Pope Paul Confirms Synod Results

BLESSES NAZARETH IN ATTlEBORO:' On Sundayafternoon, Bispop Cropin blessed the JIew Nazareth Hallin Attl~boro that will serve the exceptional children of area.

Underway

Christmas TV MassBishop Cronin will offer

Mass on New Bedf~rd's Chan·nel 6 at 9 Christmas morning.During the homily, BishopCronin will extend his prayer·fUll! 'wishes for a holy Christ·mas to .the ill, the'shutins andall peoples of the Fall RiverDiocese and surroundingareas.

the Board is to study the possi­bility of merging the two nowexisting Parish Schools. '

This meeting was the culmina­tion of months of work betweenthese two Boards. Each ParishSchool Board elected sevenmembers from their' now exist­ing board to form the new con­solidated board.

51. Mary's elected Rev. Wil­liam O'Neill, Sister Ann Higgins,R.S.M., John Bevilaqua, RalphGilmore, William Sullivan, JamesPlath and Mrs. Doris Legg.

Sacred Heart elected Rev.Richard Chretien, Sister LouiseGabrielle, S.U.S.C., John Burke,George Desautel, Gregory· Pion,Lionel Pinsonneault and Mrs.Marion Vallancourt., From the newly formed BoardGregory Pion was elected Chair­man and Sister Ann Higgins,Secretary. The Chairman thenappointed Lionel Pinsonneault tohead a Sub-Committee on Fi­nances and Ralph Gilmore to aSub-committee on Facilities.

pate as equals in making deci­sions that affect them, and thatthe Church's credibility in speak·ing out on justice is lessened ifit appears to be wealthy andpowerful.

The texts of the docum~nts

were intended for the Pope'spersonal consideration, althoughmany of the 200 cardinals, bish-

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Plan

Crisis

MergerOn Dec. 7, 1971 a joint meet­

ing of the School Boards of St.Mary and Sacred Heart Schoolsin North Attleboro was held forthe purpose of forming a Con­solidated Regional PlanningBoard. The prime objective of

is not automatic but depends on"the will to promote it." It viewsthe Church's role as one of pro­moting and. defending the dig­nity and rights of persons, rath­er than offering technical solu­tions.

It also states that the UnitedNations should be supported inseeking world peace, that under­developed nations should partici-

"A lot of Catholics simplydon't support the Catholicschools," he said. "Those whohave been sending their childrenfor years are not pulling out, butthe younger, better educatedparents are not sending theiryoungsters in the first place.The greatest declines in enroll­ment occur in the early grades,often in places where the Cath-

,olic schools are the best in thearea."

"The point is that theseyoung, affluent, and educatedparents don't' perceive any gapbetween the two systems,"Father went on. "Ironically, wefind loyalty to the Catholicschool system more in urbanareas, among lower incomegroups, who don't see the publicschools as very good eventhough the Catholic schools inthose areas are less impressive."

"These younger, more affluentparents are most attuned to theworld around them and neverbefore have the American peo­ple been more open to the pos-

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Education

Bishop on Channel 7Bishop Cronin will offer

Mass on Boston's channel, 7at 9:15 on Sunday morning,

. Dec. 19 to· commemorate the, 'centennial of the birth of Don'Orione, founder of the Homefor the Aged in East Boston.Benefactors of the Don Ori~ne

Home will form the congre­gation.

schools. At the present rate,"he warned, "some parishes,what with rising costs, would bespending 100 per cent of theirrevenue on schools. ':

"Finances are, naturally, 'amajor problem," Father contin­ued. "Expenses have risen 400per cent since the late '50's, be­cause of the use of more layteachers, salaries closer to pub­lic school rates, and reducingclass size. These factors, plusrising operative costs' call forintelligent financial planning."

"But planning would provi~e

that consolidation, if necessary, .would take place by rationalscheme within the diocese, not,

. schools closing as result of im­mediate crisis."

"However,· the main pointwe're trying to get across In theseminars is that Catholic schoolproblems are not just confinedto the need for money, eitherrising costs or obtaining outsidemoney," the Stonehill presidentexplained. "It is the change intastes of Catholics." .

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaui VI accepted all the conclu­sions of the recent Synod ofBishops that "conform to cur­rent norms" of Church teaching- including its upholding ofprisetly celibacy-but left thedoor open .for other develop­ments in the future.

The papal secretary of state,Cardinai Jean Villot, announcedthe Pope's decision in a lettermade public in connection withthe publication of the texts oftwo documents from the synod.The two documents sum up theopinions and suggestions offeredto the Pope by the Synod's par­ticipants.

The bishops met in Rome forfive weeks, of discussion on the'priestly ministry and on justicein the world, but adjournedwithout releasing their final' re-ports. '

Contents of the two docu­ments had been known throughunofficial translations of the

. Latin text, which were issuedby: NC News through Origins, itsdocumentary service.

The priesthood document re­affirms mandatory priestly celi­bacy, encourages improved rela­tions between bishops andpriests, states that the pastoralministry shouid be considered afull-time task and that priestsshould be discouraged fromseeking poltical office. It also de­clares that priests who have leftthe active ministry should betreated justly and fraternally,

"blJt should not be permitted toexercise priestly. activities.

The justice document empha­sizes that progress toward peace

on, ViewsRev. Ernest J. Bartell, CSC,

President .of Stonehill Collegeand an expert on education eco­nomics, is one of a team of ed­ucators just completing a seriesof seminars in six areas of thecountry dealing with the currentcrisis in Catholic Education.

The seminars, attended bybishops, school superintendents,religious superiors and otherschool officials, were held lastweek in New York (which in­cluded New England partici­pants) and Nashville, Tenn., andthis week in Chicago, Ill." Kan­sas City, Kansas, Denver, Colo.,and Sacramento, Calif., endingtoday.

The seminars, at which FatherBartell was the keynote speaker,urged bishops to action and toplan for the future. "From ourcase studies, we can project alarge decline in enrollment inCatholic schools by 1980,"Father said, "But Catholicschools must determine whatshare of their resources theywant to devote to full time

served the Vatican in vario!lsdiplomatic posts in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, and at the Secretariatof State in the Vatican.

On Nov. 10, 1970, Most Rev..James L. Connolly, Bishop of FallRiver, obedient to the directivesof the Second Vatican Council,tendered his resignation as Dioc­esan Ordinary since he hadreached the age of 75. The Dio­cese of Fall River, once the res­ignation was accepted' by PopePaul VI, was vacant, being tem­porarily administered by BishopConnolly unm the new Bishopof Fall River could be designated .and installed. .

Dec. 16, 1970, Most Rev. Dan­iel A. Cronin, titular bishop ofEgnazia, became the Fifth Bish­op of Fall River.

Since it is the mission of tJ:teChurch to converse yvith iliehuman society in whl~. shelives, ,Bishops especially arecaIled upon to approach men,

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

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Mass SundayIn Cathedral

Fall River, Mass., Thurs., December 16, 1971V I 15 ~I 50 PRICE 10~o . , I~O. © 1971 The Anchor $4.00 per yea,

A diocese is that portion ofGod's poople which is en­trusted to a bishop to be shep­herded by him with the coop­eration of the presbytery. Thisportion constitutes a particu­lar Church In which the one,holy, Catholic and' apostolicClturch of Christ Is trulypresent and operative. (Decreeon Bishop's Pastoral Office inthe Church, Second VaticanCouncil II, I,)On Dec, 15-16, 1970, such a

microcosm of the Catholic Churchwas confided to Most Rev. DanielA. Cronin who up to that time hadserved the Church in his homeArchdiocese of Boston as one ofits auxiliary bishops.

The eldest of four sons of Mr.and Mrs. Daniel G. Cronin ofCambridge, he was born thereon Nov. 14, 1927. After pursuingstudies in Cambridge, Boston,Brighton and Rome, he was or­dained a priest of the Archdio­cese of Boston on Dec. 20, 1952.

He blended both pastoral min- ,istry and further studies andafter' advancement in both, he

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,Fifth Bishop of Fall River, willcelebrate a Mass of Thanksgiv­ing at St. Mary's Cathedral onSunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, inobservance of the first anniver­sary of his installation-Dec. 16-as Orpinary of the Diocese.

Concelebrants will be: MostRev. James J. Gerrard, V.G.,Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese;Most Rev. James L. Connoliy,formerly Bishop of the Diocese;Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G.;Rev. James F. Kenney, secretary

,of .administration and financefor the Diocese.

Also Rev. Msgr. ~aymond T.Considine, Director of the Prop­agation of the Faith; Rev. Msgr.John E. Boyd, Director of ~ath­

olic Charities; Rev. Msgr. An­thony M. Gomes, Director of theFamily Life Bureau; Rev. Msgr.

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.Gontinued from Page Onesibiiities .. of alternate schoolsystems," . Father ,Bartell said,mentioning the current" sue,cess

, of Amish and Hebr~wschoolsas'. ~xamp.les.

"So a,ltl}ough. these ' y~ungCath,olics are creating the prob­lem, they are also the ones whowould be most respo,-tsive if theycould be convinced that therewas intelligent planning in­volved," continued the educator.

,"The image' problem, in' the'school system is that same as, that in the Church itself, author-

itarian, and, ultra-conservative.To count~ract this we must cre­

- ate alternatives which meet theneeds" of the'times,"

Without long rapge planning,Catholic schools will' continue

.. to be sustained by .the tradition­al Catholic' of th~ lower incomegroup.. :"They see the Catholicschools', as. a haven, of", keepingthE;. status 'quo,": Father .explain­ed.', "If this continues, what willyou' nav,e? -·a syste~' thatdoesn't 'take care ,ot"'a cross'sec-

" tionof the cQuntry 'but only one' '. ''grou~a' prospeCt ~hose ~pos-'tolic ends may seriously bequestioned."· .

Turning' to the reactions ofthose attending the seminars,Father said, "A lot of spokesmenwithin the <;:hurch feel the diffi­culty is wholly absence of publicaid. But even with public aidthese trends would continue.Some officials seem a littlemore open: to planning ahead,but not much. They don't see theurgency of the big picture."

"Catholics have more educa­tion and more money now) thanever before," Father Bartell con·chided. "They are now contrib­uting two per cent of their in­come to the parish. If these peo­ple could, be convinced that

.Catholic education were worth-while and meeting the needs ofthe times, I believe they wouldput it higher in their list' of pri­'orities and not last in the budgetlist. The potential is there if theplanners would plan:"

Participating in the area meet­ings with the Stonehill presi­

'dent were Msgr., John Murphy,vice-president of Catholic Uni­versity, chairman; Sister SarahFasenmeyer, Dean of the Schoolof Education, Catholic' Univer­sity;Rev. George 'Elford, Direc­tor of' Research, NCEA; , Rev.

, Russell Bleich, Diocesan Super­intendent of Schools 'in Dubuque;Dr. Bernard 'Donovan, formersuperintendent Of schools, NewYork City; and Rev. WilliamFriend, Diocesan Superintendentof Schools !n Mobile, Ala. ,

on a trial basis until Janua.ry."The archbishop said 'you wa.rmthe cockles of my heart' andthen he asked if I could copewith 'the . opposition," FatherHarrington reca~led.

The trial period "is, reallymeant to gi:ve' us an escapeclause because we really don't

,know if this will work. If it doe~any harm, we'll want to stop."

Working "and ,I.iving withFather, Harrington and theyouths" who have begun to 'ar­rive at the rectory, .are BryanDickey; who served .as Ii chaplainwhile preparing to become aBaptist minister, and his wife"a psychologist.' They have a 16­month-old son - the youngestmember of the rectory, family..

Father Harrington said therehas been "surprisingly little op­position" to the plan and noproblems over the presence of aBapti!!t couple. in the rectory."The very reason for having non­Catholics in, the rectory," headded, "is so people won't thinkwe're p~oselytizing."

To understand the situation,s~id, the priest, "you, have' to

, understand that this is ,a .veryecume~ical little' town with avery, very large degree of inter­marriage . '.. The Baptist churchis .. right ,next door to the rec-

, ~tory,'.',

'Choral SocietyPlan's Program

A Christmas mus.ical programthat; will include ViValdi's "Glo­ria" will be presented. by t:tteNew Bedford Choral· Society' at7:30 on Sunday evening, 'Dec. 19at ,the Unitarian MemorIal

Sisters Receive ' Church' in 'Fairhaven.

C I I P . Sr. Emeline, RSM, of th:e Hoiyu tu ra ' r.ze Family faculty arid' public rela-BODOE(NC)-The Do'minican tions chairman for the choral

Sisters of St. Sunniva ·House group has also announced thathere, in Norway were awarded the program will include 'Bach'sthe town's 1971 cultural prize, Motet 1, with its double chorus

,worth about $560, for their work and enchanting tones and someamong children. unique carols' from the Oxford'

The Sisters run a kindergarten Book. Traditional choral-audienceand offer a ballet' course con- . Christmas songs will be included

, ducted by a nun who was a pro- in the program.fessional dancer and member of Dr. ' Richard ,Marshall is' thean English ballet troupe before director .and Mrs. Helen Whippleshe became a Catholic. is the organ accompanist.

'NecrologyDEC. 20

Rev. 'Manuel S. Travassos,1953, Piistor, Espirito Santo, FallRiver. ~

DEC. 21Rev. Henri J. Charest, 1968,

Pastor, St. Mathieu, Fall River.

·DEC.23Rev. Owen J. Kiernan, 1901"

Pastor, Immaculate ConceptiolJ,Fall River.

'Rev. Charles P. Trainor,' SS,1947, St. Edward' Seminary,Seattle; Wash. '

DEC. 24Rev. James K. Beaven, 1886,

Pastor, 'Sacred Heart, Taunton.Rev. Timothy' J. Duff, 1914,

ASSIstant, St. Joseph; Woods- Hole.

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THE ANCHOR..,..Oiocese of fall River-ThurkO·ec. 16, '1971-. '. . '-, ~

HumorGod hath made me to laugh,

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Final ,Rites ~eld· .for Father BojOn, Tuesday at St. Stanislaus

,Bishop, Cronin was principal l3ishop Daniel F. Feehan hadcelebrant, at a funeral Mass officiated on June 29, 1918 in St.offered Tuesday morning at 10 Mary's Cathedral.in. St. Sta,nislaus Church, Fall Fr. Baj was a former pastorRiver fo~ the late Rev. A~drew . of St. \YIary's Church in NewS. P. Bal, 84, a former assistant Bedford and was an assistantat the Fall River Parish and pas- to Rev. Bronislaus' Rosiak attor at S~. M!lry's Parish, New St Adalberts' Church in Provi­Sedfor? who di:d Friday at the de~ce from 1925 to 1940.Catholic MemOrial Home.

111 semi-retirement, he tookConcelebrants .at the Mass up' the activities of -a full-time

were Rev. Robert S. Kaszynski, . assistant priest at 8t., John's'Rev. Stanislaus Sypec, homilist; Church, Salem, in 1940.Rev. Francis Stryskowski,' Rev. H~ is survived by severalMsg~. Anthony M. Gomes, Rev. nieces and nephews.Damel A. Gamache, and Rev. , ' .William R. Jordan. Interment was m Notre Dame

Cellletery., Born in Poland, he was theson of the late Joseph and, the,

,late Katherine (Kulpa) 8aj.He was' an alumnus" of St.N.Iari's College, Orchard Lake,Mich.; St. ~ai-y's' Seminary,Baltimore' aild Catholic Univer­sity, Washin~ton, D. C.

He was feted in 1968 on thegolden anniversary of his ordina­

. tion at which the late Most Rev.

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Bishop Joyce Resigns

Pope Pa'ul' Names :Bishops". . . '. ..

To 'Provid,enee,', Burn~ngton,',,'WASHINGTON ,(NC) - Pope versity in Rome 'and in guidance ,

Paul VI has accepted, the resig- and,. counselling at Assumption ' .'nation of Bishop Robert F. Joyce College in Worcester. He servedof Burlington, 75, for reasons of as an. asslstnt. 'pastor and aage; 'and"named FatJ1er John A. te~cher in the Worcester diocese

, Marshall: 43, business manager before being" nained business, .~. ;':'. ' of the,' North", American College manager of the North American '., in :Rome; to head the Vermont Coll~ge.in ,1968.

. '. '" " diocese: " '.,~ '. '. '.' .'B~shop-elect 'Gelirieau of pro~-

.•••• ~: '1. ''';', , .T~e ~ope'~lso appoint~d ~sgr.. iden~e was born' in' Burlington,.'. LOUIS E. G.elIneau, -43, vIcar gen- ~. where he attended' Catholic ele-

'. eral .of Burlington, as bishOP,of ~ mentary' and high schools. 'He ~,EW~Y, NAMED BOSTON AUXI~~IES: Rev. L~'w-'.. '. Prov~de,-tce and. Msgr. Rene H.. ,alte'nded St. Michael's College rence ,J.RIley, left, pastor of Most 'Pr~clOus Blood Pansh,

.:.. :.. G~ac~~a" 48, vlc.a~•.gen.eral . of in Winooski, ·Vt.; and studied for ..Hyde Park,: and· fortner rector of St. John's, Seminary alnd, Miami as' an auxIliary bishop/of 'th' . th " ' S p' I' U" , .,' " , 'h' F' , ., .' h . '. f h h

....... ', the Fl6rida See. . ,e'.~nes o?~.at. t., au. s· m- .. Most Rev:. Jo~.ep . M~gU1re, ng t,pastor 0 St. Jo.n t e, .' ,'. ,Th .' . " _' verSlty Se.ml!1a~y: m O~ta':Va .. ~e Baptist Church ' Quincy' and former secretary to the late

. , .' ;:'::', e ,~p'pomtments wer~ an, was ordamed, m Burlington m ' ' .' " ." , .' .' , . '. '.,'no~n.<;ed,. ~e~e.- by .AFc~bishop· :~954 'ana did:postgraduate work ·,.C~rdlI~al CushIng.,~~d~rchbIsJ:lOP .Medelros WIll be.con-

, .~.' LUigi. Rll,lmond.l, apostolI.c dele-· in 'canon la'w at the' Catholic secrated on Feb:,' 2' In t~e Holy Crqss .Cathedral, Boston." ",:', ': gate In ,~'e Umted States, . "University of'',America in Wash-' :, .

