a flurry of speculation over theexcommunication issue.
In response, a statement fromBishop Cronin said the" specula·tion was "unfounded" and thathe "is entirely content to havethis legal question (of the daycare center) decided by the civilcourts."
In the latest development, theVisitor reported that it had received a letter from ArchbishopJean Jadot, apostolic delegate in
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Day Care Center in Fall River,who were attempting to ,keep thecenter open on diocesan propertydespite an attempted eviction bythe bishop.
The Visitor story speculatedthat tbe five, two of them nuns,faced excommunication for theiraction because of a law of theChurch which says that personsare excommunicated if they bringtheir bishop before a civil court .without permission from the HolySee. The Visitor article prompted
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC) - Ina letter to the Providence Visitor,Providence diocesan newspaper,the apostolic delegate in theUnited States gave several reasons wby he does not believethat a group of Catholics whohave sued their bishop are excommunicated.
The Visitor published a storyrecently on a civil suit filedagainst Bishop Cronin by fiveCatholics, members of the privately incorporated St. John's
SPANISH APOSTOLATE WORKERS: Sisters Maria Goretti Solis, Gloria Rodriguez,Maria Rivera, annd Teresa Aguinaga, all recently arrived from Mexico are shown abovewith Franciscan Father Charles Soto, a native of Puerto Rico and the new Director of theSpanish Apostolate in New Bedford. In the rear are Fr. Peter N. Graziano, Diocesan Director of Social Services; Fr. Thomas E. O'Dea, former Director of the Spanish Apostolate inNew Bedford; and Fr. James E. Murphy, Director of the Spanish Apostolate in TauntonAttleboro.
The Diocese is home for some7,000 Spanish-speaking people,approximately 4,500 of whomreside in the New Bedford area.They have emigrated fromPuerto Rico, Cuba and variouscountries of Central and SouthAmerica.
Bishop Cronin announced thatnow, under the Diocesan Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates, two priests andfour religious will work in theSpanish Apostolate on a fulltime basis. They will be joinedby a social worker and aided bythe part·time assistance of aSacred Hearts seminarian and anumber of religious and lay Volunteers. Bishop Cronin commented "It is a very happy andsignificant develo:.ment, and Ihave every expectatiton that ourministry to Spanish-speakingresidents will be much enhanced."
Under the new reorganization,Reverend Peter N. Graziano,Director of the Department ofSocial Services and SpecialApostolates, serves as the director-coordinator of the SpanishApostolate.
Reverend James E. Murphy, afive year veteran of the St.James the Apostle MissionarySociety in South AmerIca, is thedirector of the Spanish Aposto·late in Taunton-Attleboro.
Reverend Charles Soto, O.F.M.,formerly assistant pastor of St.Kilian's Parish, New Bedford, isthe director of the Spanish Apostolate in Greater New Bedford.
Four religious· sisters of theMisioneras Guadelupanas del Espiritu Santo, recently arrived inthe Diocese from Mexico, arenow involved in planning catechetical programs, home and hospital visitations and other aspectsof the pastoral ministry.
With the i~flux of Spanish-
speaking .people into the Diocese'some fifteen to twenty yearsago, .their special needs soon became apparent. The. SacredHearts Fathers were early contributors to the Spanish Aposto.late in New Bedford by establishing and maintaining the ReginaPacis Center, while diocesanpriests initiated pastoral outreach in Taunton from SaintMary's Parish ·in that city.
More recently, ReverendThomas E. O'Dea has been thedirector of Regina Pacis whilemaintaining an associate pastor·ship in st. Lawrence's Parish inNew Bedford. Reverend JamesE. Murphy has not only been attending the pastoral needs of hispeople in Taunton-Attleboro, buthas also worked within the NewBedford area and pursued some·outreach among the migrantworkers on Cape Cod.
Refugees from Cuba, the Sisters of the Love of God served ascatechists and home visitors inthe apostolate for several years,and the pastoral thrUf>t of thisministry was significantly assisted by Sister Carmen Joseph,S.U.S.C., now associated. withthe Spanish Apostolate in theDiocese of Worcester. SisterElizabeth Anderson, O.L.V.M.,whHe working in the urban min·istry out of Regina Pacis Center,also maintained an appreciableoutreach to the Spanish-speaking, along with the Center's social worker, Mrs. Dorothy Kallevik. The Dominican Sisters ofthe Presentation have been andstill remain an invaluable sourceof volunteer assistance in theTaunton-Attleboro area. Thereis also input in this region fromsome of the Sisters of Mercy andthe staff at LaSalette.
In September, 1974, the Diocesan Department of Socia-I Services and Special Apostolates was
formed Iby Bishop Cronin.Among its chief goals, this Dio·cesan Office has sought to uniteand coordinate the diocesan-widepastoral efforts for the Spanish·speaking.
Reverend Thomas E. O'Deawill now bring his administration at the Regina Pacis Centerin New Bedford to a successfulclose by turning it over to thenewly-appointed director, Rev-
erend Charles Soto, O.F.M. FatherSoto is a native Puerto Rican asare most of the Spanish·Speaking residents of the Diocese. Hisreligious superior, Very Reverend John-Marie Cassese, O.F.M.,Minister Provincial of the Immaculate Conception Province ofthe Franciscan Friars, has giventhe Apostolate a vital boost byrseponding to Bishop Cronin'srequest to relea-se Fatiler Soto
from parish work in order to devote full energies to the SpanishApostolate.
Mother Dolores Ochoa,M.G.Sp.S., Superior General ofthe Misionares Guadalupanasdel Espiritu Santo in Mexico, hasgenerously answered an appealof Bishop Cronin and has permitted four of her Si,sters tojourney to the United States and
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ta'ke up their apostolate in theDiocese. The Sisters residing inNew. Bedford are: Sister Mari'aGoretti Solis, Superior, SisterTeresa Aguinaga, Sister GloriaRodriguez and Sister MariaRivera.
The Sisters landed at GreeneAirport in Rhode Island on Monday, September 8th at 9:00 p.m.They were greeted by FathersGr,aziano, O'Dea, Murphy, andSoto, three Franciscan Sistersfrom St. Mary's Home, New Bedford, the social worker fromRegina Pacis and a delegationof Spanish-Speaking diocesans.As they entered the lobby of theAirport, traditional Amer,icangreetings soon gave way toSpanish songs of welcome on thepart of teenagers and senior citizens from the Diocese.
On Sunday, September 14th,afrter the Masses, the parishioners of St. Hyacinth's Parish andthe members of the Spanish Community met and welcomed theSisters. The Diocese is blessedby having in its family a largenumber of Spanish-Speaking diocesans. Their cultural heritageand ardent religious faith, unitedto that of the Irish, Portuguese,French, Polish, Germans, italians, Cape Verdeans, and otherethnics, is seen as a good omenfor the local Church of God inthe years ahead. Enthusiasmruns high!
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filed suit against the bishop ashead of the diocese for breach ofcontract, contending that thecorporation has a valid lease foruse of the property. They havereceived a temporary injunctionordering the diocese to leave thecenter open until the substantiveissues are resolved in court.
The diocese contends thatthere are irregularities in thelease and that it is "wihoutprecendent" to have an agencyoperating out of diocesan facilities but independent of diocesanauthority."
Continued from Page Onethe United States ,giving severalreasons why he does not believethere is any excommunication involved.
The Visitor did not publish theletter, hut reported on its contents. It said the archbishop belives that Bishop Cronin "haswaived any need for recourse tothe Holy See" by his statementthat he is willing to settle thematter in the civil courts.. According to the Visitor re
port: "Another reason whichArchbishop Jadot gave concernsthe fact tbat the five Catholicssuing Bishop Cronin did nothave prior knowledge of thepenalty. Because the plaintiffswere unaware that they would beex:communicated for their action,Archbishop Jadot said, 'It seemsto me that the penalty wouldapply only in the most ex:ceptional case, and I do not envisage thepresent one in that category.' "
A standard commentary onpenal legislation in the Church'sCOiie of Canon Law says that inorder for the plaintiff in such acivil suit to incur the penalty ofexcommunication, he must"know perfectly ... that there isa serious penalty incurred." Itcites as a precedent for determining the applicability of thelaw in the United States a casein Providence in 1928, in whichthe plaintiffs were ex,communicated when they filed a civil suitagainst their' bishop "withoutpermission of the Holy See andafter clear warning of the penalty."
According to the Visitor report, Archbishop Jadot said that,by virtue of the authority givento bishops in a 1966 Church document "On the Office of Bishops," a bishop has the power todispense a plaintiff from gettingpermission from the Holy See topursue a civil suit against thebishop.
The Fall River suit itself aroseout of a dispute over control ofChUl'Ch property. What began asa parish school in St. Patrick'sparish was later turned into aday care center, which was independently incorporated fouryears ago without the bishop'sknmyledge.
The bishop ordered the centerclosed after repeated efforts toremedy the situation which hadthe independent corporatiton operating a diocesan facility.
Three corporation membersand two nuns - the presidentand the director of the center -
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Area ReligiousTo ParticipateIn Futureshop
Sister Bernadette Marie Costa,formation director for the Providence Province of the Sisters ofMercy, which serves the FallRiver diocese, wiIl be amongparticipants in a "Futureshop"to be sponsored by the Leadership Board of the Sister Formation Conference Sunday, Sept.28 through Thursday, Oct. 2 atthe Mercy Generalate, Bethesda,Md.
Futureshop, say its organizers,"will draw on the experience,expertise and institutions ofwomen religious who have movedbeyond preoccupation with thepast and who envision a futurethat is more Gospel-oriented.These women intend to be in themidst of those who are creatinga more just and human societyfor the third ceutury of our nation.
The program will open on Sunday evening with an overview ofthe workshop. On Monday, thoseattending will join part'icipan'tsin a one-day meeting of the Center for Applied Research in theApostolate for a look at newdirections in religious life.
For the remainder of the Futureshop, the 22 invited resourceleaders will share key ideas withthe partkipants in order to initiate dialogue~. Through suchsharing it is hoped that new insights will be gained intoapproaches to initial and on-goingformation for the future. Keyareas to be explored are Learning Communitie&, Emerging Ministries, Projected Tomorrows,and Covenanting.
" '" 50 WHEN THIS GUY WHAMMED INTO THE SIDEOF MY CAR, I SAI[7, 'GOLLY NED, FELLA"""
Mrs. Adrienne Lemieux,Mrs. Virginia Williams andMrs. Emma Andrade wereplanning the events of theyear for the Taunton CatholicWomen's Club.
The high school footballseason began with' Coyle defeating Stang 19-8.
Msgr. Terren,ce J. Cooke,the Chancellor of. the NewYork Archdiocese, was namedAuxilary Bishop to CardinalSpellman.
Captain Bruce Gordon andCoach Jim Lanagan of theCoyle football team were preparing for the season's opening game against CardinalSpellman High.
John J. Carroll, John V.Nihan. and Myles F. Daley ofSt. John's, Attleboro attendeda St. Vincent de Paul meetingin' Hyannis.
The Domini·can Sisters acquired the former Prescottestate in North, Dartmouthand announced plans to use itas a new novitiate.
The ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept. 25, 1975
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Plans were being made forBishoo Connolly to bless thenew Holy Name elementaryschool in Fall River.
Mrs. Gilbert C. Motta, Mrs.Vincent J. Worden, and Mrs.Louis L. Dumont presided at atea given by the New BedfordCathtolic Women's Club.
Rev. Walter .A. Sullivanwas named the new directorof Cathedral Camp.
Joan Reed and KathleenGuinen; Campfire Girls fromSacred Heart, Fall River met~ev. John D. Fernandes, a Portuguese Dominican whoseseminary the girls were aidingwith their contributions ofpennies.
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NecrologyOCT. 6
Rev. Stephen B. Magill, 1916,Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton
OCT. 7Rev. Caesar Phares, 1951, Pas
tor, St. Anthony of the Desert,Fall River
Sept. 24, 1970
The diocese mourned thepassing of Mother PierreMarie, O.P., President of theCorporation of St. Anne'sHospital.
Father Greely lashed out atthe tactics of the Berriganbrothers.
EDICTAL CITATIONDiocesan Tribunal
Fall River, MassachusettsProt. No., M·120Miranda vs. CabralSimulation
Insofar as the whereabouts of Jose luisCabral, party in the case of Miranda vs.Cabral. Protocol Number M·120, are un·known, We cite the said Jose luis Cabral toappear before the said Tribunal of the Di·ocese of Fall River on September 26, 1975at 11:30 A.M. at 344 Highland Avenue. FallRiver, Massachusetts, to give testimony toestablish:
WHETHER THE MARRIAGE IN QUESTIONBE NULL?
Pastors and others having knowledge ofthe whereabouts of the said Jose Luis Cabralare ad.vised to notify him in regard to htisEdictal Citation.
