuanians~Dr. 'Edwardas Jan-'sonas O'f Cape God

Vietnamese-Thinh ,oinh Dong ofEastonJ.t was retliigious oppressdon at

!home or an economic or pd1~tJicaI

crilSiis that fureed most of om~mmigrant famHiies to seek a l~v­

ling elsewhere. Their hopes to bemore fully human brou~ht ilihemto ex,perience illhe AmericanDream.

All the dmmigrants round fuetime ofadapta'mon :in Ithlis caun­Itry to be a most difficu1t one.Most ibad a Ilanguagebamer toovercome . ,AiM tlad to begin atIt!he bottom of rthe sociall 1adder.Exploi1Jalt1ion was a reality formost dmmigrarl'ts'. Some wereW1ilUing to suffer tMs abuse alS

,tJhey managed to ama'SiS a sub­'stantia1 amount of money and-then return to 'their native :landfor a more comfortable llife. Mootof 'tJhe dmmigrenlts, however,made America their home - apllace wihere 'llhey .could dive inbaSiic fr~edom and wihere iliheyfound muClh kindness despite themany hardshiJps t'hey !had to en­dure.

Reblgion was itlhe paramount!Strength and oon'S01aillion of the

Tlhe Diocesan BicentenniaICommiif:tee dn oooperaVion witihthe Diocesan Department of Ed­uca1Jion sponsored a Wor~hop

on "Ethndo~ty and Race" atStonehJiU CoMege on Wednesday,October 1. Over 150 parish andsohool Bicenroenni:aJ1 Coordinatorsreflected on tlhe past and pres­ent hopes of ewrly and new1yall'l'j~ immi'gIl'lants.

A panel of recent dmmigrantstogetiher w~ some flirst and sec­ond generation ty;pes spoke ofthe pJiiglht, tlhe hopes and joY'sof limrnigmm peoples.Irish-J<lIlm McAvoy of Fall

River

•LEONARD ROCHA, ateacher at Bishop StangHigh, represented the CapeVerdeans.

The Diocese of Fal,! R!iver isbasdcal:ly a Diocese of Immi­g11aq'ts. PracticaHy aJl diocesansare the 'Sons 'and daughters ofpeople who came to Massa-ohu­setts in search of the greatAmerJcan Dream.

)SUSAN COSTA

MRS. ARISTIDES ANDRADE, President of the Taun­ton District Council of Catholic Women, is shown presentingMsgr. Anthony M. Gomes a check representing the firstcontribution to the 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

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Breakfast TalkWi II Be GivenByDAAlumna

A member of tile 'laSil: gradu­ating cIa'SiS of Dom:inlioan Acad­emy, FaH River, wiJIl speak atan Alumnae Association Commu­nion breakfas't to foHow 11 a.m.Mass Sunday, Oct. 19 ~n t'he for­mer high school chapell. She isSusan Gosota, a graduate of iliheMassachusetts Institute of Tecih­nolcgy, wiho ds now in ill Ma'ster .of Divinity program at the Bos­Iton Theo'logioal Institute, a con­sortium of the Weston Schoolof Theology, Harvard DivinitySohooI and ltihe Episcopal DivinitySohool.

Miss Costa"s topic w.i'll be"Contempornry Re:Jilg,ious Lifefrom a Wom'an's Perspective."Her breakfast address wtill fol­'low a ijiilturgy celebrated by Rev.Thomas Lopes of St. John theBaptist parlish, New Bedford, aformer reldg'ion teacher a.t Do­minican Academy.

A-Iumnae ip1annling to attendthe reunion are asked to contactMrs. Cecile Michno, 574 S. AJ.­mond St., FaH R'iver 02724.

and SchHlebeeckx who were be­·ing quoted by the eager rel~gious

(since, for .the most part, mar­ried) who need quick and easyanswers to all the hard ques­tions. Prophets come and proph­ets go, but adolescent rel'igiousgo on forever.

In those dayS' I will confessto ,being very bad. I would com­ment, "Oh, Karl would never saya'llY'thing like tlhtalt; why jUSJt lastsummer when we were dl1inlcingbeer in Zurioh he said to me ..."or. "My, I'm sure you misunder­s~and Edwrd; when we hadlunch in Nijmegan he took ex­a'ctly the opposLtion position,"

In truth, I did call Edvard"EdvaJrd," but I have never heardanyone in my yea'rs on "Concil··lil:m" ever oo:Q Rahner anyil1hingbut '.'Riahner," And he doesn'tspeak English and we don't drinkbeer together. .

I do call Gutierrez "Gusbavo,"Ijj}rough (but Since I oan't speakF'rench or Spanish and he ca'n'tspeak English, we don't talkmuch).

Siome people are place-drop­pers. Take Ted Heshurgh (nortethe nickname, please). He askedme once <at the Morris Inn) if Iknew a certain Belgian scholar.Seeing a chance to gain points,I responded that I had seen h~m

last 'Summer in Barcelona. Ted,however, had last seen him inthe a·irpor.t at Warsaw comingbome from Moscow.

Now you see what hit poorBear Bryant.

Okay, 1t's a cMZy game (es­pecia'1ly when, unlike "FatherTed," you 'haV'en'tbeen to Ant­arcbica and don't serve on theboard of the Chase Manhattan).But it's fun even ~f it's mean00 youthful pe1"sonaJI'iJty cuNlists.It bas just exactly the Slameamount of depth and seriousnessas do the slogans and the heroworship whioh comes out of thesummer study weeks-and prob­ably appeals tto the same humanfrailties. Only tlhe Ij:rouble withsummer institutes is that peo­ple ilJhJink thaJt a few wee~ oflectures is a substitute for ed­ucwbion and learning - thin~

which 'a,re in very short supplyin the United States just now.

Well, you say there willnever 'be an Andrew Greeleyperson'ality cuIot.

A:b isto malo, libera nosdomine!

Iy

REV:

ANDREW M.

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Sometimes I think they (whoever "they" currentlymay be) ought to close down all the summer pastoralinstitutes and study weeks. A lot of money goes down thedrain continuing the half education of the half-educated,but for all the time, energyand resources that go intosuch efforts, nothing muchcomes out. Better that themoney be spent for educaltingfewer people who will know a'libtle more or, even bettet, avery few who know what theyare il:aI~ing about.

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Of course, honest reading iswork .and being entertained bythe current CJ'lOP of "great men"is fun. Sinre depth and disci­pHne are not 000 1mpoJ'ltJant Justnow 'in the Church, who wantsto work when they can·have fun?

I recently en'COuntered a groupof religious who had spent timeat the fuet of one of the youngergeneration of "great men,"(Since he lis lin ·f'act a V'ery ~rtited

theologian I'll keep hils namea ,secret.) 'Phis new prophet hadproVided my _ f~iends with awhole new set of cliches, slo­Igans, and magic worns to Ilasttlhem 'tihrough ililie ~ong hamwinter ahead. In add~tion, he hadbecome the new tiolk hero whom,they could quote in argumentsand on whose future they couldhang 'their hopes. I don'lt thinkhe is the sort of person whowould like a cult of personalityand he probably doesn't evenknow one has grown up aroundhim. But he has nevertheless:Iet himself be reduced into tol­emtling a ,per:sonaHty cul!t whichis for bis young admir~s a sat­isfying substitute for thought.

It was all very "deja vu," Adecade or so ago it was RaJhner

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CARDINAL MAURICEFELTIN, known for anti­Nazi activities during WorldWar II and for permitting hispriests to wear business suitsinstead of cassocks, died inParis at 92.

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BISHOP ROBERT L. DeWITT of Pennsylvania is one·of three prelates censured bythe House of Bishops meet­ing in Portland, Me.

mamy of tlohem w.il1 emerge a,g

nation'al heroes. 'In faest, he saysthat the age of Spoots heroesmay soon be gone fiorever. Weshall see. Meanwhile it's time togo----tIhe RedJskins are abouJt tokiCk off 00 :the New OrleanlSSaiints (1aJIl unLikely name, by theway, for a platoon of a,g~ssive

wamoos).