. Born m P~octor, V~., B.lshop ·ington. He 'servedas 'assistant 'E'" • . ,:,P' '. 't'. ". '. '. Joyce-.attended th~ Un.l\,~rslty of '. priest. in y'ermont parishes. be-' ~umenlea .,r.oJee '

. . " Ver,?ont before entermg the· fore 'being' named' Butlington' ..'" seml?ary .at Mo~treal. .!ie was diof:)esan chancellor in H)61 and PastorS'ets Up Hlome for Disturbed'

ordamed m Burlmgton m 1923. vicar general in 1968. .Teens in 14-Room Rectory. Pastoral assignments in vari: '

" ous 'places in Vermont were in- Bishop-eleCt GraCida, a native 'MANCHESTER(NC)-The 52­terrupted by more than three of New Qrleans,. attended Cath- .year-old, pa'stor of a 400-familyyears'service as a chaplain in olic grammar and high schools parish here' is the expectantthe U. S. Army, from May, 1943, there; in, Housto!l and in Texas father of six' teen-age boys.to July, 1946, during which time City, Tex..He studied at Rice The' youths, who ate having'he' attained the rank of major. University, the University of trouble at home,' at school or

He was named auxiliary bish- Houston, St. Vincent College and w'ith the law,' will live in theop of Burlington in 1954 and be- Seminary, Latrobe, Pa., and the rectory where Father Corneliuscame bishop in 1957. University of Fribourg, Switzer- H' h . harrmgton, opes to gIVe t em a, . Bishop-elect Marshall of Bur- land. Following 'ordination in stable home, some loving carelington is a native of Worcester 1959, he served in pastoral and and a break. 'where he attended Holy Cross diocesan posts in the Miami ''I'm used to kids," said theCollege. He also studied at the archdiocese, .being -named ,chan- ; priest, who sport~, a'Yul BrynnerSulpician Seminary in Montreal celioI' in 1'9~8 l!n,d _~icar;general hair style.' "I was t the 01gest ofand af the North American Col- in 1969. He became pastor of St: , ,six childI:en. My sister, M;argaret,lege, lind earned degree~ in Patrick's Parish in Miami Beach tfas .12 and I have 26 nieces and·theology at the Gregorian Uni- earlier this year. . ,nephews, at last count:" His

brother, Kevin, is president ofthe Massachusetts Senate.

The scheme to set up a homefor disturbed, teens was' hatched 'last year by a group of weiilthywomen; Protestant theologians,businessmen and youth workers.When Father' Harrington learned

. that the group calledTheta Corp.'. was looking for a place to houseyoungsters, ,he said he had plentyof space in his 14-room rectory.T~en he began his campaign to

,promote the idea.I .., "I first asked the' 'housekeep­, .ers," he. said. "If they didn't buy

the scheme then we couldn't, doit. .Th~n, the Women's G'uild,

, probably the most conservativein the parish, took a secret voteand the project was endorsed14-6. ThEm'! convinced the neigh­bors, the police department, thefire, departme~ t, school, systems,and then'the judges, social work­ers and Archbishop Medeiros."

','As you can see, I. took on. the, tough~st ones first,;' Father Har­rington said of his sales pitch.

Archbishop ApprovesArchbishop Humbetto Medeiros,,'

of Boston approved the' project

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Morality NeededTo Attain Ideals

VATICAN CITY (NC)-If wo­men want to attain the "purestideals of womanhood" they mustbe faithful to the "prinicples ofa healthy morality," Pope PaulVI told about 150 members ofthe National Congress of the ital­ian Women's Center.

His remarks came as Italy iscaught up in a battle over anew law permitting divorce andattempts to make abortion eas­ier and to propagate wider useof artifical birth control.

The Pope told the women thatThey must oppose "certain prin­ciples that undermine women'smorals and those values that.must be regarded as sacred andfundamental because they holdthe real human and Christianfeatures of women. The dignityand specific mission of a womanrests on them."

The Pope added that "faithful­ness to the principles of ahealthy morality must never beabsent or neglected in activitiessuch as yours."

This faithfulness, he said, willnever be a force that mortifieswomen or checks "their legiti­mate aspirations."

"It will be indeed the securesupport to help women to riseeven more toward the purestideals of womanhood."

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CARVED MANGER: Jerry Labrie, a member of St.

Julie's Parish, No. Dartmouth, puts the finishing toucheson the crib he carved for the new No. Dartmouth Church.His. work of art will be the subject of the cover picture ofThe Anchor's Christmas issue.

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Plan OperationSanta Claus

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Don­ner, Blitzen and other reindeer

. will not be pulling Santa Claus~sled when it comes here thisChristmas season to give toysto disadvantaged children.

Santa has decided to switchto a police car because, he said,"we are forever getting stuck inPhiladelphia traffic jams."

It is all part of the fourth an­nual "Operation Santa Claus"program whIch is sponsored bythe Philadelphia archdiocese'sCommunity Service Corps.

On Christmas eve, 90 teams ofteen-agers will visit 6,000 chil­dren in the area and distributecolorfully wrapped packages oftoys.

"Operation Santa Claus has al­ways been our favorite programat CSC," said Trina Palan, a­high school senior and chairmanof the program. "To see thefaces of those children for whomChristmas might be just anotherday and to know that the entirecommunity cooperated to make

_ the day extra-special gives ushope for tomorrow."

Gives CommunionDUNEDIN (NC) - Pope Paul

VI has given a U.S. Navy of­ficer stationed in Antarctica per­mission to distribute Holy Com­munion to the men there when apriest is not available, a NewZealand .priest reported. The of­ficer is Lt. Garry Fowler of LasVegas, Nev., said Father JohnCuneen of Christchurch, who re­cently visited Antarctica.' Fowl-

. er's brother is a priest. While-inAntarctica Father Cuneen con-'secrated a supply of hosts to bereserved in the base chapel atMcMurdo Sound.

ingthe religious orders servingin the Diocese.

Masters of Ceremonies will beVery Rev. Thomas J. Harrington,Chancellor; Rev. John J. Regan,rector of the Cathedral; Rev. Ed­ward J. Burns, assistant at St.William's and Rev. John' F.·Moore, assistant at SS. Peterand Paul Parish, Fall River.

Music will be. under the di­rection of Rev. William G.Campbell.

Minor officers of the Masswill be· seminarians from. theDiocese..

Fourth Degree Knights' of Co­lumbus will serve as guard ofhonor.

The presentation of the giftsfor the offertory will be madeby women religious and highscHool students.

Four altar boys from eachParish in the See City will be inthe procession.

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Bishop to OrdainFormer Teacher

CHICAGO (NC)-Brother Pat­rick F.U. Shannon, 63, who wasa Christian Brother for 46 years,is to be ordained a priest inKansas City, Mo. by AuxiliaryBishop Joseph V. S,!lIivan ofKansas City-St. Joseph, whomhe taught at De La Salle Acad­emy there 35 years ago.

Brother Shannon, former su­perintendent of schools for theChristian Brothers' St. Louis­Chicago province, joined. theClaretian Fathers this year. Heis to become mission coordinatorfor the Claretian Fathers easternprovince and will reside in theirprovincial house in Oak Park, III.

Continued from Page OneDaniel F. Shalloo, General Man­ager of The Anchor...

Rev. Henry T. Munroe, Offi­cialis of the Diocesan Matrimo­nial Court; Rev. George W. Cole­man, President of the Priests'Senate; Rev. Patrick J. O~Neill,

Diocesan Superintendent ofSchools; Rev. Lucien Jusseaume,Episcopal Representative for Re­ligious; Rev.. Ronald A. Tosti,Diocesan Director of the CCD;Rev. John J. Smith, DiocesanDirector of Vocations; Rev. PaulF. McCarrick, Diocesan Directorof CYO and Rev. FelicianPlichta, OFM, Conv., -rep~esent-

Anniversary Mass

Synod Results. Continued from Page One

ops and priests taking part inthe synod had also indicatedthey would like to have themmade public once they had beenedited.

Leaves Door OpenCardinal Villot said in a letter

accompanying' the final textsthat the Pope "now accepts andconfirms all the .conclusions inthe two documents that conformto the current norms" of theChurch.

The cardinal's letter addedpointedly: "In particular he (thePope) confirms that in the LatinChurch there shall continue tobe observed in its entirety, withGod's help, the present disciplineof priestly celibacy."

. The cardinal's letter alsonoted that "the Holy Father re­serves to himself to examine'carefully in due course whetherthe proposals - and which ofthem-eontained in the recom-

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mendations of the synod assem-bly should be validated .as direc­tive guidelines or practicalnorms."

Vatican observers said thisnote indicated that the Pope iswilling to leave the door openfor a number of possibilities notnow in the code of Canon Lawor stated policies of the Vaticanand its administrative offices ofthe Roman Curia.

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TORONTO (NC) - A call tostir up the community to 1aith,hope; love and peace by livingout the essence of the Bible wassounded to nearly 300 partici­pants in the first national Cath·olic Biblical Seminar held here.

Auxiliary Bishop. LeonardCrowley of Montreal, in makingthe call, said that as a, repr~sen­tative of the Canadian 'bishopsat the seminar, he '. would' 'ap­proach the hierarchy to cooper­ate with the Canadian ,Bible So­ciety "to realize more fully therightful place of the Word' ofGod in the midst ,of people."

Organized by the' Office ofReligious Education of theToronto archdiocese at the sug­gestion of the Catholic BiblicalSociety of Montreal, the semi-,

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Asks Catholic Conference Rethink­-~, ,Positi'on 0" PraYler Amendment

WASH~NGTON (NC)-A priest ,- USCC opposition to thewho coordinates, a national citi- amendment, Father Howes said,zens' movement favoring prayer "also put the bishops with somein the public schools has asked strange bedfellows like t~e

the United States Catholic Con~ American Civil Liberties Unionference to reassess its opposition and Americans United for Sep­to the recently defeated prayer aration of Church and State."amendment. Father Howes said he believes

"We are inviting the USCC to "there is an immense connectionjoin us in amending the text of between prayer in public schoolsthe amendment so it will be sat- and aid to parochial schools."isfactory," Father Robert G. Groups like Americans UnitedHowes told NC News. oppose both, he noted.

Father Howes said he believes . '~I, think as long as we can'tthe 'conference' publicly opposed have simple prayer in the publicthe amendment to permit volun- schools' the question of govern­tary prayer in public buildings' ment support for any sort of re­because it had "inadequate infor- ligious education is prejudiced,"mation as to our point of view." Father Howes said.

Aside from lobbying for prayer With a note of optimism,on behalf of the non-partisan, Father Howes said that with pri­non-sectarian Citizens for }>:ublic 'mary . elections just severalPrayer,'Father Howes is coordi- months away, prayer will, evolve' .nator at the Ce~ter for Applied as a major election issue. Any

, Research in the Apostolate. ' candidates who "denied us ourHe said he realizes that, 'be- right' and voted against the

cause he is a priest, his anger amendment must be held ac­over the conference position puts ,countable," he said.him in "a diffiCult 'situation." But He added that anyone who'he maintained that the; USCC thinks the' prayer 'issue is deadwas "seriously wrong in' its pro- "is simply not reading the record,cedure, unfair, and that its con- straight." ,clusion was also wrong."

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'Coup de Grace'The priest emphasized that,

while he was not attacking' theUSCC, he was disturbed that'conference officials "never calledthe congressman who introducedthe amendment (Rep. Chalmer P.Wylie), never called the out­standing Catholic constituti9nal .lawyer on o'ur side (Prof. CharlesE, Rice of th,e University of,Notre Dame), and never called us

, for our opinion." ,In his criticism of the' USCC

stance, Father Howes 'said hewas encouraged that ,the USCCGeneral Secretary, Bishop JosephL.- Bernardin, had said upon re­leasing the conference positionthat the USCC was ,not opposedto the concept of prayer in pub­lic buildings. "Because of the im­plicati<?ns involve~ in this partic­ular proposal, however, the con­ference fe'lt constrained to takethe course of action it did," thebishop had said.', Father Howes said he was par"ticularly 'unhappy about-· theUSCC position because he hasbeen told it was' "the -coup degrace that temporarily kille~ theprayer amendment." ,

The amendment was blockedNov. 8 in the Hquse by a 28-Vote

, margin.'

'Strange Bedfellows'"We know for a fact, that it

helped at least swing the vote ofsome Catholic congressmenagainst the amendment," he said.

·Father ;:Yamashiro

Former Bh'uddist,To B'e'Ordai,ned

GARRISON (NC) - A formerBhuddist, who 'lost three mem­bers of his family during the,World War II American invasionof Japan, will return 'there to be

'oraained a priest of the Capu­chin order.

Francis Yamashiro will flyhoni~ ,:to Naha' City, 'Okinawa,where he will be' ordained byBishop Felix Ley, apostolic ad­ministratorof the' Ryukyu Is­lands. '

Yamashiro; ~9,' has been amember of the province of New

, York and New England,studyingat the Capuchin TheologicalSem­inary'here.'He will ,return to the,seminary:tQ,: cqntinuehis studiesafter ordination. .' .~.'

Yamashir-o;'one of eight chil­dren,:was, born in Okinawa. Hisfather was head master' of aprimary school on the island. '

in'1945, wh,en he was 13 yearsold, he and 'his family went intothe mountains of Okinawa toflee from American pre-invasionair' raids, ,His mother, father andone sister', died from starvationduring that ordeal ,"Vhich lastedfour months.

After the war, he studied En­glish, intensively. In 1959 'he en·rolled at 'Willmington College,Ohio,' Later he struck, up 'afriendship with a Capuchinpriest., Through his friendship withthe: priest and other ,CatholicsYamashiro, whose fir~t namethen was Kanei, decided to be­come a Catholic..

In 1961 he was baptized, tak­ing the nameo! Francis inhon-,or of St. Fnmcis of Assisi whofounded the Franciscan order ofwhich the, Capuchin!?' are abranch.

a mess, as witness so much ofthe dreary stuff it turns out be­tween games and between con­ventions.

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Brother RepresentS'Taize at Vatican

TAIZE (NC) - Brother Max,Thurian; co-founder of. the Prot­estant monastery here in France,­has been named the monastery'srepresentative at the Vatic~n,

Prior Roger Schutz announced.Taize, which l)a~ long been in

'the forefront of the ecumenicalmovement, is the first Protestantmonastic organization to begranted such an official statusat the Vatican.

ther do we have to buy the prod­ucts they are, pushing - but,again, we do. Otherwise-to citebut one example-the 14 spotcommercials which are crammedinto every football game wouldnot be worth $72,000 per minute

-to the owners of 'the two' con·tending, teams. You have to sella lot of toothpaste" razor blades,breakfast food; and detergentsto be able to come up ,with thatkind of money: " '

TV FootballVitalThis , reference 'to football

prompts me to .admit, "Vithacertain degree of embarrassment,

, that, up to this point, I have onlybeenkidding,in ,the main, aboutthe alleged mediocrity (or'

, worse) of commercial television.I now wish to take it all 'back.After all, an industry that iswilling to televise 14 (or was it44 or 64?) football games overthe long Than,ksgivjng weekendcan't 'be all bad. It can't evenbe as bad'as it ~pp'arently triesto be and certainly appears tobe . during those occasionalbreaks (you can count them onthe fingers, of one hand) whichunexpectedly and unfortunatelyoccur between the'conclusion ofone game and the beginning of

. another.Iri brief,' teleyised football is

perhaps the greatest thing tohave come along since the endof the Roman' empire with itsbread and circuses. AdmittedlyI have no way of knowing whatits, impact is likely to be, overthe.long haul, on the stability ofthe American family. I mustleave that to my' colleagues inthe field of -family sociology. Ido know, however, that, so faras hospital patients are con­cerned, televised football isprobably the greatest thing tohave hit the pharmaceutical mar-,ket since the discovery of peni­ciliin. To be sure, it causes highblood pressure in some cases,but, a competent RN-assumingshe can tear herself away fromthe televis~~>n in the nurses' galley-can usually prescribe a suit­able remedy for this Particularailment:', '

Friend of EverymanThe trouble is, however, that

the football season-through no'fault of the television industry,I' am •sure-simply doesn't lastlong enough. In other words,televised football is a great boonto anyone who is: hospitalized'between Aug.. 15 and, Jan. 15,but ,what's to be dorie for those.people who are, sick enough togo to.a hospital during the offseason. After all, some peopleare allergic to penicillin.

The only answer, it would ap­pear,' is to put football on ayear-around basis-in coveredair conditioned astrodomes,' forexample. This would be to theadvantage and, certainly to theliking of all concerned (house­wives are obvio~sly not con~

cerned) and might even be thesalvation of the television indus­try for if it weren't for football(and 'political conventions) theindustry would be in a bi tof

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fali River-Thurs. Dec. 16,,1971

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Men F'ind _Fri~nd in WriterAcclaiming TV 'Footba"1I

"It was (Mr. X), more than any other man, who turn­ed nighttime television into a mindless experience, f~ll ofcrime, cowboys and comedies." This left-hande~ comphm~nt

to a -famous television mogul-who made his reputationand his fortune on Madison'Avenue, then went into gov­ernment service, 'and is nowin retirement-was writtenin 1967 by a Washington-basedfree lance writer, Milton Viorst,in an article which has sincebeen reprinted as a separate

chapter in ,a book-length collec­tion of Viorst's political profilesentitled "Hustlers and Heroes"(Simon ami Schuster, New York,$8.95). '

If I had read ,Mr. Viorst's arti­cle when it first 'appeared, itprobably wouldn't have made,much of an impression on me,for at that time, some four yearsago, I had never had occasion tospend much time looking at tele- _vision. By coincidence, however,I .happened to come across thearticle just a few weeks agowhen, as an ambulatory hospitalpatient, I had, nothing' but timeon my hands and, not being ina mood to put it ,to constructi~e

use, found myself, for the betterpart of a week, almost literally

,glued to my rented televisionset: morning, noon and night.

TV Ads 'On the basis of that limited

experience, I, would have toagree with Mr. Viorst when hesays that, nighttime television(or, in any event, a steady, unin-.terrupted diet of nighttime. tele­vision) is a "mindless experi­ence." I assume, incidentally,that Mr. Viorst, in turn, ~ouldprobably agree that, daytimetelevision isn't much better and,in certain respects, is' evenworse.

