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t eanc 0 SERVING SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS VOL. 21, NO. 49 FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977 15c, $5 Per Year without to thee ADVENT? I SEE PAGE 8 I Marian Medals The annual Marian Medal Ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Cath- edral, Fall River. A.t this time the contributions to the work of the Church of lay persons throughout the dio- cese are recognized. All are invited to attend. Medal Recipients Fall River Area: Miss Irene Almeida, Miss Theresa Archard, Joseph P. Banalewicz, Mrs. Ray- mond Boulanger, Mrs. Normand Boyer. Mrs. Alfred Campos, Rodolphe Cantin, Mrs. John Conforti, Rene C. Domingue, Arthur J. Dono- van, Marie Anne Drapeau. Miss Lydia Gonsalves, Mrs. Alban Guertin, Lomer Lapointe, Raymond Lavoie, Gilbert Low- ney, Alphonse Mailloux, Mrs. Leo Martin. Mrs. Manuel Nogueira, Daniel Pingley, Mrs. Francis Quinn, Francis Reilly, Wilfrid St. Mi- chel, Mrs. Nicholas Tyrrell. Attleboro Area: Mrs. Raymond Aussant, Armand Boucher, Rich- ard Charette, Mrs. Louis Ed- mond, Jr., Federico Garcia, Ralph Gilmore,' Mrs. Richard Lareau. . Joseph Macedo, George Mer- Turn to Page Seven How's YOUI' Judge to Decide Right to Die In Bay State BOSTON (NC) - Judges, not doctors or family members, should make the life and death decisions for incurably ill pa- tients who cannot speak for themselves, the Massachusetts Supreme Court said last week. In an opinion directly opposed to a New Jersey Supreme Court decision in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, the Massachusetts court unanimously ruled that so- called "right-to-die" decisions must be made by the state's court. "Such questions of life and death seem to us to require the process of detached but passion- ate investigation and decision that forms the ideal on which the judicial branch of government was created," the court said. The responsibility belongs to the courts, the justices said. "and is not to be entrusted to any other group purporting to represent the morality and cons- Turn to Page Seven Nears South Africa ys. Rest of-World? TORONTO (NC) - The entire white community in South Afri- ca will mobilize itself behind a "fortress" against black South Africans arid the rest of the world, predicts Archbishop Den- is Hurley of Durban, South Africa. Discussing. the overwhelming victory of the ruling white su- premacist Nationalist Party in Nov. 30 elections, he said, "The result will see the government obtain dictatorial powers worse even than what it has now." Turn to Page Seven very special friends, guarantors, benefactors, boosters, sponsors and patrons. Those wishing to be included may contact com- mittee members of the ball head- quarters, P.O. Box 1470, Fall River, 02722, telephone 676- 8943. To be heard on Jan. 13 for the fifth time over the years will be the Meyer Davis Orchestra, which has already been engaged for return performances in 1981, 1984 and 1987. Co-sponsoring the annual event are the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the So- ciety of St. Vincent de Paul. Tickets·are available from mem- bers of either organization and at all diocesan rectories. Ball For some the post-holiday season is a period of letdown after the festivities of Christmas and the New Year. Not in the Fall River diocese, where for 23 years the Bishop's Charity Ball has been a bright spot in the midwinter doldrums. This year's Ball promises es- pecial sparkle, dedicated as it is to the 25th anniversary of Bish- op Cronin's priestly ordination. The jubilee theme will be car- ried out on the evening of Jan. 13 in silver decorations through- out the vast Lincoln Park Ball- room in North Dartmouth. Head- ing the committee responsible for the arrangements are Mrs. Stanley Janick, SS. Peter and Paul parish, and Robert Cogges- hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, both Fall River. They note that over 3,500 yards of material will be used in the decorations, which will be put in place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 when 150 members will gather at the ballroom for the annual task. The Charity -Ball benefits three Nazareth Hall schools for exceptional children. A highlight of the evening is the presenta- tion of· young women from all parts of the diocese to Bishop Cronin. For the first time this year two young women from the Nazareth schools will be among presentees. A souvenir Ball program will have categories for memorials, Bishop's THINGS ARE LOOKING UP for the decorating com- mittee of the 23rd annual Bishop's Charity Ball, making final preparations for the Jan. 13 event. Paul Ouellette; St. Jacques parish, Taunton, adjusts silver rose which will carry out theme of Bishop's silver jubilee, as Mrs. Stanley Janick, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, committee co-chairperson, watches intently. (A guest column by Msgr. R. G. Peters, editor of The Catholic Post, Peoria, m.)· At their meeting in Washing- ton last week, the U.S. bishops voted down a suggested new national collection for communi- cations, mainly radio and tele- vision. Why? Partly because some of the bishops wanted to wait and see what becomes of another movement under way to com- bine some of the national col- lections to take up fewer Sun- days. But the Catholic Press Associ- ation admitted - even claimed - that other bishops voted against the collection because most of the nation's diocesan papers, through the CPA, ob- jected that the collection would harm them. This wasn't just a "dog in the manger" attitude on the part of the press. The diocesan papers were not against Catholic tele- vision and radio having a collec- tion. But they were against one that would be called a "commu- nicationl)" collection. The name would give people the impression they were giving to their diocesan paper, when in fact the paper would gain. at most very little and probably lose a lot through the collection. Turn to .Page Seven World Awareness Program .Held Religious education coordina- tors and representatives of all high schools and many parochial elementary schools in the dio- cese participated Tuesday and yesterday in a World Awareness program presented by Sister Maura and Sister Jean of the Maryknoll Sisters. Tuesday's program took place at St. Mary's parish center, South Dartmouth, and yester- day's at St. Mary's Seekonk. The purpose of the days, said Sister Marion Geddes, RSM dio- Turn to Page Seven Melkite Prelate Bishop in Exile ROME (NC) - "My title now is bishop of Jerusalem in exile." said Melkite-rite Archbishop Hilarion Capucci. "I will remain so as long as I live." The 55-year-old archbishop, ·released from an Israeli prison through the intervention of Pope Paul VI after serving three years for gunrunning, said his suffering for Palestine and the Palestinian people had so bound him to them that he could not Turn to Page Seven Catholic Press: Who Cares? * * * * I SIn * Pray for us * recourse who have Conceived OMary
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Marian MedalsThe annual Marian Medal
Ceremony will take place at 3p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.
A.t this time the contributionsto the work of the Church oflay persons throughout the diocese are recognized.
All are invited to attend.Medal Recipients
Fall River Area: Miss IreneAlmeida, Miss Theresa Archard,Joseph P. Banalewicz, Mrs. Raymond Boulanger, Mrs. NormandBoyer.
Mrs. Alfred Campos, RodolpheCantin, Mrs. John Conforti, ReneC. Domingue, Arthur J. Donovan, Marie Anne Drapeau.
BOSTON (NC) - Judges, notdoctors or family members,should make the life and deathdecisions for incurably ill patients who cannot speak forthemselves, the MassachusettsSupreme Court said last week.
In an opinion directly opposedto a New Jersey Supreme Courtdecision in the case of KarenAnn Quinlan, the Massachusettscourt unanimously ruled that socalled "right-to-die" decisionsmust be made by the state'scourt.
"Such questions of life anddeath seem to us to require theprocess of detached but passionate investigation and decisionthat forms the ideal on which thejudicial branch of governmentwas created," the court said.
The responsibility belongs tothe courts, the justices said."and is not to be entrusted toany other group purporting torepresent the morality and cons-
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TORONTO (NC) - The entirewhite community in South Africa will mobilize itself behind a"fortress" against black SouthAfricans arid the rest of theworld, predicts Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, SouthAfrica.
Discussing. the overwhelmingvictory of the ruling white supremacist Nationalist Party inNov. 30 elections, he said, "Theresult will see the governmentobtain dictatorial powers worseeven than what it has now."
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very special friends, guarantors,benefactors, boosters, sponsorsand patrons. Those wishing tobe included may contact committee members of the ball headquarters, P.O. Box 1470, FallRiver, 02722, telephone 6768943.
To be heard on Jan. 13 for thefifth time over the years will bethe Meyer Davis Orchestra,which has already been engagedfor return performances in 1981,1984 and 1987.
Co-sponsoring the annualevent are the Diocesan Councilof Catholic Women and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.Tickets· are available from members of either organization andat all diocesan rectories.
BallFor some the post-holiday
season is a period of letdownafter the festivities of Christmasand the New Year. Not in theFall River diocese, where for 23years the Bishop's Charity Ballhas been a bright spot in themidwinter doldrums.
This year's Ball promises especial sparkle, dedicated as it isto the 25th anniversary of Bishop Cronin's priestly ordination.The jubilee theme will be carried out on the evening of Jan.13 in silver decorations throughout the vast Lincoln Park Ballroom in North Dartmouth. Heading the committee responsiblefor the arrangements are Mrs.Stanley Janick, SS. Peter andPaul parish, and Robert Coggeshall, St. Mary's Cathedral, bothFall River.
They note that over 3,500yards of material will be used inthe decorations, which will beput in place at 1 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 8 when 150 members willgather at the ballroom for theannual task.
The Charity -Ball benefitsthree Nazareth Hall schools forexceptional children. A highlightof the evening is the presentation of· young women from allparts of the diocese to BishopCronin. For the first time thisyear two young women from theNazareth schools will be amongpresentees.
A souvenir Ball program willhave categories for memorials,
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THINGS ARE LOOKING UP for the decorating committee of the 23rd annual Bishop's Charity Ball, makingfinal preparations for the Jan. 13 event. Paul Ouellette; St.Jacques parish, Taunton, adjusts silver rose which will carryout theme of Bishop's silver jubilee, as Mrs. Stanley Janick,SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, committee co-chairperson,watches intently.
(A guest column by Msgr. R.G. Peters, editor of The CatholicPost, Peoria, m.)·
At their meeting in Washington last week, the U.S. bishopsvoted down a suggested newnational collection for communications, mainly radio and television.
Why? Partly because some ofthe bishops wanted to wait andsee what becomes of anothermovement under way to combine some of the national collections to take up fewer Sundays.
But the Catholic Press Association admitted - even claimed- that other bishops votedagainst the collection becausemost of the nation's diocesanpapers, through the CPA, objected that the collection wouldharm them.
This wasn't just a "dog in themanger" attitude on the part ofthe press. The diocesan paperswere not against Catholic television and radio having a collection. But they were against onethat would be called a "communicationl)" collection.
The name would give peoplethe impression they were givingto their diocesan paper, when infact the paper would gain. atmost very little and probablylose a lot through the collection.
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World AwarenessProgram .Held
Religious education coordinators and representatives of allhigh schools and many parochialelementary schools in the diocese participated Tuesday andyesterday in a World Awarenessprogram presented by SisterMaura and Sister Jean of theMaryknoll Sisters.
Tuesday's program tookplace at St. Mary's parish center,South Dartmouth, and yesterday's at St. Mary's Seekonk.
The purpose of the days, saidSister Marion Geddes, RSM dio-
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Melkite PrelateBishop in Exile
ROME (NC) - "My title nowis bishop of Jerusalem in exile."said Melkite-rite ArchbishopHilarion Capucci. "I will remainso as long as I live."
The 55-year-old archbishop,·released from an Israeli prisonthrough the intervention ofPope Paul VI after serving threeyears for gunrunning, said hissuffering for Palestine and thePalestinian people had so boundhim to them that he could not
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. CatholicConference (USCC) has urged Catholicschools and health care facilities to movefluickly in submitting applications if Congress approves and President Cartersigns a law providing government fundsfor energy conservation in nonprofitschools and hospitals.
They Should IncreaseMIAMI - Archbishop Edward Mc
Carthy of Miami said welfare reformmakes sense only if benefits are at thepoverty level and increase with the costof living. He testified at a regional hearing conducted by the House Select Committe on Aging which is chaired byRep. Claude Pepper (D-Fla.).
Pro-Abort~on BiasPITTSBURGH - Three Pittsburgh
physicians have accused the NationalCenter for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta of showing a pro-abortion bias bypublicizing the case pf a Texas womanwho died as the result of a botchedMexican abortion after reportedly beingdenied one under Medicaid. The three- Dr. Richard McGarvey, Dr. RichardMcKenna and Dr. John McCarthy - saiddeaths from legal abortions are occurringbut are not receiving national attention.
Wants Sales StoppedLONDON - The Justice and Peace
Commission of the English and WelshBishops' Conference has asked the British government to stop the sale of second-hand army equipment to EI Salvadorbecause of reported government violence'there against peasants, trade unionistsand Catholic clergy and catechists.
Media ControlledNAMUR, Belgium - 'Philippine Presi
dent Ferdinand E. Marcos "has assumedownership of most of the mass mediain the Philippines - and complete control of the rest of it," charged BishopJesus Varela of Ozamis, the Philippines,at a recent international meeting of Catholic broadcasters in Belgium.
Stevens MediatorsWASHINGTON - In their second at
tempt in six months to mediate the dispute between the J. P. Stevens Companyand the textile workers' union, sevenSoutheastern bishops have offered tomeet with both sides separately. Theunion immediately accepted the offer,while a Stevens spokesman said the company is giving it "very careful consideration."
Perfect RecordsWASHINGTON - Five senators and
36 representatives had perfect votingrecords on hunger-related issues in thefirst half of the 95th Congress, according to a voting record compiled by Breadfor the World, an ecumenical lobby concerned about world hunger.
