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VOL.21,NO.33 spectsnewparishhallforHolyNameChurch,NewBedford;right,Father StephenSalvador,associatepastoratSt.JohnofGodparish,Somerset, checksprogressofchurchbuilding. FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAV, AUGUST 18, 1977 NOTONLYINCREASEDspaceforparishactivitiesbutaboostto the ar~a economyandademonstrationofdiocesangrowthareprovided byconstruction intwo parishes. Left, FatherJohn Murphy, pastor,in- ~. 15c,$5PerYear SR. RITA PELLETIER Cahlr (Falmouth); Filosa -HEB. 6:19 (Bourne);
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t eanc 0AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL,SURE AND FIRM -HEB. 6:19
VOL. 21, NO. 33 FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAV, AUGUST 18, 1977 15c, $5 Per Year
HOW THEY VOTED
Human Ministry of the Peopleof God."
- Father Robley E. Whitson,director of the United InstituteBethlehem, Conn., and past theology department chairmanof Fordham University, whosetopic will be "The Living Scriptures; The Message of Light."
At the Saturday night diocesan meeting, Bishop Cronin willspeak, followed by Father GeorgeColeman and Father Michel G.Methot of the Diocesan Department of Education. Father Andre Patenaude, MS, well-knownfolk composer and singer andassociate pastor at Our Lady ofthe Cape parish, Brewster, willoffer music and lead song at aprayer service and diocesan delegates will share their impressionsof the congress.
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Changes ListedBy Schools Head
Several staff changes havebeen announced within the Diocesan Department of Educationby Rev. George W. Coleman,Director of Education. Leavingthe Department for new assignments are Sister Barbara Me-
. Carthy, O.P., former Coordinator for Schools and Sister RitaPelletier, S.S.J., former AssociateDirector for Youth~CD.
Sister iBarbara joined theSchool Department in 1970, having served as principal of Dominican Academy, Fall River, andassumed the duties of super-
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SR. RITA PELLETIER
among the scores of topics thatwill be handled at seminars, discussions that will support themajor theme chosen.
Focus speakers are:- Mrs. Doris Donnelly, pro'"
fessor of Roman Catholic the-
..ology at Princeton TheologicalSeminary, who will discuss "TheSearch for Spiritual Experience."
- Father Bryan Hehir, Assistant Secretary for International Justice and Peace, U.S. Catholic Conference. His topic willbe "The Social Mission of theGospels."
- David J. O'Brien, directorof the Institute for Justice andPeace, Stonehill College, NorthEaston. He will consider "TheCommunity Dimension of the
IBishop Daniel' A. Cronin willlead some 200 diocesan delegates attending the 29th NewEngland Congress of ReligiousEducation, to be held tomorrowthrough Sunday at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.The Ordinary will preside at
a special gathering for Fall Riverdelegates scheduled for Saturday night and will join the otherbishops of New England 'for aconcelebrated closing liturgy at4 Sunday afternoon.
The fourfold theme of the congress is Light, Healing, Community, Service and the hugemeeting will offer participantsfour focus speakers, each givinga three-part in-depth presentation of his or her topic. It issuggested that delegates followone c1f the speakers throughoutthe congress and choose from
Light, Healing Are ThemesOf New England Congress
Seek Gutsy Jobs,D'eacons Advised
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) Permanent deacons of the United States were told to seek outthe "gutsy" ministries "of thestreet" and were warned againstbecoming liturgical functionariesduring the first national Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education, held this month at Notre Dame University.
"The ministers of the streetare not necessarily ministers ofthe sanctuary," said Bishop William McManus of Fort WayneSouth Bend, Ind. The Church in
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Hospital, Fall River, was interested in establishing such a clinic in the small community, together with family planning andcounseling services.
According to an informal tallykept by a meeting participant,Seekonk followed the state leadin opposing abortion. Clinic opponents outnumbered proponents in the ratio of four to one.
A few days later, however, Dr.Mandell said his decision on theclinic would await both a state
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(Mansfield); Pina (New Bedford).
DEMOCRATS NOT RECORDED: Volterra (Attleboro);Viveiros (Fall River, Somerset).REPUBLICANS AGAINST
ABORTION FUNDING:Poirer (Attleboro,
North Attleboro); McDowell(Brewster, Dennis,Yarmouth);Deeas (Marlon, Wareham,Mattapoisett); Conway (Nantucket.
REPUBLICANS FORABORTION FUNDING:
Cahoon (Chatham,Wellfleet, Orleans, Eastham,Harwich, Provincetown, Truro); Lombardi (Mansfield,Easton, Norton)_
INDEPENDENT FORABORTION FUNDING:
McCarthy (Martha'sVineyard).
Here is the voting recordof area representatives on theDoyle-F1ynnt WI prohibitinguse of state funds for abortions:
DEMOCRATS AGAINSTABORTION FUNDING:
Lynch (Barnstable,Sandwich); Peck (Freetown,Dartmouth); Raposa (Dighton, Somerset, Lakevllle);GllIet (Fall River); Long (FallRiver, Westport); Correia(Fall River); Norton (Fall River, Somerset); Goyette (NewBedford); Coury (New Bedford); Lopes (New Bedford);MacLean (Fairhaven, Acushnet); Aleixo (Taunton); Boffettl (Rehoboth, Taunton);Aguiar (Seekonk, Swansea).
DEMOCRATS FORABORTION FUNDING:
Almeida (Bourne);Cahlr (Falmouth); Filosa
By Pat McGowanOn the same day that the
Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 156-69 to prohibit use of state funds for abortions, an emotional hearing washeld at Seekonk High School onthe issue of whether or not thetown should amend its zoningbylaws to prohibit abortion clinics.
The issue surfaced when citizens learned that Dr. CharlesH. Mandell, a radiologist on thestaff of the Union-Truesdale
Emotions Run~.
At Seekonk
NOT ONLY INCREASED space for parish activities but a boost tothe ar~a economy and a demonstration of diocesan growth are providedby construction in two parishes. Left, Father John Murphy, pastor, in-
spects new parish hall for Holy Name Church, New Bedford; right, FatherStephen Salvador, associate pastor at St. John of God parish, Somerset,checks progress of church building.
2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 18, 1977
ill People.Places.Events--NC News Briefs ill
FATHER WILUAM MciNNES,president of the University of SanFrancisco, has been elected president of the Association of JesuitColleges and Universities.
BOB HOPE is the recipient of theFather Flanagan Award for serviceto youth.
NO PAYCHECKS: Mrs. AngelaFalciani has served as a teacher andnow as assistant principal at St.Joseph's School, Swedesboro, N.J.for 25 years at no salary. She saysit is her way of expressing gratitudefor God's blessings.
Death in Golden WestSACRAMENTO, Calif. - The death
penalty was restored in California Aug.11 after the State Assembly overrodeGov. Edmund G. Brown's May 27 vetoof the measure. In June, the state Senatehad overridden the veto with exactly thetwo-thirds majority required. The Assembly override also mustered a baretwo-thirds majority.
Network Report.WASHINGTON - A voting record is
sued by Network, an organization of Religious lobbying on social justice issues,shows that eight members of the 95thCongress agreed with Network on 13of 13 key votes involving issues such ashuman rights, increased food aid, economic stimulus and military spending between March and July. One senator andone representative voted against the Network position on all 13 issues.
It'll Never HappenPORTLAND, Ore. - Despite gains
made by the Communist party in controlling the government of Italy, the country will never go Communist, accordingto Father Vittorio Farrari, a Milan priestwho is visiting friends in Portland.
Bolivia Is Pro-LifeLA PAZ, Bolivia - In what observers
attribute to Church influence, Bolivia'sgovernment has hardened its standagainst birth control practice and abortion. Undersecretary of Health DorianGorena told the openiqg session of theBolivian Congress of Gynecologists andObstetricians that any attempts to curbbirths artificially are considered "an attack against the country itself."
Paid KillersTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - "We
know from reliable sources that there isa band of paid killers who now have contracted to kill priests and nuns," thePastoral Commission of the. HonduranBishops' Conference has declared. According to the commission, a recent assassination attempt on a U.S. priest Father Richard Preston - at a rural parish in Olancho province is part of awider pattern of persecution, includingdeath threats against native and foreignmissionaries.
Polish BiasWASHINGTON The Catholic
League for Religious and Civil Rights hasentered an employment discriminationsuit on behalf of a Polish-American electrical engineer who has charged that hisEastern-European surname relegated himto the bottom quarter of his former employer's rating curve. Carl Kubaszewskiof Chicago filed suit after he was laidoff from his job with Motorola Automotive Division.
Peer PressureBOYSTOWN, Neb. - Peer group pres
sure is the most important factor shapingjunior and senior high school students'attitudes toward alcohol and drugs, according to a study by Ronald Akers, asociologist at the Boys Town Centerfo rthe Study of Youth Development.
Natural Family PlanningMANILA - The Catholic Church in
the Philippines has placed a new stresson natural family planning education inthe face of an intensified populationcontrol effort by the country's martiallaw regime.
Unrepresenf'ativeCLEVELAND - The approximately
200 pro-life and pro-famiily delegates tothe International Women's Year conference in Houston will try to show the nation that the gathering is "by and large,anti-life" and unrepresentative of mostAmerican women ,accord:ing to Pat Pichler, vice president of Ohio Right to Lifeand an elected delegate to the Nov. 18-21conference.