ACTRESS-SINGER VICKICARR will receive the "ForGod -and Youth" award at.the national CYO federationconvention in San Antonio,Tex.

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of Ij)he oourt, or your faV'OI1"iltehi:t!t'er steal'imgseoond base? For/that maltter, whaJt's so a,ggres­Isive or warllike about basketballor :soccer? Hockey WJaJS - but .a'side fir.om hocl~ey, boX'ing andfiootbaH, the Oibher spOll"tingevents Tha't hold the Aimericampeople enlbhNlBed fur weeks onend ,are ,no mqre aggressive orwarNke thana geiliteel game ofshuffleboard, cricket or croquet.

And When you come rightdown 1\)0 ut, whwt's aLl this stuffabout ~o'Otball 1JakLng a greatde:a'i of rthe Idoa off wa'r and ser·V'ing as a proViidential source ofrelease fior a bored, increasinglytension-rt1dden popul'a:tLon? TomOSlt Amerkans it's only a game.Why, then, OOS;O many intel­lectuals feel con:Sltrn'ined tbo de­sc-ribe it as a surrogate 1\011" war?In short, why do they take thegame and themselves so serious­Jy?

A!boV'e all, why do they ·so ire­quently unsullt the Amerioan peo­.ple by refenring to them (andProf. Nilsbet is not UJinque amongin'tJeJ.leotuaI'S lin thios regGl1"d) asa bored, tension-ridden popula­iI:J;'OO1? I wLth apologi'es to the Pro­f'essor~who strikes this reader'aJS heing a V'eTy dec-eilit type hu­man beinlg-I think it must be

.said that 1Jhere us somrethiingrather Isnobbish about this kiindof infla'ted dV'ory 'tower flheOOir'ic.

Rl1Of. Nisbet dJoes haV'e a point,howeV'er. when the saY'S <that"Whether spoots can survive thepresent head-long ruslh tloowaTdhuge profi'ts, enlO!l'mous dndiv.id­ual oontraots carefully negol.'i:aJt.edby ba'~teries of lawyers for in­divlidual Sitars, iMlJd the groWlingiimage 6f each of these same'sbars as busi,nessmen--ownei"s ofhambui"ger or bowHng alleyohadns, W'iilili names promunentlydiJspl'ayed-is still un<:enbain."

Lt seemed very "unceI'tain," in­deed, a coupJoe of weeks agowhen a number of NFL reamswent on sil:t1ike TO p11o~est ag~insJt

the so-oaUed Rozelle rule. Ourown house was divided ontlhe,pros and 'COns of 'bhlis monumen­tal dJi'spute, but, fur my ownpaJl"t,I wals on the players' &ideaH the way. l1he Rozelle rule--lifI, too, may ,indulge ,in a hilt ofdnflaJted rhebOI'ic---.;is' a tiorm of(admillted'ly well paid) indenJturedservitude, and the owners, in myopimi,on, would be well advtisedto giV'e it up volunbaJrilybefull"ethey are oompelled ,to do so bythe counts'.

In any event, my good mendWilliam Ussery, Director of theFederal MediiJation and Conail­i'altion Service and tthe ~sltHving expert in 'Vhe field of,labor medJi,aJtion, deserves theCongressiOIlJai Medal of Honorfor Ihaving resolV'ed :the NFL'strike in IHme to get the playershack into uniform tiO!l' the open­ing games of 'Vhe <SeaJSOn, thus:resJtoring their' "oapaci,ty formobilliz'img aggressive forees onthe field and thriUing luge audi­ences." P,rof. Nisbet doubts that

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Prof. Robert Nisbet of Columbia University, one ofthe nation's leading scholars. in the history and philosophyof social and political thought, argues in his latest book."Twilight of Authority" (Oxford University Press, NewYork, $10.95), that we liveat a dangerous turning pointin history, that we arecaught up in a political andcultural crisis not diss'imHar tothwt preceding the ,full of Rome.I round the book a bit too pes­simistic for any own taste, but

nevertheLess well worth lI"eadiing.'In fuet, I would agree with thoseoritics who haV'e already haHedit as one of the most amPCI1~amt

books of the year. Despite itsdoomsday tone, ~t turns oult ,tobe, an the end, .a very hopefultreatise on ways ofal1"resting,even reV'eTsing, "the decline ofthe West."

On one minor pOlint, however,I'think ·Prof. Nisbet, Ukie a num­ber of other academicians, issomewhat out of touch wilth mid­dle Amenioa and is also inclinedto It:ake 'life a bilt '000 seriously.I am referrimg I1Jo his bl"i'ef andever 00 'Solemn reference to pro­fess'ional sports in the Uni,tedSbwtes. He 'says he as incLinedtto think thaJt "professional sportstake a g,reat deal of 'tihe load offwar as ililie source of r1eleJ.1Jse Itb

a :bored, increasingly tension­ridden popul:ation. Teams arecombat unliJts, and there is much'in oommon psychologicaLly be­tween ililie team 'in ltihe f'ield andthe aotual fighting un:t, t'h:esquad or pllatoon or company inwal1time ... Anyone who halteswar," he concludes, "must dreadthe day when athletics, amaJt'eurand pI'ofess'ional, loses i'ts prels­ent oapadty for mobHlzing ag­greSSJive forces on the flield andth'11Hiling large audiences."

I w<mder what the hoys wouldmake of ·that alt a KC 011" Amer­ioan Legion smoker? I suspectIt:hey would fiind it ralth'er amus­ing-bUit more about that in amoment.

Prof. NIsbet, In anlo.ther sec­tion IO'f has book, laments 'bhe facttha't AmeI"ioans have become iJn­erea'Sin~ly oall1eless in thei,r USleof the EiIlglish language. Yelt in~is own apocalY'tic referenceto SpOl'ts, he himself is guility of.this very MuLt. He equates"'Sporbs" 'in general with am ag­gressive type of warLike ltJeamplay on 'bhe football field, but,~or alt ,least ha'lf thre year, thespOO:llng events thatt. glue theAmerican .people 00 their tele­Vlilsion sets don',t fit That descrip­tion at 3111. WhaJt'·s so aggressiveor warNke about Jack Nicklauschipping to the pan wLth a nine~l1on, or Chrris Evert Witching herop~neIlit off halWlce with a~cld1and shot Ito the far comer

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The otlher New Testament'books OOll1Tllot be discussed indeoail. 'f.he Aobs of the Apostleswas conceived by St. Luke as aoomp:alllion volume Ito his Gospel;ilt ltells of tthe gl'lOwth of :theearly Churoh tand illhe spread ofItlregood new'S. The "OaItohol:icepistles" (Jt1hose a:olJIiihuted toJames, Peter, J'oihn, an{\ Jude)are so ,named because they aregeneral an :t'hei'r address, ndt be­ing directed to a paif'ticulrwr com­mUll'i'ty of peIIlSon. Dail1ing theseoomposi:tiolliSpreseniDs specialproblem'S, Ibut some of .1Jhem may .be as early :as ,the 'I~bter partof Paul's milll,istry, w:iJtJh otherscoming oon'siderably later.

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revealed 'as SCIIl of God tin Hissuffering and obedience. BIOthSt. MaJj;tlhew and St. Luke supplymore of Hils Iteach'ing than M:aa-k;but Mralbbhew super.umposes ltJhemyiSbery of ilie devel10pingChurch on the minJiIsitry ofJ,esus, whi:!e Luke pClil1traysJesus taS tthe bearer of salvation,resolutely bIl'in~ing Hils work 1)0

an end ,in Jerusalem, whence themessage of SIa:1v,w:101Il wenlt f,onj),to the lIleighboI1i11lg re~i:ons andthen to ''!the ends of illhe earlth"Acts 1:8). The profundioty of St.Jdm'ls presenlta~ion of J~us Ife-

. veals ItJhe influence of a long I'ifeof pondooing and lUViing /the mys­tery of Christ.

