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ill p~ople -Places-Events-NC News Briefs ill

FATHER STEPHEN SALVADORhas been named Fall River areachaplain for Boy Scouts. He is as­sociate pastor at St. John of Godparish, Somerset.

FATHER JULIAN FUZER, presi­dent of the American HungarianCatholic Priests' Assn., was amongwitnesses appearing before a Housesubcommittee to protest return ofSt. Stephen's Crown to Hungary.

WHEREABOUTS of Bishop Had­rian Ddungu of Musaka diocese areunce.tain among reports of newpersecution of Christians in Uganda.

More But LessUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - The

world is producing more and more po­litical refugees but showing less and lessconcern for their fate, Prince SadruddinAga Khan, the outgoing United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees, saidlast week. .

Special ResponsibilityMUNICH - The Christian publisher

has a special responsibility in the discus­sion of fundamental human values, Ba­varian Prime Minister H. C. Alfons Gop­pel said at a reception marking the sil­ver jubilee of the Catholic news agen­cy of Germany, KNA, held in Munich'sPrince Karl's Palace.

Sister CouncillorsCatholic nuns have been elected to

city councils in Dubuque, Iowa, andMinneapolis. In Dubuque. Sister CarolynFarrell, a Sister of Charity of the Bless­ed Virgin Mary, won a seat on the citycouncil. Minneapolis voters elected Sis­ter of St. Joseph of Carondelet Jacque­line Slater to her first term on the citycouncil.

Warns Dutch BishopsVABCAN CITY-In a tough speech,

Pope Paul VI has urged the Dutch bish­ops to steer the Church in the Nether­lands away from liturgical abuses and"deep disturbances in the field of faithand morals." Pope Paul told the sevenbishops that turmoil in the Dutch Churchsince the Second Vatican Council hasled to a "Cathofic identity crisis" inthe Netherlands.

Ethics Code NeededWASHINGTON - Corporations should

develop written codes of ethical con­duct. and take steps to monitor and en­force those codes. a group of business,government. Church, academic and laborleaders recommended during a meetingat the Catholic University of Americain Washington.

Just WorkhorsesWASHINGTON - St. John Neumann

could be considered the patron saint ofthose who serve on the U.S. bishops'committees. because he performed "sel­dom acclaimed but necessary work" asa bishop, Cardinal John Krol of Phila­delphia told his fellow bishops their fallmeeting.

'Iniquitous Speculation'VATICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI has

asked developed countries to give urgentpriority to changing economic policieswhich they "impose on most of theworld," and to end "iniquitous specu­lation" on food and arms. Addressinghigh level delegates to the 19th biennialmeeting of the .united Nations Food andAgriculture Organization. Pope Paulprodded world leaders to begin urgentlyneeded large-scale programs to reforminternational economic and social deal­ings.

Churches Support BoycottNEW YORK - Support of the J. P.

Stevens boycott was voted by the govern­ing board of the National Council ofChurches (NCe) at its semi-annual meet­ing in New York. By resolution. theNCC declared that it would "refrainfrom purchasing any goods producedby J. P. Stevens" until the boycott calledby the Amalgamated Clothing and Tex­tile Workers union is lifted.

Less ViolenceNEW YORK - A Methodist mInIster

from Belfast expressed cautious opti­mism about the situation in NorthernIreland as he began a visit to the UnitedStates. "The level of violence at long lastseems to be tapering off," said the Rev.Eric Gallagher, minister of the MethodistCentral Mission in Belfast.

.Government SupportLONDON - The British government

fully supports the churches, including theCatholic hierarchy in South Africa, intheir stand against apartheid, DavidOwen. the foreign secretary, said at ameeting with a delegation from the Jus­tice and Peace Commission of the Eng­lish and Welsh 'Bishops' Conference.

Abor'~ion Major IssueGLASGOW, Scotland - Representa­

tives of Scotland's leading Catholic or­ganizations have warned Britain's rulingLabor Party that they consider abortiona major election issue. The warningcame ofter an emergency meeting inGlasgow of the executive board of theScottish Catholic Lay Apostolate Coun­cil, called to respond to the adoption ofan abortion-on-demand policy by the La­bor party's annual conference in Octo­ber.

20th Century P'ilgrimsNEW YORK - One hundred Hispanic

organizations have issued an appeal foramnesty on behalf of undocumentedaliens saying they are "the pilgrims ofthe 20th century."

How Real?ROME - The Brothers of the Christ­

ian Schools, fifth largest male Religiouscongregation in the Church, are exam­ining how real their commitment tosocial justice is, their superior generalsaid. "If you announce an engagementfor justice and are not engaged, it isuseless," said the superior general,Brother Pablo Basterrechea, in an inter­view at the congregation's generalate.

Not a MiracleFITCHBURG, Mass. - A photograph

showing Christ looking on at a Masscelebrated by Father Ralph A. DiOrio,a charismatic priest, was in fact a com­posite put together by a professionalphotographer. The photograph was be­lieved by some to be genuine and tohave miraculous qualities,

Revised ConcordatROME - The proposed revision of

the concordat between the Vatican andItaly specifies that the Catholic religionis no longer the religion of the state. Theproposed concordat revision. sent duringthe first week of November by PrimeMinister Guilio Andreotti to committeesof parliament, also provides that priestsand Religious with vows are no longerautomatically exe~pt from military ser­vice. but must request such exemption.

Protest in ParisPARIS - Five youths, shouting "Gis­

card assassin." disrupted a ceremonialMass at Notre Dame Cathedral earlierthis month when they threw antiabor­tion tracts toward President Valery Gis­card d'Estaing.

IT'S GRANDMA ETHEL now asEthel Kennedy holds her first grand­child, daughter of Kathleen Town­send and her husband David.

MSGR. GENO BARONI, assistantHUD secretary, says Catholic par­ishes "can and must be used in thedrive to revitalize the nation'scities."

NEW LEADER: Archbishop JohnQuinn of San Francisco holds newsconference after election' as presi­dent of the -National Conference ofCatholic Bishops and the U.S. Cath­olic Conference.

Bishop's Action Supports Pro-Life

o COME, EMMANUEL: Christmas is on the minds of these youngsters fashioningAdvent wreaths. First candles will be lit this Saturday night as diocesan families pre­pare for coming of Christ Child. (NC Photo)

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New MinistersCommissioned

One hundrel) and nine Extra­ordinary Lay Ministers of theEucharist were commissionedat ceremonies in St. Mary's Ca­thedral last Saturday, includingrepresentatives of 26 parishes,four hospitals, three highschools and the Taunton MiddleSchool. Their names follow:

Fall River AreaSacred Heart: Michael Cote,

Margaret Lager, Mary-LouiseMancini, Raymond Powers.

St. Stanislaus: Adele Diskin,Joseph Gromada, Anna Reid,Michael Zwolinski.

St. William: Leonard Bernier,James McKnight, Thomas Moore,Daniel Pingley, Sister Ruth Ser­man, RSM.

St. John of God: Leo Barboza,Alfred Forneiro, Robert Rigby.

St. Michael, Swansea: Rich­ard Dumaine, Doris Gaudreau,Thomas Prevost, Charlotte Sa­gan.

St. Anne's Hospital: SistersAngela Francis Souza, OP, Cam­ille Descheemaeker, OP.

Union - Truesdale Hospital:Brothers of Christian InstructionDavid Touchette, Michael Bar­naby, Robert Michaud, RogerMillette, Theodore Letendre.

Bishop Gerrard High School:Ronald Roy, Cora Sullivan.

New Bedford AreaSt. Joseph, Fairhaven: An­

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Permission had been given tostate authorities to use the au­ditorium of IBishop GerrardHigh School in Fall River fora Nov. 21 "town meeting" atwhich area citizens could pre­sent views and question thegovernor on state programs andpolicies.

high school auditorium by thestate's chief executive.

relief, raise almost $50 milliona year.

The bishops were botheredby two main problems. On onehand, they didn't want to go totheir people for money so oftenthat they seemed to be "extor­tionists," in the words of Cardin­al Humberto Medeiros of Bostoo.

At the same time, they wereconcerned that reducing thenumber of collections would re­duce the amount of money theyraised.

The discussion was promptedby a request last November fromthe USCC Communication Com­mittee for a national collectionfor use in evangelization throughthe communications media.

That proposal fell 20 votesshort of the' two-thirds vote ofall 168 U.S. ordinaries it headedto pass.

But the bishops did ~ote toextend the life of the collectionfor the Campaign for HumanDevelopment - the bishop'santipoverty program - untilthey agreed on a consolidation.

Fundraising guidelines wereproduced largely in responses tofundraising' irregularities inCatholic institutions such asBoys' Town and the PallottineFathers' community in Mary­land.

They mean basically that·Catholics will know more aboutwho is asking them for moneyand how it will be spent.

. Also, they can expect to re­ceive fewer ballpoint pens, keychains and similar materials toin mail appeals. The guidelinessay, "Requests for funds shouldnot be associated with materialobjects which arc inconsistent

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In the strongest action yettaken by a Massachusetts bish-op to indicate disapproval of thepro-abortion stance of Gover­nor Michael Dukakis, BishopCronin last weekend rescindedpermission for use of a diocesan

Bishops DidBy Jim Castelli

WASHINGTON (NC) - Com­pletion of four years of workon a new National CatcheticalDirectory and money issues ­in the form of tough new guide­lines for Church fundraisers anddebate over the future of na­tional Church collections-dom­inated the fall meeting of the Na­tional Conference of CatholicBishops (NCCB) and U.S. Cath­olic Conference (USCC).

The bishops also elected asnew president, Archbishop JohnQuinn of San Francisco, andvice president, Archbishop JohnRoach of St. Paul-Minnnesota.

In terms of time, the NationalCatechetical- Directory domina­ted the meeting. The bishopsspent some 10 hours debating itbefore they approved it by a216-12 vote.

Unlike the 19th century Balti­more Catechism, the NationalCatechetical Directory is not H­self a textbook, but. a directoryto help catechetical publisher.Each ordinary - the bishop whoheads a diocese - is responsiblefor its implementation at thelocal level.

The outgoing NCeB president,Archbishop Joseph Bernardin ofCincinnati said the directory re­flects the understanding thatcatechetsis, the teaching of thefaith, is an ongoing process andthat the Church teaches throughall its actions, not just in theclassroom.

The major matter before thebishops was a discussion whetherto consolidate some of the nineexisting national collectionswhich, along with occasionalnational collections for disaster

What the

F'ifty-FiftyIntroduction of communion in

the hand in the Fall River dio­cese went very smoothly. Thatwas the consensus of priestsfrom all parts of the diocese in­formally polled by Bishop Cro­nin as they gathered last Sun­day at Holy Trinity parish, WestHarwich, for the traditionalChrist the King religious awardsceremony for Scouts and CampFire Girls.

Pastors observed that the newoption was followed by abouthalf the communicants, and thatfor the most part age groupswere evenly split as well. In oneparish, however, a priest saidhe was surprised to observe thatteenagers for the most partstayed with communion on thetongue, while senior citizensopted for the new rite.

Many young children stayedwith the old rite too, commentedFather Martin Buote of St. Joanof Arc parish, Orleans, addingthat apparently for them force ofhabit prevailed.

It must be admitted therewere a few problems. Likealtar boys who didn't knowwhat to do with the communionpaten for hand recipients. Likechildren with grimy hands andladies who didn't know what todo with their rosaries. And likethe man who approached thealtar ready for anything, withtongue and hands both out­stretched, apparently under theimpression it was the priest whohad the option.

What the Bishops Did

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and the Church released a sur­vey showing that women arebecoming more involved in de­cision-making roles in theChurch.

The Committee on Pro-LifeActivities said the bishops wouldcontinue their campaign to re­strict legal abortions despitecampaigns by opponents whichcould stir up anti-Catholic big­otry.

DeteriorationIn a related action, American

leaders of the Catholic charis­matic renewal took the oppor­tunity of the bishops' meetingto warn the prelates that unlesscertain radical "steps" are taken,"Catholic Church life will con­tinue to deteriorate."