Missioners I<:illedSALISBURY, Rhodesia - Two white
women missionaries - a. doctor and anursing Sister - were killed Aug. 9 byblack nationalist guerrillas at St. Paul'sRoman Catholic mission in southwestRhodesia, government spokesmen inSalisbury said. Dead were German-bornDr. Johanna Decker, 59, from Munich,and Sister, Ferc\inan,da Pioner, 53, anative of Austria.
Full EmployrnentWASHINGTON - Bishop Joseph A.
MoNicholas of Springfield, III., has urgeddioceses and parishes throughout thecountry to reflect on the enormous costsof joblessness and the need for full em·ployment during the week of Sept. 4-10,which has been designated as Full Employment Week. The bishop is chairmanof the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on Social Development and WorldPeace.
Recommends IDeathTORONTO - An Anglkan Church of
Canada task force has recommended thatseverely retarded infants be allowed todie. The recommendation is contained ina report suggesting that it. may be morally right to kill newborn infants withsevere brain damage. The report is nota policy statement of the AnglicanChurch, but rather the work of the 11member Anglican Task Force on Human Life.
Bomb at LoulrdesLOURDES, France - A bomb ex
ploded during the night between Aug. 13and 14 in the concrete dome of the underground Basilica of Pope Pius X atthe world-famous shrine of Our Ladyof Lourdes. It was the first such incidentin th history of the shrine.
Many windows were shslttered in theadjoining Bernadette Hospital. About 20patients suffered shock and one had aheart attack.
Reactions V'aryWASHINGTON - Reaction to Presi
dent Carter's plan to curb illegal immigration and to deal with thl;l illegal aliensalready in the United States ranges fromdenunciation by the Hispanic communityto mild criticism by Church officials andothers who recognize it as an important,yet flawed, response to what the Presi·dent called "one of our most complexdomestic problems."
Traditionalist Church?LONDON - The traditionalist follow
ers of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, whohave been attending Mass each Sundayin the unlikely setting of the GreatWestern Hotel at one of London's mainrail terminals, may soon have a churchof their own in the English capital. Theyhave been negotiating to II~ase a formercongregational chapel in Islington fromthe United Reform Church.
I
MICHAEL NEWMAN, editor ofthe San Diego diocesan newspapera.pd a permanent deacon, has beenselected for the 1977 Pope JohnXXIII Award by the Italian CatholicFederatton for his work in Catholicjournali~m and the Cursillo movement as well as for his aid to Catholicism in southern Africa.
NEWEST BISHOP: Bishop Thomas Kelly, OP, was ordained Mondayas an auxiliary for the Washington,D.C. archdiocese. He will also continue as general secretary for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference.
ONLY ONE: Franciscan SisterMary Hargrafen is the only nursenun in the US military. You can callher Sister, Mary, Captain or Nurse."I respond equally well to all," shesays.
Continued from Pa~e Onevision and curriculum coordination. With the reorganization ofthe Department of Education,she became Coordinator forSchools.
Sister BaI'bara has served asSecretary for the New EnglandCurriculum and SupervisionAssociation and as an officer ofthe executive committee of theSupervisor's division of the National Catholic EducationalAssn. She leaves the Department of Education to beginstudy toward a master's degreein religious studies at FairfieldUniversity in Connecticut.
Sister Rita Pelletier wasnamed Director of Religious Education of the Diocese at thetime of the reorganization ofthe Education Department in1973. Previously she was principal of St. Joseph's School,New Bedford.
Sister Rita has been a member of the executive committeeof the New England Directorsof Religious Education. She willassume the duties of religiouseducation coordinator for St.Mary's parish, New Bedford.
Staff members coming into theOffice of Education are Rev.Marcel H. Bouchard and SisterMary Laurita Hand, PBVM.Father Bouchard, who holds amaster of theology degree inSacred Scripture, has recentlyreturned from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a
Changes Listedlector of sacred theology degreein systematic theology with aconcentration in spiritual theology.
He will serve as part-time assistant within the Office of Religious Education while servingpart-time as an assistant pastorat Notre Dame Church, FallRiver. Post-Confirmation andScriptural programs for adultswill be his major responsibilityand he will also establish liaison with youth ministry programs within the diocese.
Sister Mary Laurita Hand, aSister of the Presentation of theBlessed Virgin Mary, whoseMotherhouse is located in Fitchburg, Mass., will assume theduties of Assistant Superintendent of Schools. She has taughtat the elementary and secondarylevels and has had a wellrounded experience in curriculum development.
The new assistant superintendent holds a master's degree inEnglish from Rivier College, andhas studied at Exeter College ofOxford University, England; University of the .Pacific, California;Western Washington State College, Washington; and Clark University, Worcester.
De'sappearing Act?In our last issue we promised
a feature this week on a teenage magician. He Is as elusiveas a magician should be, butwe hope to tell you about himnext week.
Her responsibilities will include curriculum developmentand visitation of all parish elementary schools in the diocese.As the only member of her community working within the diocese of Fall River, Sister Lauritawill reside with the Sisters ofMercy at St. Theresa's Convent,New Bedford.
Serving as Director of Religious Education will be Rev.Michel G. Methot. Since 1973and the reorganization of theDepartment of Education, FatherMethot has served as the Associate Director for Adult Education, including the Directorshipof Continuing Education ofClergy and Campus Ministry.
He will assume his new responsibilities in addition to hispresent duties. He is presentlyalso the part-time assistant pastor at St. Michael's Church,Ocean Grove.
Completing the professionalstaff of the Department of Education are Sister Marion C. Geddes, RSM, Superintendent ofSchools, and Sister Theresa Spa~row, RSM, Coordinator for Religious Education.
The staff looks forward tothe challenge of the new academ.ic year and encourages all toavail themselves of the resourcesof the Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Avenue, FallRiver, telephone 678-2828. TheCenter is open daily, Mondaythrough Friday, from 8:30 a.m.until 4:30 p.m.
FOES OF CHILD pornography demonstrate in SanDiego, said to be center of"child sex-slave racket" estimated to involve thousandsof children in production ofpornographic films, books,pictures. (NC Photo)
More Terrible"While it is true that it is a
terrible thing to fall in the handsof the living God in judgement,it is a much more terrible thingto fall out of his hand." - Albert T. Mollegen
THE ANCHOR- 3Thurs., Aug. 18, 1977
Birthright SetsLecture Progrann
'Birthright of Fall River willpresent "An Evening with Dr.Donald DeMarco" at 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29 at Bishop Connolly High School on ElsbreeStreet, Fall River.
The Fall River native, educated in Canada, the UnitedStates and Europe, is a professorof philosophy at St. Jerome'sCollege, Waterloo, Ontario. Helectures extensively and is acolumnist and feature writer. Histopic will be "Abortion in Perspective" and the public is invited to attend. There will be noadmission charge.
The speaker is the son of Mr.and Mrs. Americo DeMarco ofSS. Peter and Paul parish, FallRiver. He graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School, FallRiver, and Stonehill College,Easton, before attending theGregorian University in Romeand St. John's University, Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y., wherehe earned his doctorate. He haslong been active in the Birthright movement.
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EDITOR . FINANC.IAL ADMINISTRATORRev. John F. Moore, M.A. Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan
."fN.~"'" Leary PreSi-, rail R,var
NecrologyAugust 27 .
Rt. Rev. Francisco C. 'Bettencourt, 1960, Pastor Santo Christo, Fall River
August 29Rev. Joseph De Villandre,
D.D., 1921, Founder, SacredHeart, North Attleboro
into your town and immediatelyset up a clinic here,"·
Baird excoriated the CatholicChurch, indicating it is theprime opponent of abortionists,and proclaimed, "We're everybit as noble as you pretend tobe."
Twenty-year-old Marcie Adlerof Boston, who sat with Baird,declared she was grateful to havehad an abortion at age 17. "Idon't think any woman has tobe a breeding machine for anyone else" she said.
(Some days after the meeting,however, Baird told an interviewer on a 'Boston radio stationthat he expected anti-abortionists would succeed in adding ahuman life amendment to theU.S. Constitution, probablywithin two or three years. Hesaid pro-abortionists are apathetic and that he expected theMassachusetts legislatur.e wouldoverride a Iiomised GovernorDukakis' veto of the DoyleFlynn bill.)
Following the meeting, whichhad been planned to last fourhours if necessary, but whichactually took less than twohours, Mrs. Elsie Chandley, aleader of pro-life forces, saidshe was "very proud of the citi'zens of the town. <Baird was notable to agitate anyone,".
She said that although shehad no inkling of what recommendation the planning boardwill make to the Seekonk representative town meeting, she isconfident that the expressed willof the majority of those at thehearing will prevail.
Many at the meeting had highpraise for the way in which itwas conducted, with clinic opponents and proponents grantedseparate time periods in whichto speak, thus avoiding confrontations between individualspeakers.
Sampling ViewsA feeling of decency outraged
came through in views expressed at the meeting. A sampling:"We moved from California toSeekonk in 1969 because weliked the feel of the land, whatit had to offer and what it didn't.
From a grammar school principal: "I would be at a loss toexplain to my own children orto the school children of thistown why we were permittingsuch a clinic,"
"I would prefer to live nextto a landfill than to an abortionclinic."
"I have many happy memoriesof Seekonk. I would like alwaysto have happy memories."
"I am marrying a resident ofSeekonk and we have chosen tolive here because of its smalltown atmosphere. If a clinic isbuilt we will not live here."
!But possibly the last and mostpoignant word belonged to 11year-old Lisa DiAngelo, who willgo into sixth grade next month:"I enjoyed growing up in Seekonk the way it is and I wouldn't want it to change. If there'san abortion clinic, I think itwill change,"
Hearingclinic to present at the representative town meeting.
