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)"/\.l ---- ~ " .- _ ~- .- - - I--~ ---T he new shepherd of the piocese of Fall River, Most Reverend

Daniel ·A. Cronin, visits Christmas crib with youngsters at St.I

Joseph's Ohurch in Fall River.

DESIGNA1!'ED "CORPORATE SOLE": Bishop Cronin signs documents designatinghim a "Corporate Sole" and legally empowers him to guide the financial and economicdestinies of the diocese in the same manner as a corporate board. Present at the Dec. 17thceremony at State House in Boston were: Attorney General Robert H. Quinn, Secretaryof..5tate John F. X. Davoren, the Bishop, Rev. Msgr. Reginald M. Barrette, chancellor~

Attorney Michael A. D'Avolio, Director of the Corporations Division.

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Bishop's ChristmasBishop Cronin wlIl be' the

principal concelebrant at the8 o'clocl< Christmas Mass,Thursday evening (Christmaseve) at _St. Mary's Cathedralin Fcll River.

The bishop will also cele­brate Mass and deliver thehomily on Christmas morningat I I :30 over Television Chan­nel 6.

attacked even if not yet born.The deliberate destruction of

an unborn baby can never bethe solutiqn to apparent difficul­ties. .It is an evil and it subordi­nates the right to life to lesservalues-material and social con­cerns and exigencies of themoment.

On this feast of the HolyFamily and mindful of tomor­row's feast of the Holy Inno­cents, I am directing that specialprayers be said at the Prayerof the Faithful at all Massestoday to ask God's protectionagainst attacks on innocenthuman life and in reparation forthe evils committed against it.

Faithfully yours in Christ,

>Ie DANIEL A. CRONIN,Bishop of Fall River

FightUnborn

'moment of its existence fromany direct deliberate attack. Thisis a fundamental right of thehuman person, which is of gen­eral value in the Christian· con­cept of life; and hence as valid'for the still hidden life within

. the womb of the mother as forthe life of the already born anddeveloping outside of her."

I reaffirm the unchangingteaching of the Church concern­ing the right to, life. Since abor­tion is a moral evil and againsthumanity, I urge my priests andfaithful 1l1ity to oppose any at­tempt to legalize it or to liber­alize the laws against it. Wemust remember at all times thatwe are dealing with a divineprohibition against the deliber-

, ate destruction of innocenthu­man life.

Let it not escape our attentionthat once the sacredness ofhuman life is violated by anyweakening of the laws againstabortion, the other equally de­spicablE~ crimes of infanticideand mercy killing will be wait­ing their turn to be legalized. Iam sure that no one at themoment has difficulty in respect­ing the life of the new-born babyor the elderly person paralizedor mentally ill. But recent mod­ern tendencies make it our dutyto insist that the same humanlife is sacred and must not be

Bishop UrgesTo P,rotect

In his first pastoral letter tothe Diocese of Fall River,. MostRev. Daniel A. Cronin stronglyreaffirms the doctrine of theChurch in opposition to abortion.In a I~tter to be read at allMasses this weekend the bishopteaches:My ,dearly beloved in Christ,

I write to you on the sacred­ness of human life. As you allknow, there is a growing ten­dency, in this country ~nd else­where, to liberalize the lawsagainst abortion, if not to legal­ize abortion altogether.

As shepherd of the flock ofthe Diocese of Fall River, I muststate in an uncompromising andclear manner, together 'with thebishops of the Second VaticanCO!Jncil, that abortion is "anunspeakable crime."

As Catholics, ,we hold that thelife of an unborn baby is sa,cred,and should no 'more be destroyedbefore birth than after birth.Such an act of destruction is adirect attack against innocenthuman life. The law of God issupreme and says "Thou shaltnot kill." 'Christian moral teach-,ing abhors the evil of abortion.

In 1951, Pope Pius XII veryclearly expressed the teachingof the Church on this matter:"Innofeflt human life, in what­ever condition it is found, is tobe secure from the very' first

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-'thurs.·Dec. ,i4, 1970• • "P _. __ :.. ", • ," "-'--~,.•• ' ~" .•

Rev. Marc H. Bergeron to St. Joseph Church, New Bed-ford, as assistant. I

Rev. Robert C. Donovan to St. John the' EvangelistChurch, Attleboro, as a!!sistant.

Rev. Raymond P. Monty to St. Patrick Church, FallRiver, as assistant.'

Assignments effective Wednesday, December 23" 1970., I

FIRST ASSIGNMENTS

AfPOINTMENT" -, ,

Most Rev, James J. Gerrard, D.D., Vicar General ofthe Diocese and Pastor of St. Lawrence Church, 'NewBedford, as Diocesan Consultor:

Appointment effective Wednesday, December 16, 1970.

Bishop of Fall River

DIOCESE FALL RIVER'

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BISHOP CRONIN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

Christmas is il feast particularly, dear to us all. Thisyear Christmas takes on an added meaning for me becauseit is my first Christmas~ as your new Bishop.

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In this holy season lOur thoughts are drawn to the all­importa'nt'tnith' of. the lncarnation-that the Son of Godtook on human flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary. He

'came among us for our salvation. His was a message of~econciliation and peace.

The Church carrie~ on the saving mission of JesusChrist. All of us, then, who profess our faith in Him mustbear witness to this' faith by doing our part to furtherpeace and reconciliation among men. Our fervent prayerespecially ,in this Christmas season is that through our ,lives men may come to know and to accept Christ as Lord.

I beg the divine Child to bless with abundant heavenlyfavors and graces the cletgy, religious and faithful of thisbeloved Diocese of Fall II River, and I extend to all of youmy heartfelt good wishes for a very holy Christmas and ablessed New Year. '

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§ ciation to everyone who, even in the slightest way, shared '§~ in the success. of the 'installation of the new Bishop of ~

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Bi~hop C!I'oninPlans ParishVisitations

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese ofFall River will visit Our Ladyof the Angels Church, Fall Riveron Sunday morning and offerthe 10 o'clock Mass.• Parishioners may avail them­selves of the opportunity to meetthe new Shepherd as he initiateshis plan to visit all parishes inthe diocese and offer the HolySacrifice of the Mass and meetmembers of his flock.

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Courage

, Courage is almost a contradic·tion in terms, It means a strongdesire to live taking the form ofteadiness to die.

-G. K. Chesterton

!will be celebrated with a tour o'f

IFali River industries, the MarineMuseum, the Historical Society,:Battleship Massachusetts with aIluncheon on the ship with theMayor and City Officials.

I Students will represent France,Hong Kong, Japan, Trinidad,ICameroon, Thailand, DominicanIRepublic, Iran, Ethiopia, India,Uganda, China, Norway, Pakis­tan, Malaysia, Syria, Greece and:Saudi Arabia.

I The general chairman fo... themovement is Thomas Viana;Host Family R~cruitment, Steven'~aron, James Pacheco, KatherineHarkin, James Barrett, JamesRogers; Finance, Rita Bertonconi,patricia Dobek; Entertainment,Ann Marie Tyrell, Kathleen Har­kin, Paul Bertoncini, Peter Robi-~oux, Donald Dapon~e; Publicity,Debra Fitzler; Miscellaneous,

Advent is a red" balloon that keeps gelting bigger until. hou think it'll burst.

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. Tbougbts and pietlt~es for Tbe Anchor'

Christmas feature wer~ gathered at Holy

Union Pre-Scboo/, 527 St., Fall River

Over forty students represent­ing 18 countries and 26 univer­sities will take part in a Christ­mas International House spon­sored by the South End YouthCenter, Fall River, from Dec. 22to 29. .