Prayer VigilWHITLEY CITY, Ky. - More than 100
p<lrsons participated in an interfaithprayer vigil Nov. 25 and 26, in responseto the 16-month labor dispute at theJustus Coal Mine in Stearns, Ky. Thevigil, held in Williamburg and WhitleyCity, was sponsored by the Commissionon Religion in Appalachia (CORA), aKnoxville, Tenn., group made up of anumber of religious denominations in theregion, including the Catholic Committeeof Appalachia.
Wants Stronger S'~andSAN JOSE, Costa Rica - After re
viewing the "dramatic violation ofworkers' rights under repressive systems" in Latin America, leaders of theConfederation of Latin American Workers (CLAT) asked Pope Paul VI and theUnited Nations to take a stronger standin defense of human rights.
Marc,os Accuses ClergyMANILA, Philippines - The martial
law regime of President Ferdinand E.Marcos claims it has discovered links between the Catholic clergy and the outlawed Communist movement in thePhilippines. It is the first direct accusation by the government of a Churchlink with Communism since Marcos imposed martial law five years ago.
Hope Fetus SurvivesBROOKLYN, N.Y. - A comatose, 26
year-old mother, Rosemarie Maniscalco,16 weeks pregnant, has been kept on lifesupport systems for a week in VictoryMemorial Hospital in Brooklyn as relatives maintained hopes that the fetusmight survive. '
Golden Dome Labor WoesNOTRE DAME, Ind. - The National
Labor Relations Board (NLB) is expectedto decide during December whether toorder union elections for 21 groundskeepers at the University of Notre Dame.Local 364 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America,which is seeking to organize the groundskeepers, has filed unfair labor practice
-charges with the NLRB against the university.
Greater ChanceMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Women who
use oral contraceptives stand a fargreater chance of heart disease thanwomen who do not use the pill, according to Dr. James Dolan of the Universityof Massachusetts.
Police Raid ProtestedSANTIAGO, Chile - The Santiago
archdiocese has protested directly toGen. Augusto Pinochet over a policeraid on the St. Francis Xavier RetreatHouse. Pinochet is head of Chile's military junta.
Lives Despite TortureLONDON - The Catholic Church in
Moldavia, the northeastern part of Rumania, "lives, though suffocated andharshly tortured," according to a 67page report that has reached the Centerfor the study of Religion and Communism at Keston College, Kent.
They're TougherWASHINGTON - The Department
of Health, Education and Welfare hasissued new and tougher regulations concerning the federal 'funding of contraceptive sterilizations. The regulationsrespond to most of the criticisms leveledagainst the current HEW regulationsissued in 1974.
They Harm UnityVATICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI told
the Swiss bishops that Catholics whoreject the Second Vatican Council andthe directives implementing its decreesor those who go beyond the council infol·lowing their own ideas both "harmthe unity and the credibility of theChurch."
General AbsolutionsNEWARK, N.J. - Some 5,000 Cath
olics received general absolution in aseries of pre-Christmas penance serviceheld throughout the Newark archdioceseduring the first week of Advent.
Granting of general absolution becamea pastoral necessity because of thecrowds attending the programs, it wasannounced at each location by the presiding bishop. In each case, arrangements to hear individual confessions hadbeen made but could not be carried out.
Figures on the number of people whomight have returned to the sacramentscould not be determined, but all of thoseattending were assured that they in facthad been absolved of their sins if therewas nothing else between them and areturn to full practice of their faith.
New NCR PublisherKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The board of
directors of the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co. have named NCR
'editor Arthur Jones publisher and chiefexecutive officer. He succeeds DonaldThorman who died Nov. 30.
Jones, 41, will continue as editor ofthe National Catholic Reporter, an independent weekly newspaper.
A U.S. citizen, British-born Jones andhis Irish-American wife Margie, havethree children, Chris, 14, Michael, 12and Ian, 7. The family belongs to theShalom House Community, the KansasCity, Kan. diocesan pacifist center.
What Else Is New?MADRID - How to fund Catholic ed
ucation was the priority concern of theSpanish bishops at their meeting in November. Because much of the money foreducational programs has come fromgovernment subsidies, the bishops werealso concerned with the draft for a newconstitution to be presented soon to theparliament. It is expected to move inthe direction of Church-state disengagement.
Father Placid JordanILLGAU, Switzerland - Benedictine
Father Placid Jordan, NC News Servicecorrespondent for more than half a century, died Nov. 28. He was 82 years old.He was buried Dec. 1 after a funeral inthe parish church of II1gau. He wasformerly NBC News Correspondent MaxJordan, known for many World War IIscoops.
USCC Is BlamedWASHINGTON - An Irish-American
organization has labeled a recent U.S.Catholic Conference (USCC) paper onNorthern Ireland an attempt to absolvethe British of blame for their role in theIrish conflict. The ·Irish National Caucus, a Washington-based organization,said the paper is "marred by seriousweaknesses," despite what the caucuscalled the authors' good intentions andoverall conclusion.
Schumacher TributeLONDON - Religious, political and
cultural leaders joined in paying tributeto the late Ernst Friedrich (Fritz) Schumacher with a memorial Mass at Westminster Cathedral (Nov. 30). Schumacher, who died Sept. 4 at age 66, wasauthor of "Small is Beautiful" and apioneer advocate of technology on ahuman scale.
IT'S ENOUGH to shake anyone's faith in good St. Nick: the sight of 16 identical Santas marching down a New York street. (NC Photo)
avan of the Order of the Alhambra were installed yesterday in ceremonies followed by aChristmas party.
They included Normand Turf:otte, grand commander; Thomas Levesque, vice- grand commander; Kenneth Smith, grandscribe; Napoleon Menard, scribeof the exchequer. Caravan chaplains are Father Arthur C. Levesque and Father Edmond R.Levesque.
The Order of the Alhambraprovides scholarships for students preparing to enter the fieldof special education.
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roots of this ideology back tothe United States just after theSecond World War. It suppressed the distinction betweendiplomacy and armed force, between violent and non-violentaction; it surpassed the notionof mere defense, he declared.
Its effect, he added, was tomake secret service agents"heroes" who saw themselves asthe saviors of their nation.
LONDON (NC) - "At presentI know no possibility of liberation in Latin America this century," said Father Joseph Comblin, a Belgian theologian whohas worked in Latin Americasince 1958. "We have to lookforward to 20 years of slavery."
In a talk jn London he added:"The system is so strong because of the aid received fromall the civilized world, from allthe industrial nations, that Icannot foresee a change thiscentury."
Father Comblin gave a pessimistic description of "The National Security State in Latin America forum organized by theCatholic Institute for International Relations.
The aim of the theology ofliberation, he said, was to averta corruption of people's mentalities, of their faith, of the Christian conception of man by the"national security" ideologywhich elevated national securityinto an absolute and thereforedenied human rights to Communists - or to anyone presumed to be a Communist - because of the threat Communismwas seen as presenting to thisabsolute value of security.
Where this ideology was accepted by Christians, it formeda new kind of heresy and madedialogue within the Church impossible, he said.
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PAMELA DEDA and Timothy Paul show handcraftsmade by students at Nazareth Vocational Center, Fall River.Students held a two-day Christmas crafts sale ·at Truesdale Clinic in Fall River.
Father HesburghIs Ambassador
WASHINGTON (NC) - HolyCross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, has beensworn in as U.S. ambassador tothe 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.
He is the first U.S. priest tohold the rank of ambassador.
Father Hesburgh was swornin at the State Department bythe U.S. chief of protocol, EvanDobelle.
The UN conference will studyways in which science and technology can help the developingnations.
Father Hesburgh said at hisSenate confirmation hearingsthat the conference would alsodeal indirectly with human rightsissues.
He also said, "The importantthing is that each country makeits own plans on the kind ofdevelopment it needs. In Chinafor example, the people aresatisfied with barefoot doctorsbecause they meet their particular needs.
"We may have to have a bigclinic ourselves, because that iswhat we are used to. But thereis a whole spectrum of needsthat can be met much more modestly in many parts of the worldand which would be much moresatisfactory to the people there."
Religious Life Theologyof LCWR Meeting
Bishops and religious men whichwill focus on collaborative pastoral planning in the Church.Plans were also made for continued study and articulation ofreligious life.
Sister Mary Dooley, formerL C W R chairperson forthe New England region, washonored for her service. She isnow national president-elect ofthe LCWR.
NEW PRESIDENT: Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC,41, has been named the eighth president and first alumnuspresident of Stonehill College, North Easton. The unanimous choice of the IS-member college board of trusteesfollowing a six-month search, he replaces acting presidentC. James Cleary, who becomes executive vice-presidentof Stonehill. A native of Ireland, Father MacPhaidin holdsa doctorate in theology and is conversant with six languages. He is presently a professor of religious studiesat Stonehill. He will assume his new duties Feb. 1.
Topic'Sister Eileen Mary Cunning
ham, SP, Sister Francis MichaelDriscoll, SP and Sister MarilynSpellman, SUSC were among 50leaders of women's religiouscommunities gathering last weekat Mount Marie, Holyoke, for thefall meeting of the LeadershipConference of Women Religous(ICWR)..
Sister Barbara Peterson, SCN,presided and described goalsto articulate a contemporarytheology of religious life; to educate for justice; to promote therole of women in the Church andsociety; and to collaborate withother groups. The New Englandgroup is one of 15 regions in theUnited States representing over100,000 women religious.
Two national leaders, SisterJoan Doyle, BVM, of Dubuque,Iowa, and Sister Mary Dooley,SSJ, of Holyoke, were the mainspeakers, reporting. They reported on two international meetings of religious.
A meeting of the InternationalUnion of Superiors General inRome addressed the topic ofcanon law. A new law has beendrafted by a pontifical commission and is being critiquedby the religious. The responsefrom American sisters was wellreceived by the Sacred Congregation of Religious in Rome.
The second report was fromthe Third Inter-American Conference in Montreal for religious representing the United States,Canada, and Latin America.Each group shared the growthin renewal that has been experienced in the life and missionof the religious in their country.
At the Holyoke meeting the religious leaders continued effortsto articulate a contemporarytheology of religious life. Theprocess used to describe theirexperience will be used by allthe sisters in New England andthroughout the United States.
Plans were made for a futuremeeting with the New England
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"will fill the minimal demands,but not the highest expectationsof anybody."
But the chapter's significancelies in the fact that it exists; itis the first extensive statementby the bishops outlining the essential role of social justice inreligious education.
The bishops' pastoral on moralvalues, issued last year, contained a major section on socialjustice and the catechetical directory expands upon that.
The bishops' staff director forthe directory, Msgr. WilfredParadis, says the directory is"more blunt" in "demanding"that social justice be includedin religious education than ToTeach As' Jesus Did, an education pastoral issued by the bishops in 1972.
The directory explains "socialsin" by saying, "The choice ofsin occurs in the human heart,and sin is expressed throughpersonal choice and actions. Butit has social consequences. Sinis expressed in some of thestructures of human communities. Sinful structures are notsimply imperfect human organizations; rather, they involvesystematic abuse of the rightsof certain groups or individuals.
"An extreme example is institutionalized racial or ethnic segregation; a less striking exampleis the absence or inadequacy ofminimum wage laws."
The directory encourages "social justice ministry" as a validform of ministry, Msgr. Paradis notes. It also encouragesCatholics to participate in politics at all levels.
If catechists take the socialministry chapter of the directory seriously, the long-term result could well be to improveboth the quantity and quality ofCatholic participation in thepolitical process.
I NecrologyDecember II
Rev. Edward L. Killigrew,1959, Pastor, St. Kilian, NewBedford
December 13Rev. Reginald Theriault, O.P.,
1972, St. Anne's Dominican Priory, Fall River
December 14Rev. Msgr. John J. Hayes,
1970, Pastor, Holy Name, NewBedford
December 15Rev. Mortimer Downing, 1942,
Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis
Placement ExamOn Saturday
All Catholic high schools in, the Diocese of Fall River will accept applicants and administera Placement Examination fornew students on Saturday, Dec.10, at 8:30 a.m. Students wishing to enter any of these schoolsnext September should report tothe school of their choice. Theexamination and application procedure will last until 12:30 p.m,
There will be a $3 fee, payable at the time of application.Students need bring no records,nor need parents accompanythem. Information as to courses,activities, financial scholarshipaid, etc., will be given at thetime of the examination.
The specifics of the social ministry chapter proving nothingnew and startling to anyonefamiliar with recent .Churchthinking on the subject; somesuch people even view it asflawed. The new president of thebishops' conference, archbishopJohn Quinn of San Francisco,notes that the entire directory
between the old Baltimore Catechism and the new directory which is not itself a catechism,but a directory for publishers ofreligion texts - but a majordifference is certainly the emphasis on social justice as aninseparable part of CatholicChurch doctrine.
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Two women pray silently ... at a liturgical convention . . . They seem united in spirit . . . althoughthey are strangers . . . Their bowed heads . . . andevident seriousness . . . suggest a sense of peaceful
. urgency.The silent prayer of their hearts . . . is revealed
in bodily gesture . . . as one lays her hands . . . on theshoulders of the other .. . This ancient Christianritual . . . symbolize~ the prayer for . . . and sharingof ... the gifts of the Holy Spirit ... and of the SpiritHimself.
Peter and John "laid their hands" ... on newconverts in Samaria and "they received the HolySpirit" (Acts 8,16) Paul did the same to a groupof believers in Ephesus ... "and the Holy Spirit camedown on them" (Acts 19,16).
Hands are ritually laid on us . . . in most of thesacraments ... as a sign of the Spirit's coming ... totouch us profoundly . . . to take hold of us . . . toopen us to God's creative love . . . and to guide ~n
the service of our neighbor.Like these two women . . . we may imitate the
example . . . of the apostles . . . and of the sacredliturgy ... and give bodily expression ... to the heart'ssilent prayer: "Come, Holy Spirit . . . fill the heartsof your faithful . . . and kindle in them . . . the fireof your love."