BY REV. JOSEPH JENSEN

The oomposiJt1on of the NewTestament presents fewer prob­.IeffilS ItJhalll thwt of the Old Testa­merut; I~here rwre fewer books:and Ithey were p110duced over amuch shorter perliod. The ea~li­

eslt oompleted wlr'iJNngs were thelebters of St. Paul. Paul's con­vension oame circa 36 AD. andaboult 10 yea~s 'l'aJbeT he begana sert}es of miss~on:ary journeytS.Many of hl1s lebters :were wrilt­ten rtJo Chifu:'.~tian oommuniJties hehad fiounded; !the 11iJnst of !thesewnitJings were 1-2 Thassalon'iJans,w,ri'btttm in 51 AD., aIIld Ithei()'tfuers were produced at IiJruter­va~s ull'billhis death ciroa 67 AD.

A typioal letter oonltains bothdoctrinal teaohing tand ta mora.)eX!hor:taJti'on and deals w~th con­crete problems preseJ1It i.n tl:hecommuniJty it was direated IbO; 1n,some cases Paul expec'ted it Itohe read an other chll'I"Ches aswell. 'Paul o~ten dictated hils let­t'ers Ito a scribe.

The compOiffiUon of the Gos­pels lis more compHCWbed. The1964 "lmJsitruoti-cn on I~he Hilsror­lieal T'ruIth of Ithe Gospel," :re­feI1red 100 an aJn ea!rllier <l:!'tide,dt1sbinguis!hes three SltJageS linIbhe fioTmattion of the Gospels. .

'J1he first was the sbage anwhich Our Lord was explatiningHis lreaohing :and iioJrll1'ing HIsdisciples. ~hen there was theapcr:I~'CIJic prea,ching. The "In­rSilJrua:ion" refers '00 the va~,iety

of HooMry forms employed rosu(,t the purpose of ;the preacherand the mental':,ty of Ithe het:ll:'ers.Thiis stage coincided l/1Oughlyw1zjh l:!he period of St. Paul's,leJ~ers, and scmeJ~;mes herefens i~O ~wdmons <suoh as thosethat Tound -their way tinto theGospeJ:s, fio,r e~ample, those 00'11­

ceming tthe resU11l"ection (1 Co­rinth1ans 15:1-7), the EuchlaJIliSit(1 Oor.irY..hJi'aon:s 11:23-25), tandJesus' ,teaching :on dtivorce (1OOI1inthians 7:10-11).

Liturgy wa's also an impcll1tanitinf.luence here. When the earlyOhris1Jians met ilJo c'elebrta'be theEuohlWist, nClt having ·alS yet ,thewril~ten Gospels. ithey would havereoounted lSome~hing fif'om ourLord's mlinistry, eilther somethingthey 'had exper:ienoed ftir.st handor had received fmm olthers-apMable or cl~her 'l:e3lch1ng of OurlJol1d, an ta'COOtUntt of one of Hii'Smxades, a :n:arra'tive ():f HilS lI'es­unreoJilQn, etc. Evenltu:a:lly suchrecitals became ~aiif'ly 'Hxed :in~orm, ofiten wi,bh co;uiderableVJar::aI:1ioo iIIl indJiv1idual oommu­nities.

These anldtividual Gospel Wadi­.lti'ons prov1ided 'a substan'biaI paIrtof Jt1he ma'berial for rtJhe It'bird£Itage, Jt1hrat offi;terary c,omposi­vi'on; acoordling tl:o hlis OWlIl pur­poses and the needs of the'church for which he wrote, eachevangeHst ool'eated, synthesized,and expHoaited the Gospel ilJrndi-rtiol1ls. '

St. Mark :showed JesU!S :as atif'anscendenlt tigure, milSunder­'Stood even hy Hiis disciples, allld

IIdestroy the village in order tosave it." What does victory meanin that kind of situation, espe­cially when it is accomplishedwith all the sophisticated terrorof modern warfare?

The really paradoxical thing isthat sometimes a loss can be avictory. Ask any athletic coachof a winning team to name themost important games he or shehas participated in during thepast year. Unles1 the team is ex­ceptional - and never is on theshort end of a score! - one ofthose very important games willprobably be a significant loss.The 'loss oaused 'l:l1e '~eam to reas­se.!;'s ~ts 'St1'eng~hs, to note itsweaknesses, to redesign itsstrategies. If the game is heingplayed for something more thanvain glory, a loss can be as in­structive as a win for the team.

For we ChI1is~ians !bo accom­plish true and lasting victories,both in our personal affairs andin the affairs of our society, weneed some ugdielines for a'otion.First, we must he sure of ourpriorities. What is the most im­portant goal we want to accOm­plish? What the lesser goals andhow are they interrelated? Whatare we willing to forego if neces­sary in order to accomplish lim­ited goals? Unless we set someclear priorities, we may find our-

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lorgan1ired federation of to,wnsa':oog ItJhe coast and worked to­ge,ther well. A!s wane'o'rs ltiheyhad :the unestimable advall'Jageof possessing iron we3pons,wherea's rtJhe ll'on Age had notyet dawned lin Oan'aan. In asho!'t Itime :the ItwO daws of tMsJ:(ncer;s, the LSIl'ael';,tes and thephilistine, were to come to grips,W!ith fTigbtful results.

Thli-s was iDhe genera:! sJtuwtionon the ev.e of th~ Lsrae:i;:::e in­va'sjocm. More pMbi-eularly, justlaCX:vl~S 'bhe J,o~dJan, ,in def'iance ofJ,cd1ura 'and hJ~s men, were sev­eral fOI1t:ifli'ed lJowns, and the key1'0 Ithedr capture I'ay In the defeatof vhe one nearest the rlVEl!I':Jerkho. 1'h'1s was Joshua's f~mt

objective. W,ith Itlhe I~imely helpof Yahweh, he led I}r;,s forces,across :the J,orjan and :Sbood, at­-long :I,a'st, on the 'SJ3cred iSloJilW1hich J,a'oob. land ihLis f'am'iIy had'1efit for Egypt 'almo:st 500 yearnbeforle. The Pl10mised Land Ilaybef'ore hlim, bUit I~t was not Iyinlg.s'::.iH, and lits ccnques1t was Ito beno easy anair.

Hirs campalign lis deSC'flibed inthe Book of J'oShua, which canbe divtidec;l qu'ite newtly anto twoalmcst equal pa'l1bs. ChapteI's 1-2tell of the 'inv'a,s;'on and C'onques1t'of Oanaran, rand 13-24 record thedr:ltJ1iihUl~ion of rthe J.and among,the 12 tnibes of ISl1ael. This diivJ­sian us :almost roo lIleat. It gJvesIthe surface !impression thalt the

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REV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S.

When Moses died, the com­mand passed 'in~o It/he hands ofhis Itrusted and capable Ueu,~en­

ant, Joshua, whose exp)ol;,ts arerecorded i.n the book whiohbears h~~s lIl·ame. Bef'ore we fol­·low him and 'lris people a'cros'Sthe Jc~dan, however, l't Wiouldbe well to size up 'tJ.'le 'S'~~U'w~ion'

they face. T'o ithe east, E'abyl.:miawas on Ithe decline and Assyriahad 1Il0t yet a'bbatlned full S'Jar~UTe.

Tohe once f)oourlishing New Em­pire of Egypt was begJ;nndng tocrumble and 'irts hold ern Syria'and Oa,nalan was slipping ylbibly.The native Oanaan}~es could haveput up stiff 'resi.SJtan~e if theyhad been able to f,erm a slJr'ongenough cc,ali~ion, but !t:hey werenC't. The populaKa,n was d.isl~rib­

uted amo'ng lSeveml Utttle "c(,ty­s~ates" about !the ,size of modernY;ilIages IQ~ sma'll 'towns. SC.:TI,e ofthem were stoUtly fm'tifl:ed, butthe mb~rust of eaoh for thec'~'~er l110bbed them of thestrength WIhlich union wouldhave given them. They weredocmed to eventual defeat.