,But speakers for and againstthe clinic obviously felt the realissue was abortion. John Ghiorse, a Seekonk resident andwell-known television meteorologist on Providence Channel10, received prolonged applausewhen he declared that "an abortion clinic could be called a'murder clinic, as much as theconcentration camps of Dachauand Auschwitz,"
··But ,Bill Baird, who operatesabortion clinics in Boston andNew York, spoke with equalemotion in favor of abortion,vowing that if the proposed clinic is not erected, "I will come
Continued from Page OneSupreme Judicial Court rulingin a similar abortion clinic casein Southboro, Mass. and the outcome of Seekonk's representative town meeting, to be heldSept. 12. The zoning bylawamendment will be voted on atthat time.
.John Pozzi, chairman of thetown planning board, made itclear at last week's meeting that"we are speaking to the issue ofland, we cannot speak to theissue of morality," He explainedthat lhe purpose of the eveningWBLS simply to give board membelrs "the sense of the meeting"and aid them in arriving at a recommendation on the proposed
Seekonk
A car window . . . shattered . . . a gaping hole . . .The car smashed head on . . . The fate of the driver... may be guessed ... from the extent of the damage.
It was an accident . . . the kind of thing . . . noone expects to happen to oneself . . . a totally unexpected tragedy . . . a meaningless moment . . . thatchanges a lifetime.
Not a pleasant sight . . . the place of unforeseendeath or injury . . . Not a pleasant thought . . . thepossibility of the same . . . happening to me . . .but the sight . . . and the thought . . . may be graced. . . with life-challenging questions.
What was the driver of that car living for . . .at that unexpected moment? . . . What was importantto him or her? . . . What is important to me . . .as I go from day to day? . . . What am I living for?
A life-changing accident ... can cause us all . . . toponder deeply ... what is really important to us ...An accident invites us ... to pra~ over Jesus' words:
"What profit would a man show ... if he wereto gain the whole world . . . and destroy himself in the process? . . . What can a man offer. . . in exchange . . . for his very self?"
(Matthew 16:26.)
4. THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 18, 1977.
Letters WelcomeLetters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief
and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemednecessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or businessaddress.
themoorin~Moral Issues and Political Accountability
The recent vote in the Massachusetts House on theDQyle-Flynn bill produced some surprising votes from arealegislators. From our count, Representatives Almeida, Cahir,Filosa, Pina, Cahoon, Lombardi and McCarthy voted againstthe bill and thus in fact approved the use of state fundsfor abortions. Representatives Viveiros and Volterra forreasons of their own unfortunately abstained from indicating their preference in this matter, leaving one to wonderwhere they stand on the abortion issue.
Now these men represent yarious sections of ourdiocese that are overwhelmingly Catholic in population.Either they have ignored the preference of the electoratein this matter or they are ignorant of the feelings of theirconstituents who sincerely believe that abortion is murder.
Naturally, there are some who will use the tired cryof abortion proponents that this is now a "Catholic" issue.
So what! It is about time that Catholics stood up to becounted on the important moral issues of our day.
Why must we hide from the reality of issues thataffect our society and be ashamed to make our viewsknown to a materialistic world? Why should we be afraidto let people know that our faith is not just a once a weekaffair and that we too have a voice in the world's marketplace?
Why should we sit on the sidelines and refuse to letour elected officials know that their vote is offensive andrepulsive? There is no reason whatsoever that should silencethe Catholic voice of Southeastern Massachusetts or anyother area of the state or nation!
We urge our readers to write to these men. Let themknow our position on the abortion issue. Demand a reply.If they fail to respond, then take it up at the ballot box inthe next election.
It is imperative that we act swiftly, with determinationand effectiveness. The right to life issue is crucial to thevery existence of our human family. Already there ·is agroup in Canada advocating the murder of retarded infants.An Anglican Church of Canada task force has recommendedthat severely retarded infants be allowed to die by starva-"tion. If this doesn't remind one of the madness of Hitler'sThird Reich, what would? How would our representativesfeel about this issue especially if they are, at this stage intheir political lives, supporters of abortion?
It is evident that there are many issues involved in apro-life position that are and will be introduced. into thevarious branches of government. The Catholic communityshould be aware of these issues, how they are viewed byour elected officials and insist on public accountability.
It is so very easy to sit back and let the world pass by.If we continue to take the easy road then life itself willpass us by. 1t is crucial that we let our political representatives know that they can no longer play the game of politics for the sake of politics when lives are at stake. Theymust know where we stand, no matter what the cost ofpersonal inconvenience.
On our part, this paper will make a determined effortto publicize the position and votes of the men and womenwho have been elected to public office from the variousareas of this diocese, especially in the important areas ofbasic moral issues.
Hopefully this will give our readers the needed encouragement to take a good clear look at the voting recordsof those who claim to be their publie servants and forcefully demand from them an accountability that will trulyreflect the confidence placed in them by the electorate.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 18, 1977 5He criticized especially a re
cent memorandum from an official of the Department of Health,Education and Welfare whichsuggested that the governmentencourage states to adopt socalled "living wills" as a possible cost-cutting measure for thefederal government.
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Supports CauseOf Unborn, Aged
INDIANAPOLIS (NC)Archbishop Joseph 'Bernardin ofCincinnati, president of the National Conference of CatholicBishops (NCCB), has called onthe U.S. government to "practice what it preaches" by extending its human rights foreignpolicy to the unborn and the agedin this country.
The archbishop made the callon Tuesday in a speech beforethe Knights of Columbus Supreme Council convention in Indianapolis.
Application of the concept ofhuman rights to domestic concerns and problems begin with"the most fundamental of rights:the right to life," ArchbishopBernardin said. "When this rightis violated - as it is in manyways in the United· States today - discussion of other rightsbecomes hollow and even cynical."
The NCCB president calledabortion "a crucial test case forour respect for the right to life"and said the recent SupremeCourt rulings that the government is not constitutionally required to pay for medically unnecessary abortions and thatstate hospitals have no obligation to provide them are "wel~
come . . . especially in light ofwhat had previously seemed thecourt's almost unqualified commitment to abortion."
He then outlined a five-stepprogram on abortion, whichwould include:
- "Vigorous efforts" to oppose existing or proposed legislation which would require theexpenditure of taxpayers' moneyfor elective abortions.
- Support of legislative activities to provide "effective andacceptable" alternatives to abortion, including improved preand post-natal maternity andchild care and improved programs for adoption and fostercare.
- Stepped-up efforts in theprivate sector to provide similarsupportive services to women before and after childbirth, as wellas to their children. "This is amoral imperative of the highestorder for the Church," the archbishop said.
- Support of legislation andpublic policy which will dealwith social problems "wbich influence some women to consider abortion as a solution to personal or family difficulties."
- Continued and increasedefforts" for passage of a humanlife amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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SISTER MARY ELLENMAHON, SUSC of St. LouisConvent Clarksville, Md.,will pronounce final vows ata liturgy to be celebratedHoly Name Church, Fall River, at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 20, by Father MauriceLebel, SJ. A reception willfollow at the Holy Union Sisters Convent, 570 RockStreet, Fall River.
Sister Mary Ellen, thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs.Edward L. Mahon of Mt.Ephraim, New Jersey, entered the. Holy Union community in September, 1966. Shereceived a bachelor's degreein theology from Trinity College, Washington, D.C.,taught at St. Francis de SalesSchool, Patchogue, Long Island, and was chairperson ofthe religious studies department at the former SacredHearts Academy, Fall River.
She is presently engagedin .vocation education workfor the Immaculate HeartProvince of her communityas well as in the archdioceseof Baltimore. This summershe . addressed the HolyUnion Sisters InternationalRenewal Program in Romeon the topic of spirituality.
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Two DiocesansIn WashingtonAt Encuentro
Father Charles Soto, CFM, directpr of Regina Pacis Center,New Bedford, and Father JamesE. Murphy, in charge of the Hispanic apostolate in the Attleboro and Taunton areas, areamong delegates to the SegundoEncuentro Nacional Hispano dePastoral, to be held todaythrough Sunday in Washington,D.C.
With' other delegates fromacross the nation they will consider over 100 resolutions bearing on all aspects of Churchservice to the Spanish-speaking.
Among the J:esolutions areproposals which call for increased recognition of and respect for Hispanic culture inChurch evangelization efforts;an active role for the laity inChurch ministry; and total amnesty for illegal aliens.
The resolutions were initiatedat local, diocesan and regionalencuentros attended by clergyand laity earlier this year. Thenational Encuentro is sponsoredby the Committee for the Spanish Speaking of the NationalConference of Catholic BishopsU.S. Catholic Conference (NeCB-USCC).
More than 400 official delegates, including a 30-memberdelegation representing migrantfarm workers, will vote on theresolutions. Observers and otherspecial guests will raise the total Eucuentro attendance toabout 800.
CBS television crews will tapeportions of the meeting, including a panel discussion on theproject with Archbishop RobertF. Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M.; aSpanish~speaking nun, and a migrant worker. The program willbe broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ESTSunday, Aug. 21.
A message from Pope PaulVI will be delivered as' part ofthe opening session today, whileArchbishop Jean Jadot, apostolicdelegate in the United States,will deliver the keynote address.
6 THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Aug. 18, 1977 What Would ~We Do to Teilhard de Chardin Today?
By
REV.
ANDREW M.