By Jim CastelliWASHINGTON (NC) - "Ac
tion on behalf of justice is a significant criterion of the Church'sfidelity to its mission. It is notoptional, nor is it the work ofonly a few in the Church. It issomething to which all Christiansare caJled according to their vocations, talents and situationsin life,"
That paragraph is one of themore remarkable sections in"Sharing the Light of Faith,"the National Catechetical Directory approved by the AmericanCatholic Bishops at their generalmeeting in November.
There are many differencesAn Unholy Union
Now we know that the Catholic Church is truly havingan effect on the national scene. Bill Baird, abortion rightsadvocate, has become so desperate in his personal war onthe Church that he has joined forces with none other thanMadalyn Murray O'Hair, now director of the AmericanAtheist Center, but mainly famous for driving God out ofthe public schools.
This dynamic duo now calls for an economic boycottagainst the Catholic Church. Well, when these two get together to attack you, you know you're really hurting theircredibility and effectiveness. It is also a real indication oftheir fanatical motivation, which is basically a deepseated abhorrence of anything "Catholic." Let those whospeak with forked tongues on Beacon Hill take note of thisrather unholy alliance.
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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 8, 1977
Fundraising Accountability
Defeat of the proposed national communication collection at the November meeting of the United States bishopswas not due solelv to the objections of members of the Catholic press who felt they would not get a sufficient slice ofsuch a pie.
One of the most important factors in the defeat of thisproposal was the fact that we as a Church must revaluateour national collection system.
There are many people in the American Church whofeel there are too many national collections with too littleaccountability. After the episode of the Pallottines in Maryland and the still-lingering mystery of Boys' Town finances, it would indeed seem time that the National Conference of Catholic Bishops issue fundraising guidelines,which is exactly what was done at last month's meeting.
The newly approved fiscal policy was drawn up notonly by the bishops but also in conjunction with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Conference ofMajor Superiors of Man. The relationship between fundraisers and church authorities, the nature of accountabilityand techniques, as well as stewardship and implementationof guidelines are some of the areas discussed in this jointeffort to face the realities of the time.
Among notable points made that should be noted arethe following: No organization should engage in fundraisingefforts for undefined future needs; all who collect fundsunder Catholic auspices must have the approval of appropriate church authority; accountabHit'l reollires thp, fnnn_raiser to provide timely reports on the extent to which promises expressed or implied in the solicitation of funds havebeen fulfilled; and exclusive authority over all aspects offundraising should not be vested in any sin~le person.
It should be made clear that the nature of religiousJundraising places the fundraisers in a special relationshipof accountability. This fundamental responsibility on thepart of all who collect in the name of the Catholic Churchis first to God in whose name they ask, then to the Churchwhom they represent, to those whom they serve and tothe benefactors whose partners they are in this apostolicwork.
We must get away from the big business attitude ofWall Street and begin to see that all who seek funds for thebasic mission of the Church must recognize that giving asan expression of religion has a sacramental nature and isin itself apostolic. Perhaps if we renew this effort, the abusesof the past will be eliminated in days to come and the littleperson who sacrifices the "widow's mite" will not be defrauded as has too often been the case.
As every person is accountable to God for his or herstewardship, those who collect monies in the name of theChurch and the gospel message are accountable to the donorfor the disposition of funds received, not just by tokenreports but by an honest statement of the significant aspectsand the apostolic dimensions of the work involved.
hold a chapter meeting at Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, R.I.on Saturday, beginning at 2:30p.m. with Mass and continuingwith a conference, vespers anddinner. Reservations may bemade at the abbey or withMrs. Frank S. Moriarty, telephone 672-1439.
PODe Paul MeetsPolish Leader
VATICAN CITY (NC) - In ahistoric first meeting with Polish Communist leader EdwardGierek, Pope Paul VI said thatthe Polish Church "does notask privileges" but does ask"the right to be herself .without obstacles."
Pope Paul's conversation withCommunist party secretary Gierek lasted 80 minutes - a longtime for talks with a statesman.Gierek is the first Polish Communist leader to be received bya pope.
In a press conference afterseeing the Pope, Gierek said thathe was "well satisfied" with thevisit and that he attributed"great importance" to it.
He praised Pope Paul for hisefforts to win lasting peace. Buthe also endorsed "the new proposals of the Soviet Union" fordisarmament in his speech before the Pope.
"The right to live in conditionsof peace," said the Polish statesman, "is the most fundamentalright of each man."
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must be in harmony with theteachings of the Catholic Church.Applications and proposals mustbe postmarked by January 31,1978 to be considered.
Application forms may be obtained locally from the Diocesan Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates,783 Slade· Street, P.O. Box M,South Station, Fall River, 02724,telephone 674-4681.
olic Bishops of the UnitedStates. Since its inception it hasfunded projects throughout thecountry attacking the basiccauses of poverty and empowering the disadvantaged. CHD encourages submission of proposals describing programs thatwill aid organizations andgroups in self-help efforts.
Proposals are allocated on anon-denominational basis, but
CLC Will ExpandInclude Adults
New England Christian LifeCommunities (CLC) until now anorganization for high school andcollge students and young adults,will expand into the generaladult community.
The first of three formationprograms explaining the policychange was held last month atBishop Connolly High School,Fall River, under direction ofthree representatives of the national CLC office. The secondprogram will be held at Providence College at a date to beannounced.
characteristics," Dr. Tang said.·"We know that family instability, health problems, handicaps,e!1vironmental stress are contributions factors.
"Local resources developed toprevent abuse and assist families include the establishmentof a registry, group counseling,Parents Anonymous, home emergency help hotline, and crisisday nurseries.
"A broader range of community effort can include the encouragement of programs ofhealth education and family lifeeducation in schools.
"The media, too, can play arole in disseminating information on the problem of abuse,neglect; encourage support ofcommunity resources to helpchildren and families; participatein immunity education on healthand parenting."
Ch~ld Abuse Found Among All Groups
CHD Grant Applications AvailableThe Diocesan Department of
Social Services and Special Apostolates has received applicationforms, criteria and guidelines forCampaign For Human Development (CHD) funding from thenational office in Washington,D.C. For the first time, proposals for two year grants will beaccepted.
CHD is an action-educationprogram sponsored by the Cath-
Father Pat ConcertFather Andre Patenaude, MS,
composer and folksinger widelyknown as "Father Pat," will appear in concert at 2 and 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 18 at MattacheeseMiddle School, Higgins CrowelRoad, West Yarmouth.
His program, titled "CradleHymn," will feature Christmascompositions.
Ticket donations will benefithis community, the La SaletteFathers, and telephone reservations may be made at 775-5073.
good reporter would ask publicpersonnages "personally" opposed to abortion. These are thequestions individual citizens canask these same persons whenvisiting, calling, or writing them.
Richard A. CareyExecutive DirectorMass. Citizens for Life
SCOTTSDALE (NC) - Childabuse and neglect "is foundamom~ 1111 sod.. ' - pf'OT1",."i,.groups, cultures and educationalbackgrounds," Dr. Pearl Tangtold delgates to the Westernregional convention of the Catholic Press Association in Scottsdale.
Dr. Tang, a member of theMaricpe (Ariz) County Department of Health Services, told abanquet session that children exposed to violence in early years"tend to behave in similar fashion with their offspring."
"We know the adult responsible for abuse may be male orfemale and tends to fit certain
AMONG HUNDREDS of projects funde1 nationwide by the Campaign for Human Development is a New Jersey "Senior Power" project aimed at economic issues affectingolder Americans. Locally, applications for CHD grants are available at the Diocesan Department of Social Services.
Letters tothe Editor
She's for Mary
Dear Editor:Why don't reporters ask
"Why?"When the notorious abortion
ist from Boston City Hospital,Dr. Kenneth Edelin, says herop~n't like to do abortions, whydon't reporters ask him why?
When Senator Edward Brooke,presently leading the pro-abortion push in the U.S. Senate,speaks of abortion as being abhorrent, why don't reportersask him why?
When Senator Edward Kennedy, Congressmen Robert Drinan, Michael Harrington, GerryStudds, and Paul Tsongas, allof whom have practically perfect pro-abortion voting records, say they are "personally"opposed to abortion, why don'treporters ask them why?
When Governor Michael Dukakis, who has vetoed legislation aimed at protecting the unborn, says, "I don't favor abortion. I don't think it's a goodthing" why don't reporters askhim why?
If reporters did this and received the truthful answer thatinduced abortion is the deliberate destruction of human lifebefore birth, then they could follow up with these questions:
Recognizing, then, that abortions kill tiny human beings,how can you perform them, votefor them or support them?
These are the questions a
Dear Editor:In reply to Kay Mack's letter
(Nov. 24) I think the BlessedMother and her Son Jesus Christwould love, applaud and approveMary Carson and all like heron this earth.
Mary Carson is the stuffsaints are made of. Despite hermany personal problems, shestill has so much faith and lovein her chart that it spills overto us all.
Anyone who goes through lifenever questioning, never challenging, never doubting God'slaws never becomes the devotedCatholic that Mary Carson is.Her steel has been tempered by.her doubts. If you never question you never grow. Even ourLord questioned his Father inthe Garden of Gethsemani andMary must have had doubts andquestions as well.
Perhaps, Kay, your life hasbeen relatively free of majorcrises and if it has, thank God.I, like Mary Carson, have hadmany personal crises, but theyhave strengthened my faith.Yes,I doubted, yes, I challenged, yes,I rebelled, but I always cameback with a deeper, truer faiththan before.
Mary Carson's column is an"anchor" to many who arecaught up in the raging stormsof day to day living. Keep up thegood work, Mary.
Alice HoustWest Dennis
Letters are welcomed, but should be noinore than 200 words. The editor reservesme right to condense or edit, If deemednecessary. All letters must be signed andInclude a home or business address.
Why, Why, Why?
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6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-Thurs., Dec. 8, 1977
Most Synod Staffs Were III-Prepared, He Complains
C;hristmas Is A G,ood Time To Examiine Our Motives
. What Can Sadat Possibly Do for an Encore?
Suggests B,ooks for C·hristm:as Giving tlo Garderners
REV.
ANDREW M.
GREELEY
Having offered sincerecompliments last week, Imust nevertheless insist thatthe bishops as usual werebadly served by their staff. Themost horrendous blunder had todo with the neutron bomb. Inan intervention oil "Catechesisand Respect for Human Life,"after a discussion on abortionand euthanasia, there was acatch-all sentence, "Anythingwhich endangers human life,
By
MARY
CARSON
Each year we're remindedto keep Christ in Christmasbut I believe that must bemuch deeper than simplysending religious cards, prominently displaying the creche, orattending Mass together.
While these things can begood, they can also be abused.If they are done to impress yourlocal priests, or to cram your
By
REV.
JOHN B.
SHEERIN, CSP
What will he do for an encore? After watching AnwarSadat's electrifying appearance on Telestar at the Knesset, I wonder what could possibly match his superb performance as peacemaker extraordinary. The day before, he hadlanded at an Israeli airport andembraced Moshe Dayan andGolda Meir, a spectacle almostincredible in itself, but the next
By
JOSEPH
RODERICK
Books, books, books forChristmas giving! One of thebest this season is "HomeGrowing," St. Martin'sPress, New York, $15.95, whichclaims to be a complete guide togrowing vegetables, fruits and
such as wars, defense policies,neutron bombs, behavioral control through surgery, drugs, genetic engineering, and certain
. forms of population control,should be the concern of onewho professes Jesus as Lord."
Leaving aside the bad grammar in. this cafeteria sentenceand the equation of "defensepolicies" with "genetic engineering," one still must ask whatit means, if anything at all.
The 'Italian newspapers tookit to be condemnation of theneutron bomb and headlinedthat the American hierarchy hadcondemned the neutron bombprecisely when Defense Secretary Harold Brown was tryingto persuade the NATO defenseministers of the wisdom of
"spirituality" down your heathen neighbors' throats it couldbe a worse form of commercialism than rock carols played ina five-and-ten on an out-of-tuneorgan draped with tarnishedtinsel.
A jack-in-the-box given in lovecan be more Christian than aprayer book given out of asense of duty.
Family. dinner in warmth andharmony can be greater keepingof Christ in Christmas than attending Mass under protest,with hearts full of resentment.
Visiting Santa out of love foryour little ones can be as spiritual as visiting the crib at church.
day he addressed the parliamentof a country with which he wasat war. Equally astonishing wasthe daring of Premier Begin ininviting the Egyptian Presidentto address the Jewish leaders.
I had the impression that Iwas witnessing the opening ofa new era in' human history, anera in which the stain and unprofitable diplomacy of the pastwas giving way to a new andfresh style of peacemaking, adirect approach to the peopleand government of a hostile nation. New and fresh - but also supremely intelligent andcompassionate - a stupendousbreakthrough.
Sadat had seen that the wholeMiddle East peoples was at an
herbs and comes pretty close tobeing just that. .
"Gifts from Your Garden" byJoan Scobey and Norma Myersat $8.95 is a hardcover bookdealing with preserving flowersand herbs. Included are directions for drying, pressing, collecting aromatics and culinarydelights. A light book for specialinterests.