ActuaHy Ithey were caughit ina ,sort of pincers movement, fc,rabout the same 'time ,the Is-mel­Hes were coming in from theeast, the formidable Ph:);'s':J;neswere esb3tblishing beache3ds onthe Mediterranean ooaSJt, to thewest. COmlingfrom ,the 'isla'nd ofCrete, Ithey formed a well-

IIBy Rev. Peter J. Henriot, S.J.

What is true victory? Tbat's aquestion I've asked mvself manytimes and in many different situ­a.tions. Sometimes whe~ I've"won" a point in an argumentwith a friend, I have to ask,"Was it worth it?" Was thisreally 'a victory for me - and,more importantly, was it a vic­tory for the truth? Other times,in recent years when our countryhas been struggling for "victory"in military efforts in SoutheastAsia, I have felt that we weretrying to be "Number One" with­out really understanding what

- this means.Tbzre is an ancient story

about King Pyrrhus, the King ofEpirus. In 279 B.C., he defeatedthe Romans at Asculum - andwon a stunning victory. Butafter surveying the consequencesof this victory - his own armyalmost totally destroyed - heremarked that it was a successgained at too great a cost. Todaywe still speak of a "Pyrrhic vic­tory" to refer to somethinggained for a price which turnsout to be not worth the effort.

A more contemporary storyalso comes to mind. During theheight of tbe Vietnam War, aUnited States military officer or­dered the destruction of a villagein the midst of a combat area.He later explained, "We had to

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whOle process was out 'and Med,with the campaign clicking offsmoothly as clockwork. But a'carreful reading of ibhe book re­veals lthJaJt lit wa's nOlt qUlite 50

6imple or so completely iSUOCes­

ful as the ~wst dmpression Wlouldlead one to beDieve.

Onoe aJOIIOS1S the J,oroan, Josh­ua set up meld ihJeadquarlteI1s atG'ilgal, I8Jbout !three mIles fromJericho, illnd hetween Iiit ood theniver. Jet1icl1Jo was the key :to thecha!in of foot1ifiied towns oonlJrol­ling iflhe mouIlitJaJinous center ofOanJaan. Thanks ag,a1in to thetJimely dnterven1llon of YMweih

• ~an opportune ea,ntbquake wouldhave brougtht the ma:s:sive wallstumbl~ng down), IthIs imp'oll"tantobj.eotJive fell roo :the ISiraelwtes.The oapiture of otiher stJrategictowns in ilJhe 'Sec'tor fuHowed.The defeaJt of a coalition of fliveAmmor,j1tekJinfjS gave them a

.measure of oOilitroI lin Ithe south,and ltih:e vlioOOry over Jilloon al1dhis aHies broughit the n'OIl",tih fuill"­ly well under theill" power.

Thus the Hebrews, under Josh­ua's able ieadell"shdp, got a flirm.gTlip on Ithe Irand whJ.icih Yah­weh had prom~sed ,tJO deliver intotheir hands. But it was only agnip, not aswanglehold. Wj't!hJosftlua ail; their head, and withGiLga:l as ill miHltary and religiouscenJter, they were able ibo malin­twin ItJhat un6ty lin whiich aloneHes ill nra'tioo'lS 'Sitrengrth. But wjlt'hthe partlj,tion of rthe only Pal11tly­won lterni1lo1]Y among ;the '12

.tmibes ood 'Wlith ltJhe death ofJoshua, ltJhat ulllity was perilouslyweakened. They lhiad oopturedon'ly enough iSllJraltegic pOSIts togive them token oontll"dl of thecounl:Jry. Many towns rand muchw'}uable fall"mlrandsrtJiH lay linCanaanlite hrands' and, as foil" rthe

,l'Iiah coastal pl'aIins along theMedJiJllermnean-welI, tile I'srae­ites 'had hardly made a movein ltJhail direotion. Oonsequently,thelitr mmbaJry poSiitIon was stillprecarious, and ItJhe p110xcimiJty tothe pagan Canaanli,tes ItJhroug:houtthe :Iand .p11esented illn even moresertious dangell".

The tempt!IJbion to ahandonY'a:hweh lin faVioc of the more"pmc1liool" il"eligiion of 'theirhe!IJthen neigihb011S was eVeil" pres­ent I8Jnd always Mrong, and manysuccumbed to· ibhat temp~llIt!ion.

And Yiahw€ih had :to obJaSiti'se mschJ.ildren to make tlhem reallizethat 'they oould oount 00 hisbeing tiaJiltMul IDO his promJ.isesonly IIf tlhey, on their pra1"t, re­ma'ined tiaJi't1hful Ito HJim, tiheone, the only true God, accord­ing ro the terms o!f1lhe pact they~ sealed wIiith Him at S>inad.

In tire eaxly Church ltJhe term"Sa1ipture" was used to desdg­nalte the Old Testament, butevenltuaUy some of the author­d'bart:ive ChIl"ist!ian wrti'bings came1IJ0 be called by that iterm woo-(2 Peter 3:16). Just what compo­sitions were to be considered"Scripture" '1md therefore in­spired WIllS is'omewh'aJt vague forthe f.imt few Chr.istiran cenJtU!l1ies.The excistence of a number ofapocryphal (WiI'i:t1ings not foundlin rthe Blible) WiOIl"kis WlhJich close­ly imitlated OUII' Gospel's andepistles hwt o~ten proposed her­ebioaI ddeas made it impenalbivethlllt the Ohureh de1iine thosebookis 6Ih.e ooniSidered au!tJhentic

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The ChuI'ch, as a structuredreligous institution, does not (or.should not pretend to have di­r!'!ct competence in solving thesodal and economic probdemsfacing the U. S. or any other na­tion. It does not have the polit­ical authority, the economicmeans, or the ~peoific expertisenecessary for governing thetemporal order. Nevertheless, asa religious institution, the Churchmust promote the cause of jus­tice by the constant proclamationof the Gospel, by denouncing vi­oIaHons of justice, by civic andsocial education, by epcourag­dng the. faithful to take part ~n

political 'action aimed at achiev­ing justice, and by organiziingprograms or projects aimed athelping the poor and the op­pressed.

The Holy Father's emphasis onthe virtue of hope, echoed by the '1971 and ,1974 Synods, is verytimely. The problems facing noton!ly the so-called developing na­tions but the U. S. as well, areso widespread and of such acomplex nature that there ,is avery real danger that people willdespair of ever being able tosolve them. On the other hand,as Pope Paul has pointed. out,we can take hope from the factthat "f.rom all sides there risesa yearning for more justice anda desire for a ... guaranteedpeace in mutual respect amongindi~iduals and peopl.es." Hesees in th'is development theworking of .the Holy Spirit. "Itis with confidence," he says,"that we see the SpiIiit of theLord pursuing His work in thehearts of men and in every placegathering together Christiancommun'ities conscious of theirresponsibilities. On all conti­nents, amon·g all races, nationsand cultures, and' under all con­dit!ions the Lord continues toraise up authentic apostles of theGospels."

couraging sign of hope, "hopein a better world and a will tochange whatever has become in­tolerable." The more recent 1974Synod of EvangeHzation alsospoke to this point forcefuUy.

Stresses Virtue of HopeIn -Facing, New Problems

Bill 'Moyers, a top White House aide under PresidentLyndon Johnson, has been writing a column for Newswe~kduring the past year. His contract ended September 22. Hislast column was to have been a cheerful farewell, stressingthe Bicentennial theme, "Outof ManY,One," and endingon a buoyant optimstic note.Instead, having been ex­posed during the previous weekto a nasty l'aoial conflict in aLong Island suburb, Moyers end­ed on this rather somber note ofcaution about the future of theRepublic: "Perhaps on the eveof the Bicentennial, this lastword should have been more res­olute, the farewell less muted,but while there are reasons tocelebrate, there are also prom­ises still to keep. It seems imper­ative ,to consider not only wherewe Americans have been but'where we have to go. And towish for good luck."