GREELEY
Mary and Ellen Lukas, intheir book, "Teilhard," describe a chance meeting between their hero and hisenemy, Reginald Garrigou-La'Grange at a party in Rome. Theformer was a native dreamer, astrange mystic and scientist outof the deserts of China; the latter a powerful, prestigious Dom-
inican, a Roman theologian, aman who had the confidence ofthe pope and the curia. Theychatted pleasantly and then Garrigou, with the urbane self-deprecation of a busy, powerfulman, moved away. Teilhard remarked to a friend, "There isthe man who wants to bum me."
Garigou and his allies did notquite bum Teilhard; but theymade his life miserable and unhappy. He died in a hotel roomin New York because there was"no room" for him at "America"house and he had been ejectedfrom a Jesuit rectory which wasbeing "redecorated." He was notsure that any of his books wouldbe published and died convincedhe was a failure.
Garigou, of course, was asuccess.
But as Gerald McCool notesin his "Catholic Theology in the19th Century," Garrigou and hiscronies won the battle and lostthe war. They destroyed the'FrE!nch Jesuit theological revivalin 1950 with the encyclical letter "Humani Generis;" but itwas in reality the end of theirown brand of traditional Thomism. The Thomism of the JesuitAmbrose Marechal (the interwar teacher of the iFrench Jesuits) would tum up again as thetranscendental Thomism of KarlRahner and Bernard Lonergan.
Who reads Reginald GarrigouLaGrange these days?
I asked a friend of Lonerganhow the Romans missed himwhen they cleaned out theFrench Jesuits. "Bernard isIrish," replied the friend
meaning, I take it, that he knewhow to keep a low profile andbe properly obscure, unlike thenaive Teilhard.
It is easy to become angrywhen reading ~·Teilhard." Whileit is fashionable to patronizehim in certain circles today, heis still probably the most important Catholic thinker of the firsthalf of the 20th century. Essentially a mystic visionary whosaw the unity of a religion andscience and the development ofhumankind towards the cosmicChrist, he was sacrificed on thealtar of the most rigid philosophical literalism and the mostreactionary ecclesiastical politics.
Would it happen again? Sure-
ly not. A contemporary Teilhard would simply ignore _theRoman authorities and publishhis books. Power, in the absenceof the ability to impose consent,becomes worthless. The Gamgous of today get appointed tocommissions and even eventually obtain their coveted red hats,but they can no longer silencetowering thinkers.
If Teilhard were alive today,however, he would still be anoutcast. The unusual, the gifted,the original, the creative arestill out of place in the Church- victims of rigidity and envyas much as of Roman authority.
Rome may have changedsomewhat since Teilhard's fatalheart attack in the Manhattanhotel room. But clerical envy hasnot.
prove of abortion they are notaccepted by pro-lifers, who ,havealready determined that becausethey accept contraception theyare pro-abortion.
Based on such logic, we coulddraw all sorts of catch phrasesthat ought to devastate Christianity..
Once you accept capital punishment, you will accept euthanasia. From there you will acceptkilling any undesirable - theretarded, the aged - and fromthat . . . the unborn. Therefore,the "capital punishment - abortive mentality."
Everyone knows that manyChurches must have bingo tosurvive. Now, in the strictestsense, bingo is gambling. Yetbingo is nice, harmless gamoling.
and you wouldn't want somekid betting his lunch money.And you really don't want toteach children that gambling isa good thing.
With legislation of marijuanain restricted circumstances, maybe the Church could also sponsor pot nights. Maybe they couldcombine a double event . . .pot luck in the cafeteria andpot party in the basement. Ofcourse, they wouldn't sell thepot, just an admission charge tocover the evening.
Blanket legality apparentlyisn't really the criterion. A LasVegas night is legal in the parish church is not at the comerbar. Evidently what is importantis that it be Church sponsored,giving it dignity, acceptability.
If a woman sought counseling
from a priest because her husband regularly lost his paycheck, needed to support thefamily, with a bookie, the priestwould undoubtedly recommendthat he get help from- GamblersAnonymous.
Suppose the same man regularly dropped his paycheck atthe parish Las Vegas night?
Once the Church approves ofthese things, it's obvious thatthe morality changes a bit. Butif the "abortive-contraceptivementality" is true, then why notthe "bingo-marijuana mentality?"
Why stop at marijuan~?Peoplespend money for all sorts ofquestionable things the Churchcould tap. If gambling is allright, where do you stop?
Basrement?•Hall, MariiuanaNo one gets hurt ... exceptpossibly those who are spendingthe, milk money for their bingocards. But it's for a good cause.So your kids do without milkfor a few days ... it's followingthE! commandments to contribute to the support of theChurch.
Besides, if the Church sponsors bingo it must be all right,and you have the "blessed bingomentality." .
But bingo is rather tame formany people. If they are goingto spend the money anyway, whynot have them spend it on agood Church-approved project-Las Vegas nights.
These must always be handled. with greater discretion thanbingo. They're for bigger stakes
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It's always dangerous tojoke about sacred cows butthat has never stopped mebefore. The pro-life movement frequently links the "abortive-contraceptive mentality."The premise is that if you accept contraception you are automatically pro-abortion. I believe this premise has strangledthe pro-life movement.
Statistics show that about 85%of Catholics approve of contraception. Even if they don't ap-
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Offers Trilbute to Apostle of Sqcial JusticeBy
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GEORGE G.
HIGGINS
Bishop Joseph F. Donnelly, Auxiliary of Hartfordand Chairman of the BishopsCommittee on Farm Labordied suddenly at his residencein New Haven, Conn. on June30.
Few bishops in recent American history have come to theepiscopate so well prepared topromote the Church's apostolatein the social order. Appropriately, Bishop Donnelly's episcopalmotto and the details of his episcopal coat of arms reflected hislong-standing and effective involvement in this phase of thepriestly ministry. His coat ofarms featured two claspedhands, symbolizing his 20 yearsof service on the ConnecticutBoard of Mediation and Arbitration and his 15 years of service as chairman.
During those years, in mediating more than 2,000 labormanagement disputes, he joinedthe- hands of labor and management in peaceful and equitablesolutions to their problems.Th':>se years of service were under the patronage of St. Josephthe, Worker, Bishop Donnelly'sbaptismal patron. The lily, symbolic of St. Joseph, was represented by the fleur de lis, theFrench form of the lily, in theclasped hands.
The bishop's episcopal motto- expressed the guiding principle
of his many years of devotedpublic service. "Peace, the Workof Justice" signified his dedication to the principle that peacecan only come from the application of justice.
His services in the field ofCatholic social action labor education, labor-management relations, interracial justice, housing and urban renewal, were inspired by his conviction thatonly when the rights of all arerespected will it be possible formen and women to live togetherin happiness and peace.
During the last 10 years ofhis life, Bishop Donnelly madeperhaps his greatest single contribution to the cause of socialreform by the effective mannerin which he carried out his arduous duties as chairman of theBishops Committee on Farm Labor. As his staff assistant, I wasin contact with him at leastonce or twice a week and traveled with him to the West Coaston countless occasions as heworked tirelessly - on occasion,for weeks at a time - to mediate the California farm labordispute.
Summer's Hot But Fall's Coming, M·arrilyn Promises
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MARILYN
RODERICK
Today is clear and cool,an oasis in the midstof the hottest summer onrecord, a summer that hastaken its toll of frayed nervesand weary bodies during dayafter day of sticky, intense heat.Such a summer coming on theheels of frigid winter causes
one to evaluate the effect ofweather on people and evenanimals.
A friend commented that during a particularly torrid spelllast week in the course of anhour she heard three peoplecomplain about their jobs,. eventhough two were working inair conditioned facilities. Tempers become hair-trigger, eyesheavy and even thoughts vagueas we plod through seeminglyendless hazy heat.
Today is a preview of thingsto come and one almost feelsthat with a taste of civilized
weather, one could even considera lretum to the kitchen. By thefirst of September most of usvim have had those "your kindof place" hamburgers right upto our ears and palates willyellm for well-prepared food.
Appetites surely wane in thehot sumer months but ~ the Indialn summer days of fall roadside stands and pleasantweather. tum our thoughts andout tastebuds back to the delightful task of cooking and eating good food.
When the cooking bug bitesyO:Ll again, try this delectablepi€'.
Lemon Chiffon Pie
9 inch baked pie shell4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
% cup sugar1 envelope unflavored gelatin
% cup water1f.J cup lemon juice
1 Tablespoon grated lemonpeel4 egg whitesY2 teaspoon cream of tartarY2 cup sugar1. Bake pie shell. In saucepan
blend yolks, Y2 cup sugar, thegelatin, water and lemon juice.
2. Cook over medium heat,
stirring constantly, just untilmixture boils. Stir in lemon peel.Place pan in bowl of ice andwater or chill in refrigerator, stirring occasionally, until mixturemounds when dropped from aspoon.
3. Beat egg whites and creamof tartar until frothy. ,Beat in YJ.cup sugar, 1 tablespoQn at atime, continue beating until stiff
.and glossy. (Do not underbeat.Fold in lemon mixture; pile into pie shell. Chill several hoursuntil set. If desired, garnish withsweetened whipped cream. Agreat pie!
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Fall River Diocese will hold itsannual out-door picnic on Sunday" August 28th from 12:30 to4:00 p.m. on the grQunds of theHoly Cross Fathers, Tucker Rd.,North Dartmouth.
AlI active and auxiliary members, as well as their relativesand friends, are invited to attend.
Msgr. Thomas J. Harington,Diocesan Director for the Legion of !'4ary, will preside atBenediction of the Blessed Sacrament which will conclude theprogram.
Those attending are asked tobring their own box lunchesand, if possible, chairs.
ture Joe Wise, liturgist, composer and singer, tomorrownight, and Alexander Peloquin,founder and conductor of. thePeloquin Chorale, on Saturday.