Begun in 1965 in Huntington,West Virginia, by the Rev. HarryPetersen of the 'First Presbyte­rian Church, the movement hasnow grown to national scope,coordinated by the PresbyterianU. S. Board of World Missionswith 45 sponsors in 24 states.

Rev. Kevin F. Tripp of theSouth End Youth Center in FallRiver announced the event asthe only project of its kind inSouthern New England.

Once they have registered forthe event, the students will holda mixer with local college stu­dents from Southeastern Massa­chusetts University,

An ecumenical· prayer service,roller skating party and tour ofLaSalette Shrine in Attleboro areplanned. A supper and socialwith host families is planned forDec. 27 with the visitors provid­ing the entertainment. .

Dec. 28 will be "InternationalStudents Day in Fall River." It

Thirty-eight young ladies willbe presented to the Most Rev.Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of theFall River Diocese, at the 16thannual Bishop's Charity Ball onFriday, Jan. 8, at Lincoln ParkBallroom, in one of the manyoutstanding events to take placeat the most widely known socialevent in New England. "Thesepresentees represent parishesfrom all areas of the diocese,"said Rev. Msgr. Anthony M.Gomes, diocesan director of theBall. This scintillating Winterball will benefit the exceptionaland underprivileged children, re­gardless of race, color or creed,of southeastern Massachusetts.

Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., ofFall River, chairman of the pre·sentation committee, has an­nounced that the presentees withtheir escorts are scheduled tomeet Sunday, Jan. 3, at 2:30P.M. in the ballroom of LincolnPark for a rehearsal of the im­pressive presentation ceremony.

The presentees are:Attleboro Area

Brenda McNally, Barbara Brit­ton, Joanne Alix, Terri Yarsuites.

Cape Cod and the HslandsElizabeth Duane, Joan Fou­

gere, Susan Davis, CathleenMarie Cook, Consuela MacDon­ald, Joanne Elizabeth Quirk,Janet Kinchla.

Fall River AreaPamela Rodrigues, Donna

Marie· Marques, Jo Ann Fran­coeur, Frances O'Shaughnessey,Patricia Marie Mello, LouiseThiboutot, Renee St. Germain;Debra Veloza, Debra Ann Hod­kinson, Donna Marie Perry,Mary .Jane Lenon.

New Bedford AreaSandra Curry, Judith Ann

Saraiva, Cecile Hebert, MarianneDqnise Lacoste, Teresa A. Kut,Bonnie Smith, Elizabeth A.Humphrey, Barbara B. Boyce,Beth Ann Haden, ChristineCaron, Kathy Ann Mason.

Taunton AreaMarguerite Ann Monaghan,

Sandra Hazel, Marlene Braga,Debra Lynne Compos, DonnaEvangelho.

Jesus Chri'stOnly InterestOf Prelate

Charity BallPresentees

The following is the eulogypreached by Rev. Henry T. Mun­roe, assistant at Holy NameChurch, New Bedford, at theFuneral Mass of Rev. Msgr.

. .John J. Hayes, iate pastor of theChurch, who died suddenly Dec.14.

We have just read an impor­tant message Qf Christ in theGospel passage of this morning'sMass. Each· message given by

• Christ, Who is the fulfillment ofGod's promise and the Savior of.mankind, contains within it theessence of life - not only theessence of human life as weknow it-but also the essenceof Divine Life as found in thePerson of the GodMan, JesusChrist, Our Lord.

When Christ spoke, and indeedHe speaks to each one today asclearly and as determinedly asHe did to 'those who were inrange of'His voice, every word

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CICOP Confe~enc~WASHINGTON (NC) - "Free­

dom and Unfreedom" will be thetopic of the annual confet:enceof the Catholic Inter-AmericanCooperation Program to be heldhere Jan. 28-31 sponsored by theDivision for Latin America- ofthe United States CatholicConference:

God's Law First

"It happened under the Naziregime; who is to say it cannothappen here?" the prelates asked.

Catholics in New York statewere told not to be "deceivedbecause a civil law permitsabortions. God's law comes firstand God's law says: 'Thou shalt~ot kill.' No civil law can everdisplace God's commandment.", The letter warned that theChurch "invokes a severe sanc­tion against any Catholic whoraises his unfeeling hand to de­stroy this most defenseless ofall human beings - the unbornbaby. The Church disowns byimmediate excommunication artyCatholic who, deliberately prb­cures an abortion or helps some­one else to do so."

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'F'cimily PlanningMisses, Goal

BOSTON (NC)-The Americannation has failed to develop a·sound policy on family planningand population control becausetoo many persons consider thoseterms synonymous. a U.S. gov­ernment official said here.

"This is clearly not the case."stated Dr. Louis Hellman. deputyassistant secreta'ry of Health.Education and Welfare. "It isincreasingly apparent that curerent concepts of family' ,planningwill not slow down population

,growth in this country or in therest of the world."

Hellman made his remarks ina panel discussion at an' Amer­ican Medical Association meet­ing.

Family planning, according toHellman, means .contraceptionfor the health .of the mother and,baby. spacing pregnancies andpermitting the woman to haveevery bab.y a wanted baby.'

Population control, he said.meqns· limiting the number of

-births so that an increase in pop­ulation is halted or slowed.

"There is no evidence volu'n­tary family planning will haveany significant effect on popu­lation growth of the UnitedStates." Hellman said'.

"We must go one step beyondfamily planning," he added."while maintaining the absolute­ly essential voluntary aspects ofthe effort."

Our message to you comeswrapped in the happy spirit

of this g~y holiday time!

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manger every time. That gets you ready for' Christmas.

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School Beards PoolPurchasing Power

ST PETERSBURG (NC)-ThePi.nellas County School Boardhas approved a plan permittingthe county's three Catholic highschools and 14 elementary

'schools to participate in its cen­tral purchasing pool and audio­visual center.

Father Jerome Diffley, associ­ate superintendent for instruc­tion in the St. Petersburg dio­cese. estimated that the new ar·rangement will represent a 35per cent,......thousands of dollars­saving on the cost of school andmaintenance supplies.

the cooperative purchasingplan enables Catholic schools topurchase supplies through publicschool bulk purchases.

Father Diffley said that twoother Florida counties earlierthis year granted cpoperativepurchasing to parochial schools.in Sarasota and Manatee coun­ties. As far as he knows. thesecounties" and his own' dioceseare the first in the nation toconsolidate purchasing power.

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970

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Catholic BishopsS.core New York,!Abortfon Law

NEW YORK (NC) - Catholi~

bishops in the state with th~

'nation's most liberal abortionlaw launched another attack onthat legislation. which theytermed "an 'outrage against hu'­manity." '

The attack was ,contained ina letter issued by the 30 bishop,sof the eight dioceses in NewYork to coincide with Advent,It was read in all' the state'sCatholic churches.~ The letter claims that "oncethis law was passed, the abor­tionists lost no time in plyingtheir 'death-dealing trade., Eachday they grow wealthier fromthe killing of unborn children-,­some of whom have been heardto cry as they were dropped intothe surgical trash can. They evehadvertise their' monstrous com,­merce beyond the confines ofthe state, thus making' NewYork the abortion capital ofAmerica...· '

The bishops continued:

_ 'Vicious Principle:

"We plea~ with you to recog­nize the terrible consequencesof legalized abortion. Once inno­cent life at any stage is placedat the mercy of others. a viciousp'rinciple has been legalized.Thereafter. a simple majoritymay decide that life is to be de­nie~ the defective., the aged. theinc:orrigible. and granted only'tothe strong.. the beautiful, and theintelligent. , "

"The day may come when'lawmakers can set standardswhich people ,must meet if th~y

are to r~main alive. Already onestandard has been set, who cansay what others will comenext? For, once respect for hu­man life has been underminedthe murderous possibilities ar~limitless."

