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Edward Machado Is~ NamedLay Chairman of Appeal

Machado is a native of FallRiver. He attended area schools,graduating from B.M.C. DurfeeHigh School. He holds a degreein accounting and finance fromBryant College and has alsop'Jrsued studies at the AmericanInstitute of Banking, the Wil­li 1ms College of Banking andFinance and the United States

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In accepting the nomination,Machado said, "I thank BishopCronin for this opportunity towork with him as well as withthe priests, religious, my fel­low Catholics and all the friendsof the Appeal.

"With God's help and the as­sistance of everyone, BishopCronin will be able to continuea:,d expand the works of charity,mercy, social services and edu­cational endeavors funded bythe Appeal to all peoples of thesoutheastern area, regardless ofrace, color and creed."

- What foods will I not eatduring Lent? Are the morningcoffee-break, the after-schoolsnack, the evening cocktail, thenibbling before bed really nee­e~;sary?

- What are my eating anddrinking habits? Are they goodfer my health? Do they maket~e best use of our natural re­S(lurces?

- What can -be done to makemeals more of a family affair,a time not only to nourish thebody, but to share and -appre­ciate one another?

The following questions, notesthe parish bulletin, are offereda~; an aid to reflection on prayer

, and how it can be used duringLent:

- Do I live at such a hectic

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Founder of RJMsN'ea rs SainthoodBy Sister Janice Farnham, RJM

On February 6, Pope Paul VIformally declared the decree ofheroicity of virtues for ClaudineThevenet, known as Mother St.Ignatius, foundress of the Reli-

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Edward S. Machado, a member of St. John of God parish, Somerset, and executivevice-president and chief executive officer of Slade's Ferry Trust Company, also of Som­erset, ,has been named diocesan lay chairman of the 37th annual Catholic Charities Appealof the Fall River Diocese. His appointment was announced today by the Most Rev. Daniel

A. Cronin, Bishop of FallRiver, who will for thee:,ghth time serve as Appealhonorary chairman.

If it results in guilt feelings,here is a conscience-assuagingselection of possibilities for re­demptive action:

At St. Margaret's and St.Mary's Churches in BuzzardsBay and Onset, parishioners re­ceived a Lenten calendar, rec­ommending a specific action foreach day of the season. Sug­gestions for the rest of Lent arelisted on page 7.

With regard to the minimalfasting and abstinence now pre­scribed by the Church, the par-

HospitaI Affi rmsIt Will MaintainHealing Witness

St. Anne's Hospital, the onlyCatholic hospital in the diocese,has been involved for the past2 Y2 years in the process of ob­taining a Determination of NeedCertificate to replace its non­conforming 1906 building. St.Anne's had agreed to reduce itspresent 220 bed total to 185beds in the application it filedMay 1st, 1977.

The Project Review Committeeof the Southeastern Massachu"setts Health Planning and De­velopment, Inc. made its recom­mendation on the project to itsBoard of Directors this pastweek. The Board recommendedthat the project be approved butthat the total bed reduction forSt. Anne's would be an addi­tional 33 beds for a new total of152 beds, far less than the 185voluntarily agreed upon.

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-What Can We Do for Lent?Halfway through the season, what are we doing for Lent? The days of giving up candy

and desserts seem to be gone, but what has replaced them? The intent of the changed Len­aen discipline was, of course, to help us grow up in the Lord, to choose our own meansof following the crucified Christ. But are we?

Helps are riot lacking, ,Jsh queries, "Are we called tofrom the national and well- do more?" and offers the fol­publicized Rice Bowl -pro- lowing suggestions for considera­gram to parish-level projects. 'tion:But the push must come fromwithin each of us. Now, at mid­Lent, how about an examina­tion of conscience?

This man is planting a futurefor himself and his family. Cath­olic Relief Services help supply theseedling, the ho'e and the know­how which make that future possi­ble. Add your strength to the CRSeffort in 85 countri'es - contrib­ute to the 1978 Catholic ReliefServices Annual Appea_1 at yourparish church this Sunday.

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ill People·Places.Events-NC News Briefs ID

CARDINAL PAUL TAGUCHI,Japan's only cardinal, died last weekat age 75, reducing the College ofCardinals to 131 members and thenumber eligible to vote for a neWpope to 117.

BLUE NUN: Sister Mary Pacelliof Alvernia College, Reading, Pa., isthe only nun in the country direct­ing a criminal justice studies pro­gram.

FATHER ROBERT A. OUVEIRA,associate pastor at Holy NameChurch, New Bedford, has beennamed Gir~ Scout and Camp FireGirls chaplain for the New Bedfordarea.

Abortion Law IllegalFAIRFAX, Va. - A Fairfax County

judge ruled the Virginia abortion law un­constitutional as he freed eight pro-lifersheld for trespassing at a Fairfax abortionclinic. The opinion by General DistrictCourt Judge J. Mason Grove is not bind­ing on other courts, but the rest of thedistrict judges are expected to go alongwith the ruling.

'1 risl1-Style Divorce'DUBLIN, Ireland-To counter allega­

tions that large increases in the numberof annulments granted by Church mar­riage courts amount to "Irish-style di­vorces," the presiding judges of Ireland'sfour regional Church marriage courtshave urged the Irish bishops to publishthe number of annulments granted.

Stevens Must CooperateWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court

has refused to overturn a lower courtorder that J. P. Stevens and Co., the na­tion's second largest textile firm, cooper­ate with union organizers in its North'nd South Carolina plants, under threatof heavy fines. The higli court's Feb. 21ruling ll~t stand an order issued last Octo­ber by the 2nd C.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals which directed the company togive outside union organizers access toall parking lots, canteens and other non­work areas within each plant.

Lent's Like Gymnast~csVATICAN ,CITY - Pope Paul V: told

thousands of people at his general audi­ence Feb. 22 that ,Lent is like "a gymnas­tic exercise -- tiring, but also fortifying."Almost as jf to help him illustrate thepoint, a troupe of jugglers, gymnasts anddancers from Italy's Medrano Circus per­formed precision circus acts before thedelighted Pontiff and a crowd of about7,000.

Oberammell'gau RevisedNEW YORK-Religious leaders in New

York who have been pressing for de:etionof anti-Sen:itism from the famed Ober­ammergau Passion Play have welcomeda vote of t:'je Town Council of Oberam­mergau to substitute a script written by18th century Benedictine monk FerdinandRosner for' the one used 'in the dramafor the past 110 years.

Davis Cup ProtestsNASHVILLE, Teen. - The religious

chaplains and divinity school faculity ofVanderbilt University in Nashville havejoined the widening protest against theuniversity's invitation to the U.S. andSouth African tennis teams to play theDiiVis Cup matches on campus March17-19.

Seal Hunt BackedST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland - The

Catholic Church in Newfoundland"wholeheartedly supports" the men whopartiCipate in the annual seal hunt in theprovince, said Msgr. David Morrissey,vicar general of the archdiocese of St.John's. "They are not savages as seemsto be intimated," he added.

Not A ProblemWASHINGTON-The upcoming White

House Conference on Families shouldtreat families as a resource and a na­tional asset, not as a problem, a spokes­man for five Catholic oI1ganizations hastold two congressional committees. Hewas Msgr. Francis Lally, secretary forsocial development and world peace ofthe U.S. Catholic Conference.

Mass DeniedPARIS-In a move that caused strong

reactions in Argentina, Cardinal FrancoisMarty of Paris has refused a request byArgentine officials to celebrate a specialMass in honor of Jose de San Martin,liberator of Argentina. The cardinal'sarchdiocesan office said that the refusalwas the result of reported human rights-violatlons 'by the Argentine governmentand the unexplained disappearance ofeight French citizens, including two nuns,in Argentina.

New DefficultiesBONN, West Germany-Controversial

Swiss theologian Father Hans Kueng andthe German bishops seem to be headingtoward new difficulties over his best­selling book, "To Be a Christian." TheGerman bishops have repeatedly asked,Father Kueng, who teaches at the Ger­many University of Tuebingen, to clarifypublicly his position on Jesus' divinity asexpressed in the book.

Dangers 'Of AlcoholOTTAWA - The bisliops of Ontario

have called on tl'ie provincial govern­ment to make producers and distributorsof alcohol indicate in their advertisingthe harmful effects of drinking. Thebishops also want the government toraise the minimum legal drinking age "toat least 19 years of age" and make age­cards mandatory for the purchase ofalcohol.

Freedom of Speech?LA SPEZIA, Italy~Three pastors in

the seaside town of La Spezia receivedsuspended jail sentences for distributinganti-divorce materials in churches priorto Italy's 1974 national referendum ondivorce laws. The three pastors wereaccused of "abusing tneir priestly func­tions" by posting an anti-divorce state­ment by the Italian bishops in theirchurches.

Char~smatic ERA?SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Saying there

is no "clear and unique approach to theroles of man and woman" in Catholiccharismatic prayer groups, the leadersof the movement in the United Stateshave emphasized that both sexes "shareequally and fully in the grace of JesusChrist and are called to give tl'ieir livesin service empowered by the HolySpirit."

Church Must Move TooNEW YORK - In -some places, the

Catholic Church is standing still while itspeople are on the move. The result, ac­cording to participants in a conference-on migration, is that the spiritual and so­cial needs of migrants, tourists, nomadsand others "on the move" are unmet bysome dioceses. The meeting, attended bybishops and migration experts from 17U.S. dioceses and Canada, was sponsor­ed by the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Com­mittee on Migration and Tourism.

On 'Outside Edge'WASHINGTON-Forty percent of all

Americans have no church to call theirown, and until mid-November there was"no division or desk or person or closet"which addressM their' -concerns withinthe official structure of the AmericanCatholic Church, says Father Alvin Hlig.But the situation has changed with estab­lishment of the U.S. Bishops' Office forEvangelization under Father Illig's direc­tion, and the Paulist priest sees the U.S.Church "on the outside edge of a wholenew era of evangelization.

FOLLOWING ELECTION bypriests of the diocese, Father RonaldA. Tosti, pastor of St. Francis ofAssisi Church, New Bedford, hasbeen confirmed by Bishop Croninas a member of the priests' per­sonnel board. He has also beennamed assistant director of theCatholic Charities Appeal for theNew Bedford area.

PHYLLIS McGINLEY, winner -ofthe first Pulitzer Prize ever awardedfor light verse, died last week inNew York at age 72.

AUXILIARY BISHOP Eugene A.Marino of Washington, speaking forthe US Catholic Conference before acongressional subcommittee, sup­ported the Humphrey-Hawkins fullemployment bill.

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SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Bishop Feehan HiRh School, AttleboroBishop Connolly High School,

Fall RiverBishop Gerrard High School,

Fall RiverHoly Family High School, New BedfordSt. Anthony HiRh School, New BedfordBishop Stang High School,

North DartmouthCoy:e-Gassidy High School, Taunton

SPECIAL SCHOOLSNazareth Hall, Fall RiverNazareth Hall-on·the-Cape, Hyannis

DCCW District 4Sets Meeting

The Council of Catholic Wom-- en of St. Stephen's parish, He­

bronville, will host an openmeeting of District 4 of theDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen on Monday, March ]3.

Beginning at 7::30 p.m. witha Eucharistic liturgy in thechurch on Route 152, the meet­ing will continue with a busi­ness session, a musical programand a social hour.

District 4 includes units inMansfield, Norton and the Attle­boros.

S1. Stanislaus School, Fall RiverSt. Vincent School, Fall RiverHoly Family-Holy Name School,

New BedfordOur Lady of Mount Carmel School,

New BedfordSt. Anthony School, New BedfordS1. James-St. John School, New BedfonlS1. Joseph School, New BedfordSt. Mary Home, New BedfordSt. Mary School, New BedfordSt. Mary-Sacred Heart School,

North AttleboroOur Lady of Lourdes School, TauntonSt. Mary Primary School, TauntonTaunton Catholic Middle School,

TauntonS1. George School, Westport

he has therefore centered mostof his life in an area only a fewhundred yards square.