To accommodate those whomight have to choose betweenpresentations offered at the sametime, many- speakers will betaped and cassettes of their talkswill be available about one hourlater. Orders will be receivedand cassettes will be availableat the congress exhibit area.
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CIDLDREN PARTICIPATE enthusiastically in singalong with "Father Pat," Rev.Andre Patenaud~, MS, associate pastor at Our Lady of the Cape parish, Brewster, whohas drawn 1000 visitors weekly to a series of Summer concerts on church grounds. Accompanying him is Sister Lucille Gauvin.
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Sister Rita PelletierPreparation for the congress
have been. made by a committeerepresenting all the dioceses ofNew England and Sister TheresaSparrow, RSM, of the Fall RiverDiocesan Department of Education was responsible for the 64page congress "bible," listingall speakers and other essentialinformation for delegates.
Among three outstanding religious edu!=ators to whom theprogram is dedicated is SisterRita Pelletier, SSJ, cited for"many years of leadership anddedicated service in the field ofreligious education in New England.
Sister Rita, leaving the Diocesan Department of Educationafter four years. of service asDirector of Religious Education,will take up new duties as coordinator of religious educationfor St. Mary's parish, New Bedford.
She will participate in thecongress as a reader at one ofthe major liturgies, scheduled for6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the concert haIl in the Fine Arts Centerof the University of Massachusetts.
Also on the convention program is Father Roger Chauvette, M.S., president of MarkIV Presentations of La SaletteShrine, Attleboro. Father Chauvette will offer a seminar, repeated four times, on communications dynamics, titled "EvenJesus Had Five Senses."
The presentation is describedas "a journey through John'sGospel with emphasis on Jesusthe Communicator, who uses allhis senses to proclaim the kingdom of God."
Other FeaturesOther convention features will
include a discussion of "Woman and the Faith Community"by Sister Elizabeth Candon, late-
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wives and children to share witheach other the faith and hopesthat have 'brought them togetherin this new diocesan family.
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these days of "diminishing parish communities is "out there"on the streets, he told the 100deacons and 50 wives attendingthe meeting.
Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, executive director of the U.S. bishops'committee on the Permanent Diaconate, said he believes American permanent deacons havethree major concerns today: thebetterment of relations betweenpriests and deacons; the da!lgerof becoming liturgical functionaries; and the problem of clericalism, with deacons one stepin the authority structure.
"The permanent diaconate hasreached the stage of adolescencein a complimentary sense," Msgr.Fielder said. "We have rushedinto adolescence and should beastonished that we have grownso quickly. There are the vigor,insight, progress, desire for free- .dom and independence. But alsodeacons suffer from the dependence, insecurity and awkwardness of that age.
"An alb and ribbon doesn'tmake anybody ... You need tobe recognized as a man of service, a living sign of the sacrament of service." The liturgicalministry, he said, only takes onits proper aspect when the deacon is recognized for his servicein the community.
Msgr. John Egan, director ofthe Center for Pastoral and Social Concerns at Notre Dame,praised the diaconate movement,saying' that deacons had comethrough despite' "hostility andapathy" from some of the clergy.
"Men like yourselves .will takeon the tough gutsy apostolateswhich are reflected in the newsof each day from every city,"Msgr. Egan said. "The permanent diaconate did not come amoment too soon. Questionswhich are presently unresolvedwill be resolved by you."
There are now more than2,000 permanent deacons in theUnited States, with 2,700 candidates in training. Out of approximately 170 dioceses, 120 havediaconate formation programs.A second national institute isplanned for next year.
Family DayThis Sunday will be another
first for the .c1ass of prospectivecandidates for the PermanentDiaconate of the Fall River diocese. The occasion will be afamily day to be held at SacredHeart Seminary in Warehamwith the theme of ",Family Sharing - A Step in Building Diaconal Community."
The event will be a firstmeeting for the families of the18 candidates. It follows a homevisitation program that has beencarried on during the summerby the Office of the PermanentDiaconate and that has provided the opportunity to meetthe families, as it were, on theirhome grounds. It also gave children of the candidates an opportunity to ask any questions theymight have concerning the program their fathers are about toundertake, alleviating any anxieties they might have about theimportant events that the futurewill bring to their own familyenvironment.
Sunday's program will be another opportunity for husbands,
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Masses: Sunday-7:45, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 and5:00 P.M.
Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 5:30 P.M.Confession: 3:15-3:45 and 7:30-8:00 P.M.
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Masses: Sunday-9:00 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.Confessions: Before each Mass
WEST BARNSTABLEOUR LADY OF HOPE
Masses: Sunday-8:45 and 10:00 A.M.Satu~day Eve.-4:30 P.M.
SOUTH CHATHAMOUR LADY OF GRACE
Schedule effective July 2Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.
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Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00,10:15, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M.Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:15Weekdays Anytime by Appointment
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Confessions: Saturday-4:00-5:00 P.M. & 6:00to 6:30 P.M.
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WASHINGTON(NC) - The tracting true marriages, hadVatican ruling that men who been the court's stance.have been sterilized can enter No longer will a marriedvalid marriages has created a couple be able to point to astir in some quarters, where the vasectomy performed on the maletendency has been to describe before marriage as guaranteedthe ruling as a major shift in the exit from a marriage which mayCatholic teaching on the moral- have soured for other reasons.ity of contraceptive sterilization. "A man with a' vasectomy does
One headline in a Washington, contract a valid marriage," theD.C., daily newspaper read: Church official said."Vatican Switches on yasecto- A marriage involving a ster-mies." i1ized male may of course be
.In fact, informed sources have annulled on other grounds,pointed out to NC News that however, and it is here that thethe ,Doctrinal Congregation's / question becomes complicated,decision that semen produced in the official said.the testicles need not be present Catholic teaching on marriage,for conjugal intercourse means holds that the prior intentionnot a relaxation of the Church's never to have children invaliattitude toward sterilization, but dates a marriage: that is, noa tightening up of marriage court marriage is validly contractedprocedures. where one or both of the part-
"The Holy Office .(the former ies harbors such an intention.name for the Doctrinal Congre- A man who has had a vasecgation) wants people to know tomy during courtship to insurethey are getting married for that his will be a childless marlife," one Church official told riage might not enter a validNC News. marriage despite the Doctrinal
"Remember, this is a purely Congregation's ruling, anotherlegal question, not a moral one. Church official said.The Church is not saying, 'It's But once the condition existsall right to get vasectomies," - and vasectomies are rarelyhe continued. "What the Church reversible - the person's disis saying is, 'You may not get position could change, severalmarried, then expect to have the Church spokesmen pointed out.marriage annulled because of a That person is left with a conpreexisting vasectomy,''' dition which he cannot alter,
"The law is extrinsic to per- but if he is contrite an4 harsons," the Church official said. bors no continuing will not to"All the Holy Office is doing is have children, he could marryjudging the act." validly.
Vasectomy, the severing of the The second churchman, whoducts that carry sperm from the serves as top official on his ditesticles, will always be judged ocesan tribunal, said,:, "Romewrong by the Church, the offi- always had doubts aboutcial 'said, because the prohibi- whether vasectomy was an intion does not stem from Church validating impediment. Sincelegislation, but from the natural there was doubt, it permittedlaw. such marriages. The Rota, when
While vasectomized males had it came to invalidating, declaredbeen allowed to marry in the that there was no true semenChurch, the Roman Rota, the after vasectomy; therefore thereChurch's highest marriage trib· was impotence and the marriageunal, had been annulling such was invalidated.marriages upon application from The Doctrinal Congregationthe parties. decision "does not relieve the
According to the Rota, since parish priest of the Obligationvasectomized males ejaculate no to question couples about theirsperm, that substance which intention of having children. Wethey do ejaculate is not "true have still to deal with the quessemen," They are therefore im- tions of intentions and attipotent, and incapable of con- tudes," he noted.
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A. I understand how terriblyhurt you must be by this tragicaction on the part of your husband. Certainly you cannotmake a wise decision withoutsharing the problem and exploring your alternatives with someone you trust.
On the other hand, it is impossible for me to advise youhelpfully at this distance. Somany feelings of all involvedmust be explored, and so mUchof the past and present historyof your relationship with yourhusband needs to be considered,that you need someone withwhom you can sit and talk outthe problem.
Don't be too quick to countout your parish priest as a consultant. I realize the situation isembarrassing to you; but you willnot scandalize him, and he hasprobably helped many others insimilar dilemmas. Beyond that,try a wise relative or friend, ora professional counsellor youcan have confidence in. Butdon't try to go it alone. Youneed all the suport and encouragement you can get from someone who is interested in you andyour children.
(Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Dietzen, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.)
Growth Is SeenIn Tertiaries
NEW YORK (NC) - Theworld head of the largest branch·of Franciscans sees a renaissance in devotional life amongCatholics which is reflected inthe renewal of the Franciscans'Third Order with two millionlay and 150,000 Religious members. In the Fall River diocese,tertiary groups are active in St.Louis parish, Fall River, and atOur Lady's Chapel, New Bedford.Father Constantine Koser saidthat after the Second VaticanCouncil the Third Order hadmany dropouts. But it now appears that the Third Order isbeing revived with a more flexible style of operation.
"Our decline was due to a general decline in devotional life,"Father Koser said. "Young peopledid not· want the institutions.Now the number of fraternitiesis spreading again."
Many members consideredsuch practices as wearing theFranciscan scapular and sayinga daily office to be outdated, andthere appeared to be no substitute for these externals, theFranciscan leader said. But today, lay persons are rethinkingthe meaning of the centuries-oldFranciscan spirit in terms ofevangelizing the modern world,he added.