The letter reminded legislatorsthat "the right to decree the e~­tinction of human beings for so­called social and eugenic reasonswas once claimed in anotherla;ld..

national Business Machines(IBM) and Dr. Patrick Mulvihill,who currently holds the IBMpost, directed 'the conference.

They spotlighted management. techniques for 'developing goals,

and applied it to work as youthactivity leaders.

"Leaders need to learn to lis­ten and not impose their ownwill on others," Mobley said.They must stop asking, "Howcan I motivate John Doe?" andask instead, "How can I under­stand his motivation?" he said.Mobley said the clue to a per­son's motivation is in his job andenvironment.

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WILLIAMSBURG (NC)-Youthactivity leaders should not forgetto·pay attention to the goals andideas of the' young people theyserve, speaker:s at the 13th na­tional conference on Catholicyouth 'said here. .

Spon'sored by the U. S. Catho­lic Conference youth activitiesdivision, . this year's <;onferencealso included' an orientationworkshop for new youth leaderS.About 200 diocesan directorsfrom all over the country attend­ed the four-day session.

Dr. LouisR.. Mobley, formerdirector of management train­ing for public affairs with Inter-·

The clock strikes twelve, drinks held high, a chor~s of Auld'Lange Syne, tears, laughter, a New Year's kiss. That New Year'skiss . . . what a beautiful way to say to others: "Mayall goodthings be yours!"

But no ,one is really' al.one! For in a much deeper dimensionthan flesh and blood we ani in communion with all people every­where. We do not encounter them as God's People ... and especiallyin the SIGN of God's Love 'and Presence~the Eucharist.

Whatever you do to celebrate the beginning of the new year,please welcome in your heart those who are the loneliest of God'sPeople: the poor, the suffering, the hungry, and helpless millionsfacing another year in the human poverty of ·the Third World..

Dedicated missionaries, serving right now in every part of theworld, depend on your spiritual and financial support today to bringto their people health, happiness, and peace for the new year.

PLEASE make your first New Year's Resolution be an act oflove for others by sending a generous sacrifice for the missionstoday. What a beautiful way for you to begin the new year! Andfor the world's poor and their missionaries, your gift today Is likea "New Year's kiss"-a greeting and a prayer: "The Peace ofChrist be with you." Why not do it-right now!

On behalf of all the Church's missionaries: Thank you forfor your continued love and support of the missions . . . Godlove .you and give you His peace and continued blessings in1971.

A NEW YEAR'S KISS

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Let's stop for a minute and think about that as we anticipateour New Year's celebration; We wish others to have health, happi­ness!.and peace, not just as a New Year's custom, but in everyday encounters with people. Even now at Mass we give this a"sacramental," significflnce when we give each other the "kiss ofpeace'.'~ ..\ .. '. \ . . ' , '.

W~' ~ilI soon 'l~a~e the old y~~r' ~~~~~d us .with its ;o~s', a~~ ,sorrows, pleasures'and problems, successes and failures. How sadit must be to be, alone on New Year's Eve .' .. to meet the newyear with no one to share our hopes and fears .. '. with no· one to·share a '.'kiss of- peace" .and, the wish for good· fortune and happi­ness.

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Maintains Contact With F~rmerPrie'ShKEARNY (NC)-The Newark adoption of a paper concerned . senate 'to act in, other than a

:Archdiocesan Senate of Priests with. its authority had been consultative fashion would behas established a special com- cleared u·p.' . I"self~licjuidating~" ",-.'mittee to maintain contact with 'Evolving Role' I Father Lennon said that as aarea priests who have left the The' paper, drafted' for the' result' of the letter'a senate del-active ministry. Senate by Father Anthony 1. egation met with Archbishop' Bo-

Formation of the committee Padovano of lmmaculte Concep- land and Auxiliary., Bishop Jo­followed a report given by tion Seminary, Darlington, N. J;', . sejh A. Costello t~assure themFather Thomas E. Davis on con- asserted that senates, being re~- . that the senate was not issuingversations he has held with' a resentative of the "presbyteriuml' "a declartion pf independence."group of former priests on behalf (the priests of a diocese) share He said the sen,ate had no in­of the senate. in the government of the did- tention of· going peyond the

In establishing the committee, cese. . I authority i.t had been given byth t · d' t d th t't AdoptIOn of the paper led the archbishop, but that thee sena e 111 Ica e a I • . I. .h d t f tn d f Archbishop Thomas A. Boland paper conSiders "the evolvll1g

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uncovering problems in the IChurch and the priesthood that r:============================;]could lead to efforts to assistmen who are considering a re­turn to the lay state.

The l2-member committee willinclude four inactive priests.

Several proposals have al­ready been made by the formerpriests. One was that the formersuperiors of a man seeking a jobas a layman should willinglyprovide letters of recommenda­tion. Father Davis said the re­fusal to provide such letters wasreported as being "extremelywidespread" by the inactivepriests.

Other proposals advanced werefor counselling services fortroubled priests, severance paybased on service, and explora­tion of ways in which such mencan be used in the apostolate.

At its meeting at New Jersey.Boystown here the senate alsoheard a report from its presi­dent, Father Robert T. Lennon,that a misunderstanding over its

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Schedule ElectronicEducationConference

NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Aninternational conference on newtrends in electronic educationwill meet here Jan. 4 to 9 atLoyola University.

The conference has beennamed NUNTEC I, which standsfor nuns in education fields andthe possibilities' that moderntechnology opens up for them.Lay teachers and others inter­e;ted in Catholic education arealso expected' to attend.

NUNTEC I is jointly spon­sored' by UNDA, internationalCatholic association for radioand television, and Loyola'scommunications department. Theconference will acquaint Cath­olic educators with modern tech­nological theories and equipmentwhich are reshaping traditionalblack board and lectern styles ofeducation.

Bishop~ IssueMixed MarriageGuidelines

WASHINGTON (NC)-Guide­lines for marriages involvingCatholics with persons of other

'faiths were issued here by t~e

Nati,onal Conference of Catholi<.;Bishops.

Based on the mixed marriagenorms issued last Spring byPope Paul VI, the guidelines re­move the demand that the non­Catholic party promise not toblock his or her Catholic spousefrom the Catholic's obligation toraise children of the marriage asCatholics.. Approved by the bishops attheir recent. semiannual meetinghere, the guidelines, which take

. effect, Jan. 1 are to be imple­mented at the diocesan level.

The bishops' statement alsomakes it possible for a mixedmarriage to be performed inplaces other than a Catholicchurch and before a minister orofficial other than a Catholicpriest, as long as some kind ofpublic ceremony or public recordis involved.

In both (instances, the localbishop must be consulted, how­ever.

The guidelines cover 20 points,including the promise the Cath­olic party must make to con­tinue practicing his faith and doall in his power to raise thechildren as Cath9lics.

Specifically ruled out is thepossibility of two religious. ser­vices or a single service inwhich both the Catholic andnon-Catholic ritlial are .cele­brated jointly or successively.

Intercommunion is also forQid­den.

Local bishops, however, maygive permission for a non­Catholic minister to participatein the Catholic marriage serviceby giving additional prayersor blessings or other words ofgreetings. ,

The bishops also instructedthat· programs be developed toprovide for basic pre-marriageeducation instruction involvingsuch couples; to explore the pos­sibility _of an ecumenical formof mixed marriages to be givenin seminaries and through con-·tinuing education programs' forthe clergy.

Give ThanksHomelands

lands including, their, 'sacredBlue Lake.

The Senate, with White Houseblessings; overturned its own

..Interior. Committee's' recommen­tdations and voted 70-12.·togivethe TaQs Pueblos title. in trust to48,000 ·acres.