In a 3,500-word statement onthe State of the Church, the Na­tional Service Committee of theCatholic Charismatic Renewal inthe 'United States said that "aprocess of disintegration ofChurch life in vital areas is ap­parenteto us."

The paper recommended thatadult conv.ersion be the Church'sfirst priority in seeking "affect­ive pastoral solutions in the pres­ent day crisis." That conver­sion must take place within asupportive local community,whether parish-based or not, thestatement said, because "with­out the fellowship of brothersand sisters, personal conversionand renewal in the Holy Spiritis weak, cannot mature, and isoften temporary."

UC Students Protest'Abortion Fee'

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NC) ­A group of students at the Uni­versity of California at SanDiego plan to seek a court in­juction to stop the use of stu­dent registration fees to pay forabortions.

The students have withheld aportion of their registration fee,placing the money in a trustfund until the matter is resolved.The university, however, has de­clined to accept the partial feesand has denied admission tostudents who do not submit the.full amount.

I NecrologyNovember 25

Rev. Philias Jalbert, 1946,Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River

November 26Rev. James R. Burns, P.R.,

1945, Pastor, Sacred Heart, FallRiver

November 27Rt. Rev. Patrick E. McGee,

1948, Pastor, St. Mary, NorthAttleboro

November 28Rev. Adrien A. Gauthier, 1959,

Pastor, St. Roch, Fall RiverNovember 29

Rev. Francis A. McCarthy,1965, Pastor, St. Patrick, Som­erset

December 1Rev. Phillipe Ross, 1958, Chap­

lain, Sacred Heart Home, NewBedford

Rev. Edward J. Gorman, 1964,,Pastor Emeritus, St. Patrick,Somerset

But the committee said itwelcomed continued theologicalspeculation in questions concern­ing human sexuality.

- The Ad Hoc Committee onthe Role of Women in society

issued a six-page critique of thepopular book "Human Sexual­ity" which was written by fiveCatholic scholars, including sev­eral theologians. The committeerejected the book's suggestedpastoral guidelines which indica­ted that adultery, homosexuality,masturbation and sex outside ofmarriage were acceptable in cer­tain circumstances.

A child . . . sleepy-eyed and puzzled . . . holdstight to the baby-carrier on his mother's back ... Heseems unsure of what is happening . . . in the midstof a milling crowd . . . but appears more befuddledthan afraid.

His young mother smiles . . . radiating some ofthe joy . . . her son brings her . . . She looks proudlyself-confident . . . capable of caring well for him.

The two reveal something of life's polarity . . .between strength and helplessness . . . power andneed . . . independence and dependence . . . The child· . . helpless, dependent and needy . . . trusts un­questioningly . . . his mother's strength . . . and hercare ... He holds on to her ... She is his security ...his hope.

Jesus says we must all become . . : like littlechildren (Mark 10,13-16) ... trusting totally in One· . . whose strength is likened to a mountain . . . ora rock . . . whose care is greater . . . than that of amother ... father ... or lover.

We are called to be like this child . . . called tohold on . . . in the midst of confusion and challenge· . . to One greater . . . and more loving . . . than anyother force.

"Say to the Lord ... 'My refuge ... and my fort­ress ... my God ... in whom I trust' " (Psalm 91,,21).

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with the apostolic purposes ofthe appeal."

In the major address at themeeting, Archbishop Bernardinsaid the Church could not hopeto evangelize the 80 million "un­churched" in America if it couldnot first successfully evangelizeboth "fallen away" Catholics and"practical" Catholics who go toChurch but have no real under­standing of their religion.

Several NCCB committees al­so issued reports at the meet­ing:

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The historic visit of President Sadat to Israel this pastweekend was significant for not only what was accomp­lished but rather that it took place at all. Just to see anEgyptian president praying at the Dome of the Rock wasin itself a moving moment in the pageant of history. In avery real way this truly exemplified the moving force ofthe Egyptian leader; he is a man of deep faith. ,

Only this faith could sustain him in his mission ofpeace; certainly not his brother Arab leaders. Only faithcould give him the dream of. peace; certainly not thethreats of the Palestinian Liberation forces. Only faithcould give him the spirit of brotherhood that he sharedwith his enemies; certainly not his own friends ,who turnedtheir backs on him.

Whatever the future may bring, what we know nowis that a faithful man has brought a glimmer of hope to aland bloodsoaked in hate.

To the President of Egypt ... Shalom.

Houston SideshowIn the old circus days, the sideshow was a place where

one viewed the oddities of the human family. Well, thenation certainly was invited to a sideshow as it viewedthe antics of the National Women's Conference held lastweekend in Houston.

It is difficult to understand why the taxpayersof this country are forced to pay $5 million for a meetingwhich was nothing more than a liberal and far left snowjob. It is even more confusing to see three "first ladies" ofthe land, Ms. Carter, Ms. Ford and Ms. Johnson, grace aplatform that openly espoused abortion and lesbianism.

Under the dominance of Bella Abzug, the unemployedNew York politician, the people of this land were given a .real view of how smeared the American dream has becomein today's life. It was more than evident that the business ofthe convention was indeed railroaded by the liberal andleft elements of the feminist movement which Ms. Abzugrepresents. It is impossible to see why open-minded lib­erals would contradict their liberalism by refusing to makeroom for opinions other than theirs. In fact, the funda­mental right of free speech was itself impaired by theirintolerance and prejudice.

However, this is not the end of the show. Its organ­izers want the American people to dish out their hard­earned dollars again for a similar convention a few yearshence. In the meantime, they wish to force the Presidentto implement the recommendations that emerged from lastweekend's meeting. , .

Are they in for a few surprises!Despite lack of equal coverage by the national media,

another meeting, pro-family and pro-life, was held con­currently in Houston. What was said at this second meetingdeserves equal coverage because those attending it willhave a say in the funding of another women's conference.

This group of over 15,000 women heard from peoplelike Dr. Mildred Jefferson who dared to say that she trulybelieves in the American dream. Dr. Jefferson said to thisconvention which was unsupported by federal funds, "Wewill win this fight for life and when we do, that victorywill not be for ourselves, but for God, for America and forall mankind."

What Dr. Jefferson had the courage to say will notreceive national prominence because liberal media andcongress will give this viewpoint neither time nor money.Thus it should be quite clear to all who support the positionof life and family that they can no longer sit back and bethe silent majority. The challenge has been hurled and aresponse must be made.

There must not be another federally funded Houstonsideshow; there must be a federal government that willlisten to all the people and not just the few that can makea lot of noise. Thus we urge our readers to keep alert, readand act, and we will be heard, we will bring new life to ati~ people.

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'I LIVE MY FAITH', a new religious award for 9 to 11 year old Girl Scouts andCamp Fire Girls, is explained to diocesan leaders by Father Martin Buote, diocesanchaplain, and Rose Aleixo, Taunton (standing), diocesan chairman. From left, seated,Margaret Harney, New Bedford; Lucienne Dumais, Fall River; Mary Powers, Taunton;Emelda Cardozo, Westport.

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Holiday DisplayAt La Salette

The Christmas illuminationsof La Salette Shrine, Attleboro,will open at 4:15 p.m. Sunday.Nov. 27, marking their 25thyear. In that time the annualdisplay has become the largestreligious Christmas exhibit onthe east coast and pilgrims fromas far as Pennsylvania and Can­ada are expected to view thisyear's presentation, which willbegin with a solemn blessingceremony for a central mangerscene.

Theme for this year's Illumin­ations is "Jesus, King of Na­tions" and it will be carried outin displays utilizing tens ofthousands of lights, in prepara­tion since last February.

The lights will be on from 5to 9 p.m. Mondays throughThursdays through Sunday, Jan.1. On weekends they will burnuntil 10 p.m. Masses will becelebrated and confessions willbe heard every afternoon andevening and the shrine shop andcafeteria wiH be open for theconvenience of visitors.

There is no charge for viewingthe display.

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Father Moore said it was ob­vious at Sunday's meeting thatthere is great enthusiasm inNew England for the restorationof the Permanent Diaconate.

"When one considers," hesaid, "that it has only existed inthe area for about seven yearsand already close to 300 menhave been ordained, it is obvi­ous that a vital force is emerg­ing in our own backyards. Inour diocese," he added, "18 menare completing their first semes­ter of study as they continuetheir three-year journey to or­dination."

programs will be opened toideas and concepts that mightotherwise be lost in isolation."

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Mission Appeals

"Each diocese," he explained,"has its own tailor-made pro­gram, but there exists a vastarea of common concern inwhich the church would bene­fit by mutual understandingand the deacons and candidateswould benefit by mutual sup­port.

"By means of this meetingthese objectives will be wellserved and the various diaconal

into a commonality of purposeas regards the Permanent Di­aconate.

A request for religious arti·cles, Christmas and Easter cardsand children's clothes has beenreceived from Father Paul Cruz,St.' Thomas Church, Sastham­kotta P.O., Kerala, India.

Cards are also requested by,Father J. O. Pujol, SJ, SocialService Center, Seva Niketan,Sir J. J. Road, Bombay 400008,India. He is also in need ofreading material, stationery,clothing, medicines and vitamins.

PlanDeacons

A main purpose of the meet­ing, said Father Moore, is tobring the New England diocese

It will be held Sunday, May7 at St. Thomas Seminary,Bloomfield, Conn. and is plan­ned to emphasize "introductionand sharing," with each dioceseexplaining its program and dea­cons and candidates having theopportunity to participate in aprogram of selective ministry.

Directors of Permanent Dia­conate programs, deacons andcandidates from seven New Eng­land dioceses met last Sundayin Worcester to plan their firstNew England-wide meeting.The Fall River diocese was rep­resented by Father John Moore,director of the Permanent Dia­conate program, and John Schon­dek, a deacon candidate from St.Paul's parish, Taunton.

It is estimated there are over800 deacons and candidates inNew England and since all sharea common goal, diocesan 'direc­tors conceived the idea of ameeting for men in the pro­gram and their wives.

Knightly FriarsWith 215 members, the Provi­

dence College Friar Council ofthe Knights of Columbus is thefastest-growing student organ­ization at the Dominican institu­tion, with students from nearbyMassachusetts comprising 34percent of its membership. Thecouncil is the first in Rhode Is­land to receive six membershipand activities awards in oneyear.

Their program will includeworks from the Cantigas daSanta Maria, anonymous worksof 14th Century Spain and Eng­land and compositions by Cabe­zon, Morales, deOrto and Prae­torius.

Ayton, director of the Consort,is a graduate of the ShenandoahMusic Conservatory, and theNew England Conservatory. Heis presently music coordinatorfor Roger Williams College andassociate director of the BrownEarly Music Group.

The performance will be heldin the Episcopal Chapel of theCathedral with entrance fromSecond Street. There is no ad­mission charge. Glenn Giuttari,director of music for the Cath­edral, will direct the second Ad­vent concert at 7:30 p.m. Sun­day,Dec. 11, when the Cathe­dral Choir will offer a serviceof lessons and carols. The finalconcert will take place Christ­mas Eve with the choir heardin a half hour program prior tothe 4 p.m. Christmas Vigil Mass.

Advent ConcertAt Cathedral

The first of three Advent con­certs will be held at 7:30 P.M.Sunday, Nov. 27, at St.Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.Heard will be a performance ofMarian music of the middle agesand renaissance performed by anEarly Music Consort directed byWill Ayton.

In offering music of the 12th'through 16th centuries, the 16musicians will use flutes, re­corders, viols and the sardun,rackett, shawm, krummhorn andvoices.

SERVING THE GREATER TAUNTON, FALL RIV~R AREAS.

ORTHOPEDICS WARD RENOVATIONS at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, have beenmade possible by check for $4,000 presented to administrator James F. Lyons by Mrs.Raymond V. Barrette as Mrs. Emile J. Cote looks on. Money came from hospital ,giftshop profits. Mrs. Cote is chairman of the shop, a major project of the Friends of St.Anne, hospital auxiliary.

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It1s Fun to Play the Wholll·Be-Next-Pope Game

Therapeutic Touchl TM Religious Twilight Zone

She's the Top

By

REV.