Moyers 'in my opinion hasstruck the proper note for a Bi­centennial column: one of real­istic optimism or, if you will, re­strained pessimism. We do, in­deed, have many things to cel­ebrate as we approaah our Bicen­,tennial, but we have many prom­'ises still to keep and many prob­lems to resolve.

Churches' RoleThere is always the danger,

however, that too much empha­sison the probilems still facingthe U. S. on the eve of its 200thbirthday might result in a moodof hopelessness about the future.Perhaps that's where thechurches come in. It seems to methat, without being pollyannishabout ·the future, they have aspecial role to play in motivatingpeople to keep working at theirproblems in a s'piI1it of hope andrealist'ic optimism. That's whatPope Paul VI tried to, for exam­ple in bis last major documenton social justiee---his ApostolicLetter, "Octagesima Adveniens,"of May 14, 1971, commemorat­ing the 80th anniversary of PopeLeo's el1cyclical, "On the Condi­tJion of Labor." Very pointed!lystriking ·an optim'istic note, hesaid ,that two aspirations makethemselves known in today'sworld: "the a,spiration to equal­ity and the aspiration to partic­ipation." He looks upon thistwo-pronged development as aclear sign of hope for mankJindin these amcious and troubledtimes.

The third Synod of Bishops,meeting ,in Rome in November1971, made reference to thissame phenomenon in the intro­duction to its final document onJustice in the World. While not­ing that there are "serious in­justices which are buildingaround the world of man a net­work of domination, oppressionand abuses which stifle freedomand which keep the greater pa,rtof humanity from sharing in thebuilding up and enjoyment of amore just and fraternal world,"the Synod document pointed outand there is a new stiroing ofjustice "moving the world in itsdepths."

L'ike Pope PaU!l, the 1971 Syn­od delegates saw thiS' new socialawareness, this new movementtowards the complete liberationof the human person, as an en-

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Sa"Jpture. A- serJes of regIonalooundHrs of bishops settled rthe

questIon for, aU prnoilloal pur­poses hy 1'8Jte in rthe fourth cen­tury, t1hough the fornlal bindiingdecree for iflhe univensa:l Ca:t!bJoHcChurch came only wi1th theCouncil of Trelllt lin 1546.

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FOR US CHRISTIANS to accomplish true and lasting victories, both in our personalaffairs and in the affairs of society, we need some guidelines for action." From article byFather Peter Henriot. Although sometimes a defeat can be valuable in sports competition,a victory is a joyous occasion. In Williamsport, Pa., Little League Girls' Softball cham­pions from Medford, Ore., jump for joy after taking first place.

Continued from Page Twelveselves -achieving a series of little"Pyrrhic victories."

Second, what means are wewi'liHng to vake to accompliishour goals, to win our victories?Have we clearly thought throughthe ethical issues involved in theuse of certain means? I'm nottalking only about huge ethicalquestions, for example, of nu­clear weapons, but also aboutthe issues of honesty, of fair­ness, of human rights, of justice.We don't want to dstroy villagesor people - "in order to savethemt"

Third, what is motivating ourpursuit of victory? Wha,t reallydrives _us to accomplish a par­ticular goal and call that accom­plishment a "victory?" We caneasily deceive ourselves - espe­cially once we've invested a con·siderable amount of time,money, and-or prestige in pur­sUling ,tlha'! goal. A soce test ofmotives is to ask ourselves if aloss would accomplish as muchas a victory, would we settlefor tha,t?

Life ~s more than conquests.It lis aloo ;lliVling w,ith real, ordi­na,ry ,situa,tions, a-II of wlhich may

Victory and the Christian

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shining windows are Cl"isp cot­ton or Hnen curtaiI1JS, wi,th anarrow bamding of oolor. Every­thing is spankingly clean.

, Spires and TowersAt the time of the O11iginal

foundabion, there was trouble inChristendom, and every centuryof its exlis'tence has broughtclamor land strife, often withinea-rshot of ifihe beguJinage. But at-the stallt, and in the ensuingcenturies, th'rs place offered anopportunilty and an incentive tohome in on what is hasic andfinal, and vo live ,in the light ofulmmate reality. }it still does.

Bruges is a oonsteUatioo ofspires 'and towers, but outrank­ing all others is the tower of theChurch of Our lJady. Begun inthe thillteenth century and com­pleted in the fourteenth, this,structure combines soHdity andgrace, the paired thrusts both ofa brawny abhlete and a nimbledancer.

The church 'itself -seemed 1:10 be'overrun wrth Spanish tourists,whose manner was fc~ard andwhose manners were backwail'd.They made leisurely consider­ation of many of the ohurch'streasures all but ampoSisible. Buteven they could not cloud thepleasure affOll1ded by Mia.'1:aelan­gel'o's sculpture of Madonna andCh'ild which is set, snowy-white,in a black marble niche aboveone of the side attail's.

Ardennes Region

The mllJSverpiece has a quaNtyof rema'rkable ,repose. The fig­ures, though 1l10undly human,seem w['apPed ,in mystery. TheChild stands relaxedly againstthe Madonnla's knee, one of hlisbands in one of hers, in unt'Onand communion. He is unmistak­ably a child, hut precoc'iouslyreflective, and her mce, witheye!; closed, ih'as a look not ofdiJsdain, as '$lome allege, but ofconcentration. While one mar­vels at tlhe perfection of ;the fig­ures, one wondel1s at the inferi­ority suggested by cold sbone.

Another day, we drove downto the wooded A:rdennes region,the scene of the Nazi counter of·fensive in the Christma's seasonof 1944. We did nQlt get al$ far a:sBastogne, Where Genernl McAu­liffe made his terse reply to theNazi demand for surrender. But·at ,the town of Celles, we saw aGerman tank permanently mounlt­ed on a Cloncrebe Mock, marktingthe spot where Von Runstedt'sadvance was stJopped on Christ­mas Eve.

We went thl10ugh ,the tidy,moalted, 13th century era,stle atSpontin, its thick waUs piercedby slitJs for shooting arrows atatJbaclrers, and by I'arger open­dngs for pouTing boHing oi:l onany Who ma'U'aged to cmss themOllit. Here the ofi1iending wur­ists were some Ainericans whoseignornnt chatter drowned outthe gu~de''S disoouTse, and who­cra'Ssly inlS~sted IOn handling ir­rep\laceaMe furnrshings. Possibly,&rows md boiling oil should beon <hand again. '

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Where was the first stock exchange in the worldestablished? The honor, if such it is, probably belongs tothe Belgian city of Bruges, in Flanders. We think of astock exchange as a distinctively modem phenomenon.And the last place withwhich we would connect itwould be Bruges, which iskind of· open-air medievalmuseum.

But in the 14th century, andfor SIOme time thereafter, Brugeswas one of the chief market-

places of Europe, with all sortsof goods and all sorts of mer­chanJts piling in, from as faraway as Egypt and Russia. Bank­ing and foreign exchange wereneeded for the conduct of thisbusiness, hence the founding ofthe :stock exchange, or bourse,which took lits name from aprominent local family, the VaI11der Buerze.

Bruges is a city of waterways,of oanals and the Reie river WliJthits slJately 'Swans. Reflected inthese many streams are buildingsof a beauty and 'a charm whichtime has enhanced ra<ther thandimmed. At one willow-canopi'edturn of ·1Jhe -mver Ibhere ds a smallstone bridge which is well worthcrossing. It leads directly to ItheFTincely Beguinage.

Oasis of Peace

The begu'ines were originallyyoung women who worlred to­gether, washing and preparingwool for the weavers. That wasin the 12th and 13th centuries,when cloth-making was a famousspecialty of Bruges. Grndurallythese groupdngs of young womentook on something of tihe char­acber of rehigious communilties,although no vows were requiredof them.