Sens. Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.)and Robert Griffin (R-Mich.)who led the Senate oppositionand succeeded in the battle forthe Indians' rights hailed thevote as a symbolic victory thatwould give hope to thousands of

. Indians of other tribes.Opponents didn't like what

they termed a precedent-settingsettlement. "It sets a precedentthat the Senate will live to re­gret," said Sen. Gordon L. Allott(R-Colo.).

The Indians are elated andtheir .90-year-oldspiritual leader,Juan De Jesus Romero, person­ally, thanked Congress in hisnative tongue for "restoring ourIndian religion and our Indianlives."

Here 'in Taos, his followers gotthe message by radio. They ranacross a wooden bridge to prayat the tiny adobe CatholicChurch. Many were crying withjoy.

The Indians say the regainedlllnd and lake are sacred to theirancient native religion, althoughmost of them also worship herein the Catholic Church built bythe early Spanish missionaries.They see no conflict and havebeen prac;:ticing both religionsfor many years.

Archbishop James P. Davis ofSanta Fe has long endorsed pas­sage of the legislation destinedto return the land to the Indians.In 1968 the archbishop wasamong leaders of a then-newnational committee formed tosupport· the efforts of the TaosIndians to regain the land whichhad become part of the CarsonNational Forest.

New' Mexico IndiansFor Return of Tribal

TAOS PUEBLO (NC) -Hun­dreds of nature-worshipping Ta­os Indians, gave thanks here ina Catholic Church for success­fully winning their 64:year-longcampaign, to' regain tribal home-

, Mass O~do'

FRIDAY-The Birthday of OurLord Jesus Christ: Solemnity.White, ,Mass Proper; Glory;Creed; Preface of Christmas.There are three different textsfor the Masses: Midnight,Dawn, and Daytime.

SATURDAY-St.. Stephen,. Dea­con, First. Martyr. Feast. Red.Mass Pmper; Glory; no Creed;Preface of Christmas.

SUNDAY' -. The Holy Family,Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Feast.White. Mass Proper; Glory;Creed; Preface of Christmas.

MONDAY-The Holy Innocentsof Bethlehem. Feast. White.Mass Proper; Glory;' no Creed;Preface of Christmas.

TUESDAY - Fifth Day WithinOctave of Christmas~ White.Mass Proper; Giory; (Com­memoration of St., ThomasBecket. Optional); no Creed;Preface of Christmas. .

WEDNESDAY-Sixth Day With­in Octave of Christmas. White.Mass ·Proper; Glory; no Creed;Preface 'of Christmas.

THURSDAY - Seventh DayWithin Oc;:tave of Christmas.White. Mass- Proper; Glory;(Comrt:leinoration of St. Syl­vester., Optional); no' Creed;Preface of Christmas.

NecrologyDEC. 27

Rev. Thomas J: Stapleton,1956, Pastor, Corpus' Christi,Sandwich.

DEC. 28Rev, Charles R. S'mith, 1955,

Pastor, Immaculate Conception,Fall River. .

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Making 'an Impact·

The Feast of the Holy F,amily this week·end is a fit­ting time for mot.hers and fathers and sons and daughtersto take stock of their' family relationships and, of theefforts each is making to bring about more closely-knitand loving families. .

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Many persoris are upset-and rightfully so-at thedisturbing state' of the world and Hie country and localcommunities. And these' same, persons feel a' sens~ or' frus­tration because, in so many instances, there is little ornothing that they themselv.es can do directly to bringabout a change' for the better in these, situations that up­set them.

But. people c'an' start wi(h themselves:

And if members of a family begin where they are­in their own homes and with their own family members..,....then they can begin to bring hbout changes for the betterhere. .

And with enough persoq.sin enough families doingthis, the impact is bound to make itself felt in ~he com­munity and then on a larger scale.

Glory and PeaceThe Christian's approach to Christmas. should be s()me- ..

what like the state of the ocean--':'stornis' arid disturba~ces

on the surface but deep underneath·, c~lm a.nd' peace.

Because he lives in a b!usy~O'rld, b~callse h~ is h'u­man, the Christian cannot help' but- be .touched by thisworld in which. he lives, and its -~easel,ess activity isbound'to cause some measure of turmoil' within his life.if it were otherwise, he would be inhuman or insensitiveor uninvolved.,

But'this impact should' be' only on .the surface ofhis life. The Christian' is more than human. He is touchedwith and by the divine. He'.is in the image of G9d not·only by the fact of his creati:on by God,' but, by the r~ality

,of his redemption by Christ and Hisunionto that redemp­tion in and .through and with, Christ. He has "put on

. Christ." And so in the mid'st,oC-the world"s turmoil heshould be at peace in union with Christ, knowing thatin God he "lives and moves &nd has his being."

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W'hile the' Christian lives and works to make this.world of his a good place-indeed, a Godly place-he al­so lives as a pilgrim who knows that this is his homeonly for, a while, and that his journey is from tbi's placeto a permanent' dwelling.

Christmas, then, is a time for him to re-live his unionwith Chris.t. It is a time to re-discover his inner self, .his, inner life, where there i~ peace and serenity because'he is "united to Christ. And i the message Christ gives tohim is that which Christ brought at His birth-glory toGod, peace to men. This sums, up the whole relationshipbetween God and man. Man', lives, or shoUld for God, hisCreator and his Father. And God holds out to His crea­tures and children peace, serenity in this world;' despiteits turmoil, a'nd the eternal peace that comes with' ever.~.lasting life with Him in heaven.

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Students StartPOW Campaign

JAMAICA (NC)-5tudents atSt. John's University here inNcw York launched a nationwidec:lmpaign to gather five millionsignatures aimed at pressuringNorth Vietnam's government in·to releasing information aboutAmcrican prisoners of war.

The campaign got its start ata rally in the auditorium of thisurban campus. It will continuewith a series of meetings togather support from students onother campuses in the metro­politan area.

A 5t. John's student spokes·man, Bernard Lawson. said:"Our appeal has no political af·filiation and it is being made~trictly in the name of humanity.

"We are very aware of theNorth Vietnamese gover~ment'sintcrest in the sentiments ofAmerica's students, and for thisreason we believe that we willsucceed where others have fail·cd. We are prepared to meetwith representatives of the NorthVietnamese government to bringback any message from thepeople of North Vietnam to thestudents of America."

THE ANCHOR--, 7Thurs.,. Dec. 24, 1970

"The canonization will help to~how us what true ecumenismreally means. It does not mean·abandoning the tabernacle,throwing away our rosaries orplaying down the authority ofthe Pope. That is false ecumen­ism."

It has reminded us that in the16th ·century men and womenfelt so deeply about their faiththat they died to defend it," theCardinal said. "This is true ofour own martyrs and of theProtestants who suffered fortheir beliefs.

pages of the book cause one tofear that one is in for a soggysentimental tribute. But thesolid reality of Doin Helder cutsthrough the mists of emotionalregard, and his own words suc­c~ed in characterizing and ex­plaining him.

IIt's fun to sing Christmas songs, but it's I1wre fun to play theguitar and autoharp. If you don't get '11zad at the kids who tak.e

100 long tU1ns, you can put a straw in your manger."

He presses for what he calls"the humanization of the peotpIe," bringing them up from 1ilsub-human status and a sub~

human life to the stature andthe living conditions of men, towhom justice is due and towhom justice is rendered.