ANDREW M,

GREELEY

There may be a revolutionin the Catholic Church thiscoming winter or spring justas there may be one ineastern Europe. It is clear thatthe Pope was seriously ill this

By

MARY

CARSON

No one enjoys a party asmuch as our little retardeddaughter, Bobbie. She was inher glory the day of herbrother's wedding.

In spite of advance planning,there was still a crush gettingeveryone dressed in time. I hadgotten Bobbie started and lefther with socks and shoes to doherself. As we were walking in­to church I noticed her shoeswere on the wrong feet.

By

REV.

JOHN B.

SHEERIN, CSP

Why are so many off-beatcults flourishing today? HasPresident Jimmy Carter'sevangelical religion anythingto do with them?

Some cults are evidence of aspiritual malaise in America butthe President's Baptist religiousfaith is a solid, traditional reli­gious belief. Of late, however,

By

JOSEPH

RODERICK

We spent last weekend inVermont, finding a lovelyplace to stay and thoroughlyenjoying the peace and quietof our sister state, away fromthe telephone and the dailygrind.

It wasn't too long after wesettled in to our weekend abode,however, that the kids discover­ed that there was no television.Melissa had brought sufficientreading matter to keep her busy,but Jason and his cousin were

summer, much sicker thannewspaper reports would indI­cate. While he has apparentlyrecovered, it is now generallybelieved that there will be aconclave either this year or nextto select a new pope.

Pope Paul's repeated refer­ences to his own death are in­terpreted as revealing his aware­ness that his strength and healthare slipping. His refusal to re-­sign is thus interpreted as a de­cision based on his assumptionthat he will soon be dead, and

There was nothing I could doabout it at the moment. She waswearing a long dress. Whowould notice?

I made a mental note tostraighten them out between theChurch and the reception. Butduring that time there was afour-week-old niece to be settled

_with a babysitter, friends wehadn't seen in years, and a hemthat had caught on a highheelon a foot that has much more ex­perience with sneakers.

'I forgot all about 'Bobbie'sshoes.

The wed<;ling was marvelous.My three sons all work as com·mercial fishermen. They are al­ways dressed in heavy rubberboots, dungarees and flannelshirts. Seeing them in white tux-

we have been hearing aboutcults that have little or no rela­tion to divine worship. Theirconcern is peace of mind andliberation from emotional ten­sion.

One such cult is a "laying onof hands" therapy. In the earlyChurch, "laying on of hands"was a common ritual. It was be­lieved that a sick person couldbe helped by a holy person whowould pray over and touch himor her. Today hospitals andnursing schools are introducingthe "touch."

Dr. Dolores Krieger of NewYork University has taught over3,000 nurses, therapists and

soon at a loss as to what to dowithout the boob tube. Luckilywe had brought some cards andit wasn't long before the kidsfound some games in a cup­board.

And after the first panic sub­sided, Jason and John Rcceptedthe prospect of amusing them­selves just as thousands of chil­dren have done before them.The first evening dragged a littlefor them until Marilyn and Ijoined in their games, but bythe second day they were per­fectly content and I am surethat had we stayed a week tele­vision would have been all butforgotten.

I suppose the point I am tryingto make is that television is tooeasy a medium for mesmerizing

it is more appropriate to die inthe saddle.

This synod was pale' comparedto the one three years ago whenmany bishops spoke their mindsonly to be severely chastised bythe Pope. They chose this timeto be much more discreet. In­deed, thre was virtually noopen discussion of the electionof the next pope even thoughalmost two-thirds of those whowill vote in the election werein Rome during the synod. But

edos restored a mother's spirit.I'll admit that I'm quite a

stiff, not particularly demon­strative. Bobbie is the exact op­posite. She shows her love foreverybody.

There was a moment when thegro'om was standing alone onthe dance floor. Little Bobbieran to him, long skirt flying be­hind her. Her 6'4" brother puthis arms out to her, stoopeddown to catch her, then swingher up in his arms and kissedher.

She doesn't care that muchabout eating anything otherthan cold cereal, ice cream andpeanut butter, so she wasn't in­terested in the dinner. The musicand dancing were somethingelse.

veterinarians the "therapeutictouch,"

Her main aim is to reach "thetension zones" that cause emo­tional or other distress but doesnot regard touching as produc­tive of miraculous effects.

Another ritual in the twilightzone between religion and mind­healing is Transcendental Medi­tation (TM). TM was brought toAmerica by Maharishi MaheshYogi, a Hindu monk. It includesmeditation in periods of relaxa­tion, the uttering of a personalmantra (a two-syllable word),and a period of heightened con­sciousness. It now claims 500,000 adherents and its adherents

children. Enough has been saidabout its ill-effects to fill un­told volumes, but it still pre­sents a quandary for parents.By not having television for theweekend our children used theirown initiative and developed en­tertainment based on their owninterests. They surprised them­selves with their ingenuity andtheir ability to find creative andinteresting things to do.

As for the adults, we managedto get through the weekendwithout any football- and sportshows, without old movies, andnews programs. The total lossas a result of not having tele­vision was minimal. NeitherMarilyn nor I is really a tele­vision watcher so our loss wasnot too great, but even for us

behind the scenes there wasgreat dissatisfaction, summedup by one delegate who said,"They made me waste a monthof my life." Another told me,"We really didn't have a synod,it only looked like one."

One hears it said repeatedly inRome that at the beginning ofthe next conclave many cardin­als will insist on a discussion ofpapal retirement and will onlyvote for a candidate who willmake some sort of formal com­mitment to retire.

She has a natural sense ofrhythm, absolutely no inhibi­tions, and the enthusiasm todance every number. She did.Occasionally she had no one todance with so she danced alone.But then she discovered that ifshe walked up to someone whowas just sitting there doingnothing and asked him to dance,he did.

After several hours, she cameto me and said, "My feet hurt!"Then I remembered. Shoes cor­rected, she started with newe~ergy.

The next day at Mass mythoughts were deep. There wasso much to pray about . . ,gratitude that the wedding hadbeen so beautiful, thoughts forthe future for the bride and

are found in business offices andeven in the armed forces.

Many practitioners consider itsimply a non-religious aid toself-development and peace ofmind but Federal Judge H. Cur­tis Meanor, recently ruled thatTM is religious in nature andhe ordered it stopped in NewJersey public schools. One TMleader said, however, that "wetranscend the state of conscious­ness, which has nothing to dowith Christianity or Judaism orHinduism," Or, as another TMpractitioner said, "When I wantto relax, I use the techniquefrom TM. If I had any inklingTM was interfering with my re-

there was the need to draw onour own resources rather than

Sister Kathleen Gibney,SUSC, co-director of the Uni­versity Apostolate for the dio­cese of Orlando, Fla. and a cam­pus minister at Rollins Collegein Winter Park, Fla. for manyyears, has been named one ofthe top 10 women in her fieldin the nation.

The honor came to the FallRiver native at the annualmeeting of diocesan campusministry directors, held in NewOrleans.

A graduate of the former Sa-

No one is sure whether anycardinals would mount such arevolutionary attack on papalpower when push comes toshove, but if they do, the waywould be open for a youngerpope, a man in his fifties, per­haps like Florence's CardinalBenelIi (particularly if there istime to forget how tough-mindedhe was as the present pope'sassistant), or England's CardinalHume, who made a powerfulimpression at the synod.

groom, love for this newdaughter . . . and thoughts formy other daughter, facing sur­gery on her skull.

Fatigue from the weddingmade my anxiety more intenseas the priest started the Com­munion prayers: "Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of theworld ... "

Bobbie snuggled up againstme, reached up, and kissed mycheek.

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Iigion, I'd stop doing it,"One fact is clear: There is at

present in the United States anincrease in cults devoted to"peace of mind," Forty yearsago, we witnessed a nation­wide movement designed to pro­mote peace of mind. It was psy­chology with religious over­tones, a cheap therapy that leftbehind a trail of heartaches anddisappointed hopes. The prolif­eration of these current "peaceof mind" medicines may be anindication of the spiritual rest­iveness and tension of the Am­erican people, a mood thatmight provoke a revival of theold "peace of mind" movement.

depend upon superimposed en­tertainment.

cred Hearts Academy in FallRiver, the religious is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. FredA. Shea of Sacred Heart parishin that city. Prior to enteringthe campus ministry field shewas on the Sacred Hearts Acad­emy faculty and worked withthe Franciscan CommunicationsCenter in Los Angeles in pro­ducing religious featurettes fortelevision and radio.

She holds a master's degree inperforming arts from the Cath­olic University of America.

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CHICAGO (NC) - Organizedpublic protest can have an im­pact on network programming.

Bob Newhart, star of CBS­TV's "Bob Newhart Show," ci­ted loss of commercial sponsorsand affiliate station outlets byA·BC-TV's highly controversial"SOAP" series as such a suc­cessful grassroots program.

Newhart, 48, and his wifeGinnie have three children -:Raben, 13, Timothy, 10, andJennifer 6. As concerned parents,they exercise control over theirtelevision viewing.

Moreover, the award-winningcomedian has expanded his con­cern beyond his own family. ACatholic, he vetoed on moralgrounds a script for his showwhich suggested the two maincharacters, Dr. Bob Hartley andwife Emily (portrayed by Su­zanne Pleshette), had lived to­gether before marriage.

The "Bob Newhart Show" willend this year, Newhart told TheChicago Catholic, not because ofpoor ratings, but because hewishes to spend more time withhis young family.

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but whether the right to abort­ion granted by the U.S. Sup­reme Court shoud be deniedwomen unable to pay for theprocedure. At this point he de­clared he could not imagine hiswife and himself choosing abor­tion for themselves.

On several occasions applausegreeted pro-life statements suchas the declaration of PamelaSmith, cpairman of the GreaterFall River Chapter of Massachu­setts Citizens for Life, that "amajority of people in the stateare opposed to paying t.heir ownmoney for abortions (throughtax-supported Medicaid)."

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Anthony of Padua parish, FallRiver, the first pro-lifer to ad­dress the governor.

Eventually, in his only showof annoyance, he responded toWilson W. Curtis of the Swan­sea Knights of Columbus, whodescribed Boston' abortionistBill Baird as a slaughterer ofthe innocent,"I answered thoseirresponsible and recklesscharges when I was running forgovernor and I'm not going todo it again tonight."

He reiterated his frequentlyexpressed stand that the issuein Massachusetts is not whetherabortion is in itself good or evil,

At the meeting itself, whichwas sparsely attended andwould have been even smallerwithout pro-lifers representingthe Diocesan Council of CatholicWomen, the Diocesan Councilof Catholic Nurses, the Knightsof Columbus and MassachusettsCitizens for Life, the governormade no reference to its changeof location.

Following his customary townmeeting format, the governoraccepted questions on a varietyof issues, but more were onpro-life than any other subject.

"I think government lawsshould be in accord with God'slaws and what people want,"said Miss Mary I. Leite of St.

Bishop's_ Action Supports Pro-LifeContinued from Page Three

kakis was scheduled in the au­ditorium of Bishop GerrardHigh School in Fall River. Aftera careful review of the ques­tion, a decision to insist thatthe meeting be held elsewherewas made by the authorities ofthe Department of Catholic Ed­ucation of the Diocese of FallRiver. Bishop Daniel A. Croninhas reviewed this matter andupheld the Department's deci­sion.

"It is felt that considerableconfusion would result if theGovernor's meeting were per­mitted in this Catholic institu­tion at a time when the Bishopof the Diocese has publicly de­plored the position GovernorDukakis has taken with refer­ence to abortion. The Governorhas on two occasions used hispower of veto to frustrate mea­sures aimed at protecting theunborn.

"Reluctantly, therefore, it is..,necessary to veto the Governor'suse of Bishop Gerrard HighSchool auditorium so that allcitizens, Catholic and non-Cath­olic, will understand that theclear and uncompromising po­sition of the Catholic Churchis pro-life."

State officials quickly re­scheduled Monday's meeting forthe Fall River Middle School au­ditorium and at a press confer­ence preceding it Dukakis saidhe "felt no anger at the denialof use of Bishop Gerrard HighSchool," indicating that "abor­tion Was a very difficult issue,an issue of conscience."