I realize, of course, that it israther fashionable these days tolook down one's nose at com'­mercial television. I am alsoaware of the fact that anyonewho indulges in this sort of,thing.is open to the' charge ,ofbeing an insufferable snob. Sobe it. The fact is, however, thatsix days of watching televisionmorning, noon and night wasenough to last this writer for'a lifetime.

The programs themselves(with notable exceptions, ofcourse) were bad enough, but itwas the incessant commercials,I suppose, that really' broke thecamel's back. There is 'no longerany doubt in iny, mind that thebright boys on Madison Avenuewho sit around thinking up'these commercials-and get paidvery handsomely for doing so­have nothing but contempt forthe intelligence of the Americanpeople.

The worst of it, of course, isthat they may know us betterthan we know ourselves. Afterall we don't, have to watch thetradvertisements-but we do. Nei-

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"When you've got an opera­tion the size oof the DenverChurch," Belknap commented,"you must have a coordinatedsystem. In the past, the Churchhas relied on laymen only in asort of 'consultative-only' man­ner. Now we begin to see layprofessional employes becomemore intimately involved in theimportant Church business."

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have been named to key' financeand planning posts during a re­organization of Denver archdioc­esan chancery departments here.

Martin Work, the archdiocese'splanning and administration di­rector, said the chancery's work­load is being redistributed for thesake of what he calls "relevant,economical and efficient ser­vices."

George Lutito, John Strauss,Gene Lamansky and RichardBelknap - all professionals intheir own fields - were ap­pointed to head new departmentsof budgeting, accounting, busi-

BISHOP VISITS CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME: Bishop Cronin distributes HolyCommunion to a guest at the Fall River Home.for the Aged. Center: One of the guestshas a, special caller during her dinner as the Ordinary 'of the Diocese made the roundsof visits to the rooms. Bottom: Bishop Cronin's joy during the visitation matched thehappiness that filled the hearts of all the guests', sisters and staff during his never-to­be-forgotten visitation.

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Thirty families are still neededas Christmas hosts for foreignstudents coming to t.he GreaterFall River area for the holidayseason, . Rev. Kevin F. Tripp,coordinator of Christmas Inter­national House, announced to­day.

The project, sponsored by theSouth End Youth Center at 1504South Main Street, Fall River,is in its second year of offeringhospitality to university studentsfrom all parts of the UnitedStates.

Countries from which the stu­dents come include France,China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Turkey,Korea, Indonesia" Okinawa, Jor-

. dan, and Iran. All speak English.

Full Program

Although Christmas Day hasbeen reserved for students tospend with their host .. families,activities have been planned forevery other day of their stay inthe area, said Father Tripp. Theguests are expected Tuesday,Dec. 21, and will leave Wednes­day,Dec. 29.

On the program is a partywith area high· school .studentsat the· South End Center, slatedfor Wedpesday, Dec. 22. Dec. 23will see a roller skating party inthe afternoon and' an eveningtour of La· Salette Shrine, Attle-boro. '

Students and' host familieswill join in a Christmas Eveprayer vigil for. world peace at8 P.M. at Bethel AME Churc\:!, .Hanover and Maple Streets. . '

A supper and 'sociil1' eveningfor students and hosts will takeplace. on Dec. 26, while a folkfestival and a tour of the New­port Naval Base are on the Dec. '27 schedule.

Dec. 28 'has been proclaimedInternational Students Day byFall River Mayor NicholasMitchell. The students will tourlocal historical and industrialsites and will· lunch on theBattleship Massachusetts.

General chairman for theproject 'is Dennis Cartin,.·saidFather Tripp. J\,ssistance has'also been received from theGreater 'Fall River Area Cham­ber of Commerce, representedby Robert Baker.

Father Tripp noted that theFall River program will be fea­tured on a tape series producedby the national headquarters ofthe. foreign student hospitalityproject. .

Families Meet

Host families for the studentsmet last night at .the South EndCenter .with Miss Toni Melidos­sian, director of foreign studentsat Brown University. She dis­cussed national customs, dietsand other matters involved inhosting the visitors.

Families interested in theproject but unable to host stu­dents may make donations, saidFather Tripp. Such contributionscan be mailed to the center atP.O. Box 263, Fall River 02724.

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Two Honored. "In a recent concert, 'one half

of the choral music program ofthe official state chorus con­sisted of liturg'ical songs," hesaid.

Alumni association officials ata breakfast following the Masspresented their annual.awards­the St. Francis Xavier' medal-

. to orchestra' leader LawrenceWelk and Msgr. Ralph W.Beiting, Kentucky pastor andpoverty-fighter. .

Welk was cited as' "a cham­pion of wholesome entertain­ment, an inspiration to youthand a ~an who throughout hislife. has .given persorial witnessto God."

Msgr. Beiting, pastor of St.William's parish in Lancaster,Ky., was honored as "an out­standing neighbor to the peopleof Appalachia." He is founderand president of the ChristianAppalachian· Project, an easternKentucky organization, whichassists poor mountain peoplethrough experimental farms, adairy farm, a woodworking fac­tory, a logging operation and aChristmas wreath' manufactur­ing and marketing program.

Before ConfessionST. PAUL (NC)-All the dio-'

ceses in Minnesota, North Da­kota and South Dakota may con­tinue allowing first Communionbefore first confession until theAmerican bishops m:ake a finalruling next Spring, the bishopsof the three-state province saidin a formal statement, The bish­ops' stand was incorporated in­to a major p<?licy statement ap­proved jointly by the 12 bishopsand 64 religious education per­sonnel from 10 dioceses, in thefirst Provincial Conference onReligious Education.

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as Fifth Bishop-of Fall River. . .' . .' ' .,' '. ~

The title of .Father is the oldest and, gre'atest of a .... ~::, 6· . / ./.Bishop's title's. He is the Father in spiritual, things. His ..-:~. .episcopal ordination gives him powers of teaching and'ruling and sanctifying so that he may fulfill effectivelyh!s .vocation as Father of the People of God, the flock entrusted·to his care. . ..

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The Bishop is the Father who provides spiritual nour­ishment for God's people; the Father who preaches andteaches; the Father who counsels and guides and-whennecessary-reproves and corrects, the Father who meditatesand prays. .

As a successor of the Apostles the Bishop is one whohas been transformed in soul by the Holy Spirit and giventhis role of Father, Shepherd, teacJ:1e~ and guide. '

He is not merely chairman of the board.. He is not justthe one who executes the will of all. He is not simply the

· representative of the Church's people, lay or· clerical.

The Bishop, as .the successQr of the Apostles; is theFather of the Diocese, its witness; source and strength ofits sacramental life, font of its religion and witnessing. :.,:

Because he is the spiritual Father he has power to , _ordain and confirm and consecrate, authority Jo preach. @*WKtll0tmi'*m:§m~M¥ml@@lll"-,ili*l:1a~w.~~tit~@m!«i@@'@~im~:iW:r:*li@@U1@@i@WfilliHiW_

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This is the role of Father'that Bishop Cronin exercises. CINCINNATI (NC) - Today's portionally, than there were inIt is the vocation he fulfills in our midst. Christians' can shore up their countries more democratic."

faith by following examples of An :example ,of this kind, he..persons behind the -Jron Curtain added, "makes us realize that

who are persecuted for practicing fortune favors the brave,"In .calling for Chris~ians t6' prepare for Christmas, their religion, Archbishop NiCh- "Are we,brave enough to look

Pope Paul has ,pointed out that ,men must· try to under-" ol~~ T, Elko said h~re, . .. far e?ough ahead and. re,alizestand "its surprising originality which is the Incarnation. !he persecuted <:=hnstlans how Imp~rtant our c?urageous

. . . '. .' _ .' .' ". .behmd the Iron Curtam shame acts of faIth could be m reshap-tpe Adven! of the .Wordof God In our flesh, m our hIstory,', . us," the CinCinnati auxiliary de- ing the disbelief in our coun-

- in the drama of our destinies,. in our illdivi~ual and per- clared at a Mass attended by try?" he asked."'sonal destinies, as well as the univ.ersal destiny." . 'Xavier University Alumni Asso- Archbishop Elko went on to.

. . . ciation members. speak of' the Soviet Union,. The fact thatthe Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. "Fifty,four years ·ofbaYonet.·· 'where', he said, there is "a new

· took flesh of the Virgin Mary and became man is so well- persuasion. toward. atheism ,has trend )Vherein' disillusioned athe­known that it is easy to lose sight of the wonder of the only created greater .defiance iri ists ate turning to Christianreality that Almighty God would do such a thing the h~arts of the good people," . study." .

, . the archbishop added.. His recent visit to the SovietChristmas is. a time to recapture. the wonder of the As an example of thecourage'. Union, he said, showed him how

plan of God' for the salvation of mankind. ' of Christi~ns behind the IrQ!, ."religion is, actually acknowl"__. Curtain, Archbishop Elko in his edged as a phenomenon in athe-

And this very feeling of awe in the face .of the In- sermon recalled the action of the istic countries-how poets andcarnation should also lead-the Holy Father has pointed Ro~an Catholic,Bishops of.Yugo- . wr~t~rs dare ~o refer to the pastout-to the desire to "make Christmas ha ' f . th " slavla who, .at the. conclUSIOn ~f reh~lous .b~hefs expressed by

. . . ppy or 0 ers. the Second VatIcan .CouncIl,.. earher. wnters."_ConcentratIOn on the thmgs of God does not make a true ."dared to go to their dictator

Christian forget God's childre~. Rather, he turns in concer:n and remind him that the Secondtoward all others whom God has made in a desire to unite Vatican Council has passed theall in Christ in an atmosphere of "faithfulness in love, in decree on freedo~ of religionthe sacred sense of family life, in the sense of experience l~nkd ~roposed toI hlmh.that he do

· f . . I eWlse or 'e se IS country,0 a,.~o"!mg together, of peace, and-If ?,ecessary-of re- would not be in the contempo-conc1hatlon as well as of common prayer. rary sphere of progressive lib-

, . . , erty"The Pope has said that Christmas must be a day of A~ a result, he continued "not

· ~oodness, of outgoing goodness, so that the peace and joy oniy did the forcefulness of theirthat Christ brings to those who love Him, will be passed' petition relax l'igidcontrol ofon to others and especially to ,"the poor, the homeless, the ~hurches i~ atheistic surround­unemployed, prisoners the lonely and forgotten those who mgs, but m the next ,two years

. ' .. " ,. th~re were more vocatlOns.to·theare 111, those who have no faith. priesthood in that. country, pro-

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"Most of the callers were sin­cere about offering a living wagefor honest work," said FatherClements. Now he wants toraise a bit more money-he isstill paying back his friends­to take out another ad thankingemployers who answered thefirst one.

Father Clements. who refusedto take any placement moneyfrom those who got jobs, saidthe 400 men would bring $2 mil­lion into the community annual­ly in wages. He said most of thejobs generated by the ad werefor factory work paying betterthan $100 weekly.

CHICAGO (NC}-A pastor ina ghetto parish here stuck hisneck out, borrowing almost $1.­000 from friends to put an un­usual half-page "this man forhire" ad in a Chicago daily news­paper.

The result? Some 400 joblessblack men got jobs.

Father George Clements, thepastor, heard about the federalgo.vermnent's· Emergency Em­ployment Act, aimed at helpingareas of high unemployment.But when he learned that onlyseven jobs had been budgetedfor Chicago under the program,he said.' "it made me want tocry."

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So he got up the money andtook out his ad. It listed about150 names and it said: "Can youhire any of these men? Theyare healthy. able-bodied. sincereand want an opp~rtunity to pro­vide for their families. Thesemen are not asking for handouts.

. They want to work."

The response was so over·whelming that the Illinois StateEmployment Service felt com­pelled to assign two job inter­viewers full-time at the churchbasement. They called the par­ish's employment program highlysuccessful.

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he cried," Mrs. Schiavone recall­ed.

Or the woman in North Phil­adelphia.. "She was too proud toapply for welfare," Mrs. Schia­vone said. For two weeks thewoman and her ll-year-olddaughter had nothing but a fewcrackers to eat.

The examples are not isolatedinstances, Mrs. Schiavone said.She estimated that each month.there are 2,000 area residentswho need emergency food pro­visions.

The food centers have collect­ed over $70,000 worth of food toaid many of. those in need. Butin terms of the problem, $70,000is only a start.

The program director said shedoes not feel that the problem

.is insurmountable. "If all thefamilies that could, gave onlyone can of food a week, no one .would go hungry."

Unfortunately, she' added, itisn't working out that way. Peo-

One Can a Week

"We sent a truckload of foodto the Casa del Carmen (a set­tlement house for the Spanish-

. speaking)." Mrs. Schiavone re­called. "In 24 hours, it was gone.Right now, .five centers' are outof food and the winter's coming

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Food .Centers Try to AlleviatePHILDELPHIA (NC) - Food

distributed by lay volunteers forthe Cardinal's Commission onHuman Relations here is sup­posed to supplement diets ofneedy families, but it does not.

For the most. part it goes topeople "who otherwise ·wouldn'thave any food at all," said Mrs.Rita Schiavone, director of theprogram which had its first an­niversary in November.

With food and a small amountof revenue provided by about 9'0parishes in the Philadelphia arch­diocese, the commission's fooddistribution centers aim to offertemporary aid to those supposed­ly taken care of by relief agen­cies.

Breakdowns in the welfaresystem, such as delays in get­ting food stamps, pose hard­ships that the distribution cen­ters attempt to alleviate.

"It's' always worse during thewinter...·-Mrs. Schiavone noted."The husband loses. his job. Thebills are high. But the family hasto wait several weeks for the un­employment check."

"As for those on welfare, ifthe check is late or stolen, theydon't eat." .

Mrs. Schiavone has a collec­tion of stories for those whodoubt the veracity of her claims.

Like the man in Frankford.Pa. His Veterans' Administra­tion check was late. Three days.passed before a social workerbrought his plight to the ce1Jter'sattention.

Seeks BeatificationOf Queen Isabella

vALLADOLID (NC) - Queen,Isabella of Castile will be beati­fied if the former:. archbishop ofValladolid has his way.

Archbishop Jose Garcia Gold­araz, 78, retired last year to de­vote full time to her cause. Nowa Valladolid diocesan court hasbegun investigations to see ifthe 15th-century queen, whocommissioned Columbus' voy­ages of discovery, had the vir-tues of a saint. ,

The eight bishops of Valla­dolid province are backing theeffort.

For several years ArchbishopGarcia has gathered informationwith the help of the Queen Isa­bella Institute here. Its histori­ans, theologians and experts incanon law have reported find­ings that make the Queen a like­ly c.a.ndidate for beatification.

Legan RightThe Fraternal Order of Eagles

amended its rules in 1970 topermit local chapters to judgewhom to admit. Whalen said,but the organization's constitu­tion still specifies "Caucasian" FOOD OFFERINGS: Children from St. Elizabeth Church in North Philadelphiaand no blacks have yet become ' make regular food offerings at the Offertory of Sunday Mass to help stock the parish'smembers. ' food center. NC Photo. .

In his article Whalen granted ,I

the lodges' legal right as privateclubs to exclude any categoryof people, but he raised moraland religious objections to racialsegregation.

Faced with racism in thelodges, Whalen insisted that aCatholic must either resign orwork for racially open, member­ship-the latter only if "themember should make a realisticjudgment that change is pos­sible."

The St. Anthony Messengercover story is the latest in aseries of attacks on the lodges'racial exclusiveness. Last May' adiocesan peace and justice com­mission in California criticizedthe use of a hall rented by aCatholic group from one suchlodge~

Writer ChargesNationaI Lod_gesWith Racism

CINCINNATI (NC) - Catholicmembers of the Moose. Elks orEagles-national lodges for onlywhite males-should either re­sign or work to racially integratetheir organizations. says the cov­er story of St. Anthony Messen~

ger's November issue.The story's author, William J.'

Whalen. is a campus editor atPurdue University. He said hisresearch shows all three 'organ­izations tout high standards ofjustice. but practice rilcial segre- ~. ,gation. ,

In his article. Whalen quotedan Elks recruiting leaflet: "Thecardinal principles of the Benev­olent and Protective Order ofElks are Charity. Justice. Broth­er'ly Love and Fidelity."

Then he quoted the Elks'membership eligibility rules: "No·person shall be accepted as amember of this order unless hebe a white male citizen of theUnited States of America . . ....

The Loyal Order of Moose,said Whalen, has 900,000 mem­bers who have affirmed that theyare "of the Caucasian, white race,and not married to one of anyother race."

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statement is certainly a stepforward," he added, ."1 mustemphasize that such a statementdoes not propose to encompassthe whole story of the Church'swork in a report of the centraladministrative office of the arch­diocese.

"To measure' the basic workof the Church-the salvation ofsouls and all that is involved inaccomplishing that mandate-interms of figures alone would bean injustice."

events for the elderly were ap-'plauded by .the 1971 WhiteHouse Conference on Agingwhich recently concluded itsfive-day meeting in Washingto~.

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sorbed by withdrawals fromcapital assets called the generalfund, was largely caused by theheavy cost of operating Catholicschools, Cardinal Patrick 0'­Boyle said in a statement accom­panying the report.

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,County Dec. 6 when volunteersfrom a,rea churches delivered hotlunch~s to ~enior citizens.

The ecumenical effort ·aimed at. helping .older persons,who need

assistance was Inaugurated by:Father Martin J. Cassidy, Pastorof St. Francis of Assisi Churchin Riviera' Beach.

The expen!?e of' food and prep­aration is being borne by par­ticipating area churches, thepriest said. "It's definitely ajoint_effort."

At St. Francis, however, oneschool room, ~as been turnedover to the elderly, who can geta hot supper there and playcards and other games. FatherCassidy said he' also 'plans to

year with teenagers, for certain­Iy '71 has been the year of theboot. This particular' footwearis not cheap, therefore it has tobe a present that mother' anddad o'r those. doting grandpar­ents have on their lists. Merylhas already picked· out a pairof boots that she wants hergrandmother to buy -and she'snow bemoaning the fact thatshe'll have to wait for Christmasto, wear them.

Nightwear is another clothingarea,that appeals to the teenagerand here sizes, are not as impor­tant as in more fitted items.This year the wildest nightgownsand pajamas are being shown­bright shades of pink, purpleand green light up the night-timescene and many of the p.-j. out- .fits can be worn for lounging aswell as dreaming.