Henry T. MunroeOfficialis
Given from the Seat of the Tribunal,Fall River, Massachusetts,In this, the 17th day of September. 1975Roland BousquetNotary
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Pope Paul VI personally distributed Holy Communion to aspecial group of recipients present for the Mass. A little girl,dressed ,in wbite with a lace veil,made her First Holy Communionat the Mass and received theEucharist from the Holy'Father'sown hands. Sisters from the various provinces presently comprising the religious familyfounded by Mother Seton received Communion from thePope. Mrs. Seton's two sons,after attending Georgetown University, then a new institutionfounded by the contemporary oftheir mother, Bishop, later -Arch,bishop John Carroll, had joinedthe fledlging United States Navy,and representatives of that'branch of service of our nationwere among ,those to whom theHoly Father disttibuted Communion. Two special people received the Host from Pope Paul:tall, erect Carl Kalin of Yonkers,New York, a gentleman who had,been diagnosed as incurably afflicted by a terminal disease andwho was restored to completehealth by the miraculous dntervention of Saint Elizwbeth Seton,and a young housewife from nearBaltimore, Mrs. Eobert Hooe,who as a child had ,been cured
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American Sister of Charity, adaughter of Saint ElizabethSeton, proclaimed the first lesson from the Old Testament. TheGospel was proclaimed by aLatin deacon and by a Greekdeacon. The Holy Father, speaking in clear and distinct English,delivered a very moving homily,calling upon the Catholic faithfulof the United States to rejoicein a particular manner at thejoyful news that a daughter ofthe American Church had beendeclared a saint. He noted thedevotion of Mother Seton to theapostolate of Catholic education.Applause broke out at the conclusion of the homily, as the festive mood of the thousands present was clearly evident.
As the Holy Father rose toaccept the gifts, a most unusualoffertory procession formed andmoved toward the Papal Altar.In addition to the bread and winewhich Pope Paul, consecratedduring the Mass, other symbolicgifts were brought to the HolyFather by members of procession. Doves, symbols of thepeace which ,permeated the lifeand apostolic labors of SaintElizabeth Seton were brought indecorated cages, to 'be placednext to the altar. Large candles,symbols of the light of Christwhich was so brilliantly reflectedin Mother Seton's Hfe and work,were presented. Relics wereplaced on or near the altar asthe Eucharistic Liturgy began.
In order to facilitate the distribution of Holy Communion tosuch a vast congregation, onehundred and twenty-five priestsserved as Eucharistic ministers.They moved to vantage pointsthroughout the square whenCommunion was to be distributed. Among this group of participants in the celebration wasFather Paul Rotondi, O.F.M., pastor of Saint Louis Parish in FallRiver.
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tect a particular edge in the voiceof the Holy Father at that moment when, precisely as Vicar ofChrist on earth, he made thatformal declaration. I have noticed something of the same inthe voice of the Bishop at theordination ceremony here inSaint Mary's' Cathedral. There is
. a lengthy prayer of consecrationin the rite of priestly ordination,however ,the Church recognizesthe special importance and significance of certain phrases within the. prayer itself, the precisemoment when the pouring forthof the Holy Spirit occurs, and Ihave heard Bishop Cronin's voicetake on something of a specialring at that moment. In fact, asI think of ,it, don't priests in ourparishes somehow emphasize thespecial words ~f the Baptismalrite, long and filled with prayersand symbolic gestures ... so thatat the moment that the water ispoured and the words, "I ,baptizeyou, in the name of the Fatherand of the Son and of ,the HolySpirit," are recited, the celebrant's voice will betray the special solemnity of that moment.'It was precisely this kind of emphasis which could be clearly detected in the voice of the HolyFather as Mother Seton was formally declared to be in theheavenly kingdom.
Had the ceremony been heldinside the Basilica, at this moment a large representation ofthe new saint on a tapestrywould have been unveiled. Because the circumstance of theoutdoor celebration rendered thisunveiling impossible, the greattapestry depicting Mother Setonhad already been visible, hanging on the facade of the Basilicaabove and behind the altar.
The great throng then brokeinto applause and cheers ... firsta ripple and then a great swellingroar of approval ,and approbation. Americans, we are told, areless enthusiastic at Vatican cere·monies than are natives of othercountries, however the assemblydid themselves proud in vocalmanifestation of their delight at·this happy moment, a most appropriate conclusion to the actualrite of canonization and a bridgeto the Gloria of the Ma!!s whichall then sang, joining the combined choirs ,in the familiar chantfrom the Mass of the Angels.
Mass continued then. At ,theliturgy of the Word of God, an
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Raimondi, whom God called tohis eternal reward only a fewshort weeks ago, had been Cardinal Prefect of the Congregationand would have presented theformal petition had he been alive.Formerly the Apostolic Delegateto the' United States, CardinalRaimondi had been closely involved in the preparation of thecause of Mother Seton and hadhimself great devotion to thisholy American woman.
In response to the petition,Pope Paul rose and recited theage~ld formula, mentioning thehonor and glory of AlmightyGod, and concluding with thedeclaration and definition thatBlessed Elizabeth Bayley, widowSeton, is a saint. . . The faithfulgathered in the square could .de-
of God over the long years when_her "cause" .was subjected to athorough examination by thosewhose responsibility it ,is in theChurch to investigate such matters.
At this point, the Pro-Prefectof the Congregation for theSaints, A'1'IChbishop Bafile,stepped forward and called uponthe Holy Father to declareMother Seton a saint. He wasacoompanied by one of the can·onists from the Congregation,one of the clerics who had laIbored long on the many detailswhich had to precede the formalpetition now made by Archbish>op Bafile. l1he late Cardinal
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surrounded ,by clergy, religiousand laity from the United States.The sound system prepared forthe canonization was of excep·tional quality, and ;in variouslanguages instrilctions weregiven to all as the time for theceremony approached. We practiced some of the hymns andacclamations whioh were to besung by 'all present during theMass. The Sistine Choir wasjoined on the occasion by a choircomposed of Sisters from thegreat religious family whichMother Seton founded.
Precisely on time, the procession entered the square and thePapal Mass began. The HolyFather was principal concelebrant. On this occasion, he wasjoined by members of the hierarachy from the United Stateswitb special ties to the new saintand to the religious congrega,Nons which she established.Thus, as Mother Seton was anative New Yorker, CardinalCooke, Archbishop of New York,was at Pope Paul's side. TheBaltimore area was particularlyimportant to the life of the newsaint, and Caradinal Shehan, former Archbishop of Baltimore,and his suocessor, ArchbishopBorders, were aniong the concelebrants. Seton Hall Universityis located in the Archdiocese ofNewark, and Archbishop Geretyof that See, was also among theconcelebrants.
. The Holy Father greeted thevast congregation gathered inthe piazza and then, immediatelyafter the Penetential Rite of theMass, took his seat in front ofthe Altar. The formal steps nowunfolded for the canonization.Testimony was first provided, tothe Holy Father and to all as·sembled, of the heroic sanctityof Elizabeth Bayley Seton, byfour ladies, each representing adifferent phase of the life of thesaint. A young unmarriedwoman spoke in French, a married lady, mother of a family,spoke in Spanish, a young widowed lady spoke in Italian, andan American religious womanspoke in English. They recitedpertinent details of MotherSeton's life. Convert to Catholicism, Elizabeth Seton is quiteappropriately called the foundress of the parochial school system in .AiIl1erica. Of course, thistestimony was merely a tiny capsule of the great well of information assembled about the servant
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"We declare and we definetha.t Blessed Elizabeth Ann Bayley, widow Seton, is a saint, andwe inscribe her in the catalogueof saints, with the mandate thatthe members of the UniversalChurch should venerate her inthe company of the saints withpious devotion. . ."
I was present in Saint Peter'sSquare on September 14th whenPope Paul VI recited that formula at the solemn momentwhen the Church formally recogni:-:ed the heroic sanctity of thefirst native-born American to beso "canonized," Mother Seton.Bisho1) Cronin is participating ina month-long Th,eological Consultation in Rome with some thirtyfellow bishops from the UnitedStates and other countries wherethe English language is spoken.Mid-way through the month, itproved to be useful for me toconfer with the Bishop aboutDiocesan affairs, and the magnificent ceremony of canonizationwas hap,ily' scheduled right atthe time when .J was visiting inRome.
Original plans had called forthe celebration of the Papal Massat which the canonization wouldtake place for the Basilica ofSaint Peter in Rome, the custom·ary place for such events. SaintPeter's, the largest 'church' in theworld, can accommodate a tremendous ga1'hering . . . perhapsin excess of 50,000 people; however, as plans developed,an outpouring of the faithful in excessof this number was foreseen andthe ceremony was arranged forthe enormous piazza immediatelyin front of the Basilica, withinthe vast area encompassed bytwo rounded rows of columnsdesigned 'by Bernini. It proved tobe a wise decision, as the crowdpresent for the ceremony eventually swelled 1'0 an estimated 125,-000 people. .
The day of the ceremonydawned bright and clear; it isstill mid-summer in Rome. Hadnot a gentle breeze developed, itmight have been uncomfortablywarm. As it was, the weatherfavored the outdoor celebration.Bishop Cronin and I went to thesquare well in advance of thetime when the Mass was to begin. He joined his fellow bishops,many from the United States, ina tribune specially built for theoccasion to the left of the Altarof Sacrifice which had beenerected just beneath the enor·mous facade of the Basilica facing the piazza. "I took my seat ina special reserved section wherecharrs h~d been set up in theshadow of the huge statue ofSaint Paul which is located within the square at the approach tothe Basilica. Seated next to mewas Monsignor William McDonough of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a friend of many years'standing whom I had not seensince the time when he served asRector of the National Shrine inWashington, D.C. Ordinarily,when one participates in a Papalceremony at Saint Peter's, one'sneighbors in the congregationare likely to be from Latin America, from any number of European countries, or from ,evenmore far-flung places. Uniquely,we were very nearly completely
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Letters Welcome
First FridayClub is Unique
A visit with the First FridayClub of Fall River is not a tripinto nostalgia, though sight ofits members must stir up memories.
At its founding, 30 years ago,Catholic men's clubs were plentiful. Every parish had itsstaunch Holy Name Society,loaded with proud fathers whocould not .wa~t to introduce thesons they had "prayed" through'a terrible war. .
This Club differs a bit. Nodues, no badge, no ritual; justone phone call each month, as areminder. Fifty men, or more,meet every First Friday, fromOctober to June, and, appropriately, because of their devotionto the Sacred Heart of Jesus, atthe Sacre<i Heart, Church, onLinden Street, in Fall River.
Members range in age fromthe teens to the nineties, andrepresent every parish and ethnicgroup in Fall River and the surrounding area.
Mass begins at 6:00 P.M., and'is followed by a full meal, servedat the Sacred Heart Schoolcafeteria.
Good after-dinner speakers arethe rule, at the Club; generallyreligious, and most often brief.Social activities then commencearound 8:00 P.M.
Would you like to join? Justcoming makes you a member,and the Club is always seekingnew members. .
The meal has to be planned,however, and it would be appreciated if prospective memhers who would like to attend onOctober 3, 1975 would call andgive their names to John Romanovitch 674-6830, James Harrington 676·8688, or John Mor-gan 674-3008. .
Lectu·re SeriesOpens 18th YearWith Fr. Guzie
Father T'ad W. Guzie, S.J., willopen the 18th season of theChristian Culture Lecture Serieson Saturday, October 25 at JohnHancock Hall with a day-longinstitute on the theme "TheJourney From Religion to Free·dom," a theological reflection onpersonal religious experience.
Father Guzie, a member of thetheology faculty of both NotreDame University and MarquetteUniversity, is the author of therecent book, "Jesus and the Eucharist" which was a ThomasMore Book Club Selection.Among his other books are:"What a Modern Catholic Believes About Confession" and"What a Modern Catholic Believes About Salvation."
The institute, beginning at 9a.m. and concluding by 4:30 p.m.,will include three lectures byFather Guzie and a discussion byparticipants.
Father Raymond E. Brown,S.S., a professor of BiblicalStudies at Union TheologilcalSeminary and author, will con·duct an institute on the deathand resurrection of Jesus inApril.
Admission to the October 25program is by preregistration.Information on this and otherlectures may be obtained by contacting: Father Robert F. Quinn,C.S.P., P.O. Box 8579, J.F.K. Sta.,Boston, MAo 02114St. William's ChurCh
they relate to the current eventson the Iberian peninsula.
The present struggle in Portugal has given rise to speculationof what might now happen inSpain. What is occurring in Portugal certainly could spill overinto Spain with, added fury. TheSpanish Communist P·arty in exile is very much alive and encouraged by the events in Portugal. There could very well be acivil confrontation in Spain asthe bitter memories of the pastare once more inflamed.
Beware SpanishCommunist Supporters
As political agitat'ion is increased in Spain, one must always keep in mind the sympathetic attitude that the SpanishCommunists found in this country. To be sure the Spain andAmerica of the mid-seventies isfar different from that of themid-thirties. But it is interestingto note that the forces that supported the fury of the SpanishCommunist Party are alive andwell, ready once more to doviolence to truth.