PREPARING FOR THEIR PART in the annual Bishop's Ball are members of thePresentees' Committee, from left, Miss Adrienne Lemieux, Taunton; Miss Claire O'To­ole, Fall River; Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., chairman, Fall River; Miss Angela Medeiros,Seekonk, Miss Dorothy A. Curry, New Bedford; Mrs. Vincent A. Coady, Somerset. Notpictured, Mrs~ William du Mont, Centerville.

For SistersOne of the monthly series of

days of recollection for Sistersof the diocese will be held at 2p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27 at OurLady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St.,New Bedford. Father Peter N.Graziano, diocesan director ofsocial services, will conduct theprogram and celebrate a Euchar­istic liturgy.

'Union' SeminaryChanges Name

SILVER SPRING, Md. (NC)­The nine-year-old WashingtonTheological Coalition has chang­ed its name to the WashingtonTheological Union to better re­flect its status as the only Cath­olic "union" seminary in theEast.

Owned by six religious ordersand located in Silver Spring,Md., a suburb of Washington,D.C., it was founded by sixformerly independent seminaries- Augustinian College (Augus­tinian Friars), Capuchin College(Capuchin Friars), Holy NameCollege (Franciscan Friars),Holy Trinty Mission Seminary(Missionary Servants), SacredHearts Seminary (Sacred HeartsMis~ionaries), and WhitefriarsHall (Carmelite Friars). Morethan 20 other religious ordersalso send students to the Wash­ington Theological Union.

,At the meeting Sister Theresa

was re-elected treasurer of theeducators' group.

Father Wendall Searles, re­ligious education director for thediocese of Burlington, Vt., andchairman of a committee of re­ligious educators studying im­pact of the rite on New Eng­land Catholics, says that the re­stored rite of adult initiation in­to the Church will require "yearsof study and general introduc­tion into parish life." The ritewas restored by the Church in1972, and has been available inEnglish for the last four years.

"The document," explainedFather William J. McCaffrey,chairman of the religious edu­cators, "does not center somuch on the individuals seekingmembership in the Church, as itdoes on the obligation of par­ish life to provide an atmospherewhich encourages each individ­ual to witness to his or her newfaith as a member of the parishcommunity."

Implications of the rite fornew Catholics lie in the longerperiod of preparation for recep­tion of the Sacrament of Bap­tism. During this time, the in­dividual learns and experiencesthe faith in a step-by-step pro­cess.

Rite for AdultsIs Studied

Members of the New EnglandConference of -Diocesan Direc­tors of Religious education, in­cluding Father Michel Methotand Sister Theresa Sparrow,RSM, of the Diocesan EducationCenter, discussed the "New Riteof Christian Initiation of Adults"at a recent three-day meeting inPeterborough, N.H. They des­cribe the sacramental approachto the initiation of adults intoCatholicism as "a radical re­newal effort of the whole ofChristian life."

all U.S. dioceses - and 110 re­sponses from religious communi­ties of men. The questionnairescovered 24,306 diocesan and21,950 religious order priests.

The survey found that 2.89percent of the diocesan priests(704) and 2.88 percent of theorder priests (632) have gone toalcohol treatment centers.

In addition, the survey foundthat diocesan clergy receivingestimated that 2. I7 percent oftheir clergy needed medicaltreatment and religious priestsestimated that 1.89 percent oftheir priests needed medicaltreatment.

Father Fichter said these es­timates were reliable and meantthat a total of 5.07 percent ofdiocesan and 4.77 percent of re­ligious order priests were alco­holics.

In addition, he said, "We haveno way of knowing how manypriest-alcoholics simply decidedto stop drinking, or how manyof them regained sobrietythrough the programs of Alco­holics Anonymous without hav­ing been hospitalized at all."

Among Father Fichter's otherfindings:

- 73 percent of the priestswho went through medicaltreatment for alcoholism aremaintaining sobriety, 19 percentare still "struggling" and eightpercent are still drinking.

- 64 percent of the priestswho had medical treatment saidthey had difficulty admittingtheir problem; only 21 percentsaid they admitted themselvesfor treatment.

- Most priests who hadtreatment favored programs thatdealt only with priests, althoughpriests who were helped by pro­grams that included laymenfavored those programs.

- The average monthly costof medical treatment for aclergyman is $1,260.

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Members of the New BedfordSerra Club will hear Ms. Cath­erine Dunfey at Assistant Pas­tors' Night Monday, Nov. -28, atWhite's restaurant, North West­port. Her topic will be "An En­counter with the Children ofGod," and she will discuss theattraction of cult groups foryoung people.

The speaker's experience hasincluded teaching, directJngcommunications for the Romegeneralate of the Sisters of No­tre Dame de Namur and hold­ing the position of dean of stu­dents at Emmanuel College. Sheis a member of the nationalsteering committee of the In­ternational Foundation for In­dividual Freedom.

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sonnel board and diocesan cler­gy, "especially among the priestswho are close friends of the al­coholic priest and who mighttend to 'cover up' for him."

The committee said the healthboard should have "a tone andspirit of loving, fraternal care."The board's members should in­clude recovering alcoholics, in­cluding a medical person and a

priest if possible.

The committee said "the grow­ing number of successfully re­covered priests should be util­ized in the diocese . . . Some ofthese men are both apostolicand experienced in recognizingfellow alcoholics and doing whatis necessary to serve them."

Father Fichter's - study wasbased on questionnaires filled

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Health boards should havethe cooperation and approval ofthe priests' council, diocesan per-

pendant clergy. The committeerecommended . the program ofthe National Clergy Conferenceon Alcoholism, a Chicago-basedorganization.

But. the committee said, thebishop should depend on thehealth board and become in­volved himself only in "extreme"cases.

conscientiously trying to dosomething about it."

He also said that "all evidencepoints to the abandonment of theoutmoded concept of using puni­tive measures."

The committee recommendedthat each bishop who heads adiocese "place the weight of hisauthority" behind a program totreat alcoholic or chemically de-

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Bishops Study Clergy AlcoholismBy Jim Castelli

WASHINGTON (NC) - Oneof every 20 American priests isan alcoholic, according to itstudy prepared for the Bishops'Committee on Priestly Life andMinistry.

Three of four alcoholic priestswho receive medical treatmentreturn to "sobriety," the studysaid.

In a separate statement, thecommittee urged bishops to setup health boards to identify andassist alcoholic priests.

The committee issued itsstatement and the accompany­ing study at the semi-annualgeneral meeting of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishopsin Washington.

"To the extent that alcohol­ism or chemical dependency en­slaves the life of the priest, hispersonal growth in Christ is lim­ited and his ministry of serviceto people is impeded," the com­mittee said.

"Our primary concerns," thecommittee said, "are the dignityand goodness of the priest asperson and the effects of hisalcoholism on the people whomhe is called to serve."

"The committee study wasprepared by Jesuit Father Jo­seph Fichter, a sociologist atLoyola University in New Or­leans.

He indicated that the problemis worse than some Churchleaders would like to believe,but not as bad as others fear.

Father Fichter cited otherstudies which show that priestsdo not drink as heavily as eitherCatholic men or American menat large, and also that priestshave a higher rate of men whodo not drink at all (39 percent)than other groups.

He noted that while the one• in 20 figure is lower than the

one in 10 figure some peoplehad cited, it is still higher thanwould be suggested by the largenumber of bishops and Religioussuperiors surveyed who des­cribed the problem of alcoholicclergy as "minimal."

At the same time, he said, hisstudy refutes the belief thatthere is less alcoholism in smalldioceses than large ones; theproportions are about the samein both, he said.

Father Fichter said the evi­dence suggests "that bishopsand Religious superiors are fair­ly well aware of the problem ofthe clergy's alcoholism and are

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Dear Editor:In reply to Barbara Reid's

letter (Anchor, Nov. 10) do youthink the Blessed Mother wouldbe happy that Mary Carson isnot 100 percent with the Popewhom her Son left us as hisvicar on earth?

"He who is not with me isagainst me!"

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Not once, but again and again,And when we are taking life's

partner,Other hands may prepare us a

feast,But the hand that will bless and

~mite usIs the beautiful hand of a Priest!God bless them and keep them

all holyFor the Host which their fingers

caress;What can a poor sinner do

betterThan to ask Him who chose

them to bless;When the death dews on our

eyelids are failingMay our courage and strength

be increasedBy seeing raised o'er us in

blessingThe beautiful hands of a Priest!

Mrs. M. A. VaillancourtTaunton

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Hands of PriestDear Editor:

I just wonder if people wouldbe interested as I have been allthese years to read about "TheBeautiful Hands of a Priest." Itis so really nice to have a Priestso near when one needs him.

The Beautiful Hands of a Priest

We need them in life's earlymorning.

We need them again at its close,We feel their warm clasp of

true friendship,We seek them when tastinglife's woes,When we come to this world

we are sinful,The greatest as well as the least,And the hand that makes us

pure as angelsIs the beautiful hand of a Priest!At the altar each day we behold

them,And the hands of a king on his

throneAre not equal to them in their

greatness,Their dignity stands alone,For there in the stillness of

morningEre the sun has emerged from

the East,There God rests between the

pure fingersOf the beautiful hands of a

Priest!And when we are tempted and

wanderTo pathways of shame and of

sin,'Tis the hand of a Priest will

absolve us,

Fatima MessageDear Editor:

Although almost every Cath­olic in the 1940's knew aboutthe appearances of Our Lady tothe three children at Fatima andthe messages she gave them,today many Catholics have noidea of the apparitions or themessage.

To help remedy this, I willsend free to anyone who sendsme a self-addressed s.tamped(13c) envelope, a COpy of thepamphlet "Our Lady of Fatima'sPeace Plan from Heaven."

Rev. Paschal Boland, OSBSt. Meinrad ArchabbeySt. Meinrad, IN 47577

mindful of our young people andadults too who need the truthand proper guidance.

Clergy .of all denominationsand laypeople should join theInterstate Committee againstBlasphemy, P.O. Box 99, Glen­dale, Calif., 91209.

Miss Margaret McEnteeNorth Easton

(The work of the Committeeagainst Blasphemy was dis­cussed in The Anchor for8/25/77; Morality in Media forMassachusetts was explainedtwo weeks ago; and various arti­cles have handled pornographicand blasphemous films and sug­gested appropriate Catholic ac­tion in such matters. Editor.)

Letters to the editor

Argues Editorial

We're TryingDear Sir:

Why haven't the Catholicnewspapers mentioned anythingabout the horrible movies cur­rently being prepared: "FiveFaces of Jesus" and "The Pass­over Plot" which are full ofblasphemy against our Saviour.

I get impatient with the edi­tors of these papers, for theabove facts are things we shouldbe told about so that we canvigorously fight against thembei~g shown. . .

The clergy and laypeopleshould unite to fight such inci­dents, to abolish them and pre­vent a recurrence, always being

Dear Editor:Your editorial in the Nov. 3

issue of The Anchor entitled"What Did They Really Do?" is,in my opinion, reprehensible. Ina diocesan paper, directed forinformation, edification, uplift,encouragement, inspiration ofthe people of God in this dio­cese, the editorial evaluation ofthe Synod sounds flip, brash, un­dignified, out of order.

The editorial states that 200Bishops from 100 dioceses of theworld spent several weeks justsimply for "a friendly meeting;a moment to exchange niceties;a time to say hello to old friendsin the hierarchy." This soundsmost unbelievable, if that is allthey did, as the article implies.

The Bishops are successors ofthe Apostles. They are keenlysensitive to their responsibility,their calling, their mission. Theircoming together was not an ec­clesiastical junket at the expenseof the faithful.

The appraisal of the HolyFather, Pope Paul VI, doesn'tquite agree with the editorial.Nor does the statement ofArchbishop Joseph L. Bernardin,president of the U.S. episcopalconference, who said: "The Sy­nod has put emphasis on familyand adult catechesis as crucialto the catechesis of children andyoung people, upon the impor­tance of continuing educationfor the clergy, upon the needfor sound doctrine and goodmethodology, upon the role ofcommunities of faith as catechet­ical settings."

Such a statement is quite dif­ferent from the evaluation of theeditorial in The Anchor thatclaims "the bishops of the Synodseemingly did not grasp that themessage of the Gospel must bepreached where the people areactually at, not where church­men would have them be."

