............. :: .. : .. ::' a: total of $21,741.86, and St. ofCatholicBishops(NCCB), ex- presseda"heartfeltwelcome"to thenewa,postolicdelegate. He cited the archbishop for having"servedwithdistinction" in diplomatic posts in Asia and TurntoPageSeven May the blessings of Almighty God descend upon all the benefactors of the 1973 Catholic Charities Appeal. REV. WILLIAM A. FLETCHER eroussupport of theclergy, religiousandfaithfuloftheDiocese REV. JOHN J. CONSIDINE Bishopof Fa!! River expression.
and 61 girls of the senior classat St.. Anthony's High School.Miss Donna Tetreault and MissDiane Champagne will speak fortheir classmates as valedictorianand salutatorian respectively.
To be held at 8 P.M. Tuesday,June 5 are ceremonies at BishopFeehan High School, Attleboro,where Miss Christina Bergh isvaledictor.ian and Miss Kathleen
.Sedlak is salutatorian. BishopCronin will officiate and presentdiplomas to 78 boys and 91 girls.
Wednesday, June 6 ceremonieswill be held at Bishop StangHigh School, North Dartmouth,wl'!ere 118 boys and 125 girls,largest graduating class in the
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within the Diocese, of' specialfaculties 'recently granted by theHoly See, whereby qualified laypersons may be appointed to aEucharistic ministry in instancesof exceptional necessity.
Classes of instruction and formation have been conducted inpreparation for the commissioning ceremony. Father Daniel F.Hoye,. Assistant at St. John theEvangelist Parish in Attleboro,has conducted' the sessions,which were held at Coyle-CassidyHigh School in Taunton. Thecandidates themselves have approached their unprecedentedministry in· the Diocese with amixture of reverence for the responsibility which they will assume and total willingness toassist in the .service of theirfellow parishioners. The permission to exercise such an extraordinary ministry is granted ininstances where the celebration
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Bishop of Fa!! River
Ordinary ·Expresses GratitudeOnce again, it is my happy duty to announce that the
Catholic Charities Appeal of the Diocese of Fall River has surpassed the results of the previous year's Appeal. The very .generous support of the clergy, religious and faithful of the Dioceseand of the many businessmen of our civic communitUis forthe Catholic Charities Appeal is gratifying beyond adequateexpression.
However, as Bishop, concerned with the continued, effective charitable arid apostolic endeavors of this Diocese, I wishto convey to one and all my heartfelt gratitude for the won·derful results of the 1973 Catholic Charities Appeal.
The Diocesan Director and the Diocesan Lay Chairman,the priests and laity coordinating the various Diocesan Regions,the parish priests and committee chairmen and women, togetherwith countless volunteer workers have all labored tirelessly,and their labors have been rewarded with a very generous respcJnse.
May the blessings of Almighty God descend upon all thebenefactors of the 1973 Catholic Charities Appeal.
Diocese to Graduate 1055In Exercises Next Week
The eight high schools of thediocese will graduate 1055 students, including 444 boys and611 girls, in ceremonies to beheld throughout the diocese nextweek. The total is 86 below 'lastyear's number of graduates.
The first scheduled graduationwill take place at4 P.M. Monday,June 4 in the auditorium of Coyleand Cassidy High School, Taunton. Bishop Cronin will presentdiplomas to 103 boys and 71girls.
Also slated for June 4, at 7:30P.M. are ceremonies at St. Anthony's Church, New Bedford,where Bishop Cronin will beprincipal celebrant and homilistat a graduation Mass for 25 boys
of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), expressed a "heartfelt welcome" tothe new a,postolic delegate.
He cited the archbishop forhaving "served with distinction"in diplomatic posts in Asia and
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This group of laymen willshortly begin assisting priests inthe distribution of Holy Communion at well-attended Sundayand Holyday Masses in parishesranging from North Seekonk toBrewster and Harwich. Theyform the first "class" Of extraor- .dinary lay ministers of the Eucharist, formed in accord withrecently - publish.ed DiocesanGuidelines. Their commissioningwill mark the implementation,
Adult ConfirmationMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,
STD, Bishop of Fall River, willadminister the Sacrament ofConfirmation to adults who havenot yet received this Sacrament,at the', II o'clock Mass, Pente·cost Sunday, June 10, at St.Mary's Cathedral in Fall River.Adults interested in receiving theSacrament at this time shouldsee their parish priest for details.............. :: .. : .. ::'
Appoints Archbishop JadotNew Apostolic .Delegate
WASHINGTON (NC) - PopePwl VI named Archbishop JeanJadot, a papal diplomat who hasserved in Africa and Asia, as the .new apostolic delegate in theUnited States.
Archbishop Jado, 63, a nativeof Bel,gium, has served in thE;papa-I diplomatic corps since'1968. He succeeds Cardinal Luigi.Raimondi, who held the postfrom June, 1967, until he wasmade a cardinal and prefect ofthe congregation for saints'causes last March.
Upon hearing of ArchbishopJadot's appointment, CardinalJohn Krol of Philadelpjhia, president of the National Conference
Twenty-two gentlemen fromten Diocesan parishes will becommissioned by the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishopof Fall River, as extraordinarylay ministers of the Eucharist onSunday afternoon at St. Mary'sCathedral. The Rite of Commissioning these first extraordinaryEucharistic ministers to functionin the Diocese will take placeduring the celebration of the 5o'clock parish Mass.
Appeal Hits RecordHigh of $924,739
Holy Communion
Bishop to Commission Lay Ministers
The 1973 Catholic CharitiesAppeal of the diocese of FallRiver has attained the highesttotal in the the thirty-two yearsof the Appeal. The total for thisyear is $924,739.62. This represents an increase of $27,234.21over the 1972 Appeal total whichwas the previous highest total.
The final number of parishes. surpassing the 1972 totals in thisyear's Appeal is 89. Last year,87 parishes exceeded their finaltotals. There are 115 parishesin the diocese. Holy Name parish,Fall River had the highest totalof all the parishes with $27,631.00, an increase of $264.25over its 1972 total. Mt. Carme'l, .New Bedford, was second witha: total of $21,741.86, and St.Lawrence, New Bedford, wasthird with $18,844.00
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Rev. John J. Considine wasborn ~n New Bedford on ·Oct. 9,1897. He entered Maryknoll in1915 aJfter graduating from HolyFamily high school and was ordained to the priesthood in 1923.
The missioner received a Licentiate in Sa'cred Theology from.Catholic University in 1924 andan honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Fordham University in 1955.
Father Considine went toRome in 1924 and spent thenext 10 years there, engaged during a considerable part of histime in an information and' research unit of the Holy Seewhich dealt with the worldmissions.
It was during journeys connected with his assignment thatFather Considine began his con
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REV. WILLIAM A. FLETCHER
the. Diocese of Fall River is receiving even increased vocations.
However, the preparations ofsuch vocations for adequate service in the Diocese is a costlyburden. The Ecclesiastical Student Fund, contributed to byeach parish and each priesttrained by its resources will betaken up in all parishes of theDiocese on Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3, at all Masses ofobligation.
The Bishop's letter reads:Turn to Page Two
REV. JOHN J. CONSIDINE
Most Rev. James Walsh, M.M.,exercising a limited ministry following years/of imprisonment inChina, was the principal celebrant of a concelebrated Masshonoring six Maryknoll missioners who celebrated their GoldenJUibilees this year.
Among the six, two Maryknollers were from the Fall RiverDiocese: Rev. John J. Considineand Rev. William A. Fletcher.The ceremony was held at Maryknoll, N. Y. last Friday, May 25.
Rev. Vincent Mallon, M.M.,was the homilist for the 11o'clock morning Mass. Membersof Iboth jubilarians' families attended the impressive ceremony.together with Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, Rev. Msgr.Arthur G. Considine, Rev. Msgr.Lester L. Hull and Rev. HowardA. Waldron.
ignated as' a special day ofprayer for vocations throughoutthe Diocese of Fall River. Parishobservances, concerted prayerand a diocesan-wide eccleSJiasticalstudent fund collection will betaken up to help seminarians anddiocese in providing vocationsfor service in the area.
In a letter sent to all parishesMost Reverend Daniel A. Cronin encouraged varfous types ofparochial observances. He gratefully acknowledged the fact that
Vocations'
NecrologyJUNE 8
Very Rev. John S. Czerwonka,1961. Assistant, St. Stanislaus,Fall River.
JUNE 9Rev. Timothy J. Calnen, 1945,
Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole.Rev. Joseph S. Larue, 1966,
Pastor, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro.
JUNE 10Rev. William H. Curley, 1915;
Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, FallRiver.
Rev. George A. Meade, 1949,Chaplain, St. Mary Home, NewBedford.. Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, 1966,
Pastor, Immaculate Conception,Taunton.
Continued froin Page OneThe specjal day of Prayer for
Vocations is observd in the Dio·cese of Fall River on the firstSunday of June, at which timethe customary annual colle::·t ion for the Ecclesiastical Student Fund is taken up,
Special and concertcJ actionis to be undertaken in cvery parish to underscore' the significance of Vocation Day. Underseparate cover, a packet of material designed to assist in theobservance is being sent to everyparish 'ana high school in theDiocese. A lea,flet with suggestecthomily outlines is provided,along with a prayer of the faithful which should be recited at('vcry Mass of obligation on theweekend of our Diocesan vocation observance. A poster" inspired by one of the themes froma popular current musical is enclosed, along with material fordisplay from our Diocesan Director of Vocations,
The special annual Ecclesi<ilstical Student Fund Collectionshould, be anounced and taken upin the usual manner. Please remind your parishioners of theneed we face in this regard, asthe cost of seminary education isrising, and, thanks be to God.the number of young men underDiocesan sponsorship is actually increasing. Kindly remit theproceeds of this collection to theChancery Office promptly.
Our Holy Father has, 1n conjunction with the world-wideI hrust for vocations, addressedmoving words to his listeners. Iheartily endorse' repetition' ofthis message, by you, to your,faithful parishioners. Pope Paul'said: \ .
"Dear sons and daughters,those who are young or perhapsnot so young, we say this to you:Don't let people or ,ideas ,or(~vents block your choices andyour decisions. Why hang backand wait? The face of the worldis changing rapidly. A new generation is arising in this earth.The Gospel must be announced.to everyone. Yesterday's poorare joined by tomorrow's. Thereare and will be people who archungry, thirsty, imprisoned, sickin body and spirit. They look toyou; in them you see Christ.There is work for everyone.There is a place for you."
Grateful for your attention tothis matter, and in union ofprayers for the rich blessIng ofmany vocations, I rema'in
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parents of deaf children areinvited to join the group, whichis presently engaged in mailing"Hearing Alert" kits to area pediatricians. The .kits, which listsigns of hearing loss in children,are availabe to any interested individual free of charge. They maybe ret:!uested at telephone 617674-7571.
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HomeMcCarthy' Coal Co.Paul Mitrano Chevrolet Co.Bacon Felt CompanyDr. Samuel L. PoplackDavid F. McNearney Insurance
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enceDr. William L. DonahueMrs. Anthony Elias
. Dyecraftsmen, Inc.
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Loranger Construction Corp.$2~0
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.$190
Sacred Heart Home$150
Conrad Seguin Body Co.First Federal Savings and Loan
.\ssociation$100
Yankee Installations, Inc.Frank Silva, Jr.
$50Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth
Circle No. 71Dr. I\-fanuel F. Sousa
$40Schmidt Mfg. Co.
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Immaculate Conception Conference, No. Easton
Dr. John E. Fenton$100
Dary Ring TravelerAtty. Benjamin A. Friedman
. Dr. Robert F. Mealy$50
W. H. Riley & Son, Inc.Dr. Theo~ore R. ThayerGoodnow's
Vincentian Meeting,.' The monthly meeting of FallRiver Particular Council, SocietySt. Vincent de Paul, will he heldTuesday, June 5.' Mass will besaid at St. Patrick's Church,South Main Street at 7 P.M. andthe meeting will follow in theschool hall.
Catholic. Charities, Appeal.••• S)pecial GiftsNational Cape ~ Islands Area
$25Baxter Transport Inc., HyannisBuzzards Bay NationaB BankBuzzards Bay Garage, Inc.Chatham Trust Co.Harborside Inn, Inc., Edgar-
& Loan town I
Conrad Kurth & Sons, Inc.,Vineyard Haven
Atty. Brian E. McDermott,Falmouth I •
Harold L: Baker Co., Inc. Falmouth
Walsh Real Estate, TeaticketFalmouth Jewelry ShopPlymouth Savings Bank, Fal
mouthFalmouth Council K 'of C
Attleboro Area
$200John E. Fuyat, ProvidenceEdward P. Denning & Asso
ciates, E. Providence$150
Cathedral Art Metal.Company,Inc., Providence'
Holy Cross Mission. House$100
. Fall River Diocesan Council ofCatholic Nurses
$25Adams Super Drug
Pawtucket
$250Creed Rosary Co.
'$200First Federal Savings
Association .$100
Dodgeville Finishing Co.St. Mark Conference, Attleboro
FallsW. H. Riley & Son
$75Attleboro Lions Club
$50Colonial Lithograph, Inc.
·Fireside Motors, Inc.E. N. Cook Plate Co.
$40Portuguese Ameri~an Club
$35Ashley Drug, Inc.'
$25Daughters of Isabella Alcazaba
CircleFalls Shopping Center, North
AttleboroEthel RoundsHarry Dowdall.St. Mary Guild, No. Attlebor~Arns' Park ·MotelHair FlairIsrael FranklinPlainville Savings & Loan AssnW. E. Richards Co.Westcott Construction Corp.
REGINA PACIS CENTER HONORS VIRGIN: Members )f the Regina Pacis SpanishSpeaking Center of New Bedford in the May procession ~o St. Hyacinth's Church, NewBedford on Saturday afternoon. Following the procession> Rev. James .E. Murphy, director of the center offered Mass in Spanish and the statuu of the Blessed Virgin Marywas crowned.
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CONGRATULATIONS: Most Rev, Daniel A. Cronin,Bishop of Fall River, is shown presenting a personal letterof congratulations from Pope Paul VI to Bishop James J. 'Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, on the occasionof his Golden Jubilee of ordination to the priesthood,
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studied at St. Patrick ParishSchool and Durfee High School,he entered Maryknoll in Sept.1915.
He was ordained a priest onMay 26, 1923 and was assignedto the South China Missions.Three years later, the Maryknoller had a close brush with deathwhen he was kidnapped by pirates but later ransomed.
In 1928, Father Fletcher wentto the Philippines where he became the private secretary of theArchbishop of Manila, MichaelJ. O'Doherty. There he organizedradio programs, served as chaplain to the students at the University of the Philippines andwas the master of ceremonies forthe International Eucharistic'Congress of 1937.
The next year found him inRome as private secretary toPeter Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi,head of the Propagation of theFaith Congregation. In 1939, heaccompanied the Cardinal intothe papal conclave that electedPope Pius XII.