He recalls his boyhood, whenNorth Main Street was cobbledand horses and wagons werestill a common sight. NearbyNorth Park was a gathering placefor youngsters and Bernie re­calls, "We were friends with thepoliceman and we'd have felt\\-e were letting him down ifwe caused trouble. Nowadaysthey'd probably call it therapy,but to us it was just friend­ship."

Although retired from the drycleaning business, Bernie hasno intention of retiring from thelife of St. Joseph's and fellow­members can look forward tohis continued loving involve­ment with his native parish.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSSt. Francis Xavier School, AcushnetSt. John Evangelist School, AttleboroSt. Joseph School, FairhavenDominican Academy, Fall RiverEspirito Santo School, Fall RiverHoly Name School, Fall RiverHoly Union Primary School, Fall RiverMount St. Joseph School, Fall RiverNotre Dame School, Fall RiverS1. Anne School, Fall RiverSt. Jean Baptiste School, Fall RiverSt. Joseph Montessori School,

Fall RiverSt. Michael School, Fall RiverSt. Patrick School, Fall RiverSS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River

Schools in the Diocese of Fall River, to the extent required by Title IX, do not discriminate against any applicant/em·ployee because of sex. They do not discriminate against any student because of sex in any educational program andactivity.

Schools in the Diocese of Fall River admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights,privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or rr ade available to studl!nts at the schools.

They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nation al and ethnic origin ill administration of educational policies,admissions policies, loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered prugrams.

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uating class of its former pro­chial school.

"Bernie anticipated a Popeand more than 2000 bishops inrecognizing the role of the laityin the Church," declared Msgr.Shalloo. "Every parish becomesgreat because of its laypeopleand Bernie was one of thosewho made St. Joseph's great.

"Bernie, we love you!" he con­cluded.

Marian MedalOn the diocesan level, Bernie

was in 1972 the recipient of theMarian Medal for outstandingservice to the Church.

That service has always beengiven within St. Joseph's parish,for he has the fairly unusual dis­tinction of still living in thesmall North Main Streethouse where he was born. Hisstore was across the street and

St. Joseph's Favorite Dry CleanerIs Honored at Testimonial

F~rst Friday ClubFall River Fire Chief Louis A.

Shea will sp.eak to the Fall RiverFirst Friday Club tomorrow at adinner meeting following 6 p.m.Mass at Sacred Heart Church.His topic will be "The ArsonProblem in Fall River." Reser­vations for the dinner should bemade by tonight with KennethLeger, club president.

By Pat McGowan

Writing this article is a laborof love. What can you say aboutthe favorite dry cleaner of every­one in St. Joseph's parish, FallRiver, who over the years hassheltered your children onstormy days, allowed them touse his store telephone foremergency "gotta-have-a-ride­home, Mom" calls, and all thewhile kept their school uniformsin tiptop shape, despite the rav­ages of peanut butter, bubblegum and ballpoint pens.

The paragraph above couldhave been written by unnum­bered St. Joseph mothers and isone reason why scores of themwere among parishioners who,despite bitterly cold weather,turned out for a recent testi­monial to "Bernie" Tomlinson,retiring from the dry cleaningbusiness after 33 years on NorthMain Street in the same blockas St. Joseph's.

Other reasons include Bernie'sunfailing willingness to use hisstore as ticket headquarters forSt. Joseph's events and his longservice as a parish trustee, presi­dent of the parish Vincentianunit and an officer or memberof virtually every other St.Joseph's organization. _

"He hasn't said Mass or beenpresident of the Women's Guild,"summed up a former curate,"but that's about it."

The principal speaker at histestimonial was Msgr. Daniel F.Shalloo, pastor of Holy NameChurch, Fall River, a longtime

.curate at St. Joseph's and Ber­nie's classmate in the 1924 grad-

NOW COME THE THANK YOU NOTES: Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Tomlinson start thelarge job of writing thank you notes after a testimonial organized by members of St. Jo­seph parish, Fall River, in appreciation of the contributions of "Bernie" to parish life.

Sister Irene St. Germain, aFall River native, and for 50years a member of St. Jeanne d'­Arc, died last week at age 70at the motherhouse of her com­munity in Quebec.

She was the daughter of thelate Orner and Dorilla St. Ger­main and is survived by twosisters, both of Fall River, Mrs.Wilfred Cloutier and Mrs. Do­nat Mercier.

Her funeral Mass and inter­ment were in Quebec.

In this diocese the Sisters ofSt. Jeanne d'Arc are stationedat St. Mary's Cathedral, thebishop's house and Notre Damerectory, all in Fall River.

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Diocesan PriestAt NFPC Parley

Father Richard Chretien, as­sociate pastor at Sacred HeartChurch, North Attleboro, willrepresent the Fall River dioceseat the 10th annual House ofDelegates meeting of the Na­tional Federation of Priests,Councils, to be held Sundaythrough Thursday in Seattle.

With the theme "Priests'Councils: Serving in a Minister­ial Church," NFPC will be study­ing itself and the world in whichit works, examining the history,achievements and expectationsof member units.

Discussion is expected to giverise to a variety of social jus­tice resolutions designed to guideindividual councils.

During the meeting delegateswill vote for a federation presi­dent, choosing between incum­bent Father James Ratigan, de­scribed as oriented towards hu­man rights and social justice;and Father James Hogan who is"more clerically minded" andfeels the NFPC should also "lookfor ways to address the self­interests of councils and theirconstitutes."

Formed independently of theU.S. bishops' conference in 1968,NFPC has 125 member councils.

It seeks to improve communi­cations among priests, to givethem a representative voice inChurch and national affairs, tocoordinate research programsand to cooperate with aLl levelsof the Church in meeting com­mon needs.

National convocations haveaddressed a variety of Church­~lated issues, including dueprocess, shared responsibility,ministerial priesthood, justiceand peace, accountability, andreconciliation. They have alsoexpressed a common mind onmany social concerns.

Not all decisions have set wellwith member councils. In 1976,the Richmond, Va., council ex­pressed "terrible disappointment"with that year's convention, andcriticized its "goody-two shoes"statements.

Last year, the Baltimore arch­diocesan senate of priests votedto censure the NFPC but remainin the organization. The actionwas prompted by the allegedrailroading of resolutions throughthe 1977 convocation.

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Weak Without God"A morality without God is as

weak as a traffic law when thepoliceman is on foot." - WillDurant

, . -' ~ .agency members, professionalsoldiers, clergy. The symposIapapers deal with every phase ofterroristic violence, from psy­chological implications of bur­geoning terrorism to the use ofsurprise'in warfare as a weaponof violence.

But the terror increases daily,subsiding for a period, then flar­ing up again. One reason is thatmodern communications makeit easier for violent projects tosucceed. The shoulder-fired anti­aircraft missile puts civilian air­liners at the mercy of individualswho need not even board theplanes to wreak havoc. Mean­while we wait in tense expecta­tion for the day when a terror­ist group will steal a nucleardevice, then threaten entirecountries.

Terrorism is only one of manyforms of violence rampant to­day. Fortunately, we can de­tect a ground-swell of increas­ing opposition to violence in theform of respect for the dignityof human life.

We have a long way to go be­fore we make any sweeping re­ductions to the violence in ourway of life, but I think we mightstart with one of the most dra­matic expressions of violence,professional boxing. It offersquite a contrast to Christ's wordsat the Last Supper, "A new com­mandment I give unto you, thatyou love one another as I haveJoved you."

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that rains punches and receivesinjuries in return, the fact is thata person's God-given right tolife is under assault.

Admittedly, there is no move­ment afoot to ban boxing in theUnited States. It is part and par­cel of our way of life and likeour reception of other evils, weadjust to it without staging pub­lic protests. But there seems tobe a whole new perspective onviolence abroad in the land, fromaversion to killing infants in thewomb to the slaughter of sold··iers in war, from laws relatingto labor strife to laws relatingto capital punishment. Threeyears ago, legislatures hurriedto support capital punishment.Now they are having secondthoughts.

One might say that a boxingmatch is only a drop in thebucket of national violence sinceonly two men are involved. Butthe point is that thousands at­tend a bout such as that heldat Las Vegas. To imagine thatthese thousands sit watching thebout impassively is absurd. Thethrill is in the sight of the vio­lence.

Something far more than alaw is necessary, however. Therehas to be a change in custom,in the accepted ideals of society.Such a change does not happenovernight.

Consider the question of ter­rorism, for instance. Symposiahave been conducted for severalyears in the area of terroristicviolence, but my impression isthat there has been little changein public opinion. The symposiaaudiences have included pro­fessional scholars, intelligence

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Let1s End Professional BoxingBy Father John B. Sheerin, CSP

The ring announcer at LasVegas proclaimed, "we have anew heavyweight champion ofthe world, ;~eon Spinks." Thusthe old champion, MuhammedAli, after 15 rough rounds, wentinto the shadows to the surpriseof his admirers, but to the de­light of ex-Marine Leon Spinks'fans.

Now that Ali has been defeat­ed, this seems an ideal time toretire the boxing game. Foryears 1 have urged that profess­ional boxing be buried deep inthe cemetery of obsolete formsof violence. Other Catholics havealso promoted its demise. FatherJames Gillis, my predecessor inthis column, wrote articles yearafter year, denouncing profess­ional boxing. Nobody seemed tolisten. I suppose that in this eraof escalating violence we shouldnot expect to see the end of oneof the bloodiest, most inhumanforms of modified manslaughter.

The professional boxer's ex­plicit aim is to inflict physicalpunishment on his opponent byknocking him out, clobberinghim into insensitivity or maulinghim so bestially that the refereehas to stop the fight. (The foot­ball player's primary aim is notto knock his opponents out fora count of 10.)

To inflict deliberate physicalinjury on another person is aviolation oj' moral law. TheChristian religion holds that hu­man life is sacred, that personsmade to the image and likenessof God deserve reverence.Whether it is a child in the wombthat is the victim of deliberateviolence or the adult prizefighter

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Planned Parenthood: Respectable Abortionists

The opponents of Right to Life are at it once more.Planned Parenthood has elected a new president:. Foropeners, she declared she felt PP should drop its low-keyapproach and begin waging an aggressive battle for abortioLrights.

Ms. Faye Wattletown will assume her $70,000 a yearjob in April. Just to note how well organized this outfit is inthis country, remember it runs on a $90 million budget andhas a staff of over 3,000 in addition to 20,000 volunteersassociated with 183 affiliates in 43 states.

In effect, Ms. Wattletown is attempting to derail thework of Dr. Mildred Jefferson, who heads the NationalRight to Life Movement. It is interesting to note that bothwomen are black. One wonders if this was a factor inPP's choice of Ms. Wattletown.

Planned Parenthood, dedicated to what has been termed"respectable subversion," forms the core of a wide-rangingfJ,nti-life establishment with tremendous political and mediaclout. It receives· millions of dollars in grants from thefederal government, prestigious foundations and, in somecases, organized charitable campaigns such as the UnitedWay.

We should remember that the PP philosophy is one ofends, not means. Thus it promotes every type of birth'prevention technique, including abortion. In fact, in manycities PP is the leading abortion profiteer.

In 1975 PP clinics accounted for about 35,000 abortions;it is hoped, according to the organization's "five year plan,"to bring that figure up to about 85,000 by 1980.

What is hard to believe is that many corporate con­tributors to PP and its affiliates are not aware that theorganization even encourages, much less performs abortions.

Like any other business threatened with loss of a gov­ernment contract, PP is up in arms about the Hyde amend­ment and has called for a $3 million fund to lobby against it.Political activity is not new to PP; it has been in the gamea long time.