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Q. I am reluctant to talk tomy parish priest about thisproblem, but I need help fromsomeone. Two months ago Ifound out that my husband wasinvolved with a white woman.(We are black.) Later I foundout that she Is pregnant by him.What do you advise me to do?At this point I'm so confused.I can't forgive him and am veryunhappy living with him now.He's a truck driver and is awayfive days out of a week. Ofcourse, he blamed me for whathappened; he says that I neglected him and that is why heturned to this woman for loveand companionship. We have sixchildren, aged five to 16. Pleasehelp me make a decslsion. I can'tdo it alone. (La.)
By Father John Dietzen
Q. Do parish priests have theright to deny parish privilegessuch as baptism, marriage andfunerals to parishioners theyfeel are not contributingenough money to the parish?(Del.)
A. Every Catholic has an obligation - and it is an obligation - to contribute his fairshare, to the best of his ability,toward the financial responsibilities of his particular parishcommunity. Parish priests almostalways give every benefit of thedoubt in making allowances forfamilies and individuals who cannot give as much as they mightlike. To arbitrarily cut people offfrom the services of the Churchwould unquestionably be wrong.
However, this is not the wholestory. People who continuallyignore their financial responsibility to the Church, who place avery low priority on carryingtheir fair share of the burdenwith other members of their parish, not infrequently manifestthe poverty of their faith inother ways as well.
Certain basic requirements ofcommitment to the Catholicfaith, including some assurancethat the parents intend to raisetheir children as Christians andCatholics, are absolutely required before baptism can takeplace. Similarly, couples maycome to be married and demonstrate such immaturity of marriage, that the priest may seriously question whether this boy orgirl should (or even could) entera valid mariage in the Church.
In other words, a priest hasno right to baptize or marrypeople simply because they present themselves for these sacraments. If any requirementsare lacking, he has a responsibility to refuse, or at least delaythe ceremony until the situationis changed. In such instances, theindividuals involved may protest that they are being discriminated against for financialreasons, when both they and thepriest know the facts are otherwise.
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KNOW YOUR FAITHNC NEWS
Forgiveness Forgiveness: Does It Help?
II Forgiveness Here and Hereafter
Love of God and Neighbor
One day Peter asked Jesus;"Lord, when my brother wrongsme, how often must I forgivehim? Seven times?" "No, Jesusreplied, "not seven times; I say,seventy times seven times" (Mt.18,21-22). Then, to drive homeHis point, He told the story ofthe mericless official who owedhis master an immense sum ofmoney. He pleaded and pleadedand the master went all the wayand simply wrote off the debt.This official, in turn, refusedeven to be patient with a fellowemploye who owed him a trifling sum. He had him thrownin jail. When the master heardabout it he was furious, and thestory ends on this powerful note:"Then in anger the masterhanded him over to the torturersuntil fie paid back all that heowed. My heavenly Father willtreat you in exactly the sameway unless each of you forgiveshis brother from his heart" (Mt.18, 34-35).
pel of Luke has been called theGospel of Great Pardons, of Forgiveness. Only he records thatastonishing prayer of the dyingJesus: "Father, forgive them;they do not know what they aredoing" (Lk. 23,34).
to make an act of faith in theoffender, by believing that ultimately no one is beyond redemption. While alive they arecapable of being reached,touched and healed by forgiveness.
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"POPE PAUL VI and the Orthodox Patriarch locked ina friendly embrace after 1000 years of hostility betweentheir two churches."
By Father John J. CastelotWhen we think of living the
Christian life, it is sometimeseasy to narrow our sights anddistort our perspectives. Manyare tempted, for example, toview it almost exclusively interms of their direct relationship with God.
But the Christian life is livedby human beings in a real worldin interralation with other human beings. That is why, whenJesus was asked which commandment He considered thegreatest, He unhesitatinglyquoted the command to loveGod completely, utterly, but thenhastened to join to it the command to love one's neighbor.The two go hand-in-hand.
One of the· most importantaspects of the love which wemust show each other is a readiness to forgive. In the crush ofdaily life we are constantlyhurting and being hurt" creatingsituations which can be correctedonly by forgiveness and a willingness to accept forgiveness: Itis not surprising, then, that theNew Testament issues repeatedcalls to forgiveness, to reconciliation.
",Pardon, and you shall bepardoned" (Lk. 6,37). The Gos-
times, but seventy times seven."They knew that He didn't justmean 490 times, but always. Hedidn't argue with them on thereasonableness of forgiving. Infact most of the time it seemedunreasonable. He called on them
By Father Alfred McBride
Forgiveness scenes are amongthe most touching in humanmemory. Jesus bringing forgiveness to the woman taken in adultery. Pope Paul VI and theOrthodox Patriarch locked in afriendly embrace after 1,000years of hostility between theirtwo churches. Protestant andCatholic women in Northern Ireland marching arm in arm forpeace after untold centuries.Parents coming to prisons tocomfort their wayward sons anddaughters.
Despite the centrality of thisGospel teaching, the act· of forgiveness remains one of themost difficult forms of love topromote. Whose family does nothave at least one instance wheresome intimate relatives refuse tospeak to each other? Tally up allthe crimes of passion committed by those whose capacity forviolence was greater than theirpower to forgive.
Where is the Christian parishthat is able to boast that it haspurged itself of its last proudperson who had been toowretchedly stubborn to offer thepalm of peace to an alienatedother? Total the body count inwars fought over real or imagined insults.
Listen to the excuses: Shecan't talk to me that way. Iwon't put up with his insolence.
. This is the last straw. Don't putyour foot in this house again.I've had enough of your faceand guff. After all I've done foryou, look at the way you treatme. You aren't worth the roomyou take up. How did I earn ason like you? If I had knownwhat you were like when I mar:ried you. And so on.
Sound familiar? We don't havea garden of Eden yet. The Kingdom of heaven may be here, butsometimes its luminosity andhealing peace have yet to be:fully experienced.
One reason so many people:find it hard to forgive is thatthey think it won't work. Theyhaven't seen the forgiven partyhealed and cured. They find thatthe offender too often keeps repeating the wounds. Sick of being abused and betrayed, people:finally give up in despair, havingcome to the conclusion that forgiveness is a nice idea thatdoesn't work.
The apostles ran into such asituation. They knew how stub'born human nature could be andwere puzzled that Jesus spentso much time talking about forgiveness. Surely he must seehow useless it was in so manycases. Still they tested him onthe matter. "How often must I;Forgive my neighbor and brother?Seven times?" In allowing forseven acts of major forgivenessthey thought they were beingsomewhat generous.
They were astonished atChrist's reply. "Not just seven
ing being of light apparentlywished to stress two importantaspects of life: loving otherpeople and acquiring knowledge.
The clinically deceased individuals also saw their entire livesreviewed before them in an instant. One noted:
"All through this, he keptstressing the importance of love.The places where he showed itbest involved my sister; I havealways been very close to her,He showed me some instanceswhere I had been selfish to mysister, but then just as manytimes where r had really shownlove to her and had shared withher.
"He pointed out to me that Ishould try to do things for otherpeople, to try my best. Therewasn't any accusation in any ofthis, though. When he cameacross times when I had beenselfish, his attitude was only thatI had been learning from them,too."
I found many fascinating parallels between these reports andsome of our common CatholicChristian beliefs or practices.
Consider, for example, thesequotes from the Introduction tothe new Rite of Penance:
" . . . The Son of God mademan lived among man in orderto free them from the slaveryof sin and to call them out ofdarkness into His wonderfullight ...
"By a hidden and loving mystery of God's design men arejoined together in the bonds ofsupernatural solidarity, so muchso that the sin of one harms theothers just as the holiness ofone benefits the others. Penancealways entails reconciliation withour brothers and sisters who arealways harmed by our sins . . .
one or the other of the sons ofthe story - the prodigal whosquandered his inheritance inriotous living and returned homeabjectly penitent, or the narrowly righteous older son who complained that his father was tooready to forgive. But the realhero of the tale is the father. Infact, the parable could as wellbe called "The Prodigal Father."He stands for Christ's lovingFather and ours - for God whois ready to forgive us with almost prodigal generosity, if onlywe ask.
Asking is all-important, andwe have to mean it when weseek God's forgiveness, for Godcan hardly forgive us for evildeeds which we intend to commit again if the occasion arises.
The central point of the story,however, is the father's eagerwillingness to forgive. It standsin sharp contrast with the olderson's resentful attitude. Thefather's response to his penitent
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By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin
What is it like to die?"All pain vanished.""There was a feeling of utter
peace and quiet, no fear at alL""After I came back, I cried off
and on for about a week becauseI had to live in this world afterseeing that one."
"I heard a voice telling mewhat I had to do - go back and I felt no fear."
These are comments from persons who, after being pronounced clinically dead, were resuscitated and returned to speak oftheir experiences with the lifewhich follows death.
Dr. Raymond A. Moody Jr. interviewed about 150 such individuals, and published his research in a remarkable text,"Life After Life." (MockingbirdBooks, Box 110, Covington, Ga.30209; also available as a Bantam paperback.)
One of the most common elements in the accounts Moodystudied was the description ofan encounter with a very brightlight. Of unearthly and indescribable brilliance, it still didnot hurt the subjects eyes or prevent them from seeing otherthings around then.
Moreover, this light was judgedto be a personal being of loveand warmth utterly beyond description. That person of lightseemed to ask them: "Are youprepared to die?" "What haveyou done with your life to showme?" "What have you done thatis sufficient?"