There are many in this landwho still harbour deep antiSpanish feelings because of ourown historical' confrontationswith Spain. However as the people of Spain once more attemptto seek new forms of politicalexpression we should be surethat we are not led down thered road of detente by such partisan organizations as the Veterans of the Abraham LincolnBrigade.
REV. JOHN F. MOORE
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This past weekend, a rather large ad appeared in theNew York Times warning Americans about United Statesinvolvement in Spain. By the terms of the so-called "MadridPact" United States military bases and all that goes withthem are allowed on Spanishsoil. This particular ad wasplaced in the good grey sheetto caution Americans aboutsuch a pact wi·th the Spanishgovernment and to urge peopleto write their representativein Washington opposing renewalof the Madrid Pact. Even withVietnam in mind, this ad admonishes American militarypresence in Spain.
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Now on the surface of eventsand happenings, this ad wouldseem to be just another plea byanother vested interest, normal'1y deserving a mere glance. However the sponsor of this adbrought back into focus the total terror of the Spanish Civilwar. Urging Americans once moreto beware of Spain were the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Now for many Americansthis organization would have little meaning. For others they areremembered best as the littledarling of the red IiberaHsm ofthe mid-thirties. The AbrahamLincoln Brigade was an organization of Americans who volunteered to fight for what theyclaim was the elected government of the Spanish Republic inits struggle with the forces ofFranco. To some this might seem,a page from history. But it isunique to see this organizationonce more revive and renew it·seifat this particular momentin world events, especially as
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4 Th~ ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept. 25, 1975
Assassins and the Press
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In September the weather becomes a bit cooler, theleaves begin to fall, we start watching football, and theteachers go out on strike. This latter event, a somewhatrecent phenomenon, disturbs us especially when it occursin our own area. Confrontations between school committeesand teachers' unions are becoming an altogether too frequentscene even in our own diocese and, although it has been saidso often it has become p~actically a cliche, the truth remains
. . . it is the children who suffer.
We can sympathize with the school committees. Theyare under a definite pressure by taxpayers to keep schoolcosts down and the overburdened taxpayers have everyright to exert such pressure.
However, we must realize that the single most important factor in the quality of education in the communiytlies in the quality of our teachers.
Administrative positions, facilities, equipment, etc., areundoubtedly necessary. But if we must reduce costs, 'letit be in these areas and not with our most valuable asset our good teachers.
Do the names Charles J. Guiteau and Leon F. Czolgoszmean anything to you? They are hardly household words,yet each of these names has been etched forever in the pagesof American history. For Guiteau and Czolgosz are, respectively, the assassins of Presidents Garfield and McKinley.It is only fitting that we do not remember their names foreven notoriety should elude those who would perform suchheinous crimes.
Last week Time magazine devoted its cover and afeature article to Squeaky Fromme. Alongside her coverportrait was the caption "The Girl Who Almost Killed Ford."Indeed, the coverage by the television networks and thedaily newspapers was more than extensive but Time practically catapulted Squeaky into immortality.
We don't know if this week's would-be assassin (werefuse to print her name) read the Time article but it doesseem to us that such personal recognition of this sick actis not wise. To some people assassination offers not onlyan opportunity to strike out at their own frustrations andimpotence but also with that one brief act exists the grandchance in their warped minds to be someone of note.
It is our belief that the media must not play a rolethat facilitates such behaviour. .
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will be presented by Dr. DavidJ. O'Br-ien at 4 p.m. Dr. O'Brien,Associate Professor of Historyat Holy Cross College, Worcester, is the author of "Amer·icanCatholics and Social Reform"and "The Renewal of AmericanCatholicism." He is also a contributor to the Bicentennial discussion booklet, "With Libertyand Justice for All."
Following a box supper, participants will be asked to share,in groups, reactions to the afternoon panel and lecture as well
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PanelBeginning at 3:00 o'clock, a
panel of representatives of several ethnic traditions will discusswhy their people came to America, their experience upon arrival, and the importance of keeping ethnic traditions and valuesalive.
The major address of the day
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Mrs. McMaho'nNCCW Nominee
With the theme of "SpiritedWomen," the 37th national con·vention of the National Councilof Catholic Women (NCCW) willbe held Friday through Tuesday,Nov. 7 through II, in Portland,Ore. Mrs. Michael J. McMahonof St. Mary's Cathedral parish,Fall River, president of the Dio'Cesan Council of CatholicWomen, is a nominee for theoffice of national treasurer of theorganization, and a large delegation from ·this diocese is expected to be present to support hercandidacy.
The NCCW is a federation ofsome 9,000 national, state andlocal organizations of U. S. Catholic women. Among conventionspeakers will be Ar'Chbishop JeanJadot, Apostolic Delegate to theUnited States, who will addressthe gathering on "Woman's Rolein Today's World." Dr. VirginiaTrotter, Assistant Secretary forHEW, will speak on "EducationalValues: Their Effect on Familyand Community."
In addition to general programsessions, delegates will participate in workshops and "shareshops," at which speoial interestitems will ·be on display.
A Bicentennial Workshop forparish and school Bicentennialcoordinators, religous educationcoordinators, principals andclergy will be held on Wednesday, October I, 1975, from 3 to8 p.m. at Stonehill College,North Easton, Mass.
Sponsored by the DiocesanBicentennial Commission onHigher Education and the Department of Adult Education, theworkshop will explore the ethnictraditions that make up the Diocese of Fall River in an effortto motivate parishes and schoolsto determine, their roles in theCatholic observance of the Bicentennial.
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I agree 100 per cent with EvaClarke. My ,husband and I retired here two years ago andsubscribed to The Anchor.
Love reading The Anchor, especially Mary Carson's column.It is the first thing I look for,too.
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Respectfully,Richard LenziSpringfield, Mass.
Favors ConsumerAdvocacy Bill
Dear Editor:About 35 years ago Pope Pius
XII sent a letter to the CatholicBishops of this country in whichhe said in part. "We raise ourvoice in a strong, but at thesame' time, patemal complaintthat in so many schools of yourland, Christ often is despised orignored, the explanation of theuniverse and of mankind' ,isforced within the narrow limitsof material,ism or rationalism,and new educational systemsare sought after, which cannotbut produce a sorrowful harvestin the intellectual and moral lifeof the nation."
Some years ago Norman Cousins told about his interview withNikita Khrushchev, during whichthe former Soviet chief said:,"Now if only you can do some·thing about your TV, you wHl bemaking some real progress.Frankly, I could hardly believemy eyes when I was in theUnited States, the kind of thingsyou showed on television.
Will our religious leaders giveAmerica the moral leadership iturgently needs during this Bicentennial Celebration? The hour islate.
Sincerely,Marie L. TrumbourMashpee
Dear Editor:Within the next few weeks,
the United States House of Repl'esentatives will be called uponto decide an issue of profoundimportance to American consumers. After five years of lobbying, negotiating and educatingby Ralph Nader and other supporters, HR. 7575, a bill to establish a federal Agency forConsumer Advocacy (ACA) willcome to a vote in early October.In order for this historic bill topass, and withstand the inevitable Ford Administration veto,consumers must write their Congressmen immediately to countervail the enormous pressure
. being brought to bear againstthe ACA by big business.
For more information on theACA bill, or the names and addresses of Representatives inCongress, consumers may contact Mass PIRG at (617) 4231796 or (413) 256-6434.
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Dear Editor:It would be a definite mistake
to drop Mrs. Mary Carson'scolumn.
Her's is the first column Iread, and sometimes, the onlyone. I find her a warm, sincere,understanding 'and very concerned human being.
I for one, among many, I'msure; would not be happy to findMary Carson's column omitted.
Sincerely,Mrs. L. J. MeJloSwansea, Mass.
Yours Sincerely,Manuel VincentFall River
Sincerely,Mrs. Lillian BouchardNorth Dartmouth
In Favor of theDivine Comedy
Sir:Recently I read the criticism
that Dante's "Divine Comedy"was a fairy tale, written so asto befuddle the Christian mind.In my opinon that is an absurdstatement.
It is not a fairy story, but agreat Christian aJlegory, derivingits power from the terror andsplendor of the Christian revelation.
Carson GivesHer Courage
Dear Editor,Mary Carson has given me the
courage to express my thoughtsand dreams.
I too, had a dream after reading Mary Carson's article. Theweeds, the people who were the"do-nothings" the ones who are"·afraid," the ones who only want"comfort," were taken away.The ones who were left were"Faith, Hope, and Love, so St.Peter loosened all, because thepeople left were "Love," therewas no need to bind anything.
"What you bind on earth willbe bound in Heaven, who youloose on earth will be loosed inHeaven," Jesus Christ said toPeter.
Mary Carsonis Sincere
Dear EditorDuring a visit last week to my .
mother-in-law in Somerset I hadan opportunity to read yournewspaper and I enjoyed it. Ialso got excited about the NotreDame-B.C. game.
As a graduate of Canisius College I am pleased to see anotherJesuit school in the limelight.
Sincerely,James G. HealeySyracuse, New York
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And what about all the requests for miracles which apparently go unanswered. Shouldnot these count against the candidate? Maybe we should keepa computerized score to see ifthe candidate for canonizationhas a better batting average thanthe unexplainable cures whennobody was praying to anybody.
I do believe in miracles. Ido believe Mother Seton is asaint. But I'm also of the opinion we make too much of themiracle business when it comesto deciding who gets the honorsof the altar. If it were up toMother Seton, I think she wouldhave dispensed with all the protocol, propriety, and red tapethat went into her canonization.
She Did ThingsAfter aU, she was a person
who got things done, and if shewere as hung-up on rules andregulations as the people whocanonized her, she would neverhave gotten her schools off theground.
Finally, I wondered, as Iwatched their pictures flashingon my TV, how many of theAmerican bishops and cardinalswho were so happy to attendher canonization, would be happy to have her back in their dioceses ... back to demand theykeep open the schools sheworked so hard to start.
Mother Seton got things done,and anybody who gets thingsdone has to make a few waves.She made plenty!
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I watched the canonization of Mother Seton on TVand it was great. It was great to see Pope Paul preachingin English and inspiring to hear the bursts of applause. Itwas great to see a woman conducting the singing and tohear the joyful song of themixed choir. But while I waswatching all this, trulyhappy to see Mother Setondeclared a saint, some mischievous force kept stirring upideas that were somewhat irreverent for such a solemn occasion.
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For instance, the biographiesI've read of Mother Seton suggest to me that she was a woman with both feet planted on theground. When the TV camerashowed that painting of herfloating in space above the c~rth,
I couldn't help wondering if shethinks that painting is as sillyas I do.. I can't imagine her Iiking it.
I don't think Mother Seton would!'ike to be represented as somekind of "good fairy."
And as the people who hadbeen cured through miracles attributed to Mother Seton appeared on TV I couldn't putaside my feeling that the miraclepart of the canonization processdoesn't make much sense to me.
Cures Minus Prayer?Just suppose that while every
body was praying to MotherSeton for a certain cure, somehody, without telling, slipped ina prayer to St. Anthony ... St.Francis . . . or the BlessedMother. Suppose it was thatother saint who interceded. Howwould we' ever know?
Or consider the fact that acertain number of cures cannotbe explained by science, but apparently nobody was praying toanybody for them.
Or suppose a group of peopleare praying for a cure to ~ candidate for canonz·ation, andthis canClidate really isn't inHeaven. But God decides He'dlike to cure the sick person anyway. How would we know?
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The Ladies Guild will hold a"giant cake sale" in the churchhall after all Masses this weekend, under chairmanship of Mrs.Joseph Arruda Jr.
The unit opened its seasonwith a Mass and following punchparty at· which Mrs. Harry W.Sprague, membership chairman,and Mrs. Leonard Crane, president, aided by a large committee, were hostesses.
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Boy Scouts will hike to CampFinberg at 9 a.m. Saturday foran overnight .camping trip.
The par,ish school of religionis now in session, with activitiesfor every age group from fouryear-olds to adults.
Knights of the Altar and Acolyte Supervisors and Kadetswill meet in the parish hall at7:30 p.m. Sunday. At the sametime there will be a Christmasbazaar committee meeting in theschool. In connection with thebazaar parishioners are asked tocontribute scraps of material andtrimmings to be used in makingnovelties. Recipes are also solicited for a parish cookbookand may be sent to Mrs. EvelynBOlJcher, 57 Wheaton Dr., Attleboro.
Cars will he blessed following each Mass the weekend ofOct. 4 and 5. Parishioners wishing this blessing are asked topark in the school or rectoryyard.
SANTO CHRISTO,FALL RIVER
"I'm looking for a reHgiousget-well card for someone whoaccidentally swallowed a bingo-marker!" .
Members of the Council ofCatholic Women will receivecorporate Communion at 9 a.m.Mass Sunday, Oct. 5. A breakfast will follow with Mrs. MaryAfonso and Mrs. Mary Cabeceiras ·in charge of arrangements.Reservations may be made witheither until Thursday, Oct. 2.