This is why its support from government is substantial.PP, it is estimated, receives $175 million in direct federalsupport. By 1980 it hopes to increase that amount to$250 million.

These monies are well hidden in various affiliates suchas the research-orientated Alan Guttmacher Institute.

Many PP efforts are focused on youth. In 1975, morethan 300,000 teenagers were provided with contraceptivesby PP. To reach such young people, special youth orientedprograms have been developed, some promoted with schoolcooperation. Because of this, some feel that PP ·is a factorin the ever-growing problem of sexual promiscuity.

As Catholics we should adamantly oppose all and anyfederal or local funding of PP. We should challenge theubiquitous HEW to specify sources and purposes of publicfunds given this organization.

Above all, we must make every effort to inform ourbrothers and sisters that very often it is their tax dollarsthat enable PP to carryon its pro-abortion activities, whic;.1have their share in subverting and corrupting the nation'syouth. Let's unmask PP and show the American peoplewhat it really is.

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Msgr. Bernard Sullivan, chan­cellor of the Belleville diocese,was present at the trial, repre­senting Bishop William M. Cos­grove.

"We are certainly supportiveof Father Arentsen's views,"said Msg. Sullivan.

Father Leo Hayes, a pastorfrom Ava, III., said it might bea good idea if other priests fol­lowed Father Arentsen's exam­ple.

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Before entering the court­room as the trial began, FatherArentsen said, "I consider my­self innocent on the charge be­cause in '(the Hope Clinic forWomen) they are killing babies,and people should be allowed tosave them."

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In addition to a court appoint­ed lawyer, Father Arantsen isbeing represented by FatherDonald Rau, a priest-lawyer fromthe archdiocese of St. Louis.

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SCHOOL DAYS mean school buses for many diocesan students, but this cheerful groupfrom Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, doesn't seem to mind the daily com­mute.

Continued from Page OneCommunications School, as wellas taking courses under auspicesof the American Bankers Asso­ciation. He is an instructor inthe evening division of BristolCommunity College.

The 1978 lay chairman is apast vice-president and boardmember of the Greater FallRiver Area Chamber of Com­merce, which last year recog­nized him for his civic contribu­tions; past president of Somer­set-Swansea Kiwanis Club; apast Boy Scouts board member;

'on 'the advisory board of theHoly Union Sisters and theSoutheastern MassachusettsUniversity Contract and Learn­ing; and assistant treasurer forthe Battleship Massachusetts.

He is a member of the Somer­set Industrial Commission; theGreater Fall River DevelopmentCorporation; the Boys Club;the Citizens Scholarship Foun­dation of Somerset; SwanseaKnights of Columbus; the FallRiver Country Club; and theAmerican Legion.

A past president of his parishcouncil, Machado has been ac­tive in the Charities Appeal formany years on both the parishand special gifts level.

He is involved with the FallRiver Little League as an organ­izer, manager and coach and hasalso been a volunteer in manycommunity health fundraisingdrives.

Machado is married to theformer Rose Venice, also anactive member of St. John ofGod parish. She is also a workerfor St. Jude Research Hospital,a member of the Daughters ofIsabella, the Fall River CountryClub and the Somerset-SwanseaKiwaniannes, on whose execu­tive board she serves.

The Machados are the parentsof twins, Betty Lou and Ronald.Their daughter is a teacher inthe Somerset school system andtheir son is music supervisor forBishop Stang High School, NorthDartmouth.

Machado

Such programs as those de­scribed above have contributedto over 70 years of Christianservice and first class healthcare to the community. St.Anne's, by its philosophy andprograms, gives constant wit­ness to the healing ministry andto the value of all life.

Sister Marie Ascension, O.P.,President of the Corporation, re­iterated that the Dominican Sis­ters of the Presentation sponsor­ing St. Anne's, as well as theCorporate and Board Members,continue to reaffirm their com­mitment to this Catholic hospi­tal and its unique ..... ability totouch so many aspects of thelives of the community it serves.They continue to affirm the mis­sion of the Church in health carethrough the promotion of excel­lence and the proclamation ofQospel values.

(See related story on page 10.)

.......................

INecrologyI

Continued from Page OneHon by the planning agency, FallRiver's hospitals are beingforced into competitive attitudes.The great value of joint planningappears to be in jeopardy of be­ing lost and has, by the boarddecision itself, been largely ne­gated.

At a combined meeting of themembers of the hospital Corpor­ation and the Board of Directors,the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,a member of the hospital Cor­poration, reiterated the Board'sand the Corporation's resolve tomaintain St. Anne's presence inthe Greater Fall River commu­nity and the diocese as witnessto the healing ministry of Christ.

James F. Lyons, St. Anne'sExecutive Director, expressedhis dismay at a recommendationthat would take 17 beds pres­ently in service at St. Anne's outof use and recommend new bedsto be constructed in a proposednew tower in the other hospitalin Fall River at a cost to thecommunity of approximately$1.7 million dollars.

Mr. Lyons expressed the con­cern that if the Public HealthCouncil, who will ultimatelymake the final decision, were torecommend the final bed countto be less than that of the pres­ent conforming beds at St.Anne's, the Corporation and theBoard of Directors would be, inhis opinion, opposed to accept­ing such a ruling.

Mr. Lyons further stated thatat the lower bed capacity, St.Anne's would not have a viable'enoughbllse of operations 'to de­liver the scope of communityservices it now provides to thecommunity and the diocese.

In keeping with its philosophyof bearing witness to the healingministry of Christ, St. Anne'sconducts an extensive drug andsubstance abuse program, a re­gional program for venerealdisease and an active PastoralCare Department to assist allpatients and their families.

The Social Service Depart­ment at St. Anne's has alsotaken an active leadership rolein the treatment and assistanceof families and children in thechild abuse area. This programhas been selected as a Blue Rib­bon Exhibit by the New EnglandHospital Assembly this comingEaster week at the Sheraton­Boston.

March 9Rt. Rev. Henry J. Noon, V.G.,

1947, Pastor, St. James, NewBedford, 3rd Vicar General, FallRiver 1934 - 1947

March 3Rt. Rev. Timothy P. Sweeney,

LL.D., 1960, Pastor, Holy Name,New Bedford

March 6Rev. John W. Quirk, 1932,

Founder, St. Joseph, TauntonRev. Bernard P. Connolly,

S.S., 1932, St. Charles College,Maryland

March 7Rev. Arthur P. J. Gagnon,

1958, Pastor, Holy Rosary, NewBedford

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Mar. 2,1978

'Close Encounters' Feeds Hunger for Religion

.The Churches' Support for the Canal Treaties

W,hy D·on't W,e I-Iave One Walking Day A Welek?

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

The Commonweal viewedwith dismay the phenom­enon of the fact that manyof us thought that "CloseEncounters of the Third Kind"was a movie that dealt with re­ligious themes. It was pure popculture, we were told, a prod­uct of the "neon industry," acaricature of religion. Was i~

not better, asked the Common-

Iy

MARY

CARSON

Yard sales are gettingmore popular all the time.But they bother me. Peoplenow sell each other thethings we used to give away.When my kids were young, be­fore you threw any thing out,you checked with your friends.If no one needed it, it went tothe Society of St. Vincent dePaul.

There was greater warmth in

By

JIM

CASTELLI

WAStIINGTON (NC) ­Support'from both the ma­jority and minority leadersin the Senate now makespassage of the new Panama Ca­nal treaties a real possibility~

It's timely, then, to take alook at the role America'schurches, and particularly theCatholic Church, have played

By

MARILYN

RODERICK

Stories of the Blizzard of'78 will regale many a homefor years to come and nowwe as well as the old-timers,have something to talk about.Many stories of heroism andperson~1 compassion are comingto light but along with suchhappenings there was a spirit

weal editorial writer, to seekGod in everyday life instead ofin phony tales about UFOs?

Since we no longer have tobelieve in "real angels," was itnot a mistake to see religion inthe HoIlywod angels (creaturesof light, music, intelligence, andgraciousness) who got off theUFO mother ship?

Such an editorial demonstratesthat Commonweal, once a pre~­

tigious and important journal, isserious on a subject which should·be approached playfuIly, flat ona subject which should be ap­proached imaginatively, and dullon a subject which should be

having my home furnished withthings my friends gave me.

The yard· sale trend is nowso powerful that it didn't sur­prise me to see a notice in mydiocesan paper about the "FirstWorldwide AU-Inclusive Cath­olic Yard Sale." To encompassall corners of the CatholicChurch, the site was it centrallocation, out in the AtianticOcean just off the Sargasso Sea.

A huge barge would handleall the no-longer-needed pos­sessions of Catholics from allover the world. Special pilgrim­ages were planned by "Catholic"travel agents, with priests sign­ing up as chaplains. It was abigger "spectacular" than theEucharistic Congress.

Knowing Catholics have al­ways saved things forever, I W8.S

in that debate. The churcheshave supported the new treatiesto the degree that Cardinal JohnKrol of Philadelphia has said,"There are few issues with asmuch ecumenical unanimity asthis one."

"We are aware that some whooppose ratification of the treat­ies use an argument that in ac­cepting a new treaty relation­ship, the United States appearsto be weak or in retreat," t.esaid at Senatp. Ff)~~i~n RelationsCommittee hearings.

That assertion deserves com­ment, he continued, "because ittouches directly on how we think

that would be hard to recap­ture. Despite the hardships ofcarrying groceries and beir.gconfined to the house, there wasan air of festivity.

It came about, of course, par­tially because there was aforced holiday for most peoplebut also, and even mOrEt becausecars were banned and we. tookto our feet. Never have so manywalked so far! The streets be­gan to look like the BostonMarathon and people actuallyenjoyed the air, exercise andcamaraderie. Despite the lux­ury of finally being able to driveto the grocery store, there was

approached with fantasy. Likethe Bourbor.s, the Commonwelnever learns anything and neverforgets anything.

The purpose of story-myth isnot to give a literal, scientificdescription (If reality but ratherto convey a message about thenature of reality. "Close En­counters . . . " is very explicitabout its meissage: "We are notalone." Does Commonweal be­lieve that we are alone?

Does it intend to suggest thatthere is not a hunger for themessage thE: universe is some-

curious Wh~lt would be offeredfor sale.

The openi.ng· ceremonies wereimpressive, with ships fromevery nation arriving in order ofcargo size. Significantly, theUnited States led the flotilla.My surge of pride died whenthe Pope's ship came in last.

The stalls and booths opened.The first display was thousandsof Father Stedman missals ­going for $10 each ...:.. to be de­livered to Econe. A hawker en­couraged me to come in farther- to the more valuable missals.I walked past hundreds of gilt­edged betasseled altar missals,but that wasn't where he wastaking me. Under a counter hehad just a few dog-eared, worn,yellowed St. Joseph's Daily Mis-

of ourselves as a nation . . .

"The concepts of liberty andself-determination are woventhrough the fabric of our his­tory . . . It is of the essence ofnational strength to be confidentabout the values which are atthe heart of a nation's life andto be guided by those values inmoments o:f great importance.We have such a moment beforeus and we can prove ourstrength by affirming for otherswhat we most prize in our ownnational life." .

Church leaders have notstopped at Senate testimony intheir campaign· to build support

also a feeling that for a whilewe had be"m in Camelot.

We visited our friends andneighbors, we shared our gro­ceries and unbelievably, one feltno fear walking through thesilent streets at 10 or 11 o'clockin the evening. -

When the ban was lifted andwe returned to work, more thanone person ,expressed ihe feelingthat perhaps there should be aban on all hut necessary drivingat least one day a week, justto give the streets back to thecitizens.

Every now and then one

how gracious, that its powersare ultimately more benign thanmalign? Angels whetherChristmas cherubs or UFO crit­ters - are important not inthemselves but in what theystand for, a cosmos in whichwonder is still possible.