Dom Helder is critical of caPiitalism and of United States imc

perialism in Latin America, es~pecially of the economic sort. H~believes that, as the Christianpart of the third world, LatinAmerica has a providential rol~to play among the underdevelc

oped countries.Solid Reality

Mr. de Broucker attributes t9Dom Helder the force of ~

prophet and the subtleties of apolitician, and it is not hard tosee why a dictatorship, such a~Brazil's, looks upon him witl1intense disfavor, and also whysome of his fellow bishops havemisgivings about him. i

But Dom Helder insists thathe respects the laws of theChurch, could tolerate no disobe­dience' to the institutional

IChurch, and feels the need t~

he "in line with" Christ, the. Church, and the pope.

There is no doubt that theauthor looks upon his subjeqas a great hero, and accords hima species of worship. The first

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MSGR.

JOHN S.

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Giv'es ImpressionOf Controversia IChurchman

Archbishop Helder Camarawho heads the archdiocese ofOlinda and Recife in impover­ished Brazil, is one of the mostcelebrated. and controversialchyrchmen in the world. Mostof us have heard of his activi­ties or read one or another of

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his speeches, but have had littlepersonal information about him.Some is supplied by Jose deBroucker in his book The Vio­lence of a Peacemaker (OrbisBooks, Maryknoll, N. Y. 10545.$4.95), which comes to us in anEnglish translation by HermaI3riffault and with exc~lIent

p~lo10graphs by John Padula.T'lis is not a biography. It is,

rather, a set of impressions, in­terspersed with lengthy quota­ti;ns from the writings and ad­dresses of Dom Helder. Indeed,the biographical matter it con­tain~ is mostly found in an epi·logue written (or spoken?) byDom Heidler himself.

In 1964, Dom Helder wasnamed to his present position,in the very poorest part of Bra­zil. The average income thereis SI00. Seventy per cent of thepopulace is illiterate. The infantmortality rate is 50 per cent. Inthe sugar-refining town of Cabo,there are 30,000 unemployed outof a population of 60,000. "Onlyone man there has shoes towear."

Structural Change Neede:JDom Helder has addressed

himself to improving conditions.He does not live in the epis­copal palace, but in three small,~cantily furnished rooms, wherethe door is always open. Hedr::J not we:u the episcopalregalia but goes around in a sim­ple cassock, with a plain woodencross.

He once had faith in variouscovernmental undertakings to~ecure the betterment of thepoor masses in the northeasternregion. But he no longer believesin them, because they have madethe rich richer while doingnothing effective about thewretchedness of the poor.

He has become convinced thatthere must be structural changein society before real justice canbe achieved.

For this, he has been labeleda Communist or a dupe of theCommunists. The charge is base-

- ·Iess. Also, it has been allegedthat he condones violence. He"ays that he can understand theviolence of a Camito Torres ora Che Guevara, but violence isnot for him. He has relentlesslypreached non-violence.

Critical of CapitalismHe strongly advocates popular

cducation. People must learn toread; they must learn of therealities of the contemporaryworld; they must learn to put.:side apathy and despair; theyI:1USt learn their own power.

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Says MissionPrea'cher Gone

. WASHINGTON (NC) :.:.,.. Thepulpit-pounding, hell-fire-and- 'brimstone parish mission preach­er has disappeared from theCatholic scene, a priest invo!vec!in aiding the disappearance 'saidhere.

The priest, La Salette FatherJohn C. Hughes, said that par­ish retreats and missions, thoughstill functioning, are not flour­ishing. He said this is becauseCatholics still associate parishmissioners with "hell-fire andbrimstone, strict moralistic viewsand old-fashioned theology,rather than with the present

.personalistic .approach."

Father Hughes' is publicitychairman of The Inter-Commu­nity Association of 1!1issioners(Inter-Com), whose goal is "toenhance and gain respect fQrthe image of the professionalpreacher in America." Inter­Com, Father Hughes said, hasbeen set up to bring parish mis­sions and retreats out of theircurrent decline.

Founded here in December1967 at a seminar organized bythe Paulist Fathers, Inter-Comhas seminars held each Decem­ber since then.

Attended by more than 100preachers from 22 orders andcongregations of priests involvedin mission work, the 1968 and1969 seminars featured nation­ally known speakers and the lastseminar, besides talks by a scrip­ture scholar and a moral theo­logian, provided opportunitiesfor general and small group dis­cussions.

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.Cho9sing ClothesShows Difference.In Tastes·- '

Despite the economy slump,the holi9ay season ,will bring outa rash of social. events, andwhether it's an informal gather­ing of friends or an elabo'rate 'formal evening, clothes will glit­ter· and gleam.

There. .are two trends. of. thoughts on holiday dressing.

One 'group' of women likes tobuy holiday outfits' that are top­notch in quality but have a morebasic, round-the clock look.These a're outfits that' can beworn before five as well'asafterand can appear dressy orcasual. ,

The other type' of womanchooses . the more elaborate,dressy. dress that fairly shrieks, 'PARTY. 'These dress.es can be J

fun outfits, that lift ,yourmorale and really get you in a ,celebrating mood. They, do have :one drawback, however, one can I

get very tired of any outfit thatis so memorable - everyone. re-members it. ., Such clothes are best bought '

by the gal 'who either hasenough of a clothing budgetthat she can buy a "wear once,~~seas(.m dress" or,leads ~u.~h a,ibusy' arid; varieds9cial life ~that

$I:te attends many different func-:' i!ions ea~.t( ·.seasO:n a.nd dpesn't' irun across the same people ateach one.. , ." , ' ,. . ' .... :

. , L<ir'ig'· fcir'~Ev~hjng :f:i..' I predict'that"many of tprr'eally ,.bnlV,e, ..fashion-co,nscious' --girl's will be 'going lorig for'eve- tacturers'hii~e'~ome to the res- around to photographing the

, ~-lC-le,:-lC-lC-lf:-lCf:-'::-lC-le,:~~-{c-lCf:C~-lC--:C:-:C--:C:-:C-«::~~-lCtt:-lC:(~~~-«::-:C-lCf!C!t:!c!e;:\t~:c-!C!Ci~ning. If you've had a long black, I cue and are printing materials girls in the short.skirts,.the word ~

or 'navy skirt, that you tucked, that look as if a thousand pa- is that t~ere,:~\'~li,:sWl;c~a,:I9t:?tJ '.:"in the back of your closet a few' tient hands worked them up. such ,gal~ :aI:Ol,l.9-5i,~:'n,ot,:.?,"I~ :m,,~ ''', ".ye;lrs back, dig it out, buy a' Velvet, velour, satin, silk and Manhatt~n hut In qther, qlg cItIes .~" 'lovely, soft and feminine blouse even chiffon will grace the pret- as well. ·Supp6sedlY."it'~:,:~he year .~.,and join the parade. The .girls: tiest parties this holiday. The to "do.:xpur .ow.h' t~'ing.'~ The; ~ ,who feel that it would be a bit' floaty chiffons come in dark and younger' set, )specially, express- I(overdone (but really this season mysterious colors that, give a ing itself' by wearihg all lengths, ~nothing is too much) tan 'always, 'girl that "romantic look." but withpr¢rer.~ncefor' the minLi . ,save the longer lengths Jor at' Still Short Skirts With the. ecqnomy. of the j ,

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dral of Mary Our.. Queen here: ~ ~ ~ II "1r ~~~. ~:~ ~ iii ~,following ~ teleP.h~medpomb, ~ ~ ~' ~

threat receIved rriIn!-1tes, b~forE;: iL , '",:':.";,7, ". ~ ~ Feitelberg Insurance Agerlcy ~the start of a·'Ma!is.. '!Iarking .Car-: ,'~ . V,oI ~ ~ ~ainal Lawren~e ·.Sheharfs·:25th I ~ • --Ct:tRISJ, .JHE "SAVIOR'; IS REBORN ~ ~ FALL RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU ...< ~anniversary as a bishop. A police ~ ~ JIj HENRY J. FEITElBERG JOHN J. MULLIN ~,

bomb squad search qf.the clj,the-i' ~ O/~EIt, F.lS~. TII~E' SERVICE ~; ~. JOSEPH H. FEITELBERG ANTHONY J. ABRAHAM f.dral turnE,d up, no: ,e.vidence ·of, 1ft • • .' ~.' ~_ FREDERICK W. KELLMAN JEANNE PELADEAU ,",