The unit plans a cake sale atthe end of October with dateand time to be announced.
ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER
A Fall penny sale to be heldat 8 p.m. Saturday in the churchhall will be open to the public.Donations of gift items are requested.
The parish council will meetin the lower church hall after7 p.m. Mass tonight.
Registration for Christian living classes, grades one through12, will take place in the schooloffices after all Masses thisweekend. Adults may register atthe same times and place forcourses to start at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in the school.
The annual Oktoberfest willtake place Sunday night, Oct. 12in the school hall. A Germanbuffet will be served at 6 O'clockand dancing to the music of theDeutschmeister German· bandfrom New Bedford will followfrom 8 to midnight. Tickets areavailable from all members ofthe parish council.
The 10th anniversary of theparish credit union will bemarked with a banquet at 4 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 28 in the parishhall. Members wiU be admittedby passbook.BLESSED SACRAMENT,FALL RIVER
The Women',s Guild is havinga foliage trip to Portsmouth,N. H. Sunday, Oct. 5. Final reservations must be made by Sept.30. Money will be collected afterthe 4 and 6:30 p.m. Masses Saturday, Sept. 27 and after 9 a.m.Mass Sunday, Sept. 28. For reservations caU Mrs. Helen Ouellette 4-4050 or Mrs. EstherLavigne 4-8681.
The bus will leave from thechurch yard at 9 a.m. Sunday,Oct.5.OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER
Holy Name Society memberswill have a breakfast meetingfollowing 8 a.m. Mass Sunday,Oct. 5.
A malasada supper and pennysale to benefit the church willtake place Saturday, Nov. 29in the parish haU. Supper will beserved from 6 to 8 p.m. and thepenny sale .will follow until 11p.m. Initial plans for the eventwill be made at a meeting set for7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, also inthe hal'!.
OUR LADY OF THE ISLE,NANTUCKET
St. Mary's Guild will hold aFaU Festival Saturday, Oct. 18at Legion Hall. Donations ofwhite elephant or handcrafteditems will be appreciated.
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL,NEW BEDFORD
The Women's Club wiU present a fashion show, "The FallRevue," in the school auditoriumat the corner of Rivet and CrapoStreet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.28. Other entertainment will bepresented and refreshments willbe served. Tickets are availablefrom all members and will alsobe sold at the door.
SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER
The Women's Club will sponsora public whist party at 1:30p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 in theFather Coady Center. Mrs. Edward D. Tyrrell and Mrs. EdwardF. Kelly are chairwomen.
6 The ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept. 25, 1975
Publicity chairmen of Darlsh orlanlzallonsare ISked to submit news Items for thiseolun'n to lhe Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver, 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe ,. eluded, as well as full dates of IIIIctlvltles. Please send news of future ratherthan past e'/ents.
The sewing circle of SS. Margaret and Mary Guild will meetat 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29 atSt. Margaret's parish center. Thenext regular guild meeting isset for' 6:30 p.m: Wednesday,Oct. 1 in the center and it willbe the annual covered-dish supper. Comdr. James Nesworthy ofthe Massachusetts MaritimeAcademy will speak.
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ST. MARGARET,BUZZARDS BAY
A newly-organized Educational Planning Committee will sponsor an eight-week Parent Effectiveness Training course open,. ifspace permits, to parents fromother parishes. Led by Mrs.Eleanor Cote, the course will beheld from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 continuing on successive Wednesdays.
. Other committee plans includea family Thanksgiving service inNovember, a Marian liturgicalcelebration in December and alecture series by Rev. RobertMcIntyre on the subject "Children: the Challenge," to begin inJanuary.
The Women's Guild has regretfully accepted the resignation of the president, Mrs. JohnDean. She will be succeeded byMrs. Ruth Burke. The unit willhold a membership tea at 7 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 28 in the schoolhaR Prospective members maycontact Mrs. Roger V. D. Booth.
A month's mind Mass will beoffered at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.30 for Msgr. William H. Harrington, former pastor.
A foliage tour is planned forSunday, Oct. 5 to Litchfield,Conn. Highlights will include astop at the Lourdes Grotto Shrineand dinner at the Hukelau restaurant. Reservations may bemade at the rectory.
Boys in fifth grade or abovewho wish to be altar boys areasked to meet at 3 p.m. thisafternoon in Holy Name School.
Also on the guild's agenda isa Christmas bazaar Sunday,Nov. 23. Paulette Aibar will bechairperson, aided by Pat Martin, Barbara Finnegan and JuIiaMorris. Members will contributeAfrican foods to a DiQCesan International Christmas program,to be presented Thursday, Dec. 4.
The next regular guild meet·ing will take place Monday,Oct. 20. Pat Rebello and SheilaNascimento will be programchairmen and Gerri Malone will'be in charge of a social hour.
ST. JOSEPH,FAIRHAVEN
The Couples Club will hold itsinstallation banquet at 6:30 p.m.Sunday at White's restaurant,N01'lth Westport. The speaker willbe Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill. diocesan director of education.
To be installed are Mr. andMrs. Donald Payette, presidentcouple; Mr. and Mrs. RolandSeguin, vice-presidents; Mr. andMrs. Paul }judon, secretaries;Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rosenberg,treasurers.
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Dames Patronesses of SacredHeart Home, New Bedford, willmark their 50th anniversary asa service organization at a Massto be concelebmted by AuxHiaryBishop James J. Gerrard, Msgr.Henri Hamel and Rev. ErnestBlais at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept.28 at Sacred Heart Church. Abanquet will follow at 1:30 p.m.at White'S' restaurant, NorthWestport, at which past presidents w-ill be honored.
Over the past half century theDames Patronesses have contributed money and equipment toSacred Heart Home, as well asoutfitting a beauty salon andconducting parties at Christmasand other holiday seasons. Daybus trips for home residents area continuing summer project.
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BACKING FARM WORKERS: More than 225 Baltimorebackers of the United Farm Workers Union march to "showboth the local merchants and the growers in California thatthe p~ople here are going to support the farm workers untilfair contracts are signed."
Mother Seton BridgeBetween Churches
ROME (NC)-Welcoming Anglican delegates who had attended Mother Seton's canonizationearlier that day, the president ofthe U. S. National Conference ofCatholic Bisho1)s (NCCB) calledthe new American saint "another bridge between ourchurches."
Archbishop Joseph L. Bernar·din of Cincinnati, president ofthe NCCB, 'and Bishop James S.Rausch, general secretary of theconference, were hosts at are·ception Sept. 14 for the five Anglican delegates, two Methodistdelegates and about 70 U. S.Catholic bishops. Mother Setonhad been a member of the Anglican Communion before becominga Catholic.
The reception was marked bya cordial exchange of goodwishes between Archbishop Bernardin and 'Bishop J. Stuart Wetmore, suffragan bishop of theEpiscopal Diocese of New Yorkand head of the official Episcopalian delegation to the canonization.
Archbishop Bernardin presentedthz five Anglican and two Methodist guests to the assembledAmerica~ Catholic bishops.
House Passes HistoricForeian Aid Bill,....
WASHINGTON (NC) - TheHouse has passed by a 244·155vote a historic foreign aid billfor the first time separates foreign economic aid from militaryand 'Political assistance.
The bill authorizes $1.35 bil- .lion for the 1976 fiscal year and$1.52 billion for the 1977 fiscalyear. It emphasizes aid for thepoorest nations, with particularemphasis on food and agricultural development.
A major feature of the bill isauthorization for the use of repayments of American aid loansfor new developmen~ programs.
Also considered significant isa commitment of $200 millionfor the International Fund forAgricultural Development, afund originated by the oil-producing nations.
and the correct U5e of cosmetics,,if they use them at all.
The cosmetics that I mentioned before are really lovely andquite pure since they are made·with ,all· natural ingredients.Whatever they have in themgives the face a glowing, healthylook rather than a pasty, hardone. The only problem that wehave in our house is that withtwo females using the samemake-up it goes twice as fast andat this time there ,i5 no one inthe area that has the franchisefor this line.
My own 25th reunion will becoming up in a couple of yearsand I'm sure that the girls withwhom I graduated will also lookeven younger than they did inthat yearbook picture with thehelp of the best ,in beauty aidsand attitudes.
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A current magazine carries a write-up on a beautymake-over done for a group of women celebrating the25th anniversary of their graduation from high school. Oneof the nicest things I noticed about the article was thatthat even before the makeover most of these womenhad more beauty and character in their faces thanshown in their yearbook pictures.A nd when they did get made-up
by the experts, they really didn'tlook made-up-just younger. Of
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Priest To Open FourGregorian Chant Centers
LOS ANGELES (NC) - Fourcenters for 'training in Gregorianchant will he opened in this areaby Msgr. Robert E. Brennan, former Los Angeles archdiocesandirector of music.
The priest recently returnedfrom a year of studying music inEurope, on a tour that includedthe Benedictine Abbey of Solesmes, France, which is famous forits liturgical reforms and revival·of Gregorian chant in the 19thand 20th centuries.
For centuries Gregorian chant,or plainsong, has been considered one of the most appropriatekinds of music for liturgical use.
Msgr. Brennan said he sees "agrowing movement to bring backLatin and Gregorian chant as a
,nol1mal part of liturgicalprayer:'
course this is one of the secretsof expert make-up, a non-madeup look.
One of my daughters frequentsa make-up 5hop that carries aline of natural cosmetics andwhile I had felt that they wereonly for the young I found thisto be a mistake as I discoveredwhen I tried them. They giveexactly the look we want, a flattering natural one.
It's natural on the part of a.woman to want to look her verybest and most of us do not accept the ageing process gracefully but try to curtail it as muchns possible. With the varied Jinesof cosmetics available, naturaland otherwise, we do have someaids hut. learning how to usethem correctly ,is another thing.
Dewy LookOne of my daughters has al
most a natural instinct with cosmetics and 5he shakes her heada ,bit at this mother who is stillstrugging to learn. She can'timagine how I could still belearning at my age. I'm sure shewouldn't believe it if I told hermy routine started. when youused talcum powder to hide theacne and a lipstick so dark itlooked like purple paint and thenof course we had a wide variety in perfume, either BlueWaltz or Evening in Paris.
The young people today feature a very dewy natural lookthat comes from good skin care
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iCOME, SPOUSE OF CHRIST: Sister Lucille Gauvin,
O. P. takes final vows as a Dominican Sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena in Fall River motherhouseof community. Habits are updated and guitar Mass is contemporary, but ancient spirit of Dominican Order remainsas (from left) Sister Barbara McCarthy, general councillor,accepts Sister Lucille's vows on behalf of community,Sisters participate in Mass, Sister Lucille gives reading andRev. Roland Nadeau, M.S., receives her vows. Music forthe occasion was by the Reconcilers, a folk group of whichSister Lucille is a member. led by Rev. Andre Patenaude ofLa Salette Shrine, .At.tleboro.
SISTER MARY ALOYSIA
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY was observed at churchesthroughout the diocese this week. Pictured above is the staffof St. Patrick's CCD School in Falmouth as they stand forthe commissioning rite. In the picture on the left, membersof the St. Louis CCD staff in Fall River light their personalcandles with the Paschal Candle as they are commissioned.
Sister EnjoysSister Mary Aloysia, former
Principal at Sacred Hearts Academy and former Dean of the College of the Sacred Hearts recently observed the sixtieth anniversary of her entl'ance into religious life on Sept. 8, 1915.
At the Convent on 47 ProspectPlace a concelebrated Massmarked the occasion with MostRev. James J. Gerrard, V.G. asprincipal celebrant: MonsignorDaniel F. Shalloo and Rev. JamesLyons as concelebrants. The jubilarian's sister, Mrs.. Melzar P.Sampson, and other membersof her family participated in theliturgy. Two nieces, Sister Virginia Sampson ,and Mrs. WilliamJ. Sullivan were lectors; anotherniece Mrs. Jefrey E. Sullivan andtwo nephews, Jeffrey E. andWilliam J. Sullivan offered the
Celebrationgifts; two grand nephews, William and Richard Sullivan wereservers at the Mass.
Holy Union Sisters from theConvents in Fall River andTaunton joined the jubilarianand her community for the celebration of the liturgy and forthe reception which followed inthe convent. .
Sister Mary Aloysia was amember of the faculty at SacredHearts Academy for 34 years.Twenty of these years she spentas teacher of Latin, and for 14years she was Principal. In 1953she was appointed Dean of thecommunity's College of theSacred Hearts in which officeshe served until the closing ofthe college in 1970. Since herretirement Sister has resided at47 Prospect Place.
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and not know each other at all,"she said expressively.
Her heart is really in Dili,where she hopes eventually toreturn. She said the island isabout 50 per cent Catholic, withthe remainder of the inhabitantspagans or members of variousProtestant denominations.