With the approaching war,Father Flet~her returned to theU. 'S. to serve at the society'spublication department. Later, hebecame the superior of the society's' Chicago House.. After a short term as pastorof the English speaking parishin Guatemala City. Guatemala,illness ,forced him to return tothe U. S. where he served aschaplain to Dannemora Prison,N. Y. Manhattanville College,Purchase, N. Y. and AssumptionCollege, Germantown, Pa.
He has a brother a,nd two sisters: Ralph Fletcher, retiredteacher of Durfee High School;Sr. M. Dorothea, RSM; Mrs.Louis Navin.
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Continued from Page Onetacts with Asia, Africa andLatin America.
At the urging of Richard Cardinal Cushing, chairman of theEpiscopal Committee on LatinAmerica, Father Considine was"loaned" to the NCWC for oneyear, beginning June 1960.
He was to organize and directthe newly-established LatinAmerica Bureau. During thattime he also served as professorof Contemporary World Affairsat Maryknoll Seminary, publications director for the society andand advisor to various interna-tional organizations. '
Father Considine representedthe International Conference ofCatholic Charities with UNICEFat the United Nations. He wasalso a member of the Board ofDirectors of <the African StudiesAssociation and a member of theCouncil of Foreign Affairs.
In April, 1961, he was selectedby President John F. Kennedyto serve on the National Advisory Council for the PeaceCorps-the only priest on the::l3-member council.
He retired from the LatinAmerican Bureau ,in 1968 andreturned <to a writing career inwhich he had already becomeinternationally renowned, Henow resides at St. Theresa'sHome for retired Maryknollersand is in charge of his society'sCommunications.
Father Considine is the brotherof Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, pastor of St. WilliamParish, Fall River; Rev. Msgr.Arthur 'G. Considine, pastor ofSt. Mary Parish, So. Dartmouth;Honorable Walter Considine, retired Probate Court Justice;George and Frank Considine ofNew Bedford.
Fath~J' FletcherRev. William A. Fletcher, a
native of Fall River, was the firstman in the diocese to join theMaryknoll Fathers, After having
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ment. Instead; the departmentargued, the plan supported theAmendment ,which provides forreligious freedom, and was simply aimed at redressing "to someextent the burden imposed onpare'l1ts who send their childrento religiously affiliated schools."
Before the Justice Depalftmentfiled its brief, the city of Philadelphia filed a similar documentwith the Supreme Court that bsserted the "monopoly of publicfunds" enjoyed by public schoolsshould be replaced by a "sharingof educational tax funds" byboth public and, nonpublicschools.
It has been announced thatthe on-going' abortion controversy will be debated in theHouse of Representatives at 1o'dock on Monday. afternoon,June 4 instead of Tuesday, June5.
The Bill is numbered H6165'and all are urged to write totheir representatives and protect"Freedom from Forced Abortions."
WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Justice Department hasurged the U. S. Supreme Courtto reinstate Pe'l1nsylvania's tuition reimbursement plan for nonpublic school parents that hadbeen stJruck down by a lowercourt.
The department denied thestate aid violated the Constitution's ban on .the establishmentof religion, stating the plan "isin the true spirit of the religionclauses of the First Amendment.". The, department made its com
ments in a friend of the courtbrief filed in the Lemon V. Sloancase involving a Pennsylvania
'law that would pay pare'l1ts ofnonpublic schoolchildren $75 to$150 per child to defray tuitioncosts.
The law was struck down lastsummer by a federal court in .Philadelphia, which said the payments constituted a violation ofthe U. S. Constitution's provision for separation of church andstate.
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ment plan then appealed to theSupreme Court, which is expected to hear the Pennsylvaniacase and a New York case involving tax credits for nonpublicschool parents later this month.
In its brief supporting thePennsylvania plan, the JusticeDepartment de.nied the assistance violated the First Amend-
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$800Laberge Wrecking Company
$500R. A. McWhirr CompanyMooney & Company, Inc.
$200Sullivan-Harrington Funeral
I JomesRobert A. Wilcox Co.
$150Holy Name Conference
$100In Memory of John M. & Phyi-
lis CorriganWalter A. Furman Co.Dr. & Mrs. John MalloyAtty George L. SissonNational Contracting Co.Nira Warehouse
$70Beetle Plastics Div. of Chem
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Fall River News Co., Inc.$60
O'Neil's Tire Service, Inc.$57
Additional Donations CatholicMemorial Home
$50Mary E. NoonConstruction & General Labor-
ers Local No. 610Shelburne Shirt Co., Inc.Smith-Fall River Lumber Co.Borden Remington Co.U. S. Luggage Corp.
United Labor Council of GreaterFall River
$30Eastern TV Sales & Service
$25Greene's Storage WarehouseAllen's Cut-RateDrobyski Wallpaper Co.John P. Slade & SonSterling Pile Fabrics Corp.Dr. William H. GraffTom Ellison, Inc.American Wallpaper Co.B & S Fisheries of Fall River
Hathaway Funeral Service, FallRiver and Somerset
Wm. T. Grant CompanyAugust Badwey & Sons
Lay MinistersContinued from Page One
of the parish Masses of obligation might" because of the largenumber of communicants, be unduly delayed. All the newextraordinary Eucharistic ministers, who reflect a considerable'cross section, in age and in occupation, have undertaken thisservice with a characteristic determination to provide assistance .in situations of exceptional need.
The men will not be "ordained"in any technical sense, and willremain distinct, then, from thepriests whom they will be assisting. They are not "lay deacons,"but rather are members of theirvarious parish communities whohave been authorized to exercisea special ministry, hearkeningback in Church history to thatministry exercised by St. Tarcisius.
In the Rite of Commissioning,Bishop Cronin will add'ress thecandidates imp\oring them tomaintain absolute fidelity in ~e
votion to the Holy Eucharist. Ina series of questions, the Bishopwill inquire about their motivesand intentions. Then as the candidates :kneel, Bishop Cronin willrecite a prayer which invokesGod's special Iblessing upon theextraordinary lay Eucharististicministers.
The Mass within which theRite of Commissioning will becelebrated is open to attendance'by the public.
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4 iHE ANCHOR--Diocese of Fall River-Thur.,. May 31, 1973
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people are the object of an eternal alliance."
The bishops of North Africaissued a statement criticizing theFrench bishops' vi,ews. TheFr~nch bishops' documen.t, theysaid contained grave ambiguities" .of text that permit "perni·cious confusion between Judaism and Z~onisni."
"BlliSed on ~mproper intierpretation of tihe Bible," the bishopsof North Africa said, "this text,in the present circumstances, isnecessarily understood as an acceptance of the fait accompli ofbhe violent occupation of a landwithoUit taking account of theimperatJives of justice."
,md ignorimces .that have a~cu·:milated throughout history. Ifllenites that Judaism is a religionof fear, that the Jewish peoplehave been deprived of its elec1ion by God and that its disper: ion is a punishment by God, he: aid. '
The statement aliSO assertsthat the land of Israel was promi:;ed to the Jewish people at theleginning of history, Hoffman~ aid, and that J'ewish existencer as always been divided betweenI fe among the nabions and thev/ish for a national existp.noe in13rael.
H~ pointed out that the statementcontains a warning againstany desilre to convert Jews to(hristianity. The text, he said, ispermeated by the principle that":::hllistianity does not want thedisappearance of the Jewishc)mmunity and that the Jewish
1973 PARISH TOTALS
Brewster-Our Lady of the (:ape ..Buzzards Bay-St. Marga:ret : : ..CenterVille-Our Lady of Vic tory : ..Chatham-Holy Redeemer .East Falmouth-St. Anthony .Edgartown-St. Eli,~abeth ~ .Falmouth-St. Patrilck , " : .Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier .." ..Nantucket-Our Lady of the Isle ..Oak Bl\lffs-Sacred Heart ..Orleans-St. Joan of Arc .., ..Osterville-Assumption , ..Pocasset-~t. John , , .Provincetown-St. Peter " ..Sandwich-Corpus Christi ..South Yarmouth-St. Pius X ..Vineyard Haven-St. Augustille ..Wellfleet-our Lady of Louflles ..: ,West Harwich-Holy Trinity ..Woods fiole-St. Joseph ,..,,, : .
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. Fall River-St. Mary's CathedraL ..Blessed Sacrament " .Espirito Santo , " ..Holy Cross " ,.."" : ..Holy Name , , ".., " '"Notre, Dame , , , ..Our Lady of the Angels .Our Lady of 'Heialth " ..Holy Rosary , , , ..Immaculate Conception ;.Sacred Heart .St. Anne , , .St. Anthony of the Desert ..St. Anthony of lPadua .St. Elizabeth ,.. ;, , .St. John the Baptist , .St. Joseph , , ~ " ..St. Louis , , , , .St. Matthew " ,." ..St. Michael ~ .St. Patrick : , .SS. Peter & Paul :.St. Roch ~ , .St. Stanislaus ' .St. William .Santo Christo .
Asson~t-St. Bernard , .Central Village-St. John .North Westport-Our Lady (If Grace ..Ocean Grove-St. Michael ..Somerset-St. John. of God : .
St. Patrick " " : .St. Thomas More :.
Swansea-Our Lady of F~tina .St. pominic , , : ,..St. Louis of France ,., , ~ .
A statement by the Frenchbishops' committee for relationswith Judaism contmues to bepraised and denounced.
The bishops' committee appealed for an \ end to anti·Semitism and was interpreted bysome CI1itics as recognizingand SUPPol1ting Isra~l.
In New York, Philip E. Hoffman, the president of the Amerioan Jewisjl Committee praisedthe statement as ",the first greatstep taken by a Catholic religiousbody since Vatican II."
He said, "It contains all theelements necessary to inspire theCatholic world with positive directions ,toward the recognitionof Jewish, tradition. Jewi:,h people and the state of Israel."
Hoffman said the statementcalls for elimination of all antiSemitic prejudices, stereotypes,
in the average cmiddle-size cityin the United States and, forthat matter, in som7 of ourmajor cities as well. "
Mediocril~y is bad enough. But·some of our provincial papersare worse than mediocre. Theyare simply awful. The worst ofthe lot, in my opinion, is theManchester Union Leader, theonly state·wide daHy in NewHampshire. The Union,Leader isirresponsibly partisan with avengeance, .as witness, for example;-its shoddy coverage of the.j\\·fated Muskie campaign inNew Hampshire. lit will stop atnothing to destroy the opposition.
Vicious Attack
Let me cite a re'cent example.The April 30 issue featured afront-page editoriaI by the pub·lisher, William Loeb, enti'tled"Buy Lettuce and Eat Grapes."It's a vioious attack on the mer-its of the Teamster-Farm Worker struggle, bUit he is guilty ofslander - that's ,the only wordfor it-when he says thatCha·vez seems to be a burning Marx~st who is just using the farmworkers as' a publicity ploy tobuild up his own stature on theradical front. That's characterassassina'tion pure and simpleand, lin my opinion, any publisher who would sign his n'ameto it is be'neath contempt.
I was about to add that Mr.Loeb knows better than to publish that kind of hogwash. Butdoes he really know any' better?It's hard to tell, but judging fromhis ,recent editorial, I can onlyconclude that, with regard to .thefarm) labor proQlem, he simplydoesn't know what he is talkingabout. In o~her words, hisignorance in this area is appall,ing. Again,' if that's what ,ismeant by freedom of the press,who needs itt?
Teamster lLoan
It is only fair to add, "in con·clusion, that Mr. Loeb is notcompletely ,ignorant with regardto the Teamster·Farm Workerstruggle. He obviously knowsvery little about Cesar Chavezand the United Farm WorkersUnion,· but he knows a fairamount about the Teamsters. Heknows, for example, that the
"Teamsters, under Jimmy Hoffa,ba'iled him out several years .agowith a generous loan. The ques·tion arises: Does this explainwhy he thinks ~hat "it would
• certainly be much better for thefarm workers-and much moredesirable from the standpoint ofthe whole nation" if the Teamsters were to win out overChavez dn California?
I wouldn't know about that,but I do know, that Mr. Loeb,owed it ,to his readers to remindthem of that Teamster loan. Hisfailure to do so is ,regrettablefrom the point of view of journalistic ethics but, given hislong-standing record as a shameless 'partisan, it's not at all surprising. In fact, it's par for thecourse.
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GEORGE G.
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Newspaper publishers and editors are gloating a bit~ese days. And who can blame them? Vindicated by theWatergate disclosures, they are basking in the warm glowof public approval. Even Vice-President Agnew, with hisfinger to the wind, is trimming his sails and - toswitch, the metaphor - ismanfully eating crow. Allthings considered, then, the presshas never had it so good, atleast in recent times.
Let's face it, however. The
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WASHINGTON (NC)-·At hisinstaHation .as head of the archdiocese of Washington, Archbishop William W. BaUln said'the Church '~must do battie withracism" and stated his intent towork wibh other Christians inthe cause of Christian unity.
In a homily during the MasswhiCh followed the installationceremony in St. Patrick's Cathe·dral, Archbishop Baum calledracism "that heresy and that evilso present in our own nation"and ranked it among "the great-.est denia,I's of the Gospel and thetraditional reaching of theChurch."
The Churoh,"nobably in ourown nation and ,its. capital," hesaid, must fight it all and, "allother forces which threaten hu·man life and dignity. Amongthose for whom the Church mustbe cncerned in this struggle arethose unborn, the aged and allwho suffer as victims of injusticein war and violence."
press. is a mixed bag. Some of. the papers which are now saying
that the Watergat~ incident is agloI"ious vindication of the free·dam of the 'Press .are simply riding on the coattails of the Washington Post. They were perfectlycontent to let the Post do all the .digging and take all the heat, andthey didn't. get on the band·wagon until it became the pop·ular thing to do. If that's whatis meant by freedom of the press-who needs it?
Mediocre at BestThe fact is 'that: by .and large,
the American press has littleenough to gloat about thesedays. YQu can count on the f.ingers of hath hands the numberof first-rate dailies in the UniltedStates and sbil! have a few fin·gers to spare.
Rlicently, within a .three-weekperiod, I vis'ited some 10 middlesized cities from coast to coast.The leading da'ilies in most ofthese cities a,re mediocre atbest, and some of them are hard·Iy worth the paper they areprinted on. Maybe I have beenspoiled by the Washington Postand the New York Times, but,
. whatever of ,that, I feel sorryfor people who' have to rely fortheir news on the aver,age paper.
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baptism as an infant, but acquiesced to his becoming a seminarian because it was his ownadult decision. The new priestworked .two years in a marineshipping company before entering the seminary.
Father Stephen Vecsey beganhis seminary studies in Hungary.Despite upheaval and uprooting,he persevered in his vocation.
He came to America, workedseveral years in the petroleumindustry in California' and finallywas able to resume studies here.
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Pope asked in four or five wayswhether the modern Christianwould genuinely make God thecenter of his life, then added:
"We wish that this formulaof the Holy Year (turning toGod) constitute a general balance ... leading to a new synthesis between our ancient andliving faith and the pace ofmodern life." In an age of tech·nological advancements, thePope said, man needs a "spiritual supplement" to maintainhis balance.