Those could prove unervingbarrassing, but the resuscitatedbarrassing, bu the resuscitatedpeople insisted they were notasked in condemnation or as anaccusation or threat. Instead,this warmly loving and accept-
By Russell Shaw
Forgiveness is one of the hardest things in the world. "Beware of the man who does notreturn your blow," that masterof paradox George BernardShaw wrote. "He neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself." -
ILike much that he said, thisremark catches our attention byturning Christian truth upsidedown. But it also expresses atruth of its own - the truth ofunredeemed humanity, for whomgiving and receiving forgivenessdo not come easily.
It is very different for thosewho presume to call themselvesfollowers of Christ. At least itshould be. The theme of forgiveness sought and granted runsthrough the New Testament. Nowhere does it receive clearer andmore memorable expression thanin the parable of the ProdigalSon.
Most of us identify easily with
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"This is unique," she said,pointing to a copy of the 224page directory, "because so manypeople have had a hand in developing it. People can look atit and say, 'I recommended that.'
"There's a tremendous amountof wisdom out there in peoplewe've never listened to before,"she continued, and much of it,she said, has gone into thework.The directory is not a catechism,Msgr. Paradis and Sister Fryeemphasized. It is, rather, "a reference work . . . a source work. . . a help in catechizing," sinceit was earlier determined thatit was impossible "to developa document addressed simultaneously to the trained catechistsand the untrained parent,"
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ing of the bishops, Committeeof Policy and Review and at theNovember general meeting, further modifications could bemade from the floor.
The document, if and when itreceives the endorsement of thebishops' conference, will givedirection to all religious education in the United States, including pre-school through adultprograms.
Sister Mariella Frye, associateproject director, pointed out thatthe document has been producedthrough what she said was "themost massive consultation inAmerican Church history - evenmore massive than the Call toAction" (the October, 1976, Detroit gathering which made recommendations for Church actionon social issues.)
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"It means 'Blessed be God.' andwhatever happens to me, thatis what I respond,"
"If someone praises me, I sayit; if someone curses me, I sayit. Our mission is to die welland go home to God," he said,and he would have been willingto stare down "Son of Sam's".44 caliber revolver if it wouldhave helped, he added.
WASHINGTON (NC) - Theproject director for the NationalCatechetical Directory said heis optimistic that the country'sbishops will give final approvalto the document at their November meeting.
Recommendations submittedby the bishops will be analyzedand acted upon during a meet·
just as badly when it comes toforgiving ourselves. Basically,there are two ways of doingthis: by being too hard on ourselves, and by not being nearlyhard enough.
The latter happens when weseek forgiveness from God andother people without beingreally sorry. The other extremeis to be almost neurotically concerned with our past, repentedmisdeeds.
In everyday life, forgivenesscomes to us through otherpeople. Instead of bypassing thehuman, as He might have done,God works with and through it.Thus the sacrament of Reconciliation, in which we experienceGod's forgiveness and renewedcommunion with Him, very naturally involves an experience ofreconciliation with our fellowsin the faith.
his order's missionary activitiesfrom an office at St. John theBaptist church in midtown Manhattan, said the vengeance demanded by crowds that gatheredin Brooklyn for 'Berkowitz' arraignment does not speak wellfor the condition of the society.
What is needed, he said, Tsnot anger and violence directedat a possibly deranged man, buta renunciation of such feelings.
Father Cartmell, a native ofthe tough Hell's kitchen sectionon Manhattan's West Side, wasnot taken up on his offer tomeet and talk with "Son ofSam," No one claiming to bethe killer contacted him, but hesaid he still feels the offer wasdemanded of him. "Priests, rabbis, ministers - all have to givewitness. A spiritual .dimensionmust be present,"
The priest, who said he isknown as "Father Alleluiacontinued "There must be justice, but the element of mercymust not be left out either,"
He is called Father Alleluia, hesaid, because that has been hisconstant prayer and greeting.
Continued from Page Twelveyounger son does go beyond thebounds of good sense, even beyond the bounds of justice. Suchforgiveness can only arise fromprofound love.
But it is love-God's love andours, modeled on His - thatChristianity is all about. A person who loves as God does (ortries to love that way) will beready to forgive (or try to forgive) as generously - as prodigally - as the father in theparable. One who doles out forgiveness according to narrowjustice will imitate the older son.To act that way makes perfectly good sense - humanlyspeaking. But as Christians weare called to more than goodsense in regard to forgiveness andmuch else besides.
If we can err in our approachto forgiving others, we can err
NEW YORK ~C) - A priestwho had offered himself as ahostage for the killer known as"Son of Sam" shortly beforepolice arrested a suspect Aug.10 criticized the general publicfor its vengeful attitude towardthe suspect.
Capuchin Father Canice Cartmell said he felt "pain - noquestion about it," when heviewed the crowds screaming"kill," at 24-year-old David Berkowitz of Yonkers, the manwho allegedly killed six youngpeople during a murder spreethat lasted just over a year.
Father Cartmell had offeredhimself as a hostage to the killer on Aug. 5.
At the time he said, "I felt 1had to do this . . . I think 'Sonof Sam' is basically a sincereman, maybe a little off, but aman like anyone of us. Even ifhe's not a religious man," thepriest said, he felt that the killer might wish to talk with"someone he can trust, someone who won't give him away,because he is full of fear,"
Father Cartmell, who promotes
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More than 47 students thisyear have received scholarshipsfrom the Saint-jean-BaptisteEducational Foundation, a trustfund established by the UnionSaint-Jean-Baptiste, the nation'slargest fraternal society for Americans of French descent.
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On a line asking why, hewrote simply, "As a Christian,I spend a good deal of my timein jail."
•InLife
By The Dameans
'PEACE OF MIND'Now you are feeling
Kindo low about the dues you've been paying,Future's coming much too slow and you wanta run,IBut somehow you just keep on stayin'.Can't decide on which way to go .••yea, yea, yea • • •I understand about indecision,But I don't care if I get behind.People Iivin' in competition,All I want is to have my peace of mind.Now you're climbing to the top of the company ladderHope it doesn't take too long ••.Can't you see there'll come a dayWhen it won't matter •••Come a day when you'll be gone •.•yea, yea, yea •••Take a look ahead.
Take a look ahead, yea ,yea, yea, yea.Now everybody's got adviee •••They just keep on givin'Doesn't mean too much to me,Lots of people have to make believe they're livin'Can't decide who thy should be • • •yea, yea, yea •••
(c) 1976 CBS Inc.Written by: T. Sholz - Performed by: Boston
If you were asked "What do you want out of life?", whatwould your response be? Would your answer be differentnow than it was last year, or five years ago, or ten yearsago?
Since each person is unique, the approach to "what Iwant out of life" would greatly differ. Even if several persons came up with the same word to express their yearningsin life, there would still be individual differences as to howthose desires would be approached.
Possibly our yearnings are for a good and fulfilling lifeor a life of service to others. It might spread further throughbearing and fostering children. A life-work might p!ovide th.e ..feelings of satisfaction that make life a worthwhile expenence.
The Boston group sings about the desire to have peace ofmind. In a life of competition, of trying to "climb to thetop of the company ladder," of wanting to ru? from life, ~f
getting a lot of advice from others, of deCISion, there ISthe need to get some of· the possibilities 0 flife-styles mentioned above but there is no doubt that this appealing qual-ity is in opposition to some... .
Success at any cost, ruthless busmess practices; greed,pleasure at any cost, being caught in the rat race of co.mpetition, all lead one down a different path than that whichmight lead to peace. .,
The word peace is often used by Christ and He Wishesit continually for His apostles. After Hili resurrection, thefirst words that He uttered were "peace be with you."
What do we want out of life? There are so many optionsthat we can easily get confused and misguided. No ma.tterwhat type of work we might do or what approach we mIghttake, one possibility is offered by a person who has had anincredible impact on the lives of many people. That personis Christ and His gift is Peace.
crown without bearing thecross.
Stephen reminds us how costly it is to be a true Christia~.
He reminds us that speeches,time and energy are not alwaysenough to give, but that thereare times when one's very lifemust be given in order to makea faith and a freedom a reality.
There have been martyrs inour day. And they have won re·ligious liberty for us, the exercise of political freedom, ourliberty to think and speak as wesee the truth, our right to dissent, all these gifts have cometo us because someone, somewhere, won these rights for us.If we, are called upon to bestirourselves and pay somethingtoo, we should not grumble.
The Alumni secretary of afamous college received a notefrom a graduate declining attendance at a class reunion.
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Stephen Ryan said he had'been named after the martyrand that he was glad. "Gives meslomething to live up to."
It began way back then. Stephen illustrates the power of thegospel to reach beyond thosewho had known Jesus face toface. He also shows that theGospel stands in sharp contradiction to the world and thatthe reward for taking it to heartas one's faith is, inwardly if notliterally, to become a martyr.
This is not welcome news formost people.
People prefer wearing' the
Vince picked it up. "I thinkthe account of Stephen's persecution is the story of men attheir most cruel and malicious.Here you have perjured testimony, they refused to listen tohis defense, they (reading hisbook) "ran upon him with oneaccord" and killed him. Thats.Dunds like today. It is the perfl~ct description of a malignantevil which escapes now and thenin human history: in Nazi concentration camps, in the military purges of dictator governments, in the lynching of American blacks and wherever mobviolence overrules reason."
Tricia. a pre-med student,said, "The apostles were leftfree to preach. They knew whatthey were supposed to do andthey didn't let anyone stop them.Today if you try something likethat you're thrown in jail."Then "Just think, seven men"of honest repOrt" set aside todo the business of the youngchurch. That's exciting!"