Catholic life there has notchanged tremendously since Vatican II, she noted. As an example, the habits of her communityhave undergone no alterartionexcept for a slight shortening"We have no further plans tochange them," she said.
Sister Maria, 35, has been areligious for 12 years. Amongrelatives welcoming her in FaIlRiver, in addition to her parentsand niece, are another niece,Edwarda, 13; a nephew, Tiberio,9, four sisters, a brother andmany cousins.
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in this country followed in thechurch hall.
She. speaks no English, butthrough her 16-year-old niece,Lisa de Mello, the religious gaveher ,impressions of America,which she is visiting for the firsttime. She said she feels verymuch at home in the Portugueseneighborhood of Our Lady ofAngels, and she laughed whenasked her reaction to Americanfoods such 'as hot dogs and hamburgers.
"She hasn't had any," said herniece. "We eat all Portuguesefoods here."
Sister Maria has not yet seenany large American cities, but ifshe reacts to them as she does toLisbon, where she has studiedand where she will return nextmonth, she won't .like them.
,In Lisbon people might livenext to each other for 100 years
PARISH RECEPTION honors Sister Maria who isflanked by her parents. Bringing the greetings of the cityis Mayor Driscoll of Fall River.
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Relaxing in a quiet tenementacross the street from Our Ladyof Angels Church, Fall River, isa small and lively nun. She needsa season of peace, for she is arefugee from the war-torn islandof Timor, a former Portuguesecolony about 400 miles northwest of Australia.
Last week Sister Maria Ferreira Raposo de Melo spoke ofher long trip from Timor to FallRiver, where she is visting herparents. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Raposode Melo came to the UnitedStates in, 1971 from Capelas, St.Michael, Azores.
Sister Maria entered the Congregation of the Servants of theFamily in the Azores before herparents left the islands. For thepast eight years she has beenstationed in Dili, the capital ofTimor, where she worked in aday care center, cared for theelderly and taught pre-primaryand night school classes.
Completely apolitical andwanting only to. serve the poor,she was literally ,raught in acrossfire between groups seekingto take over control of Timor inthe aftermath of unrest in mainland Portugal. As conditions became more and more dangerous,the bishop of the diocese requested that Sisters working inthe area flee.
"Everyone went except forsome Spanish Sisters, a fewpriests and the Bishop himself,"recounted Sister Maria, notingtat she and a companion fled byfreighter to Darwin, Australia,leaving Timor under fire.
"The Portuguese governmentpaid our fare to Australia andthen to Lisbon," she said.
When she reached Portugal, itwas time for the religious tomake final vows in her community. She had expected the ceremony to take place on Timor,and then at her motherhouse inElvas, Portugal, and she washappily surprised when her superiors suggested a third placeFall River, where her parentsmight witness the ceremony.
Accordingly, Our Lady of Angels Church was the scene of'Sister Maria's final commitmentto religious life. Her vows werereceived by the pastor, Msgr.Anthony M. Gomes, who presided in the absence of BishopCronin.
A reception for Sister Maria'sfamily and the many friends herparents have made since arriving
will also work at augmenting thescholarship funds, making moregrants and aid available to deserving students.
In addition to these tasks, Mr.Jacques wi'll oversee the growingAlumni Association and will alsoserve as Public Relations Director,acting as liaison betweenthe local press and the school.His office wrIl also co~rdinate
the Century Club which is opento local doctors, lawyers, andbusinessmen who through theirmembership become yearly benefactors of the school, and whogather for various social occasions during the year.
The weekly Bingo and monthly Grand Club will also be directed by Mr. Jacques.
As he looks to the future ofthe school and its need for continued financial support Mr.Jacques hopes to realize a fairand bazaar in the spring as wellas a raffle and dinner.
MIKE JACQUES
Newly Appointed Director
FRIENDS OF ST. ANNE'S: A check in the amount of$3,500 was presented to Sister Jean Marie, O.P., administrator of St. Anne's Hospital by the Friends of St. Anne's.Presenting the check to Sister is Mrs. Leo Dumains, left, andMrs. James J. Sabra. The money is to be used for newhospital equipment.
Fr. Richard Wolff, S.J., Principal of Bishop Connolly High,announced the appointment ofMr. Michael Jacques as Directorof Development and Alumni Affairs, succeeding Fr. Joseph Mullen, S.J.
Mr. Jacques is a native ofSwansea, Mass. and attended St.Joseph's school in FaN River before attending Bishop ConnollyHigh'School and graduating inthe charter class of 1970. Heis also a 1975 graduate of Boston College where he majored inEnglish with a specialization innative American culture. Whileattending B.C. he acted as academic and persona'l counselor inthe freshmen assistance program.
As director Mr. Jacques wil'lspearhead fund raising whichwill supplement the operationalbudget of the school, thus keeping the tuition at a level accessible to large numbers of interested students in the area. He
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for alway~ doing the stupiclithing.We've blown it-not because wewere fated to, not because theodds were against us, not becausethe oppotunities weren't therebut becau!le we were too lazy, tooself-indulgent, and too dumb tosee and respond to them.
Nice going.Compromise, Consensus
Consider: We have a theoryof human nature and human society which believes that freedom and trust among humanbeings is possible. So our leftwing eagerly embraces oppressive Marxist socialism. We havethe oldest and most gloriousmystical and contemplative tra-'dition in the Western world. Soour right wing turns to fundamentalist Protestantism for thefoolishness of charismatic romanticism. Our inner-city parochial schools are practicing themost generous form of Christiancharity in the century, and weare phasing them out so bishopscan play with ciosed-circuit TV.Our outer-city parochial schoolsare still immensely popular with-the faithful-and of proven effectiveness-so we don't buildnew ones.
Our leaders have been mastersof the American game of compromise, consensus, and coalitionfor a hundred years, and now thepresent leadership issues a bicentennial program which rejects the American democraticexperiment in the name of a"hate America" liberation theology imported from a continentwhich has never known politicalfreedom. Our great thinkers ofthe nineteenth century antiCipated by a century the reformsof Vatican II, and we now treatscholars like they had the bubonic p1ague. Our religious communities were the marvel of themodern Catholic world, and wesit idly by while they commitsuicide.
A second kind of hope comesfrom the religious situation inwhich one finds oneself. Therehave been times in human history when. religious issues werenot important, when the confidence of humankind in its ability to control its own destinywas so powerful that religionseemed irrelevant. One such erajust ended. We are now in thefirst phases of a new era whenquestions about the meaning andpurpose of human Hfe have begun to take on an almost obsestive importance. At such a time,one can reasonably hope thatreligion will play an extremelyimportant role in buman lifein the long run.
But in the lon,g run, as LordKeynes remarked, we will all bedead. It is the short-run future(twenty, thirty years) of the institution ca'Hed American Catholicism for which I find littleground to hope. The Church hasa heritage and a tradition filledwith resources which could respond to the desperate yearningsof contemporary humankind.When I was younger I was convinced that we couldn't possiblyblow such a marvelous opportunity.
I underestimated the collectivecapacity of American Catholics
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. At issue are three differf'ntmeanings of the word "hope." Itcan refer to that virtue which isthe other side of the coin offaith. One confidently expectsthat the kingdom Jesus preachedwill finally be achieved and thatone's work for that kingdom hasnot been in vain. Such hope isexpressed by a'1l Christians dailyin the words "thy kingdomcome." It is not an easy hope,not a superficial enthusiasm. St.Augustine had it when he diedwith the barbarians at the gatewho were about to destroy NorthAfrican ChrisUanity. ThomasMore had it when he put hishead on the block, knowing thatthe old faith was doomed inEngland for centuries to come.We can have it today eventhough we know that AmericanCatholicism is rapidly fallingapart.
I've been in trouble lately for not being constructiveor hopeful enough. When the charge is made, I plead inmy own defense that to pretend hopefulness about Catholicism is to lie. "But," say my accusers, "then you are notChristian, because Christians always hope." To confuse religious hope withinstitutional hope is mindless and muddleheaded. It ischarecteristic of the shallowromanticism which makes me sopessimistic about the future ofthe American Church.
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PAPAL BIRTHDAY: PopePaul VI, who has experienced a busy schedule recently because of events surrounding the canonization ofthe new Saint ElizabethSeton, celebrates his 78thbirthday tomorrow, Sept. 26.This portrait of him was produced by a man using atypewriter. NC Photo.
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Annawon ScoutsPlan EcumenicalWeekend Ca~p
Catholic Boy Scouts of theAnnawon Council, comprisingthe Attleboro-Taunton area, wiHparticipate in an ecumenicalcamporee at Camp Norse, Carver, Mass. from Friday, Oct. 17through Sunday, Oct. 19.' Thetheme for the weekend will be"Man and His God."
The program, prepared bychapla'in's aides from participatIng troops, will have as its goalthe education of Scouts in thebeliefs of Protestantism, Judaism and Catholicism. Films explaining the three faiths will beshown in the course of the weekend and campers wiH attend services conducted by representaHves of each. A full sports program will also be carried on.
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Until government administrators and the public at large areprepared to face up to their responsibilities in this regard, wemight just as well get ready fora continuing rash of strikes inthe field of pulJIic employment.Moreover. it would be naive tothink th'at we can effectively.prohibit such strikes merely byenacting punitive ,legislation.That won't begin to solve theproblem; as a matter of fact, itmight even aggravate it, at leastin certain cases.
Strikes in essential branchesof thepublic service are admittedly very Important, but shortof establishing a system offorced labor, we cannot hope toeliminate them mere'ly by appealing to the concept of thepublic interest. The only way toreduce their frequency':"'" and,hopef.ully, to eliminate them inthe longrun-is for public officials, backed by the citizenry atlarge, to take the initiative inpaying decent wages and settingup equitable procedures for adjudicating such disputes as mayarise when the machinery of collective bargaining breaks down.
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Public Service EmployeesHave Bargaining Rights
A West Coast newspaper recently featured an editorialentitled, "Decay in Cities," which severely criticized publicemployees who, for whatever reasons, resort to the use ofthe strike. "These people," we are told, "were not draftedinto their appointed commu- .nity tasks. Each, in his own public service employees sit
. 1·' 1 down to bargain over wages andway, Imp IClt y or explicitly other benefits with governmentchose and vowed (sic) to administretors. But it should alsoserve the community by accept- be taken into account long being the responsibilities of the fore the parties come to the baroffice. To withdraw this service gaining table. That is to say, .is, in each case, an act of willful government administrators-and
the citizenry at large-have anobligation to show at least asmuch concern for the elementary rights of public service employees as they do for the publicinterest. They have no right toexpect public service employeesto subsidize the rest of the community by settling for wages andother conditions below the standards prevailing in private employment.
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disregard for the public's safetyand general welfare."
In my opinion, this is a grossoversimpilification of an extremely complicated problem.
'Public Interest'Respon!.,ible '1'abor' leaders in
the field of public employmentreadily admit, of course, thatpublic Service employees shouldbe conscientiously concernedabout the public interest, but,understanda1Jly, they tend to become very irate when the publicinterest concept, "waved like abanner when there is a confrontation between public employees,is used to prejudice the communitee against the cause of thepublic employee ... even thoughthe employee is, himself, part ofthis taxpaying service-using pubHc."
This quotation is taken froma study entitled "Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector," prepared for the Executive Boardof the AFL-CIO Martime TradesDepartment.' I recommend thisstudy very highly. As an "interim " report, it does not pretendto have all the answers to al1 ofthe questions that can be raisedabout collective bargaining in thefield of public employment, butit does delineate the issues veryclearly. It is particularly clearon this matter of the "publicinterest" which is emphasized sostrongly in the editorial referredto above.
In summary, the report saysthat the trouble with the "publicinterest" concept is that it is
,only triggered in time of crisis.There ·is no "public interest"generated ahead of time, no particular show of concern formeeting the genuine economicand social needs of the publicemployee - whether he be ateacher, a fireman, a policeman,a clerk, or a so-called c'ommonlaborer. It is not unti'1 there .isa direct, adverse ef.fect on thebody politic that the "public interest" is invoked-and then itis generally invoked against thepublic employee and on the sideof the public administrator.
Face' ResponsibilityIt goes without saying, of
course, that the public interestmust be taken into account when
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KNOW YOUR FAITHThe Composition of the Bible Covenant: God's Way of Love
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man, with a love that goes onloving even when that love goesunrequited, the most poignant ofall loves. Repea-tedly in the OldTestament God's love is likenedto that· of a husband for hisbride, even when the bride isfaithless. God's love for the in<lividual with whom He hasmade a covenant is comparedto a mother's love for a childeven when her love is rejected.
The prophet Isaiah had an in-tuition of God's way of love andhas God exclaim: "Can a womanforget her suckling child,. thatshe should have no compassionon the son of her womb? Eventhese may forget, yet I will notforget you. Behold I have yougraven on the palms of myhands" (49:15-16).
We have heard the exp~ession:
"If only I could stop loving!"Because God is love, He cannotstop loving even though His lovegoes unrequited and rejected forall eternity. The mystery of hellis in man, not in God. And because of this love, God time andagain makes a covenant withman, with everyman, and notleast of all me!