More Like Girls

Mothers, grandmothers anddoting aunts will be relieved tofind' that girls are going to lookmore like girls this Christmas(if we, can only smuggle those .dungarees into the trash barrel),Blouses are soft, ruffled and.~

feminine; sweaters, too, .are'very girlish and soft (this holi­day season will also see a returnof the angora sweater,an item

. that has not been -high on thepopularity polls since the veryearly fifties) and the emphasisis on "Enjoy being a girl."

If there's a blank spot next tothat young lady's name on yourChristmas ,list, visit a pre-teenor teen section of a departmentstore, scan the youth ,magazines,and you should end up with amind full of ideas but a pocket 'empty of money (but doesn'tthat happen to us all atChristmas?) ,

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec: 16, 1971

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Jason's Christmas list is ~ompletely toy .oriented­Melissa's is top-heavy on the book and game side, but·Meryl's has but one word (and that is in capital -letters)CLOTHES. If one didn't possess a teenage, or .preteendaughter, then Meryl's listwould look like a cinch, 'butdon't let appearanc~ fool you-here is' one place where itreally is quality and not quan­tity that will make mother gogrey.

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Wild bulky knits are also find­ing their way into popular multi­colored sweaters for the youngerset. Many are sleeveless orvested but whichever waythey're fornied, they are still."fashion favorites for the youngerset.

Boots will also be big this

Ponder for a few hours in thepre-teen departments while youtry to relate the large selectionto your daughter's taste andpretty soon a toy store will lookheavenly in comparison. One

. hates to think that nine-tenthsof one's selections will end upback in the storeS the day afterChristmas because your tastedidn't coincide with hers. Oftenjust a flip through a teenagefashion. magazine will give youan idea of what the younger setis or is not wearing.'

'In' Gift

Appliqued sweaters are reallythe "iri". gift to .give thos.e on.the lower side of the generationgap. Flowers; animals, fruits,etc. appear across _the bosom ofskinny little knits giving thema look that is irresistible. Theyoung pop them over blouses forthe layered look and therearen't many young ladies whowouldn~t want 'to add one totheir sweater collections.

Government ThreatensTo Deport Missioners '.

. PANAMA CITY (NC)-Pana­rna's military government has

Las Hermanas Discuss threatened to deport five mis-sionary priests,- including two

Hispanic Development· Americans;- for offering MassesSANTA FE (NC) - Spanish- for a priest kidnaped five months

speaking Sisters attending a na- ·ago.tional conference' here in New The U. S. priests are FathersMexico discusse4 the role they', Leo Mahon of Chicago and Phil­can play in raising the economic lip Berryman of Los Angeles,level of the nation's Hispanic who are seeking to improve con­people. ditions in a working-class neigh-

One suggestion aired at the borhood here. The other threat­recent conference of Las Her~ ened missioners are Spaniards.manas, (The Sisters,)' was formembers to patronize banks and The kidnaped priest is Father,' ~

. stores run by Chicano,' or Span- H~tor Gallegos, a Colombian, .ish-speaking businessmen., ,who 'aroused the enmity of land~

Sister Gloria Gallardo, Her; owners and businessmen in Ver­manas founder and president, aguas province because of his',said speakers also suggested efforts on behalf of the e~ploit~dthat religious congregations in- poor there. Friends fear he mayvest in corporations which give have been murdered.seed money to Chicano busi- The still-unsolved crime hasnesses. created tension between the re-

In other actions at the thre'e- gime of Gen. Omar Torrijos andday' conference, the -100 Sisters the country's bishops, who have~oted to establish "sensitizing ,criticized the government's in-

teams," an affiliate group of Iliy ves'tigation of the kidnaping. It FALL R.IVER. ELEORIC -LIGHT, CO'M'PAN'-Ywomen, and team ministry proj- . has ,also aroused opposition to·

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decisive man who has a programand is determined to carry itout, cuts his 'way' to his goalregardless of difficulties. It isthe discouraged man who turnsaside 'and takes a crooked path.

Orison Swett Marden

THE ANCHOR­Thurs., Dec. 16, 1971

Protest ArrestOf Priests

GLEN COVE (NC) .:.... J~wish,Protestant and Catholic clergy.men marched to the residence ofSoviet diplomats here in NewYork to protest the recent arrestand sentencing of two lithuan­ian Catholic priests.

The group, also sent a letterto Anatoly Dobrynin, Soviet am­bassador to the U.S., denouncingthe disciplinary action as "unjustand inhuman." .

Among the sign'ers of the let­'ter are Bishop Walter P. Kellen­berg. of 'Rockville Centre, andFather, George P. Graham, chair­man of the local Catholic-JewishRelations Committee.. The Lithuanian priests, Fath­ers Youzas Zdbegskis and Bub­nis, was arrested and sentencedto one-year prison terms in No­vember for giving religious in­structions 'to children in their

. parishes. The practice is bannedby government law.

According to reports from li­thuania state, Father Zdbegskiswas arrested on Aug.' 26 forteaching' catechism lessons tochildren preparing for Commu­nion and was "maltreated" bypolice prior to his trial.

The same reports said that Fa­ther Bubnis, his first name wasnot indentified, was arrestedafter local Communist party of­ficials found 30 children waitingin his chur¢h for a testing oftheir faith in preparation for thesacrament of Confirmation.

The reports stated that thetrial of the accused priests wasmarked by a demonstration out­side the courthouse by some 800Catholics. About 20 of the pro­testors, including two unnamedpriests, were arrested.

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of joy for most Vietriamese chil­dren," he told the shoppers."While the war may be windingdown for Americans, destructionand death continue for the Viet­namese."

The priest, who is executivesecretary of the San' Franciscoarchdiocesan priests' senate,blamed the United'States gov­ernment for financing the Viet­namese conflict. ..It's time tosupport life with our money," hesaid.

Father Purcell said he was notasking for a Christmas boycotton stores. "We're asking peopleto· re-evaluate how much," theyspend and what they buy," heexplained.

"We're also asking people tomake their own Christmas giftsthemselves," he added.

Father Purcell told the crowdthat 200,000 Vietnamese civilianshad been wounded or killed inthe war each year.

"More than half of these cas­ualties are children under theage of 16," he said.

After Father Purcell's UnionSquare sermon, some 20 students,most of them from St. RoseAcademy in San Francisco, dis­tributed leaflets on the work ofthe Committee to Save Christ-mas. . .

"The poepie certainly listened,and, with one or two exceptions,the leaflets wre' graciosuly re­ceived," Father Purcell said.

'\~ERVING YOUTH OF NEW BEDFORD: Directing the

CYO activities for the New Bedford Area young people areRev. Ronald Silvia, area CYO director; Mrs. Beatri'ce Guil­mette, director of the girls' division; Bruce Duarte and Jos­epl:! Barckette, co-directors.

'Strelet Pr,e,ach,erPriest Asks Shoppers to Aid Childre~

Injured in VietnamSAN FRANCISCO (NC) - A

young priest revived the prac­tice of street preaching here

,'when he stood on a busy down­town corner arid called on Christ­mas shoppers to "reject thecommercial exploitation of thisholiday season and work to re­capture the true spirit of Christ­mas....

Father James M. Purcell, rep­resenting a San Francisco Bayarea group called the Committeeto Save Christmas, said he hopedto persuade the shoppers to givetheir money to Vietnamese chil­dren burned or injured in theSoutheast Asian war.

"Christmas will not be a time

We ran out of soap beforethe tree was done. Maybe all we,lost on the floor had somethingto do with our .running short.

One of'my brothers was at thekitchen table whipping up an­other big bowl full of the whitefluff when the fellow who lived 'next door just happened t9 dropin.' He couldn't help noticingthose lush, .thiCk peaks piling uparound the egg beater. "

"Hey, what have you 'gotthere?" . .

"i'm beating ~p soap -flakes":" ."Who are yo'u kidding? You've

got whipped cream, and youaren't telling. No one. getswhipped cream these ,(lays' be­cause of the war, and you Just ,don't want me to know:'"

Convinced that, ':my .brother'was ".lying about what was, inthe bowl, he went, to' the cup-"board; got a spoon, and help~dhimself to a ·huge glob. .

How Was It'Done? "

. He believed. Although hedidn't seem to appreciate thefact that my brother had beentelling the truth.,

Other than that, I rememberonly little incidents. The Christ­mas I got my bicycle and wasso excited I was sick in church.There was the year'my brotherseach. got a pen-knife. They werethe shiniest, most ..exquIsitepieces of cutlery I, had' everseen. The year my uncle playedSanta Claus, we all knew whoit was because he was smokinga cigar . . . but w~ didn't tell.

The thing that puzzles meabout Christmas when I wasIfttle is that we always had ourgifts on Christmas Eve. Some-

. time between supper and baths,my father ...:... unobservedtrimmed the tree and put thepresents unde'r it.

My brothers got dressed intheir altar boy cassocks andsurplices, .and my mother'dress­ed me in my "angel suit." Wefiled down the stairs 'singing"Silent Night" and discoveredthe tree..

To t'his day, I, don't knowhow my father did it . . . andI don't want to know. I wantto keep it wrapped into thosememories of "Christmas in thegood old days."

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Priest Named VicarFor Spa'nish-Speaking

BAY CITY (NC)-Fahter Jo­seph T. Morales, a native ofMexico who was ordained inMexico City in 1946 and' cameto the U.S. in 1953, has been ap­pointed the first vicar for theSpanish-Speaking in the $aginawdiocese here in Michigan.

Bishop Francis R. Reh's an-. nouncement of Father. Morales'

appointment climaxed ,dedica­tion-day rites for Our Lady, ofGuadalupe Chapel and Centerhere. . .',' ,

British Nurses Pray The center occupies a formerFor Abortion Victims Masonic temple. In the past sev­

eral months workers,. mostly vol-LONDON (NC) - Over'I,OOO unteer have been busy in reno­

British Catholic nurses made a . vation work which ,hass~en the'pilgrimage to the Marian shrine .basement' emerge as .~ futureat Lourdes, France, in reparation classroom, the first, floor as afor victims of legalized abortion large gathering hall with kitchenin this country. 'facilities and living quarters for

At 'the same time hundreds of a chaplain, and the third floorAids Refuge~s nurses and other persons in as a brightly-lighted Mexican-

UNITED NATIONS (NC)-The Britain attended special, vigils .style chapel. 'Vatican contributed $2,500 to and Masses to coincide with the In his dedication day remarks, ,the regular budget of the UN Re- pilgrimage. Bishop 'Reh emphasized that es-lief and Works Agency for Pal- The pilgrims who also included tablishment of Guadalupe Centerestine Refugees in the Near East 10 doctors and.' 40,pr:iests, spent is' not 'a' move toward segrega­(NURWA). The Vatican was' an all-night vigil at the Lourdes tion. "You are welcome, youamong 40 governments that con- shrine led ,by Auxiliary Bishop may belong to the parish wheretributed a total of $18,882,260 at Joseph Cleary of Birminghaip. you live," he said. But, he add­the annual pleaging conference. Legalized abortions are now ed, he sees the center as pro­The Vatican said that ,t would, running at the rate of over 100, viding,a place of special servicemake additional contributions 000 a year,in Britain al)d' are still "to gain your identity,' to be NORTH,ATTLEBORO, (2) MANSFIELID (2) ATTLEBORO FALLS

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We conned my mother intoletting us use her cookie press.It should have been easy; simplylaying a strip of "snow" oneach little branch, till the wholetree laden with a thick blanketof that fluffy white glop.

But the cookie press wouldn'tturn off at the end of a branch.When we were lucky. It landedon a branch below. More oftenit landed on the floor.

We decided if we let the soapharden on the floor it would liftoff in one lump. In theory itwas a 'good plan. In workingaround the tree, however, wehad more and more soap hard­ening on the floor, and less areawe could safely walk. Prettysoon it was sticking to shoes;from there it was only a fewshort steps until the whole rugwas tracked with little whitefootprints.

I, vaguely remember drivingaround at night to look at theChristmas decorations on theneighborhood hOUSeS. ThenWorld War II started, and therewere no more outdoor lights.

In fact, it was difficult to getindoor lights, and after a fewyears' ours were all burnt outThere was no tinsel or "angelhair" either..· I could understandwhy the war effor:t needed themetal from the tinsel, but Iwondered why the army neededthe angel hair.

With decorations so scarce, wehad to improvise. The big thingwe did in those' days was totake some soap flakes and whipthem .up with an egg 'beater ina bowl with a little water.

When the stuff was the con­sistency of today's aerosol shav­ing creams, we applied it to th.etree, and it was supposed tolook like snow.

Wouldn't Stop

I like to read stories about Christmas in 'the "goodold days" because they have a wamlth,·love and nostagiathat remind me of Christmas when I was a child. But whenI stop and think about what I really remember, the eventsdon't match what I wouldlike to think I remember.There were no sleigh bellsand snowy yi~its to· Grand­ma. Grandma Iiv~d with us,No crackling fires on the hearth.We had no fireplace. The, onlypopcorn I can remember making,when' I Was a kid, I burnt,

RecaUs· Past Christma'ses,D,ec,orati,on of,Tree,

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10 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 16, 1971

,85th' ANNIVERSARY OF SAC~D HEARTS ACADEMY: Principals~ttending the, 85th anniversary of; the fO\;mding~f'the Sacred' Hea.rtsAcademy, Fall, River: ~ere: Most' Rev: James' J: Gerrard, V.G., ~uxiliary

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'lias"'become distrustful of the' Mass .of Thal1ksglvmg, also un-. towar~ sound Judgments, ,Pope in '1886, opening the Holy Union patient's religious freedom."foreign aid program" it may be dl,erlidned tt~e proble~s of, Catho- " paudl; tOld,a

k' group of Itali~nl mads.s ,Private DaY.' School the same '

because its humanitarianism and IC e UC~ 100.., '. " ,qte la wor ers ~t a specla ,au l.- year, The, present red brick,decency have 'not been touched.~' ,,"Today the, wonderfu~ 'apos- en£e. " . buildngon Prospect 'Street W~IS

, , , ..' , ' . " 'tolate of Christian education is, The .workers from, the fIeld of completed in 1907 and the school. The vIsItIng economist said It " " f' ~ 't "d" "t'h' " ,', cinema radio television and had as its 'principal from 19'07'was his "fr' ., f .. th t' ' con ron e "Wl. very, senous ',', .

. ' I m convlc 19n , , a, 'bl" ...'h ' '" 'd "B 't lth h 'newspapers had just concluded "to 1939 Sister Adrienne Marie.~'human solidarity and compas" J pro ems.." e sal." U!1 oug . . '

'. f th d' h" '1' 'we ,ate conscious of the diffitul- a conventlQn m Rome sponsored A new addition was completed,slOn

t., °t~ e nhee hY a1dre ,.t ehon y . 'ties we are 'also conscious of by the, Italian Conference of in 1962, inclUding classrooms, a

mo Iva Ions t at 0 any ope, • " f' B' ho t' d l'bIt is self-defeating to distrust the what 85 years 0 thIS academy ,IS, ps. gymna onum an a I rary.moral goodness of people.' i ' have' meant. . ' ' ~he Pope told t~e, g~.oup t?at

H d' The prelate' making his, first theirs was a vocatIOn, not' slm-

eaccuse Amencan leaders , 't t th d ' B p'le and not easy" ahd thereforeof tryin to et S11 ort for for- VISI 0 ,e ,aca emy smce e- . . ., ·gd g pp b 'II' coming Ordinary of the diocese needed' deflmtlOn:elgn al programs y te mg, '. •

Americans' that such h 1 '11 expressed hiS gratitude to the The Pope said they must pos-discourage underdevelo;e~ ~~_ Sisters of the Holy Union of the sess '~a love of the cause, a pas­tions from fightin"g among them- Sac!'ed Hearts fo~ their contri- sion, :a~ enthusiasm."selves or fomenting trouble butlOns to educatIOn. Men of the'mass media shouldagainst the United States, In conclusion he addressed the value the service of the written

~'This is an entirely unsup- students, saying, "Silver and ~ord and the photographicported rationalization based on gold ha~e I,none, but what I Image and pos~ess a profoundhow people whp are well; oft' h,a-:e I 'give you-a free day..... s~nseof hones,ty; .and of profes-imagine they would feei if they" . Offertory Procession slOnal resp?nslbllIt,Y, he added.were poor," Myrdal said. In fact, . "This responsibility, then, ishe said~ 'people in the poor na- Forming the offertory proces- courageously to proclaim and to -tions are resentful both of the sion 'at the Mass were Sister ,stimul.ate," tI-~e:fope concluded.

',kind of aid they get (rom the Mary Aloysia and, Sister' John "YoP must,do this without, com-··United States and the way in Elizabeth, 'former Academy prin- 'promise and mindless of human'which it. is given; , ' cipals;' Sister Grace Donovan, respect. This responsibility must

Holy ,Union' president and 'an 'be exercised,in the presence of ', " alumna; Sister' Maria Annunci-' historiciil,truth and:.in the pres-',, 'Hu~or " "ata, 'representing former teach- 'ence of metaphy~ical, 'moral and' ;

,Ihe day most wholly, lost is,.;, ers; Sister Theresa, representing .religious tJ"!lth,whieh· ~ral1scends,,,: .. '.the' one on -Which 'one:"do~$";riOf .~:ihe'present''faculty~ Mrs: Robert permits and obliges,ime to:jtidge ", "

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Bishop Cronin" '

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stiinulating for all, Together wehave, learned much; together- wehave examined' ourselves; to­gether we have forged aheadthanks to the dedicated lives ofprevious self-sacrificing bishops,priests, Religious and laity; to­gether,' thanks to the interest,'spirit and dedication of MostRev. Daniel A. Cronin, we cando it again and even more.

"Ad',multos annos" is on th~

lips of all diocesans with thehope arid prayer that the ~s'so dedicatedly'sown ,during thisfirst year Bishop ,Cronin' maysoon' 'and in an increasinglyfruitful way bulld and strengthen.the _Mystical Body of Christ.

One cannot really look backwith full satisfaction on a "firstyear". It is not a picture of com­plete success. It is only a begin­ning, a hope of things to come, acombination of human effort andprayer for the' future. Such hasbeen the "getting acquainted"of this first year of history ofthe Diocese of Fall River underMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,Fifth Bishop of Fall River.