For the past several weeks,the Pope has been holding twogeneral audiences each Wednes·day. He delivers his weekly address in Italian to an all-Italianaudience in the basilica after hegreets all other nationalities ·inthe papal audience hall and summarizes the main points of hisaddress in several modern languages.
This new format of dual audioences will be continued as longas overflow crowds continue topour into Rome during the postEaster holidays.
Year Time" toDevotion to
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River- Thur., May 31, 1973
LONDON (NC)-The next Ie- Speaking to the annual meet·gal hazard for nurses and doc- ing of the National Society fortors in Britain is likely to be a the Prevention of Cruelty tohill permitting euthanasia, Car· Children, . the cardinal said:dinal John Heenan of Westmin- "We used to upbraid thester said at a special Mass for Americans when we saw picnurses here. tures of babies burned. We for-
The cardinal said euthanasia get that our own society islegislation will undoubtedly be among the most violent in thei~troduced as ~ private ~~mber's world. I am thinking especiallybill - one WIthout offICIal gov· of violence to children.crn~ent backing or o~e on '\Britain is perhaps uniquewhIch members of Parltament among the civilized nations inare not held to political ideology .permitting violence.and are free to vote their conscience.
The cardinal told the nursesthat if euthana.sia - sometimescalled mercy killing-were tobecome legal, "enormous pres-sure would be felt by the sick to :1111I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11I11111111I11I11I111I1111I11I11I111111I11Iask to be put to death. Beforelong the senile and mentally sickwould be presumed to wish tobe ,put to death."
Discussing abortion, the cardi·nal said that few who advocatedBritain's permissive 1967 Abortion Act "foresaw the massacreof the innocents which is beingperpetrated.
"It is to be hoped that theLane Commission (a parliamentary committee. now investigating the Abol1tion Act with a viewto possible amendments) will reduce the slaughter by showingin its report that, despite the in·tentions of the promoters ofthe bill, we have in /this country abortion on demand.
"No child in the womb is safeif its mother is selfish. The statewill now destroy the child forno other reasori than the convenience of the woman who con·ceived it.
"Never forget that you havethe right and duty to refuse toassist actively in operationswhich of.fend your conscience."
In another address CardinalHeenan spoke on cruelty to children in Britain.
VATICAN CITY (NC) -Thecoming Holy Year is a time forthe Christian to show the worldhe is totally devoted' to Christ,loves God more than himselfand is 'therefore a "truly humanperson," Pope Paul VI told thou·sands at two audiences in theVatican.
The Pope urged everyone totake seriously the summons heissued May 9 for a Holy Yearin Rome during 1975 and a HolyYear in the rest of the Churchto begin this coming PentecostSunday, June 10.
"The moment has arrived forus to measure our allegiance toChrist ... It is time for an act oftotal 'awareness on our part ofthe highest of values," the Popesaid in his address to thousandsof Italians in St. Peter's Basilicafollowing his greetings to thousands of tourists of other nationalities in the nearby papal audience hall, that he was exhortingeveryone "to give our announce·ment of the Holy Year the importance due it."
'Phe Holy Year, he said, is notjust a passing event, but something which truly must be taken
"I picked onions and sweetpotatoes in Chino. I worked asa shoemaker. I was a signpainter. and a house painter. Iworked in a plastics factory andin the fibre glass industry," recounted the new priest.
"When I talk to people whohave to get up every morning atsix to go to work, people havingto clock in and out every day onthe job - I know exactly howthey' feel."
Father John Soichiro Teraostudied at St. John's because LosAngeles is sister city to Nagoya,Japan, his hometown, and forthat reason the Los Angelesarchdiocese agreed to educatethe Japanese seminarian.
His father had opposed his
LOS ANGELES (NC) - AMexican former farm worker, aJapanese who worked in seaportshipping and a Hungarian whoworked in the petroleum industry took priestly vows at an ordination ceremony here.
The three were among 17members of the 1973 ordination class of St. John's Seminaryof the Los Angeles archdioceseand were ordained by CardinalTimothy Manning in St. Vibiana's Cathedral.
Father Ruben Lopez was bornand educated in Aguascalientes,a state in cent-ral Mexico. Hisfamily emigrated to Californiaand when his father died he hadto work to support his motherand brothers and sisters.
1973 PARISH TOTALSATTLEBORO AREA
Attleboro-Holy Ghost .St. .John ..St. Joseph ~ .St. Mark , .St. Mary : ..St. Stephen : .St. Theresa ..
Mansfield-S1. Mary : .North Attleboro-Sacred Heart .
St. Mary ;Norton-S1. Mary : ..Seekonk-Mt. Carmel .
NEW BEDFORD AREANew Bedford-Holy Name .
Assumption ..Immaculate Conception : ..M1. Carmel .Our Lady of Fatima ; ..Our Lady of Perpetual Help ; ..Our Lady of Purgatory............................ .. .. .Sacred Heart .St. Anne .S1. Anthony of Padua ..S1. Boniface .. .St. Casimir ..S1. Francis of Assisi .S1. Hedwig .S1. Hyacinth ..St. James : .S1. John the Baptist : .S1. Joseph : ..S1. Kilian .S1. Lawrence .. .S1. Mary ..St.' Theresa .
Acushnet-S1. Francis Xavier ..Fairhaven-S1. Joseph : .
S1. Mary : .Sacred Hearts .
- Marion-S1. Rita .Mattapoisett-St. Anthony ..North Dartmouth-S1. Julie Billiart ..South Dartmouth-St. Mary.............................. . ..Wareham-St. Patrick ..Westport-S1. George ..
TAUNTON AREATaunton-Holy Family ~ .
Holy Rosary .Immaculate Conception .Our Lady of Lourdes ..Sacred Heart ..St. Anthony .St. James ..S1. Joseph .S1. Mary .S1. Paul .
Dighton-St. Peter .North Dighton-S1. Joseph .North Easton-Immaculate Conception .Raynham-St. Ann , ..South Easton-Holy Cross .
@rhe ANCHOROFFIClA~ NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FlUL RIVER
Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River410 Highland Avenue
Fall River, Mass. 02722 675·7151
PUBLISHERMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.
GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER
Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shelloo, M.A. 'lev. John P. Driscoll.... leary. Press-Fall River
of pastas that had .become theregular diet. Who can even afford to eat?
He remembered how hismouth watered as he pushed hisempty cart by the meat sectionof the supermarket. Even at thefish counter the glaring eye of asingle lobster made him angrywith envy. At $12 a pound heknew he would never taste thatsweet delicacy again. On andon it went as he wound his waythrough the well stocked aislesuntil he found himself at thecheck"out with the usual cheesesand breads. Inflation was onething but this present price situation was out of contro~.
where would it all end?For some, this little sketch
may seem to be a mere exaggeration. Yet for many it is or willbe a reality. The summer of 73holds little promise and hopenot only for what we call thegood things of life but also forso many of the ordinary thingsthat we have taken for granted.From the polluted beaches to thesmog encrusted hills the life pattern of many Americans will bechanged not for the better unfortunately but for the worse. Whatwe. have taken for granted forso long is now catching up tous, From the arena of politicsto the kitchen table our lives arebeing changed because of ourown indifference or carelessness.Too long have we left things forthe other guy to do and we findout ·that he has not done them.
Now even the staples of lifeare endangered. A fresh windmust blow to sweep the airclean, and a new tide must riseto purify the land. We can nolonger afford the luxury of waiting. People must act; individualsmust care. It is now down tobasics. Air, food, water, energyand government are all at stake.How you react (0 the growing
-problems of life will indeed affect your. own future life.
Continued from Page Onediocese, will receive diplomas.from Bishop Cronin at 8 P.M.
On SundayFour schools will hold· exer
cises Sunday, June 10, beginningat 1:30 P.M. at Bishop Gerrard
~ High School, Fall River where139 girls will graduate. Bishop.
, Cronin will preside and MissTeresa Patten will be valedictorian.
Towp o'clock exercises arescheduled at Sacred HeartsA'cademy, Fall River. BishopGerrard will present diplomas to80 girls and Hon. James P. McGuire, Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, will be theprincipal speaker. Miss Janet A.St. Laurent will be valedictorianand Miss Phyllis L. Stanton willbe salutatorian.
Bishop' Gerrard will also present diplomas at 7:30 Sundayevening to 25 boys and 44 girls 'graduating from Holy FamilyHigh School of St. Lawrenceparish, where he was pastor untilhis retirement last year. Rev.Brian Harrington will also speakat the Holy F!lmily ceremonies.
Also 'at 7:30 P.M. will be grad·uation ceremonies at BishopCon,nolly High School, Fall Riverwhere Rep. Margaret Hecklerwill be principal speaker andBishop Cronin will preside. Viii·edictorian Michael L. Raposa andSalutatorian Ronald P. Josephhead the class of 95 graduates.
after a long day's work. However with the critical powershortage it was again his dayto conserV!l energy.
For the past, five weeks, thoselittle comforts that had becomenecessities now faded into oblivion. The temperature was stillat the 90 degree mark and therewas seemingly no hope for anytype of relief be it from theclimate of the apartment or theatmosphere of present politics.This energy-crisis, was gettingto be not only a nuisance butalso down right aggravating. Hethought of the millions of officeworkers who were trapped inelevators last week because ofenergy blackouts. Stores nolonger ran elevators or escalators, signs no longer ,flashed J
their brilliant rainbows of electrical color, city buildings nolonger gleamed like shining pillars in the dark night. What wasonce considered to be the ordi·
'- nary usage· of electricity nowbecame a luxury.
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The ~,unlrlner of 73
Need a Fre!sh Win.d to Purify the LandWell at least he had his reo those little extras that he once
frigerator. Oh how that poor could afford. Now he glancedstorage chest suffered. Gone with a glazed eye at the futurewere the steaks and the roasts, supper of a hot dog and a cangone were the ever pres,~nt fresh of beans. Yet this would be avegetables, gone were any of welcomed change from the diet
He just couldn't believe that it had happened to him.After twenty three years of !;teady employment, the Navyyard was to be closed and a r,ew facility built in the south.As he waited in line for his last paycheck, he really feltthat he had become a victimof political revenge. It wasto be such a good summer ofpromise but now he woundhave to be added to the'rolls ofthe unemployed and pound tLopavement searching' for an almost impossible dream, a' neWjob. At his age and consideringthe present state of the economy what chance did he haVE)to find any type. of sk:iIled employment? Well he'd .better stopfeeling sorry for himself, hop thecrowded bus and head f9r hOIll€1with the maddening mob.
In the. good old days, hethought, he would drive to workbut now with the price of gasoline so high he couldn't afford]to face .even the commutingrush-hour'traffic. The, bus inche:i,its way through the polluted,haze of the city. He choked andsweated' in the oppressive summer heat until he finally reachedhis flat. Slumping into' his chairhe glanced at the unused air conditioner remembering the moments of comfort it gave him
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 31, 19736
Unprecedented, SuccessOnce again the charity of Christ has urged the people
within the Diocese of Fall River to respond to the needs of (their brothers and sisters. '
This year's Catholic Charity Appeal has reached a newrecord high. And this jn the face of severe unemployment,a shaky economy, rising prices, and deep concern overpersonal needs that must be met.
All these circumstances could have been used bypeople to curtail their gifts. Perhaps in some cases thiswas done. But the sum total of the Appeal indicates thatwhere charity is the issue, people would not and -did notmake excuses. And if many persons gave with the elementof sacrifice-taking a little from themselves so that otherscould have something-then they gave indeed in the spiritof Christ, giving not only money but a part 'of themselves.
This is, perhaps the -most touching part of the Appeal,the willingness of so many, Catholics and those of otherfaiths, to respond to the needs of other people. ArnoWToynbee, the historian, said that the Twentieth _Centurywill go down in history of mankind as the age in whichpeople became aware of the needs of their neighbors anddid· something about it. But- this is not an automatic thing.
Needs have to be pointed out. Programs have to beinitiated and strengthened and advanced. Many personshave to be enlisted to provide the funds to meet the needs.Others have to give their time and effort in soliciting forfunds. All this does not simply happen.
But all of this is done' in the name of charity, in thename of Christ, in the name of person helping person.
In this spirit was this year's Appeal made. And inthis spirit was this year's Appeal taken up. And in thisspirit has this year's Appeal re'ached unprecedente~ success.
Advice From a KnickWhen the 6-foot 5-inch 30 year old forward for the
champion Ne", York Knickerbockers stepped forward toreceive an honorary doctorate and to deliver the majoraddress at 5t. Peter's College in Jersey City, he did notso much as acknowledge the cheers that greeted him andthe chants of "dee-fense, dee-fense" with whIch the Knickfans had urged their team to th~ NBA championship~ In-
. stead, the former Rhodes scholar, Bill Bradley, launchedinto a serious talk calling upon "our generation" to "leavethe comfortable room" and to commit themselves to something larger than themselves.
He asked his hearers to question a society that spends$2 billion a year on jewelry, more than is spent to combatpoverty; a society that spends $3 billion a year on pleasureboating, twice the foreign-aid budget; a society that spends$2 billion for golf courses, twice the amount spent annuallyfor municipal water systems.
The questioning should take the form of escaping"the materialistic habit of defining ourselves by our possessions, titles and .honors."
When Pop'es speak in this way they are .listened toif at all-with merely, a certain dutiful respect but theirwords are. not too often taken to l1eart. It is only fromtime to time that some people sometimes look at the presentstate of affairs and then remember that Pius XI or Pius XIIpointed to the signs and gave the warning and offered theadvice some decades ago.
Perhaps a present generation will listen to the voiceof one of its own. Perhaps what the turmoil of the 60'sand the questioning of the 70's is leading up to is the realization that the generation is seeking spiritual answers towhat are, after all, spiritual ills and questions.
Parishioners
Library AssociationOpposes Funds Cut
DENVER (NC)-The nationalCathollic Library Association(CLA) has unanimously passed aresolution opposing PresidentNixon's proposed elimination ofall federal funding for, libraries.
During his annual conventionhere, the CLA protested Nixon's'Proposal to eliminate all supportfor elemen1tary, high school, college, university and public libraries. The step has been taken·despite Nixon's acknowledgement during National lJibraryWeek of the need for generoussupport for libraries.
THE ANCHOR- 7Thurs., May 31, 1973
DelegatesContinued from Page One
promised him "my full cooperation."
Bishop James S. Rausch, general secretary for the NCCB andthe U. S. Catholic Conference,said he was "grateful to the HolyFather for having chosen so wellqualified a person for this position."
"I anticipate a close and ·cordial relationship with ArchbishopJadot, such as has trad~tionally
existed between the apostolicdelegate and the secretariat ofthe U. S. episcopal conference,"Bishop Rausch said.
The appointment was announced here by Msgr. Francesco de Nittis, charge d'affairs ofthe apostolic delegation.
Belgian ChaplainArchbishop Jadot was born in
Brussels Nov. 23, 1909, and ordained a priest Feb. 11 1934.After serving as a military chaplain for the Belgian armed forcesin the former Belgian Congo, hewas the national director of Pontifical Missionary Work for Belgium.'
On Feb. 23, 1968, he was madetitular· bishop of Zuri and appointed apostolic delegate forLaos, Malaysia and Singapore.On Aug. 28, 1969, he was giventhe additional post of pro-nuncioin Thailand.