Doubtless, "Close Encounters. . . " is a flawed movie. Thoseof us who commented on itsquite religious explicit did notintend to canonize the moviebut merely to make the pointthat there is still a powerfulreligious hunger in society.

Does Commonweal believethat Mircea Eliade was wrong

sals - the silk braid markersworn shorter than the pages.

These were priceless . . . hav­ing been carried by little oldladies every morning for yearsto the fourth pew at 7 o'clockMass. Their value was relatedto the difficulty of getting theowners to part with them. Infact, the salesman displayed alarge black an dblue swelling onhis forehead - the result of anencounter with a possessivelittle old lady with a bumber­shoot.

There were huge marble three­tiered altars with ornate spiresreaching toward the heavens.And vestments. When's the lasttime you saw a maniple? ...

Actually, there was much ac­tivity around this area. It was

for the treaties. The USCC andthe NCC are jointly sponsoringa speaking tour by ArchbishopMarcos McGrath of PanamaCity, a major supporter of thenew treaties.

Father J. Bryan Hehir, asso­ciate secretary for internationaljustice and peace of the U.S.Catholic Conference, has talkedon the treaties at various meet­ings and Catholic newspapershave supported them editorially.

The churches' support for thetreaty has not gone unnoticedin the White House, which hascultivated it. Some 75 religiousleaders attended a special brief­ing on the treaties on Jan. 31.

comes across a really great des­sert tliat will highlight any meal.This is one suoh. The first timeI tasted it, it had been whippedup by Bill Brogan of NotreDame parish, Fall River, and Ii",m~diately commandeered therecipe.

Bill's Creation~heesecake Supreme

2 to 3 packages of plain lady­fingers

.2 large (8 ounces) packagesof cream cheese1 teaspoon vanilla extractI pint heavy cream% cup sugar

when he wrote that the oldmyths still survive in the popu­lar culture? Obviously it wouldbe better to have them in lessflawed versions, but their sur­vival is a judgment on scolarswho reject wonder and "secu­larist" clergymen who havegiven up most of their belief inthe wonderful.

As Eliade said to me once,there is a soteriology - a sal­vation story - in the mysterynovel, because there good fightsevil and triumphs. Does Com­monweal think· that evil tri­umphs over good? Does it be­lieve that the cosmos is not insome ultimate sense gracious?

the first time I've seen any com­munication between a priest ina turtleneck and another in cas­sock and biretta. It reminded meof the U.S. diplomatic and traderelations with Russia.

There were stacks of the regu­lations used by religious ordersin the training of novices fiftyyears ago. These were going likehot-cakes to young people ­some with shaved heads, otherscarrying candy and flowers.

There were adults trying tosell their superstitions and hang­ups to kids - but the kidsweren't buying.

The sale was scheduled to goon for weeks, but I had to leave,and I'j) never knQ.W the _outcome.The barge drifted" into' the :Ber­muda Triangle and hasn't beenheard from since.

The meeting gave some in­sight into the way Carter viewsthe religious community and itsrelationship to public power.First, .carter showed that he isat home with religious leaders- his appearance was sched­ul!'''' for 15 minutes butstretched to 45.

r~··-r told those at the meet­ing that he wanted them tovouch for the fairness of thetreaties, but to tell their con­stituencies that they are fair.

"Yol1 r strong voice can be amajor factor in helping the Sen­ate rpach the correct decisionon this vitally important issue,"he said.

I can pie filling, any flavor1. Line a spring form angel­

cake pan with the ladyfingers,placing them around the sides,on the bottom and around thetube center of the pan.

2. Cream together the cheese,sugar and vanilla.

3. Add to the creamed mix­ture the pint of heavy creamand beat with an electric beateruntil stiff. With a large spoon,spoon the stiffened mivtnre in­to the cake pan, making sureyou do not dislodge tile lady­fingers. Top with the pie filling.

4. Chill until firm. Delicious.

F'or Lent

LENTEN CROSSES made of balsa-wood are distributedto members of St. Agnes parish, Butler, Wise. Intended asa visible sign of commitment, parishioners were asked towear them publicly until Easter. (NC Photo)

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Mar. ·2, 1978 7

First Friday VigilAt St. Michael's

'St. Michael's Church, FallRiver, will be the scene of afive-hour First Friday vigil from8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow.

The service will begin with avotive Mass of the Sacred Heartand conclude with a secondMass in honor of the Immacu­late Heart of Mary. The rosarywill also be recited and a holyhour will be conducted duringthe evening. Coffee and pastrieswill be served at 10 p.m.

All are invited to attend allor any part of the vigil.

Television Series

On a regional level, the dio­cese of Worcester is sponsoringa seven-week television seriesfor youth groups or family view­ing, beginning at 7 p.m. Monday,March 6, repeated at 11:30 a.m.Saturday, March 11, and continu­ing each Monday and Saturdaythereafter, on Channel 27.

A discussion guide accom­panies the series, available fromCatholic Youth Department, 49Elm St., Worcester 01609.

such as welfare, distribution offood and other resources, es­tablishing national priorities,right to life issues, energy re­sources, multi-national corpora­tions?

- How can I get to know thepeople in my parish neighbor­hood? Could I give some time tohelp build parish community? Isthere someone in my neighbor­hood who needs transportation?A friendly visit? An invitation toshare a meal?

St. Joseph parish, Attleboro,also distributed a Lenten calen­dar, incorporating area Lentenevents, parish activities and aweekly reminder of the RiceBowl sacrificial meal.

At the beginning of the sea­son, each parishioner was in­vited to select a penance froma wide variety offered and wasalso asked to reflect on thequestion': "I wonder what Iwould be Dike if I knew rwouldn't be around next Christ­mas."

Continued from Page Onepace that I have no time forprayer?

- Have I taken the time tothink about who God is forme?

- Where in my life do Ineed to be reconciled: With my­self? With the Lord? With otherpeople? What can I do to helpthat reconciliation process?

- Am I familiar enough withthe Gospels and the values ofJesus that I know what it meansfor me to be His follower? Orare there areas of my life whereI need to experience again th~

meaning of a gospel-life?- Can I set aside specifib

time for prayer daily? Orweekly?

- As a parent, can I praywith my children, perhaps atmeals or before bedtime?

- Do I pray with my husbandor wife? What about settingaside time this Lent to read theScriptures together?

- As a help to personalprayer, can I participate in thecelebration of Mass once ortwice during the week?

- Could I participate morefully in the prayer of our par­ish ~t Sunday Mass by studyingthe Scripture readings beforecoming to church? By joiningmore actively in the singing?By staying after Mass to talkwith fellow-parishioners?

On sharing, some hard ques­tions are asked:

- Who is the person in mylife who needs me most? Howdoes this person need me? Whatcan I do to meet those needsbetter? .

- In what areas of my lifecould I adopt a more simplelife-style? Do I have moreclothes than I need? Clothes thatothers could use? Are there itemsin my home that others needand I could do without? Howcan I concretely share withthose in need?

- How can I become inform­ed about situations that causeoppression and injustice? Whatcan I do to help eliminate thesesituations?

- What steps can I take tobecome informed about issues

Parish ParadeHOLY REDEEMERCHATHAM

Father Stanley Kolasa, 5S.CC.will conduct the annual day ofrecollection for the Associationof the Sacred Hearts, beginningat 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7.Mrs. Arthur Romero is chairmanand all parish women are invitedto attend.ST. CASIMIR,NEW BEDFORD

Parishioners will celebrate thefeast of St. Casimir this weekendwith a renewal program entitled"Patron Power." The observancewill include signing an Interces­sory Book at the saint's shrine,special homilies and devotionsand a concluding tea.

WHAT TO DOFOR LENT

March 3: Say "I'm sorry" tosomeone you've wronged.

March 4: Pray for the dying.March 5: Spend at least 15

minutes wth the Lord, inreflection or Scripturereading.

March 6: Try not to be waste­ful today.

March 7: Try not to raise yourvoice in anger today.

March 8: Open your eyes tothe wonder of God's world!

March 9: Try to understandanother's point of view.

March 10: Be considerate andthoughtful, even though itseems difficult.

March 11: Pray for vocations.March 12: Tell someone you

appreciate what they havedone for you.

March 13: Thank God for thegift of Jesus.

March 14: Say one decade ofthe Rosary.

March 15: Be cheerful!March 16: Pray for invalids.March 17: 'Pray for the people

of Northern Ireland.March 18: Make a friendly

telephone call to someonewho is lonely.

March 19: Take time to listento your children's hopesand dreams.

March 20: Help someone re­alize his self-worth.

March 21: Give your undivid­ed attention to each person

. ~peakil)g:l() you today..MarCh 22: Do something you

have been putting off.March 23: Pray for the non­

believers in Jesus.March 24: Meditate on the

Passion; bear your trialstoday patiently and with­out complaint.

March 25: Pray that peoplewill have respect for life.

March 26: Rejoice! He isrisen!

Stamps WantedCancelled stamps are re­

quested by the Damien-DuttonSociety for Leprosy Aid and maybe sent to Sister Mary Augus­tine, SMSM, 616 ,Bedford Ave.,Bellmore, L.I., New York 117l0.

They are also collected bysenior citizens at 5t. FrancisVillage, 1 Chapel Plaza, Crow­ley, Tex. 76036.

8 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., M<lr. 2, 1978

How Diocesan Parishes Serve Their CommunitiesIn collaboration with the

Massachusetts O\tholic Con­ference, the Chancery Officeof the Diocese of Fall Riverconducted 8 survey duringJanuary of this year seekinginformation from diocesanparishes and institutionsabout public' service pro­grams conducted by paro­chial I!nd Diocesan units.

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Har­rington, Chl!ncellor of theDiocese, has prepared a resu­me of the report submittedby the diocese to the Massa­chusetts Catholic Confer­ence.

In this issue of The An­chor, the first part of thisresume is presented, contain­ing inform~tion about agreat variety of public orcommunity servjce pro­grams provided by the par­ishes of the dioc,ese. Theresume will conclude in nextweek"s Anchor with ~ re­port on community servicesof dioces~n institutions andapostolates.

The Diocese of Fall River en­compasses the territory in south­eastern Massachusetts com­prised of Bristol, Barnstable,Dukes and Nantucket counties,as well as three towns in Ply­mouth County {Mattapoisett,Marion and Wareham.) The to­tal population resident withinthe area of the Diocese of FallRiver exceeds 500,000.

The Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin is Bishop of Fall Riverand in this capacity exercisesecclesiastidtl and administra­tive supervision of the Diocese.In the Commonwealth of Massa­chusetts, the Bishop is recog­nized as being a "corporationsole."

The basic administrative unitin any Catholic diocese is theparish. There are 113 parishunits within the Diocese of FallRiver. Each parish unit main­tains a facility for worship and,through ministry of clergy as­signed, serves as the center forthe pastoral care of a communityof worshippers. Programs of re­ligious education are conductedin each parish and apostoIatessuch as the care of the sick,etc., emanate from each paro­chial unit.

In every parish, in addition tothe church proper, where pub­lic worship is condJ,lcted, thereis some facility for public as­sembly, ranging from parishhalls to large centers to schoolbuildings.

We have dOCL1mented exten­sive use of such facilities ashalls, centers and schools forprograms which are not of spe­cific denominational 'character,but rather are of broad com­munity service. Such programswere reported in more than 80parish units.

Nearly 40 parish units report­ed that Senior Citizens groupsmeet in some regular fashion in

parish facilities. ,All are madeavailable to Senior Citizengroups without charge; parishvolunteers assist in such pro­grams.

Reported were weekly or bi­monthly sessions at which

Senior Citizens fine. congenialcompanionship, are entertainedand educated, and, in general,receive encouragement agc.instcommon problems like 101eli­ness.