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In order to be able to con­suit more suitably the welfareof th~ faithful aCCOl'ding to thecondition of each one. a bish­op should strive to become

. duly acquainted with their, needs, ·.In the. social dreum·stances ,in 'which they Dve •••He shoUld manifest hisconcemfor all--preserve for his faith­

'ful' the 'share' proper to themin Church affclrs;he shouldalso' recognize their duty andright to"collaborate a~tively inthe building up of the Mysti- .cal Body of Christ. (Same de­cree, 2, 16).

The first year of the FifthBishop of Fall River has been

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin isno longer a stranger to the Dio­cese of Fall River. He is, afterone year among us, our well­known Father in Christ.

friendS, be ready to listen to Mark. Church, Attleboro Falls,them. ,~a .hold 'tn$titUtes and: :and 'St.. juli~ iBilHart, .No>Dart­meetings for them .... all pres- .mouth-and one was rededicated

:byters. both cliocesan and re- -St.' Francis of, As.sist' Ch~h,ligious. participate with -.the' New'Bedford. One church in thebishop in the one priesthood, diocese received' his visit amidof Christ.. In the care of souls; the tragedy of a. $100,000 fire­first place is held by. the St. Anthony' of the Desert, Fall 'priests attached to a regular River.church .•• the. relationships ofbls~ops IUId priests rest onsupernatural charity. (Same

, dec~ee' 2, 28.)

Bishop Cronin made some 180various appointments and assign­ments during his first year as

'Bishop of Fall River designatingpriests, Religious and the laityto labor in various ways in theministry of the Church.

The Diocesan Curia was re­organized to make it more effi­cient and available to neededservices. Priests were assignedto diocesan high schools as in­structors al).d chaplains. Laygroups throughOut' the' diocesealso received the inspiration andguidance of newly named priest­moderators and chaplains.

Four 'priests died during theBishop's first year; he rejoicedwith some during their jubileecelebrations;. he consecrated the 'lives of two men to be priests ot'Jesus Christ forever.

Two newly establishedchurches were dedicated' - St.

Project Equality in Massachu­setts was boosted forward,schools' were merged in the hopeof making more efficient the ed­ucational resources' at hand, theDivine Worship Commission was

. formed to better man's under­standing and participation in theliturgy, questionnaires were sentand studied concerning thepriest's role in the Church min-

. istry, the Government was urged, to have peace as a top priority,

a Social Concern Committeewas formed in New Bedford, re­

.gret and dis~ay were evoked atthe barring of aid to privateschools.

They (bishops) , should 're­gard .the priests as so!l5 and

, . As',Jeachers, the bishops an~

: ~;' ~oimce,;llier:GospeI::~show thit,:"earthly. goods IUId human in­stitUtions can . contribute to,man·s saI~ation. the value ofthe human person with hisfr~om., family. children and.civ" society, with its laws.professions. labors. leisure..arts techn~logy•.poverty andaffluence ••• They present thethe Christian doctrine. ~ amanner adapted to' the needsof ,the 'tiJiles. also using mod-ern .. niedia' {Slime decree, 2, Bishop Cronin's frequerit visits

1~-14?,: ...:; ._~._,~, ' ~ "'; ,,~~s:e,s::~~er~ti~:Sw~~om~ .-. The· homiiies deiivered by the ' . contribution to those 'priests

Bishop il) his many pastoral visi- who are. attempting to study and,tations and' Confirmation tours work for their fellow priests. Hishave made' him .a teaching retreat and conference meetings,Bishop. His pastoral letters on' his open-door' policy, his parishAbortion,_ Marian Devotions, and institution visits have given , .Peace have taught all. growth, to an already renown

His efforts were recognized family spirit of the Diocese ofFall River.by the Diocese's only college

when on May 30, 1971-, StonehillCollege. granted the Bishop anHonorary Doctorate of Laws De­gree. A Certificate of Merit wasalso granted him by the Dis­abled American Veterans.

The Bishop has been a visitorto the diocese's high schools,graduation exercises, qmps,special schools.

Diocesan groups of all typeshosted the newly installed Bish­op: International House Students,Serrans and Seminarians, Vin­centians, Teachers, Knights ofColumbus, Legionaires of Mary,Scouts, Nurses, Fishermen, Im­migrants, Orphans, Priest-Golf-ers. '

A custom, happily continuedfrom Bishop Conn,olly's days, re­joiced all-the Bishop not onlywent out to all but his door Vias ,always open to -all who wished'to visit him also.

From the moment he touredeach table during his grand .in­stallation dinner to Monday'svisit at Sacred Hearts Academy' .

. in Fall River for the school:s 85th 'Anniversary, he has met with the, ,

. ~embers of the Diocese, learned' ,of problems, counselled ,many,consoled many, inspired all.

, 'He has officially visited 50of the Diocese's 114 parishes,administering the Sacrament ofConfirmation or celebrating Sun­day Mass' and meeting parishion­ers afterward.

He has met the priests of eachdeanery in each area of the Dio­cese and met them again as abody during the priests' retreatand during clergy conferencesin May and in November.

The "getting acquainted"·," theme of a bishop's life has been

especially 'emphasized during,Bishop Cronin's first year in Fall 'River. -

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Refutes AccountsMENDOZA (NC) - Bishop

Olimpo Maresma moved for aweek to a slum neighborhoodhere in Argentina to refute news­paper accounts that it was crimeinfested. The prelate told news­men at the end of his stay: "Ifound wonderful people of ex­traordinary human values. It isnot at all like what some re­porters depict. These are hard­working, self-denying people fullof expectations an.d ambition."

.Cardinal.. Cooke,Receives' usaGold· 'Medal .

NEW YORK (NC) - CardinalTerence Cooke. became the sec-

. ond cardinal to win the USO'sGold Medal Distinguished Ser· .vice Award here, for his services'as military vicar for Catholicsin the armed services.'

The first was his predecessoras New York's archbishop, Car­dinal Francis Spellman, who reo .ceived the intial award in 1962.

In' his . acceptance speech,given at a special dinner here,'Cardinal Cooke said that during'the annual Christmas visits toVi.etnam he has found two' sides'of th.e American soldier's role.there.

"The sight of the wounded;'stories of torture and massacre;boredom and isolation-tempta-

, tions to drug addiction and de·spair-all this confronts an in·terested visitor," the cardinalsaid.

. "But' there is in Vietnam an­other story, and we cannot af­ford to miss it ... If hundreds ofmen lost 17their 'morals and goodsense in Vietnam, hundreds ofthoul?ands discovered a potential

. within themselves, for true sym­pathy for human beings, how­ever different in culture theymight be,"

Personal ServiceCardinal Cooke said he had

seen off~duty sc;>ldiers '''devote'themselves selflessly to neglectedchildren and to un~anted lepers,to . digging wells and buildingchapels, entertaining the agingand giving their money and per-­sonal serVice to every good

. cause for the benefit of theirfellowmen'," ., -..

He .asked his audience to wel­come the veterans back hqme,and to tell them they are wantedand needed,. "In' God's providence, theymay yet turn the tide againstwar and hatred; they may be theidealists who will succeed,"Cardin'al Cooke concluded.

USO HONORS CARDINAL COOKE: Bob Hope, stand­ing, introduces Cardinal Cooke, center, at the 10th annual.usa Gold Medal Dinner in New York on the occasion of.the New York Ordinary. receiving of "The pistinguishedService Medal" as a testimony of his "spiritual strengthand life of courage" that are brought by the Cardinal onhis Christmas visits· to the troops overseas. Gustave L.

. Levy, left, served as chairman of the Awards Dinner.

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THE ANCHqR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 16, 1971 .

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The 'disagreemEmts lay-, in how. to ·carry out that b'eliM.' .

The' Congress' ended Saturdaymorning but'if ~a,s 'cllinlPCed byour' Papal auoience a't noon, .Wewere"taken 'bY'·btis to the 'Vaticanwhere. we'· were . admitted in

. groups to the' new and over·'whelming Hall of Blessings, Herethe men were separated from thewomen and we filed onto benchesto await Pope Paul:

He entered very quietly witha few cardiniils beh.ind him.What kind of man is he, I'vebeen 'asked. If you saw him ina crowd, you would not pick'him out as being unusual'ill anysense except his . eyes, which

mw_bZ!Im:m'i%i~~: s~em .very ethereal., He seemedAn~spoken fear ran through- old to me but not to some of'the

out the' Congress-if resolutions others. Perhaps .it was . thewere not to the liking of the fatigue which he seemed toSacred Congregation for the carry with him. Yet his voic~Clergy, they would simply be was strong while· delivering afiled away, never to be heard of' 40-minute, speech. in Italiap,.again.' Although this was the which unfortunately. we did not

understand.first International Congress,there have been national con. A point. of interest here. Hegresses where this has happened. held but two sheets of paper in

his hand, obviously the barestI think it's fair 'to say that if of outlines. for such a long talk.

the findings of the Congress, . Most of his' words were digres-with its calibre participant, are sions from his printed text, He Sit - h C -I P -dpigeonholed, future congresses . merely laid' the papers in his lap '. ays· n erpa rls ounci 5 . rOY.1 ewill not be taken seriously. AI-' 'and talked. (This might explain Way' for Laity to Serye Church'though I shared in the depres- som~ of the discrepancies in thesion over some of the curial reporting of his speeches.) ,CINCINNATI (NC) - Deanery hospital care, medical care, edu-heavy-handedness, I could not or interparochial councils· pro- cation, safety controls, employ-help but be optimistic over the Honest, Foresighted vide one of the most effective ment, sanitation, ecology, migra-wealth of minds and talents . t t th h h' h 'th t k h' f ' h' \Almost certainly this talk was inS rumen s roug w IC e ory wor ers, omes or t erepresented, written by someone else, given laity can serve the Church, the aged, .." ,

It is encouraging to know that his approval and sent to the newly elected president of the The NCCM leader said inter-so many of these people stay press. But most of his words National Council of Catholic parochial groups provide organ­within the Church and within were his own, triggered by the Men said here. izations to cope with communityreligious education, working at printed text. We criticized our-' . Lay people today have real problems, and offer a'vehicle tomaking both viable for today's selves for not bringing along a opportunities to carry out "Pope work ecumenically with otherchildren. Perhaps it's a 'sign of tape recorder for later transla-. Paul's constant call for action church groups as well as withthe times that they must lead tion but we hadn't realized that in the ternportal order," declared local government and civic units.the leaders who often present he was going to give a speech, . 1'"erd J. Niehaus of Cincinnati. The laity who become in~'barriers rather than vision. rather a few words and a bless- He was elected to his post at volved, he said, must be "people

L;ttin Credo ing. Later accounts of his talk the recent NCCM's llational con- who will not be satisfied with. . told us that it was refreshingly vent!on here. He is also a vice making vague protests but who

One of the emo~lOn?1 hl~hs,. honest and foresighted, supply. presIdent of newly formed Na· will suggest concrete and work­for me· was the clOSing In whIch ing some cif that vision missing tional ~ouncilof Catholic Laity. able plans,'~

the total Con~ess ~ang the from the congress itself. . "Never in .modernhistory haveCredo togethe~ I? Latin. T?er,e At. the close o~his talk, Pope the people .of God - hierarchy, Right to Lifewa~ no ,one singIng who, dl~n t Paul embraced Cardinal' Wright Religious and lliity-enjoyed the Niehaus encouraged the laitybelIeve In what he. was Singing. and then walked down the aisle opportunity of working together to push for action to promote

.. between the mEm and women with the shared responsibility Catholic education and opposeBishops' Appointe.d . zig.zagging from side to side~:,.·:' tlia~ 'exi~t~: today::' Niehaus told abortion,

I never won a raffle or a lottery'.'.a .meetl~g. of.. the .'C~th~dral On education, 'he said: "it' is .To Congregation "in my life, but I'll never: com- ", D~anery Counc~l..' imperative that .we, 'the . laity, "

VATICAN CITY (NCr-Pope plain about it again' because .' . Saying • that 'today's Church also speak out for preserVing.PaUl. VI named' Bishop': David Sister M. Charles and I were struct~res - .. ~uc~ .as pa~toral and assuring the civil rights of.Maloney of Wichita, Kans~s, and standing in the right place at. councl!s and parIsh coun~Ils -:- parents in education who shouldBishop. Johannes Vonderach of the right time. The' Pope came' ' are a resu~t of, the Second Vatl- be able to freelychoos'e' theChur, Switzerland, members of directly to us, grasped each ,of ca?, CouncIl!' Nle,haus noted. that school for the education of. their.the Vatican' Congregation for the. us by the hand and. said some- Vatlca~ II also. called for Inter- children,"Clergy, .' . . . thing which was lost)n t~e din. pa~ochlal councIls, . ' : Turning to the. abortion 'issue,

The congregation, headed by; Cardinal Wri hi had' told ' Mostc~mmumty projects he said: "There is currently, aAmerican Cardinal John' Wright', in advance th~t it was t~=' toward hel?Ing, peoplE;! ~o, he~p critical need for the laity to sup­deals with matters concerning P '. b'rthd . , hed' . themselves are Interparochlal In port our bishops' stand' on the

, ope ~ I ay so we WIS nat 're" h 'd "Tho . b 'right to life of the unborn. State. diocesan priests. '. . him '~happy birthday," He'smiled u, e ,sal, ey ecomeI h I'n response and.' th k d' deanery projects and should .be '!nd' national lE~gislation is con-n t e past only cardinals were an e us

named members of Vatjcancon- Amidst an Incredibie thunderin~ thed

conhc~rn of dea?erycounc~ls stbanrttl.y being dPushedd to fallohw, ' of applause he le'ft th'h "11 .' a.n t elr res..pectlv.e commls- a 0 IOn on eman 0 t egregatlOns, but since the Second e a, . SlOns or commIttees." mother without considering the

. Vatican COlmcil Pope Pau,l has And this seems· like a good.' . right of the child _ nor thenamed seven bishop to each of place to leave the- series. After Suggest Plans right of the father' in the casethe congregations I'n' order, ·to the P' h t I 'I'? D .ope, w a e se can say.' eanery . councIls, he 'contin- of married couples. This ·is thegive a wider representation of Except to thank you for your ued, "are structured to provide . time to exercise our shared re­the world's bishops in the' top interest and' your patience' manpower' and talent for the sponsibility by writing our'legis-administr,ative. councils ,of· the th h t'h' t'o ,roug . IS seven par .serIes . many concerns that are preva- lators and speaking out positive-Vatican. . f ' .. .o my experIences In Rome. lent in the community-housing, lyon' this issue,"

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.Po'pal .Audience' Is ·C'Ii.m·axTo .Congressin Rom~(Last in a series. of a housewife's' experienaeat ·theVatlcan asthe only mother in, the AmeriCan deieglltion' to the'mternationalCatechetical COQgress in Rome, Sept. 71~) .... '...

The week. galloped on uQtil F,rlday night and the form- '.ing '9f the firtallesplutions. ·We· found surprisingly little·difference between the· resolutions submitted by the vari-'ous language groups:' more adult emphaSIS, ,a. new. studyof Confirmation, more fam- .ily involvement, and. moreCongresses, 'among .other'resolutions. .By' this timethey should' be well in print and

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on Abortionnia, conducted by Pennsylva­nians for Human Life, issued re­ports based on research papersit studied in closed sessions atHershey, Pa.

~irthright CounselingThomas A. Noone Jr., PHL

,president, ,said that Pennsylva­nians too long have been lookingto the governor's office, thestate legislature and the Su­preme Court for, leadership inpopulation control and abor­tion.

"Time is running out," Noonesaid. "Prenatal life is being de­stroyed without regard to therights of the unborn to live.Pregnant women are beingasked to risk their lives andhealth by accepting abortion asa solution to their problems:-'

In Rhode Island, the dioceseof Providence has launchedBirthright Counseling, a 24-hourprofessional counseling servicefor women "experiencing crisesbecause of unwanted or prob­lem pregnancies."

Birthright Counseling, a non­sectarian program, offers itsservices through a "hotIine"telephone. number manned by'10 women and two men. Eightof them are professional socialworkers.

Urges NutritionalP'rogram Expansion

WASHINGTON (NC)-Just be­fore attending the White HouseConference on Aging, the secre­tary of the National Conferenceof Catholic Charities issued sev­eral pleas in behalf of the na-

'tion's elderly.One made to Sen. Harrison A.

,Williams Jr. (D, N.J.) by Msgr.Lawrence J. Corcoran urged thesenator's support for a proposalto provide funding for a broadernutritional program for the eld­erly. Such legislation is under,current consideratio~ of the Sen­ate Committee on Labor and Pub­lic Welfare which Williamsheads.

"Certainly, the nutritionalneeds pf older persons have beenadequately documented, as hasthe fact that many of them areundernourished or even suffer­ing hunger," the monsignor wroteto William-so

"We favor a broad, many­pronged attack on the problemsof the aged," the monsigor added."But the nutritional problemshave a special urgency."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. .Dec. 16, 1971 ',3

Supreme Court toMedica I Evidence

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thecampaign against liberalizedabortion laws has opened up onnew fronts at national, statewideand diocesan levels.

The U. S. Supreme Court hasagreed to consider medical, evi­dence on abortion from morethan 220 physicians across thenation who urge protection ofthe unborn.

The physicians asked the highcourt in a 79-page "amicuscuriae" or friend-of-the-courtbrief to recognize the unborn in­dividual as a person entitled toprotection under the fifth andfourteenth Amendments of theConstitution. They lined up withanti-abortion appellants in Texasand Georgia district courts.

The medical group's positionis that "the unborn are develop­ing human persons who need theprotection of the law just as doadults."

The physicians, more than 100of them professors at leadingmedical schools and the rest pri­vate practitioners, said theywere motivated to speak' on "thepro-life side of abortion."

Many of them are Fellows ofthe American College of Obstet­rics and Gynecology, many weresigning their names against abor­tion for the first time, and theirbasic argument stemmed. fromgrounds other than religion.

Medical Science ViewTaking issue with the idea'

that abortions should be treatedn'o differently th~n any medicalprocedure to protect maternalhealth, completely disregardingthe human being developing inthe womb, the doctors said thatat fertilization "a new 'andunique being is created which,although, taking receiving onehalf of its chromosomes from

,each parent, is really unlikeeither."