A major interest of many gardeners is the propagation ofplants. "Plants-A-Plenty" ($10.95) by Catherine Osgood Foster
stockpiling it.The American embassy, as you
can imagine, was highly incensed. In response to questionsat a press conference, the bishops said that their intention wasnot to denounce the neutronbomb but simply to say that itshould cause "concern." Doubtless that was what the sentencesaid; unfortunately, anyone withany sense of how the press !eacts to such a statement couldhave predicted the flap it wouldcreate. -
I propose to make no case foror against the neutron bomb,but I would suggest that if thehierarchy is going to deal withit, it do so explicitly and notin an ungrammatical, throwaway sentence.
I believe a great deal of theanxiety people suffer aroundChristmas time is because theylose sight of how love .shouldenter into Christmas. Too muchis done from obligation ratherthan desire.
We have to send cards to theSmyths and Harringtons . . .they sent to us last year." "Ihave to get a 'present for AuntTilly because she always sendsthings to the chilren." "I'll haveto get more toys for the children because the neighbors havegotten so much for theirs:'
We underestimate other's lovewhen we presume that theymust be "repaid." If they send acard, we must send a card. Why
impasse and he had made uphis mind that he would wastenot a moment in obsolete formalities when invited by Premier Begin to address the Knesset.
He realized full well that itwas a perilous gamble: he wasrisking his life as well as hiscareer, for he knew that mostArabs would consider him arenegade for consorting with theJews.
He was willing to run therisk: he felt it was utterly pointless to continue the present suicidal impasse. He may lose hislife but he may also go down inhistory as one of the most astute of contemporary nationalleaders, because he realized thathis first step would have to be
deals with both indoor and outdoor plants. The first half discusses various methods of propagating in detail, includingcuttings, layering, crown androot divisions, grafting andseeds. The second part handlesplants and the methods to beused for each. A good book forthe beginner, it is rather elementary for the more advanced gardener.
Jack Kramer is an indoor gardening expert and his new book,"A Seasonal Guide to IndoorGardening" (paperback, $5.95),
Another position paper was"Catechesis for Racial, Cultural,and Ethnic Groups." What ethnic groups merited concern inthis paper? Knowing the ideological proclivities of the UnitedStates Catholic Conference staff,one could well imagine what theywere: "Puerto Ricans, MexicanAmericans, Cubans, . . . nativeAmericans, Afro-Americans, andothers." Among the others, notworthy of mention, one mightthink of the Irish, the Itaiians,the Germans, the Poles, the Slovaks, the Lithuanians.
There was a lot of "happytalk" at the synod about theuse of the social sciences; yet,neither the Americans nor anyone else seemed prepared totake the social sciences serious-
is it impossible for us to believethat Aunt Tilly sends the children gifts simply because sheloves to . . . not because she'slooking for something in return?
Is it possible we get into thistrap because deep down wereally do things at Christmasbecause of what we'll get back?Is some of our disappointmentbecause we feel that we aren'tappreciated . . . we do so muchfor our children and they don'teven care?
If these thoughts get to us,we're not acting in love.
When Christ was born, Hecame to us in pure love, notweighted by what He'd get backfrom us. Had He estimated what
an attempt to change the warpsychology of the peoples of theMiddle East. Specifically, hewanted to change the belligerence of Arab and Jewish thinking to a more reasonable climate of public opinion.
Sadat saw this psychologicalbarrier as 70 percent of theproblem. So he resolved to doall in his power to persuadeboth sides to join hands andhave faith in the wisdom of theCreator. Yet his talk was nomouthing of pious platitudesabout peace.
It was a tough, hardline demand for return of the territories occupied by the victoriousJewish forces. And speciallypainful to Jewish sensibilities
is excellent. It contains muchuseful information, especiallyfor gardeners who buy plantsin the spring and watch themslowly die as seasonal differences bring about different growing conditions in the home.
"The Time-Life Encyclopediaof Gardening" is an ambitiousproject from Time-Life Books."Greenhouse Gardening" byJames Crockett ($8.95, hardcover) the latest addition to theseries, is a comprehensive guideto the greenhouse. It suffers
Iy. Unfortunately the st~ff ofthe American delegation did notsafeguard the delegates frommaking several serious mistakesin their comments.
It is not true, as Bishop Lucher said, that "over the pastseveral years scientific surveyshave indicated that the homeand the parents exercise thestrongest influence on religiousvalues." The most recent evidence is that the spouse exercises the strongest influence onreligious values and behavior.
Nor did the staff provide thedelegates with the response tothe African insistence on "communautes debas" - small groupcommunities, if you will. TheAfricans acted as if it were adiscovery of their own.
His "return" would be, He musthave had the most disappointingChristmas on record.
Too often we use "commercialism" as the scapegoat thatcauses all the grief at Christmas. But we can be just asmiserable buying religious asgeneral cards. We can be justas short-tempered with our children setting up a Nativity sceneon the lawn as hanging a Santaon the door.
Let's stop kidding ourselvesabout the "commercialism" ofChristmas. We can commercialize the religious aspects ofChristmas . . . or we can spiritualize the secular.
was his demand for the city ofJerusalem. The Knesset, however, realized that these demands were only beginninggambits in the negotiationsabout to take place betweenEgypt and Israel.
What was great gOod newsto Jewish ears was Sadat's announcement that Egypt wasready and willing to recognizethe legal existence of the Stateof Israel. He said, "Israel is areality" and he declared, "Today we want to live in peacewith you:'
The Prayer of St. Francis hasit, "Lord, make me an instrument of your needs:' Sadat, theMuslim, has proved himself aninstrument of peace.
only in attempting too much intoo short a space. It is excellently illustrated and there arenumerous charts and much information compressed in itspages.
Winter is obviously a goodtime to receive gardening books.It is a time for planning andthinking and learning. Goodbooks are always a treat butto the gardener they are thesoil from which dreams growand from which the ideasemerge to enrich our springgardens.
A LOVING CUDDLE cheers an orphan in SoutheastAsia. Without the presence and service of the MissionChurch, many children and adults of the Third World, devoid of hope or faith, would have an even more bitterstruggle against poverty, disease and illiteracy. Your Christmas gift to the Society for the Propagation of the Faithhelps the Church in 900 needy areas of the world.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 8, 1977 .,
AwarenessContinued from Page One
cesan superintendent of schools,was to study the 'role of individual action in meeting worldproblems associated with justiceand peace issues.
"Mother Teresa of Calcuttais an example of what one person can do to combat enormousproblems," she said in explaining the program.
It is hoped that those participating in the sessions will bringinformation back to theirschools and religious educationprograms. If sufficient interestis expressed, the Maryknollteam will be available to otherdiocesan groups, said SisterMarion.
Furiano, Si,Tango, No
VATICAN CITY (NC)Worldwide' movie audiences maybe thrilling to Rudolph Nureyev's rendition of the tango inthe film "Valentino," but PopeSt. Pius X looked upon thedance as a penance and "sheercruelty."
At least that was his reaction,according to a New York Timesdispatch Jan. 28, 1914, after hesaw the dance performed at theVatican.
The Pope, said the Times'Rwanted to "judge for himselfwhether (the tango) was immoral."
Two members of an ancientRoman upper class family, saidthe report, were admitted in private audience and "hummingsoftly well-known music, initiated His Holiness into the mysteries of tango steps.
As the couple danced, saidthe Times, "the Pope's brow furrowed with a look of stupefaction," and he asked them:
"'Is that the tango?'"'Yes. Your Holiness.'" 'Well, my children, you can
not find it very amusing,''' thePope reportedly said.
According to the Times, thePope told the couple that "ifthe tango were made a penance,it would be looked upon assheer cruelty."
Turning to the couple, thePope, who came from the Venice area, suggested that theytake up a lively Venetian dance,the "furiana."
When the couple confessedthat they didn't know it, thePope, according to the Timesversion, "was itching to demonstrate the steps to them, but,repressing his desire, he 'rangfor a Venetian servant and ordered him to show the visitorshow to dance the furiana."
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Argentine Catholic InformationAgency (AICA) recently published what is called "a moving letter" from Alexander Argentov,a young believer pleading forhelp from a psychiatric asylumin Moscow.
"The doctors here are tryingto convince me that my religiousbeliefs are the product of a mental illness," Argentov's ~etter
The archbishop said the ruling government "has becometotally stubborn. It won't 'acceptany submissions (from blacks orthe Church) and it will not makeany concessions.
"The elections will mobilizeonce and for all the whole whitecommunity inside a fortress.They will mobilize the whole ofwhite strength," he added. "Freeinside the fortress the whiteswill fight not only the blacks ofSouth Africa - they will fightthe whole world if they have to."
Archbishop Hurley said thedeath of black leader SteveBiko during detention in Pretoria jail in September has hada "profound" effect on SouthAfrican blacks, who see Biko asa "martyr" to the black struggle for civil rights.
The suspicious circumstancessurrounding Biko's death have"struck horror in many in thewhite community," he added,but most still feel that there was"some justification for the police to act the way they did."
Archbishop Hurley commentedthat the national situation inSouth Africa is mirrored by theconfusion facing white Catholics. "They believe their spiritual home is in the Church butthey are confused by our support for blacks," he said. "Theyare retreating inside the fortresstoo."
Marian Medal AwardsContinued from Page One
cure, Mrs. Michael Nolan, Mrs.Susan 'Roy, Mrs. Paul Westlund.
Cape Cod, Islands: Mrs. Donald Allen, Mrs. Ernest Carreiro,Mrs. Leon Cremonini, Mrs. Edward Crosby, Mrs. Carmine Cutillo, Mrs. Frank Donelan,Charles Downs.
Anthony Duarte, Francis Dijarte, Roland Frechette, Mrs.Louis Marshall, Robert Mosher,Mrs. Francis Silva, Mrs. WilliamStone, Paul Sullivan, A. ClaysonTucy, Mrs. Dorothy Wynot.
New Bedford Area: TerenceBeehan, Rudolph Caruso, Theresa Carvalho, Mrs. Normand Cayer, George Daigle, Alfred Gauthier, Mrs. Beverly Gendron,Manuel Gomes, Mrs. StephenGonet, Mrs. Valmore Gonneville,Mrs. William Harrison.
Frank Jason Jr., Ernest Kruger, Mrs. Azelia Laliberte, Armand Marien, Sylvester Mitchell,
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Melkite BishopContinued from Page One
become bishop of any other diocese.
He said he had regained 11pounds since his release fromprison. A Melkite-rite spokesman in Rome had said beforeArchbishop Capucci's releasethat the archbishop, who hadbeen on hunger strike, had lost75 pounds in two months.
Archbishop Capucci said hecould not speak about his treatment in prison. "When the HolyFather obtained my release, heobtained it under certain conditions. One was that ,I not speakabout my imprisonment."
In December, 1974, a Jesusalem court found the archbishop,who had been arrested the previous August, guilty of contacting a foreign agent, possessingand carrying illegal weapons andserving an illegal organization.Police testified that they had discovered weapons and explosiveshidden in his car when he returned to Israel from Lebanon.He was sentenced to 12 years inprison.
Archbishop Capucci said hewas to have an audience withthe Pope soon - around the beginning of December. Concerningthe conditions under which hewas released, he said: "unofficially, I have been told that theywere that I was to leave thecountry, to come to Italy; thatI was not to go to an Arabcountry - I hope for a limitedperiod; that I do not engage inpolitics; that I make no statements. My liberation is not toconstitute a danger to the security of Israel."
Before the archbiship's release, a Melkite-rite spokesmanin Rome had said that he wouldbe transferred to a ,post in SouthAmerica. But the archbishopsaid he could not accept nomina- .tion as head of some other diocese.
"I am the bishop of Jesusalem. Christ is the spouse of theChurch. My spouse is the Churchof Jerusalem. I am the bishop ofthat Church and of that people."
our to mean that, for instance,the public gets its news mainly from television. But repeatedsurveys show this is not true.National network news showsfall far below newspapers, andeveryone has to tum to the pressto get the full story.
Some people still dream ofgetting another ArchbishopSheen on the air. But Archbishop Sheens are few and very farbetween. And the televisionscene has changed so much thattoday even a Sheen would beunable to get his program onprime time network television.even if it were paid by GeneralMotors or IBM. The reasons forthat are too complex to explainnow, but they're hard businessreasons that networks won'tchange.
To all of this, The Anchorsays a loud Amen.
Right to DieContinued from Page. One
cience of society, no matter howhighly motivated or impressively constituted."
In the Quinlan case, the NewJersey court held that decisionson whether to continue lifesupport efforts should be up todoctors and hospital committeesacting with family members.Miss Quinlan's parents and doctors believed the comatose woman would die without the aid ofa respirator. She was removedfrom the respirator, but continues to live unconscious in a NewJersey nursing home.
The court's 41-page opinionwritten by Justice Paul J. Liacos was made in explanation ofits order issued July 9, 1976,which upheld Springfield Probate Judge Harry Jekanowski'sorder that chemotherapy not begiven to Joseph Saikewicz, 67,who is dying of leukemia.
Saikewicz died Sept. 4, 1976.In his order, Jekanowski supported Patrick J. Meinick, the,patient's court-appointed guardian, who asked that Saikewiczbe allowed to die "peacefully andcomfortably."
Catholic PressContinued from Page One
If relevision and radio wantedto go it on their own, all right.
. Once again the Catholic presshad found itself in a familiarposition - a lot like that of thehousewife who feels she is simply taken for granted.
The Papers print feature stories every few months on thetremendous job done by McDonald's, Kentucky Fried, and theother fast food places. They'reserving something like 20 or 30percent (at least some largenumber) of the nation's meals.
,But who's serving the 70 or80 percent? Mom. No featurestory on that.
Or the papers go into ecstasyabout how fast those foodplaces get the orders out. Butwho makes sure the kitchen isstocked so that the kids homefrom school just open the refrigerator door and the food isthere? Mom. And without a feature story.