Since May 15, 1971, Archbishop Jadot has been pro-nuncioapostolic in Cameroun and Gabon and apostolic delegate forEquatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea has 'beenthe scene of serious conflicts between Church authorities andthe government of the young African republic. The nation's twobishops have been expelled-onein April, 1971, and one in April,1972. In May of this year severalSpanish nuns were expelled fromthe country.
Pope's RepresentativeThe appointment of Archbish
op Jadot as apostolic delegate inthe United States marks Hie firsttime that a non-Italian has heldthe post in this country.
The apostolic delegate is thePope's principal representative
. to Catholics in the country. Thedelegation, located in Washing
. ton, D. C. was established byPope Leo XIII in 1893.
Since the United States andthe Vatican have no official diplomatic relations, the apostolicdelegate's principal concerns arewith the Church in this country.He is the normal channel ofcommunieations between theVatican and the U. S. bishops,and it is his job to keep theVatican informed of the conditions of the Church in the Unite'dStates.
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serve throughou.t the diocese. Bottom left: Following theMass, Bishop Cronin met parishioners introduced to him bythe present pastor, Rev. Walter A. Sullivan,' while Rev.Msgr. Francis McKeon, former pastor, renewed acquaintances. Bottom right: Younger parishioners express elationat their meeting with the Bishop..
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TAUNTON PARISH CENTENARY: Bishop Cronin wasthe principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass of Thanksgiving commemorating the IOOth anniversary of the SacredHeart Parish in Taunton,. Sunday, May 27. Top: the concelebrated Mass was offered in the recently refurbishedsanctuary of the parish church by priests who have servedthe parish in the past or who have come from the parish to
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II that everyone in the worldmust be Catholic," he says. "Thewriters stated that the primarypur,pose of ecumenical activityis not conversion, but rather asharing whatever we can withother churches on a reciprocalbasis.
"The earlier emprasis on conversion came partly from theChurch's pre-Vatican stance thatthe Church was virtually, perfectin all respects. One of the greatachievements of the council wasthe recognition that the Churchis growing and will continue togrow through the perfection ofcertain areas within the Church,"he said.
"Yet we keep very secure ourfoundations of doctrine and ourteachings. Non-Catholics as wellas Catholics are interested in thefact that they each have, a certain identity of -their own. Differences do exist, and we shouldnot destroy them, but we' haveto look for deeper relationshipswithout the idea of conversion."
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i~ioilafIy to find out exactly what:s being done in the dioceses fnocumenism, and to find~out what:leeds exist. Then we will share1hese ideas .with the hishops'Commission on Ecumenical and:nterreligious affairs so that theycan take ba,ck to the NationalConference of Catholk BishopsII report on ecumenism.
For ,Common Good"This is brand new-we don't
want to .be absorbed into a naIional office; we want to mainIain -a sort of independence so,ve can give an honest, sincereIeporting of what is going on in(cumenical work ,in the country,"I.e said.
Father Wallace pointed tohteroparish lay ecumenical activ- ,i:ies as the direction of the eeuIlenical movement in America., We want to get down to the guti ;sues in ecumenkal work, likeJ overty," he explains. '''A 'diocese in Kansas has a pilot pro~ ram which works on a 'covenant relationship' - parishescombine their committees to accomplish their work for the common good. It works like socialaction in human development: its laring of the human develop.t1lent needs of the poor, fpr ex-ample." )
Ecumenical AimHe said there has been a
c lange in ecumenical aims fromc mversion to coexistence. "Itwas not the intention of Vatican
Misinterpret EcumenicalLaymen
FALL RIVER SERRANS (;;REET BISHOP: Principals at the annual Bishop's Night'of the Fall River Serra Club wl~re Mrs. Dennis C. Hurley, Bishop Cronin, who was theguest speaker; Dennis C. Hurhy, outgoing president of the organization. .
.SYRACUS (NC) - The word"ecumenism" has such an offi.cial ring to it that most pe();>lesee It as a clergy function andnot a ,layman's concern, ac-cord-ing to a leader in eCUlmenicalaffairs.
"Just tile, word itself is astumbling block for the averagelayman," said Father Harry C.Wallace, chairman of the National Association of DiocesanEcumenical Affairs. -
"The word sounds so official,as if our ministers and priestsare ,getting together for high~level activities whkh don't affectthe people," he said in an inter,view with the Syracuse diocesan
, weekly Catholic Sun."Actually in ecumenicaJ work,
we are more interested in whatthe people are doing on thegrassroots :level than what ishappening on high officia.l levelsin policy actions," says FatherW!lllace.
"The NODEA is meeting re-
One cannot picture this vivacious creature sitting down forhours in front' of a TVaI' justcounting memories; rather. shespends' her time making plans,for her future, looking forwardto a new play that's opening nextwinter; and all in all living eachday to its fullest.
I've just finished reading anarticle advising women approaching middle age (with despair) to pick out an olderwoman whom they admire anduse' her as a model. Anyone whohas the fortunate opportunityto meet Ruth Gordon would notha,ve to look any further for amodel because the best one pos~ible would have been encotm-'teredo
Have Defied AgeShe and her utterly charmjng
husband, Garson Kanin, have defied, age, time, and the ravagesof both. Truly interested and interesting individuals, they radiate a warmth, and vitality thatcould be an inspiration to us all.
Presently residents of Martha'sVineyard, part of our diocese,the Kanins graced Fall River recently to speak for a newlyformed organization, Friends ofthe Library, and it was on thisoccasion that I saw what "joy inliving" really means exemplifiedby two of the greatest artistsof the American theatre.
One of our friends wrote toMr. Kanin after the lecture, suggesting that his next book shouldbe titled "Kanin and Gordon" (asequel to Kanin's best seller,"Hepburn and Tracy"). If heshould write such a book, I hopeMrs. Kanin reveals what has-kept her so youthful.
Catholic :Agencies to AidEarthquqke Victims
NEW YORK (NC)-Plans toexpedite the housing and rehabilitation of the victims of last
. December's -earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua, topped the listof. items di~cussed at a meetinghere of representatives of CaritasCatholics' overseas aid agency.. Bishop Edward Swanstrom, ex-
Getting Out of School ecutive director of CRS, an-
Was The Best Part nounced an agreement of bothagencies to join in the purchase
PEORIA (NC):-"I slept well in Honduras, and the erection inlast night. It didn't seem to both- Managua, of 600 prefabricateder me," said IO-year-old John housing units urgently needed toArdis. shelter disaster victims before
John was the hostage who was the rainy season begins.taken outside at gunpoint by one With funds contributed byof the three men who invaded children in U.S. Catholic schoolsSt. Cecilia's School here.· and Confraternity of Christian
Even though it was, a trying Dootrine (CCD) classes duringexperience for the fifth-grader, Lent, CRS has already providedhe feels he did profit from it. 50,000 sheets of corrugated iron'1'm kind of excited about aU for re-roofing damaged houses,the national newsmen talking to CRS expects to deliver in theme, but the best thing is that coming weeks, 37.000 addl-itionalschool was called off today.'.' .0 sheets.
retary of the State Council ofCatholic Schools Superintendents, said that this "is evidence'that the legislature takes seriously its mandate to p'rovide educa- .tioil for all children in the state."He also praised the legislativeleadership for consistently responding to the great needs ofparents and students in the nonpublic schools.
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8 lHEANCHOR-Oiocese of Fall River-Thur., May 31,1973
R~If.h Gordlon Proves Ad,a,g,e'Agre, Is ,State, of. Mind'
That ,age is a state of mind is an adage I have heardrepeated over a.nd over, but· never was I more aware ofthe deep truth it holds than recently when I met Miss RuthGordon, actress extraordinary and woman incarnate. Seventy-seven years young (acliche I'm sure she's sick ofhearing), she wears heryears so lightly that: she'struly a'geless.
I wished for a moment of hertime to ask her the secret 'ofkeeping one's mind so energetic
N.Y. Legislature Includes NonpublicSchools in General Aid Bill
ALBANY (NC) - A textbook_aid program extending the loanof textbooks to all grades in public and nonpublic schools wasapproved by the New York legislature as part of a general education aid package.
Soine $4 million out of a totalof $23 million allocated to textbook aid for public and nonpublie elementary schools will bereserved for the latter. Previously the law provided textbookloan aid only to seventh totwelfth grades and non publicstudents shared in that also.
while at the same time keepinga body that seemed that of a 40year-old woman. The way shesat, the way she stood, herevery movement after a hectically paced day gave no indicationof weariness or fatigue.
Inner GlowEven Miss Gordon's skin,
though slightly lined around theeyes gave off a youthful glowthat no amount 'of cosmeticscould have created-this was aglow that came from inside.
While never a raving beauty,a fact that I'm sure Miss Gordonwould be the first to tell you, sheis more attractive now than inany movie' that I've seen her in
_and certainly much more strikinga person than can even be conveyed on the screen. Her charisma defies description, she talksnot of what she has done butrather of what she is going to do,and perhaps here is her secret..
.Life hasn't stopped yet for her,there is a tomorrow.
"It is needed, constitutio'naland long ~)Verdue," said tne president 'of the New York Feder-
, ation of Catholic School Par-ents,Dr. Thomas R. Curran of Elmira;in praising the passing of themeasure. "U is a welcome helpfor all children," h~ said.
He added that the program willbe especially beneficial to tnepoor in nonpublic as well as inpublic schools.
J. Allan Davitt, executive sec-
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School Aid LawDecl,ored Invalid
OLYMPIA (NC)-The Wash-ington State Supreme Court
~ unanimously declared that state• legislation appropriating funds
for nonpublic schools is unconstitutional.
In its decision the ninemembered court struck downtwo acts, one aiding elementaryand secondary school students,the other aiding college students.
In an' extraordinary session,the 1972 legislature appropriated$200,000 for individual grants toneedy and disadvantaged elementary and secondary ~pupils
attending both public and pri-vate schools. .
The law would have given upto $100 and $300 a year to elementary school and secondaryschool students respectively,with at least 25 per cent of thefunds going to needy students inthe public schools.
A 1971 enactment providedtuition supplements to studentsin private colleges and universities of the state.
In both instances , the moneywould have been given directlyto the students, not the institution, and spent on tuition orbooks.
The court based its decisionon the section of the state Constitution which reads: "Allschools maintained or supportedwhoHy or in part by public fundsshall be forever free from sectarian control or influence."
Father Michael O'Neill, Spokane diocesan superintendent ofeducation and president of theWashington Federation 0 fIndependent Schools (WFIS),said the decision is based onboth federal and state grounds.and apparently precludesappeals to the U. S. Supreme
WFIS is now looking to otherforms of state aid. A tax creditprogram will go before the legislature this November.
WF'IS is also considering backing a bill that would providestate money to school districtsfor textbooks and library booksto be. loaned to students in allSchools.
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And possibly therein lies thekey to contentment in life. Godhas given each of us a particularchore assigned to no other.
So what the retarded seem tocome by naturally, we normalpeople have to work at ... finding our purpose in life and learning to accept it' and just do ourbest.
To live happily at peace, wemust know that we are doing ourvery best each moment,' eachday, to fulfill our particular rolein life, to deeply love and serveGod, our fellowmen, and ourselves. Then the worries, fears,anxieties, and even hatred willdisappear.
Try it. Your mind can be content, and your heart light.
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Many Children Receive
No Religious InstructionPHILADELPHIA (NC)-Near
ly half of the Catholic childrenattending Philadelphia publicschools last year received no formal religious instruction, according to statistics released byFather Raymond J. Teller, archdiocesan director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
The statistics show that111,418 Catholic children, in thearchdiocese attended publicschools in 1972 and that 59,094were enrolhid in CCD programs;52,324 were not participating inreligious instruction classes.
The CCD figures showed that, the number of children receiving
instruction was up almost 2,000over 1971 while the number ofCatholic children n public schoolsincreased some 8,000 in the sametime period.
Since 1967, the number ofCatholic children attending public schools increased by about40,000 while the number of thosereceiving instruction went upabout 22,000,
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"A Little Child Shall Lead Them." Last week I wroteabout my little six-year-old daughter, Bobbie . . . warmaffectionate, outgoing . . . mentally retarded . . . and thehappiest p'erson I know. I promised that this week I'd tellyou why I think she is sucha happy person, and how Ibelieve we can all learn tobe happy . . . from her.
Bobbie doesn't worry aboutanything! She has practically no
anxieties or fears. She holds nohate, bitterness, nor grudges.
We can easily say that because of her retardation, herbrain isn't as developed or capable as a normal person's, therefore her freedom from worries,fears, anxieties and hatred issimply that she doesn't under::ttand life's problems.
But the difficulty may be inthe way we "normal" people react to life's ,problems.
Consider the way we look atthings.
We worry constantly, abouthundreds of possible disasters. Ioften joke that I have ~voided
many or life's mishaps becauseI've worried about them. Thethings I worry about never happen!
Nurse MemoriesFear gnaws at us; fear that our
r.nvironment is deteriorating,that war is inevitable, that ourhealth wiil fail, that our childrenwill go astray.
We are a.nxious about tomorrow. Will we get done all wemust? Will we get no phone callfrom the one we're hoping tohear fepm ... or worse, will wehear from the one we'd rathernot? Will we'have the money forthe rent? or to send our childrento college 10 years from now?
And we nurse the memory ofwrongs that have been done tous, planning how to get 'even,scheming how we could returnthe insult, or "what we shouldhave said!"
All these things put our mindsin turmoil ... and our hearts arenot at peace. This is why we areunhappy.
But Bobbie's life is different.She goes about each· day with
out fear, without apprehension,taking each thing as it comes. Ifsomething should be enjoyed,she delights in it fully, withoutinhibition. If it is a challenge,she gives it everything she's got.And if it should be for,gotten,she discards it, without everlooking back.
Everything she does, she doesher ,best ... and sometimes thatmay be very low on the "normal"scale. oBw. she's doing her best.That's all that isimportant to\her.
Through Bobbie I've met dozens of retarded children and Ihave .l'Ifverknown one 'who wasashamed of being retarded! Theyall seem content just being themselves, doing their best, a!!dhelping each other.
Stonehill' Graduates IllS LClrgest Class
PRINCIPALS" AT STONEHILL 'COMMENCEMENT: :Rev. Ernest J. Bartell, Stonehill President; Martin Meyerson, Presid~nt of the University .:>f Pennsylvania; M~s. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, first Black president of the ~EA; Zenon C. R. H~nsen, Ch~mnan, o~
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'llanners in programs... the:lacemakers ... and a bulwark;Igainst extension of government:nto areas ,better handled pri.lately:
The last challenge to theI~raduates was to sustain Amer:can Higher Education because,'Nithout it, or with an emaciatedIlducation, "the loss to the coun'ry and the world will be pro: ourid." He urged them to support it in time and 'other reilources, and to criticize it in a''Nay which will, lead to greateraccomplishments. '
President Meyerson also wasawarded an honorary dE;lgree,
. :)octor of Laws, honoris causa,lit the exerCises.