In a number of locations, hotmeals are provided to help pro­tect Senior Citizens against mal­nutrition and illness. We werepleasantly surprised to lear'1 ofthe considerable extent of sup­port provided by parish unitswithin the Diocese to SeniorCitizens, with no cost accruingto the civic community.

Twenty-two parishes reportedthat there were programs foraccomodating Alcoholics Anony­mous groups and :related enti­ties, AIanon and Alateen. Fa­cilities such as parish halls andcenters are made available tothese groups on regular sched·ules, usually weekly.

Two parishes reported that"Overeaters Anonymous" metin their facilities a-:-td one par­ish makes accomoda.tions avail­able each week to Gam\>lersAnonymous.

Thus, with no charge and withvolunteer assistance, some 25%

of the parish units in the Dio­cese contribute in this fashionto AA and other programs insoutheastern Massachusetts,helping in this substantial man­ner to rehabilitate those suffer­ing from alcoholism and to

counter the pervasive detri­mental effect of the diseaseupon the community at large.

Scouting programs were re­ported by over 30 parishes.Volunteer workers coordinate allsuch programs and facilities aremade available for these usefulprograms intended to prepareyoung boys and girls for goodcitizenship. It is apparent thatcountless worthwhile commun­ity service programs stem fromthe extensive Scouting pro­gram in the Diocese.

Twelve parishes reported thatRed Cross Bloodmobile programswere held in their facilities dur­ing the ?ast year. In addition,parish centers in communitiesranging from Norton and Eastonto the outer reaches of CapeCod are utilized for eye clinics,blood pressue clinics, distribu­tion of flu vaccine and similarpublic health concerns.

Probat.on officials conductweekly programs in two parishfacilities. Unions meet and holdelections in three parish halls.In one community, auxiliarypolice m~et and train in a par­ish center. The 4-H Club is re-

ported to have use of parishfacilities in two locations.

The FISH group, an ecumeni­cal association to assist needypersons, uses two parish halls.Several parish schools or centersare used in conducting pro-

grams to assist recently arrivedimmigrants frOm Portugal be­come assimilated in Americansociety and culture.

One parish on Cape Codmakes its hall available to thelocal Town Historical Society.The handicapped are acco'mo­dated for programs of recrea­tion and education in five par­ish centers; lessons are pro­vided for those interested inlearning sign language in orderto communicate with deaf per­sons in two locations.

A neighborhood "actiongroup" meets regularly in oneNew Bedford site.

Parish administrators re-ported that the foregoing pro­grams were provided facilitiesfree of charge, with volunteerhelp ordinarily given by priestsand parishioners.

Twelve parishes responded tothe survey with information re­lating to provision of facilitiesfor public recreation; basketball,baseball little leagues (not underCYO auspices, but communityprograms) were cited, as were

-art classes, movie programs andthe like.

Several parishes reported thathalls and kitchens were madeavailable without charge toworthy groups such as volun­teer fire departments, youthhockey and baseball leagues,etc., for banquets and socials.

Seven 'parishes indicated that"walkathons" or "rideathons"had been held during the pastyear to benefit a variety of pur­poses, including UNICEF, mus­cular dystrophy, etc.

One parish reported that agroup of volunteers had pro­vided hot coffee and chocolateto chilly citizens at a city Christ­mas display. Two parishes re­ported sponsoring holiday din­ners for elderly ,and needy citi­zens, one of these indicatingthat 500 citizens had beenserved.

Parish halls, centers andschools are used as pollingplaces in many communities.In one town, a parish facilityhas been used for town meet­ings, as it is the largest place ofpublic assembly in the com:munity.

Nearly every parish unitsponsors a St. Vincent de PaulSociety, a group of volunteerswho respond to immediate andurgent needs of citizens whohave, in one way or another,"fallen through" the public wel­fare assistance system and whoconfront grave and immediatefinancial need.

Funds to pay for oil, cloth­ing,food-, tni.nspoi'tation: "medi­cal and dental service and formany other similar needs areprovided promptly and confi­dentially to needy citizensthrough the St. Vincent de Paulprogram.

Emphasis is generally placedupon the immediacy and theurgency of the need and volun­teers are able to respond withprompt aid in many instanceswhere public assistance cannotbe obtained.

All funds disbursed in thisprogram are derived from freewill offerings of parishioners;in the fiscal year ending June30, 1977, approximately $120,000was given by parishioners to thework of the St. Vincent de PaulSociety, and as all workers in­volved in the program are volun­teers, the entire amount is chan­neled to recipients.

Second hand stores are main­tained under Society auspices inmajor population centers in theDiocese, offering useful but in­expensive clothing and furniture

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quires input. It requires action.It requires that we love.

I hope your letter has helpedyou get something off yourchest. I can't do anything-aboutthe way fate and the world andGod may have treated you, butI can tell you that the answerto your problem is to stop feel­ing sorry for yourself no matterhow bad your circumstances.

It is hard to love when youhurt and feel hate. But love youmust.

(Family questions on familyliving and child care are invited. ­Address questions to the Kennys,c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,Fall River, Mass. 02722.)

to blame others when we geta lot of bad breaks. Jews andblacks and people on welfarehave been convenient scape­goats. It takes the pressure offourselves. We aren't responsiblefor our problems. "They" are.We play private games of "Poorme," and, "Ain't it awful?"

We may not be responsiblefor our reaction to the breaks.If we turn inward in self-pityand outward in anger, we mustanswer for that response.

So the world doesn't care. I'llgrant you ies an unforgivingplace. Do you care about theworld? Why not look at theworld as "all those people outthere needing my love" insteadof " all those people drainingme and hurting me?"

For a starter, you might tryto find one person in yourneighborhood who has recentlysuffered some loss or setback.Then do something for this per­son. Visit him or her and bringa small gift. If this seems toomuch for you, send a note or acard.

Giving carries with it its ownsatisfactions, even when theworld gives back only pain. Thegiver is always rich. You sound"poor" not because of your badbreaks, but because of yourself-pity and anger.

Happiness is not somethingthat happens to you when every·thing goes right. It is not the re­sult of being lucky. Happinessis the feeling we have when weare attaining our goals. It re-

By Dr. Jim and Mary KennyDear Dr. Kenny: I'm a woman

who has had nothing but hurts inlife. All I did was pray andpray but now I can no longerpray as I did. It seems God onlycares for .Jews, blacks andPuertos no matter what wrongthey do.

My earliest memories are ofarguments - my father alwayshitting my mother for no rea­son.

I have not been able to workfor eight years and am on SocialSecurity disability. I can't af­ford Medicare and Medicaid wasstopped last March. I am apauper.

I had a bad marriage. It took20 years for the Church to an­nul it. .

I only go to the store andchurch. With all the crime,people are afraid to go anywhere.I live by a drug center and getaggravated because people comeup the street and sit on thestoop, drink, shoot more dope.

I'm sorry I didn't stop work­ing 20 years ago to take careof my mother and go on welfarelike the rest of them. Is Godjust? Do you think there is achance for me in life eventhough I'm an old bag?

A. Yes, I think there is achance. Sending the letter youdid indicates you want to changein some way but you will haveto get over your notion thateveryone and everything is rot­ten but you.

It is surely a great temptation

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Raymond Ellinger Jr., a 38-year- and receives a. small stipendold congenital cripple who has each month from the state tonever known life outside a cover personal expenses likewheelchair or a bed, has found- haircuts, shaving equipment anded a Dollar-a-Month Club to sup- toothpaste. But out of thoseport the pro-life movement in funds, he has decided to con­Arkansas. tribute $1 a month to the pro-

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ters also minister to the sick andthe aged, while others work inlocal hospitals and schools aswell as in other service-orientedorganizations.

The last words of their foun­dress, uttered shortly before herdeath on February 3, 1837, arean expression of the hope andfaith which the Religious ofJesus and Mary wish' to keepalive wherever they are sent:"How good God is!"

by catechetical instruction, alms­giving, visiting hospitals, andfinding employment for Younggirls.

From this beginning came aninternational congregation flour­ishing on five continents, with"?OO Sisters serving in 21 na­tions.

l{ecognizing that modern timescall for as radical a response asthat of their foundress, the Reli­gious of Jesus and Mary have inrecent years wrestled with the~""blems of renewal and adapta­tion, in terms of their mission':oday and the diversity of minis­tries in which they find them­selves.

As they celebrate 100 years of~ducational commitment in thiscountry, the Sisters are explor­ing new dimensions of service.They continue teaching but they':ire expanding their horizons toinclude pastoral and campusministry as well as work amongHispanics and the rural poor.

In the Fall River diocese theReligious of Jesus and Maryhave staffed Notre Dame Schoolsince their arrival in the UnitedStates in 1877. Today some Sis-

Continued from Page Onegious of Jesus and Mary, whoare presently marking the 100thanniversary of their arrival inthis diocese. Such a proclama­tion initiates the final stages ofthe canonization process for the19th century nun, now rankedamong those called "Venerable"by the Church.

Born in Lyons, France, onMarch 20, 1774, Claudine The-.venet grew up in a bourgeoisfamily amid the turmoil of theFrench Revolution. When twoof her brothers were capturedand imprisoned by revolutionarysoldiers, she was only 19. Shevisited them and other prisonersfrequently during their time ofdetention, at great risk to herown safety.

Early in 1794, she watched asthey were brutally killed, afterhaving begged her to forgive theterrorists in God's name.

Turning from her own loss,Claudine was deeply moved bythe lot of thousands in thestreets of Lyons who had beenvictimized by the war. Theirgreatest misfortune, she felt,was to live and die withoutknowing God.

Once order was restored inFrance, Claudine gathered sev·eral young women from her par­ish and neighborhood whowished to dedicate themselvesto service of the poor. The PiousAssociation of the Sacred Heart,as they were called, strove tomake the Lord known and loved

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c1udes eight years with an in­ternational accounting firm,specializing in savings and loanactivities. He holds membershipin the American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants.

He and his wife Patricia arethe parents of a son and daugh­ter.

Dr. SilviaDr. Silvia, a Fall River native,

holds a doctorate in history fromFordham University. His specialfield of study is the ethnic mixthat has shaped Fall River. Un­derstanding this background, hefeels, is an important factor inplanning health care facilities re­sponsive to area needs.

The Bridgewater faculty mem­ber has published many articlesand lectured extensively in hisfield of interest. His presenta­tions have included studies onthe place of Portuguese andFrench-Canadian immigrants inFall River history.

He holds membership in manynational and area historical as­sociations and is a director ofthe Bristol Textile Museum andactive on the City of Fall RiverHistorical Commission and inthe Fall River Preservation So­ciety.

Dr. Silvia is married to theformer Geraldine Holleran, aregistered nurse, and they haveone daughter.

Gets Clearanceaid to the archdiocese would notbreach "the wall between churchand state," .

Of the nine Supreme Courtjustices, only Justice WilliamBrennan indicated that he wouldbe willing to review the case.Four justices must ask for areview before a case is sched­uled for oral arguments.

Father Michael F. Groden, di­rector of the archdiocesan plan­ning office for urban affairs,said that his office acts as anagent and developer of suchprojects and, upon completionof the unit, ownership is trans­ferred to a corporation com­prised of the occupying families.

"In this day and age," he said,"one's credibility usually hingeson what one does as well aswhat one says; to shelter thehomeless is an important part ofthe Gospel message we preach,"

adult education; and "Outreach,"especially, in the words of onemember of the Council, withinone's own "sphere of influence,"

Father Horace J. Travassos,Assistant Chancellor, DiocesanLiaison with the Ad Hoc Com­mittee on Evangelization, plansto participate in a series of con­ferences to be sponsored in thespring by the NCCB Committee.It is also anticipated that the Di­ocese will be represented atthese conferences by other dele­gates drawn from the member­ship of the Pastoral Council.