That's the Catholic press ofAmerica. It's doing the day-today work of communications forthe Church. Appreciation? Maybeon Catholic Press Sunday, oncea year. But the rest of the timewhen the communicationspeople of the Church get talking, it's with television and' radio in mind.
When Church authorities arepushed, they'll admit the importance of the Catholic press. Atthe recent synod of bishops inRome, the U.S. delegation calledthe Catholic press "the least expensive way of regularly bringing comprehensive religiousnews and instructional featuresto a large number of Catholics."
But what normally happens?When our own diocese worked
for a year and a half over itsown recent synod, the committeethat put out the long officaldocument on education neveronce mentioned the Catholicpress. Not even in its section onadult education. It took directprotest from us to get into thedocument.
And when religious educationmeetings are held around thecountry, never is there a mention of the place held by theCatholic press in this process. Iwasn't there when 5,000 Catholics gathered for the Augustmeeting of the New EnglandCongress of Religious Educationin Amherst, Mass. But the 630word news story I saw mentioning many aspects of religiouseducation never once had a wordfor the Catholic press.
And yet our own synod wouldprobably have been unknown tomost of our Catholics if it hadnot been for the publicity givenit in our own paper. And thatAmherst meeting probably gotits main publicity in the Catholic papers of the area.
Actually, this attitude is onlya reflection of what happens inthe secular field. It's television,not the press, that is the star ofcommunications these days.There's no way the best paperin the world can look as glamorous and as successful as abrilliantly staged TV presentation.
But again it's the press thatdoes the day-to-day job in thesecular field as well. People mistakenly translate all this glam-
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Advent: A Time of Waiting
Let the heavens rejOIce and letthe earth be glad; let the seaand all that it contains resound;Let the fields exult and all thatis in them.Then shall the trees of the forest rejoice before the Lord, forHe comes, for He comes to rulethe earth.He will rule the world withjustice, And the peoples according to His faithfulness.Glory be to the Father, and tothe Son, and to the Holy Ghost.As it was in the beginning, isnow, and ever shall be, worldwithout end. Amen.The Antiphon is repeated by alltogether: Let all the trees of tIl('forest sing for joy, for the Lordhas come.The mother of the family reads:
After the fall of our first parents the earth was bare and desolate; the world stood in thedarkness of sin. But when theSavior was born our earth shonewith a new brightness; the gloryof the Almighty had renewedthe world, making it morebeau!jful than before.
This tree once stood dark andempty in a cold world. But nowresplendent with lights andbright adornments, in its newglory this Christmas tree reflects the new beauty that Godbrought to earth when "theWord was made flesh and dweltamong us." By a tree the wholeworld has been redeemed, andtherefore, with great joy wecelebrate the glory of this tree.
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Father: Christ is the tree of life.All: In the midst of the paradiseof lights.Father: He is the tree.All: We are the branches.Father: In Him was life.All: And the life was light ofmen.
Father: The Lord be with you.All: And with thy spirit.
Let is pray: Bless, we beseechThee, 0 Holy God, Father Almighty, this noble tree whichwe have adorned in honor ofthe new birth of Thy only-begotten Son, and do Thou soadorn our souls with the manifold beauties of Thy graces thatbeing internally enlightened bythe splendor radiating from thistree, we like the wise men maycome to adore Him who is theeternal Light and' Beauty, thesame Jesus Christ, Thy Son, ourLord.
All: Amen.
ing toe, in memory of the kindhearted bishop saint who wasfamous for providing dowriesof golden coins for impoverishedmaidens in his diocese.
Treat DaysThen there are Advent treat
days, tying in with the 0 antiphon days from Dec. 17through 23 (the ancient 0 antiphons are heard in musical formin the Advent carol "0 come,o come, Emmanuel.)
At any rate, it was a monasticcustom to provide special dainties on the "0" days, with themonk who was treating recitingthe antiphon as he presentedhis dish. Families begin with theyoungest (who may produce acookie or a piece of candy) andwork up to the father who, likethe abbot in days of yore, treatson Dec. 23 and is expected toprovide the best surprise of all.
Christmas EveAt last comes Christmas Eve,
hopefully with presents wrapped,turkey stuffed, decorating done.Now is a beautiful moment fora family to bless its own tree.The following ceremony may beused:
Tree BlessingThe father of the family re
cites the antiphon. The psalm isthen recited alternately with therest of the family.Antiphon: Let all the trees in theforest sing for joy, for the Lordhas come.Psalm 95: Sing to the Lord anew song; sing unto the Lord,all the earth.Sing to the Lord, bless Hisname, Proclaim His salvation I
day after day.Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among allpeoples.For great is the Lord, and highlyto be praised, to be feared aboveall the gods.For all the gods of the heathenare vain idols; but the Lord madethe heavens.Majesty and beauty are beforeHim: Power and splendor are inHis sanctuary.Ascribe to the Lord, 0 familiesof the peoples, ascribe to theLord glory and power; ascribeto the Lord the glory due toHis name.Offer sacrifice, and enter Hiscourts.Worship the Lord in holy attire.Tremble before Him, all theearth. Proclaim among the nations "the Lord is king."He has established the worldthat it be not moved; He rulesthe people with equity.
At Christmas many familiesreplace the Advent candles withwhite or red tapers and use thewreath as a Christmas dinnercenterpiece, often with a largeChrist candle or crib in its center.
Advent CalendarFor building family anticipa
tion of Christmas, it's hard tobeat an Advent calendar witha small door to open each dayfrom Dec. 1 through 24, eachdoor revealing a new Christmassymbol, climaxing on ChristmasEve with the largest door, behind which is a manger scene.
Such calendars, regrettably,are also available with comicbook characters and Santa Clausand reindeer scen03, but :10 lookfor the very beautiful productions, usually from Germany,equally as tinselly and sparkling as their secular cousins, butstressing the religious aspect ofthe holiday. A tip: if you haveseveral children, be sure to prepare a very clear and equitableschedule of door-opening! Eventeenagers want their turn at thisritual.
Other observances continuingthroughout Advent are those ofthe Jesse tree and the Christmas manger.
The Jesse tree, named to recallthe lineage of Christ, is a smalltree decorated with symbols representing the events of salvation history preceding the birthof Jesus. (It may be artificial,since a live tree might not lastthe whole Advent, and it is often placed near the Adventwreath for dinner-time attention.) Symbols should be madeby family members and are apainless way of teaching Biblehistory.
They can include such itemsas a crayoned apple with a biteout of it, and a pipe-c1elmersnake for the story of Adamand Eve, a crown or a harp forKing David, a smali ladder forJacob, a bright doll's coat forJoseph's "coat of many colors"and even such a gruesome itemas one teenager came up with:a paper doll cut in half. That,she solemnly explained, was thebaby King Solomon suggesteddividing between two women,each claiming to be its mother.
Christmas mangers, one foreach family member, can be setup at the beginning of the season. Each good deed or act ofself-denial is rewarded with astraw and hopefully by Christmas Eve there is enough strawin each to form a comfortablebed for a swaddled baby dollceremoniously placed within andfound under the tree on Christmas morning.
St. NicholasAlmost as anticipated as
Christmas in families that haveintroduced the custom is thefeast of St. Nicholas on December 6. This is usually quite simple in this country (although inmany lands more of a gift-giving occasion than Christmas.)Typically, each famj,ly memberreceives a stocking of candy,fruit, cookies and one smallgift. The one essential is the inclusion of a few gold-coveredchocolate "coins" in each stock-
vestments worn at AdventMasses. One additional candleis lit each week of Advent untilat Christmas all are burning.
The wreath is rich in symbolism. Its shape, without beginning or end, stands for eternity,its green color for life andgrowth, its unlit candles for theages before Christ that passed"in darkness and the shadow ofdeath." Once lit, of course, thetapers symbolize the ever-increasing light of the Saviour.
A nightly prayer is said asthe appropriate number of Advent wreath candles are lit, usually at dinner or supper time.Now in the second week of Advent, the prayer is: 0 Lord, stirup our hearts that we may prepare the ways of thine only begotten Son; that through hiscoming we may be made worthyto serve thee with purifiedminds. Through Christ our Lord,Amen.
For the third week (Dec. 10through 16): 0 Lord, we beseech thee, incline thine earto our prayers and enlighten thedarkness of our minds by thegrace of thy visitation. ThroughChrist our Lord, Amen.
For the fourth week (Dec. 17through 24): 0 Lord, we beseechthec, stir up thy power andcome; and with .great might deliver us, that with the help ofthy grace, thy merc~ful for-
, giveness may hasten what oursins impede. Through Christ ourLord, Amen.
Advent is a time of waiting
"Convert us, 0 God, andshow us thy face," prayedthe Psalmist. It is the Advent prayer of the Churchseeking a Saviour.
The liturgy is full of yearning - Stir up thy might, 0Lord, and come to save us;o Root of Jesse, come to deliver us and tarry not and this should be expressed inour Advent selves.
Is it? Or do we fuss and fretover cards and lists, shoppingand cooking?
U's not too late to convert, inthe root meaning of the word- to turn against the seculartide that changes Christmas intoXmas, St. Nicholas into a profitmaking Santa Claus and evenour Sundays into yet anothershopping - day - before - Christmas.
What To Do?What to do? Actually, no other
season offers so many possibilities of celebration, during whichfamilies can enrich their understanding of the real meaning ofChristmas while losing none ofthe usual fun and festivities.
Everything begins the Saturday before the first Sunday ofAdvent, when Advent wreathsmake their appearance in manyhomes. But it's not too late tohave one this Advent, if thecustom is new to you.
You need a wreath and fourcandles, usually three purple andone rose, to coincide with the
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refusal to grow in knowledge,yet for some the deacon posesa real threat. It is this feelingof insecurity that has madesome priests fearful of the deacon, not only as an ordainedminister but also as a person.
Some of these fears anddoubts related to the diaconateministry arise from a basic ignorance of the history and theological development of ministry within the Church. Becausemany people have not studiedthe history of the Church andthe development of Holy Ordersto any real depth, there existslittle understanding by clergy orlatiy of the evolvement of ministry.
To overcome these fears it hasbeen suggested that during hisformation period the deaconshould be given visibility andencouragement. His parishpriests should offer him support.
Parishioners should knowwho he is and what he is working toward. Milestones along theroad to ordination such as hisadmission to candidacy and hisinstallation as Reader and Acolyte should be well publicized inthe parish community. Expandedconsciousness of this community is crucial to a man's acceptance and effectiveness.
The deacon brings a uniqueexperience to the Church, thatof being in most cases married,yet ordained. This linking offamily life and ministry is providing the Church with modelsfor the future. Thus it is mostimportant that the deacon berecognized and acknowledgedby others, especially priests, asa leader and gatherer of community, filling up what is lacking in the Church today, just asdid the first deacons in theearly Church.
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Recently a priest participatingin a Permanent Deacon conference held in the Midwest statedthat it was for him a new experience. He was with peopleobviously involved in the ordained ministry yet with lifeexperiences far removed fromthose of clergy and other religious with whom he had beeninvolved in the past.
During the conference thispriest became very aware of thefrustrations and ambiguities ofthe diaconal ministry, especiallyas related to parish faith communities.
Many deacons had chosen tominister in areas not connectedwith their parishes because ofthe lack of support and encouragem.ent they had received frompastors .and parish staff.
This indeed is one of the mostcommon difficulties deaconsface in today's Church: Forsome reason, there are priestswho cannot accept the fact ofthe Permanent Diaconate. Itmay be lack of understanding or
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"I had studied karate for nineyears, but after I made the Cursillo, I realized that karate wasa gift I could use to get Christacross to people.
"Other schools mediate on 'apool in the middle of a forest,'or on the principles of Zen Buddhism, which in my experienceleads nowhere, whereas we meditate on Christ and we pray forat least 10 minutes during eachtwo-hour practice.
"Then, too, during the physical exercises themselves, thepain sometimes involved lendsitself to meditation on the painthat Christ suffered for us."
It is important that the student acquire the physical techniques to gain one belt beforebeing admitted to a higher one,Rogers said, but he added, "Inour classes, a Christ-eenteredattitude is 60 percent of thegrading by which a student advances from one belt to another."
His students range in age from9 to 48. Those interviewed wereenthusiastic about Rogers' approach to the martial art.
High school senior MichaelLewlass, 17, said, "1 enrolled tciperfect myself, body, mind andsoul - the works. It's helped mea lot, spirituaHy."
Tom DiMattine, 48, said hemade a Cursillo because of hisactivity in karate class. "I'vefound that the more you get into karate, the way it's taughthere, the less you really want tofight anyone. You learn to walkaway more easily and be abetter man than anyone whowants to fight you."
Karate for ChristBy Frank Donahue
MIRAMAR, Fla. (NC)Baird "'Buddy" Rogers, a blackbelt practitioner, says that karate can help bring people toChrist.
Rogers, a 39-year-old convertto Catholicism, teaches karate atSt. Bartholomew parish center."Here we try to cultivate a positive attitude, love for Christ andlove and respect for each other,"he said. Classes even includeprayer.
Although karate conjures upviolent memories of the lateBruce Lee chopping his waythrough the ranks of his movieenemies or David Carradinelanding deft blows against oppressors in the "Kung Fu" TVseries, Rogers says it is compatible with the Christian injunction of turning the othercreek. "The more you are able todefend yourself, the less likelyyou are to lose your head whensomeone strikes you," he said.
Through karate's basic principles of "concentration, calmnessand confidence, you learn to control your emotions," he added.