Honorary DegreesOther honorary degree recip
;ents were: Professor Harry AusI ryn Wolfson, professor emeritusof Hebrew Literature and Phil·osophy at Harvard University,Doctor -of Humanities, honorisI:ausa; Elizabeth D. Koontz, first'llack president of the National:~ducation Association and par~ icipant in several national commissions on women's rights,1)octor of Letters, honoris causa;lind Zenon C.R. Hansen, chair·man of the board and chief ex(icutive officer of Mack Trucks,Doctor of Business Administra.1ion, honoris causa.
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, Ernest Bartell, president, to Rev.;-ohn P. Lucey, t.S.C.
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His third challenge is to rein·force voluntary action. The pri.vate, non-profit agencies are "the
First-Uwe should stop beingashamed of 'our material abundance ... but should make surethat a basic ,threshold of materialwell-being' is availaJ:)le to all ofus ... through our historic attachment to reward throughwork." ,
Second-Uthe" strengthening ofdemocratic institutions," including a free press. "It is importantto confine government," headded. UIt should be seen in asubordinate role .. ,las supplier
"From a view (in the 50's) thatwe could rarely do wrong weseem to have moved to a viewthat we can rarely do right ...Where is our historic sense ofconfidence?" President MartinMeyer§on of the University, ofPennsylvania asked 355 gradu· ST. ANmONY
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mosphere of despair, this state : $50of self-denigration, is unwar· ,Ideal Fuel Oil Co.ranted, President Meyerson point. Souza's Texaco.ed out that "we have demon- Fresh 'Pond" Holy Ghost Soci-strated and continue to show te y I ,
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It's all summed up by a plaquehanging in the school for allchildren to see. "Here you areloved," it says.
Mass is celebrated at Nazarethonce a month by Rev. Msgr.Daniel F. Shalloo, said SisterMaureen. And retired BishopConnolly, who made establishment of, the Nazareths in FallRiver, Attleboro and Hyannis oneof his priorities while directingthe diocese, has. not forgottenhis young friends. He visits theFall River school at least oncea week.
SUPER SWIMMERS: Youngsters from Nazareth Hall,Fall River, who merited ribbons and certificates in Special.Olympics swim meet at Brockton. From left, front row,Leilani Anderson, Denise Canuel, Priscilla Shea; rear, StevenVieira, Linda Carreiro, Jeannette Haire, Carmel Rosa.
FalI River community. Sister. Maureen said that "literalIy
scores" of volunteers aid theschool in the course of a year,including students from BishopConnolly High School and Morton Junior High School whocome to Nazareth during theirfree periods to tutor youngsterson a one-to-one basis.
Especial!y popular is a swimming program which recently resulted in Special Olympics ribbons and certificates for eightNazareth Hall youngsters. Pupils'have been using the FalI River'Boys' Club pool for three years,through the courtesy of Norman 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllll111111lUIllllUllIllIlllllllllllllllltlii1111111111111111111111111111111>
Mullen, director, said SisterMaureen.
Supervising girls' swimming,,are Mrs. Frank Plichta of the
Nazareth faculty, Mrs. John P.Malloy, Mrs. Daniel M. McDonald, Mrs. George D. Kelly and
" Mrs. William H. Gaudreau. Incharge of the boys are Paul Lapointe, Harold Mosher and GaryBigos. Jaycee meJPbers providetransportation to the pool.
In area competition in theSpecial Olympics, a nationwideprogram sponsored by the Kennedy Foundation, Jeannette Hairetopped all others with two firstand one third place ribbon infree style and relay races. First,second and third ribbons' werewon by Linda Carreiro and, Carmel Rosa; Leilani Anderson merited a first and a third, and Denise Canuel a second.
The youngsters, together withwinners in track and jump eventswill enter competition on thestate level in Boston on June 2.Top state scorers go on to national Olympics. Last year, saidSister Maureen, Denise Canuel ;was among national entrants,' ~traveling to California for. com·petition there.
Here You're Loved"The most beautiful thing for
us about the Games is the .sharing feeling," she said. "Everyone is so happy about the ribbons that were won. The chil.dren are that way about everything-so glad about each other'ssuccesses."
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Nazareth Hall Students Operate SpiritualPowerhouse for Fall River· FriendsBy PAT McGOWAN
Except for the neat sign onits front lawn, Nazareth HalIlooks like just another welIkepthouse on Fall River's HighlandAvenue. But it's a spiritual. powerhouse, operated by nearly 100exdeptional children, inclj.ldingretarded, mongoloid and emotionally disturbed youngsters.
"They have no trappingsthey go straight to God," saidSister Maureen, RS.M., 10ngtime Nazareth principal.
Hundreds have discovered Nazareth's power and it's a rare daythat th'e youngsters don't receivea request for prayers. Sometimes answers are spookilyprompt. "We were asked at 12:15one day to pray for the happydeath of a hopelessly ill a~d
suffering man," related SisterMaureen. "At 12:25 we receiveda call. 'He's gone to God. Thankyou.' "
On another occasion a priestdropped in to request prayersfor a pat\ent who refused to seehim. On the way back to hisrectory he paused at the hospital to see another ill person. Hepassed the door of the obdurateone and .was beckoned by a family member. "He wants to seeyou now, Father," she whispered.
"We thank God for the privilege of working with theseyoungsters," said Sister Maureen."We have none of the hasslesand problems of other schools."Noting that the theme of therecent diocesan teachers' convention was "Building a Com,/munity of Faith," she added,"That's what we've got hereour faculty is a real communityof faith."
Radiates OutwardSparked, by the faculty, the
Nazareth spirit radiates into the
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$100Sarah Maloney
$50Pauline Cleary ~
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ST. JAMES
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ST. A~THONY
$150Manuel Fontinha
. $30Mr. & Mrs. Raymond BeaulieuMr. & Mrs. Charles Ferreira,
$50Friends of Catholic Charities
$35Mr. & Mrs. James Duffy Sr.
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,Now the soldier brother wasso angry he would not go' backto his home. Instead he went tohis fellow veterans and to theirparents and to his leaders andthey became angrier together."We have peace with honor,"they said. "If we -allow a dishonorable son in our midst, our
,own honor will be diminished;'We must never forgive him. Heis a criminal and must be treatedlike one."
Then the father came out tothem and begged them to welcome his lost son. "Never," replied the veteran son. "He gaveup his citizenship while I defended mine. He has lost the ri,ght toforgiveness. "
"My son, my son," answeredhis father gently,. "to you belongs everything. You have theland, the honor, the rightousness that comes to one whonever strays. You have neverquestioned, never protested. Youhave never suffered for principles.
"Don't you see, everything be-Iongs to you the present andthe future while nothing be-longs to your brother but hisconscience? What will you lose,then, by welcoming him home?For your brother was dead, butnow he is alive; he was lost,. butnow he has been found."
Says Civil Rights,Movement Alive
ALBANY (NC)-"Non-violence, is quietly alive."
That is the asseSlSment of anational black ~eader who helpedto found the Student Non-Violent
'CoOI'Ciinating Comm~ttee (SNCC)an i960. Julian Bond, now aGeorgia state legislator, madethe oomment in an interviewwith The Evangelist, newspaperof the Albany diocese.
"Non-violence can be a wayof life and a technique," he continued. "It is still very much inevidence across the' country- )picket lanes at a grocery s'oore,that won't hire blackis, a marchIto obtain revenue sharing dollars. But there are no longer thebig marches" that marked thecivil :rights drive in the 1960s.
One of ,the I1easons for the"quietness" of the non-violent,civil rights effort, he noted, is.the emphasis on the small local'ity rather than the nation. "Revenue sharing made city h,,!llsmore important than ,they havebeen fior black people,". Bondsaid.
THE,ANCHOR,....Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 31{ 1973
There was this country that had two sons. When thewars came, one son joined and dutifully went off to slay ,the enemy. The other son, however, went to his father. "Irefuse to kill for my coun~ry," said he. "Give me my inheritance and 1 will go offto Canada." His father did but now he has been found,"
And so the party began.as he asked and sent him off The other son, the veteran.with his blessing. ~ was out in the field. When he
The prodigal son went to a he heard the music and smelledcountry far away where he the bar-b-que, he asked a friend.
"What's going on up at thehouse?"
Angry Veterans'"Your brother is home," an
swered the friend, "and yourfather's having a party to celebrate his coming home safe andsound."
wasted his inheritance on study,'writing and protesting. His soldier brother went also to a country far away where he protectedhis country and upheld the honorof his father by fighting gloriously and killing many.
One day the wars ceased fora hrief moment and the soldierson came home. He was greatlyhonored. All the country acclaimed him hero and he wentback to his fields, a proud andrighteous son.
The prodigal son, however,languished in his land away fromhome. He wrote of the futilityof the wars and of his exile. Thewars which had c,eased brieflytook up again a few miles overthe border in the land far away.The heroes' who were his brothers found their glory short-lived,and their sacrifice unappreciated,and their minds drugged.
The prodigal son became lonely. He wanted to come' home tohis father. His host country wastiring of him anq he found himself as unemployed as a returning soldier, as useless as a bodycount, and as hungry as the poorin his own country.
Wars Go OnHe found a job washing dishes
in a restaurant and one day he'said to himself, "Even the Indians in my father's country eatbetter than I do. I will get up andgo to my father and say, 'Father,I was wrong. I spent my inheritance foolishly. I made a standfor what I thought was right butnobody seemed to care. My sacrifice has been in vain. The warsgo on'.
"'I am no 'longer fit to becalled your son. Treat me as oneof your disadvantaged poor, butlet me come home.' "
Then he got up and startedhome to his father. He was stilla long way from home when his,father saw him; his heart -wasfilled with pity and he ran,threw his .arms around his sonand kissed him. "Father," began.the son, "I have spoken againstmy country and dishonored you.I am no longer fit to be calledyour son." '
But the father called hisfriends and neighbors. "Hurry!"he said. "CQme and rejoice withus. Our second son 'is home. Weare having a party to celebrate.For this son of mine was dead,,but now he is alive; he was lost
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., MaY'31, 1973
MINI-COURSES SPARK. CURRICULUM
FRIDAYS ARE FUN~ Friday is fun-day at Holy Name School, FallRiver, where seventh and eighth graders have been participating in. avariety of Friday afternoon mini-courses. Activities pictured include knitting, taught by Mrs. Rita Danis, an activity which drew faculty membersas well as students; swimming at Fall River Boys' Club, directed by PeterMcCarthy and Alfred Medeiros; two typing sessions, supervised by Rev.,
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William Campbell; photography, including developing and showing ofslides, taught by Miss Mary Hooben; basketball strategy, explained byFrancis Desmarais; and arts and crafts, led by Mrs. Joseph Ryan. Concluded before The Anchor photographer visited the school was a popularcourse in oil painting, taught by Mrs. Robert S. Hackett.
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Gardening Welcome RespiteFrom Watergate Affair
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MT. CARMEL,
SEEKONKA mother-daughter communion
breakfast will be served in the.parish center on Sunday morn,ing, June 10 following the 9:15Mass.
Of-ficers of the Women's Guildfor the coming year will be in-'stalled at the cQmmunion breakfast. The slate consists of Mrs.Donna Motta, re-elected president; Mrs. Agnes Rase,' vicepresident; Mrs. Nancy Reed,secretary; Mrs. Linda Hall willserve again and thus completeher two-year term as treasurer.
Entertainment will 'be providedby ,Frank Tempo, Channel 10'ssinger-artist.
Tickets may be purchased fromany member of the guild.
A Mt. Carmel Day will be heldat Nissen's Thrift Shop on Taunton Ave. on Friday, June 8 withall proceeds being used to initiatethe fund for the 'new' bus.
All parishioners are urged. topurchase their baked goods between 9:30 A.M. and 8 P.M. onthe special Mt. Carmel Day.
ST. ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT, The parish will hold its firstwhist party in the new churchbuilding at 1:30 P.M... Sunday,July 8 with proceeds to benefitthe construction fund. Mrs.Gloria W. Rounds is chairman.
ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO r
All members of the cast andbackstage personnel of the recent minstrel show will meet at7:30 on Sunday night, June 3for a "Fu!l Evening.'.' Picturesand slides taken of the showwill be shpwn and swapped.
FALL RIVER
New Phone 'Numbers
679-5262679-5263679-5264
OUR LADY OF FATIMA,NEW BEDFORD
The Women's Guild plans tohold its annual installation danceand .buffet from 7 P.M. to midnight Saturday, June 16 in theparish hall. Music will be by theJ. B. Quintet and the public isinvited.
Archbishop HannanHeads CU Board
WASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop Philip M.'Hannan of NewOrleans was elected chail:man ofthe Catholic University of America's board of trustees at itsquarterly board meeTing here.
A native of Washington, Arch- 'bishop Hannan earne'd' a,masters
'degree and doctorate in canonlaw at Catholic University..
Also named to the board asnew -trustees are ArchbishopJoseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati; Jane P. Cahill, IBM vicepresident; Dona.ld R. Keough,Coca-Cola vice president, andRaymond A. DuFour, a Washington business'executive.
Publicity ,chairmen of parish organizationsare asked to submit news items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included, as well as fUll dates of allactivities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events.
The·- Parish, Parade
ST. ROCH,FALL RIVER
The Council of Catholic Wom:!n .will sponsor an international:linner and program for members:n the church hall at 6:30:)n Monday evening, June 11.
Reservations may be made by~ontacting Mrs. Doris Bernier,)resident. The program will be:ollowed by the final business~eeting of the year.
OUR LADY OF' ANGELS,FALL RIVER.
The Holy Name Society willhold a communion breakfast andmeeting following 8 AM. MassSunday June 10. A baseball tripis planned for Sunday, June 24.
The council of Catholic-Womenwill hold its banquet and installation ceremony at Valle's res-'taurant at 6 P,M. Sunday, June17.
The Feast of Espirlto Santowill he celebrated this weekend.
Children of Mary will attend8 AM. Mass Sunday, June 17,followed by breakfas~
The Holy Rosary Sodality announces a penny sale for 7 P.M.Friday, June 22 in the parish hall.
ST. PATRICK,FALMOUTH
Continuing its longstandingannual tradition, the Women'sGuild has presented a book tothe Falmouth Library. This year'sselection I is "The Pain of BeingHuman" by Eugene Kennedy,M.M.
The guild has presented anannual book since its foundingand also presents volumes inmemory of deceased members.A ,total of 43 books has beengiven to the 'library in this way.
ST. JOHN BAPTIST,CENTRAL VILLAGE
A meat pie supper is scheduledfrom 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. Saturday,June 9 in the parish hall, undersponsorship of the Ladies' Guild.Tickets are available from Mrs.Lynwood Potter and Mrs. ArthurDenault.
The unit also announces awhist party at 8 P.M. Tuesday,June 12 in the hall. The public iswelcome and refreshments' willbe served.
The annual guild banquet willtake place at a date to be announced at Holiday Inn, NewBedford.. Members may. bring
.~uests. Reservations may be made:md further information obtaine-ctfrom Mrs. Alston Potter, MainRoad, Westport.