The second Nigerian student,a girl, said, "Yes, but it wasn'teasy. In the midst of their success the enemy struck. And thetarget was Stephen, one of theseven. He was the first exampleof the claim on which the Christ:an faith is based. We knowStephen today from anothertiime and another place, as wellas did his contemporaries, byr,eceiving his spirit in ourhearts."
focus on youthBy Cecilia Belanger
We sat under trees, acrosstables; we walked and walked,and all the time we were talking, talking, the young peopleand myself.
We discussed many religionsbut focused on the Christianfaith. In this column I shall talkabout Catholic youth and ofhow close we became. The faithdoes indeed bring people together in a very special way.
I won't say they all attendMass, but I can say that six outof 10 do. None of them useddrugs, smoked or drank. Theycredited their behavior to parental discipline when it counted.They had parents they could depend upon and who were alwaysthere when needed. Religion wasa big influence in their lives because they discussed it at homeand their parents explainedwhat needed explaining. Parents did not over-react when adoubting Thomas said, "I haveto find out for myself."
In this group were two students from Nigeria. "What doyou like about the Christianfaith?" II asked. They repliedthat it was not easy to becomea true Christian and that thecost is what makes it worthwhile.
An early mystic, Baron VonHugel, made the same observation, that there was a "costingness to the Christian faith."Digging further into the meaning from the Latin one comesup with "to .stand with at aparticular price."
"I either-want to be a realChristian," said one student, "ornot at all."
One of the Nigerian studentssaid, "There's nothing to stopyou, Steve, from becoming thebest Christian you can be. Justremember the disciples, Peter,James, Johncmd Philip. Remember they were on their own after Jesus had taught them whatthey must do. We promised tobe with them just as He is withu.s."
"AS A CHRISTIAN, I spend a good deal of my timein jail." Father Smangalisso Mkatshwa is under ind~finite
nighttime house arrest in South Africa because of hiS activities as a Catholic priest.
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Students To GoTo SICA Meet
Students from Bishop Gerrardand Bishop Connolly HighSchools, Fall River, and BishopStang, North Dartmouth, will beamong delegates from all partsof New England attending aSummer Institute of CatholicAction (SICA) to be held Sun'day, Aug. 21 through Friday,Aug. 26 at Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick Neck,R.I. .
Accompanying the BishopGerrard contingent will be Sister M. Albertus Clancy, RSM,Miss Rita O'Loughhn and Mrs.John Grobe.
The theme for the week-longsession, sponsored by the Christian 'Life Communities (CLC) ofthe New England states, will beAcceptance of Self, Others andChrist.
Officials describe SICA as "afun-filled time, a sharing timewith one an·other, an awarenesstime '- a healthy awareness ofChrist."
Christian Life Communitiesare active at 'Bishop Gerrard andBishop Connolly High Schoolsand are an outgrowth of Sodalities of Our .Lady formerly in existence at most Catholic highschools. Area delegates havejust returned from the 11th biennial national CDC conventionin New Orleans.
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selves: How can we serve atleast a little the needs that surround us? Are we not aware ofthe cry of so many sufferingpeople who do not find lovingand provident aid? Could wenot in planning our personalactivity include some good proposal of service to the cause ofthe good of others? Why notprofit from vacation time to renew generous intentions for theservice of our neighbors?"
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Taunton Junior CYO championship. This team also went tothe finals of Diocesan play before 'bowing to Our Lady of theAssumption ·Parish from New'Bedford.
FATHER RENE PATENAUDE speaks to membersand friends of St. Anne's Junior Baseball League at ceremonies dedicating playing field of Fall River parish in hishonor.
. CASTELGANOOLFO, Italy(NC) - Pope Paul VI has recommended that Christians use vacation time to consider how theymight serve their neighbors moregenerously.
That we live in a complicatedand overwhelming world "shouldprompt, in this moment of rest~
a personal thought," Pope Paulsaid. "This personal thought cannot :be dictated by discomfortand disgust at living immersedin a troubled and suffering society; nor can it be an astute andprudent plan of egotistic interest alone, to profit from the sadcircumstances of a people to improve one's own fortune, or towithdraw from the increasingannoyances of social, economicor political life. But it must bea recovery of brotherhood, solidarity and love: What can we dofor the common good?
"We should now ask our-
IN THE DIOCESE
Jayne Ross and her cheerleading squad, winners of the FirstAnnual Taunton CYO Cheerleading Tournament. Also receiving jackets were coach JimMartin and members of hischampion Junior B team. Thehighly successful Junior A team,coached by Fred Rheaume, received; jackets for winning the
By BILL MORRISSETTE
InterscholasticSports
Taunton eyO AwardsMembers of the Sacred Heart
Jr. CYO of Taunton, and theirfamilies recently attended anouting at St. Vincent de PaulCamp in Westport. At the picnic,championship jackets were presented to coaches and playersof three championship teams atSacred Heart.
Awards were given to coach
Attleboro, Cape Cod CYO Golf WinnersAttleboro and Cape Cod golf- 'Brian Stewart, Cape Cod, shot
ers topped the field in the 18th an 80 to win the cadet divisionannual eyO Diocesan Golf championship. Paul Saunders,Tournament at the Pocasset Fall River, was the runnerupGolf Club last Monday. with Steven Donnelly, Cape Cod,
William Vine, Attleboro, shot third. Saunders was 88, Donna 74, to win the senior division elly 90.championship. Matt Szulik, New The winner and the runnerupBedford, and Paul Saunders, in each division qualified forFall River, tied for second place the New England CYO champwith 75's. Szulik eagled the ex- ionships later this month. Thirdtra hole in the sudden death place finishers alternate.playoff to take second place. Others who turned in cardsSaunders, who birdied the extra were:hole, was third. Senior Division - Steve Zaz-
Mitch McCullough, Cape Cod, rid, Cape Cod, 76; Barry Higwas the winner in the inter- ham, New Bedford, 78.mediate division with a 77. Joel Intermediate Division - MarGoncalves, New Bedford, and tin Sowa, Fall River, and DanJeff Massoud, Fall River, with Donovan, New Bedford, 81;78's, tied for second pla.ce. In George Saxon, Taunton, 85; Bobthe sudden death playoff, Gon- 'Braga, Taunton, 87; Mike Mccalves birdied the extra hole, Auliffe, 88.on which Massoud was par. Con- Junior. Division - Jim Mcsequently, Goncalves took the Auliffe, Attleboro, 83; Greg Barrunnerup spot and Massoud was rett, Attleboro, 84; Jeff Stewart,third. Cape Cod, '85; Mike Alves, Fall
Attleboro's Jim Bell topped River, and Jim Donovan, Attlethe junior division with 76 and boro, 88; Richard Vieira, TaunPatrick Shaw, Fall River, was ton, 91.runnerup with 78. Peter Kelly, Cadet Division - Steven DonTaunton, defeated John Connor, nelly, Cape Cod, 90; Jeff Reilly,New Bedford, in the sudden Fall River, 94; Mike Stone, Newdeath playoff for third place. Bedford, 96; Michael Dix, AttleThey had tied for third place boro, 97; David Bourque, Taunover the regulation course with ton, 100; John Bell, Attleboro,81's. Bell was awarded the 105.Marty Higgins Trophy, emble- (Special thanks to Bill Doyle, ofmatic of being the outstanding New Bedford, the tournamentgolfer in the tournament. director, for his co-operation).
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OUR LADY OF HEALTHFALL RIVER
Manuel Martins is chairmanof a committee planning celebration of the parish patronalfeast this weekend on the churchgrounds at Somerset and Rodman Streets. Saturday's activities will continue from 6 p.m.to midnight and incLJde a lawnparty, bazaar, games, money raffle, Portuguese and Americanfood specialties, an auction,rides and a band concert. Sunday's schedule includes a procession at 2 p.m. for all memobers of parish organizations, followed by a lawn party. The public is invited and parking isavailable.
Donations from parishionersmay be brought to the rectoryat any time this week.ST. 'FRANCIS OF ASSISI,NEW BEDFORD
Mrs. Bertha !Bessette is chairperson of a public whist partyto take place in the church hallat Mill and Newton Streets at1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28.OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION,NEW BEDFORD
A yard sale will be sponsored by the parish from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 andfrom 8 a.m. to L p.m. Sunday,Aug. 28 in the church hall andparking lot. Concurrently, abraised beef dinner will beserved in the hall from 1 to 4p.m. Saturday and a pancakebreakfast will follow all MassesSunday. A cake sale will also beheld and refreshments wiIl beavailable during the yard sale.ST•. JOHN BAPI1ST,CENTRAL VILLAGE
Women's Guild members willserve a lobster supper from 5to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 inthe church hall. Tickets are available from any member and maybe reserved by caIling 636-2378or 636-2251.HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER
The 1923 Club will begin anew 20-week session Monday,Sept. 5. Prospective membersmay call Merna Renaud, telephone 674-4437, for further information.
..Parishioners are needed forlectoring and for the parish choirand may call the rectory to volunteer their services.
A foliage tour will take placeMonday through Wednesday,October 10 through 12, in theWhite Mountains of New Hampshire. Further infomlation willbe forthcoming on registrationand other details.
'Parishioners are invited to afinal profession ceremony fOtSister Mary Ellen Mahon, SUSCat 2 p.m. Saturday in the church.ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER
A novena in honor of the festof Our Lady of Czestochowa onFriday, Aug. 26 begar.. yesterdayand parishioners are asked toattend daily Mass as often aspossible until that date.
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