They went on to detail howmedical science sees the human-"ity of the unborn child:

Blood cells form at 17 days;A heart forms .as early as 18

days, starts irregular pulsatingat 24 days, smooths out intoregular contractions at about30 days; ,

Development of the nervoussystem is under way at 18 days;

The brain begins at the 20thday, along with the spinal cord

,and the entire nervous system,,all of which are completelyformed at 30 days;

Commences in WombThe eyes begin to form at 19

days, with 40 pairs of musclesbegun by 28 days, at which the .embryo is 10,000 times largerthan fertilized egg and has mil­lions of cells instead of one cell;

At the 30th day, the quarter­inch-long embryo begins to lookdistinctly human, no longer ex­changes blood with the mother-and the mother may not evenbe aware yet that she is preg­nant.

Said the doctors: "Human lifeis a continuum which com­mences in the womb. . . .Modern science has proven cori­clusively that any law based onquickening is based on shiftingsands - a subjective standardeven different among races. Wenow know that life precedesquickening."

Meanwhile, the first AbortionStudy Committee in Pennsylva-

APPOINTEE: Bishop-ElectMichael J. Begley, 62 yearsof age, a native of' WestSpringfield and presentlypastor of Our Lady of GraceParish, Greensboro, N.C. hasbeen named as the first Or­dinary for the newly erectedDiocese of Charlotte.

Euthanasia Talk,'Called 'Crode'

WASHINGTON (NC)-Talk ofeuthanasia' or :mercy killing of .the elderly, was 'called "crudeand cruel'" by Msgr. Lawrence J.,Corcoran at the White HouseConference on Aging here., "Put yourself in the place ofan elderly person hearing suchdiscussion and you'll know whatI mean," said the silver-hairedmonsignor, a co-chairman of aconference section' 011 spiritualwell-being.

Msgr. Corcoran, secretary ofthe ,National Conference ofCatholic Charities, told NCNews in' an interview that forsome of the 3,400 conferencedelegates to raise the subjectof death with dignity is under­standable. But "it is quite an­other thing" for a few of themto push for' approval of a state­ment urging a positive termina­tion of life, he said.

Consideration of other issues- income, housing, nutrition,health and retirement roles-"ismuch more important" at anyconference on aging, Msgr. Cor­coran said.

The issue of death was not onthe scheduled' agenda at themassive five-day conference, butdelegates were free to raise ad­ditional points of concern.

Aid ,to Non-publicSchools Upheld

COLUMBUS (NC)-In actionthat could hold major import forparochial schools around the na­tion, the Ohio Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality ofa state law permitting aid tonon-public schools.

Attorney David' J. Young, whorepresented the state in the, case,said the ruling "will have majorsignificance" for similar casesinvolving state aid to' parochialschools.

Americans United for Separa­tion of Church and State hadargued against an Ohio law thatpermits the state to provide edu-

. cational materials and servicesto non-public schools.

Young said items covered inthe decision included audio­visual aids, testing materials,books, remedial, reading andspeech teachers and guidancecounselors.

Only Band-~id Help

In the accommodation theChurch makes with the active­power bloc, in which acts ofcharity begin to replace the pur­suit of justice, the powerless arenot forgotten, lest in their alien­ation and frustration they be­come a threat to the existingstructures. The powerless be­come the recipients of the pow­erful's "contribution-deductiblefor income tax purposes." Andfor those who are hungry anddestitute, unemployed and alien­ated, a handout of food or cloth- 'ing is more real than the rhetoricof liberals who, merely talkabout justice.

The power bloc is quite readyto support the Church in its'humanitarian . programs. TheU. S. federal tax structure, forexample, allows annual corpora­tion deductiQns for charitablecontributions in the amount ofabout $5 billion. The fact thatbusinesses contribute only aboutone-fifth of their allowable de­ductions perhaps only serves to'highlight the fact that: not'only',is the achieving of justice forthe powerless not a high priorityfor a major sector of the activepower bloc, but charity is notone of their dominant concernseither.

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JAMES R.

JENNINGS

Moslems ConcludeMonth 'of Ramadan

JERUSALEM (NC)-A crowdMoslem worshippers estimatedto number 30,000, congregatedin November at the EI AqsaMosque here to participate in However, because of thethe "Orphan Friday" prayers. Church's public statements about

This service, held 'on the last justice, the poor are led to be­Friday of the month of Rama- lieve that injustices can and willdan, is among the most impor- be eradicated. Not only is thetant religious events of the Mos- Church's credibility put on thelem year. ' line, but, more importantly, the

Prayers spoken on this day- . hopes and expectations of thelike those of poor orphans-and powerless are raised.accepted by a benevolent God SIxty years ago, Mexico, wasin heaven are thought to be wrenched by revolution, and themore efficacious than prayers Church was a target of the land­pronounced daily during a thou- less rebels because it was iden­sand months . tified with the rich and' power-

During Ramadan, Moslems ful. Today the institutionalmark several events of major Church in Mexico is attemptingsignificance to their faith: Mo- to make a break with its reac­hammed's first important battle tionary past. What is not clearagainst heathen tribes, when the about this move, as well as sim­city of Mecca was taken by Har efforts elsewhere, are theMohammed and his followers, consequences of the Church'sand when Mohammed was in- identifying itself so clearly withspired to write the Koran, Is- the needs, in justice, of the op­lam's sacred.-scriptures; " .,. ~" v ,-.~ "'pressed.

Only an Aspiration

The potentially powerful blocis comprised of the atomizedand disparate groups of peoplefor whom justice is not a reality;it is only an aspiration. A com-

as "a paradise, a country ofpeace and law and of good will,"the government entices touristdollars and foreign investment,"and thus maintains presentconditions and dependency."The U. S. .was charged withmaking Mexico " a mere subsid­iary of (the American) system."

Even more remarkable in itscandor is the Mexican bishop'sself-condemnation. The state­ment noted that, historically,pomp and angelic aloofness hasplaced the Church on the sideof the oppressors."

In speaking of "the side of theoppressors" the statement ofthe Mexican hierarchy highlightsthe fact that the pursuit of jus­tice places the Church in thecontext of two power blocs: one,the presently powerful; the otherthe potentially powerless. Thepowerful are active through anetwork of numerous forces andinfluences operatinK to maintainthe existing system. For thisbloc, justice is already a reality,to be maintained by law andorder.

Declares Deeds of CharityShould Not Replace Justice

The Mexican 'hierarchy must he tough. They have..... to _be if the statement they released last month is' any in­dica~ion. In it, the Mexican bishops accuse both the Mex­ican government and American citizens of oppressing theMexican people. Issued un"der the direction of Bishop pelling sense of justice providesAlfredo Torres of Mexico the. impetus and ~yna~ism for

C't th t t t' d' their struggle for liberatIOn.I y, e s a emen 10 lcts ' . . .

the Mexican government for . The .Church m .pursult of JUS-covering th d h . . tlce will necessarily confront theup e e umamzmg fl'" .conditions of the majority of pow~r u, smce, I~ IS not m theMexI'cans B d 'b' M' self-mterest of this bloc that ef-. y escrl mg eXlco f h'", orts to ac leve Justice for the

powerless be 'successful. To pur-, sue justice requires innovations

that cut deeply into the existing'order. '

For this reason, the institu­tional Church's efforts in thefield of justice have tended tobe short-lived. As the Churchprobes into the power structure,pressure from the active blocmounts, and tends to deflect theChurch's efforts' into the moretraditional and less controversial'mode of ministering in charityto the needy. Old slogans re­emerge, like: "The Church is' afriend of the poor," and "The,poor we shall always have withus." '

DELEGATES RECOMMEND $9.7 MILLION FOR BIBLE, CAUSE: Left to right: TheRev. Dr. Laton E; Holmgren, general secretary of" the American Bible Society. FatherStephen Hartdegen, O.F.M., Director of the U.S. Center for the Catholic Bible Apostolate;and Roy 1. Madsen, the American Bible Society's executive secretary of church relations,discuss the Scripture needs of Roman Catholics during a pause in the Society's 1971 Ad­visory Council recent meetings 'in Nashville, Tenn. The money will aid Bible Society work.of 'publishing and distributing the Scripture s, without doctrinal comment to people every­'where in a .language they can under~tand and at a price they can afford. NC Photo.

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N~w Jersey Agrees to Assist Privat'eTRENTON (NC) ~:'The New represents 16 institutions of

Jersey, Board of fligher Educa- higher learning, including fivetion 'al1d the Association of In- Catholic colleges and universi­dependent Colleges and~Univer- ties. Its president is Father Ed­sities have agreed on a formula mund G. Ryan, S.J., vice­to provide state "assistance to president of St. Peter's College,private colleges., " .' -,'" }.c Jersey City.

A bill 'embodying, the' agree- Three forms of assistance arement is to be introduced in the envisioned in the' agreement:1972 legislature,' wher¢ its A direct purchase-of-servicechance of passage 'will' be en- contract for specialized gr~duate

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The 'Association 'of 'independ- ber of New Jersey students en­ent "Colleges" and Universities rolled in any particular privBlte

ing those early-baked goods lastuntil the holiday season is easiersaid (I' should say read) thandone. The holiday issues of allthe home magazines urge one tobake early, but they d<il1't dis­clos"e where you hide thegoodies until Dec. 25,

Where" tc) Put 'Em ­I" have thought of the broom

closet (no one ever ventures'near that' place except me), the

"" back of the girls', closet (when,. Meslissa gets through hoardi~g

her treasures here, or the girls, get ,through cleaning ,the~r 'roomand put all the articles' therethat couldn't b~:shoved 'in draw­ers, you have a natural hidingp,lace for anything). Even J. Ed- 'gar wotilq' h!lve a tough" time,

Angel Cookies discovering something there.The cookie making process is I could hide;' them" under the

a family affair. MarilYIl has pur- couch.:....cverything ,els~ is' unde~chased a wooden, cookie mold there, so I'm 'sure a few morewith tHe figur~ of ~n: ,angel im-, things will gourtnoticed.", , .pressed in itl,: She, their makes a There:,aresome ,places that ISt. Nicholas cookie dough which know I could 'never hide Christ­is rolled flat" so that it, can be mas from them, though. Numberpressed with the mold. Each one would have,to be the refrig­child participates in" making the erator':"-there are, raids on thatcookies' and. they are popped in hourly. In fact, I am thinking ofthe oven and eaten" hot to the putting swinging doors on ,it totouch. , . save l!ll the~\Vear an~ <tear oli

This yea"r" we gave the 'chil- the" handle. "AIF'other kitchen"dren gifts totalling about $4 in sp'ots would be equally ~ut ofall, but they' get a big kick out bounds because of their constantof the' idea of St. Nicholas bring- popularity.. ' "ing them gifts. This was ,-eally One solution I have comebrought home" to me when I across is to" find' recipes thatasked my Jason, now aged ,six, make two of an item (such aswhat he received, from 'St: Nieh- fancy breads) or" more thanaolas last year and without any few dozen cookies, then '" myhesitation he said "'The Story of. ~amily does?'t feel tha~ !t's mis~­

Jesus' book and th'e magic box." ~,. mg. somethlOg by, .v.:aItlOg untIl small bowl; measure out 2 Table­I am sure had I asked him what ChrIstmas, Day. " . ' , : spoonfuls and i;'et '" aside forhe received for Christmas 'he Because I'm always looking glaze. Add re,naining eggs and 1woul9-' 'h~ve ha~, difficulty re- " for recipes that m.ake more than 'cup more flour to yeast 'mixture;membering. ,.:- one batch at ~ tlI~e, I plan.t~ beat ,with electric 'mixture at

The point to all of-this is that use the JollowlOg 10 my" ChrIst- ""high speed OJ 'minut~ or untilthe children have" something "to mas. baking. dough' is thick and elastic. Stiroccupy them while' most chil- Candied Fruit" Loaf in" Y2'cup of the "wheat germ,dren are a.nticipating only Christo' . (M "k t' I ' ff" k ) 'candied fruits and, remaining. , ' " a es wo arge co ee ca es " "" ,mas. In thiS regard I would sug- 5V, 'f d I fl" flour to'make a soft dough.gest the purchase of a pinata 2 c,ups Sl ,te . regu ar our Turn out onto' a lightly flourednow for. the Feast of the Epiph- 2

1envelopes, actIve' dry yeast!6 pastry cloth and knead until

any. We have ours hanging in the 2 t cup sugar It, smooth, adding only, enoughdining, room, and it will be 3 easpoons sa. extra flour to keep dough frombroken on the Feast of the %d4 butter" or margarlOe, soft- sticking. Cover with transparentEpiphany. It will contain gifts, ene1 t wrap and let stand 20 minutes.

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I t II sug n, e alOlOg 14 cupand Melissa eye it with antici- 2 easpoon vam a wheat germ in a small bowl; cutpation now, so I won't guarantee 3 eggs I'n remaI'nl'ng 1/ cup butter orit will make it to Chr' t ,% cup regular wheat germ ,14 "

IS mas, 1 cup mixed candied' fruits, ,margarine until mixture isIn the Kitchen chopped ' crumbly; stir in" almonds.

2 Tablespoons sugar (for fil 6) Divide dough in half', roll,"Where did you get that ' -ling.) , ,half at a time, to a 12 inch

cookie?" I asked MeryLas I sus- 'Y2 cup finely chopped blanch- square. Sprinkle half of thepiciously eyed the tin cookie ed almonds. almond mixture over top; presscontainer with its lid ajar, 1) Mix 2 c~ps of the, flour, in lightly, roll up," jelly-roll

"Why; were you saving those undissolved' 'yeast, the 1f.J, cup "fashion. Place seam side downcookies. for something special?" sugar and salt' in a large bowl; on. a lightly greased cookycame, back her answer, muffled add Y2' cup of the butter or mar-" sheet.' Repeat with second halfby cookie crumbs."" garine. of dough.' "

Needless to say (by this time 2) Heat water and milk until 7) Make cuts, 1% inchesall mothers reading this column very warm' to the touch (not apart, along one side of roll fromwill also be aware of this), I was scalding, ·in 'fact I would rather outer edge to' center. Repeatsavin~ those cookies for Christ- have mine lukewarm because on other side, spacing cuts" be­mas. I'm always afraid of killing the' tween those on opposite sides.

Doing Christmas baking early yeast) in a small saucepan; add Turn each slice slightly on itscould be a marvelous boon, es-" \'to flour mixture with vanilla. 'side; Cover" loosely with trans­pecially to the working mother, ' Beat with elect~ic mixer at m~-parent" wrap; chill 2 hours.but with a houseful of kids craf-" dium speed 2 minutes. '8) Rem'ove from refrigerator; ,tier than Jimmy Valentine, mak- 3) Beat eggs slightly in a uncover. let stand 10 minutes.

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Monday, St. Nicholas Day, was" a great treat for thewhole family. I write about this after it.is gone, but itmay serve as a rem.inder to those families who have yOl,lngchildren 'next year. "It is ,certainly a worthwhile celebrationfor the" whole Jamiiy. Theimpor1;ance' of the 'holidaysleading up to 'Christmas can­'not be overestimated as faras I ani concerned, "By celebrat­ing Advent each night and cele­brating the special days duringthe- Christmas season, I thinkthe children can appreciate

"" Christmas itself ever so" ml\ch~·more and in so doing get theholiday away from the TV com­mercials and into the home. "

"We celebrate St. NiCholas Dayvery" simply, by adding a pieceto our nativity set, by makingSt. Nicholas Day "cooki~s and bygiving each child a simple, inex­pensive but thoug~tful gift "which is brought by St. Nicholasand placed under his or her bed.

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'Step Backward'

Sound Policy

"This is not simply a matterof redressing an injustice

. against a too-long-neglected seg­ment of American education,"he said.. "Rather, it is a courseof action dictated by considera­tions of sound public policy andthe general good of Americaneducation and American society."

D'Alessio said the federal gov­ernment should "take a morecomprehensive view" of educa­tion than it has in the past, andconsider itself "an 'enabler' ofexcellence in all sectors ofAmerican education."

face "a finimcial crisis of majorproportions" which makes it

a "imperative that appropriateremedies, be sought from thepublic sector."

The Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. ConsidineDiocesan Director368 North Main StreetFall River, Massachusetts 02720

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dren in any other schools,"D'Alessio said. "Yet for a greatpart of the century-and-a-half inwhich Catholic schools have ex·isted, their pupils have largelybeen treated as second-class citi­zens so far as distribution ofpublic funds for education isconcerned."

The Semite subcommittee,headed by Sen. Claiborne Pell,(D., R. I.), was conducting ahearing on the role of nonpublic

. schools in American education.D'Alessio told the Senators

today's Catholic schools "are inmany. important respects strong­er than they have ever beforebeen in histqry," citing reducedpupil-teacher ratios and im­proved professional preparationof teachers. .

But he also said the schools

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Supreme Court's School Aid Ruling

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WASHINGTON (NC)-The re­cent Supreme Court" rulingagainst certain kinds of govern­ment aid to nonpublic schools"does not spell the end of Cath-

. olic schools," a U. S. CatholicConference official testified here.

.Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, di­rector of USCC's elementary andsecondary education division,also said the high court's action

,voiding direct aid programs inPennsylvania' and Rhode Island

.does. not "close all channels ofpublic assistance to. nonpublicschool students.!'

But the conference official,testifying before the U. S. Sen­ate's. education subcommittee,criticized the ruling, calling it "astep backward."

"Children in (Catholic) schoolsare as fully American as chil-

~. Educational Process

'Commenting on U. S. foreignaid programs, Bishop Swanstromsaid: .

"Let us not let the leaders ofour own country let down in' theassistance we've always' givenforeign countries."

The department, created· in1968, strives to provide a focalpoint for leadership, coordi'nationand assistance to the work of theChurch in the United State's inprograms' having worldwide per­spective. ·It contains divisions forLatin America, migration andrefugees,United Nations affairs,and world justice and peace.

Bishop Dougherty said his de­partment would seek to improvethe educational process to bringpeople to the awareness on jus:tice demonstrated at. the recentSynod of Bishops.

"Our goal," the bishop .said, "isto bring .J Catholics to a newplateau of awareness, or as PopePaul put it, alert the l'eople ofGod."