ST. MARY,NANTUCKET
The' Women's Guild will con-'cluct a "Spring Festival" in thechurch hall from 10 AM. to 4P.M. on Saturday, June 2. Members stress that there will beprizes for all.
HOLY NAME,, FALL,RIVER
The golden jubilee of the parish will be celebrated at a specialMass 'of Thanksgiving at 11:15Sunday morning. Bishop Croninwill be principal, concelebrant.~efreshments will follow in the3chool hall.
The 1923 dub will hold a dinler dance Saturday night, 'June23. All dues should he paid bySunday, June 17.
\ST. MARY
$25Mrs. Dorothy HoranMr. & Mrs.' Dave Brasells .
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$100Rev. John J. Steakem
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$30'Mary Newett
$25Mr. & i\1rs. Joseph MuscarellaRobert K. Dutra .Mr. & Mrs. William C. Moshel'Atty. Roy S. Villela
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ST. JOSEPH: $50
Havenwbod Motel: $32
Mr. & Mrs. August Gonsalves$25
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cunning.ham, Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Don·ovan, Mr. & Mrs. Edwa,rd Fitz·simmons, :Mr. & Mrs. Arthur
IFrates, Mr; & Mrs. Louis VaudryJr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pittle
ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER
Parish volunteers will begiccooking Wednesday, June 6 il~
preparation for the annual festival,' to be held Saturday ane.:Sunda~, July 21 and 22: at MaIowa Grove, Tiverton. Cookingwill conti~ue ,from 9 AM. to 5P.M. in the school every Wed·nesday, Thursday and Fridayuntil that -time. Polish delicacieswill be available on J'hursdaysand F.ridays during this perio,:at the sch~ol hall.
Other festival plans will bemade at a meeting tonight in the .churc:3 hall, ,following 7:15 Mass.All parishioners and friends will-·ing to assist in the project arc
. asked to attend by WaIter Gosci. minski, chairman.
A preiJrimary promotion ceremony will be held at 10:30 A.M,tomorrow 'in the school. Parentsand friend~ are invited.
Taunton
FairhavenST. MARY
$25Mrs. Cecilia Tardif
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION...$50
Immaculate Conception Women's Guild
$35Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Kings·
bury .$25
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Rose
SACRED HIEART$30
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Flannery$25
John J. CurleyDorothy Conley
ST. JOSEPH 1
$31Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Santos
$25In Memory of Joseph Travis
Sr. from Joseph Travis Jr.
The placing of flowers beforeMary's image with prayers is anact of religipus, homage whichbegan in the early days of theChurch.
Symbolic BloomsThere is speculation that these
first gardens set aside for theveneration of the Blessed Mothermay have bet;Jn in monasteriesand that they were mainly forthe use of the travelers who
'stopped at these hostels' to refresh body and soul.
Our early venture into a MaryGarden was mostly in the areaof blue and white flowersMary's colors-but a true Mary,Garden contains symbolicblooms such as the Madonna lilyand Mary's Heart, the bleedingheart.
Everyone needs a quiet spot"for renewal after the wear andtear of modern living and a smallMary Garden could very well beit.
This frosting recipe was givento me by Mrs. William Letendreof St: Elizabeth parish in FallRivet. She cautions that itmakes a large amount, but I
--find that quite good, since mostrecipes don't make enough.
Devil Dog lFrosting
2 Tablespoons flour2 Tablespoons corn, starch1 cup milk1 cup sugar1 teasp. vanilla1 cup white' shortening1 stick margarine or butter
(~ lb.)1) Cook flour, cornstarch and
milk over low flame until thick.Set aside to cool.
2) Beat together for 10 minutes the sugar, white shorteningand yellow shortel'\ing.
3) Add the cooled flour mixture and beat for 10 minutesagain. The frosting will have theconsistency of whipped cream.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 31,,1973'"14
In the Kitchen
For a short time we had aMary garden, ,but when we builtour addition on the back of thehouse, our statue (a' small stoneRenai!isance Madonna we purchased at St. Leo's League inNewport) moved to a centralgarden location where it wouldnot bedarriaged and there it hasstayed. Presently we are rework-
, ing the garden and I would liketo move Mary once more into a 'spot that is particularly her own.
John S. Stokes Jr. of Philadel~ ,phia is the founder of Mary'sGardens, a non-profit organization which seeks. to revive themedieval practice of cultivatinggardens of flowers which haveMarian names; The informationI have is over six years old butat that time was available from124 W. Chestnut Hill Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
By Joe and Marilyn Roderick
With all the controversy over- Watergate and the po-litical state of the country, it'is rather refreshing to get out
into the garden and do thin,gs that will probably have noconsequence in the world around us. Our irises are nowcoming into bloom alongwith the oriental poppies,and they fill a much neededgap at this time of the yearjust before the roses and early,lilies bloom. Irises have come along way in the past few yearsand many varieties are available
, which are truly lovely and lessprone to disease than those ofyesteryear.
The only difficulty with thenewer irises is, that they tend10 be very big and take up aninordinate amount of room in thegarden, before and after theybloom. The dwarves I've had havethe disadvantage of an extremelyshort blooming time and thoughthey do not take up much roomthey bloom for only a few daysand are hardly acceptable as replacements for standard iris.
'Now Is TimeIrises are planted in this area
in late Summer, so now is theti,me to visit gardens-and to seethe varieties you like in bloom.In late August and early fall youcan then order and plant thosevarieties you have chosen.
I find they do reasonably wellin Iight shade, although they .prefer full sun. Light shade, however, is suitll!ble as long 'as' theyare not standing in water., Irises, of course, are veJ'y shal
low rooted, in fact, their tuberssit above the soil and therefore,they cannot tolerate too muchdampness or absolute wetness.The rule is that they should nothave wet feet. Other than that.I really think they have veryfew requirements. Care should betaken in planting that they are110t buried, but even then it hasbeen my experience that no matter to what depth they areplanted they tend to seek the,level they .prefer in theIr owntime.
After growing in favorableconditions for a length of timethey tend -to reproduce quicklyand become rather crowded.Under these circumstances theyshould be divided and movedrather- than let them be overcrowded.
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A Friend/ $26
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Vieira$25
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Avila, InMemory of Manuel F. Costa &son George F. Costa, Mr. & Mrs.WHliam R. McGraw, Mrs. MarySchusner, Mr. & Mrs. MatthewSouza ......
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L. FurtadoA Friend
$30
ST. JOSEPH
$150Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Seguin
$100Mr. & Mrs. Paul MathieuIn Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Zoel
$25Mr. & Mrs. Thomas WeaverMr. & Mrs. Lionel MarchandMr. & Mrs. Henri DesrosiersMr. & Mrs. George Belliveau
OUR LADY OFPERPETUAL HELP
$200Conventual Franciscan Fathers
$75Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Banas
$50
$30MI'. & Mrs. Eugene ChaberekKaszynski Family
$25Mr. & Mrs. David A:m~ral, In
memory of Mrs. Anita Dubois byMr. & Mrs. Lionel Dubois, Mr. &Mrs. John Janasiewiecz, In memory of Frank & Rosalie Jeglinski
In memory of our brothers byMr. & Mrs. Mitchell Koczera,Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society, Mrs. Stefanie Pabis, Mrs. Katarzyna Pifko, Mr. & Mrs.Czeslaw Ponichtera
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Robida, Mr.& Mrs. Stanley Stankiewicz Mr.& Mrs. Walter Szeliga, Mr. &Mrs. Lionel Thomas
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST$65
The Children of St. John'sSchool
$50In Memory of Msgr. John A.
SilviaMr. & Mrs. Frank H. Parsons
$40
A ·Friend
ST. ANNE$25
Lemlin Hardware Co.
A Friend
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ST. CASIMIR$200
Rev. Casimir Kwiatkoski$100
Atty. Ferdinand Sowa$26.50
Mrs. Wanda Dabrowski$25
Fortin Electric ·Co.Mr. & Mrs. Teddy M. KaliszMr. & Mrs. Stanley Schick
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, $30
Andre Daigle. $25
Godelive SoucyMr. &·Mrs. Henry DubeA FriendMrs. Eva Benoit
OUR LADY OF PURGATORY$100 .
Mr. & Mrs. John J. KalifeCape Cod Sportswear
$50Rev. George Saad
$45The Daher FamilyMr. & Mrs. Robert G. Harb
$32Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Harb
$25St. Joseph's Sodality, Our
Lady's Guild, Dr. & Mrs. GeorgeR. John, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J.John, Mrs. Amelia John & Family
Mr. & Mrs. George J. Thomas,David's Trucking Company, Hykel Simon, Attorney Fred M.Thomas, Atty. & Mrs. George M.Thomas
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Pelczar
OUR LADY OF FATIMA$50
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Motta$25
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel MedeirosMr. & Mrs. Leo Pelletier
ASSUMPTION$100
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Joseph$75
St. Martin de Porres Guildfrom O.L.O.A
$50In Memory of Ernestine O. &
Victor A. Fonseca$30
Mrs. Pauline Garcelon$26
Joseph P. Silva. $25
Mrs. Joanna Ramos. Mr. & Mrs. Andre. SantosMr. & Mrs. Severo G. Alfama
ST. JAMES$60
Mr. & Mrs. William Hendricks$50
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kirwin$25
Fred Kelley, Mr. & Mrs. Wil·liam Burns
Charles Clavin
MarionST, RITA
$25Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tremblay
FALL RIVER ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
New BedfordHOLY NAME
$50MI'. & Mrs. Arnold Briden
$25Mrs. Mildred O'NeilMr. & Mrs. Arnold AvellarLeonard Souza
Protect your home while away !
• Turns lights on and ?ff automatically
• Discourages burglary and vandalism
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
$50Rosary SodalityHoly Name SocietyHoly Ghost Society
$25Mary S. Bettencourt
Wareham$50
ST. PATRICKMr. & Mrs. Milton King
$30Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Sylvia
$25Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kiernan •The Plymouth Savings BankMr. & Mrs. John J. SilvaMr. & Mrs. Victor C. SilvaEdward V. SullivanMr. & Mrs. William Williams
MOURNED: Father WillianRoss, 78, who discoveredStone Age tribes in NewGuinea in 1934, died at Mt.Hagen, Papua-New Guinea.The Divine Word missionaryfrom Whiteport, N. Y., wasstill pastor of Sacred Heartparish there when he died.(NC Photo)
WestportST. GEORGE
$30Mrs. Leo Romeo Du-
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Mr. &breuil
$25Mr. & Mrs. Paul Vasconcellos
MattapoisettST. ANTHONY
$150Atty. & Mrs. Maurice Downey
$100Dr. & Mrs. Jean J. WebsterA Friend \Mr. & Mrs. Frank SylviaDr. & Mrs. Larry Seidl
$50Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Crow
ley Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John J. Connor
$35Dr. & Mrs. Clayton King
$30Mr. & Mrs. Pa'ul F. Keane
$25Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Chad
wick, Mr. & Mrs. Victor Demski,Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Flood, Mr.& Mrs. Wm. J. Heiden, Mr. &Mrs. Roy Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Linhazel, Mrs.Agne Pelczar, Mr. & Mrs. Ken·neth Tuttle, Mr. & Mrs. WilliamK. Wilder, Mr. & Mrs. GregoryCenteio
Gregory P. Centeio
AcushnetST. FRANCIS XAVIER
$30Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Laughlin Jr.
Sense of History
A second guideline flows in asense. from this example. It isthat both sides should displaya sense of history. Those who defend traditional positions withabsolute certainty should remember that many doctrines, reinterpreted or outmoded today,were once held with blind certainty.
Those who press for an innovation should be able to lookback on the stupidity and dangerof some proposed innovationsfor instance, the long effort ofBogomils and Cathara and Albegensians to make procreation anevil in itself. They should alsoreflect that for every Lutherbreaking with the .Church, therewas an Erasmus and a ThomasMore working for reform withinthe wider unity. Neither authoritarians nor rebels have alwaysbeen right. Often they have bothbeen wrong. This is the perspective of humility which historygives to the hope of true dialogue.
dren of official wars of the 17thcentury when both sides, withChurch connivance and approval,killed the other without thoughtor pity. How thankful, therefore,we must be that the confusion'between Church and State is nolonger a dominant and dangerous fact in most Christian communities.
BARBARA
By
WARD
Iished the distinction between"God" and "Caesar" saying:Render to Caesar the things thatare Caesar's and to God thethings that are God's," he meantthat loyalty to "Caesar"-or theState can never come beforeloyalty to God.
But there is another meaningto our Lord's distinction. TheChurch is not to become Caesar.If the Church is tempted to takeover the powers of civil 'authority, she can find herself hopelessly confused between the basic divine doctrines she is commanded to protect and secularinterests which can never beabsolute, either in the claimsthey make or loyalty theydemand.
Popes fighting wars, beseigingcities and executing "rebels" inorder to preserve temporal powers and territory are one example of the confusion of the divinewith the secular. They were alsoforerunners of the tragic split inEurope's religious life at the timeof the Reformation.
Carries Risk
Even to be idpnUfied as a"State Church" carries some riskof confusing the eternal with theephemeral. Secular punishments,including torture and death, canbe inflicted on citizens becausethey do not share the beliefs prescribed by Church and State together. The horrors of the Inquisition would have been avoidedif the State had not been readyto kill the "disbelievers and heretics" handed over by the relig ous oHicials.·"i) Yet such executions were profoundly anti-Christian. To repeatthe biblical reminder, when ourLord's disciples asked whetherfire and destruction should bebrought down on a village whichwould not listen to him, he toldthem squarely that the devil hadinspired the thought.
If we want to j~dge the horrors and agonies we are sparedby the modern separation ofChurch and State and the totalinability of the Church to inflictsecular punishments, we haveonly to look at contemporaryUlster. There, today virtually allChurch leaders are desperatelytrying to end the bloodshed between Catholics and Protestantsand to introduce moderation andthe possibility of "dialogue."
The extremists are the chil-
Church, State SeparationAvoids' Agonies of Past
Is it possible to establish some broad guidelines fora genuine and fruitful "dialogue" within the Church? TheSynod of Bishops called for it. Yet the life of the Churchin the last 10 years has shown that sometimes it is' notachieved at all and oftenonly with the greatest agonyof spirit. A first preconditionis, fortunately for all Christians, very rarely violated in ourown time. This is a properdistinction between Church andState. When our Lord estab-
16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., May 31, 1973
'KNOW YOUR FAITHThe Faiths of Other Men The Widening Worfd of Religion
a constructive fashion. There isto deal with their differences inpatterns of European emigrationno doubt all played a role.
. DivergenceYet we are still probably too
close to the long era of Christian.divisiveness to assess in a mature
, way what the religious· spirit ofWestern civiliz'ation was seekingto express in his time of divergence. We should be wary ofwriting off so long a period inreligious affairs as nothing morethan evidence of human shortsightedness and stubbornness.Without denying the presence ofthese elements in all human conduct, more positive factors mustalso have been at work.
The Christians of the Westmay have been engaged in anextended experiment developingwithin a common culture thevariety of forms for communitylife and the transmission of religious insights they now have.This extended experience mayprovide us with a more comprehensive basis for understan.ding \how to cope with religious andcultural pluralism in the future.