In recent months two newmembers have been named tothe board of directors of St.Anne's Hospital, Fall River.They join a group of disting­uished area citizens, most ofwhom have given many yearsof service to the diocese's onlyCatholic hospital; and they comeat a time when increasing gov­ernmental restrictions hamperthe operation of private hospit­als, making the institutions evenmore conscious of the need ofwide-based community support.

Robert F. Stoico, president ofthe First Federal Savings andLoan Assn. of Fall River, andDr. Philip T. Silvia, a professorof history at Bridgewater StateCollege, bring such a wideningof support, representing as theydo a varied mix of intellectualprofessional and communit;commitments.

Stoico is a Swansea residentdirector and committee chair~man of the Fall River Boys Club,the FaIl River unit of the Ameri­can Cancer Society and theGreater Fall River United Way.

He is also chairman of theSwansea Industrial Commission,treasurer of the area Boston Col­lege Alumni Association and anactive Rotarian.

Professionally, the new boardmember is a certified public ac­countant whose experience in-

Scituate Proj-ectSOITUATE, Mass. (NC) ­

The U.S. Supreme Court hascleared the legal ground for con­struction in Scituate, Mass., of40 state-funded low and moderateincome housing units on landsupplied by the Boston arch­diocese.

The court ruling ended a five­year 'legal battle by the Scitu­ate Zoning Board to block con­struction of the church-sponsor­ed units in the residential com­munity.

"In effect," the board stated,"what we have is a state agencydirectly financing the Churchin the real estate business,"

The Court let stand, withoutcomment, a 1973 PlymouthCounty Superior Court decisionpermitting construction of thehousing. That decision, later af­firmed by the Massachusetts Su­preme Court, said that financial

New Members JoinSt. Anne Board

cil of Priests and the DiocesanPastoral Council, the springClergy Institute will be con­ducted by Father Johannes Hof­inger, S.J., an expert on thesubject of "evangelization,"

At the February 21st meeting,Pastoral Council members sug­gested that Bishop Cronin indi­cate to Father Illig their rec­ommendation that the NationalAd Hoc Committee study threespecific areas of concern: "Com­munications," principally in­volving use of the media; "Edu­cation," with emphasis upon

Discuss Evangelization

PHILIP SILVIA

Councils

ROBERT STOICO

Presiding at the February 21,1978, Meeting of the Diocesan'Pastoral Council, Bishop Cro­nin introduced for discussion arequest which he had receivedfor "input" from Father Alvin<Illig, C.S.P., Executive Directorof the Ad Hoc Committee onEvangelization of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops.

The topic of "evangelization,"the program to reach out to theunchurched, has been prominentin deliberations of the PastoralCouncil over the past year andvaried helpfui insights and rec­ommendations emerged from thesession.

Members of tI:te PastoralCouncil, in deliberating on thesubject of "evangelization" dur­ing the 1977-1978 term, havestressed the crucial importanceof the local parish in providingimpetus to the movement tospread the "Good News," theGospel, which is central to theoverall program of "evangeliza­tion,"

Bishop Cronin reported to theCouncil of Priests of the Dioceseupon the reactions which laymembers of the Diocesan Pas­toral Council had expressed indiscussing "evangelization."

The informed leadership ofparish priests was identified asone of the highest priorities indeveloping vibrant parochialplans for "evangelization,"

As a result of the on-goingprocess of consultation in whichBishop Cronin had engagedwith two principal consultativebodies in the Diocese, the Coun-

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Jung and Spirituality

By Father John J. Castelot

John Calvin was the foremostfigure of the Protestant Refor­mation. But while one can ad­mire his brilliance, idealism, dis­cipline, and devotion to whathe considered the will of God,one looks in vain for some sparkof warmth, of humor, of com­passion - all those qualitiesthat make a person, if not lov­able, at least likable.

He was born in 1509 in north­eastern France. His fatherhandled legal affairs for the bish­op, and it was in this atmos­phere that John grew up.

His mother died while he wasstill a boy and his father re­married.. The household doesnot. seem to have been exactlylighthearted; the father's willwas law.

John was started on a pathwhich would have led to a car­eer in the Church, and the bish­op helped out financially. At theage of 12 the boy was given aposition on the cathedral staffand soon went to Paris to con­tinue his education.

Later he moved to the Collegeof Montaigu for theology butsoon got word from home toswitch- from -theology ta"· law;His father had had a long disputewith the cathedral authoritiesover a business matter and wasexcommunicated in the process.

But when his father died in1531, John returned to Paris toresume studies more to his lik­ing and published his firstscholarly work.

In 1533 or 1534, he experi­enced a "sudden conversion"and espoused the doctrines ofthe Reformers. Then his goodfriend, Nicholas Cop, was ap­pointed rector of the Universityof Paris and his inaugural ad­dress was a bombshell. It wasshot through with undisguisedLutheranism and he was forcedto leave the city. Calvin was'suspected of having had a handin the composition of the talkand he too had to flee.

In Basal, Switzerland, hewrote his most famous theol­ogical work, known popularly as"The Institutes," which was toundergo several revisions andexpansions and, in translation,was to exert tremendous influ­ence on the religious thinking ofEurope. He managed to get backto Paris to clear up some busi­ness and intended to go fromthere to Strasbourg. However,a war was in progress and hehad to go by way of Geneva, adetour that changed his wholelife.

A compatriot and zealous co­religionist, Guillaume Farel,heard of his arrival and persu­aded him to stay. Geneva was 'atthat time a city of 13,000 ruledby a relatively small clique. Pro­testanism had gained the upperhand, but the new church was

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John CalvinBy Father Alfred McBride

It seems inevitable that oneextreme generates another. Lu­ther extolled the God of mercy.love and forgiveness. Calvin pro­claimed the God of judgment,vengeance and condemnation.Calvin taught that God has pre­destined both the saved and thedamned. Some were divinely des­tined for heaven, others for hell.

Why does Go~ act this way?Calvin's answer: Because that isthe way God likes to do things.The portrayal of such a capri­cious God was bound to scarepeople. How can I tell I amamong the saved?. According to Calvin therewere some ways: Believe in thetrue faith (Le. Calvin's interpre­tation.) Lead a good life. Go tothe Lord's Supper regularly.Basically, the only hope for sal­vation was to belong to Calvin'scongregation.

Calvin soon constructed whathe called a "divine common­wealth" at Geneva. It was noth­ing less than a sacred policestate.

What were some of the crimesone could commit? Kneeling ona spouse's grave and saying,"Rest in peace." Criticizing theauthorities for persecuting any­one for his religious beliefs. Notkeeping the laws against gam­bling, dancing, singing off-colorsongs, staying up after nine atnight, spouting a few curseswords after .some beers in atavern, wasting money anddirtying the streets.

In Calvin's commonwealth,citizens were subjected to arigid form of thought control andbehavior modification that wouldlook painfully familiar in someof the 20th century police states.

It was his wing of the Re­formation that most influencedthe Puritans who came to Ameri­ca. Much of early American Pro­testantism evidenced an affec­tion for the Calvinist emphasis onthrift, cleanliness and success inbusiness, along with an OldTestament style of observingthe Sabbath.

Many social critics and his­torians have noted a more thancasual Unk between this Calvin­ist form of Protestantism andAmerican capitalism. The richerand cleaner people were, themore it seemed that God lovedthem and blessed their efforts.Of course, since money was notto be spent on foolish pleasuresthere was no place else to putit except back .into the business.Hence, if one might state it thisway, the American heirs of theCalvinist vision were doomed toprosper.

Time has softened the originalmessage and practice. The val­ues of thrift and cleanlinesscould use a new hearing todayas could the sense of sin. In allexaggeration there is a grain oftruth. Perhaps we should plantthat grain again.

By Nora Geissler-Snell

The pursuit of self-fulfillmentis a hollow journey that leavesthe door open only to those ex­periences which our limited wis­dom deems worthwhile. It rulesout experiences which have thepower to take us beyond our­self.

This subject -does self-fulfillment constitute any kindof Utopia? - kept bringing meback to an experience whichhad much to do with my owndiscovery of faith.

I was working in a pediatrichospital where a nine-year-oldboy was dying from a brain tu­mor. The child's father chose totalk again and again with me,a single woman 15 years young·er than himself.

Sometimes I w~uld go homeresentful that he could not havtlchosen another aide or nursewho had a mate, and perhapschildren, because I would gohome to my loneiy apartmentand there face his questions. Icould not leave it all at the hos­pital.

It is difficult to talk withhim because I was continuallyreminded of my own mortalityand loneliness. The child deteri·orated for months, and whileour talks were not daily, theywere intense.

It was only much later thatI realized how much I had trulybeen blessed by God for mygrudging willingness to be opento this suffering father. Any re­sentment I had harbored, basedon my own life, was lost in hisgreater need:

I know now what a gift itwas that this man shared hisson's death with me, althoughmy initial reaction had been that

ABoy and His FatherI didn't need this suffering inmy own sad life at the time.I thought that as a single, child­less person I had no commonground with this father

Yet, I was impressed by hiscommitment to being a fatherand a husband. I was impressedby the cohesiveness of that ex­tended Irish family. I was inawe of his strength as he spokeof taking the child home andbringing him back to health.

I couldn't understand why Icried intermittedly the day hisson died. For I had known thisboy only as a person unable todo any of those things by whichwe commonly make distinctionsbetween the human and thevegetable.

My sense of what constituted

By William Ryan

Carl Gustav Jung, generallyconsidered the founder of analy­tical psychology began as a dis­ciple of Sigmund Freud but splitwith him because he came to be­lieve his views on human be­havior were too narrow. Jung,in a sense, took Freud's theor­ies and "baptized" them - madethem more :in harmony with aspiritual view of men.

Jung was born in Switzerland,in 1875. In college, he chancedupon a book on spiritualistphenomena which reminded himof stories he had heard in theSwiss countryside.

He knew that such legendshad been reported from all partsof the world and he felt theycould not be the products ofreligious "superstition," sincereligious tE:lIchings differ and

self-fulfil'lment rejected this ex­perience that was played outover some months' time. Itdidn't make sense to me. J hadto rise above myself to be awilling companion to this manin his suffering.

The pursuit of self-fulfillmentis a denial of our humanity. Itassumes that we need justifica"tion for being, when God's verygift of life justifies our existence.

Perhaps an estimate ofwhether one's behavior is aimed"toward self-fUlfillment or to­ward self-transcendence is inhow approachable one is. Al­most all experiences provideopportunities to put the otherfirst, and to become more ofthe truly human being God'meant us to be.

these accounts were strikinglysimilar. -

Instead, he reasoned, theymust be connected with the ob­jective behavior of the psyche.But he found, to his amazement,that his friends resisted suchideas.

"I had the feeling," ~e laterwrote, "that I had pushed tothe brink of the world, but whatwas of burning interest to mewas null and void for others, andeven a cause of dread. I couldfind no explanation for this.After all, there was nothing pre­posterous and world-shaking inthe idea that there might beevents which overstepped thelimited categories of space, time,and casualty.

"Animals were known to sensebeforehand storms and earth­

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Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego

A TENTA~An

Baseada em muitfssimas oaqinas da Sa­qrada Escritura, a Iqreia ensina como D00made J:'e a existencia dos Anios, seres esniri­tuaia, oessoais e livres criados por Deus eelevados oela Gra~a, a ordem sobrenatural.Estes Anios como seres livres, tambem foramsujeitos a uma orova. Sequndo a parecer dosSantos Padres da Iqreja, uma ter~a parte de­les, par soberba rebel des contra Deus, ore­cioitaram-se no inferno criado para eles eseus seQuazes.

Ede fe a existencia dos Demonios quedo inferno, oor inveja, tentam sedutoramentearrastar oara 0 seu reino de odio as seresinteliqentes e livres Que somas nos as ho­mens.