There is also an element ofstewardship involved, Rogerssaid. "After all, the Bible speaksof the body as a temple of theHoly Spirit, and I think weshould physically maintain thattemple."
Rogers said that his idea ofjoining Christian thought withthe Buddhist martial art formcame to him during a Cursillohe made two years ago. He became a Catholic last year. Heand his wife, Colleen, and theirson and daughter were parishioners of St. Bartholomew's parish when he began karate classes
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Free Care UrgedFor Poor Women
The president of the NationalFederation of Priests' Councils(NFPC) has urged that Catholichospitals provide free "prenatal,delivery and postnatal care" topoor women seeking an alternative to abortion.
The NFPC is a federation ofpriests' senates from about 130U.S. dioceses. The NFPC's president, Father James Ratigan,made his recommendation in aletter to Bishop Justin Driscollof Fargo, N.D., a consultant tothe bishops' pro-life activitiescommittee.
Father Ratigan urged the committe to survey Catholic hospitals to determine the extent towhich such care is already available. He also recommended that"an all-out effort be made byour Catholic hospitals to promote and publicize such freecare."
"While no single approach isa total solution to the problem."Father Ratigan s'aid, "I believethis particular approach (freemedical care) can reduce significantly the number of abortionsamong poor women:'
DONALD J. THORMAN,52, publisher of the NationalCatholic Reporter, died lastweek in Kansas City, Mo. Hewill be succeeded by 'ArthurJones, NCR editor.
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Caution Urged in Nuclear DevelopmentVIENNA (NC) - The Vatican sources" must be an internat
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Vatican delegation to last with the utmost caution andmonth's general conference of with a realism that will not runthe International Atomic Energy risks that the citizenry of anyAgency in Vienna, said that state and of the world has a"clarification of the hazards in- right to be protected against,"volved in the use of nuclear re- he stated.
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CHICAGO (NC)-Anchor columnist Father Andrew Greeleyhas been named winner of the24th Thomas More Medal "forthe most distinquished contribution to Catholic literature" in1977. He was specifically citedfor his book, "The AmericanCatholic: A Social Portrait,"
Father Greeley, a sociologistand a priest of the Chicagoarchdiocese, is director of theCenter for the Study of American Pluralism at the NationalOpinion Research Center in Chicago. He is the author of morethan 50. books and two syndicated newspaper columns.
The citation accompanyingthe medal calls him a "prolificauthor, distinguished scholar,outspoken syndicated columnist, international lecturer anddedicated Roman Catholicpriest," It adds: "Right-thinkingAmericans of all religious persuasions owe Father Greeley aconsiderable debt of gratitudefor his courage and scholarship,"
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give you quite a fight. Nevertheless the problem you mentioncan be considerable and it isn'tyours alone.
Many churches now have confessional rooms as well as thetraditional booths. This not onlyprovides more privacy, but allows a face-to-face relationshipwith the priest and allows 3
much more appropriate use ofthe new Rite of Penance. A completely anonymous confessionwith a "screen" is also possiblein these rooms; it's up to thepenitent how he wishes to do it.
As you indicate, communalpenitential rites are held occasionally in most churches; however, to receive the sacrament ofPenance, private confession ofsins is normally required, eventhough all other ceremonies andprayers for the sacrament maybe public. You would have towatch parish bulletins for theseoccasions or call a parish for information.
Incidentally, you will do thepriest a favor if you tell himabout the overhearing problem.He's probably unaware of it.
(Questions for this colwnnshould be sent to Father Dietzen, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.
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In a memorandum to "organizations and individuals opposedto "SOAP," the coalition saidfour of the five advertisers wererepeaters. "This indicates thatthe companies involved mayperceive the public reaction ascooling down," the memo said,urging continued letter-writingcampaigns.
Slim Fast, the only new advertiser, placed two spots on theNov. 1 episode, making it onlythe second time in seven episodes that "SOAP" has beenfully sponsored, according toJudith M. Guarr, coordinator ofthe coalition.
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By Father John Dietzen
Q. We always think of OurLady of Guadelupe as a Mexican idea and feast. Why is itsuch a popular devotion andcelebration in the United States?
A. There are at least two goodreasons. First, the many UnitedStates citizens of Mexican descent, and those of other nationalities, are thankfully very proudof their religious and other customs and feasts. They havehelped make the devotion toOur Lady of Guadelupe popularhere.
Second, in one. important way,the feast is as much ours astheirs. When the Blessed Virginappeared to the Indian JuanDiego on the hill near MexicoCity, the year was 1521, nearly100 years before the Pilgrimslanded at Plymouth Rock. Atthis time, of course, there werenone of the present boundariesor nations in the New World,thus the event at Guadelupe remains significant not only forMexico but for all the Americas.
The Feast of Our Lady ofGuadelupe is Dec. 12.
Q. What can we do with oldblessed candles, pictures, statues, etc. that we don't want tokeep and can't be given away?
A. They should be burned,broken or otherwise deskoyedand then discarded. Such itemsare no longer considered blessedonce they lose their identity.
Q. I think the time has comefor the confessional box to goand I am convinced thousandsagree with me. You can hearwhat is being said on the otherside and even in the back seatof the church. It's very embarrassing. I wish there were moregroup confession at Mass.Where do they have these?(Mass.)
A. There may be thousandswho agree with you about traditional confessionals, but thereare also thousands who would
Woods Hole NunIs Prioress
Sister Joseph of Jesus Mary,the former Charlotte R. McKenzie of St. Joseph's parish, WoodsHole, has been elected prioressof the Monastery of St. Josephof the Discalced Carmelites inTerre Haute, Ind., after servingas sub-prioress for three years.
She is the daughter of Mrs.Robert L. McKenzie of the CapeCod NUl'Sing Home in BuzzardsBay and the sister of Helen E.McKenzie of Nursery Road, Falmouth. Brothers are in New Jersey and Rhode Island.
The prioress earned a fullscholarship to Barnard College atage 16 and was president of hersenior class at the institution.After graduation she served inthe WAVES for two years beforeentering religious life in 1947.
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By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin
How do you pray, eat or playtogether,with your family and.as a part-time nurse, work theafternoon shift several days aweek or, as a district sales manager, leave every Monday morning on a four-day jet jaunt toseveral states throughout theEast coast?
In those cases you obviouslycannot always share as an entire family each occasion whenyou pray or play. Regrettable asthis may be, it does push husband and wife, mother andfather to make the most of thosesituations when family activityis possible.
Here are a few illustrationsgathered from the life experiences of several couples close tilme:
Prayer at meals. Any type ofgrace before eating is praiseworthy, including a silent pauseor a memorized formula. However, the procedure by vyhich alljoin hands and alternately speakspontaneous words of position orthanks involves the entire family more actively and intimately.
Worship as a family. Onefamily used to split for separate Masses. Now they participateat the same Eucharist, listenclosely to the homily and frequently express their reactionsafterwards over Sunday breakfast or dinner.
Dining out. Another familyhas discovered eating at a special restaurant (more formal thana MacDonalds, Burger King, orthe like) to be a particularlysatisfying activity. Excitementabout a new place and conversation about a different menuseem to draw all members intothe action. (Naturally suchevents could be severely limitedby budgetary considerations.)
Picnics, not with other friendsor relatives, but limited to thenuclear unit itself, offer opportunities to deepen or rebuildfamily closeness.
Excursions. Most areas haveoften untapped resources available for relatively inexpensivefamily entertainment and education..
Sacramental preparation programs. The desired goal and increasingly common practice ofreligious education today seeksto involve parents thoroughly inpreparing their children for firstreception of the sacraments.
it is not educationally sound topresume that anything can belearned which is not based insome way on life experience.
The development of' experimental religion texts was a natural response to the changeswhich took place in the Catholic
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Religious Education TodayBy David Galusha
Anyone involved in parish religious education can tell youthat there are still many parentswho believe that the best wayto teach religion to children isby rote. This assumption isbased either on a positive experience in their own catechesisor on frustrations over theseeming lack of solid doctrinalteaching available to their children.
The success of deductive methods of religi'Ous education inprevious generations was dueprimarily to deeply rooted family religious traditions and practices. The role of instruction inthese circumstances was simplyto formalize that which was already present informally throughfamily and community practices.
Sunday Mass attendance wasseldom questioned by youngpeople because it was part offamily and community custom'and culture. No one heard forthe first time in the classroomthat stealing or lying or fighting or any of the activities prohibited by the Ten Commandments were wrong.
That there were Ten Commandments might have beennew information for children,but their moral content was not.
While this description doesnot fit all Catholic families ofthe 1940s and 1950s, it is appli-·cable to a majority. But the circumstances of that majority.underwent a significant changein the 1960s which mandatednew directions in religious education.
Many children of. the 1940sand 1950s married non-Catholics,moved away from neighborhoodparishes and extended families,chose a surburban life that requires two jobs and two cars,opted for fewer children, camein contact with a much morediverse world, and stopped doing for their children what hadbeen done for them in terms ofreligious traditioning. You mayblame this 'On any number ofcauses; tbe point is that societyhas changed.
Consequently we can nolonger assume that the majorityof children who come for religious instruction have the benefit of informal faith traditioningat home. A common experienceis that many children never celebrate religious feasts in a family context; most are not familiar with parish life beyondSunday Mass; few have learnedany formal prayers from theirparents or had the experience ofpraying with them.
Under these circumstances itis impossible to continue teaching religion deductively, for children would be memorizing doctrine totally unrelated to life experience. Most educators believethat the experience as well asthe doctrine needs to happenin the classroom. In any case,
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AlcuinBy Father John J. Castelot
St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and establisheda church structure based onmonastic models. His spiritualsons, the Irish monks, later wentto the continent to re-Christianize and recivilize Europe.
History plays strange tricks.The saint who had such a difficult time preparing himself academically for his mission sparkeda movement of broad intellectual renaissance. The Irish monksprided themselves on theirlearning and brought it to a Europe sunk into general illiteracyin the years following the barbarian takeover.
It is difficult to imagine Eu-
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As time developed, the firstChristian schools were either inmonasteries or attached to localcathedrals. The copying wenton and the main form of education was transmission of whathad been copied. One of theodd twists of this history is thatthe possibility of Christian education, started by two laymen,was subsequently available onlyto monks and priests. The result produced a cleavage between clerics and laity that wasto cause mischief later on.
The Frankish emperor Charlemagne noted how the education of the laity was not keeping pace with the clergy. Hebrought in an English scholar,Alcuin, to remedy this deficiency. It would in fact take several more centuries to achievethis ideal to any notable degree.Still, credit must be given to theperceptiveness of Charlemagneand the efforts to equalize educational advantages for theChristian laity.
One thing that slowed thepace was the insistence on Latin as the preferred language foreducation. The language of thepeople was different and whereit had been similar to Latin, itwas diverging. Latin was usefulto an international Church, butto local peoples, proud of theirown tongue, or at least amiablyaccustomed to it, there seemedno pressing need of it.
Not only did the court ofCharlemagne awaken the laityto its need for education, it also saw the need to begin correcting the inevitable, inadvertent errors creeping into thetransmitted texts, due to sleepymonks, poor lighting or predictable distraction. We stillhave a letter signed by Charlemagne and Alcuin insisting onthe creation of amended textsthat would be faithful to theoriginals.
In our age of speedy communications and instant awarenessof everything everywhere, it isalmost impossible to sense theslowness of these earlier periods.But they were the brooding cocoon out of which emerged thestunning butterflies of the HighMiddle Ages and the Renaissance.
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By Father Alfred McBride
We owe the beginning of theChurch's involvement in Christian education to two Christianlaymen in the sixth century: Cassiodorus and Boethius. As secular schools crumbled and closed,these men saw that the firstneed was to have the majorbody of classical knowledgetranslated into Latin, so thatthe knowledge could be preserved and passed on.
Boethius translated the complete works of Aristotle andPlato. Monks and laymen, likehuman. printing presses, madenumerous copies of these translations. Cassiodorus founded andfinanced a manuscript copyingcenter. Not only the works ofBoethius, but also most of thestandard classic texts were carefully copied. Cassiodorus furtherestablished a course of studiesbased on Augustine's vision ofhow to tie all secular learningto a Christian value system.
The work of these two laymenwas' taken over by Bishop Isidore who created a learningcenter at Seville. The scholarsarranged an enormous body ofknowledge into an educationalsystem that would survive theDark Ages and become the basisfor the curriculum of the medieval universities. It included theseven liberal arts: grammar,rhetoric, logic, mathematics,geometry, music and astronomy.To this was added the study ofthe Bible, medicine, law andChurch institutions. A methodwas adapted from Augustine torelate all this to God.
Christian schools did not suddenly develop from this, buttheir foundation was laid. Overthe next several centuries monksall over Europe patiently copied out the library and methodssystematized at Seville.
Why did these monks justcopy and not create new works?Why was education so static?Most likely because the workof establishing a stable agriculture, converting tribal systems toinherited Roman forms of law,hist~ry, management, finance,and lastly, the intensive catechesis of a newly evangelizedpopulation left little time forintellectual speculation and creative endeavor.
Of course art flourished,though creative education didnot. Look at the splendor of illu-
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THE ANCHOR- 13Thurs., Dec, 8, 1977A Verdade E A Vida
Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego
A Festa da Imaculada Concei~ao
A Imaculada C-oncei~ao de ~1aria fala-nosda santi dade de Deus e da oureza de alma comaue devem revestir-se todos Que d'Ele aoroximam.