The world has become a compressed place in which to livedue to the tightening bonds ofcommerce and com!Jlunication.With this comes the need for menof different faiths and idealogies
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BY FATHER JOHN HOTCHKIN
(Ed. Note: Father Hotchkin isdirector of the Ecumenical andInterreligious Affairs Divisionof the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops).The world of religion has no
.fixed ,boundaries. There aremany centers of influence wherereligious authority is vested andtraditions of the past are studied and reapplied. Centers of organization with programs to advance the ideals and values ofreligious communities. also arenumerous, though there are fewcenterSrwhere new religious discoveries are made.
These centers are not isolatedfrom each other. In real life a'llreligious enter.prises are connected whether followers of specific religious comJ;l1unities findit advantageous or not to ackowledge their deeper points ofcontact and common concern.
Vatican II marks the acknowledgment of such relationshipswith other religious communitieson the part of the CatholicChurch. Why over four centurieswent by for Christianity beforethe new directions opened by theecumenical movement began totake hold is stiu a very largep:Jzzle. The state of scholarshipand' religious thinking, politicalconditions in Europe and the
Geographical Sites
It is not possible to locate ageographical site for the Garden
~ ·In the Lands of the BibleBY STEVE LANDEGAN of Eden, but the Euphrates is
Wh k f hId f one of the four rivers mentioned:n we spea 0 t e ~n s 0 in connection with the garden
the BIble most of us thmk of / (Gen. 2:11-14). Of the other threethat pocket of real estate tucked streams, the Tigress is knownat the South~astern-most corper and lies within the crescent, butof the M:dlterranean. that we the Gihon and the Pishon are un-caIl Pal.estme. . . known to scholars today.
Certamly thiS 'land that IS A few miles from where thelargely present day Israel and Euphrates empties into the PerIsraeli occupied territory, was sian Gulf was the ancient Mesott.e. center of toe stage upon potamian city of Ur. It was fromwhich the great draJ;l1a of the Old this, city that Terah, the fatherand New Testaments was ~Iayed. of Abraham migrated to Haran
But some very important (Gen. 11:31). .scenes were played on other Ur was situated near the tipparts of this s~:ge that extended of the eastern leg of the Fertilefrom the Persian Gulf to the Crescent. Haran was near itsRoman Forum. northern-most point. It was from
Much of the early action takes Haran, located close to the presplace in a region that scholars ent Turkish-Syrian frontier, that
, refer to as the Fertile Crescent. Aliraham was caIled Yahw~h
If you take a map of the Near (Gen. 12:1-2). The patriach, withEast and draw an arc with one his wife Sarah and his nephew'leg at the northern tip of the Lot, and' their servants and posPersian Gulf, and the other in sessions, tr.aveled down . thethe Nile Delta, the arc will sweep western leg of the crescent. Their'Up the vaIley of the Euphrates caravan made its way throughR:ver, pass just above the south- the land of Canaan, to the Negebern border of present-day Tur- Desert, until famine forced tJ:1emkey, then down the ,levantine to seek refuge in Egypt. (Gen.coast of Syria, Lebanon, Israel 12:9-10).and Egypt. ' So Abraham, who left Ur as a
The name Fertile Crescent is child,traversed the Fertile Cresgiven to this strip because it em- cent in stages, until he reachedbraces the principal water Egypt as an old man.scurces that made habitation The course he foIlowed waspossible on the edge of great ex- one familiar to many who used.panses of arid and semi-arid th: same route to flee from orland. migrate to Egypt and Mesopo-
tamia, the two great centers ofpolitical power and populationof the ancient Near East.
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OTHER FAlTUS: "Each faith tradition may perhapschallenge us to reflect more deeply on Some question,_ experience or value in our lives." The names of the world'sreligions are joined in an ecumenical college. NC Ph.oto.
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I •. with the profound effect ,the lifeand teachings of Jesus have hadon Western civilization. Fewerof us are probably aware howgreatly Je~us' teachings havebeen clothed in the Greek mentality and language of Socrates,and his fatrtous pupil, Plato. .,
SearchersThese men have had such pro
found and lasting influence be-Icause, among other reasons, they
searched Olit the deepest meaning of life. They provided meaningful resp~>nses to questionseach hum,a~ being mu!!t facesometime during life:' What isthe purpose of Ufe? What ts goodand evil? In. what does man findhappiness ahd fulfillment?
At som~ periods of theChurch's history Christians haveclosed themselves to the richesto be found in the faiths of othermen. But the more traditional'attitude is one of openness to,truth and wisdom wherever it isto be found. Today the CatholicChurch, foIlowing the SecondVatican Coumcil's explicit urgings, is struggling to recapturesome of tl~is openness. "Catholic" means,' in fact. "open to thewhole world." ,
Learning PeriodDuring the next 15 weeks we
will explore some of the faithsof' other men. Each week we willfocus on one important dimension of another great religioustradition - not to compare orjudge, hut to learn. Each faith
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ism, Islam, and Christianity.Mohammed's teachings havehelped shape the culture of coun-
, tries as diverse as Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia. As Christians.we are perhaps more familiar
caIly . from two backgrounds:they have either no earlier religious affiliation (consequentlynot. baptized) or were members
,of what is termed a. "separatedecclesial community" (some with,some without Christian baptism).
RitualOn the feast of the Epiphany
last year, Pope Paul, in one further step renewing our 'liturgy,issued a Latin document, "TheOrder for the Christian Initiationof Adults." It provides liturgicalcelebrations for alI those categories . of persons mentioned,above - the non~baptized,. thedOUbtfUlly baptized.
An appendiX to the text contltins a "Rite for Reception ofBaptized Christians into FuIlCommunion with the CatholicChurch." Us introduction andthe ritual itself waIlt a delicatepath, showing real sensitivity forthe convert's past while warmlywelcoming this newcomer intothe spiritual family.
With this approach, the decreefoIlows the example of leaders
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Becoming aCatholic
By
rFR. JOSEPH M.·
CHAMPLIN
A respected modern historian,Arnold Toynbee, compiled sucha list in response to that -veryquestion. "I would say: Confucius and Lao Tzu; the Buddha;the Prophets of Israel and Judah;Zoroaster, Jesus and Mohammed;and Socrates."
TO}'lnbee's "ten most influential persons" is made up of ahandful of teachers and mystics,men of deep religious and moralconvictions. ConfuCius. and LaoTzu were ancient Chinese sageswhose teachings formed the baseof Chinese culture for 25 centuries. Buddha's teachings haveenlightened billions of Buddhists from India, to Japan, to America~ince he died 25 centuries ago.The prophets of Israel and Juda,men IiIke Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea and Ezekiel still provide insight and inspiration to 14 million Jews as they have for some25 thousand years.
Only several hundred thousand people, chiefly the Parsisof Bombay, still follow the teachings of the Persian genius, Zoroaster (Zarathustra), but histeachings are reflected in JUda-
The number of converts received' annuaIly into the CatholicChurch throughout the UnitedStates since the days of VaticanII has dropped drastically. Infact, we even use the term "corivert" today with some hesitation, careful not to offend separated Christian brothers or impede the cause of ecumenism.
By
FR. CARL J.
PFEIFER, S.J.
If someone were to ask you·tolist the ten persons who havec,ontributed most to the shapingof our world, whom would youname? Who would be yoU!' nominees for' history's most influential personalities?
Yet many still do seek {or. asolution to their spiritual needsin Catholicism and, from thiswriter's viewpoint, those persons y.oill probably multiply inthe next decade now that thereappears to be a certain settlingdown within the Church.
These individuals who enterthe Catholic Church come basi-
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a religious or ideological dimension of no small importance toevery major issue that confrontsmankind today. The more importamt the issue the more"likelyit is to depend on a searchingvision of human li.fe, its meaningand potential.
EffectsSince these questions are
among the central preoccupations of religion, most men intheIr thought and language havebeen shaped by the religious orcounter-religious ideologies inconfronting them. Thus it becomes clear that the way inwhich religions of the world encounter each other will have areal effect on how the peoplesof the planet confront each other.
Interreligious relationships arewoven into the broader area ofintercultural contact and exchange that marks this era. Interchurch relations in the West'are affected hy strong movements in Europe toward politicalas well as economic unity andby the beginning of movementtoward a North Atlantic Fe-deration.
The religions of India and theOrient continue to exert a considerable power, of fascinationand the followers of these religious ways are less and less. unfamiliar to Americans thoughmost of us learned little abouttheir way of life in the courseof our ordinary education. Equally obvious are the forces at workto bring Christians and Marxistsinto deeper levels of conversation as the countries in whichthey live open new political andtrade relationships.
New Questions..With all 'of this going on in
our world, it is not surprisingthat we have new questionsforming in our minds about interreligious relationships and a renewed curiosity about otherswho have long been strange tous. The very best way to gainknowledge of other religious traditions is through live- dialoguewith men who live by them. Butdialogue itself requires somepreparation.
In the next 15 weeks, Professor William J. Whelan will offera guided tour pointing out thehighlights of many of the world'schurches and religions. He willprovide his readers with aknowledge of many importantfacts and brighten these with hisown comments and insights.
This series will provide a lively start for the ordinary readerwho wishes to increase hisknowledge and understanding ofwhat men helieve and how theyli~e their lives in the Hght of thefaith they hold. It is a serieswhich can increase the reader'sunderstanding of humanity aswell as of religion.
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tians only a simple professionof Catholic faith is required.
Anything which smacks of triumphalism should be carefullyavoided. -
Celebration of the receptionideally ought to take place in thecontext of a Mass, but prudencewill often dictate this should bewith only a few relatives andfriends.
The person to he received intofull communion should make thefinal decision about details ofthis "frequently joyful-painfulevent.
If a serious doubt exists aboutthe fact (no records) or thevalidity (rite of the separated ec'clesial community is unclear) ofa baptism, the candidate is bap-tized conditionally, but onlyafter an explanation "why" andthen in a ,private ceremony.
When the reception serviceoccurs outside Mass, an interesting rubric notes that after theOur Father, "if the person received into fu11 communion isaccustomed to the final doxology'For the kingdom,' etc., it shouldbe used in this place."
" PetitionsSeveral petitions of the Sam
ple General Intercessions in included in this official documentoffer, I think, an especially sensitive touch. "That all who believein Christ and the Christian communities to which they belong,may come to perfect unity ...That the Church (Community) inwhich this person just now admitted was previously baptizedand formed may ever knowChrist more deeply and proclaimhim more effectively, let us prayto the Lord."
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ritual itself of Baptism walk a delicate path, showing realsensitivity for the 'convert's' past while warmly welcoming this neophyte into a new spiritual family." Father ~aesarOrrico of Assumption Parish in Emerson, N.J., baptizes aconvert, Reynard Frederick Richards. NC Photo.
Bishop EulogizesJacques Maritain
WASHINGTON (NC)-BishopJames S. Rausch, general secretary of the National Conferenceof Catholic Bishops, paid tributeto philosopher Jacques Maritainwho died in France April 28 atthe age of 91.
Bishop Rausch described MariL
tain as "one of the giants offaith and intellect in our century."
"His passing has special significance in the United States,where he spent so many yearsteaching, writing and lecturing,"he said.
"Jacques Maritain's intellectual legacy is truly immense. Heplayed a vital role in shapingthe contemporary Church, demonstrating for' all to see howit is possible to combine thebest of the Christian intellectualtradition with lively involvementin the intellectual currents ofour times. He was an exemplaryCatholic whose deep personalcommitment served as a modeland inspiration to many. I prayfor the happy repose bf hissoul," Bishop Rausch said.
Continued from Page Sixteenin the primitive Church who said:"It is the decision of the HolySpirit, and durs too, not to layon you any burden beyond thatwhich is strictly necessary."(Acts 15:28)
The initial paragra?h, for ex-'ample, actually employs someof those words: "The rite for thereception of one born and haptized in a separated ecclesialcommunity into full communionwith the Catholic Church, according to the Latin rite, is arranged so that no greater burden than necessary is demandedfor reception into communionand unity."
RecommendationSpecific application of that
general principle manifests itselfin recommendations like the following:
In the case of Eastern Chris-
Watergate may be only one otthe more minor capers in whichthe real life Mission Impossiblegot caught; there may have beenhundreds - even thousands ofothers. The far leftist' who saidthat the FBI and the CIA werebecoming a Gestapo may havebeen speaking the truth.
Secret PowerAnd it may well have been a
clique in some shadowy secrecycloaked segment of the federalbureaucracy that decreed thatthe Kennedys must die. The Cuban influence in particular seemsto run through the. whole madpatterns of the Watergate/EHsberg/CIAlFBI/White House corruption of American freedom.Maybe, after all, the CIA didhave President Kennedy assassinated because he had been toosoft on Castro's Cuba.
Do I really believe this? At onetime I would !}ave thought sucha suspicion was absurd. I amstill prepared to believe that theCIA is for the most part anagency that collects its information from newspapers, journals,and long-range electronic surveillance (information which, asfar as Vietnam goes, seems to'have been quite accurate andmostly unused). And yet I'pl notso sure anymore. If Lord Actonwas right when he said thatpower corrupts, he might justas well have added that the mostcorrupting form of power issecret power.
Needs InvestigatingThere are too many sources of
secret power in the UnitedStates today for a free society totolerate. Once one discovers thatsecret power has been responsi- 'ble for extraordinary crimes,then one must face the possibility that it is capable of anycrime. I don't think that secretgovernment agencies did awaywith John and Robert Kennedy;.but the very fact that such a possibility must be seriously raisedonce again indicates how utterlydevastating for our society hasbeen the revelation that Mr.Nixon really did have his ownMission Impossible force (whether he knew about it or not).
What is needed, it seems tome, is a thoroughgoing impartialinvestigation of not only Watergate and the Pentagon Papersspying but of the whole secretintelligence apparatus of thefederal government and of thegovernment's use of its policeinvestigative powers for politicalpur.poses. One federal attorneyremarked to me that the JusticeDepartment could indict anyonein the country of any importan'ceif it were so directed. The powerof indictment is not secret, butit can be used for secret politicalpurposes.
If Mr. Nixon really wishes torestore the confidence of theAmerican people in their government he must not merely get tothe bottom of the Watergate affair, he must get to the bottomof the much broader question ofthe secret abuse of governmentpower.
Timothy Kelly, a 37-year-old native of Canada, has been electedthe seventh abbot of Our Lady ofGathsemani Abbey here il1 Kentucky. Father Kelly, a closefriend of the late Father ThomasMerton, has authority over Trappist monasteries in six U. S.states and Chile.
way to kill the pain of jet travel.No one reafIy believed that theCIA did that sort. of thing, 9fcourse.
There were those extreme leftists who suggested that the CIAmight have been behind the as~assination of President Kennedy,und occasionally a military chap!;Jin would tell me about theCIA's "hit men," the hired killersthat the U. S. 'government usedto assassinate undesirables usually undesirable foreigners,hut occasionally an undesirableAmerican got it, particularly ifhe was somehow or other associate!l with what the CIA wasdoing.