A PRIEST ELEVATES THE CHALICE, emphasizingthe covenant that exists between God and His people today."We are invited to drink of the blood to symbolize and toeffect at the deepest of all le~els our union with God inChrist and with one another."
vivid. Jahweh and the people areconsidered to be
related by blood for they havesomehow shared the
same blood in the rite" (Treatyand Covenant, p. 173).Irresistibly there comes to
mind the words of Jesus at theLast supper which are' repeatedin the lopening Eucharistic sacrifice of Christians: "Take this,all of you, and drink from it.This is the cup of my blood ofthe new and everlating coven'ant." We are not sprinkled withthe blood of sacrifice. We areinvited to drink of the blood tosymbolize and to effect at thedeepest of all levels our unionwith God in Christ and with oneanother.
God began making covenantswith man when He made thefirst man into His own image'and likeness, introducing maninto the family of the divinecommunity or trinity of Father,Son an}! Holy Spirit. And because of this initial covenant,God's way with man is differentfrom this relationship to therest of His visible creation. Manwill always be the object ofGod's elective love, of God's covenant love, even when man"breaks" the covenant with God.F'amily ties can be disowned; thekinship relation can be repected,but not really broken. We rema'in God's children. The objectof His special love, even whenwe reject Him and try to untiethe kinship ties that bind us.
The Fourth Eucharistic Prayersays it so well: "You formedman in your own likeness ...Even when he disobeyed you andlost your friendship, you did notabandon him to the power ofdeath ... Again 'and again youoffered a covenant to man."
We are here confronted with ,.the mystery of God's way with
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REV. PAUL F.
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-We used to speak of the Oldand the New Testament, andnow we speak of the Old and theNew Covenant. What is thiscovenant which God offers manas an individual and man as acommunity?
The Engli&h word covenantderives from the verb "to convene" or to come together; butcovenanters convene for a definite purpose, to enter a swornagreement, to make an oath inwhich they pledge their fidelityto one another. The Latin wordcovenant "foedus" basical1ymeans fidelity or trust.
We are celebrating this yearof 1976 the Bicentennial of ourindependence, but we are commemorating as well the comingtogether of the 13 colonies toenter a covenant by which theybecame "Federated" or covenant states of a single country,a single family. And the loyaltypledged by the federated &tatesran so deep that a civil or familywar was fought to preserve thefederation or covenant. Thegreat sin against the covenantis separation that ends in divorce and the rejection of thecovenant ties that bind us.
A covenant is sometimes referred to as an "elaborate oath,"a sworn agreement which hasthe gods or God as the witnessand guarantor of the terms of theagreement. But God's covenantwth man is more than a contractural agreement. Actually, we donot enter into an agreement withGod. He makes a covenant withus.
The Sinai covenant demandsthat we love God with our wholeheart and mind and soul and ourneighbor as ourselves. But wedo so not because of the "law"of the decalogue or 10 commandments, but because we are mademembers of God's family and thefamily of man by·covenant.
The eminent Scripture scholarDennis McCarthy, S.J. goes tothe heart of the matter when heperceptively notes that the Sinaicovenant is "more than a maHerof agreement, it is a question ofkinship." Commenting on theritual meal and the ritual sacrifice of Exodus 24 and Deuteronomy 27, the author explains thesymbolism of both rites:
The covenant meal means admission into the familycircle of another, but the blood
rite is especially
IIthe two covenant parties passbetween the halves of the animals calling down upon themselves a similar fate should theyviolate the covenant's terms.
God needs no covenant butman does. God originates Hiscovenant with man to respondto man's need, to reveal to man,in a way he will understand, exactly what a man must do tomerit the mercy of God (Gen20:6).
Just as Moses had providedthe charismatic leadership needed to'.conltinue the tl'ansforma't'ionof the Israelites from a mob ofslaves into a nation, the Sinaicovenant provided another essential ingredient ... a system oflaw.
In the Sinai covenant certainduties and obligations are imposed upon the Israelites in exchange for Yahweh's promiseto be their God, to assist themand to deliver them. The mostimportant of these duties and obligations is the Israelites' promise to worship no other God butYahweh, and in the manner Heprescribes. In addition -they mustaccept certain standards of conduct and morality.
The relationship establishedbetween Yahweh and the Israelites by the covenant is one ofaffection, loyalty and faithfulness. This relationship is de-
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thor of the whole Pentateuch;but this is nowhere stated in theBible, and modern scholars havebeen forced by the weight of theevidence to abandon that position.
Moses was the man raised upby the Lord to lead His peopleout of Egypt; he was the mediator of the Lord's revelation andcovenant at Mt. Sinai, and hewas Israel's first great lawgiver.His influence on the formationof the traditions found in thePentateuch was very great. Butthe Pentateuch seems to incorporate traditions not only of theformative years of Israel butalso those from much later times.For example, the laws of thePentateuch, while ostensiblycoming from the period of Israel's encampment at Mt. Sinai,actually reflect conditions inIsrael at various periods; evenwhen dealing with the same subjects (e.g., altar-s, feasts, priesthood), different laws give quitedifferent regulatioris.
Narrative secbions also exhibitcomplexity. Genesis 1:1-2:4 formsa creation account easily distinguishable from the rest of Genesus 2; each gives its own account of the creation of man,with his creation coming afterthat of the animals in the first
Continued from Page Elevenaccount, before the animals inthe second account.
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A covenant is a human concept. In ancient times it was' anagreement, usually non-written,marked by a solemn ritual, thatbound the covenanting parties tocertain obligations.
If we look back to Abraham,we will find an example of aprimitive ~ovenant ritual in Ge'nesis 15. Here we see God ordering Abraham to cut in two various animals and place the twohalves opposite each other onthe ground. God, in the form ofsmoke and fire, passes betweenthe butchered carcasses.
What this represents is anancient covenant ritual in which
By REV. JOSEPH JENSEN
In a previous article we spokeof the circles that formulatedand transmitted Israel's traditions. In this process both oraland written traditions playedtheir role. Writing was known inthe Near East, both in Egypt andMesopotamia from the end ofthe 4th mil1enium B.C. Thesewere very complicated writingsystems which required extensivetraining to master, but by the15th century B.C., long beforeIsrael existed as a people, a simple alphabetic writing began tocome into use in Palestine. Oraltradition continued to play apart even after writing cameinto use.
We tend to think of a composition being most securely fixedwhen it has been set down inwriting, but the opposite casecan be falsified by anyone whohas access -to it, while that whichis passed on orally must meet theapproval of all who hear it sometimes a whole community ofpeople who have listened to itcountless times before.
The origin of even a singlesection of the Old Testament,e.g., the Pentateuch, may be verycomplex. The Bible makes frequent reference to "the law ofMoses" or "the book of the lawof Moses" and there was a timewhen this was taken to meanthat Moses was the literary au-
At Sinai God's promise toAbraham became a covenant withthe children of the promise.
In the promise of revealingHimself to men God communicates with men on their ownlevel. The covenant made atSinai between God and thechildren of Israel is an example.
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Priests' SenateExpresses Thanks
The Priests' Senate of the Diocese met on Friday, Sept. 19th
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briefed the Senate on the plansfor the New England Conferenceof Priests' Senates annual meeting. This year the diocese ofFall River will host the meetingwhich is to be held at La Saletteon Oct. 26, 27, and 28.
Fr. Thomas C. Lopes of NewBedford gave a presentation onmeans which will be taken tocol1ect data for the next meetingof the National Federation ofPriests' Councils.
Fr. John J. Murphy was namedtemporary treasurer replacing Fr.Marcel H. Bouchard who is awayat studies.
The Senate passed a unanimous resolution expressing"gratitude to Msgr. Shallo andFr. Driscoll for their work onThe Anchor and encouragementand support to Fr. Byington ashe assumes his role as Editor."
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purification, as Israel came toknow the Lord and His demands;countless individuals played apart in its production. In it Godis revealed as the almighty Creator of the cosmos, the redeemerof Israel, her covenant partner,the Lord who Jays His 'laws onher, the punished of her offenses,the merciful one who pardonsher transgressions. It was accomplished under the action ofGod so that the final resultwould be the magnificent expression of Israel's faith that itis truly the Word of God inwords of men.
Continued from Page ElevenMuch of the materia'l that was
eventually incorporated into thePentateuch derives from the sortof traditionary circles referredearlier . Regulations about sacrifice and rules about ritual purity come from priestly circles;much of the material comes fromthe earliest days of Israel's formation, though it continued tobe updated through the periodof the exile. Many of the historical narratives, especially thosewhich rec-ount Israel's sins andthe Lord's punishment uponthem, stem from prophetic circles. Groups of Levites, whoserole it was to preach covenantlaw, _account for much of thematerial in Deuteronomy.
Some of the traditions incorporated into the Pentateuchprobably come from Mesopotamia 'and would be dated farearlier than the origins of Israel-traditions brought by- Abrahamand his clan. Others originated inthe days of Abraham (somewhere between 2000 and 1500B.C.), others during the sojournin Egypt, during the exodus andconquest , and later still--evento the days of the Babylonian-captivity (587-538 B.C.). In theend it was probably priestly circles, during the exiIeand later,who incorporated the traditionsof other groups into their ownand so brought the Pentateuchto completion. But the beginningof the proc-ess goes back farearlier than Moses himself.
Thus the Pentateuch, as wehave it now, is the result ofcenturies of revelat'ion, response,reflection, selection, sifting and
The Composition of the Bible
MOSES WAS THE MAN raised up by the Lord to leadHis people out of Egypt; he was the mediator of the Lord'srevelation and covenant at Mount Sinai, and he was Israel'sfirst great lawgiver." From article by Father Joseph Jensen.Moses and the law is the theme of this olive wood carvingin a factory near Haifa, Israel.
St. Yincent de Paul and Councilof Oatholic Women. These twodiocesan groups;lre the cosponsors of this winter charitableand social event to be held onFriday evening, January 9, 1976at the Lincoln Park Ballroom inNorth Dartmouth.
The proceeds from the Ballhelp to promote and to expandthe work at the St. Yincent dePaul Camp and Catholic Boys'Day Camp for underprivilegedchildren; the Nazareth Camp forexceptional children and Mashpee Camp on the Cape for thechildren of 5t. Yincent's Homein FaH River. Beneficiaries of theBall also include four schools forthe education of exceptional children. These are: Nazareth Hall,Attleboro; Nazareth Hall, Hyannis. and Nazareth Hall and thePre-Yocational Training Centerin Fall River.
The various committee chairmen and members will be chosenand assignments made for allmembers present at the meetingthis Sunday afternoon.
subject of God's solemn warnings to them through the prophets.
Like God's covenant withAbraham, His covenant with Israel is marked by a ritual described in Exodus 24. An altaris built by Moses at the foot ofSinai, the same mountain whereGod revealed His name "Yahweh" to Moses from the burningbush.
Twelve pi.Jlars representing the12 tribes of Israel are erected atthe base of the mountain andholocausts and sacrifices are offered. Moses takes half the bloodfrom the sacrifidal animals andsplashes it upon the altar whichrepresents Yahweh.
He then reads the terms of thecovenant aloud to the peoplewho indicate their acceptance.Then Moses sprinkles the otherhalf of the blood over the Israelites saying, "this is the bloodof the covenant which the Lordhas made with you in accordance with all these words ofHis."
Just as God's covenant withAbraham was renewed withIsaac and Jacob, the Sinai cov·enant was to be renewed by theIsraelites once they had comeinto the promised land of Canaan(Jos. 24).
Know Your Faith authorFather Joseph Jensen writes inhis book "God's Word to Israel"that "the covenant becomes thebasis of Israel's relationship toGod through historical eventsand sets her faith worlds apart
• from the religions around her,tied as they were to the cycle ofnature, fertility cults, magicalpractices and capricious divinities. Faithfulness was expectedof a covenant partner. In theyears and centuries -ahead Israelwould often be wanting in covenant loyalty (hesed), but wasnever abandoned by the Godwho called her. Israel's most frequent song of praise would be'ki 'Ie'olam hasdo' -'For Hishesed is everlasting.' "
Rev. ~aymond P. Monty, newly -appointed chaplain for SouthEnd Council No. 295, Fall RiverKnights of Columbus, will celebrate Mass at council installation ceremonies, set for 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 27, at St. Michael's Church, Ocean Grove.
To be installed are Duarte Medeiros, grand knight; Donald Lavoie, deputy grand knight; JohnMorgan, chancellor; Albert Banville, recorder, together withtheir supporting officers.
A buffet in the church hall willfollow the ceremony.
Insta Ilation RitesS-et for K of CAt Ocean Grove
Continued from Page Elevenscribed by the Hebrew word"Hesed." The safe word is usedto signify the close relationshipof blood relatives.
In addition to defining the relationship between Yahweh andthe Israelites, the laws that arepart of the covenant (the TenCommandments -and the Covenant Code) also define the relationship ,and conduct of the Israelites toward one another.