During the bishops' meeting,Bishop Swanstrom presented thedepartment's report with thebishops approving Jan. I, 1972,as the World Day of Peace in theU.S.

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Seek AmnestyCOCHABAMA (NC)-The Bo­

livian bishops have asked thegovernment to grant a Christmasamnesty to its political enemies,mostly leftists,. and thus relievetensions. following the' Augustcoup- in~which a rightest regimetook power. Earlier severalchurchmen; including Protes­tants, had complained of politicalpersecution of followers of de­posed President Juan. Jose Tor­res, and of clergy and' laygroups inv91ved in social action.

ST•. FRANCIS XAVIER,HYANNIS

The Women's Guild holidaymeeting will open tonight witha Mass at 7:30 in the church anda special seasonal musical pro­gram in the Parish Center at 8entitled "Christmas around theWorld" by Mrs. Elizabeth Barryof Brockton. Members are reo.quested to bring a one dollar giftto exchange during the program.

Mr:s. John Barrows, civic chair­man, with the aid of Mrs. IreneBoese and Mrs. Barbara Reid'sCub Scouts are making Christmasfavors for Mother Spinney's andthe Hyannis Nursing Homepatients..

Mrs. Yvette Gregoire, financechairman, is arranging a tele­phone bridge and' whist partyfor Thursday, Jan. 13. Any mem­ber of the guild who can accom­modate three or four tables inher home is asked to contactMrs. Gregoire at.362-3979.• Mrs.. Violette Thomas, guildpresident, . has announced that

.Mrs..Rose" Rosborough of WestYarmouth is the new programcnairman and she may be con­tacted at 775-2944.

Church Leaders Stress -SocialResponsibilities' of Catholics

ROCKVILLE' CENTRE (NC)':'- who is former president of SetonThe new chairman of the com- Hall University in South Orange,mittee of international affairs, N. J., prais!!d his predecessorUnited States Catholic Confer- '. Bishop ~dward Swanstrom, di­ence, is determined to follow the rector of' Catholic Relief Ser­papal directive to alert Catholics vices.to their social responsibilities.

"The mission of the Church.very simply is to preach the Gos­pel," explained Auxiliary BishopJohn J. Dougherty of Newark,"and closely related, and insep­arable in my judgement, is thesocial appli~ation of the Gospel."

He noted .that the highest lead­ership in the Church-Pope JohnXXIII, Pope Paul VI and VaticanCouncil II-have stressed the so­cial responsibilities of Catholicsin various documents.

Jublicity chairmen of parish or·ganizations are asked to submit.news items for this column to TheAnchor, P. O. Box 7, ~all River02722.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,·FALL RIVER

Parishioners will mark thefeast of the Holy Family at aspecial family Mass and corpor­ate Communion Sunday, Dec. 26.

Holy Name Society memberswill attend Mass at 5 P.M. Jan.9, 1972, followed by installationof officers, reception of new'members, and a supper for mem­bers and their families.

An image of the Christ Childwill b~ venerated- ChristmasDay, the Sunday after Christmasand New Year's Day.ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

A Polish food sale will be heldfrom 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. today andtomorrow in the school hall.

An Advent apostolic visit toPaul Dever School, Taunton, 'wilitake place Sunday,. Dec', 18~

Those participating should as~··

semble in the school parking lotby 1:15 P.M. ....

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An Advent penance servicewill be held at 7:30 tonight, withmany area' priests joining theparish priests in hearing confes­sions. At this time third gradechildren will make their firstconfession.

B.E.E. People will hold aChristmas party Saturday night,Dec, 18 at the school. On thesame evening CYO members willgo Christmas caroling. .

Boys intere~ted 'in becomingExplorer Scouts are asked togive their names'to'-on~ 'of' theparish priests.

"The problem;" he continued,"is that we tend to be selective.The connection of social respon­sibility with the Gospel is not asobvious to people as personalmoral ethics." -

Bishop Dougherty was electedchairman of the USCC interna­tional affairs committee duringthe November meeting of theU. S. bishops in.Washngton, D. C.

Bishop Dougherty, who hadserved as vice-chairman of' the'department, indicated that themain, task of this group would beto try to 'make ·that connectionobvious to Catholics through ed­ucation.

In an interview with the Long. Island Catholic, Rockville Centre

diocesan newspaper, th!l bishop,.," ~. 't c ' ~

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FAITHAChristian Does Not -- Forsake World II Christian Morality and' the· Law of the State II

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Is this the officially revisedRoman Breviary? Yes and no.The Holy See recently issued inLatin a portion .of ·that finalizedversion. "Prayer of Christians"follows its general principlesand basic format, but ill abbre­viated fashion and with certainalterations.

How long a life-span, then,

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If one of those individualshappens to be a priest, a nun, areligious brother or an especially.d~vout Christian lay person, Ioffer a suggestion. Stop at yourlocal Catholic Book Store andpick up a copy of t'Prayer of

Has Christmas shopping start­ed to .get you down? ,Are youbeginning to panic?, Do you stareat that list of names and won.der, rather desperately, what you'can possibly buy at this lat!i!hour which, will be' new anddifferent, yet at least somewhatuseful. '

(1) In its Declaration on Reli­gious Freedom, whose chief

,architect was the AmericanChurCh-State expert, Fr. JohnC04rtney Murray, S.J., th~ Sec"and Vatican Council summarizes

. the state's duties as follows:"The protection and promotion,of the inviolable. rights ot manranks among the essential dutiesof government" (6). The care ofthese rights is the essence pf thecommon welfare of society,

, tmm'UW""h~~l" toward which government hasobligations toward its citizens, .,a sp~i~l obligation. .and what are the citizen's duties' Rehglous freedom, equahty oftoward the State and' commu- citizens before the law, an4 free-nity? ' . Tum to Page Sevente~n

(Titus, 3;1). "This is also the rea- . A tension between indiviqualson you pay taxes; for the ilU7 conscience· and the state isthorities are working for God nothing new in the long historywhen they fulfill their duties. of human experience. The chron­Pay what you owe them; pay icles of ancient Israel and earlythem your personal and property Christianity .abound in the talestaxes, and 'show respect and of pagan persecution of thehonor for them all" (Rom. 13, faithful who refused to worship6f.).· '. the gods or the emperor. The'. "I ,urge' -that petitions .and New Testament logia or sayings

'. prayers, . requests' '(and' thanks- of Jesus reflect problems of con­giving 'be offered to God for ,all cern in the area of Church-Sta~emen; for kings' and· all others relations; Christ's well-knownwho are in authority, that we dictum "Render to Caesar, the.may live .aquiet a,nd' peacefuI" things that are Caesar's' and tolife· in' entire ,godliness 'and Goq the things that are God's"proper. conduct" (I Tim. 2, 2f.). (Lk. 20:25) seems to distinguish'"Submit yourselves, for' the an~ separate the two spheres ofLord's sake, to every human au- loyalty.thority; to the Emperor,who is Je,sus himself paid -taxes (Mt. ,the supreme authority;, and' to 17:24-7) and lent no support to~he governors who ha-ve been the Zealots who plotted thesent by_him to punish the evil-overthow of Roman control. Pauldoers and praise those who do later urges respect for all legiti~good" (I Pet. 2.i3-14). mate authority as somehow re-

Civil, Rulers , flecting the divine dominion it7. ,The Christians want~d to live self. His words bear recalling in

in' peace, and be able to serve full:their ·fellowmen ,and God in, Let every' man be subject topeace. Therefore they could ap- the governing' authorities. Forpreciate the good order for there is no authority. except'peace which even the stern from 'God, and those that existRoman dictatorship over their have been' instituted by God.world guaranteed. So long as it Therefor he who resists the au.was possible,' they followed the thorities resists what God has'1aws of the country. They urged appointed, 'and those who resistobedience to the lawful' rulers.' will incur judgment. FOI; rulersThey prayed: for' . their civil are not a terror',to good conduct,rulers. '. but to bad.

True, at the same time, theChristians looked forward to a Would you have no fear of him

who is in authority?: Then doTurn to Page Seventeen what is good, and you.....will re-

ceive' his approval, for he isGod's servant for your good. Butif you do wrong, 'be afraid, for

,he does not. bear the sword invain; he is the servant of Godto execute his wrath on thewrongdger..

Therefore one ,must be subject,not only to avoid God's wrathbut also for the' sake of con-.science. For, the same reasonyou also. pay taxes, fpr the au­thorities are ministers .of God,attending to this very thing: Payall' of: them their dues, taxes towhom taxes are due, revenue towhom revenue is due, respect towhom respect is due, honor towhom honor is due~ (Rom. 13:1-7). .

Overlapping Issues .'

The gist of New Testamentteaching seems to regard Churchand State as independept centersof authority, each having a legit­imate claim on the loyalty ,of itsmembers without infl:'inging onthe other's. jurisdiction. Such asimple clear-cut principle,how­ever, breaks down in practicewhen the. two have overlappingconcerns.

This is especially true in the70's when so many crucialpolitico-ethical issues .challenge,the Christian conscience. Con­troversy still. continues over lib­eralized abortion laws; easy di­vorce laws; anti-nUdity and ob­scenity 'controls; military con­scription; conscientious objec­tion; contraceptive methods ofpopulation ·control; control of·drug abuse.

with values, like. justice, theiremphasis is on authority. Obedi­ence tq law is seen as the hall~mark of the good citizen, and,one might add, of the Christian.

Carried to its conclusion, sucha law-centered morality tendstoo easily to an overly simpleiOentifiC~tion of law and moral­ity. An action is seen as goodbecause it is commanded, orbad because it, is forbidden.When extended to the Christianunderstanding of sin, such amoral approach defines sin pri-.marily as' a vioiation of 'law- ,God's iaw, theChiJrch's· ,law,civil law, parental. commands..

ObedienceMoral-ethical education' will

, therefore focus on obedience toauthority. The laws and 'theirapplications will be studied and.their applications'to various cir­cumstances considered. The willof the law-giver provides ju.stifi­cation for obedience. Fear ofpunishm'ent suggests motivation.

While such an approach tomorality may f?eem at timeshighly desirable and appare!1tlyeffective, . ·it has, serious weak­nesses.· Perhaps its' chi~f (ailureis that motivation within suchan approach is incidental' to thebasic human values of life 'insociety. If something is com-

.. manded, I obey. If it is foroid­den, I obeqiently refrain from it.

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FR. CARL J.

PFEIFER, S.J.

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FR. QUENTIN

QUESN'ELL, S.J.

groups,. a~dhad to live' in them,too, ·.in a civilized way. Mostprominently, of course, he re­mained a citizen of his own cityan~ country, and so he had toact as a ci.tizen, with consider­ation for. the good of other citi­zens. He had to be willing to co­operate with \:lis fellow citizens,to come to agreement with themon 'common concerns, and, tostick to those agreements.

So we read:- '~Remind yourpeople to submit to' ruiers andauthorities, to'obey .them, to ,beready 'to do every g06~ ·thing':

unconscious-differences regard­ing the place of law in society.One man places a priority on"law," "the othe(puts'his empha­sis 'on "justice." Grahting that.we are attempting to 'deal briefly .­with a very complex matter, wemight try to reflect together onthe educational implications' ofthese two approaches. .

Many men and women todayfeel that moral-ethical educationshould focus on instilling respectfor law and authority. Whilethey are undoubtedly concerned

;'; To become a member of ~he., early. Roman Christian group im- _

plied being willing to act as a ,'i member of the group, with con­

sideration .for the good 'of theother, members. 'It .implied beingwiiling to cooperate w'ith the'

, other members,'. to come to.' . agreerrient·, with therri on com-'. mon 'concerns, and to 'stick to. those ',agreements.

But !>ecoming a,member of the:' 'Christian group did not take a

person out of the world. He stillremained a memb,er of other

j'

At a recent civic meeting onthe increase of serious ~rime in

,.. American cities two men ex­changed'their personal opinions'dilring' an apparently boring lec­ture. The one leaned over to theother, and whispered, "I'm forlaw and order!" The other paused

'a moment, smiled, and' respond-ed, ."That's interesting, I'm forjustice!"

Two' different approaches toa very real problem, approachesimplying deep-even if perhaps

. Radicalism

.Up to this point, we have con­sidered only the passive stanceof the citizen before the law.What about trying to change anunjust law or the status ~uo it­self if it dehumanizes or deper­sonalizes man or discriminatesagainst large segments of thepopulation? Both the Church andthe individual Christian haveevery right to seek by legitimatemeans the enactment of publiclaw which is consonant 'with thenatural law and the law ofChrist.

Normally these channels forchange include the power of thevote, marshaling public opinion,seeking political office. Moreradical forms of civil disobedi­ence would seem to be justifiedonly when there is grave socialinjustice that cannot be correctedby calmer measu-res.

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Continued from Page Sixteendam from discrimination byfellow-citizens are listed ,asspecific rights to be safeguardedby the state (Ibid.).

Insofar as it prom'otes authen­tic human values that coincidewith those of the Creator, thestate in fact articulates for usthe "Law of Christ." A statewhich would not try to eradicatepoverty, racial discrimination,and other human indignitieswould fail in its moral ,duty 'tothe common good. . . ,:

Likewise a government whichwould fail to encourage soundfamily life, religious practice,respect for the sanctity of life,would be remiss in its concernfor the. public interest.

(2) If we as citizens now ask,what are our obligations to thestate, it may be affirmed thatwhatever fosters justice, peace,and the common good wouldgenerally require our conscien­tious support. When the statetaxes me in a' reasonably justway. I must realize that my con·tribution helps sustain its edu­cational and charitable efforts inareas like care of the aged, theretarded, the mentally ill, thealcoholic.

Law of the State

THE ANCHOR- 17Thurs., Dec. 16, 1971

Archbishop' AttacksUnemployment Evil

LONDON (NC) - ArchbishopGeorge Andrew Beck of Liver·pool has launched a strong at­tack on the "evil of' unemploy­ment" in a pastoral letter.

The archbishop called for ac­tion in "this time of crisis forhuman beings," saying "Wemust all clamor for justicewhich leads to dignity," Thepastoral letter came three weeksafter a group of priests andother clergy marched throughLiverpool with several thousandjobless workers and sympathiz­ers in a massive protest againstunemployment 'in this area ofnorthern England.

Merseyside, Liverpool's dock­ing area, presently has 47,782unemployed;' at 7.2 per cent ofthe local work force this is al­most twice the national average.

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all that the laws of the state did,Christians had no quarrel withthem. They live by them, feelingit was their duty as members ofthe civic group.

But of course when laws ofthe state were merely props fora system of injustice, cruelty,exploitation; where they merelydisguised evil instead of trulyserving good, ,Christians had tobe the first to say, as they al­ways have, that they will "pay tothe Emperor what belongs tohim, and pay to God what be­longs to God" (Luke 20, 25. And~'We must obey God rather thanmen" (Acts 4, 19).'

Prelates ReceiveCivil Rights Awards

NEW YORK (NC) - BishopFrancis J. Mugavero of Brooklynand Auxiliary Bishop Harold R.Perry of New' Orleans are the1971 corecipients of an awardpraising their efforts to' eliminatediscrimination.

The James J. and Jane Hoeyaward, presented here by the

.Catholic Interracial Council ofNew York, was established in1942. It goes annually to a blackand white Catholic "in recogni­tion of distinguished contribu­tions toward the elimination ofall forms of discrimination andracial and religions bigotry."

Previous award winners haveincluded Sargent Shriver andNew York Lt. Gov. 'MalcolmWilson.

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F'orsake the' World

lilt .sayshere that Americans spend more on ciga­rettes than they give to church. 'But 'it doesn't saywhether they are smoking too much, or giving tooJittle!" ,

Continued from Page Sixteenday when God' would destroyand punish the Roman empirefor its many sins and its policiesof cruel oppression, luxury, ex­ploitation:

"Come and I will show youhow the great prostitute is tobe punished, that great city thatdominates the kings of the earth': .." (Rev. 17,1.9:18). "Ther.e hasnever been another city like the .great city" (Rev. 18, 18). .

"Rejoice because of her de­struction, 0 heaven! Rejoice,God's people, and the' apostlesand prophets! For God hasjudged her for what she did toyou!" (Rev. 18, 20).

"God has punished the greatprostitute who was corruptingthe earth with her immorality.God has punished her becauseshe killed his servants. PraiseGod! The smoke from the burn~_

, ing of the great city goes up for­ever!" (Rev. 19, 2-3).

Laws GuaranteesThe laws of men had their

place in keeping good order,helping to guarantee' a healthy,safe life for most people.. Whenused rightly, the ,laws of thestate made it easier to live agood life in love and concern forone another. So long as that is

AttitudeFor success, attitude is equal­

ly as important as ability.-l3anks

This world is deep-dyed inevangelical religion. Some char­acters are explicit believers, buthardly any are free of remnantsof a tradition of lively, evenfierce. faith which once was apervasive social element. Thereis spontaneous talk of Jesus, ofsin and salvation, of heaven andhell.

But the ,reality of these, asagainst unthinking reference, ispresent and potent in a way theydo not grasp. And it was MissO'Connor's great, even awesome,gift that she could suggest, forexample; the operation of gracewithout a syllable of preachment.and without any lessening ofcredibility.' . '

Extraordinary ForceI don't know how many times

I have read her stories entitled"Revelation," "The, EnduringChill," and' "Parker's Back," tocite three at random.· Experienc­ing them once more, in the pres-'ent volume, I was not exactlysurprised by the denouncement ineach instance, but the electricshock which each gives was, forme, as sharp and stunning asever. This may be evidence ofexcessive suggestibility on mypart, but I think that it is, rather,evidence of' Miss O'Connor'sextraordinary originality andforce. '

Also, in becoming reacquaintedwith her stories, I'was'impressedby 'her masterly touch in authen­tic portraiture of people' of allages, from childhood through oldage.

Thus, the boy of four or five,in' "The River," who "intended

. to keep on. going until he foundthe ,Kingdom of Christ in theriver," might easily have becomeimplausible and the story maud­lin, but versimilitude does notfalter, nor does sentimentalitytake over.

Enduring ExcellenceSo, too, with the distinctively

different II-year-old Ruller Mc­Farney, in "The Turkey," andthe much tougher 14-year-old F.M. Tarwater, in "You Can't BeAny Poorer Than Dead."