Stranger Than FictionBut neither the fictional IMF
nor the rumored CIA seemedvery real, at least they didn't until the whole mad Watergate<,pisode surfaced. And if theWhite House's crew of spiesKrogh, Hunt. Liddy, McCord, ..!'tc.-are not a real life "MissionImpossible," then I don't knowwhat one would look like. Theonly difference between fact andfiction is that the real one usedCubans instead of blacks to dothe actual breaking in - quitepossibly part of Mr. Nixon'sSouthern Strategy.
·FBI .files are destroyed, psychiatrist's offices ransacked, aman who was later to becomecommandant of the MarineCorps turns over equipment tothe White House's private Gestapo, former CIA agents strikeout on secret missions for theWhite House - complete withequipment as elaborate and sophisticated as Barney carried inhis tool kit. Indeed, truth isstranger than fiction-and considerably more frightening.
I am now prepared to believeanything. Helen MacInnis's history of the Sold war may wellbe the tr.uth. Daniel Ellsberg maybe only the tip of the iceberg..
After "Star Trek" went off television' my favorite program for a long time was "Mission Impossible." The nicething about that program was that you did not have totake it any more seriously than you did "Star Trek." TheIMF in the real world wouldbe irresponsible criminal bullies -government-sponsoredvigilantes' who were aboveand beyond the law. Similarly, Ihave always enjoyed readingHelen MacInnis's spy novels inairplanes. They were a diverti~g
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'Mysterious: MagneticOn the western end of the stage·
of the Bible were played thegreat dramas of the New Testa-'ment. The journeys of Peter andPaul to Antioch, where Christians got their name (Act 11:26),and the missionary travels of.Paul through Greece and AsiaMinor' coincided with the westward expansion of Christianity.The death of Peter and Paul atRome stake out a good claimfor the eastern half of the Mediterranean as the center of NewTestament action following theResurrection of Jesus.
The lands of the Bihle bearstrange names '!ike Moab, Shethem and Beersheba; they includetropical valleys, snowcappedmountains and desolate wilderness.
They are as mysterious as theyare magnetic ... for ;Vho h~s notvisited Bethlehem, Nazareth and .Jerusalem countless times on themagic carpet of the mind? In thisseries of articles we will exploretogether' those far away yet always familiar places that comprise the "Lands of the Bible."
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Continued from Page Sixteentradition may perhaps challengeus to reflect more deeply onsome question, experience orvalue in our lives. We may findthat openness to them can actually encourage us to deepen ourappreciation and understandingof our own Christian heritage,rather than being fearful of thefaith of other men. .'
After years of study ArnoldToynbee concluded: "In learningmore and more to respect, rev-erence, admire and love otherfaiths, we shrould be makingprogress in the true practice ofChristianity. And the practice ofthe Christian virtue of charityneed not prevent us from holdingfast to what we 'believe to bethe esssential truths, and idealsof our ow,n Christian faith." ,
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• Michelangelo's painting, which hestudied -intensively. He was appointed court painter to the Dukeof Mantua, spent a year in Spain,and by 1606 was recognizl~d as amajor artist and was, financiallyindependent.
He was a prodigious worker,spending every hour of daylightin his studio, never taking a holiday, ana turning out 3,000 (somesay 5,000) canvases in a littleover thirty years. H~ was deluged with commissions, chargedever higher prices, and piled upenormous wealth.
Kings and queens vied :for hisservices, and plied him withtreasure and resounding titles.His contacts with courts: gavehim the opportunity to performdiplomatic missions, at which hehecame adept. He was one of theforemost celebrities of his day.
Account BookYet he hid the truth about
himself. The biographer mustconjecture on every page. Someof the conjecture is plausible, yetthe reader never knows when heis treading on the fiim groundof fact, when on flimsy possibility. What we get here is a timetable, a catalogue, an a(:countbook, more than' a life story.
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It was with smiling anticipation th~t I took up twonew biographies, RasJ>utin by R. J. Minqey (McKay, 750Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. $6.95~ Illustrated) andPeter Paul Rubens by Samuel Edward i(McKay. $6.95).Rasputin, of course, is the ' !hypnotic figure usually rep- considerahle ~eed to his opinio~s,
resented as having sovereign But, she did n~t, M~. Mm-, , ney contends; fall mto hiS grasp,
and baleful sway over the nor did he seek to exert powerlast Romanoff rulers of Russia, through her.:
, Ni~holas an~ Alexandra.. Mr. Mr. Minne~ would have it that,Mmney promises to show him as Rasputin impressed the rulersf~"%H;,w@m:m:m;;mlgti and' others as a holy man of
supernatural ~capacities. But headduces 'no e~idence of genuineholiness, and ithere is no need togo beyond the natural to explainanything which Rasputin ,is credited with sa~ing or doiQg. Therulers may halve been awed; theywere very cr~dulous people.
Contro~ersiar Figure ,The' commonly received ac-
counts of Rasputin's debauchery~'~nWml)mmm;mmmmlli1JJ may well be! exaggerated, andmuch misunderstood and aHo- Mr.. Minney Iquotes .people acgether unsinister. quainted ~ithlRasputinwho give
Rubens was possibly the the lie to t~ese lurid stories.greatest pa,inter.of the first half Still, he has to admit that Ras-.
, of the 17th century. Having seen putin ' indulged in sexual dalhis vast and, glowing ,canvases liance WhiChl approach~d thein churches and galleries in va- promiscuous, that he drankrious parts of the world, one is heavily, that he frequented nightglad' of the opportunity to learn spots, ,that he !,sometimes dressed'something about the man who sumptuously. Ambiguous at best.commanded such genius. Rasputin w~s a controversial
But both these books are dis- figure for yea~s before his death.-appointing. Mr. Minney does not He had enemi~s; and several atreally make his case, and Mr. tempts were ~ade on his life. HisEdwards really has no case to' murder, in 19116, was grisly, evenmake. Rasputin's ill repute is if not bizarre ~s some of its pernot explained away, and Rubens petrators hav~ depicted it.is not explained. Mr. Minney seems confused on
some points. Thus, he has Ras-Many Wanderings 'putin celebrating Mass, although
.Grigori Rasputin was born in he was never la priest. The style1872, in a Siberian village ofwhich his father was headman. is dreary, and 'the avowed inten-He had no education, and did tion of clearing Rasputin's name
is not achievetl. 'not learn to read and write untilhe was about 20 and already Master Artistmarried. Mr. Minne~'s book is much
At 12, he' revealed the identity more detailed than Mr. Edward's.of a horsethief, seemingly by The fact is' th~t Rubens was anclairvoyance. At 16, he went to extremely reticent man. Thisvisit a distant monastery, where may be becaus~ his father's namehe spent four months.. He never was clouded iby scandal, andbecame a monk. He did become Rubens was a~ pains to keep asomething of a pilgrim. cloak of mystery around himself
He went on foot to Mt. Athos lest he be as harmfully gossipedin Greece, taking 10 months to about. ~get there. Later he journeyed to There is no tecord of his birth,the Holy Land, being away from but it appears Ithat it "took place'home two and a half years this in 1577 at Siegen, near Cologne,time. These were but two of his although his parents belonged inmany wanderings. Antwerp, whet-e his father had
During one expedition he pub- been the pri*dpal magistrate.licly foretold that Tsar Nicholas Exiled from AJ;1twerp, the familyand Tsarita A:lexandra would struggled for a precarious exishave a son, although their hopes tence in alien parts.of a male heir had been all but It was onlyl after his father'sabandoned after ,repeated disap- death, and when he himself waspointments. Within a year Tsare- 10 years old; Ithat Rubens firstvich Alexei was born. saw Antwerp, :where his family
Credulous People had been notable for centuries.Rasputirt came to the attention, He went to sc~ool, became page
of the Grand Duchess 'Militsa, to a noblewoman, and discovered·and .by 1905 he was visiting in some of the details of his father'sSt. Petersburg, where he worked disgrace. !an apparently miraculous cure T,he author surmises that thisof a sick dog belonging to.a knowledge spu~red him to aim atgrand duke. eminence and1 th'ereby restore
He soon was introduced'to the luster to the fap1ily name. At 15,tsar and his wife, and was called he voiced the intention of beingin to do what he 'could for the - a painter and! was apprenticedtsarevich, who was a hemophil- to a mino~ attist. He workediac and had bouts of acute suf- hard and fairly [soon w~s grantedfering. After this and other visits the rank of master artist.by Rasputin, the child's pain Prodigio~s ,worker'would abate. He went to Italy, to learn what
The tsaritsa was naturally im- he was convinced' he could notpressed and grateful, kept in learn at homEl, and there Hietouch' with Rasputin, and paid princ~pal influence on him was
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$25Mr. & Mrs. John AzavedeoMr. & Mrs. Frank McCauleyMrs. A. ,Frances DavisMr. & Mrs. John GoldenElizabeth M. ZalenskiMr. & Mrs. Jan PietraszekMr. & Mrs. John P. DwyerJohn T. Farrell
ST. MARY CATHEDRAL$50
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. HOLY CROSS$25
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ST. MICHAEL$300
Rev. Luciano J. Pereira$100
Rev. Joaquim F. da SilvaGilbert C. OliveiraAtty. & Mrs. Manuel M. Re
zendesManuel Machado
$75Manuel Silvia
$50Gerald H. Silvia
$30Francisco Gonsalves
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Antonio Soares
A Friend
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA$100
Dr. Othilia Vieira Petrone$50
Mr. & Mrs. Antone 'Camara
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST$25
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Desbiens
ST. PATRICK$50
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Veloza$40
Joseph M. Morrison
ST. ELIZABETH$25
$30Mr. & Mrs. Ravmond Levitre
. $25Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Lapre.
SS. PETER AND PAUL$100
William J. & Helen M. Lowney$25
Mr. & Mrs. Pasquale Di Martino, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Farren
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AssonetST. BERNARD
$65Mr. & Mrs. Fred E. Kelley, Sr.
$50In Memory of Paul Kleiner
1$40Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fazio
$32William L. O!Brien
$25Mr. & Mrs. Francis GilbertMr. & Mrs. Joseph -CoreyMr. & Mrs. James CorreiaMr. & Mrs. Richard HoughtonMr. & Mrs. Wilson Tavares
Centra,l VillageST. JOHN, THE BAPTIST
$300Mr. & Mrs. John DeNadaI
$40Edmund & Leonor Silva
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$25Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Carreiro,
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ST. ROCH$100
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Giroux$35
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,$50
Fall RiverSANTO CHRISTO
. $175Rev. Joao C. Martins
$100Conference of. St. Vincent de
PaulA Friend
,A SORT OF REVERSE RIGGS: While Bobby Riggs
was making headlines by coming out of retirement to challenge a top female tennis player, a high school girl fromthe Columbus diocese was making inroads into male tennisranks. Theresa Donahue of Newark Catholic High Schoolplayed in the previously all-male Central Ohio DistrictClass A-AA tournament. NC Photo.
Whatever action is taken willbe for the good of the league.It's time that all forget theirpetty grievances and work forthe benefit of the whole. TheSoutheastern Massachusetts Conference could be the best leaguein the Commonwealth with thesupport of all member schoolsand all local press. '
Congressional sub-committeehearings were held, and numerous charges were leveled at individual Conference members.
To give credit where it is due,in this writer's opinion, the Conference is -to be congratulated onan outstanding first year. Thecompetitive conditions were, for _the most part, very equi.table.Keen competition exemplified divisional races ,in all, sports.
The athletes enjoyed competingin contests in which they believed they had, at least, an evenchance of winning. The final result of most events was in doubtuntil the final stage of the gameindicating the teams were evenlymatched.
By PETER J. BARTEKNorton High Coach
SCHOOLBOY' SPORTS
Durfee and New Bedford Join.Southeastern Mass. Conference
The Southeastern Massachusetts Conference will expand to 28. schools in September when the scholastic yearcommences. The league/membership voted both New Bedford High and Durfee High of Fall River into the Conference at the May meeting.The admission of the twoschools brings to an end thedebate created over' a yearago when both were rejected admission. However, the circuit'sBoard of Governors now is con··fronted with the difficult problem of placing the two largeschools into divisions and stilladhere to the Conference's spedfic purpose "to ·provide equitable competitive conditions foreach schooL"
The Conference overcame tremendous obstacles enroute to it;,present status. When New Bedford and Durfee were deni{!d admittance .the loop was bitterlyattacked in a few local papers,
Must Work Together to Strengthen LoopMake no mistake, the Confer- if changes were made at this time..
rnce did not provide a Utopia The original pairings were forfor all members. There were er- two years with adjustmentsrors committed. However, steps made at the end of that time.are being taken to avoid the Thus, Durfee and New Bedfordsame problems in the future. will play independent schedules
But, even considering the dif- in football again this Fall.ficulties and errors, the Confer- However, there is the possibilence did bring' more equitable ity that both new members couldcompetition to local schoolboy compete in Conference soccersports. and cross country. Undoubtedly,
The New Bedford-Durfee issue the soccer question will bringhas created some hard feelings about a debate as to where Newon both sides. However, which- Bedford should be placed.ever sid? may ~ave been right or The Whale~s rate as one of thewrong IS of httle co.nse~uence best soccer combines in thenow. The past year IS history. C Ith d't's debat. . . ommonwea an I J -What IS Important now IS that able whether or not there areall members of the Conference h h I 'n thenoug soccer sc 00 s 1 emust work together to st~ength- 100 that can compete with them.en the loop and see to It that pathletes who compete have an League officials are now in theenjoyable experience, the fans process of aligning basketballwho go to the games are treated schools into division for nextto good high school competition Winter. Durfee and New Bedfordand that team as well as indi- will definitely be included. Thevidual accomplishments be justly alignments probably will berecognized. finalized before the termination. The Conference's football align- of the ·scholastic year. It will bement will remain the same for interesting to see what changesnext September due to schedul- are made from last Winter'sing difficulties that would arise groupings.
Basketball Alignments on Drawing BoardIt has been rumored that Dur- In divisions three and four
fee and New Bedford could be each team would play fourteenplaced in a two, three or evea league games all within theirfour team division if the league own bracket.
,officials determine that is the 'If this or a similar proposal?nly e.qu~table ~olution to alig.n- is adopted it will do away with~n~ wIthm .a. ~Ive.n sport. Whll.e interdivlisional games in theIt IS a POSSlblhty In basketball It lower divisions. Such actionis unlikely. ... would be acceptable by some of
One of the more reahshc ahgn- the smaller schools in the cirments calls for four divisions cuit who' have found interdiviwith five teams in the top two sional play unsatisfactory.and eight teams in the third andand fourth. The ten strongesthoop schools would ie placed inthe top two backets and bescheduled /for thirteen leaguegames. Each school would playthe teams in its own divisiontwice and the schools in theother -group once.' All gameswould count toward divisionalchampionships.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of, Fall,RiveftThur., May 31, 1973, I
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by tomorrow's. There are ~nd will be ptlople who are hungry, thirsty;
i.Jpris~ned, sick in body and spirit. They look to you; in them, you see
C~ris't. There is work for everyone. There is a place for you."i '- 'II
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