The P.rincely Beguinage datesback to the 13th centUJrY. lit has

. been continuously occupied eversince. Those now living 'in n't areBened'ictine nuns. The Beguines'occupations changed with thechanges an successive eras, andslowly hut ineviJtably the compo­simon of the commUiIl'i'ty changed.

But this beguinage has beenpreserved -intact and ,in use. It isoompletely Isurrounded by a h1ighs~~llber:ing wall. You O11OiSS thebridge, go vlwough a gateway,and find yourself in an oasis ofpeace. Central to it is whatwhat mightt>e called a green, awJde expanse of gl1a9S out ofwhich rise !tall, old elms.

On ran sides of this green arehouses of va-ri'oUis sizes. They aremade of whitewa:shed brick,with neat rand glistening blacktrim and generally some sacredfigure or symbol ·above vhe ma'indoor. Each house has its ownwall, and beyond a gate whichhas been lefit open you ,see asmall, weH-lrept gamen. At the

By The DameansMR. JAWS

Reporter: We're here on the beach where a giant shark hasjust eaten a girl swimmer. 'Well, Mr. Jaws, 'howwas it?

"Dynomite" (Bazuka)Reporter: And what did she say when you grabbed her?

"Please Mr•.Please" (Olivia Newton-John)Reporter: I know sharks are stupid, but what did you think

when you took that first bite?"How Sweet it is •••" (James Taylor)

Reporter: Mr. Jaws, ,before you swim out to sea, have youanything else to say?

"Why can't we be friends, why can't we befriends" (War)

Reporter: With me now is the local sheriff. Sheriff Brody,the shark will be back for lunch. What do youintend to do?

"Do a little dance, make a little love, getdown tonight." (KS fI Sunshine Band)

Reporter: Just arriving is oceanographer, Matt Hooper. 'Sir,if someone is attacked by a shark, what shouldthey do?

"Do the hustle" (Van McCoy)Reporter: We're going aboard the fishing boat of Captain

Quint. Ca~tain, will you be able to catch thisgiant shark?

"I will, I wiD, I will, I will • • ."(Captain and Tennille)

Reporter: Thank you, Captain, Captain, Captain, Captain.When you catch one of these sharks, what do youfeel like?

"Like a rhinestone cowboy" (Glenn Campbell)Reporter: We've just sighted the shark again. He's coming

straight for us. Captain Quint is shouting somethingat him.

"Get you baby one of these nights" (Eagles)Reporter: Hey, Jaws, the Ctptain says he's going to catch

you. What do you think of that?"Jive talking" (Bee Gees) .

Reporter: Vh ho, here he comes again. (Bang, Bang) Mr. Jaws,why doesn't anything seem to hurt you?

"Big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry"(10 cc)

Reporter: He's coming right onto the boat. Mr. Jaws, whyare you grabbing my hand?

"Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend"?(Melissa Manchester)

Reporter: No, wait, Mr. Jaws. That's not the w~y this recordis supposed to end. Help, help. Gurgle, gurgle.

by B. Ramal - D. Goodman«c) 1975 Cash Records BMI)

"Jaws" has become the number one best selling movie ofall time; it was a cover story for Time Magazine; it is presentlythe subject of T-shirts, table conversation and party humor.Recently even the Peanuts cartoon had an item with Wood·stock swimming in his bird bath while Snoopy sneaked upwith open mOl,lth to whisper "Shark!"

What is going on? Why the sudden national obsession?It is my firm belief that "Jaws" is more than a good story.,

It is more than the plot of a book or a movie, and it is certainlymore than the content of this song. I believe that "Jaws" saysS<Jmething about the mood of our country at this time. Moreprofound that the story line, "Jaws" is a ·comment on thedisposition of people who are talking about the book.

Two major insights strike the observer of the sharkphenomenon. First of all, the shark-craze seems to be rootedin a general desire for a distraction from real life. "Jaws"provides gripping vicarious excitement for lives that areboring, meaningless, or taxing. The story of the fish is asens·ational means of pure escape. .

Secondly, it would appear that the desire for escape hasarisen in a nation that is tired of serious subjects. The shark­plot is far from serious; and it is an appealing change fora people exhausted by judging a president and a war, economicwoes and the complexities of oil companies. Many citizenshave grown weary of discussions that lose friends and saptheir personal optimism. The shark swam onto the scene ata time when our people needed a healing toy..

To this observer, that is what the fish is saying. "Jaws"is a pleasant bathtub or swimming pool toy while a nationis resting. It is safe but fun. It gives the individual a chanceto talk while not investing too much. A girl can laugh at hersupposedly brave brother who did not dare open his eyesduring the gory scenes. The secret is that they talk and laughtogether. How good tha,t feels. Healing is taking place in apeople who choose to be superficial for the time. .

(Copyright (c) 1975 by NC News Service)

George E. Towers

Edward C. Smi,th, president of,1lhe Naillional Medt SchO'l:arshdpCo.rporation, sa'id: "11he h~gh

st,anding of Oommended smdentsin the Merlit Progmm showsthe1r great pJlomise, and rtheirl1IJDbaJinment in rthi~s naltJionwddecompetinion deserves public rec·ogn1iiUon. HootJh these student'S,and 0lM" Dlalbion will benefit fromiI11eir f·ootfuer educational andper:soDial development."

To !increase itJheir oppoItunlniesTor college, NMSC reports tlheCommended students' names ibothe regularly aocredited U. S.coHeges tlhey named as t-hedr·first and second dhOlices whenthey rook the PSAT/NMQST inOctober, 1974. .

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Jane L. Gonsa1lves, a senior atHoly Fammy High School and,nhe daugnter of Mr. and Mrs.RJichard Gonsalves of 166 RyanStreet lin New Bedford, has beeniIl,amed a Commended student,by the NaJtJionao} Me11lt Soholar­shiip CorporaJtion. She is amongotJhe 35,000 Commended studentsnamed n<l!tIionwdde on the basisof I1Jheir National Merit Sohol·at'lship Qua'llify'.ing Test. Com­mended studen<ts representt lesstban two per cent of those whoare expected !OO gnadUiaite fromh~gh school in 1976. Although'Commended ,students renkedhigih on the PSATjNMSQT, theydo not ool1ltlinue an the Mel'liitSoholaI'sihdp competJition becauseIllheilr scores were jwst belowIjjhose of the 15,000 semlifinal!is<tsannounced lin september.

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11he melodic Cihimes flU otJhe $166,000 was paiid. Also in thisday wIN! hamlOny. L~sten close- year ,they inaugu,raJted the grandly and you wdU hear. 11hey rung, $20,000 organ.a'cqU'aintiing many with eohoes The French Gothic design offrCllD the past. unique linwaoacy is ded!iooted 11:0

In pursuit of the belLs', you .. Ithe arohJ~tecture of Joseph Vennemay give ear to the story. In the bom lin Montreat Upon eJlitranceyear 1895, rt!he ~mergeNc and en- to this catJhJedml...l<ike strooture,itJhuSiiaSl~ic ReVeI1Emd Hormisdias you are ea'si'ly pla'ced lin awe. ADesIlauI1ier founded Saint An- student said that he never ceasesthony of Padua Ohuroh. Perthaps to see new angeJ,s each time hethe grea'teSlt memor;'al ibo the enters. The ConintiMan styledntJrepid French CanadIan pasoor domes SUppOl1t Ithe 251 foot high!is fiound lin tihe LaNn Inscr-ip'tiJOn steeple. On ithe cei:lling one 'en­above rt!he OhurC!hentrance. "]t ds countel'S the Holy SpiI'it enLight­1Jhe working people of Saint An- ening ·tJhe heaflts ~ many.,tJhony Church who have ere'oted _ Direotly above itJhe a·LtJar Ohl'Ii'stth!is temple Ito 'tlhe LoI'd." descends firom :a white cross as

The f'mst Mass was held in the a smaU child, much Ilike the vi­NOI'l!:Jh Unlion Hal1:I, today known sion of Sainlt An:tlhony. On spe­as the PoLisih Bakery. Our cur- dal oocaSiions Ithe church as iUu­rent 'school yard marks itJhe loca- ininated with thousands of. tinyvion of it/he former 'iLtJtle wooden lights. It 'is'impossible to mis'SchUl'Clh. Because of rt!he growing rthe sens8!lIion of peace and' joyfamillies lin Ithe sU1'I'ounding wood- !lIadiated.'land, necess'~ty erected one of P,reseilibly, Reverend BeI1trandthe most beaut-HuI edQfices in Chabot serves as past'or, Direc­itJhlis dty. tor of Ithe High School is Rev.'