Na orirneira leitura deste dia ouvimos anarray'ao do primeiro pecado cometido no mundo. Aoao e Eva desobedecem a Deus e 'arrastamna sua desqra~a a humanidade inteira. Perdema qra~a santificante, para si e nara toda adescendencia a excep~ao do ~edentor e da SuaMae Sant{ssima. to pecado oriqinal. A tenta~ao de Ad~o e Eva e em tudo semelhante as nossas tenta~oes: e tambem as nuedas aue nos afliqem n~o diferem da sua.
A tenta~ao. 0 orimeiro par humane e oosto a orova. Aaui a tenta~ao vern do exterior,mas encontra urn cumolice dentro do nroprio ho·mem: a ambigao, fruto da soberba. "Abrir-se-
. ao os vossos olhos e sereis como Deuses, conhecendo 0 bern e 0 mal."(Gen) Por esta portaentrou 0 dem6nio no cora~ao dos nossos primeiros Dais enos da humanidade.
Hoje, como ontem, numa situa~ao aqravadano estado decafdo, pela desordem das Daix5es,o mesmo sonho de ambi~ao perseque 0 homem:ser dono absoluto da sua vida, nao obedecera Lei de Deus. E assim, muitas crises de fesao causadas, nao tanto Dela dificuldade emaceitar as verdades reveladas, mas oelas suasexiq~ncias na vida. Ouantos aceitariam de boavontade n Credo, se ele nao tivesse, inseparavel mente unidos, os mandamentos da Lei deDeus~ Por certa mentalidade contemporanea, aLei de Deus e olhada como urn obst~culo a liberdade. Esquece-se uma verdade fundamental:ela corresDonde ao modo de ser do homem. s6Deus, noroue 0 criou, pode dizer, tal como 0sabio que constr6i uma maquina indica 0 seufuncionamento, as condi~oes em que 0 homemse pode desenvolver e alcansar a sua olenitude. A unica safda para sermos livres, paranos realizarmos, tambem humanamente , e observa-la com delica~a fidelidade. Curiosamente, 0 demonic nao mudou de tactica, desde hamilhares de anos para ca: "sereis como deus."
A queda. Todoo pecado do homem comecano seu interior. liEu porem, diqo-vos aue todo 0 que olhar uma mulher, cobicando-a, .i~
cometeu adulterio cornela no seu cora~ao."A desconfian~a, a desilusao acerca do Amorde Deus entrou no cora~ao de Eva e, com elao Decado. 0 Decado e isso mesmo: urn des confiar de Que Deus nos queira tornar felizes.Parece-nos 0 contrario: oue semeou os caminhos da felicidade com os espinhos da SuaLei. Conauistada a fortaleza do cora~ao humano, e facil ao demonic arrastar-nos a todas as loucuras. 0 pecado ~ desamor, infidelidade. Mais tarde, os profetas hao-de com·parar as infidelidades do Povo de Deus ao adulterio.
A misericordia. Se 0 nosso cora~ao , anesar de endurecido nelo necado, se comovecom 0 simnles qemido de um animal, como eaue Deus nao se ha-de comover com a infelicidade de cada urn de nos, que somos Seusfil hos?
o pecado afasta-nos de Deus, mas nao, 'conseque afastar Deus de nos. E Ele 0 pri-meiro a procurar-nos. Esse remorso que nosfere como um espinho, essa saudade dos tempos em que viviamQs na fidelidade ao Senhore ja 0 rumor dos Seus passos que nos procuram, a harmonia irresist{vel da Sua voz quenos chama. Deus vern recome)ar 0 dialoqo. Basta uma frase da nossa oarte, uma jaculat6riae tudo recomesara.
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a good reason to believe thathe played a key role in theevents leading up to Charlemagne's coronation as Emperorin 800.
In 796, he resigned his courtposition to become abbot of thegreat monastery of St. Martinat Tours. Here he died in 804,but not before he had made theabbey even more famous as acenter of learning. His writingsare not spectacular; the onlyreally original works are hisletters and some poetry. Perhaps his most lasting monumentwas the Roman Missal, whichhe compiled from existing liturgies. But his influence lives onin the great intellectual traditions of our Western civilization.
Education TodayContinued from Page Twelve
family and community. Theirmethod is to seek common experiences in everyday living uponwhich religion teaching can bebased. Unfortunately, many parents and pastors see only theexperiences and not the doctrinein these programs.
What they fail to realize isthat the burden for both formaland informal religious educationhas been placed on the school orCCD I:eligion teacher who ishard pressed to accomplisheither or both without consistentcooperation from parents, clergyand community.
Ideally, what we need to dois recognize that the lifestyles ofour Catholic families- and communities have changed, andmake a conscious effort to reintegrate religious traditions intoour everyday activities. Wemight begin as adults by takingadvantage of opportunities forour own continuing education'in the faith. We might make apoint of celebrating Christianfeasts in our homes. Above all,family prayer and celebration ofthe sacraments is a must.
If we wish to return a situation where the only responsibilities of the religion teacher are toexplain doctrines to childrenand send progress reports home,then we must resolve to workfor the kind of family life whichsupplies traditioning in large andmeaningful doses.
IlLifestyles of our Catholic families andcommunities have changed."
Continued from Page Twelverope, cradle of modern westerncivilization, as being almostcompletely unschooled. But itwas in the seventh and eighthcenturies. Many of the greatcenters of learning were foundedby Irish missionaries as eagerto promote intellectual pursuitsas to encourage Christian living.
England was the scene of aparallel scholastic activity. Itsscholars were not especiallyoriginal, but they did preserveand hand on the wisdom of thepast. One such scholar was AIcuin. Born about 732 near York,he devoted his whole life tolearning and teaching. He entered the Cathedral School' atYork as a pupil of Aelbert, master of studies, and spent 50years there, succeeding his master as head of the school in 778.
A trip to Italy brought abouta dramatic change in his career.At Parma he met Charlemagne,King of the Franks, who invitedhim to direct his palace school,a lively center of intellectualactivity. From this point on hiscareer is intimately connectedwith that of Charlemagne, whowas crowned emperor of theHoly Roman Empire in a surprise move by Pope Leo III inthe year 800.
The new emperor had beenand continued to be a vigorouspromoter of education throughout his domain, and Alcuin washis right-hand man, history'sfirst Minister of Education.
However, the emperor has asmuch trouble outgrowing hisbarbarian background as Constantine the Great had in breaking with his Roman paganism.His method of Cliristianizing theSaxon people was to give themtheir choice of baptism or death- a procedure against whichAlcuin protested vehemently.
Still, Charlemagne's efforts inthe area of education laid thefoundation for the growth ofstable and influential intellectual centers throughout Europe.
Alcuin was his chief architectin this project, and under his direction a system reasonablyclose to universal educationemerged. If Alcuin had spent thegreater part of his life as abookworm, he was not to finishhis life as one. Indeed, there is
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC)One of the problems with Catholic social action is that thereare fewer poor Catholics thanthere used to be, according toa social activist.
navid O'Brien, director of theinstitute for Peace and Justiceat Stonehill College, told a conference on community organizing that Catholic activism grewout of the needs of Catholicpeople.
Today, he said, Catholics areonce-removed from activism,content to "kick in" money tobureaucratic and professionalorganizations outside the parish.
"Catholic social action mustregain its pastoral base," saidO'Brien, ·one of the planners oflast year's Detroit Call to Action conference. He spoke at aconference on community organizing, "Seminary of theStreets."
He noted that the U.S. Catholic Church has little experiencein community building. There isa desire to "go back to the parish," he said, but building thelocal church is "very difficultto do from the top down."
Harvey Cox, professor at Harvard Divinity School and authorof "The Secular City," said manycommunity organizers do notrecognize that religion is "enormously important to poorpeople."
"We don't have to presspeople into piety," he said. "butwe must take seriously the ultimate religious experience withwhich people live. If we don'tthe religious symbols whichshould be symbols of liberationwill be used and thought of asinstruments of oppression."
O'Brien commented on theresolutions passed by the Callto Action conference, and predicted that the impact of the'conference is not going to bevery great. But, he added, itwas important because it gavelaypeople a voice in the Chu~ch.
Acknowledging that some ofthe conference's controversialproposals have been ciriticizedby the hierarchy, he said, "Ifyou want to bitch and say somebishops aren't Christians, fine- but you're not going to getvery far.
"If you want to change theChurch," he said, " you'd betterget some bodies, get some action, get some clout."
new social VISIOn necessary ifthe castrophic trends are to bereversed.
We haven't been listening toto our own hearts and minds.We've had too many expertsthrust upon us, doing our thinking for us. We have been"leaderless." We must be ourown leaders.
At 8 a.m. Saturday incomingfreshmen will take a placementtest. That evening, the studentcouncil will sponsor a Christmas dance in the cafeteria.
St. AnthonyBy Susan Oliveira
The 67-member glee club ofSt. Anthony High School, NewBedford, directed by BrotherArthur Buckley, SS.CC., is preparing "Tinsel Tapestry," aChristmas concert to be heard at7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Dec. 16 through 18, in theschool auditorium.
Students have rehearsed twice,a week since the beginning ofschool in September and haveadded Sunday rehearsals as theconcert dates approach.
In addition to the glee club,a Triple Trio, the SophomoreFolk Group and selected soloists and instrumentalists will beon the program. Music will include classics, contemporarycompositions, old favorites andEnglish rounds and folksongs.
Set designs, scenery and general decor will be supervised byGlenn Davis, art instructor.
Glee club officers are CelesteGauthier, president; Susan Oliveira, vice-president; Larry Yergeau, treasurer. They note thatconcert tickets are available atthe high school and from clubmembers.
barbarism hidden behind the superficialamenities of life."
provement to satisfy the humanspirit.
Given such debilitating anxiety and the hopelessness ofmany, the unmistakable fearwhich one finds in Heilbroner'sanalysis is that the most powerful social forces in present-daysociety may not be able to muster the moral will or create the
The Feehan Women's Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, in the religiouseducation center. Paul O'Boy,vice principal and atheletic director, will discuss the athleticprogram and general disciplineand Miss Karen Bigos, chairmanof foreign languages, will discuss goals and activities of herdepartment.
There will be two special liturgies celebrated today, thefeast of the Immaculate Conception, at 8:30 a.m. for freshmenand sophomores and at 10 a.m.for upper classmen.
Sudents in Sister Mary Ricarda's religion class will wrapgifts for four needy families asan Advent project, and will alsosend gifts to senior Sisters ofMercy at the Mt. St. Rita Health'Centre, Cumberland, RI. and tosenior citizens at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro.
Recently members commemorated Key Club Week by celebrating a Eucharistic liturgy inthe school chapel. Many familymembers and friends attendedand a social hour followed.
Trudy Patch, and Patricia Brennan.
and call it other names. Theseare adults?
Yes, my heart breaks foryoung people trying to liveclean, decent lives. Who believein putting restraints on theiremotions so that they don't runaway with them. Who look fortruth and honesty with others.Who don't want to escape intoalcohol and drugs and sex orwhatever is the "in" thing thathappens to be going. Look attheir pain, too. They are oftenalone, fighting a tough fightagainst great odds today.. It's still an anxious world outthere. Every meeting I attendconfirms this. A pall has fallenover the spirit of the Americanpeople. In his book, "An Inquiryinto the Human Prospect," Robert Heilbroner suggests thesereasons and others are responsiblefor this pall:
- The explosion in streetcrime, bombings, bizarre airplanehijackings. These things havemade a mockery of the television image of middle-class American gentility and broughthome with terrible impact therecognition of barbarism hiddenbehind the superficial amenitiesof life.
- The failure of the presentmiddle-aged generation to passalong its values to its children.
- Awareness that "rationality" has its limits with regard tothe engineering of social change.
- Awareness that the qual-ity of life is deteriorating.
- The inability of a civilization directed to material im-
Bishop F'eehan
IN A SWITCH of traditional recruiting methods, students at Espirito Santo School, FallRiver, visit Bishop Stang High School, rather than having a school team come to them.Here they inspect the work of Stang art students.
14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 8, 1977
By Cecilia Belanger
Last week I heard a· highschool student say, "I don'tdrink, but, gee, when I attendthings everybody's at me saying, 'Come on, have a drink, aw,come on!"
He said it- was difficult forhim as he does not want to getinto the habit. So it means thereare functions he can't attend.Others present felt as bad forhim as I did. Here is someonestruggling to live his life hisway and his fellow studentswon't let him: Won't respect hiswishes enough to leave himalone. This goes all the way upto adults as well.
Adult: grown up, mature inage. What a laugh!
Are people adults who haveto drink in order to survive theday? Are people adult, maturewho need to wach the degradation of others? Sometimes Ithink the real adults are thechildren and youth.
Is it mature to be so preoccupied with sex as this nationis at the moment? Or is it immaturity?
"FOR ADULTS ONLY." Arethey adults who go to X-ratedmovies? Have they grown up?What is real adulthood? Isn't itwhat we call "growing?"
One sees regression on everyside. There are those who wishto grow, but there are otherswho would stop them. The weakwish to make others weak. Theycan't stand strength in their fellow beings. They make fun of it
Sister Marialyn Riley, dramacoach, and members of the theater classes and the DramaticArts Club at Bishop Feehan Highin Attleboro, will attend aDrama Workshop at the Peabody Veterans' Memorial HighSchool today.
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Prelates To SeeAbp. Lefebvre
ROME (NC) - Two Germancardinals are to visit dissidenttraditionalist Archbishop MarcelLefebvre at his seminary inEcone, Switzerland, on Dec. 20,the archbishop told a Romenewspaper. He said he was tomeet with Cardinal Joseph Hoeffner of Cologne and CardinalJoseph Ratzinger of Munich.