One is always hungry for in­formation about a writer of suchexceptional and enduring excel­lence. Some is supplied by Rob­ert Giroux in his introduction.We learn with pleasure of MissO'Connor's adamant refusal' toalter the blessedly idiosyncraticnature of her writing to satisfythe would-be publisher of herfirst novel. He found her "pre­maturely arrogant," iI. phrase shecoined for him.

Yet she had very little vanity,and was willing to take knowl­edgeable, sensible advice. Shecould say, "I don't have my nov­el outlined and I have to writeto discover what I am doing."Discover that she did, to our in­estimable gain, and one enviesthe person who will discover itfor the first time in this array ofwonders.

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Also, it is good to have thefull range of her shorter fictionin one book. This makes possiblea comparison of the stories onewith another, the charting ofMiss O'Coimor's growth as anartist, and the easier recognitionof her principal. themes.

Rare Talent

Interestingly, this, volumeopens with "The Geranium,"written in the 1940s, and con­cludes with "Judgment Day,"submitted for publication in1964, the year of the author'sdeath.

Each is about an old man ,whohas passed most of his years inthe rural Deep South, llitely hasbeen compelled to come to livein a married daughter's apart­ment in New York City, cannotcomprehend - much less adjustto - the strange new situation,and pines for home.

The first version is strikingly ,good. In general feeling and indetail, it is obviously the work ofa rare talent, and it packs a'stinging punch. But how muchmore powerful is the 'later ver­sion. In it, the ending is more de­cisive, the construction through­out is tighter, the humor sharp­er, the pathos more affecting.

Evangelical Religion

Reading through this volume,one discerns more clearly thanbefore the lineaments. of theworld in and of which MissO'Connor wrote. It is a sectionof the American South, ofcourse, whether seen at firsthand or remembered by an ex,­patriate. Many of its inhabitantsare eccentric, some grotesque,all fascinatingly human.

Flannery, O'Connor StoriesComplete in One Volume

It is about seven years since, to our incalculable loss,Flannery O'Connor died, and In the interval her work has re­ceived ever greater recognition. She is seen as one of the.foremost and most formidable artists in fiction that Amer­ica has produced. Because ofpaperback editions of herbooks, she is' read by a farwider and more variegatedpublic than in her lifetime. Nowcomes a large volume, The COnl­plete Stories of Flannery O'Con-

nor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux,19 Union Square West, New·York, N. Y. 10003.' $10), whichshould be in great deman,d.

Why? Is there anything newin it? No, nothing which has notpreviously had' some kind ofpublication. But 12 of the storieshave never before appeared in abook. Among them are six whichrepresent her very' early work,written while she was· still astudent.

Having this dozen betweencovers renders them available toanyone who, delighted by hernovels and collections of stories,longs for yet more of her writ-jng· '\, ".: ~\...:.;.::.'J\ ~ ':w: I.' :. ,

MISSIQNARY PRIEST IN PAKISTAN: American Cath­olic missionary Father Charles Houser stands with a home­less, woman in the midst of ruins of a village in East Pakis­'tan. The homes of villagers were said 'to have been destroyedby army forces and 15 villagers were reported killed. FatherHouser hides from West Pakistani troops during the dayand visits his' church at night. NC Photo.

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and resolute man not to beruffled by adversity and not todesert his post.

8, said the refugees were aidedby Our Lady's intercession asthey fled from communism inCuba to the United States.

The cone-shaped shrine will be·built on a 15-acre site overlook-ing Bisqyne Bay. '

The prelate said, that he ex­pects "the modern structure tobe to this area what the Statueof Liberty" means to the' North­eastern part of the nation. '

The Shrine of Charity or "San-'turario de la Caridad'~ was de­

havior is emotionally satisfying' signed by Cuban-born architectto them, but I trust the rest of , Jose, Perez Benitoa. In additionus will be excused from being to serving as a monument andoverjoyed when these enthusi- chapel for worship and medita­asts of guilt want us to assume tion, the shrine will be used as athe same guilt they are so proud' cultunil center.of. '

"Through the years," Benitoasaid during a visit here, "thislaI;1dmark will leave a profoundimprint of Cuban culture in thefree world and remain as an in"spiring symbol of faith of thesepeople in, God and their gratitudeto this gerat democracy." ;

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Coleman F. Carroll of Miamisaid a shrine under constructionhere would honor our Lady of,Charity of El Cobre, patronessof Cuba, and serve as "an ex-

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'~ Critic8I Point

Assigning Responsibility

Considerable injustice is beingdone to American blacks: 'now,

Dangerous Concept and I think that is ,all that reallyHe might have and he might matters. This injustice must' be

not have. I am inclined to think stopped. The residue of inj'~sticehe wouldn't have, but the point from the past must be elimi­is that he wasn't al,ive to make nated;' it must be eliminated notthe decision. Just as Mr: John- bec!luse I caused the past orson. decided on deescalation in even bec~use I am causing the1968, Kennedy could have de- . present, but because the pastcided on it in 1965. What he, was bad and the present ,is bad,would have done we don't know, quite independently of who 'isbut what he did not do we do guilty.know. He did nothing because This is an argument withhe was dead. which most Americans are, I

Collective guilt is an extreme- suspect, in fundamental sym­I~ slippery, dangerous concept. pathy and agreement, but it isSome people apparently get a one that is made infrequently ,good deal of emotional kick out because so many people are

'of confessing their own guilt busy in parceling out guilt andand attempting to make repara- assigning moral responsibility totion for, things that they didn't everyone in the landscape.'do, because ,they were't alive to .. I wish they would stop, ordo them. maybe go soak ,their heads in

Well and good, if such be- sulphur and brimstone.

It was all great fun, especiallysince my:friend was more usedto the kind of Americans likeAnthony Lewis (the New, YorkTimes correspondent who pontif­icates about America from Lon­

,don) wl:Jo quoted approvinglycomments in The London' Times,about how uncivilized' Americais at the time of the Atticatragedy. That Attica was unciv­ilized, I, will conce!le, but thatBritish support' for' Mr. Faulk­ner's government represents 'ahigher level of Civilization, 'I willnot concede.

However, such 'exercises inputting down pious frauds byturning their own weaponsagainst them obscures a criticalpoint, My poor English fr,iendhad nothing to ,do. with the,thousand years' oppression ofthe Irish; he had nothing -to dowith the slave trade; he didn'tbuild the cotton economy of theSouth; he wasn't responsible forthe atrocities of Bomber Harris

, . during the Second World War;and I, presume that he really

, didn't like any more than I did­though he might have tried tojustify' it - the internment ofthe IRA.

By a similar standard Amer­icans are not responsible forwhat happened at My Lai; Iwas not res'ponsible for whathappened at' Hiroshima; andJohn Kennedy, dead two yearsbefore the escalation of theVietna~, War, can scarcely beblamed for it on the groundsof a couple of phrases in hispresidential address and the ar­gument that ','if he were alive' hewould have escalated the war."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 16, 1971

,By

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'ANDREW MJ:::':":'

GREELEY

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"be a, massacre. Besides, the ma­jority of the people want usthere." ,

"Funny you should mentionit," I commented, '''but that isjust exactly what' the Americanleadership says about Vietnam.I'll tell you what the real differ­ence is between the Englishpresence in Ireland and, theAmerican presence in Vietnam:we have been in Vietnam forabout 15 years; the majority ofour people disapprove of whatwe are doing there, so we're get­ting out. You have been in Ire­land for over a thousand years,

, and most of that time· your peo­ple have overwhelmingly sup­ported it. That's what's differ­ent."

My friend was a little sur­prised. He was used to Ameri­cans who felt guilty about Viet­nam and were ready to concedethe accuracy of the self-righteousand self-congratulatory Britishassumption that they are a muchmore civilized nation than we.

"But what about your oppres­sion of di!5sidents and your in­

,justice towards blacks?" he, asked.

. British Moral Responsibility

"No one has been interned inthe United States without trialor the promise of trial," I re­sponded, "and in' case youhaven't noticed, your very civil­i~ed United Kingdom has 'in­terned several hundred' peoplein the north of:'Ireland on themere suspicion of political dis­sent In the United States, everyone of those persons would beout of jail unless an, indictmentcould be got against them for.a major crime. '

"And as for the blacks," Iconcluded; by now in a burst, of _outraged fury. "my ancestorsdidn't.kidnap them in Africa, myancestors didn't bring themacross the ocean ·in filthy slaveships, and my ancestors .didn'tkeep them, in slavery in theSouth for a hundred years or so.As a matter of fact, my ances­tors didn't develop Jim Crow,either.

"It was your ancestors thatenslaved them, your ancestorsthat built the cotton economyin the South, and your ances­tors, or at least your Americancousins, who are responsible' for

--Most .Am~rica~s Dema'n'd

Elimination of InjusticeDuring recent trip to England, r was a accosted one

evening by a Britain who wished to know when the UnitedStates was "going to. get out of Vie~mim~ ,i It. was a b~dnight and I w~s suffering, from jet lag, so "I took him on.. "We will be out'cof Viet- 'nam," I observed, "long':be- Jim Crow. Don't tell me aboutfore you ,guys' are: out' of ,your British moral superiority.

The blacks and the Irish haveIreland.;' ~!Oh; but that's dif- one .thing in common; we bothferent," said my frie,nd. ''We:re have been oppresssed by the

. l'n Northern Ireland ",to avoid 'A~glo-Saxon." ,blpodShed. 'If we leave there will By now, my friend was pretty

. well back in the corner. He be­gan ~o say· something aboutAmericans' sexu~l puritanism,but he didn't get very far withthat either before I pointed outw!lere. the.origin,al Puritans camefrom. . ,

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opportunities. Law is viewed asan important means of safe­guarding basic rights and values,of protecting deeply humangoods, but remains secondary tothose, rights and values. '

Such an approach places pri­ority on developing a sense ofresponsibility, responding notonly to legitimate authority, butto whatever reveals genuine hu­man values. Such an approachguides people to question, tothink, to talk and pray aboutreal issues and the laws that aremeant to preserve and fosterpeace, justice, the pursuit of hap­piness.

While both men at the meet­ing on crime were presumablyconcerned about civic moral life,from an educational point ofview it makes a great deal ofdifference whether one's chiefconcern is '~Iaw and order" or"justice."

Priest HarassedFor Aiding' Workers

LONDON (NC) - An Irishpriest working in, Scotland al­leges that hiring contractorsthere have been waging "psycho­logical warfare" against him fortrying to improve the conditionsof seasonal, potato-pickers.

"Some of the contractors in­volved, have been very peeved atwhat I have 'done in exposing theinjustices perpetrated by them,"said, the priest. Father MichaelCassidy. "Some of them havebeen quite nasty. They phone meup at all times of night and day.It is quite unnerving."

Father Cassidy started a cam­paign last July on behalf of thepotato-pickers - most of thempoor and often illiiterate Irish­men recruited by the contractorsfrom depressed areas andbrought to Scotland-after hehad heard complaints about illtreatment, low wages and deplor­able living conditions.

Conditions have included 72­hour work weeks for as little as$5 or $6, illiegal child labor, andhousing in cattle sheds.

The Second Vatican Council,which clearly taught the valueof law in society and urged obe­dience to legitimate authority(Church in World, 30-31), sug­gests a moral education basedon values rather than on author­ity. "No better way exists for at­taining a truly human politicallife than by fostering an innersense of justice, benevolence,and service for the commongood, and by strengthening basicreliefs' about the nature of thepolitical community, and aboutthe proper exercise and limits ofpublic authority" (Church inWorld, 73).

Law or JusticeChristians moral education to­

day tends therefore to guide per­sons to, take a hard look at therealities of contemporary life, toexplore experience in terms of

, human values, rights, needs, and

A ,much 'more difficult andfrustrating approach to educat­ing people for responsible moral'life as 'citizens and as Christians,is suggested by the man whowas for "justice'" rather than"law and order." Focusing onbasic human values rather thanon law is in the long run a muchmore effective moral. educationalmodel. In this approach an ac­tion is good or bad, not chieflybecause it is commanded or for­bidden, but Qecause it is goodor bad for the person or com­munity. For example, murder iswrong whether it is forbidden'by law or not; concern for' othersis good even where there is nolegislation about it. Some actionsare conducive of the commongood; others militate against it.If a law sanctions injustice, thelaw needs to be ch'anged even ifefforts to change it require dis-obedience. ' ,

Justice

"Stress Values as Basis for Moral EducationContinued from Page Sixteen

It is good because commanded,bad because forbidden.'

Nurenberg .and My lai shouldbe shocking reminders of whatsuch a simplistic "law andorder" approach to moral equca­tion can cuiminate in. If goodand evil ultimately depend onthe will of the lawgiver, thenGoring and Gobbels were justi­fied \n exterminating hundredsof thousands of Jews becausethey were merely obeying com­mands.,

THE COACH WEARS A HABIT: Whe n Sister Martha calls a play at Grace DayHome, Sacramento; her "team" listens. Th e pint-sized players often can beseeh get-ting pointeI:s 'when their "quarterback" supervises the play period. NC Photo. .

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 16, 1971 19

Coach Ken Rowe, in his firstyear, at Seekonk is faced withan uphill battle this time around.The Warriors were hit hard bygraduation . and probably willsuffer through, a rebuildingperiod.

Diman Regional Vocational­Technical of Fall River andWestport are not expected tofield strong clubs. Both will be

'going principally with inexpe­rienced personnel.

IN THE DIOCESE

,nors, Tom Nicoletti and GaryConsidine around, the Cougarswin make their presence feltagain this Winter., Old Rochester Regional of'Mattapoisett could prove to bethe ~urprise team in the circuit.Coach John. Shocko will have 'torely upon Ray Lammi and 'EdMcCartin, both starting theirthird season as front line per­formers, to rally the inexperi­enced Bull Dogs. If the Regionalscan win a few games early inthe campaign, they may gain thenecessary confidence to climb tothe top of the league.

adept on the hardwood as on thegridiron. Kevin Snell, who saw'action as a reserve last Winter,and Barry Sullivan are expectedto win starting assignments toround out the first unit.

Since Coach Bob Gordon tookover the helm at Case a fewyears back, the Cardinals havebeen among the better Narryclubs year, in and year out. Al­though Bill Griffin and DennisLeonardo, Case's 'big guns lastyear, have been lost throughgraduation, the .Cardinals shouldbe in the race again this year.

Co-captains Kevin Kelly andTommy White rate as one of thebest backcourt combinations inthe loop. Both are skillful ball­handlers and good outsidemarksmen. Up front the Cardi­nals have size and depth. ChrisO'Donoghue; Chris Shotf 'and

"Doug 'Larrivee have all pro­'gressed under Coach Gordon'stutelage' and are ready for a bigseason. Scott Read, a transferfrom Durfee High in Fall, Riverand Bob Oblachinski should pro­vide the Eardinals with addi­tional,~help under the backboards.

By PETER J. BARTEKNorton ~ilh Coach

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

A year ago' Bishop Connollyqualified for past season, tourna­ment action much to the delightof its followers. In so doing theCougars proved that they couldcompete with anyone in theNarry circuit including Holy'Family. '

Many Narry followers believethat Bishop Connolly will soon'be able to hold its own againstany school in the area in basket­ball. There is no doubt thatCoach Jack Curry has built thediocesans into a contendingforce. With the likes of Ron Tra­vassos, Jay Mercer, R~ch Con-

Paul Landreville, 'a junior,will probably team with MikeMarr at the forwards. Both arepotential scorers and good re­bounders. Jim Palmieri is thelikely choice to join Walsh inthe backcourt.

Coach Nobrega, who is be­ginning his 12th season at HolyFamily, is not prone to dependsolely upon his starters. Lookfor him to get help from a: strongbench consisting of Mike Ge­linas, Pat Mullen, Mike Carroll,Ronnie Frenette and Mark Mc­Intyre.

Somerset surprised last Win­ter when it tied .Holy Familyfor the loop crown and thenplayed well in the Tech tourna­ment. With three ·starters re­turning for duty Coach Ray Mc­Donald has the nucleus for an­other title team. The Raiders arenot about to relinquish the titlewithout a fight. .

AII-Narry performer Don Hen­riques and Mike Jenkinson givethe Blue Raiders a strong frontline' equal to any in the circuit. "Raider All-State football quare'terback 'Dave Drisc'oll is alsoback and ready to prove he i~ as

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Holy ~amilyHigh""Agairi,(:hpite

To WinHoop,C'4amp'j~nship"':Holy Family of New Bedfoid',h~s'ea:rried,the reputation

as one of the bes,t schoolboy J;>a:~ketf>ail sdioolsCin tne, area.'It is becoming redundant to say:the Jack" Nobrega coachedParochials will enter the Narragansett. BCisketball Le~gue,

race as favorites. However, ' ',.,: :.., " ,that is the situation again fro11? an"yw~ere 'on' thefl,oor, 'this year With sophomore ,:whetpe~ ,QP~r~ting o!lt, of his

. " , ': , 'p'iyo~.posr'or:,.moving outside for~ensatlOn Steve Gome,s l~ad : '. ,the' b~ll\b. 9Qllles is rated ~mongmg the talent par~de, the B\.ue 'the,o~tsiiilndiRg 'hoopsters in theWa~e should provldem~ny of 'Gom~?nw~lilthand is definitelyexcIting moments for theIr loyal a candidate'for all-state honors.fans. ~ , " .';', ' , ' '

Defending co-titlists, a 'year , " However, Holy Family has notago with Somerset:. the Paro- gained fame, on the merits of. OI:Iechials will have to' go all out to ballplayer.' Coach Nobrega al~

live up to advance billing and ways attempts to' field a 'wellward off the challenge from con- balanced team stressing quick­tenders Somerset, Case High of ,ness, both on offense and de­Swansea and Bishop Connolly fense.High of Fall River. All three Captain Paul Walsh gives thedubs have the potential to de- . club' 'strong outside shootingvelop into outstanding teams strength, capable ball handlingcapable of winning the Narry an dtough defense. With Gomescrown. inside and Walsh outside oppo-

Holy Family will look to nents will be 'faced with the taskGomes for offensive punch. The of trying to stop at least one ofyoung sharp-shooter can score them.

20 THE ANCHOR-Diocese. of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 16, 1971·

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