I ~ 1',11 DURlclEE 'STREET' :> ~ ffl ,"~an explosiv.e device::· The Mass, ~ : ' " , '. ,., .. ',' ." . fAll RIVER ~ ~ 1S4 NORTH MAaf'l STREET, Mil RIVER ~was held In a .n>esrby 'school, '·"'·":c-:e-:e-l.!:~'i:-l(l'''';''':~-:e-:e''''Il:-:r.:'''';'(;'-'l:'i'''''''''''''''':e:'~''''''''':~'''~'''''• • • • • . • • til ~ ~,'auditor~~m. .. . ..Q~ "~"' ""ci"'a \. '" ••.•..".~~... ,.. "'clI.".... "'C';.~ q-'·Cl';.~-.""",O:O: _-c.: "'H."Y';;~·~l.,f~~~,:.~.J;~~~~~·~ .:t;.....·~~~-v::~-~~~-.te:~..:c:..r.::~t=:,':~..:t~,~.t¢:t~~'.:'-::t:~~:.~t!:'~ •..:t:::~"'.:,~''':i~t(;'-::',~~:~:=:~::::~~~:::'''~:

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Termination of employmentwill be conducted over the six­month-period from Jan. 1 to June30, '1971. The council voted a$337,500 fund which will be usedfor severance pay, re-trainingprograms, and a plan to helpthose without jobs to find otheremployment.

THE ANCHOR- 9Thurs.. Dec. 24, 1970

NEW YORK (NC)-The exec­utive council of the Episcopal.Church in the United States hasvoted to cut in half the numberof persons on it.s national head­quarters staff. here.

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The action taken by the gov­erning body of the denominationwas taken at a' meeting inGreenwich, Conn. A spokesmanfor the church at its. headquar­ters here, explained that the es­timated 100 persons who willlose their jobs will be notifiedby Dec. 31. ..

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The executive council ap­proved the cut in personnel afterit heard the results 'of an' infor­mal survey taken among Episco-pal. Qishops th~oughout the coun­try. The prelates indicated to thegoverning.unit that the total an­ticipated income they would be

. , • abl~ to provide for the comingyears was $10,929,126. Thecouncil had hoped for $12,702,­376.

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Buffa'lo DiocesePians to Closs10 Schoo~s

BUFFALO (NC)-An economydrive by the debt-stricken Buf­falo diocese means that at least10 schools will close and a pro­posed Catholic hospital will notbe built.

As part of a massive financialretrenchment, other cutbacksoutlined by Buffalo Bishop JamesA. McNulty include:

One-third reduction of the£866,000 budget for 15 diocesanoffices and related services.

Sale of five major diocesan'properties.

Relocation of the diocesanminor seminary. . \

A $50-a-year tuition increaseraising the total fee to $400 inremaining qiocesan high schools.

The bishop of the eight-countydiocese announced the budgetcuts after discussing rising costsand the $16 million diocesandebt in a closed meeting withpastors of its 272 parishes.

Need $3.7 MillionDespite 'all these retrench­

ments, property sales and con­solidations, the diocese stillnec::ls to raise $3.7 million tobegin a systematic program ofdebt retirement. Otherwise, ac­cording to diocesan officials defi­cit financing will continue andprogress will be impossible.

In a fund-raising effort Msgr.John J. McHugh, chairman ofthe diocesan financial resourcescommittee, called for a "moti­vated giving program" to beconducted during April and May,1971, independent of the annualCatholic Charities Drive.

The program, if ;:ccepted bypastors, would ask that parishquotas of 15 per cent based onparish income for 1969 be raisedthrough an increased offertorydrive.•

<;atholic PopulationDiocesan high schools sched­

uled for phasing out by Septem­ber 1971 include: Bishop O'Hern,347 students; Bishop Colton, 333students; Bishop Ryan, 268 stu­dents; Bishop Gibbons, 346 stu­dents, Nash Hall, 255 students,plus an annex to Bishop TimonHigh School in South Buffalo.

In all, five Catholic elemen­tary schools, four high schoolsand one annex are scheduled toclose. by next September. Theirtotal enrollment is 2,496.

Msgr. Leo E. Hammerl, dioc­esan superintendent of schools,'.gave assurance t!lat all teachersand "all pupils now attendingthese schools scheduled for clos­ing can be accommodated inother diocesan schools."

The 948,000 Catholics in thediocese are thought to accountfor 56 per cent of the area's totalpopulation. In Buffalo, thestate's second largest city, theproportion 'of Catholics is evenhigher.

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Arrest Youth,' 19,On Arson Charge

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A 19­year-old boy was arrested andthree others are being sought in

· connection with the firebombingof St. Elizabeth's parish here.There were no injuries. The firedamaged the rectory reception'room.

The arrested youth has beencharged with arson. conspiracy.setting personal property afire=and malicious mischief. Four

· youths were reported to havetossed a Molotov cocktailthrough. the reception room wipe

· d9W. .Two other pombs exploded',on

the pavement in front of the'rectory. Information given by ayouth who witnessed the' fire­bombing led to the arrest.

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to· CribStatueing the "spectacular setup" of

. th.e crib s~ene.

"Your plastic Jesus wastaken," the note said to "sym­bolize digust with .'The Way ofLights," b~coming a tourist at·traction, gathering people ofcontradicting faiths, because ofa spectacular' setup." .

"Is this conducive to the true "meaning of Christmas?" the note -asked.

A 75,OOO-bulb "way of lights"leads' to the crib scene. a tourist !~attraction for a number of years'in this area. Father Edwin-. ~GUIld, O.M.l., shrine founder.,~'_',said members of other faiths ihave applauded the annual cribdisplay•. designed to make peo-ple "more Christ-conscious."

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The theft ot' a figure of the In-.fant Jesus was. stolen from an out·door "Way of Lights" nativitydisplay midway between Belle­ville. III. and East St. Louis.

Tension Evident

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iMaureen's kibbutz' was located:

in. the Gaza Strip- a hot spot,for more reasons than its arrid ;cliinate. '. '. . . I

In the "1948 war. residents ofher kibbutz' ~topped' the.Egyp" !tian advance 'on Tel .Aviv:In !.the Six-Day War in 1967, the iKibbutz was an' Israeli he'ad-;quarters. '. . ' ,,

Current Middle East tension is I,.

evident, too. The. collective idstill surrouded by barbed wireand guarded every night. .

-But Maureen. said war is'something the Israelis have:learned to .live with. "One night,the' terrorists came ... and blew:up our' water' pump, .?r tried to·... :she said. "I was the only' one:who was frightened by it."· :

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"They never got' upset. It Inever bothered them," she con· I'

tin~ed. "They've got so' much:self-confidence ... It's this feel- Iing that they 'can handle what- Iever comes. and if they can't.they can't.. That's life." .

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YORK (NC)~Maureen Mc-,!Guire did ,something different!after graduating' from highschool. .

The threat of attack is, onereason why children live sep­arate from their parents. 'in the Isafest part of the kibbutz•.for ! Ah announcer at radio stationmost of tjle day. Maureen said. . WMRY-FM. operated by the.

'Shrine of Our Lady· of theOnly a few hundred people Snows. which arranges the dis­

live in a kibbutz. so no child is play. broke' the th.eft· news. Afar from home. Maureen noted. note demanding $50.000 ran­though' 'most . children have som was left in place of thegrown up with their sitters. She statue. It was signed "Herod."s~id it's like being. tended by'your big sister. Twenty-four hours later the.