DUrling oonstruction, in Ooto- Clement Dut-oue. Father Marcber of 1.904, ih8llf of ,the ohurctl Bergeron lis direotor of 1lhe grnm.coUap&ed due TO defeotive ce- mar SClhooI.ment. Four men were injuredand one was k:iHed.

FlinalIy, lin 1912, the churchwas dedicated. At this timethere were 200 f.ami::lies in theparish. The Ohuroh debt of

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Motto At Bishop Stang IsPeople Are Our StrengthPhotomeditation

FREEDOM

A confrontation on a city street ... between police. . and young Jewish demonstrators . . . protesting

Russian emigration policies . . . The youth sit in anormally busy downtown intersection . . . haItingtraffic... The police' move in . . . to move the demon­strators out. .. It is all peaceful . . . but serious. . .It is a question of freedom.

"Let my people go," ... echoes Moses' challengeto Egypt's Pharoah . •• 32 centuries ago " . . LikePharoah the police stand firm . . . their steel trucksymbolizing strength... David's star calls to mind over3,000 years of tradition ... among a people born in amarch toward freedom .. : under the guidance of God... who loves freedom.

The police, too, stand for freedom ... for people'srights to use city streets ... to move about where theywish... The police badges symbolize a government ...born in a revolu~ionary battIe for freedom ... a nationproud of 200 years of freedom under law . . . the"land of the free."

The confrontation su~sts very real questions ...Who is really free? . . . What is true freedom? . . .How do people become free? ... What is the legitimateuse of force in seeking freedom? . . . How preservefreedom? . . . Questions worth pondering . . . in thelight of our centuries old Judaeo-Christian tradition. . . and our more recent 200 years experience as anation . • . in the light of Jesus Christ . . . who cameto set us all free.

BY LEO A. RACINE

There ~s much talk abO'Ult theapaJthy !that hJigh whool studentseX!hdblLt wlhen .the time oomesto get 'iIllvolved. Well, at Stang,thWs feeling 'i's not as much ineVlJdence. We have lin eXlistence aStudent Involvement Commi,tJtee,whose purpose lies in the pLan­ning of school ood sohool-<:om­munity aotiviltJies. We held ourfJrst meeting on September 9.Over 100 students came out inSUppOl't of th'is wortJhwhHe ef­fiol"t, and alt this time we selectedour theme flor the 'school year:"People Are Our Strength". Wereturned a week later w.i:th ideasfor projects which were relatedto one of three tJopic areaiS, reli­gious, school, and school-'COm­munilty lB.ctiVlIt'ies. With dlhe es­tabHshmem of suboommrtteesand dlhe seleo~ion of thl"ee proj­ects as Ithelir goals, we were onour way. The 11eligiiOus activitiesoommittee ooncluded dJhat l,aSltyea,r's Monthly Ma'S/ses shouldhe continued. The school aC'tiv-

ities commilttee decided to coo­duct a survey oonceming SIl:udeIlltmembership in niOn-aoademicclubs. The school-community ac­i1ivities comm~ttee resolved 00look into the facts about therecreation day ro be held art:the Paul A. Dever School. AHof !these projects deal su.perblywi!th OUll" theme, and we hope1lhat many 'Students WIilI get in­V'Olved in these and others whichwill be selected thmughout !theyear.

An 'addJed note of interest con­oems ithe naming of Siteven Ca­pella, a Stang seJllior, 'as a Na­t~onal Merit Schol'lU1ship semi­,finalist. Also four .student'S haye,received letters of commenda­tti<;m from 'the NaHon'a'l MeritScholaJrshJip :Board. They areLynne Bouoher, Liauren Cook,Joanne Dykas, and Oharlesza,!eWlSki. We are very proudof .these students.

We are also proud of our f.oot­ball team wlhich dJefe:lted ouraroh-'TiVialls DartmolJltll High rortthe f1lmt time :in several yeans.

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Studen't's 1iromall New En­gland public and priViate hWghschools are ijnv'ited to attend"College Day'! at SronehiJl CoI­.)ege on Columbus Day, Monday,Oct. 13 between 9:30 and 11:30a.m.

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a heed for bread of life." Thistranslates, he said, into people'sconcern with such issues as whatas a country do we do w~bh ourfood.

Referring to what he calledthe "scandal of particularity"(that Jesus, who was omnipo­tent, chOSe to live in a particulartime and place), he said thatCatbolics must incarnate theChurch's social teaching in theirown time llod place.

One 1iacet of !the dialogue hasbeen the hearings held in sixsites around the country atwhich the Bishops have heardpeople discuss their lives. TheDialogue, Father Hehir said, hasprovided the Bisho!,s with an op­portunity to experience "thereality of peoples' lives." More­over, he said, "They are raisingup that reality for examination."

A second facet of the Dia­logue, he said, is tha.t which willbe held at the parish level, whenpeople will have the opportunityto speak out on issues of concernto them. This program, he said,is extremely important, adding"If it doesn't work at the parishlevel, the whole concept willfail." The focus, he said, will behow does .the Church's socialteaching touch the various com­munities in which we all live. "Itwill consist in Iooking at one'sown needs and lIJhose of o1lhers."

The ~esu!'bs of a lll1lhe consulta­tions throughout the countrywill be compiled for discussionat a Conference to be held inDetroit in the fall of 1976 andout of which will emerge a na­tional pastoral plan for the sub­sequent five years.

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take their place within the widersociety."\ .

Liberty and JusticeFather Hehir described the

current Liberty and Justice por­tion of the Bicentennial progmmas "An American Catholic dia­logue." American Catholics arebeing asked he said, to look atboth their traditions, to measureone aga,inst otJhe obher, and to 'befaithful to both.

Reiterating his earlier pointthat the Bishops have called thequest for justice a "constitutiveelement" of the Gospel, he calledIthe d'ralogue "an opportun'iotl' towork through what it means tolive responsibly as a Christiantoday."

The process of dialogue, hesaid, is as important as the mes­sage.

Noting tbat each country musttake the principles of justice andconcretize them, he said there is

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Continued from Page Onefocus on the responsibility ofrich countries for poor countries.In the third period, he said, her­alded by Pope Paul VI's Quad­regisimo Anno (on .the 80th anni­versary of Pope Leo's Rerum no­varum) the focus has become onwhat happens within highly in­dustrialized societies.

Pastoral Im,licationsRegarding the area of pastoral

implications of the teachings onsocial justice, Father Hehir saidthat two factors influence theChurch's potential in this area:1) the structure of the Church'spresence. and 2) the substanceof the Church's message.

Regarding the first f.actor, hesaid, the society we live in isshaped by the major institutionswithin it. Since Catholics repre­sent 25% of the population ofthis country, he suggested thatthe poten'bial of ·t'he Ohuroh is ltJoform "communities with con­science." Noting that the Churchhas more access to the lives ofpeople than most inslli'tutJ:ons, !heindicated tb'lt it is in the con­crete situations of peoples' livesthat values can be taught andpracticed.

He added, however, "It's notthat we're there, but that we'rethere with the substance of themessage." The message, he said,is two-fold: 1) to provide aframework of meaning intowhich a person can fit in all hisother questions, and 2) to moti­vate people to consider "how fardo ,we go for the otber?" The po­tential of the Church he said, is"to address that question againand again and again ·as its people

(F1aJtJher Bisdhoff is professorof ibJisOOry oat Seattle Untlversity,Seattle, Wash.)