It's sad that the dear bishopsand the Most Holy Father didnot receive admonition and gui­dance from The Anchor prior tothe meeting. The author seemsto have a special line to theHoly Spirit, as a self-appointedauthority on "sentire cum ec­lesia." I'll vote for the Bishopsand the Holy Father.

Msgr. Henri A. HamelNew Bedford

letters are welcomed, but should be nomore than 200 words. The editor reservesthe right to condense or edit, if deemednecessary. All letters must be signed andinclude a home or business address.

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Mrs. James W. Leith of NewBedford, president of the FallRiver Diocesan Council of Cath­olic Women, was elected to theNCCW national nominating com­mittee.

Mrs. Hillemeier, formerNCCW first vice president andsecretary, had been presidentand vice president of her dioce­san Council of Catholic Womenand represented the NCCW atthe Detroit Call to Action con··ference last year. She has urgedthe council to address the con­cerns of young women, to helpimprove the image of home­makers and to become more po­litically active.

The NCCW· resolved to "wocktoward a creative public policythat would address the socialproblems concerned with childcare."

The NCCW convention dele­gates heard Gov. Ella Grasso ofConnecticut, the keynote speak­er, endorse the ERA. She alsocalled for better organizationamong Catholic women to workon issues that concern them,particularly abortion.

The delegates voted on theresolutions following day-longworkshops on liturgy, marriage,health and child care, childabuse, the minstry of womenand legislative lobbying.

Father John McRaith, execu­tive' director of the NationalCatholic Rural Life Conference,urged the NCCW to oppose con-

for "family farmers in their questfor a fair return on their cropsand labors."

Also supported were strict en­forcement of assault laws, andprograms to help victims ofrape, women in crisis, and dis­placed homemakers - women

. who are left without support be­cause of widowhood, divorce,separation or desertion.

NCCW Backs Justice, Opposes ERA

AMONG MEMBERS OF DIOCESAN DELEGATION to National Council of CatholicWomen convention in San Antonio earlier this month were, from left, Msgr. Anthony M.Gomes, Mrs. Eugene Gagnon, Mrs. James Quirk, Miss Adrienne Lemieux, Bishop Cronin,Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Miss Margaret M. Lahey, Mrs. Frank Krausyk, Miss Emily Medei­ros, Mrs. Richard M. Paulson, Mrs. Howard Clark, Mrs. Aubrey Armstrong, Mrs. Michael J.McMahon, Father James F. Lyons. At the conclave Mrs. James W. Leith, Fall River dioce­san council president, was named to the NCCW national nominating committee.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (NC)­The National Council of CatholicWomen (NCCW) ended its na­tional convention endorsing awide range of programs, includ­ing full employment, aid to thepoor, and "equality and justice"in legislation affecting women.

The 2,000 delegates to the bi­ennial convention voted to con­tinue supporting an anti-abortionamendment to the U.S. Consti­tution and opposing the EqualRights Amendment.

Other resolutions cited theneed for evangelization and ef­fective catchetical ministry.

Delegates turned down a reso­lution calling for ratification ofthe Panama Canal treaties, say­ing they did not know enoughabout the treaties to endorsethem.

They also rejected a resolutioncalling for a national incomemaintenance program.

The vote on the Equal RightsAmendment came after a longdebate. Opponents of the meas­ure said the ERA is too vagueto warrant endorsement.

Approved were resolutionssupporting "programs to aid thepoor that reflect values of hu­man rights and social justice andenhance family stability." Thedelegates also pledged support

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The student-teachers noticethe positive attitudes of the ToddCounty children. Ms~ Doughertysaid, . "These kids like to learn.At home there were motivation­al problems, but that's not thecase here/' Ms. Roach noted,"The children are given moreresponsibility."

The Stonehill students saytheir students' parents includethem in activities and thatteacher-principal Mike Rhodeshas even provided rattlesnakeand prairie dog hunting expedi­tions.

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Coyle-Cassidy High School:Sister Margaret Higgins, SUSC.

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S1. Mary, Norton: ThomasBryan, Lucille Charette, RuthCharron, Joseph Daley.

M1. Carmel, Seekonk: WilliamAdair.

S1. Mary, Seekonk:' Robert .Araujo.

Bishop Feehan High School:Thomas Brennan, Sister MaryEnda Costello, SM, Sister Julie'Payment, CSC, Christopher Ser­vant.

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New Ministers CommissionedContinued from Page Three

Helen Burke, Joan Daley, Den­nis Duval, Albert Lachapelle,Norma Motta, Bonnie Paiva, Eu­gene Ruell.

Holy Name: Sister Joan Bel­lenoit, SSJ.

Immaculate Conception: Dr.David Costa Jr.

S1. Francis of Assisi: DavisBalestracci, Sisters Julia Mary,OSF, Rosita, OSF, Baptist Jo­seph Vercellone.

S1. Lawrence: Karen Ash­worth, Dalpha Lavallee, Marga­ret Livingstone, Edward McIn­tyre, Nicholas Violet.

St. Theresa: Robert Cyr, Jo­seph Goyette, Albert Hebert.

S1. George: Holy Cross SistersAnna Audette, Gertrude Bour­cier, Jeanne Boucher, Peter Pu­tis.

S1. Luke's Hospital: BrotherRobert Vozzo, CSC, Sister MaryHonora MoHugh, RSM.

Taunton AreaHoly Family: Rosaline Davis,

Theresa Rogers.Immaculate Conception: Louis

Lamoureux.Sacred Heart: Sister Loretto

Fromm, SUSC.S1. Jacques: Norman Hamel,

Holy Union Sisters Rachel Mi­chaud, Helen Poirier.

S1. Mary: Ralph Buckley, Ed­ward Duffy, Holy Union SistersMaurice Louise, Mary BridgetMcGettigan, Marguerite Proulx,James McMorrow, Ernest Med­eiros, Robert Perry.

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ALOYSIUS P. MULCA­HY, 81, of St. Joseph parish,Taunton, has given a newmeaning to "softball." Forhim it's the ball he holds inthe picture above, made witha knitted or crocheted casingand innards of nylon or foamrubber scraps.

It's soft and easily made,he explains ,and squeezing itis excellent muscle therapyfor victims of stroke or othermuscular diseases. It's alsoan ideal indoor toy, he adds,unlikely to damage house­hold items or tots. And itcan be adapted as a Christ­mas tree ornament or anEaster basket gift, he con·cludes.

He has distributed thou­sands of sets of instructionson making the balls and feelstheir production is itselftherapeutic for homeboundsenior citizens. He enjoyscarrying a few with him andoften hands one toa child onthe street. He especially re­calls giving some to a groupof retarded children.

"Their little faces lit up,"he recounted.

He is seeking a group thatwould take over the job ofprinting and distributing theball instructions and he canbe contacted at 30 Olney St.,Taunton 02780.

Other camp~igns of theenergetic octogenarian, whodrives himself to appoint­ments with state and federalofficials, editors, TV inter­viewers, hospital administra­tors and anyone else hethinks will help spread hiswork, include placing "GodBless You" signs on hospitalbeds and circulating prayersto the Holy Spirit.

His latest interview waswith Rhode Island's Gover­nor J. Joseph Garrahy, whoput business aside for a ball­playing session and sum­moned a photographer to re­cord the interlude for pos­terity.

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A. While we believe in thepermanence indissolubility ofmarriage, we also know that itis sometimes morally and prac­tically impossible for husbandsand wives to live together in ahome. Those circumstances mayresult from the fault (or illness)of one or the other .or both; butwhatever the cause, a situationmay be so serious as to threatenthe life or health of those in­volved, including children.

A legal separation or divorcein these conditions may be pos­sible, or even necessary. Andwhen the separation happens,nothing prohibits either partyfrom receiving the sacramentsof 'Penance and the Eucharist,unless, of course, either is con­scious of serious unrepented sin.

Note that this is not to saythat the marriage bond is broken,or that he or she may marryanother; only that they maylive apart without losing theirrights as Cath.olics.

I must be clear that I am nothere suggesting you do this. Thefacts as you give them surelyindicate strong reasons' for apossible separation, but this kindof decision should be discussedfar more deeply with your pas­tor or another priest, if at' allpossible.

(Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Diet­zen, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box7, Fall River, Mass. 02720.

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Q. I was taught that onedidn't need to go to Confessionunless a mortal sin was com­mitted. I neglected to go for along time, and now I amashamed to tell the priest ithas been so long. I receive Com­munion often, but am wonder­ing if I should.

Please help me on how toapproach a priest with this. It'sembarrassing, and I can't be­lieve I've let it happen to me.

A. Judging from my mail,there are lots more like you outthere. For some reason eventhey don't understand, the fre­quency with which such Cath­olics have been receiving thissacrament of Penance hasdropped off to nearly zero.

Now, perhaps because of allthe writing and preaching aboutthe renewal of that sacrament,they realize something impor­tant is missing.

Many will perhaps not seeweekly or even monthly Con­fession as the thing for theirpersonal spiritual lives at thistime. But we all need, withsome regularity, the f.orgiveness,healing, light and strength whichcome to us from Jesus and theChurch in the sacrament ofPenance.

Priests today encounter manysituations such as yours - nogreat sins, no particular reasonfor delay, but people just gotout of practice, and now feel aneed for the sacrament. Themore inf.ormal and flexible Riteof Penance now makes receptionof this Sacrament easier and(hopefully) more fruitful forboth priest and penitent.

I wouldn't try to suggest an"approach." My only .adviceis to stop wondering about it.Pick out a priest you think youcan talk to - and just go.

Q. I have been married over40 years, and have raised fourchildren. For 30 of these years,my husband has been an alco­holic.

He thinks there is no harm indrinking a few, which is be­tween 15 and 20 beers a day.I'm seriously thinking abo~tleaving him, but I would like toknow if I would lose my rightto receive the sacraments. Hehas retired, is drinking all day,and won't even hear about Al­coholics Anonymous.

La Salette ClassOne of a monthly series of

classes on natura" family plan­ning will be held at 7 p.m. Thurs­day, Dec. 1 at La Salette Shrine,Attleboro. The sessions are af­filiated with the Natural Fam­ily Planning Center at St. Anne'sHospital, Fall River, and areopen to all who pre-register forthem. Further information isavailable' from Pauline L'Heu­reux, 336-6349 or from theshrine.

12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 24, 1977

MSGR. LIGUTTI with a 90-year-old pioneer of theGranger Homestead project of depression days. (NC Photo)

projected 1.2 million faithful willbe on that one continent.

More than numbers are in­volved. The shape texture andcoloration of the Church areundergoing a major change asthe center of gravity movessouthward. Because we live atthe tail-end of the SecondChurch's predominance, that ofthe "European" Church, and ina "European offshoot" - theUnited States - that still wieldsinordinate (but rapidly dimin­ishing) power in the world, thechanges that are all but inevit­able are also hard for us toimagine.

But Buhlmann is persuasive,at least in general outline. HisFirst Church was that of theEast where Christianity beganand initially took root. TheSecond Church flourished in Eu­rope from the beginning of theMiddle Ages to the dawn of themodern era and has continuedto be the paradigm for THEChurch, what Lennie Brucecalled irreverently but not in-

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farmers. And out of Italy camea third monastic movement torespond to this need.

The common sense farmer­monk arose from the genius ofSt. Benedict. Blending ascetismand humanism, Benedict createda community that would con­vert the swamps of Europe intogolden meadows. With stabil­ized monasteries he offset thewanderlust of the monks. Butwith the call to move out intoall of Europe, his monks trav­eled, not for wandering's sake,but to settle new territories. Thestunning achievement of theBenedictines and after them theCistercians was to lay a firmeconomic base for Europe inmillions of acres of well managedfarmland. Basically, they taughtthe tribes how to farm, keeprecords, plan ahead and investin the future.

The dominance of the Bene­dictine style over the other kindsof monasticism was due in largemeasure to is practicality andto the push given by Pope Greg­ory the Great, who saw howvaluable the pragmatic Benedic­tine way would be for theChurch and for the future ofEurope.