"I hope," he said, "that it mayserve to clarify the situation,and that finally I may be permitted to ordain good priests inmy seminaries.
"The teaching that I impartto the seminarians is not contrary to the doctrine of theChurch, as one would have youbelieve. And the proof is theconstant .increase of vocations."
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convict who works among bootleggers as an undercover agent.A routine adventure film withsome violence. Adults only.
Saturday, Dee. 10, 9 p.m.(NBC), "W. C. Fields and Me"(1976) - This movie distortsthe truth shamelessly and has atone of leering vulgarity. Objectionable in part.
Sunday, Dee. 11,5 p.m. (NBC),"Francls of Asslsi: A Search forthe Man and His Meaning" This beautiful program presentsthe still largely untouched italian countryside where Francislived, explores what is known ofhim historically and examineshis relevance for today.
Tuesday, Dee. 13,8 p.m. (PBS),"Hawaii Revisited" - JamesMichener is host for this studyof the magic land of Hawaii.
Dee. 14, 9 p.m. (CBS), "TheNext Man" (1978) - Sean Connery plays a visionary Arab diplomat who is stalked by assassin Cornelia Sharpe. A mediocrefilm, it is also marred by excessive violence and unsavorysexual overtones. Objectionablein part for all.
OLD, POOR: Bertha Brincil, 84, recalls her life in"These Golden Years," a documentary on how workingclass poor grow old in America, to be seen Tuesday, Dec.13 on PBS channels. (NC Photo)
TV, Movie News"An~ Man, Another
Chance" (United Artists): FrenchDirector Claude Lelouch has triedhis hand at a Western. JamesCaan is a widowed veterinarianwho falls in love with a charming .and self-possessed widow,Genevieve Bujold. Emphasis isupon characterization and thepicture is quite entertaining butperhaps too slow-paced for someviewers. Some brief violence, including a rape sequence, makeit mature viewing fare. Adultsonly.
"Semi-Tough" (United Art·ists): Despite fine performancesby Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh, this adaptation of thebest-selling satirical novel aboutpro football suffers from lack offocus. It attempts to satirizesome of the moral failings ofcontemporary America, but, goesin several different directionsat once, often turning quitenasty and reying for humor onfoul language and nudity. Condemned.
''The World's Greatest Lover"(Fox): Gene Wilder's new com·edy is about a hapless oaf whogoes to Hollywood in the '20shoping to win a studio-sponsored world's greatest lover contest. A boring film whose tastelessness rules it out for youngerviewers. Adults only.
"Close Encounters of theThird Kind" (Columbia): Richard Dreyfuss stars in this filmas Ronnie Neary, a power company technician who is sent toinvestigate an inexplicableblackout. He meets a little boywhose toys have come to life.The two then encounter aliensfrom another world and mostof the movie is devoted to theirefforts to meet them again.
Although acting and directingare not outstanding, the final35 minutes of the film, boastingsome of the most daZZling special effects ever put on film, areworth the admission cost. Foradults and adolescents.
On TelevisionFriday, Dee. 9, 9 p.rn. (CBS),
"White Lightning" (1973) Burt Reynolds and Ned Beattystar in a drama about a former
Additionally, she anchored theDurfee 400-yard freestyle teamto the Eastern Mass. and Statechampionships. Her team mateswere Ann Salois, Katie Hudnerand Alison Smith. Their time forthe 400 relay was 3:52.144.
fourth place. Taunton and Northwere tied for fifth place beforethat game.
South with 18 points now hasan 8-point lead over New Bedford, which has 10 points. Theyare followed in the standingsby Somerset 8 points Taunton 7,Westport-Dartmouth 6, FaHRiver North 5.
Next Sunday night's tripleheader, starting at nine o'clock,lists Fall River North vs. Somerset, Fall River vs. New Bedford, and, Taunton vs. Westport-Dartmouth.
senior defensive back SteveMoriarty, senior defensive endWiliam Cotter, senior guardJohn Wells and senior noseguardPaul Freeman.
Others on the stellar aggregation are junior defensive backJohn Lewicki, and junior running back Robert Leverone, KingPhilip; senior defensive endChris Gonsalves, senior offensive tackle Joe Nett and seniordefensive tackle Steve Lively,Mansfield; junior runningbackMike Moorshead and seniorquarterback-defensive back KenGoodwin, Foxboro; senior running back Dave Socci and seniorlinebacker Peter Eliason, Franklin; senior linebacker Paul Ivanoski, Oliver Ames; senior offensive guard Keith Quenzel,Sharon.
surance.Abraham (Abe) White, sub
committee chairman, and outgoing committeeman Owen L.Eagan have said Sullivan shouldbe allowed to finish out thethree years. In some quarters ofthe School Committee knowledge of the three-year promiseis denied. In a radio interview,White pointed out to what hesaid was an improvement in theDurfee football team since Sullivan took over as justificationto keep the coach on.
Barring earlier developments,not foreseen or. evident at thiswriting, the matter will likelybe settled at the February meeting of the School Committee.
IN THE DIOCESEBy BILL MORRISSETTE
InterscholasticSports
Sue Kitchen Top SwimmerFifteen-year-old sophomore the state meet. She finished sec-
Sue Kitchen of Durfee High ond in the 100-yard freestyle inSchool has been selected by the both meets. .Eastern ~assachusetts Swimming Coaches Association as thegirl high school swimmer of theyear. She set a national highschool record of 25.10 seconds inwinning the 50-yard freestyleevent in the Eastern Mass. Meet,an event which she also won in
Continuing their winningways, the Fall River Southiesmade it nine in a row with a4-1 victory over Westport-Dartmouth in a Bristol County Catholic Hockey League game in theDriscoll Rink, Fall River, lastSunday night.
Runnerup New Bedford lost,4-3, to Somerset but despite theloss retained its hold on secondplace. The victory boosted Somerset into third place. In theoUler game last Sunday night,Taunton pinned an 8-5 setbackon Fall River North to gain
The situation was bound tosurface. Simmering over the lastfew weeks of the football season, the pressures for a newfootball coach at Durfee Highsurfaced last week. Those pressures were met with counterpressures for the retention ofJohn Sullivan as Durfee footballmentor.
The Hilltop coach has alsofound support from some members of his 1977 team. It appears that when interviewed in1975 by the athletics subcommitte of the Fall River SchoolCommittee, Sullivan said thathe needed three years to turnthe football program at Durfeearound. He was given such as-
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. on the Hockomock League's allstar football team. ChampionCanton has four as does thirdplace Stoughton.
Junior split end Mike Redding,junior wide receiver Don Johnson, senior linebacker Brian'Patch, senior defensive end Bryan Van Leeuwen, senior defensive tackle John Rabuffo, andsenior quarterback Carl Hebertare the North Attleboro selectees.
Canton is represented by senior linebacker Kevin Brophy,junior center Bill Murphy, senioroffensive tackle Joe McPherson,and, senior quarterback MikeUliano while Stoughton's delegation on the all-star team is
Most Reverend DANIEL A. CRONIN, S.T.D.
Twenty-Third Annual
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SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER
The TACT youth group willmeet at 7:30 tonight. in the parish center to finalize plans forChristmas activities. Memberswill hold a Christmas sale at thechurch doors following allMasses this weekend.
SSe PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER
The Women's Club will holda public whist at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 in Father CoadyCenter. Hostesses are Mrs. Arthur Duffy, Mrs. Noel Harrisonand Mrs. Darrell Lecy.
Meetings for the coming weekinclude the SIGN group at 7p.m. Sunday; AdministrationCommittee at 7:30 p.m. Monday;CYO executive board at 2:30p.m. Tuesday.
The Home and School Christmas party will take place at 7p.m. Tuesday at Oak Manor andthe Women's Club will celebrateat 7 p.m. next Thursday at Venus de Milo restaurant.
Decision AskedWASHINGTON (NC) - The
National Labor Relations Board(NLRB) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whetherthe constitutional principle ofchurch-state separation prohibitsit from applying the federal labor act to Catholic schools. Theaction means that the highcourt, if it agrees to hear thecase, could decide as early asnext spring whether more than100,000 lay teachers in nearly10,000 Catholic elementary andsecondary schools are covered bythe union representation and unfair labor practice provisions ofthe National Labor RelationsAct.
NOTRE DAME,FALL RIVER
The Council of Catholic Women will hold its Christmasparty Monday, Dec. 12 at Gagnon's Chalet House, North Westport. A sing-along session willfeature "Claudia at the piano."
A malassada supper anddance are planned for Saturday,Feb. 4. Also in February a Portuguese mission will be preachedfrom the 12th through the 17th,and altar boys will sponsor apenny sale at 1 p.m. Sunday, the12th, at the parish hall.
ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER
The 10:30 a.m. Mass this Sunday is offered for the intentionsof all parishioners as a giftfrom the Women's Guild. Abrunch will follow the liturgy atwhich Walter and Dora Sokollwill speak on "Cp.rtain ThingsThat Should Be Said."
A {,me-day bus trip to NewYork will leave at 6 a.m. Saturday from the church.
Vincentians will meet Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Parishioners will offer Sunday, Dec. 18 as a day of prayerfor BisFaop Cronin to mark his25th anniversary of priestly ordination.
OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER
A second collection Sunday,Dec. 18 will defray costs ofChristmas decorations for thechurch.
ST. JAMES,NEW BEDFORD
A Christmas musicale presented by the New Bedford HighSchool Bellringers and Choruswill highlight the Ladies' Guildmeeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 in the parish hall..A buffet will be served andguests are welcome for a smalladmission charge.
ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER
The St. Anne Fellowship willmeet Thursday, Dec. 15 at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, whereFather Gilles Genest will preside at a special service.
The Board of Education willmeet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec.12 in the rectory.
Steven Dias, a third grade pupil at St. Anne's School, willplay the part of Tiny Tim in aproduction of Charles Dickens'"A Christmas Carol," to be of~ered at the school by the GreenMountain Guild's Theatre forChildren at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.13.
HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER
The Women's Guild will sponsor a production of "Finian'sRainbow" in Atiril. Tryouts forparishioners interested in participating will be held at 8 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec.13 and 14, in the school hall.
An Advent Choral Evensongwill take place at 7:30 p.m.Sunday Dec. 18 in the church,with the program consisting ofselections from Handel's Messiah, scripture lessons and antiphonal prayer.
Also on Dec. 18, at 1:30 p.m.the monthly prayer service forministers of intercessory prayerwill be held.
The annual parish family Advent penance service will beat 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.
The Vocalaires and the Serenaders of Durfee High School,directed by Mrs. Irene Monte andMrs. Eleanor Lindquist, will present a concert of ChristJ!lasmusic for the Leisure Group at2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 in theparish hall. A coffee hour willfollow.
. ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET
The Women's Guild will holda potluck supper at 7 tonight,followed by a Yankee Swap andcollection of gifts to be distributed to shut-ins.
The second session of theHigh School of Religion will beheld this Sunday, beginning with6 p.m. Mass and followed by aprogram, "How Moral am I?" including a speaker, film and discussion groups.ST. JOSEPH,AlTLEBORO
The combined choirs will holda Christmas concert at 8 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 10 in the church.Refreshments will follow.
Canned goods for Christmasdistribution wm be brought tothe altar at the offertory of eachMass this weekend.
HOLY TRINITY,WEST HARWICH
The Couples' Club announcesits annual Christmas Carol Dancefrom 8:30 to 11:30 p.m..Satur-.day, Dec. 10 in the parish hall.Music will be by Les Nickerson,refreshments will be served anda door prize will be awarded.Reservations may be telephonedto 432-0247.
NoticeDue to space limitations, ef
fective with our issue of Thursday, Jan. 5, 1978, we will nolonger carry news of fundraisingactivities in the Parish Paradecolumn. This includes bingos,dances, suppers, bazaars andother profit-making events.
We wiD continue to carry notices of spiritual programs, clubmeetings, youth projects andsimilar nonprofit activities.
Fundraising projects may ofcourse be advertised at our regular rates. This is a poliey ineffect at many diocesan newspapers to the satisfaction ofboth readers and advertisers.
MOONEY & COMPANY, INC.GILBERT C. OLIVEIRA,
INS. AllENCY
Auspices of
THE SOCIETY OF
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
AND
THE DIOCESAN COUNCIL
OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
Underprivileged and
Exceptional Children
8 P.M. TO 1 A.M.DANCING
In The Cocktail Lounge To
BUDDY BRAGA'SORCHESTRA
AND
In The Ballroom FeaturingThe MEYER DAVISORCHESTRA
with EMERY DAVISIN PERSON
9 PM. TO 1 A.M.
FRIDAY EVENING
JANUARY 13th
UNCOLN PARK
BAllROOM
Charity BallHonoring
GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO.
ST. MARY,NEW BEDFORD
Red Cross instructor Ed Caronwill introduce a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) at the Couples' Club meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 11 in the school cafeteria.Area residents are invited toattend.ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER
Ali are invited to the monthlymeeting of the Third Order ofSt. Francis to begin at 6:30p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 witha theme Mass, "Jesus, the Christchild," and to continue with asession in the church hall.
Bishop's
DURO FINISHING CORP.THE EXTERMINATOR CO.FAU. RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU
The Parish Parade
ST. MARY,MANSFIELD
The Catholic Women's Clubwill hold a meeting for membersonly at 7:30 tonight in thechurch hali and will hear selections from the Mansfield HighSchool Choir. A buffet will beserved and smaligifts exchanged. Members are also asked tomake a smali donation to the St.Vincent de Paul Society.
16 THE ANCHO~·-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 8, 1977
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