Maureen is 'now a freshman at statue was back-in its place withPenn State University's York. a second "Herod" note protest-campus. She wants to transfer ,t'o Hebrew University in Jeru- ' ..-------'-----------------.....--.salem her junior year. : Check These Banking Services

She sees some similarities be- Itween Israel, and the United IStates. Right. ·now. all kinds of :people who are immigrating I

there-people who came from'. I

caves and people who moved "from North America. she said. !

"They all have to live together Iand' work together ... They've I

got to get some kind of unity to ,build their country. It's a whole I

new society. and. they have· putit together." .

American GirlLea rns Fac'tsIn Israel'

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Thurs., Dec..24; 1970':

Political science classes at'. Catholic'" High School here i. sparked bubbly Maureen's inter·

est in' the Middie East. "I keptjumping on top of desks yelling;'Israel must· win. 'Israel' must,win,''' she' said. '''Our problems 'of democracy:teacher kept say­ing. 'Ypu do~'t ~now the, facts.' :.

"I' wanted" to find out the'facts," Maureen said. ;'So I I

'went.". She just. returned from a •year's stay at a.n Israeli kibbutz I

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.worked' in the houses where~'babies are tended and.' in the.'com~unial restaurant. For the Ifirst' Jew months. she attended.e1asses on Hebrew and Israeli' ~culture half the day. !

THE ANCHOR-, 11Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970

Magazine Lists'Un~anonized Saints'

GRAYMOOR (NC) - Modern­day heroes and models may'speak to today's world betterthan some canonized saints, ac­cording to a Catholic monthlypublished here.

The, Lamp: A Christian UnityMagazine, published by theFranciscan Friars of the Atone­ment, features an ecumenical"calendar of uncanonized saints"in its January issue.

Trappist poet Thomas Mertonand Jewish philosopher MartinBuber' are among those on thelist.

Others include Greek Ortho­dox Patriarch Athenagoras I ofConstantinople; Pope JohnXXIII; civil rights leader MartinLuther King, Jr.; social reformerArchbishop Helder Camara ofOlinda and Re~ife; Brazil's Ger­man theologian-martyr DietrichBonhoeffer; Indian leader Ma­hatma Gandhi, and Dorothy Day,head of the Catholic WorkerMovement.~-llii!C:-lIl:-l$C-IC!CIC-ICtl:IC-U:~-lC~~!Il:~~~

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about a formal instruction pro­gram for fathers and motherswho are not too well known inthe parish when they present achild fo~ baptism."

T.rainingReligiousIde and Leslie A. Darnieder, as­sistant school superintendents,and titled "Where Have All TheChildren Gone? The report isbased mainly uon comparati:vebaptism and enrollment statisticsdating back to 1947.

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MILWAUKEE (NC)-A report'issued here disclosed more than,a third of grade and high school'age Catholics in the Milwaukeelarchdiocese ilre not receivingany formal religious training,either in Catholic schools orConfraternity of Christian Doc-,trine programs. i

Prepared by the archdiocesanleducation department, the reportiestimated that pupils are not re­ceiving such training rangedfrom 23 to 37 per cent among:grade schools, to 59 per centlamong high schoolers. It was es-'timated that 95,000 out of250,000 Catholic students werenot recei~ing any religion educa~tion. I

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St. Francis prayed to th~ Lord,"Make me an instrument of Thypeace. Where there is hatred,let me sow love; where there isinjury, pardon; where there isdoubt, faith; where there is de­spair, hope; where there is dark­ness, light; where there is sad-

,ness, joy."

And so it will be on ChristmasDay as nuns of the Third Orderof St. Francis, who staff St.Mary's Home in New Bedford,open their hearts and the homeso 50 senior citizens of theGreater New Bedford area canpartake of the day's spiritualand joyful blessings.

These old people might other­wise have been forgotten, butnow they will enjoy this mem­orable day in' the true spirit ofSt. Francis.

Ordinarily, the home would bevacant on Christmas Day aschildren scatter to be with theirparents and benefactors, andnuns go home for the holiday.

But this year Rev. William W.Norton, the home's director, anaSister Marie Denis, superior ofthe Glen Riddle Sisters of theThird Order of St. Francis, Phil­adelphia Foundation, proposedthe sharing of their good for­tune with the less fortunate.

"We will have 50 senior citi­zens as our guests on ChristmasDay, Father Norton said. "Thatis how many we can accommo­date; hence, the reason for thenumber.

"The home, in effect, will bereturning, if only for a day, towhat it was at the turn of thecentury, a haven for the aged intheir time of need.

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Day of Joy

"It will be a day of joy forus to celebrate Christmas withthe elderly. One cannot consider

# poverty in terms of just money.Many suffer the poverty of lone­liness and depression. This daycould be the iongest day of theyear for some.

"They have no one to be withon this joyous occasion andsome, I'm sure, will celebratewith a bowl of soup,. if they canafford that.

"This day is being organizedwith the co-operation of seniorcitizens' officials in New Bed­ford. They know only too wellthe people who should be partof this celebration. Transporta­tion will be provided for thosewho can't make it to and fromthe home.

"The list is being drawn upby those concerned workers whoare deeply involved with theelderly in the community. Ithink it is commendable that allthe sisters willingly gave up thechance to go home for Christmasto spend this day here.

"There will be a Mass at 1iA.M. for those who care to sharein the spiritual joys of the day.Dinner will follow at noon, pre­pared by Sister Mary Dativa,O.S.F., and her staff.

Then there willi be distribu­tion of gifts and a program ofentertainment featured by asongfest of all the carols of theday.

"It should be a memorableday for all of us."

Pledge of fealty by a religions to the Bishop. Justly proud parents witness installation of oldestson as fifth Ordinary. of the Fall River Diocese.

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"The very activities you pointto as evidence of the Church'sconcern for black people con­tinue to systematically inflictupon black people and others apsychology of their own poverty,helplessness and dependency.

"We are the victims of themanifest need of white Catholicsand the hierarchy to have iden­tifiable outlets by which to ex­ercise their charity and provetheir very liberal concern for thepoor and the neglected."

Board 'Affirms'Fund Rejection

WASHINGTON (NC) - Mem­bers of the new board of direc­tors of the National Office forBlack Catholics (NOBC) votedhere to affirm a Nov. 20 decisionby the NOBC's interim boardrejecting a $150,000 fund offerby the nation's Cathlic bishops.

The new board's president,lawyer Charles P. Hammock ofPhiladelphia, said that theNOSC rejection of the moneywas based on concern with whatthe allocation represented aswell as dissatisfaction with theamount.

In a' letter to Bishop JosephL. Bernardin, general secretaryof the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops' and the U. S.Catholic Conference, Hammockaccused the Church of paternal·ism in its dealings with blackCatholics.

"We are fully aware that vari­ous dioceses allocate money toassist black parishes and schoolsand sponsor some programs ...what cannot be overlooked is thepaternalistic, patronizing way inwhich these totally white·controlled funds are handled,"Hammock said.

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Mrs. Marie. Lombardi, thecoach's widow, and Father R.J.Henle, S.J., university president,stated the center will provide a

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Issues WarningAgainst PollutionOf Oceans

ROME (NC)-If man continuesto contaminate the world'soceans, he is going to pay a bit­ter price for his recklessness formany generations.

This was one of several direwarnings given at the openingof the largest conference everheld to discuss problems andseek solutions to ocean pollution.The conference was convened bythe United Nations' Food andAgricultural Organization (FAO).