Ter tenta~oes nao e pecado. Cristo Je­sus tambem foi tentado, tendo infliqido aodemonic outras tantas violentas derrotas.Ouando sobrepuiamos a tentador, vencendo-o,atraimos a nos, com a vitoria, mais qra~a deDeus. Merecemos, assim, para a vida. sobrena­tural.

Pecado econsentir na vontade 0 que eofensa aos olhos de Deus e perante a voz da

.A •nos sa consclencla.o demonic nao abandona a luta. Nos e

Que devemos estar de sobreaviso.Como nos preveniu S. Pedro: "Sede so­

brios e vioiai continuamente, poroue a nossoinimiqo, 0 diabo, ronda a nos sa volta comourn leaD ruqidor a procura duma oportunidadepara nos devorear." E S. Paulo confirmou:"Nao temos de combater apenas contra a carnee 0 sanoue, mas tambem contra os sequazes doprlncioe das trevas, contra os espfritos ma­liqnos espalhados oelos ares." .

Muitas vezes, como que sentimos os e­feitos das balas infernais deste nosso terrlvel inimiqo que diaramente orocura inocularas seus venenos. Estamos aqitados, sem paz?Esta aqita~ao eSatanas. Estamos intranqui­los nos nosso interior? esta intranquilidadee Satanas que nos seque, nao nos quer deixar

Isto nao e uma imagem literaria, e adescri~ao dessa terr{vel realidade que oshomens modernos tanto se empenham em juloar, .

como fabula.o demonic existe hoje, no seculo XX,

como existira no seculo XXI e sequintes.Existe e influi na nossa vida e na de todos:santos e oecadores, incredulos e homens vul­gares; influi na vida das freirinhas da clausura e na dos salteadores encarcerados, nosneoocios enos cartazes de cinema, nas lei­turas enos trabalhos, na vida fntima decada urn e na vida social.

Ale da "qrande cartada" de conseouirque nao se fale dele ou ate se neque que. ,.exista, tern consequido 0 demonic outros exi-tos na sua incessante actividade: urn deles,o de fazer que nao se fale do pecado comoofensa pessoal a Deus ou at~ que se neque aexistencia do pecado, desoersonalizando 0homem ao retirar-lhe a responsabilidade doseu aqir. Ja 0 Santo Padre Pio XII advertiuque talvez 0 maior pecado do mundo de hojee Que os homens ten ham come)ado a oerder 0 .senti do do oecado.

Vamos, entao, viver aterrorizados como pensamento e reflexao de que Satanas in­flui em todos os aspectos da vida humana?Nao. Devemos, sim, estar orevenidos e pre­parados para 0 vencer em nos. A vitoria de­finitiva, se 0 Quisermos, e a nossa. Sata­nas ja ~ 0 enterno vencido. Venceu-o Deus~venceu-o Cristo ~ue com a Sua vida, Morte,e Ressurrei~ao nos mereceu 0 podermos vence­10 tambem nas nossas vidas.

give due weight to drives otherthan the sexual.

Jung was much more con­cerned with the conscious thanwas Freud, whose theory ofrepitition and compulsion sug­gested that man was acting outrepeatedly the influences of theearly years of life. And from hisown practice Jung was familiarwith cases in which, as he putit, "the question of sexualityplayed a subordinate part,other factors standing in theforeground - the problem ofsocial adaptation, of oppressionby tragic circumstances of life,prestige considerations, and soon."

Jung is important to theolog­ians and religious educators be­cause he believed deeply thatpeople have spiritual longingsand aspirations and placed muchemphasis on the need to developa spiritual life.

He died after a brief illnessat his home in Zurich on June6, 1961, seven weeks shy of his86th birthday.

his plan for a utopia, an idealstate which was really a church.

In Calvin's plan, there werefour ministries: pastors, teach­·ers, elders and deacons. A coun­cil of elders and pastors wouldwatch over citizens' conduct.

All behavior was rigidly con­trolled, and an espionage sys­tem was set up to report trans­gressors. Clothing style wasspecified, right down to shoe­types. People were compelled toattend several sermons a weekand Communion on Sunday.

Critics of the regime werebeheaded. Calvin's utopia be­came a moral police state, direc­ted by Calvin himself, right un­til his death, which came in1564, after several years of poorhealth.

Continued from Page Twelvequakes. There were dreamswhich foresaw the death of cer­tain persons, clocks which stop­ped at the moment of death,glasses which shattered at thecritical moment. All these thingshad been taken for granted inthe world of my childhood. Andnow I was apparently the onlyperson who 'had ever heard ofthem."

Jung's decision to become apsychiatrist may be traced fromthis point, and it was on thebasis of such observations thathe eventually constructed histheory of the collective uncon­scious that is the seat of "arche­types," inherited predispositionsreflecting the entire history ofman.

He and Freud eventually gaveup their close-ties because oftheir continuing disagreements.In particular, Jung felt thatFreud's concept of the uncon­scious was too limited, and thatFreud's famous theory of thelibido had to be bfoadened to

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badly in need of organization.Calvin devoted himself to this

project, but the plan he pre­sented to the city fathers wasso rigorous and rigid as to bealarming. And when a factionopposed to him took office, heand Feral were banished.

He then went to Strasbourgas a pastor of a church. Herehe continued writing and in1540 married the widow of oneof his converts.

After about three years, hissympathizers managed to havehim reca:lIed to a nearly-chaoticGeneva, where he presented anew civil-religious constitutionunder the title "EcclesiasticalOrdinancas." It was the basis of

Jung And Spirituality

CARL JUNG

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Pharisees Misjudgedat a Jewish-Christian symposiumin New York.

Judith Banki, assistant direc­tor of the American Jewish Com­mittee's interreligious affairs de­partment, said old teachingsabout the degenerate state ofJudaism in the time of Jesushave been rejected by "almostevery serious C~ristian scholar."

MARY SIMMEN

spect life much more by show­ing me that by not being selfishand only thinking of yourself,you can help other people.

woman told me how it cameabout for her. Her life was amess. Suddenly she felt firedwith longing for more meaningin her life, and she told me shefound it in the Christ she hadforgotten.

But he hadn't forgotten her.He was there when she neededhim. Such encounters are themore beautiful because so un­expected.

The fact emerges in individ­ual lives that there is such athing as a spiritual ground ofbeing. More simply, there aresuch things as love and trust,integrity, courage and that won­derful newness, the beginningof a new life.

We cannot operate in daily lifewithout unconsciously assumingsuch a ground. But only whenit emerges to us as consciousfact do we gain a glimpse of ourown essential purpose andidentity.

Jesus knew who he was. Andhe derived a great deal of powerfrom the fact that he did. Buthow about those who are, likeMoses, still wandering around inthe wilderness?

I think most Christians aremore like Moses, still looking.They are closer to searchingMoses than to the Galileanteacher whose whole life demon­strated what a person ideally is.When one finds for himself/her­self the secret of Christ, one hasfound the ground of true being.

How does it come about?Only this morning one young

that she was going to die, andI had given up all hope. Ofcourse, giving up hope wasn'tgoing to help any.

After eight months of longsuffering, she knew that it washard on herself and me both, soshe decided to put herself inJ.C.R.S. cancer research hospital.A week later she died.

It was very hard for me tounderstand why God would takeher away from me like that. Iwas very upset for some time,but now I realize that that wasthe way God wanted it.

I miss my mother very much,and out of my love and respectfor her, I gave of myself anddid the best I possibly could tohelp her. I only hope now thatshe knows I love her. '

This experience made me re-

Winner Saw Mother Die

"WE DARE NOT undervalue what may be called com­monplace occasions." (NC Photo)

I know the words; I know whatthey are supposed to mean, butI don't know what they reallymean to me."

I knew what he meant. Thisis not the first time I'd heardthis. I think many people strug­gle with this question all theirlives.

NEW YORK (NC) - When adiocesan Catholic newspaper re­cently accused the SupremeCourt justices of "outdoing thebiblical Pharisees, at least inempty legalism, if not in purehypocrisy," it revealed the con­tinued impact of historic Chris­tian teachings of contempt for

, Judaism, according to a speaker

By James FiedlerDENVER (NC) - Thirteen­

year-old Mary Simmen learnedabout life by watching hermother die."

For eight months, while hermother suffered as cancer ateaway her body, Mary, a seventhgrader at St. Bernardette'sSchool, spent hours caring forher, often sleeping alongside herbed.

The two lived alone in an1partment near the school.

Mary's description of the ex­perience was the winning entryin an archdiocesan Respect forLife essay contest.

She is now living with a fosterfamily and says that'she wantsto be a nurse. "I want to helppeople," she said.

"I once thought I'd like to bea nun, but not now. I like boys,"Mary declared.

Her essay follows:A few years ago my mother

found out that she had cancer.I was the only person she hadto depend on.

When the cancer had gottenbad enough that she couldn'tdo anything for herself, I had tohelp her.

Each month the cancer grewworse, and it was now apparent

'Respect Life

By Cecilia Belanger

When we reach out to thosein need we may be doing some­thing which seems so small atthe time but may have big re­sults. Little errands, little chores, 'small acts of love are oftenhealing medicine.

We are all part of a vast joint­enterprise called humanity. Thisworld, for all too many, canseem like a wilderness. It is thenthat those of us who have beenthrough the wilderness and havefound our way must give' ahand to those still wanderinglost and deserted.

We are really called to dothis "errand in the wilderness."It isn't a matter of telling otherswhat to do but of sharing withone another something of whatwe have glimpsed at our ownlittle burning bushes.

We dare not undervalue whatmay be called commonplace oc­casions. For through them andby means of them we are oftenmade the channels of grace.

Our Lord, above all prophets,had the conviction that He wassent by his Father on a "rescuemission" to the world. Does theword "sent" make a difference?Does it suggest that someonewho is sent ;knows he is drawinghis strength from a source in­finitely greater than materialcircumstances?

Jesus could say, with the hu­mility of absolute dependenceon His divine source, "I can ofmy own self do nothing." Thenhe goes on to tell us that it is"the Father who sent me, theFather who dwells in me."

This past weekend an old­young friend (Young in yearsbut old in friendship) said tome, "I've heen struggling withwhat it means to be a Christian.

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Gone Too FarHow it all started, I hardly rememberA casual walk through the park in the winterAll that I wanted was someone I could talk toIt had to be youThe wind was cold, we huddled togetherLooking back I should have known betterWasn't it me who said I'll never fall for anyone,

and look what I've done.Gone too far, I don't know how I did itGone too far and I hate to admit itBut I spend all my time thinking of youGone too far, there's nothing I can do nowGone too far, it'll work out somehowBut I spend all my time thinking of you.Seems before, I didn't know what was missingMaybe I did, but I just wouldn't listenWasn't it me who said I'll never fall for anyoll1le,

and look what I've done.

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The story is common: a relationship begins almost accident­ally, and grows in significance. Gradually one person realizes thathe or she is emotionally invested in the other. The person hastried to play it cool in the past, not to make a strong emotionE;commitment. But now he has. Although the song implies the perS01is confused by this development, there is a leaving behind cfformer emotional limits. There is a trust, for though he has "gonetoo far, it will work out somehow."

Falling in love is a powerful emotional experience. A collage cff~elings emerges: elation, fear, mystery, hope. We feel good aboutbeing loved, but also wonder what it means and where it leads.

The song brings up the point that we can keep our distanc:,from such an emotional experience - "Wasn't it me who sai:'I'll never fall for anyone" - yet this points to a lack of opennes:to the fullness of experience.

Further, loving and being loved make up a complex reality.There are real distinctions between infatuation, falling in love, anja maturing love commitment. Real love commitment is a stage ofgrowth beyond the message of this song. Yet we need to recognizethe process of growth within us. Each stage of loving can flowinto a deeper, more lasting level.

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newsWednesday, March 8, 8-9 p.m.