The nation that emerges atSinai is truly unique, and it isthe covenant that gives it thisuniqueness. Israel becomes thePeople of Yahweh, a people belonging to Him in a special way,set aside. His personal possession, a people chosen ... not forprivilege but for responsibility.
,Essential to this election ofIsrael by Y'ahwehas the nationchosen to reveal Him and His redemption is the understandingthat Israel's election was notbased on merit or accomplishment but on God's free choice.
Misunderstanding and distortion of their closeness by the Israelites wilI bring them to tragedy and destruction and be the
Charity Ball Group MeetsThis Sunday Afternoon
The only meeting to plan theBishop's Charity Ball of the di
ocese of Fall River is set for twoon Sunday afternoon at White's.Restaurant, North Westport.
Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes diocesan director of the CharityBall said: "The 21st annual Ballwill be in honor of Bishop Cronin, now in his sixth appearance-as honored guest at this socialand charitable event. The Bishopis very much interested in thisevent which helps to maintain
.the four schools for exceptionalchildren and four summer campsfor the underprivileged and exceptional children of every race,color and creed in the southeastern area of Massachusetts."
The Ball will have as its motif,color, theme and scenario thebicentennIal celebration of thefounding of our nation. Colonialdress for the Ball will be optional to the thousands of peoplewho come to this annual socialaffair.
The Ball Committee will meetwith members .of the Society of
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Not until 1889 did black American Catholics get together asa distict group, the Negro Catholic Congress, which met annually for the next several years.
A complaint was the color li~e
within the churches. At theirfirst congress, the black Catholics showed confidence thattheir Church would dispel theprejudice of a misguided people.And Archbishop John Ireland, ina sermon in Washington in 1890,publicly attacked the color lineand raised black expectations.Yet the hlacks noted that theywere barred from Catholic indus·trial schools and that virtuallyno Catholic school was open 'toblacks over 12 years old.
Another problem was thatwhites showed discomfort atblack independence and outspokenness. Bishops and priests didnot encourage or support theblacks who spoke up; rather theycautioned tb~m to go slow, towait for public opinion to change.
On the positive side duringthis period, the northern bishopsmoved from a general disinterestto some concern. The nationalcollection, statements at thecouncils, and the annual reportsfostered a wariness of the problem.
The Catholic Church made noattempt to change white prejudice. Bishops sought to circumvent enmity between the races.-by separate facilities, protectingthe feelings of the whites. Thecolor line continued to be a problem both in the North and in theSouth, and few Catholics spokeup against it.
Certain priests such as theJosephites, and congregationssuch as the Sisters of the BlessedSacrament, did work with blackcommunities, but their effortsdid not alter the blacks' socialplight or remove the prejudicewithin the Church. The blacksobserved that the Church didnot use its moral force to strikeat the anti-black bias of· its ownpeople. Even in the cathedral inBaltimore, blacks had to sit onthe backless benches at the rear.Such accommodation to whiteprejudice made the Cathlicteaching on equality meanin~ess
for many blacks.
emphasis was on uplifting theblacks morally and providing forhis spiritual needs. Wbile individual bishops did become involved in proiects such as blackparishes .in Charleston, S.C., andLouisville" Ky., orphanages inNew Orleans, schools in Florida,and a small Benedictine monastery in Georgia, these were allon a small scale and often in direneed of funds.
In 1883, writing a report onthe American Church for officials in Rome, a high Vaticanofficial, Cardinal John FranzeJin, noted that a vast programwas needed to break down the"barrier which exists betweentbz blacks and the whites in order to bring about ... th~t theyare brothers in Christ, Jesus."Cardinal Franzelin urged thebishops to order an annual national collection for both blacks'and Indians. In 1884 the American bishops decreed this missioncollection.
In 1887, the first annual col·lection was taken up. An episcopal commission established tosupervise and distribute thefunds also -became a clearinghouse for information. In thefirst five years about $361,000was collected.
Judging from the commission's.reports, earlier Catholic missionefforts among blacks had resulted in few converts. Over theyears since the Civil War, thebishops concentrated less andless on adults, and turned theirattention to the children. Catholic schools were considered thebest way to aid and convertblacks. Considering the cost ofeducation even then, it is notsurprising that one of the chiefcomplaints was a lack of money.
Apostolate AmongBlacks
ARCHBISHOP MARTINSPALDING urged the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore to discuss the futurestatus of blacks. He recommended that assistance pro- .grams be established, providing them schools, orphanages, shelter and clothing.
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EarlyEmancipated
By DR. EDWARD J. MISCH
The hottest debate among theU. S. bishops at their SecondPlenary Council of Baltimore in1866 was over decrees relatingto the recently emancipatedblacks. With harsh words andraised voices, Catholic bishopsargued over the extent to whichthe American Church could aidthe impoverished blacks. Theywere not debating theology, butthe very practical question ofwhat should be done for theblacks. lt is a question that con·tinues to be asked today .
The destitute condition of thefreed slaves just after the CivilWar deeply moved a number ofsouthern bishops. In calling thePlenary Council for 1866. ArchIbishop Martin Spalding of Baltimore wrote that it was the bishops' most urgent duty to discussthe future status of the black:"Four million of these unfotunates are thrown on our charity,and they silently but eloquentlyap:'eal to us for help."
Archbishop Spalding recommended several programs, amongthem Catbolic schools and orphanages and shelter and clothing assistance. To carry theseout he suggested the appointment of a pFiest administratorwho would find staff, raisemoney and organize projects.
Archbishop Spalding's suggestions included the possibilitythat the priest administratorcould become a missionary bish·op for the blacks. As the fieldexpanded other bisho::,s could beappointed, and the archbishopenvisioned a distinct black Catholic Church, following the example of the Eastern-rite groups inthe Middle East. He also broughtup the question of ordainingAmerircan blacks as priests.Black priests were a rarity, although black women had helpedfound two religious communitiesbefore the Civil War. Tbe mulatto Healy brothers from Georgia,ordained abroad, worked withwhites in the North and werenever directly involved with theblack apostolate.
The idea of ordaining blacksin this country was rejected even,before the formal debate began.And after protests from severalbishops the plan for a priest administrator was dro;:,ped, lestproblems of jurisdiction arise.Since so few blacks were Catholic, most bishops were opposedto specific programs on their be-bait. Among blacks in the UnitedStates, about one out of 50 wasCatholic; they made up only oneor two per cent of the Catholicpopulation. Archbishop JohnMcCloskey of New York, whosediocese was faced with caringfor increasing numbers of Catholic immigrants, s~oke againstgeneral fundraising for theblacks, since "this obligation didnot weigh on the consciences ofthe bishops of the North" wherefew blacks lived.
In the course of voting, thebishops reduced the proposed decrees concerning the blacks togeneral exhortations. Each bishop was left to decide what to doin his own diocese. The major
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Fiery Old WomanSuddenly there was a ruckus at
the cafe where we were seated.An old woman, white-haired,toothless, and with a face deeplygraven with wrinkles, was thecenter of it. She was wearingdirty flannel pajamas and a tattered bathrobe. She demandedentrance to the ,adjacent restau,rant, but waiters barred the doorto her.
Three young' and embarrassedpolicemen appeared and tried totalk her into going to her home,which must have been nearby.She stood her ground, eyed themcontemptuously, op'ened herpurse, took out a candy bar,wolfed some of it, then repliedwith a wild, hoarse shriek, and,as they gingerly escorted heraway, she gave the loudest, mostvibrant Bronx cheer that I haveever heard.
The people at the tablesaround ours obviously sympathized with her. After all, wasn'tthis the eve of independenceday? The fireworks which camelater were no more explosivethan that fiery old woman.
of willow cages - pigeons,finches, canaries, parrots, parakeets, and so on.
lt may be that in the hoursafter midnight and before dawnthe Grand' Place is empty. Butfor all of the day and most ofthe night, crowds move about it.One hears many -languages beingspoken; this is obviously a magnet for tourists. But a high pro·portion of the people strallingor at the cafe tables are Belgians,either residents of Brussels orfrom other parts of the country.
By far the largest crowd whichwe saw in the Grand' Place during a week in Brussels, assembled there toward the close ofJuly 20, the eve of Belgium's independence day. People beganto gather weB before sunset.
A band appeared on a balconyf,airly high in the front of theTown Ha'll, the brass ,instrumentsflashing and boring through thedin.. This was the first of several bands to perform, each onewarmly welcomed and thanked.
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Elaborate in design, intrioatelycarved, and liberally touchedwith gilt, the facade of the TownHall delights the eye and keepsit long engaged in searching outthe abundant details which arewoven into its fabric. The toweris massive, and topping it is aheroic figure of St. Michael theArchangel, scintHlant in thesunlight and floodlit throughthe night.
Much RestorationThe other three sides of the
Grand' Place are fronted by theguild houses, mostly in Rena,issance style, once occupied by theseveral guilds of the old citybakers, butchers, brewers, millers, carpenters, etc. Here, too,'there has been much rebuildingand restoMtion because of thehavoc frequently perpetrated inthis area.
The beginnings of the Grand'Place are obscure. It probablydates from the 11th or 12th century, the time of the primitivesettlement of Brussels. From thestart, .jt was a marketplace, andin part it remains just that.
If. the visitor is staying at anearby hotel, he can get up earlyon a weekday, go through oneof the winding streets tributaryto the Grand' Place, and see thedaily fruit and vegetable market
- in full, noisy swing. A few hourslater, and no trace or murmurof this remains.
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The Grand' Place of Brussels has been called the finestof medieval squares. It is imposing in its great, unevencobblestone expanse, much more so in the splendid, historicbuildings which enclose it on all four sides. Most impressiveof these is the Town Hall,pictured on innumerabletravel posters and brochures. Built section bysection at different times, Jt isa blend of architectural styles,but predominantly Gothic. Theeast wing was begun in 1402,
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The theoretical dimension ofthe course will consist of twoclassroom periods per week, treating topics which the student.swill experience in his field proJects. These will include gerontology, death and dying, retardation, juvenile delinquency, andemotional disturbances.
.The program was strongiy recommended by the school's administration which feels that itis a most important part of thestudent's development. It ishoped that it will increase thestudent's feelings of respons1bil·ity toward his community, aswell 'as h~lp him become moreaware of himself through hiswork with the les's privileged anddeprived.
A new program titled "HumanAwareness" is now getting underway at Bishop Connolly HighSchool. The class is headed byRev. Maurice Lebel, S.J., andRev. William Durst, S.J., and isa new form of the programwhich was formerly known asC.A.R.E. The program involvesabout fifty Connolly seniors, andis designed to raise the students'consciousness of the needs of hiscommunity.
Father Lebel said, "This program is an attempt to make thestudent's stay at Connolly morerelevant and life-oriented as hediscovers how his local community actually work.s One of theways in which this will beachieved will be the students'direct involvement with the
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The "Rays of Sunshine," agroup of 50 young people fromSt. Mary's Parish .in Cranston,R. I., will present a ChristianMusical Experience at the LaSalette Shrine, September 28th,at 3:00 P.M.
The "Rays" have performed innearly ever State from Floridato Maine including Canada. Theyhave received international acclaim in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and wereinvited to perform at VaticanCity for Pope Paul VI.
The Director of the "Rays ofSunshine," Mr. Joseph A. DiBiase, has said the purpose ofthe Group is to spread thepeace and love of God to peopleof all relligions, all nationalitiesand all races throughout theworld. "We hope to bring a little'Ray of Sunshine' to the heartsof as many as we can reachwith our songs, our smiles. andour love."
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of love will get better.What is happening? The key
comes in the fourth verse of thisbeautiful song.' Judy sings: "Myfault I fear. I thought that you'dwant what I want, sorry mydear." The simplicity of the ideacrashes around their heads. Theother person wal> not seeing orhearing or feeling the samethings as the first. The reas0!1that they misunderstood eachother was that they were different persons with different feelings. And they had not thoughtabout talking out what wasseemingly so obvious. You canhear them saying, "I thoughtyou knew when I needed te~der
ness, so, when you were SIlentI heard you saying 'no'. Ourscanty words never communicated what was really going on.It never occurred to me thatyou didn't understand how muchI hurt over my mother's death.And I had no idea that yourwork was falling apart and making you depressed. I was surethat you could see my love in mydaily work. Isn't it a farce? Wewere looking for clowns and wefind to~ay that we were theclowns."
Judy's song is an exquisite'comment 'on the melancholyfarce that can come in communication. It stirs the lover to realize that his world is not thesame as the world of his lovedone. The song cries out abouthow easy it is to miss the other'sreal meanings and needs unlesswe speak out clearly and withtrust. When lovers fail to communicate daily, they becomepainted and mute clowns playing out their lives in silentscenes far away from the centerring.
Today I give you a truly finesong with a most needed message. I pray that serious loverswill be haunted by the memory'of clowns who cannot talk. Ipray that J.udy Collins touchesyou as deeply as she does me sothat you, too, will be moved tolearn the steps of trusting openness.