Of course Benedictinism didn'tjust train farmers. It also pro­duced an immensely attractiveprayer life and spirituality. Withthe divine office, mediative read­ing of the Bible, emphasis onfraternal and communal charityand the tradition of hospitalityto be shown to Christ the Guest,these monks· carved out a Chris­tian life style that inspired mil­lions, helped evangelize Europeand gave birth to a multitude ofother types of religious orders.

Benedictines: The Middle WayBy Father Alfred McBride

To acquire a quick fix on therise of monks, think of Egypt,Ireland and Italy. Ascetics. No­medic intellectuals. Commonsense farmers.

The first of them appeared inEgypt around 330. They empha­sized asceticism, withdrawalfrom the world (desert life) andforms of piety that to us seemeccentric to say the least. Paulof Thebes wore palm leaves anddined on a half loaf of breadbrought to him by a crow. Anddon't forget Simon Stylites wholived on a 60-foot high column,exposed to the elements. About360, St. Basil wrote a Rule whichtempered much of the oddity,but the emphasis on personalasceticism remained.

Far different were the Irishmonks who flourished after theconversion of Ireland by Pat­rick. They grew up in a countrythat was tribal and nomadic andmaritime. Further, it was sohospitable to Christianity that itwelcomed the new religion with­out violence or martyrdoms.

Irish monks were ardent stu­dents of the Bible and remark­ably gifted in the arts. And theyenjoyed roaming the seas. Thisaccounted for their religiouscolonizing of the Celtic landsand eventual movement intoFrance, Switzerland and parts ofGermany. Wearing long whitehabits, carrying curved staffs,bearing holy books in waterproofbags around their necks, theybore the Gospel and their culti­vated monasticism into Europe.

'But the Europeans neededmore than Egyptian ascetics orIrish culturalists. It needed

The Third ChurchBy Thomas E. Quigley

There's a quiet revolution go­ing on in the Catholic Churchtoday and it will decisivelyshape what our children andcertainly their children willknow as church in the third mil­lenium after Christ. Swiss mis­siologist Walbert Buhlmanncalls it the coming of the ThirdChurch, the church of the ThirdWorld, of Africa, Asia and es­pecially Latin America.

One could argue, in fact, it'salready here except that we inthe so-called First World" Eu­rope and North America, contin­ue to fix our gaze, as McLuhanputs, on the rear-view mirror.We look at where we've justbeen and imaging that's a fairpicture of the future when itdoesn't even describe where weare today.

Roughly half the world's Cath­olics are today in the southernhemisphere, the Third World.Fully a third are in Latin Amer­ica and before the century isout - less than 23 years away- at least half of the world's

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FAITHYOUR

Among his first successeswas a project destined to pro­vide homes and mini-farms forcoal miners living in his parishof Granger, Iowa.

Most of these miners worked150 days a year at best andearned no more than $800 ayear. Father Ligutti saw thatthey needed not only roofsover their heads but a source offood even in the leanest oftimes.

He began by organizing theGranger Homstead project, us­ing government funds to build 50homes on 225 acres of farmlandoutside Granger. When the pro­ject ran into bureaucratic snags,he travelled to Washington toplead his case. It was approvedand became a "New Deal"showcase.

From Granger, Ligutti's pathled to writing, speaking and or­ganizing on an ever-broaden­ing level. He became the keyofficial of the National Cath­olic Rural Life Conference andthrust upon the national sceneas a leader of rural sociology.

The national level soonevolved into the internationalworld, where he tirelessly or­ganized congresses, meetingsand study groups, all aimed atimproving the lot of the poor,especially the poor farmer.

The social action encyclicalsof three popes were his guide.He became a spokesman for thestateless refugees of post-warEurope, opposed racial discrim­ination and became the champ­ion of keeping immigrant fam­ilies together despite discrimina­ting national policy and ethnicpreferences.

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By James O'Neill

"Every spoonful of earth isfull of gold. God Almighty mustbe laughing at us because wedo not know how to use itbetter."

The comment is typical ofMsgr. Luigi Ligftti who at age80 views the earth as a prodi­gious source of riches andblessings which man generallyhas yet to envision clearly. Or,as he expresses it, "Man is abeggar sitting on a chair ofgold."

Luigi Ligutti, born of a peas­ant farming family in Italy,raised in the American farmbelt,has been in love with the landand its tillers all his life.

In 1912 he brought with himfrom Italy to Des Moines, Ia.the tenaciousness, the capacityto hang on, and the strong,simple but clear faith of hispeasant farming roots. In theU.S. he quickly found ways oftranslating these characteristicsinto a lifetime devoted to im­proving the living conditions offarm people in the U.S. andthroughout the world.

Reviewing Msgr. Ligutti's ac~

complishments, Bishop EdwardE. Swanstrom, the former headof Catholic Relief Services, re­called that it was a "concern forthe crucial issues of humanity ­human misery, hunger and star­vation - that shaped Msgr.Ligutti's life."

Young Father Ligutti was apriest in a rural America badlyhit by the great depression ofthe '30s. Its effects wiped outmany farmers and left ruralAmerica wallowing in debt anddifficulty long after the generaleconomic recovery had begun.

1\ Msgr. Ligutti: APersonal Portrait

KNOWII Prayer, Feeling

I By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin

Words carved over the en­trance of a mid-western Bene­dictine monastery greet visitorswith this message: "Peace to allwho enter here."

A serene atmosphere and deepinner peace do seem to pervadethe grounds and members ofmonastic communities.

On the other hand, charis­matic prayer groups tend tohave a distinctly different ap­proach. Singing is bouncy andenthusiastic; arms are raisedhigh in praise; participants claptheir hands, speak or shout wordsof glory and thanks, laugh andcry and offer highly personaltestimonies.

The charismatic movement hasapparently reintroduced strongfeelings and emotions to prayerand worship. It proves Americansand American Catholics, or atleast some of them, are verysusceptible to the emotional ap­peal of enthusiastic religiousmovements.

Others, however, find them­selves uncomfortable, turnedoff or highly suspicious of thatstyle for prayer and worship.They experience insecure, ner­vous or angry feelings whenfirst attending a charismatic ses­sion; the highly emotional andexternal approach raises doubtsabout its stability, its lastingcharacter, its orthodox basis.

Cardinal Leon Joseph Suen­ens, the highly respected Arch­bishop of Brussels-Malines, Bel­gium, speaks to that matter inhis recent publication, "A NewPentecost?"

"The spontaneity of this pray­er of praise, expressed by rhy­thmic movement, clapping ofhands, hands raised or joinedaltogether in a sign of unity isespecially appreciated by youngpeople. It helps those who lendthemselves to it to step out oftheir individualism, their inhibi­tions and their excessive cere­bralism.

"Sometimes people object tothis as being too emotional. Itis worthwhile analyzing this ob­jection more closely. For ifsomeone objects to the emotion­al character of a particular styleof prayer, it can well be thathe feels himself threatened byits personal quality.

"We are so accustomed toformalism, ritualism, and conven­tionalism, that deeply personalprayer can present a challengeto our inhibitions. We are afraid'to be ourselves before God andbefore one another and hencewe resort to a defense mechan­ism which labels as emotional­ism what in reality is an au­thentic personal quality ofprayer.

"We tend to avoid emotion inour relations with God, or atleast prefer to depersonalizeprayer, just as we have todaystripped and laid bare so manyof our churches."

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A Verdade E A VidaDirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego

Sao muito bonitas as parabolas do Evan­qelho, E muito eXDressivas. E entre as maisbelas sem duvida a do filho orodiqo.

E0 filho mais novo que num sonho de a­ventura. numa ilusao de felicidade. abandonaa casa paterna com a fortuna que 0 nai the en­treqou. Denois de a malbaratar em comezainase com mulheres da m6 vida. abandonado dos fal­sos amiqos. Que ate entao nao haviam faltado.encontra-se sujo e faminto no verqonhoso of{­cio de quardar porcos.

Sentado numa oedra. olha a sua miseria.E decide~se a ir ter de novo com 0 pai: Levan­tar-me-ei e irei ter com meu oai e dir-lhe-ei.Pai. peQuei comtra 0 ceu e contra ti. ja naosou diqno de ser chamado teu filho. trata-mecomo urn dos teus jardineiros.

o nai que 0 esnerava corre ao seu encon­tro e cobre-o de beijos. ~anda trazer a rou­oa melhor. urn anel. orepara-lhe urn banauete.orqaniza uma festa. oorque aquele filho estavamorto e reviveu. estava oerdido e encontrou-se

Tornamo-nos filhos de Deus oelo baptismo.E somo-lo de facto. ~as tantas vezes somosesse filho orodiqo aue desnreza' 0 seu Pai. quedesperdi~a lonqe d'Ele 0 seu tempo. as suasfor)as e as Qualidades d'Ele recebidas.

o pecado e afastar-se de Deus. oela von­tade. nao oela distancia. urn partir para lonqeurn converter-se as,criaturas. orocurando nelasa felicidade' oue elas de alqum modo refletem.porque Deus nelas se espelha. mas oor si mes­mas nao podem dar.

Como 0 filho nrodioo temos de olhar defrente a nossa miseria e decidir-nos a vol taroara 0 nos so Pai Deus. que nos esnera. Hojevulqarizou-se 0 sentimento de aue se nao ternoecados. Ou entao subjectivizam-se as faltas~oara mim isto nao e oecado. dizem. como secada urn fosse a lei. No fundo de tudo isto es­conde-se habitualmente a falta de Coraqem de 'enfrentar-se com os andrajos ~ue os recobreme decidir-se a vol tar para a aleqria da casaoaterna.

No Sacramento da Reconcilia~ao 0 Senhorespera-nos de bra)os abertos. pronto a peroara restituir-nos essa vesta divina recebida nobaotismo. a reinterqrar-nos na heran~a a ouenos chamara.

Nao sao de admirar os ataaues a confissaoAo ver-se diante dum crime. a oollcia come~aoor procurar a ~uem ele aoroveita. Por detrasde todos esses ataoues. esta sem duvida 0 oaida mentira.

Este sacramento rouba-lhas. Por isso nro­cura furiosa e insistentemente afasta-las deleou leva-las a recebe-lo sem as devidas disoo­sisoes. enredando-as no oecado ainda mais.

Ouando urn di a perquntaram as. (loao Boscoo qrande aoostolo da rua ja cheios de v1cios.como consequiu transform~-los. resoondeu- comdois meios: a confissao freouente e a devo~aoa Nossa Senhora.

o Senhor conhecia a nossa fraqueza. SabiaQue depois do baotismo cairlamos muitas vezes."0 justo cai sete vezes. Se alquem oecar. te­mos urn advoqado do Pai. Jesus Cristo. 0 Justo.Ele e a orooria!Jao oelos nossos oecados."

"Neste sacramento maravilhoso 0 Senhorlimpa a tua alma e inunda-te de aleqria e defor~a para nao desfalecer na peleja e para re­tornar a Deus sem descanso."

A Penitencia e 0 Sacramento de aleqria.Foi no dominqo de Pascoa que 0 Senhor 0 insti­tuiu: AQueles a Quem perdoardes os pecados serlhes-ao peroados; aqueles a quem os retiverdesser-lhes-ao retidos~

Stab of Prayer"Like an opiate, sin drugs a

conscience to drowsiness andstupor. Prayer stabs it wideawake:' - John A. O'Brien

Ethnic InterestRises at Shrine

,Ethnic pilgrimages to the Na­tional Shrine of the ImmaculateConception in Washington, D.C.have reached unprecedentedlevels since the Bicentennial, sayshrine officials.

Recent pilgrim groups includ­ed Croatians, Cubans and Lithu­anians, while Italians and Slov­akians are s(,:heduled for Octo­ber and Hispanics will attendthe annual celebration of thefeast of Our Lady of Guadalupeon Dec. 12.

"Ethnic pilgrimages have al­ways been a part of the shrine'shistory," saysshtine archivist,Shawn Perry. "and it is filledwith chapels given by everymajor Catholic ethnic group.However, since the Bicentennialwe've noted an historic rebirthof interest in ethnicity andethnic pilgrimages:'

of the migrant and refugees andoppressed within the FirstWorld -is coming into its own.