(PBS) "The Case of the AncimtAstronauts." In examining theevidence for theories about visit­ors from other worlds, NOVAcomes up with some earthbou ndexplanations.

Thursday, March 9, 4-4:30p.m. (CBS) "Journey Togethel~."

A teenager helps a proud blackwoman who won't accept "chari­ty" in an episode of "The Win­ners," a series of specials basedon true experiences of yOU:lgpeople.

Sunday, March 5,9 p.m. (ABC). - "The Way We Were" (1973)- Robert Redford and BarbraStreisand star in a lavish so ~p

opera about an ill-matched butloving couple. Heavy on '40snostaligia, but slick and shallow.Morally unobjectionable foradults.

Monday, March 6. 9 p.m.(ABC) "The Seven-Ups"(1974) - Roy Schneider is aNew York detective whose useof an underworld friend as aninformant triggers a series ofgangland kidnappings. The moyiehas visual authenticity and ex­citement, but lacks substance andimplies an end-justifies-Ue­means morality. Morally unob­jectionable for adults.

New Film

In "The Betsey" (Allied Ali­ists), the aged founder of a De­troit automobile empire (Law­rence Olivier, hires a racingdriver (Tommy Lee James to su- .pervise the building of a revolu­tionary economy car named afterhis great-granddaughter. Hisown grandson is bitterly opposedfor reasons best known to Freudand Harold Robbins, the auth:>rof the supremely trashy nov()lupon which this supremelytrashy film is based. The lac:kof any sort of moral perspectivefor the determinedly low-mindedbehavior on display and the ele­travagant nudity make anythingbut a condemned rating out :>fthe question.

•movietv,Southern Baptist leaders are

claiming a victory for themselvesand all others who protestedagainst ABC-TV's controversialcomedy series, "SOAP," follow­ing changes in the show's formatand constant.

Alfred Schneider, ABC's vicepresident for programming, an­nounced in the Dec. 30-Jan. 7issue of TV Guide that the net­work has dropped its "parentaldiscretion" advisory which ap­peared at the beginning of eachepisode of "SOAP." The show'scontent has been changed, hesaid, and the series will now bea "whodunit program."

He said that current episodes"do not deal with the adultthe",ps that concerned us orig­inally."

The Christian Life Commissionof the Southern Baptist Conven­tion had claimed victory in thefight against "SOAP" twomonths earlier, after learningthat ABC had notified its affili­ates that radical changes werebeing made in the series.

In a speech to the Baptist Con­vention of Maryland, the Rev.Harry N. Hollis Jr., director offamily and special moral con­cerns for the commission, saidthat thanks to a diligent protestaround the country "ABC haspulled away from its goal of mak­ing "SOAP" a forerunner ofthings to come on TV."

The Red River, CBS, 8-9 p.m.Monday, March 6: An explana­tion of the human circulatorysystem and how medicine canpreserve its proper functioning.Scenes of four operations areshown, which may be inappropri­ate for young children, but other­wise this is perceptive and beau­tiful appreciation of the "richand wonderful gift of life."

Wednesday, March 8, 4:30­5:30 p.m. (ABC) "It 'Isn't EasyBeing a Teenage Millionaire."A 14-year-old girl who wins $1million in a lotterly momentar­ily loses sight of more importantthings, in particular, true friend­ship.

eyo GIRLS' JUNIOR Basketball League teams fromOur Lady of Assumption, New Bedford, and St. FrandsXavier, Acushnet, meet at Kennedy Center, New Bedford, inregular Saturday morning league play.

IN THE DIOCESE

twin bill lists Somerset againstFall River North at 9 o'clock andWestport - Dartmouth againstTaunton at 10:15. Champion FallRiver South and runnerup NewBedford have drawn byes in thatround.

track meet. Franklin was therunnerup with 67. Next wereStoughton 40, King Philip 36,Foxboro and Sharon 28, NorthAttleboro 20, Canton 12.

High school entrants sched­uled to start at 4 p.m., are Bish­op Gerrard and Durfee, FallRiver; Bishop Stang, No. Dart­mouth; New Bedford High, NewBedford Voke-Tech; TauntonHigh; Coyle-eassidy, Taunton;Norton, WestpOrt, St. AnthonyHigh and Feehan.

The cheerleading competitionlaunches a very busy March forCYO. Diocesan basketball cham­pionships in the senior andjunior div:isions are scheduledfor Sunday, March 19, and Tues­day, March 21, with third games,if needed, to be played March 22.Finals in both divisions and theprep division are set for Monday,March 27. There is also thehockey all-star game scheduledfor 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23,at the Driscoll Rink.

By BILL MORRISSETTE

InterscholasticSports

Schoolboy Hoop Playoffs Start Todayby winning at least 70 percent ofits games.

Division Two will be repre­sented by Seekonk and Wareham,Division Three by Coyle-Cassidyand Falmouth. A fixture in thepost-season. playoffs, Durfee willbe participating for the 32ndtime in 34 years.

Preliminary- round games willbe played today through Satur­day, quarter-finals March 5,semi-finals March 8 and finalson March 11.

Several schools within the di­ocese have qualified for theEastern Mass. basketball tourna­ment opening today with prelim­inary round play.

Defending state championDurfee, the Division One titlistfor the fourth straight year, NewBedford and Fairhaven will carrythat division's colors into thetourney. New Bedford was run­nerup to Durfee. Fairhaven fin­ished in third place but qualified

Twenty-six units will partici­pate in the CYO-sponsoredcheerleading competition in theK~nnedy Center, New Bedford,Sunday.

Vying for top honors in thejunior (7th and 8th grade) divi­sion at 1:30 p.m. are St. An­thony, Mt. Carmel, Our Lady ofAssumption, St. Joseph, all ofNew Bedford; St. Anne and SS.Peter and Paul, Fall River; St.Francis Xavier, Acushnet; St.George, Westport; St. Joseph ofFairhaven.

Its regular schedule now amatter of history, the BristolCounty Catholic Hockey Leaguelaunches its playoff series Sun­day night at the Driscoll Rink,Fall River. The quarter-finals

At the parish CYO and jayveelevel, competition will start at3 p.m. Entered in this bracketare Our Lady of Fatima and St.Mary, New Bedford; BishopFeehan, Attleboro; St. AnthonyHigh, New Bedford; Durfee High,Fall River; Holy Ghost, Tiverton.

Franklin Is Dual Hockomock Champ

Cheerleading Tourney Also on Sunday

Hockey League Playoffs Open Sunday

Franklin High has won thevarsity basketball and varsityhockey championships in theHockomock League. Mansfieldgarnered 79 points to win theleague's championship indoor

OVERSHADOWED by the blizzard which followed it,but far from forgotten is the North Dartmouth Mall displaywhich highlighted Catholic Schools Week. Among hundredsof participants were these youngsters.

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curred to me that we were for­ever flying over stories."

Mo!>t story ideas come in themail from people across thecountry, the 43-year-old news­man said. "When we started, thedeal was that I would never getan assignment from the networkand they've stuck to that," hesaid.

Describing his features as"less than earthshattering," Ku­ralt said their p~rpose is to"squeeze a little humanity intoour broadcasts." He can take aslong as a week to do five min­utes or film for the eveningnews, he said adding: It's hardto take yourself seriously in thisjob, when you do stories abouta guy who can hold the mosteggs in his hand or about aswimming pig,"

On the road for the last 10years, Kuralt has had a unique

. view of America. His travelshave convinced him that Ameri­cans "have a great deal to beconfident and reassured about."

"We are a more just and hu­mane country now than we werejust 10 years ago," he said. "Thecivils rights movement and thewomen's movement and all theseother grassroots efforts have hada profound effect. Maybe evenmore than we know,".

Asked to sum up the mood ofAmerica today, Kuralt said:"Anything you want to sayabout the country is true. Youcan't sum up the mood of thecountry because it is so big andvaried. I don't know how we'vemanaged to stay a country ofsuch variety amidst nationaltelevision and national corpor­ate franchises,"

And even after 10 years ofjumping across the country ina van, KuraIt hasn't tired ofhis travels. "The last thing Iwant is to get off the road," hesaid. "I've never wanted to bean anchorman. It is the dicho­tomy of television that whilefame and fortune lie that way,all the fun is out here doingstories,"

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (NC) ­When CBS newsman CharlesKuraIt and his "On the Road"team arrived in La Crosse toprepare a story on the 100th an­niversary of perpetual adorationby the Franciscan Sisters at St.Rose convent, Sister Rita JeanneAbicht turned the tables on Ku­raIt.

Sister Abicht, publicity direc­tor for the Franciscan Sisters ofPerpetual Adoration and the per­son responsible for getting the"On the Road" team to the con­vent, set up an hour-long pressconference with Kuralt as thestar.

"I've been on the road for 10years and I've never beenthrough anything like this in mylife," an amazed Kuralt said ofhis reception. "And that's be­cause I've never met Sister RitaJeanne before."

Kuralt, whose beat for CBSis the back roads of America,admitted to feeling "differentand silly" being on the otherside of reporters' questions. Buthe showed patience and witwhile answering questions on awide range of topics.

The "On the Road" series be­gan as a three-month experimentthat never ended. Kuralt cameup with the idea because "it oc-

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Attendance at 7:30 p.m. Masswill begin the meeting of theConfraternity of Christian Moth­ers set for Monday, March 6.The stations of the cross will berecited, accompanied by appro­priate slides, and a business ses­sion will follow in the churchhall. Lucille Swartwood will of­fer a demonstration of artificialflower projects.

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Members of the Women'sGuild Bo~ling League are incharge of arrangements for acalendar party to be held at 8p.m. Monday ill the school hall.

ST. JOSEPH,TAUNTON

All .parish women are invitedto attend a Women's Guild meet­ing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March7. A cancer education program'will be featured with films anda question period.

ST. PIUS X,SOUTH YARMOlJTH

Susan Smith, Harwichportoperatic singer, will be featuredat the Women's Guild meetingat 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 14 inthe parish hall. A beverage anddessert interlude and a businesssession will precede her program.

ST. JOHN OF GOD,SOMERSET

A prayer meeting will follow7 o'clock Mass tonight.

The building committee willmeet in the rectory at 7 p.m.Sunday, March 12.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

The parish council will meetat 7 p.m. Sunday with HelenOzug presiding.

The Women's Club \vii'. havea potluck supper at 6:30 p.m.Monday, March 6. A rr,eetingwill follow.

The Home and School Organi­zation will meet at 7:30 p.m.Monday in the school. A policedepartment representative willshow slides on crime preventionand members are invit'Od tobring guests.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

Holy Rosary Sodalists willmeet at 1:15 p.m. Sunday in theschool.

The annual school sciencefair will be held Saturday andSunday in the school and maybe viewed after each Mass.

IMMACULATE CONCEP'Jl0N,FALL RIVER

An Irish Night celebration willfeatu(e the Women's Guild meet­ing set for 8 p.m. Monday in theparish center, with Mrs. LouiseFrancoeur as hostess.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will re­sume regular monthly meetingsin the parish hall at 7:30 p.m.Monday, March 6, with Mrs.Mary Silvia and Mrs. RogerVezina hostesses for the socialhour to follow a businesssession.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Application forms for a parishday of recollection at 1 p.m.Sunday, March 12 at the schoolare available at chu:~ch· doorsand the rectory.

Parents and friends 8.re invitedto a school science fair from 6to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 9 inthe school hall.

Publicity chairman of parish organizationsare asked to submit news items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver, 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included. as well as full dates of allactiVities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events. Note: We do not carrynews of fundralslng activities such asbingos, whists, dances, suppers and bazaars.We are happy to carry notices of spiritualpro,rams, club meetings. youth projects andsimilar nonprofit activities.

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First Saturday devotions ask­ing Our Lady to intercede forworld peace will be held at 8a.m. Mass Saturday. All are in­vited to attend and coffee andmuffins will follow the service.