Suggested \l"oodiing: "Ufe, Let­Itel'lS and TrnveLs of ~erre-Jean

DeSmet, S.J. 1801-1873," editedby H. M. OhiUenden and A. T.R1ichrardson (New York, Harper,1905).

masslacre of 700 MLnne$ot,ans.The yealls 1iollow:ing this savageonslaught were stalined by ~nnu­

mera:ble ambushes, kiUlings, andbUrnlings, whJich were repaid lin!<lind by relel1ltl'ess pun'Wive ill..t­,tacks by U. S. ltI1oops. The pl,ainsover which Father DeSmet·searched fio~ Si,tting Bull'iS oampon '!!he YeHowstJonte River hadbeen bl'c'ocEed and dharred by sixyears of WaJr.

Moog wlibh 80 fri!endly Sioux,Charles Galpin as interpreter,and Galpin's Hunkpapa wife,Fa·ther DeSmet left Fit. Riice,near present day Bismarck, N.D.,on June 3, 1868. Through rndn,mud, heat, fog and tovturungmosquIl:Jos, they pUshed itJo ,thewest and iSoU!t'h ifior 16 days.Finally, Fvid:ay mcrnling, Joo,e 19,'a 500-man esoo~t f'mm Ithe madncamp on the YeHtow,stone metiVhe group.

Fl8.lther DeSmet'ls spirits were·mfitJed, even before the cound·I,by Sitting Bull's V'Olunoteeredavowa1 ith:a,t "I rose tomahlawk'in hland, !and I h'ave done all ~he .thUl'lt itJo /the wh,i<te fuat I could.'I1oday 'bh'OiU artamong:>t 'Us, and,in Ithy presenoe my arms $J~~c:h

'to the ground as if dead. I wiHIII]sten ,to Ithy good woros, and 'aIS

bad <lIS I ,have been Ibo '!Jhe wh6tes,just so good am I ready to be­ooone toward t!hem."

'J1he neXit afternoon Fa<therDeSmet made his appea:l to ilJhel()ounetiI: "Bury 18.11 your anl;mos­,ities lagaiil1'~t iI1he w!h:i,res ... forget'Ilhe past ... and accept the offer­ing of peace wilili'ch is ,now kindlysent you." The 400 bz,aves pres­ent svolJid:ly recounted -theirgrievances, but bef.ore /the meat­ling ended, they OonCWTOO withBI'ack Moon'lS hope '~tbat theseth1ings pwst will be furgotten:from tthts day." To Father De:­Smet ithe fi01"thvigthil: SiI1Jtling Bulldeclared, "I will bnk you onI\:!he heaving of Ithe ch·ief (FourHorns) 'and bl\llves for )'lOW" kind­ness and wil!lJingly accept ,1lheItobacoo as fa Itoken of peace ...'and Whatever ~s' done by otlhers.I wJll submit to, and for all timeto I()ome be ·a fl'liend of thewh:ites." .

Bight Hunkpapa deputies, 30fiamHies, ms escort, ood t!he1'a:JJbhful Ga'lpins returned withF'llJther DeSmet ibo Fit. Rice, w!hereIthey signed a trea'ty wfibh t!heU. S. Peace OommiJssiloneriS onJuly 2, 1868. F1aJ1Jher DeSmet'sh!a~ardous mission had paid off·h:andoomely. Three mnlciog gen­erals who served as commiission­ers; WrUiam Harney, John San­:born, and Alfired TeITy !acknowl­edged the pl'liest's domin'8.IlIt role,assuning thdm ,"but fur your longland pailnfuI journey into the!heaI1t of hos~ile conutry, and <butfor ithe influence over even themost 'hostJile of the tribes whichyour labor among them have~ven I1Jo )'Iou, the results whichwe have reaohed here could nothave been alccomp!'ished."

ByFather William N. Biscshoff, 8.J.

Jesuit FatJher Peter John De­Smet, renowned apostUe amongthe Oregon Country natJive tr.ibes,in 'the 1840s, nevt:r wals a re>­lident mis~ionary iVhere. This fre­qUeIlltly oonsulted awthoNty onf,rollltJier survival was a p111,estlytbookk'eeper, fundrais'er, and pi­ous pwbliic relallj,ons man whoif!iHed varJous offiice jobs duringhis mature years, 1848-1873,while livling lin St. Louis.

Father DeSmet spent lasls thanfour years ,in 'the P'aoifJc NOl'lth­west, where he never leam'ooan Indian ftangwage. He movedabout ceaselessly v.is'1:Jing Itriibesand ilJra:JIlsactJing mk9sion bU£IInessalong ithe OolumbJira RJiver and aJ3

flar as Ft. AugustJa (now Edmon­illcn, Canladta). .Miter hJj,s returnto St. LouJis in December 1846,!his supet'ioI's nev,er agwin as­'sign'ed hiim Ito 'the Rocky Moun­tJaiin miss6ons.

AJ,tui.ou~i. in h:os re:>oI1~e:l vi~I;~'s

withi. ItJhe nwllives F1aJther DeSmetdid S(lt ~ound many a campf.ire,ib~;fo;'CIj,a:lly :!'vis ,post was treasurerof 'th'le M:J:sso'uri PI1ovi!nce of theSoo:ety 'Of Jesus f,or ,the Joa.st 25yewrs of Ms :Life. During P'~t ofthis l1J:me, lin a 10-ye:rr pen:'odending .in 1862, he served also asass1s'tant 100 Ithe supeI1}cr of the,prov'lnoe. RJightly famed 18.'S

f~jend c.f t!he Indian, Faotfrter De­Smet was lin fact, a patient,pa1inls'bakiing l8!ooounbaIllt, a skill­ful flina.~eti'al manager, depend'lb'le,seoca~ary, promoter, money get­ter and press agent. Seve;"alclose assodia:tes a,greed wllt!h hisself-an:alysiJs iVhat he was "fi.ttedrather ficr makling excursionis 'bywhich Ihe openiS the way for I\:!hem.iJSIs~onarues and prepa~ thefJeld '!Jhan for slJaytingpennanent­,Iy lin some one or obher stwbion."

The Iname DeSmet slJands to--day ~OO' miSSionary zea,1 and workon beha,lf of Amenican Indtans,because !he mooe the Indiancause mown Jn Europe andAmeJ1ioa ItIhrough ihJiJs enormouscor.respondenoe and oountlesspUbbic Jectmes. Beslides Itlhepriest's 'immensely successfulbeggJing trips lin iVheir behaIf,.probably !hJis most nlQltewo\l"thyrole was ItIhJwt of peacemaiker ~o

tlle 1II1tbas. Donald MtroheH, su­pe11i.nJtenident of Indian affaJirs altSt. LouilS, ,invlited Fa·ther_DeSmettOpMItlldipate lin the mammofucouncil of 10;000 Pla'iru; Indian'Soonvened near Fit. lJamm1ie, Sept.12-23, 1851. His persuaslive tankswfHili illh:e naltJives oOIllwibuted sub­s'ta:n1J:'al:ly 'to Ibhe meetings markedsuooess. Father DeSmet's un­usual ablillity to JnstiJ:! confiidencelin 'and ellicit agreement from theIndians WaIS revealed ag:a1n an1'858-1859 when !he aroompandedGen. WIiIliam Harney to t!he Pa­oifiic NOllthWest and persuadedIthe dn'tenior trJbes Ito transform>the uneasy calm preVaJil'ing be­tween Indians 'and whites antoa fJirnl peace.

One of Fa11her DeSmet's majoracoomplJ1:!hmenlJs wa's his peacemlisS'ion to SlttJ1ng Bull and ol!her

. warning Hunkpapa Sioux on June1861. Resentment, bittern'ess,fury long festering over the i11l'i~

illatlion of manlifest whlite en­croaohmen'ts, fiinaL1y erupting inretaJ,ia:,t'ory attacks on wlhiLte set­leI'S, peaked Aug. 17, 1862, dn the

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