The goal of this struggle isthe just society, a world thathas overcome all forms of op­pression and domination. ForThird World Christians, for theThird Church therefore, thegoal is one of liberation: per­sonal liberation from selfishnessand sin; political liberation ofnations and races from exploita­tion; and the final conversionthrough history of the humanrace into the Kingdom of God.

For us in the globe's northernhalf, the Third World demandsare as much an opportunity forour own growth as a challengeto our complacency. How wedeal with the explosive Panamaissue, for one example, may tella lot more about us than werealize.

Msgr. LiguttiContinued from Page Twelve

Msgr. Ligutti was the firstpermanent Observer of the HolySee to the Food and Agricultur­al Organization of the UnitedNations. During the Second'Vatican Council he was a speci­alist advisor to the CouncilFathers and had the joy of see­ing one of his pet proposals ­the establish.ent of the Ponti­fical Commission for Justice andPeace - become a reality.

An advisor to presidents andpopes, engaged in a lifelongstruggle in behalf of the poorand displaced, Msgr. Liguttinevertheless has never lost hissmall-town humility and humor.As he once wrote while visitin17Teheran, "There are 1,2000,000asses in Iran. I am leaving onMonday: no use in crowding thejoint."

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accurately "the only THEchurch."

But the dramatic presence ofthe African churches at VaticanII and the explosive creativityof the new Latin Americanchurch clearly portend the com­ing of the Third World Church.

Even within the United Statesthird-worlding of the Church ismoving space. Two months agomore than a thousand HispanicCatholics met in Washington fora kind of Spanish-speaking Callto Action conference, debatingresolutions that had come fromregional meetings in which100,000 people participated. Onestatistic stands but: HispanicCatholics already make up aquarter of the Church's popu­lation here and they are on themove.

The Third Church, like theThird World, may be in the es­cendancy but it's strictly an up­hill process. So there is strugglegoing on and it is struggle, morethan shifting population or con­version trends, that explainswhy the Church of Latin Amer­ica and Africa and Asia - and

. THE THIRD CHURCH is building, symbolically andhterally. Here Ethiopians pool labor to construct a hut.

14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 24, 1977

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. . the universe is still in a development stage

Ted: This is what I like, whatimpresses me. That God has leftthe universe unfinished. Andhow do I see that as a Christ­ian? This is what I see: it's sothat when man and womanemerged they might be co­workers with the Creator inbringing the planet to fulfill­ment.

Nathan: Before we can ac­complish the ideal we mustbreak down the dividing wallsof hostility that choke growth.To me this is the great barrier,

Alex: We need to find someplace where the words "loveand peace"· are more than rhet­oric and jargon. People becomefrightened when newness pre­sents itself -even a better new­ness. But thank God, not allpeople. Thank God for thosewho aren't too timid.

Miriam: This is what killedoff religion for many. Thereseems no sense of purpose orreason for existence in somechurches. The dullness could beovercome with more delving and

By Cecilia Belanger

I recently attended a lecturewith five students. Three wereCatholic, one Jewish and oneLutheran.

The topic was "Ecology - aTheological Perspective."

The six of us were impressedby the talk. We went to thestudents' union, around a tableand suddenly found ourselvesall talking at once.

Miriam: I never fuought aboutit before but it suddenly struckme that the universe is still ina development stage, a processthat has covered billions ofyears. There's an unfinishedcharacter about everything.

• • • focus onyoulhthat churches have been afraidof diversity and differences ofcolor and race. They've beenafraid of even class and econ­omic differences. They've beenconcerned with status. Maybethat's why I don't attend.

Miriam: Nathan's right. Theideal church to me would be onewhere everyone is welcome. Itseems to me that of all places,the church should be that place.Can you walk into any churchand feel welcome? Of coursenot!

••• •reflecting, with more pursuingabout one's purpose on thisearth. And then turn around anddo something about it!

Ted: How often do we hearpeople say, "No one cares forme." I heard it just this morn­ing from a classmate. He said,

""No one really cares for me."And I couldn't make him feelany differently.

Alex: I had a teacher whocalled this feeling "the battlethat is waged in every life." Healso said. we are all fugitives,fleeing from our enemies whichare often fear and anxiety. Wehide in caves of loneliness. Thenwe get caught up in this darkmood of "no one cares for me."

........................................in our diocesan schools .Holy Family

The Red Cross Blood Pro­gram is richer by 23 pints ofblood donated by students atHoly Family High, New Bedford.Coordinating the bloodmobileprogram were John J. Finni,principal, William P. Gushue,vice-principal, and Mrs. EvelynPonichtera, school nurse.

The Booster Club, includingparents and other HF supporters,has announced plans for a Feb­ruary ham and bean supper, aMarch dance and a supermarketprogram in April. Members willserve refreshments at a schoolopen house for prospective stu­dents and their parents, to beheld Monday, Dec. 5.

Recent field trips have inclu­ded a tour of literary New Eng­land by freshmen and sopho­more English students, who visit­ed Salem's House of the SevenGables and the homes of Em­erson, Hawthorne, Louisa MayAlcott and Thoreau in Concord.

Juniors and seniors attended8. production of Macbeth in Bos­ton and juniors also toured theFreedom Trail in that city.

Congratulations are in orderfor HF senior Leonard Hirst,who has been named to the all­star soccer team of the South­eastern Mass. Conference, Div­ision II.

St. AnthonyRecently the Parent Booster

Club of St. Anthony High School,New Bedford, sponsored aWalk-A-Thon for the benefit ofthe school and students, underthe leadership of Donald St.Gelais.

A Walk-A-Thon is a fund­raising affair. Each participantasks neighbors, relatives andfrie'nds to sponsor and pledgemoney for his/her efforts.,Pledges ranged from one pennyto 50 cents per mile.

A total of 106 students andteachers participated in thewalk. It started from the schoolyard on Nye Street, proceedednorth along Ashley Boulevardinto Acushnet, then to Fairhavenand back west to the school, adistance of 10 miles.

Adequate weather conditionspermitted easy walking andabout $2500 was raised for St.Anthony High School. The threestudents who obtained the mostpledges received awards. Theywere: Michele St. Gelais, Rob­ert Silvia and Diane Fabian.

"Recently," writes Abel Al­ves, "our school relived one ofits most cherished traditions, In­duction Day. This St. AnthonyHigh School rite is a remark­ably lovely and solemn occasionduring which seniors are inaug­urated as grauates to be."

The ceremony opened withan impressive procession downthe aisle of gothic St. AnthonyChurch. The actual inductionrite began after the seniors hadreached their seats.

Members of this year's Stu­dent Council pledged to upholdthe High School's pr.oud heri­tage, after which the SeniorsClass proceeded to the Sanc­tuary, where each asked a fac­ulty member ·to invest him orher in cap and gown.

Many tears could be seen inthe eyes of the graduates-elect,as they realized that this would

be their last year at our grandold school.

"An attentive student bodythen listened to their principal,Mr. Dennis Desnoyers, offerwords of encouragement andpraise. With deep feeling he re­minded all present that theywere t1)e Church, and the futureof our faith would be up tothem.

"Many students were deeplymoved by his remarks, 'and feltthat this Induction Day experi­ence would remain a lastingmemory of their years at S.A.H."

Coyle-CassidyBy James Ho)'e

Coyle-Cassidy High School inTaunton was alive with activityon the week preceding Thanks­giving, as the annual SpiritWeek, sponsored by the Stu­dent Council, got underway.

November 17 marked theopening of the week, with nom­inations for homecoming queenbeing made by the StudentCouncil, the National HonorSociety, the football team, andthe Senior class.

Decoration of the school gotunder way, with seniors respon­sible for the foyer, juniors, thefirst floor corridor, the secondfloor corridor and freshmen, thestairwells.

The C-C men unusually quietlast Friday, the day of "tag day"competition. Each boy receiveda name tag in homeroom and ifhe spoke to a girl during theday, he had to give her his tag.The contest brought out thegirls' ingenuity, and many boysleft school in the afternoon tag­less.

Turnabout was fair play, how­ever, and Monday was girls' tagday.

Tuesday brought as "clashday," when all students, insteadof seeking "put together" en­sembles, sought the ultimateclash.

Wednesday began with cele­bration of the Eucharist. At the

- offertory, canned goods andfoods for Thanksgiving dinnerswere presented for needy fam­ilies in' the Taunton area.

After Mass came a rally forThursday's football game, high­lighted by a skit contest amongclasses, and an animated filmprepared by the art department.

A reception for returning al­unmni and faculty followed therally and a dance for alumniwas held Wednesday night.

The week led up to Thursdayand THE GAME with crosstownrival Taunton High School, thentwo more dances rounded outactivities; a dance for studentsand guests Thursday night andone for parents and friendsof Cassiday Saturday evening.

Bishop F'eehanStudents attended the annual

Thanksgiving liturgy this week,during which they offeredThanksgiving baskets and wereled in song by the Feehan folkgroup.

The folk group and chorus ofthe Attleboro school also par­ticipated in a pre-Thanksgivingecumenical Service of Gratitudeat First Baptist Church, NorthAttleboro.- Students in world affairs and

economics classes attended a"Whole World Celebration" inBoston recently, enjoying sing­ing, dancing, cultures and cus­toms of more than 50 ethnicgroups; while science studentsheard a lecture at the Museumof Science on ecologically soundways of producing food and de­veloping communities.

Junior Ann Follis will repre­~ent Feehan at Student Govern­ment Day in April; and seniorMarilyn Castro is the schoolcandidate for the annual DARGood Citizenship Award.

Four faculty members havebeen commissioned as Euchar­istic Ministers: Thomas Bren­nan, Christopher Servant, SisterMary Enda and Sister Julie.

Freshman class officers areCatherine McDonagh, president;David Doucette, vice-president;Robert Latta, treasurer; BetsyLavallee, secretary. Additionally,each freshman homeroom haselected a student council repre­sentative.

Future Business Leaders Clubwill sponsor a spelling bee inDecember, while band membersare rehearsing for competitionin the Mass. State MarchingBand contest and busily sellingcheese to raise money for aWashington trip in the spring.James Dillon, band director,· isalso holding auditions for ajazz band.

Math buffs participated inmeets at Sharon High andTaunton High.

And parents will meet nextmonth to hear explanations ofnew financial aid forms for col­le::;e applicants.

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Singers and musicians inter­ested in sharing their talent"where' the Lord leads" are in­vited to join the MassachusettsCharismatic Choir.

Members perform at concertsin hopsitals, nursing homes andchurches, and meet one dayeach month for a practice­prayer session at Oblate Center,Natick. The next meeting willbe at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.

'Further information is avail­able from Bob Fuller, director, at277-7396.

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tian consciousness. Terry Har­rington, a 17-year-old memberof the all-male class said, "We'retrying -to apply Christian ideals"to the present day. "It's notreally Church connected," hesaid. "It's more of an awarenessof our morality. It's not thatwe've gotten more religious. It'sthat we've gotten more aware:'

The students' concern is re­flected in a letter they sent toHarlan Carter, executive vicepresident of the NRA. "Our sup­port of gun control legislationis based entirely on our beliefin the right to life ... A nation­al gun control law could pre­vent thousands of senselessdeaths each year, and we feelthat these lives are infinitelymore important than the rightto possess guns."

The NRA's Carter met withsome of, the Students fornearly two hours on the firstday of their demonstration. La­ter, an NRA spokesman said,"The students have the right todo exactly what they're doing."

Hoderny, a Vietnam veteranwho has a master's degree intheology, said gun control isjust one of many contemporaryissues his students are requiredto discuss and write about. Inaddition, each student works 40hours a semester in a soup kit­chen near one of Washington'spoorest neighborhoods.

"I believe the world is in realneed of redemption." Hodernysaid. "If we want a just world,people have to be individuallyjust . . . watching these kids isexciting."

The students credit theirteacher with raising their Chris-

Report DecreaseIn French Clergy

PARIS (NC) - In the 10 yearsbetween 1966 and 1976, thenumber of priests in Francedropped from 41,000 to 32,000and, if that trend continues, willfall to 10,000 in the year 2000,the Paris daily Le Monde re­ported.

The permanent diaconate re­stored after the Second VaticanCouncil to carry out certainfunctions formerly reserved topriests has not attracted manymen in France, which has only45 permanent deacons.