"All correspondence should bedirected to: The Dameans, P.O.Box 2108 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70821)
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The ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept.. 25, 1975
BY THE DAMEANS
Send In The Clowns'
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Isn't it rich?Are we a pair?Me here at lastYou in mid-air.
Isn't it rich?Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late inmy career.
But where are the clowns?There ought to be clowns.Well, maybe next year.
Where are the clowns?
-Isn't it bliss?Don't you approve?One who keeps tearing aroundOne who can't moveWhere are the clowns?There ought to be clowns.
Just when I stopped openingdoors
Finally' knowing the one thatwanted was yours
Making my entrance againWith my usual flairSure of my linesNo one is there.
Don't you love farce?My fault, I fearI thought that you'd want what
'I wantSorry,my dear.But where are the clowns?Send in the clowns.Don't bother, they're here.
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Judy Collins always seems. tosing plaintive songs of hauntmgmemories. Her music envelopsyou in very private, warm recollections of a poetic past. Theyare filled with moors and nightingales, cold moons, silvery ribbons and cathedral bells. Hersongs go even further, conjuringup the images of your very ownpast as surely as does silent rainoutside your solitary window.TO my mind, this is Judy's.unique and cherished gift. Whatmemories this time? It is thelover's farce. It is the dance of(wo people who obviously loveeach other, but somehow cannotdo the !>ame steps at the sametime. When the boy wants to bewith the girl, she is runningaround busily. When she wantsto talk, he is nowhere to.befound. "One who keeps tearmgaround, one who can't move ...Me, here at last on the ground,you in mid-air." As painfu'1lyfoolish as it is, the two lives arenot in step with each other.
R is not exactly a time fortears. It is not time for the twoto confront each other in thecircus-eenter-ring. And so, thinking these thoughts, each oneswallows private frustrations inhopes that tomorrow the timing
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Liturgy LeadersSchedule Meeting
BOSTON (NC) - Liturgicalleaders and specialists fromacross the country will meet atthe Parker House here Oct. 13-16to discuss "Parish Liturgy American' Style,"
The three-day conference issponsored by the Federation ofDiocesan Liturgical Commissions(FDLC), an organization for promoting the understanding anddevelopment of liturgy at thediocesan and parish levels.
Before the general meeting theFDLC is spon'soring a meeting onLiturgical music Oct, 12-13.
PROCESSIONRead about the plans beingmade for the largest procession ever held in ourdiocese.
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Appeals for AidTo Kenya Teens
Brother John Koczka, anAmerican Brother stationed inKenya, East Africa, is asking hisfel'low countrymen to aid theyoung women of Kenya throughparticipation ,in ROPE (Africa),'an acronym for Reach Out toPeople Everywhere.
In a letter to The Anchor, thereligious explains that at a costof $100 yearly, an individual,parish or organization can sponsor the high school education ofa Kenyan teenager. The moneyproV'ides 39 w~eks of secondaryeducation in a boarding school,including books, tuition, food,clothing and medicine.
Participants receive a photograph of the sponsored youngster, her case history and family background and a letter fromher in English at six week intervals.
"All men and women carry outfor freedom," writes BrotherJohn. "Please help make this areality for the Kenyan woman,by giving her the chance to escape from the bonds of ignoranceby going to school and makingher home and community a better place to live."
Further information about theprogram is available from Brother John at Materi Girls' HighSchool, P.O. Box 194, Meru,Kenya, East Africa. Contributionsmay also be sent to this address.
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· .. This young man's whoiebody suggests what prayer is ...a reCeptiveness an openness· .. to Someone greater .more gracious ...than oneself .than the whole world ...
Prayer is placing oneself ... inthe presence of ... in tune with· .. God "in whom we live...and move and have our being"(Acts 17:28) ... So St. Paul describes the all embracing realityof the diV'ine ... whose love ...is the source of our life.
The young pray-er ... recallsMoses ... who removed hi's shoesand bowed to the ground inGod's presence ... or Jesus .who prayed in solitude in thequiet hi'lls ... and surrounded bycrowds ill city streets ... or ayoung girl, Mary, .. who stilledher whole being before her God... listened attentively to his invitation ... and, responded fully... "Behold the Lord's handmaid... do with me as you wish."
Photo and Text by Father Carl J.Pfeifer, S.J.
A young man kneeling up-right ... in a park with otheryoung people... praying.
Not a common S'ight in cityparks ... but a moving one .Shirtless . . . with long hair .and torn shorts he seems socalm ... ,at peace kneeling at-tentively in the hot sun Hislong arms hang quietly Hishead seems slightly raised asif aware of a presence ... greaterthan himself There is a senseof wholeness being together. . . a kind of openness ... orreadiness . . . to listen . . . andthen to respond.
There is something beautifulabout a young man praying ...so unashamedly ... on his kneesin public... He becomes 'a kindof challenge ... or attraction ...... 'inviting one to pray.
What is prayer? ... Why pray?
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Who am I? Where am I going?What am I here for?
Seniors in Sr. Vera's Englishclasses at Coyle-Cassidy HighSchool in Taunton investigatedthese questions with a Bicentennial flair. Choosing the quotation"I am a part of all that I havemet" as a springboard, they setout on a 'safari into the past' tolocate their family backgrounds,'their heritage. By learning theirown past, they are participatingin our nation's 200th birthday.
To do this a three part project was created, starting theweek school opened.
The students first searchedout their family trees, going asfar back as their great grandparents, and in Mike Correia'scase, as far back as 1775. Theytalked to relatives and searchedthrough cellars and attics to fillup their geneaIogy charts. PaulBoffetti visited his grandparents'homestead in Nova Scotia, whileone student called all the way toCalifornia for his information. Inlooking over ,the finished charts,one discovered -that the students'·ancestors originate from countries such 'as Ireland, Italy,France, Cape Verde and theAzores, Czechoslovakia, Poland,Austria, and Lithuania.
The second part was to bringina family treasure. They exhibited a wide variety of'objectsrich in tradition and heritage,heirlooms that are still beingpassed down, generation to gen-
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Some of the students were notable 'to bring anything; eithertheir ancestors came to Americaempty-handed, or everything waslost over here.
The final part of the seniors'project was to sum up theirthoughts. Most agreed they became better acquainted withtheir heritage and culture. Italso gave them a chance to contrast their backgrounds withthose of their classmates, -and tobe proud of their own.
The students agreed that theproject was worthwhile, creat'inga new closeness with their families, and opening up new linesof communications. Or, as seniorMike Lamb put it, "Through exploring my family's past, I cameto see the international flavorthat is a part of me - the relatives in Czechoslovakia, England, Ireland, and Germanyhave all helped make ME."
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Among participants were representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of West Germany and the UNIAPAC president, Romald Burkard, fromSwitzerland.
UNlAPAC groups are workingin Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, Me~ico, Puerto Ricoand Venezuela, in addition toUruguay.
The or:ganization has 220members in this country, and atraining center where some 7,000executives took Christian leadership courses in the last 15years.
ticipation in the enterprise," said .Chilean industrialist SantiagoBruron, who heads the LatinAmerican branch of UNIAiPAC.
"It has yielded positive results in the methods and the climate of production," he added.
Besides fostering worker participation, the "humanizing effort is an attempt at placing industry at the true service of manwithin a changing society."
After reviewing their problems and accomplishments, par·ticipants voted "to move intoother sectors of industry andshare the experience" by joiningchambers of commerce and organizations of industrialists, andby influencing labor unions andothers on the "validity of the
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MONTEVIDEO (NC)-A groupof Christian industrialists, meeting here to review three years ofefforts to "humanize" their ownbusinesses and factories by running them on Christian principles, decided to try to reach uncommitted sectors of industry.
The Uruguayan branch of theInternational Union of ChristianLeadership in Industry (UNIAPAC) gathered some 70 membershere for the evaluation of itsprograhm. UNIAPAC's LatinAmerican program was launchedin Buenos Aires in 1972.
"We are applying to our activities the social doctrine ofthe Church regarding management and labor relations, profitsharing and other forms of par·
As we started back to the buswhich had brought us to SaintPeter's, Bishop Cronin wasstopped by a group of pilgrims,members of the Knights of Columbus, from Swansea, who tookpictures and even made a taperecording of the Bishop's conversation. We met MonsignorGeorge Sullivan's sister, a pilgrim visitor to Rome. I am always amazed at such remarkablecoincidences which seem regularly to occur at a place likeSaint Peter's Basilica. I supposeone shouldn't be. The EternalCity attracts people from allover the globe. Just the priorday, standing talking with theBishop at Fuimicino Airport out·side of Rome, I saw a lady approach him and say that she wasfrom Attleboro and that he hadconfirmed her grandson at HolyGhost Church last spring.
At all odds, it was a greatprivilege and pleasure to be present for that historic occasion,the formal recognition by theChurch of the heroic sanctity ofa saintly woman, native of ourcountry.
Our faith tells us, of course,that' good people, ordinarypeople, those we know and loveand live with ... when called byAlmighty God in death to thatpromised share of life in eternalhappiness . . . such people aresaints and the feast that we celebrate on November first eachyear is a great stimulant to ourfaith and hope in this regard.However, when the Churchsingles out someone, like MotherElizabeth Seton, who because ofher extraordinary imitation ofChrist is quite appropritely enrolled in the formal list, orcanon, of saints whom we knowto be with Almighty God inheaven, this is precisely a sourceof encouragement to us all. So,in the canonization of SaintElizabeth Bayley Seton, a woman .....of formidable virtue and talentin this international year recog-'nizing women, perhaps we canall . . . especially all of us whoare fellow countrymen andwomen of the new saint • . .draw a lesson of encouragementin imitating Christ, as she did, inwhatever circumstances we mayfind ourselves. This is the lessonwhich the .Church has proposedto us, and it is, indeed, a lessoncouched in joyful and festiveterms. We pray that the intercession of the new saint will bemost profound in our regard herein the portion of the Lord's Vineyard which is the Diocese ofFall River.
nearer and nearer. The papalflag, white and gold, flutteredfrom his gear.. As the HolyFather waved from the balconyand cheered, the thousands wit·nessing this remarkable scenejoined in a torrent of sound. The'chutist, unquestionably a skilledveteran of many jum~s, landedprecisely on target in the centerof the square, next to the obeliskwhich marks the heart of thepiazza, and saluted the HolyFather as an'other resounding,echoing cheer rose up from thecrowd. The carnival atmos;.>hereresulting was a fitting climax tothe festivities.
We waited and shortly, just atthe noon hour, the windowopened high above the square,where the Papal apartments arelocated, and the Holy Father appeared to the cheers of the enormous crowd still gathered below.He spoke once again in Englishof Mother Seton, the new saint,then led all in the recitation ofthe Angelus. Pope Paul then in·voked his benediction' uponeveryone. Ordinarily, the HolyFather re-enters his apartmentsfrom the balcony at that point,however on that day he remainedlooking over the crowd and toldeveryone to look to the sky.From a small airplane hoveringover the square, a parachutist descended as everyone watched,enthralled. A group of pilgrimsfrom Milan, Italy, where PopePaul, as Archbishop Montini, hadserved prior to his election tothe Pontificate, had come toRome with the plan of presenting to the Pope a replica of thestatue of the Madonna which isparticularly revered ,in theirhome city. The parachutist wasbringing the gift. He had devicesattached to his boots to give offa smoke trail,and we watchedthe circling trail gradually come
It was a great privelege to be present
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Continued from Page Threefrom terminal cancer at the intercession of Mother Seton.These two beneficiaries of themiraculoili> intercession of thenew saint were prominent amongguests at t~e ceremony.
Mother Seton had been baptized and reared in the AnglicanCommunion, and the rector ofthe parish in New York whereshe had been baptized was aninvited guest at the ceremony ofcanonization, as were the Episcopalian Bishops of the NewYork and Baltimore areas. Theywere seated in a special placeamong representatives of the various nations of the world accredited to the Holy See ·in atribune to the right hand side ofthe altar, directly opposite theplace where the bishops, arch·bishops and cardinals were seated in the upper part of thesquare.
More applause greeted theconclusion of the Mass, as PopePaul moved in the recessionalback through the main doorwayof the Basilica. The festival spiritcontinued to manifest itself aspilgrims from all parts of theUnited States and many otherareas of the globe remained inthe square, chatting, waving, tak.ing photogranhs and recalling thebeautiful ceremony just ended.
The ceremony and Mass hadtaken some two hours, and itwas near to the time when thePope invokes the Sunday blessingover the faithful gathered inSaint Peter's Square. I rejoinedBishop Cronin near the tribunewhere he had been seated and weexchanged greetings with pilgrims from the Diocese of FallR'iver who, remarkably considering the vast throng, had managed to locate the Bishop. FatherMichel Methtot and his mother,along with Father Marc Bergeronand his tolks, visited us and commented on the beautiful rites justwitnessed.