Increasingly priests are help­ing lay persons to assume great­er responsibilities in the Churchand more French priests areworking full-time at secularjobs.

Street's HisBy Cliff Foster

WASHINGTON (NC) - Rob­ert Hoderny is a religion teacherat Washington's Archbishop Car­roll High School. Sometimes hisclassroom is in the street.

"You just can't sit in a class­room and theorize about theproblems of the world," saidHoderny, who with 30 of hisstudents picketed the offices ofthe National Rifle Associationof America protesting the NRA'sopposition to gun control.

The student pickets, all sen­iors, are enrolled in an honorsreligion course, which Hodernsays is "not so much on Cath­olic doctrine as it is on Christ­ian consciousness - taking amore humane look at the world."

After researching the gun con­trol issue and listening to repre­sentatives of the NRA and theNational Coalition to Ban Hand­guns, the students voted to takea public stand and picket theNRA and White House.

IN THE DIOCESE

Cancer GrantWASHINGTON (NC) - The

Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Re­search Center at GeorgetownUniversity will erect a five­story cancer facility, using agrant of $4.1 from the NationalCancer Institute (NCI) and fundsraised from private donors.

mittee regards the effect of sci­ence- and technology as a fargreater problem than Marxism.Genetic engineering is now inthe industrial stage, he said,citing a firm in Sausalito, Calif.,that advertises being able toguarantee a couple the sex of achild.

mouth, 3-2, to gain sole posses­sion of third place.

South now has 14 points andretains a four-point lead overNew Bedford in the standings.Somerset has six points, Northfive, Westport-Dartmouth four,Taunton three. Next Sundaynight, also in the Driscoll Rink,it will be Somerset vs. FallRiver South at nine o'clock,New Bedford vs. Taunton, 10and Westport-Dartmouth vs.Fall River North, 11.

Girls' basketball gets under­way on Jan. 2 in the Central Di­vision, Jan. 3 in the East andWest Divisions. In ice hockey,Division One starts Jan. 3 Div­ision II on Dec. 29, and, Divis­ion Three on Jan. 2.

Taunton has a bye. DivisionsTwo and Three start on Jan. 3.There wiIl, of course, be plentyof pre-season exhibition gamesbut we'll get back to that in alater issue.

senior Andrea Gomes, OliverAmes, right halfback.

Despite a fourth-place finishin girls' cross-country Sharonplaced two on the all-star team,sophomore Sheila Condon andjunior Trisha Condon. Cham­pion Canton's junior AndreaKershaw, junior Gabriel Lessard,Franklin, and Amy 'strack,Stoughton, round out the start­ing five. Claire Gouthro, KingPhilip, Karen Hjerpe, North At­tleboro, and, Vicki Govatsos,Canton, are the alternatives.

Seniors 'Faust and Jim Kent ofchampion Oliver Ames are amongthe five selected for the boys'cross-country stellar combine,which also includes senior WaI­ter ColIins, Foxboro, juniors BobMcCormack and John Loiselle,both of Sharon. Senior Paul Lu­pica, Oliver Ames, junior EdMarcotte, Foxboro, and seniorCharles Single, Stoughton, arethe alternates.

By BILL MORRISSETTE

InterscholasticSports

ROME ~NC) - The greatestthreat today to the values theChinch defends is not Marxismbut the possibilities for humanmanipulation offered by scienti­fic developments, Bishop MarkJ. Hurley of Santa Rosa, Calif.,said in Rome.

"My opinion is that Marxismas a philosophy, as a social doc­trine, started, had a big impetus,has seen its zenith and is onits way down," Bishop Hurleysaid in an interview. "I ,thinkadvances in science will be withus when Marxism is long dead.",

The prelate, who is chairmanof the U.S. bishops' Committeefor Human Values, said the com-

Tom Burke scored four goalsto lead undefeated, untied FallRiver South to its seventh vic­tory in a row, a 7-0 win overTaunton in a Bristol CountyCatholic Hockey League gamein the Driscoll Rink, Fall River,'last Sunday night.

Runnerup New Bedford got athree-goal effort by Ken Letend­re in its smashing 12-1 decisionover Fall River North and Som­erset nipped Westport-Dart-

The high school football sea­son wiIl be history before thisday ends and attention nowturns to the winter sports, whichwiIl be upon us in another threeweeks or so.

In basketball, the Southeast­ern Mass. Conference's DivisionOne gets an early start, launch­ing its 1977-78 season on Dec.20 with Durfee at Barnstable,Somerset at Dartmouth, BishopConnolly High at New Bedfordand Attleboro at Fairhaven.

Hockomock Names All-Star Teams

Southies Just Keep Rolling Along

Says Science Greater Threat Than Marxism

Attention Turns to Winter Sports

The Hockomock League an­nounced its all-star selectionsin girls' field hockey and boys'and girls' cross-country.

Champion Franklin placed fouron the field hockey team, in­cluding all-star captain sopho­more Patricia Socci, centerhalfback. The others are sopho­more Bernadette Corbett, center­forward; sophomore Janet Vig­none, goalie and sophomore Sha­ron Giuliano, fullback.

Runnerup Canton placed seniorPaula Monahan, center forward,junior Lisa Smith, left halfback,and, senior Nancy Billie, alsoleft halfback.

Others on the all-star teamare senior Susan Kasser, Sharon,center halfback; Linda Neilsen,also of Sharon, center forward;senior Rita Brosnan, King Philip,left halfback; senior CathyWoodhams, King Philip, centerhalfback; junior Cindy McKay,right inner; senior Sandy Dar­gis, North Attleboro, inner; and,

Most Reverend DANIEL A. CRONIN, S.T.D.

This Message Sponsored by the Following Business ConcernsIn the Diocese of Fall River

Twenty-Third Annual

ST. JULIE,NORTH DARTMOUTH

The third annual "MerryMarketplace" will be presentedby the Ladies' Guild from 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.The works of craftsmen fromseveral New England states willbe on sale, there will be aspecial room where children cando their Christmas shopping andhave their gifts wrapped, andsnack bar specialties will includekale soup, sandwiches and vari­ous beverages.ST. JOSEPH,NEW BEDFORD

A Christmas festival will besponsored by the school fromI to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3and from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 4 in the school hall.OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION,NEW BEDFORD

S1. Martin de Porres Guildwill hold its annual Christmasbazaar from 4 to 7 p.m. Satur­day, Nov. 26 and following allMasses Sunday, Nov. 27. A snackbar will be open on Saturdayand a full breakfast will beavailable after all SundayMasses. Booths will offer hand­made articles, pastries, whiteelephant items, jewelry andplants.ST. JOHN BAPTIST,NEW BEDFORD

Parishioners have been work­ing for several months on hand­crafted articles to be sold atthe annual Christmas bazaar, totake place from 11 a.m. to 8p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 and from7 a.m. to noon Sunday, Nov. 27.

Also available will be candies,jellies, jewelry and white ele­phant items. A snack bar willoffer clam cilowder, sandwiches,malassadas and beverages.

Donatil;ms of bazaar itemsmay be left at the rectory.ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

An outdoor Advent wreath will,be blessed following 5 p.m. MassSaturday, N"ov. 26, with the firstcandle lit by Knights of the Al­tar apprentice Gregory King. Anindoor wreath will be lit byapprentice William Durocher at10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Nov.27.SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

A teacher training session willbe held tomorrow and the par­ents' program for those receiv­ing First Penance will take placeMonday, Nov. 28. The final lec­tors' workshop will be Tuesday,Dec. 6.ST. MARK,ATTLEBORO FALLS

The Women's Guild will meetfor Benediction at 6:45 p.m.Monday, Nov. 28 in MadonnaManor chapel. A meeting willfollow at which two money treeswill be awarded and Gary Sch­midt, North Attleboro magician,will entertain.HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

Ninth and 10th grade girls in­terested in cheering for the par­ish prep basketball team maycontact Cathy Macri, 674-8947,before Saturday, Nov. 26.

ST. JOHN OF GOD,SOMERSET

A Building and MemorialsCommittee meeting will be heldat 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27 inthe rectory. Kits will be dis­tributed, and Memorial Weekwill begin Sunday, Dec. 4.

NoticeDue to space limitations, ef­

fective with our issue of Thurs­day, Jan. 5, 1978, we will nolonger carry news of fundraisingactivities in the Parish Paradecolumn. This includes bingos,dances, suppers, bazaars andother profit-making eventS;

We will continue to carry no­tices of spiritual programs, clubmeetings, youth projects andsimilar nonprofit activities.

Fundraising projects may ofcourse be advertised at our reg­ular rates. This is a polley ineffect at many diocesan news­papers to the satisfaction ofboth readers and advertisers·.

ST. ELIZABETH SETON,NORTH DARTMOUTH

The Women's Guild of thisnew parish will sponsor its firstChristmas fair from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26. Mrs.Daniel Lynch and Mrs. DanaFreeman will be co-chairmen.

Highlights will include a visitfrom Santa Claus with the op­portunity for photographs, boothsfeaturing handmade items anda snack bar. To be raffled area weekend for two at a seasideresort and an original oil paint­ing.ST. JOSEPH,NEW BEDFORD

All are invited to the monthlyparish evening of prayer, to beheld at 6:45 Wednesday, Nov.30 and to include rosary, Mass,and a prayer and sharing ses­sion with an All Saints theme.Refreshments will be served.OUR LADY OF LOURDES,TAUNTON

The Mothers' Guild and theHoly Rosary Sodality will co­sponsor a Christmas bazaarfrom 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday,Dec. 2; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec.3; and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec.4. A puppy will be among raffleitems and Santa Claus and hisphotographer will be presentfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Booths will feature home­made articles, a "country store"with straw wreaths, brooms andother craft items, and Christ­mas decorations.

ST. MATHIEU,FALL RIVER

The Council of Catholic Wom­en will hear Mrs. Ronald Bap­tista speak on career and finish­ing school programs at theirmeeting set for 7:30 p.m. Tues­day, Nov. 29 in the school hall.Mrs. Bertrand Desmarais, chair­person, invites members to bringfriends.

Plans will be made for aChristmas dinner dance Satur­day, Dec. 10, for which ticketsare available from Mrs. ReneDelisle or Mrs. Nelson Julius.ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

A spiritual guidance day formembers of the Confraternityof Our Lady of Czestochowawill be held Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Advent wreathes will beblessed at a candlelight Mass at4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.ST. PATRICK,FALMOUTH

The Women's Guild will holda party plan luncheon at 11:45a.m. Friday, Dec. 2 in the par­ish hall. Proceeds will go toexceptional and underprivilegedchildren of the diocese. Ticketsare available from all members.

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Mrs. Raymond J. Polak ischairwoman of the Women'sClub public whist at 1:30 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 27 in Father CoadyCenter.

Parents of 9th graders pre­paring for confirmation willmeet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.28 in the center. The educationcommittee will meet at 7:30p.m. for an open discussion of~indergarten pros and cons.

CYO officers will be installedTuesday night, Nov. 29, follow­ing a spaghetti supper.

Acts for a senior CYO GongShow in January must be regis­tered with emcee John Lake,telephone 674-9064 by the endof November.

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St. Hedwig Seniors will meetThursday, Dec. 1 at the parishhall. December activities will in­clude a public card party at 11 :30p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, and aChristmas party at 1 p.m. Thurs­day, Dec. 15, also at the hall.Another party will be held atnoon Thursday, Dec. 8, at Thad'sSteakhouse.

ST. CASIMIR,NEW BEDFORD

A whist party will be spon-o sored in the church hall by the

Holy Name Society at 1:30 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 27.

Bishop's

The Parish ParadeST. HEDWIG,NEW BEDFORD

PAUL G. CLEARY & CO., INC. FEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCYEDGAR'S FALL RIVER GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO.TOM ELLISON QUALITY MEN'S APPAREL INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS

UNION

A holiday bazaar will be heldfrom 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.26 in the church hall. A snackbar will serve chowder andsandwiches and booths will offerboutique items, Christmas dec­orations and holiday foods, in­cluding the locally famous mala­ssadas of Mrs. Jerry Viera.

ST. ELIZABETH,EDGARTOWN

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 24, 1977

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