About 3QO environmentalistsand scientists were here to at­tend the Technical' Conferenceon Marine P~llution and Its Ef­fe~ts on Living Resources.

On'e' of, the first reports sub­mitted to ·the conference was byMax Blumer, an oceanographerfrom Woods Hole, who said thatno effective method currentlyexists' for neutralizing the up to10 million tons of oil spilled an­nually in the world's oceans.

, "A polluted small lake can bereclaimed within a few years,"Blumer said. "Lake Erie mayormay not be restored within -50years, but a polluted ocean willremain irreversibly damaged formany g~nerations."

The only way to avert furtherpollution of ocean environmentand preserve its ,resources is toprevent oil spillages from occur­ring in the first place, Blumersaid.

The conference opened threeweeks after Pope Paul, VI, ex­pressed concern about pollutjonof bodies of w~teI: when hespoke at the FAO on the organ­ization's 25th anniv.ersary.,"W~ see th~ pollutio!1 of

rivers, lak~s,. even oceans - tothe.,points of inspiring fear of atrue 'biological' death in thenear futur~ if energetic measuresaje not immediately and coura­geous.lY taken and rigorously putinto practice," the Pope said.

"It is a formidable prospectwhich you must diligently ex­plore in order to save from de­struction the fruit of millions ofyears of natural and human se- I

lection," he added. ,The FAO has described the

world's oce!lns as "probably thegreatest remaining reserve ofhigh protein food." Pollution isdamaging this reserve so gravelyas to threaten man's very'survi­val, according to the FAO.

K of C ProvidesPlane for, Diocese

JUNEAU (NC)-The Knights,of Columbus national office haspr~vided a $15,000 airplane tocarry out missionary efforts inAlaska's farflung 37,500-mile

- Juneau diocese.The disclosure was made here

by Auxiliary Bishop Francis T.Hurley of Juneau, writing in thediocesan publication, "The In­Side Passag'e."

Bishop Hurley said that thegift came in the ~ake of anunsuccessful scouting trip hemade in Europe, seeking priests,Brothers and. nuns for the 'dio­cese.

The bishop said the K.of C.gift assured "the clouds can besplit open" now in carrying ondiocesan missionary activities.

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CWV Head laud$Rescue Attempt

WASHINGTON (NC) - AldoDiChiara, Catholic War Veterans'national commander, praised asheroic and humanitarian theabortive. effort of PresidentNixon t~ rescue American pris­oners of war from North Viet­nam.

He said critics of the Presidentand the venture, which employeda volunteer commando unit andbombing of North Vietnam POWcamps, expressed an ~'undue

solicitude for the welfare of the~emy," plus a fear of reprisal.

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Marist Brother Cites Primary Aims of Catholic Schools

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CHICAGO (NC) - A Marist in schools, eliminating mindlessBrother said here Cathloic edu- conformity and. renewing em­cators and laity may be ignor- phasis on teaching students aing central reasons for existence, sound Christian philosophy.of their Church schools. : "There seems to be a feeling

Brother Anthony J. Ipsaro of I that if we get money, everythingthe University of Notre Dame i will be all right," Brother Ipsaroeducation department told a I said.group of educators here the aim: "Catholic schools are the onlyof Catholic education should I really successful operation ofcenter on encouraging creativity I the Roman Catholic Church," he~/,~~J).~::l't)1~/'~~l:llJl.ltl"~~Mll-JlJl7171Jl»l~~)1~~:Dll11~)l)l

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HONG KONG (NC) - Swim­ming is not a sport for the hun­dreds of young Chinese tryingto escape to this British islandcolony just off the .coast ofmainland China:

Hong Kong police reportedthat in the first two weeks ofNovember they had picked up'50 bodies of young Chinese whodied trying to make the four­mile endurance swim. Hundredsof others were taken out of thewater after swimming for aslong as 14 hours. Many more,police speculated, have enteredHong Kong without being de­tected.

Most of the swimmers areyoung people born and rearedsince the communists took pow­er in mainland China. Most ofthem are students who wereordered to go to the countrysideto learn from peasants ratherthan continue their schoolstudies.

According to the successfulfreedom swimmers, many of thestudEmts are dissatisfied withthese orders and when sent tocommunes in the Hong Kongarea try to get out of Red Chinaby swimming to Hong Kong.

Ironically, Chairman Mao Tse­tung had ordered all students tolearn how to' swim, giving themthe training needed to make theirescape.

The swim from the mainlandto Hong Kong is dangerous be­cause of reinforced water pa­trols, but even before reachingthe water the students mustface the gauntlet of heavy landpatrols.

Urges AdmissioJ1Of More Refugees .'

WASHINGTON (NC)-A com­plete re-examination of the na­tion's nationality and naturali­zation laws and procedures hasbeen called for by an official ofthe Unit~d States Catholic Con­ference.

In a statement to the HouseJudiciary Subcommittee on Im­migration and Nationality, JohnE. McCarthy, executive directorof migration and refugee ser­vices also recommended that theannual number of refugee ad­missions to this country· be in­creased "more in keeping withpast demands."

McCarthy gave strong sup­port to legislative proposals urg­ing admission of religious func­tionaries as special immigrantsto this country.

"The services carried on bymembers of religious denomina­tions-staffing of schools, hospi­tals, orphanages, day-care cen­ters, engaging in social work andcommunity organization - aremore and more in demand es­pecially in the urban and innercity areas of the UnitedStates," he said.

Deaf Mute PriestJOHANNESBURG (NC) - A

deaf mute, the son of devoutJewish parents, has been ordain­ed here in South Africa byBishop Ernest Green of PortElizabeth, a former chaplain tothe deaf. Fa~her Cyril Axelrod,28, said his interest in St.Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theo­logica" led to his conversion andhis decision to become a priest.

Urges MandatoryEqual Employment

,CLEVELAND (NC) - Cleve·land's diocesan Commission onCatholic Community Action hasasked Bishop Clarence G. Issen·mann to initiate a proposalguaranteeing equal employment·iriall contract ~ork and pur.chases in the diocese.

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'mandatory contract complianceto assure equal rights on the job.

The proposal, passed withonly one negative vote amongsome 50 commission members, .requested that Bishop Issenmannapprove it and work out admin·istrative details with the Cleve·land office of the interfaith-

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rna had about. Christmas in theold days, all the ideas she hadfor 'creating home·made orna·ments" over all the years we'went to her home; she never hada tree. '

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-right into your finger... Unless ·unrecognizable shapes. One ofthe cranberries are very ripe. the children. was creating threeThen the needle goes right wise men. As, the clay sagged,through, bu.t the. little berr-y they looked like melted snowsquashes "in your hand. . men. I'

After we had what seemed to __ As a .last' attempt, the' kids·be miles of these ropes, we fes· rollei:l it out like dough,cut it.tooned the tree. The popcorn with star and' angel cookie cut·looke.d lovely but the cl'anber- ters, .inserted hair pins for. hang-

, ries seemed to disappear. ers a-nd set them to dry. ItSomething else Grandma did seemed we had found success at ~)j-~~~~)$t~~)t~~~~~:t.

last. ~ . . '. ~not tell me. If you want the ~ . Icranberries. to shoW', YO,\Jl' 'have The following morning, the PJ ..to. alternate them 'on the same children· anxiously picked' up' I i!string with::. -the popcoril·. My. their own handmade ornaments. i Icranberry compote ,for the fol· Their beautiful crafts crumbled I~ it'lowirig day, was ilOW: covered to dust. Grandma didn't tell me ~with pine sap..' that's why I shouldn't have add~ IGrandm~'also told; me about ed that:' extra flour. . . i I

a fine day I could make out .of Then she told the children ~. ~flour and corn starch. Maybe she. about making balls for the tree ~ Icouldinake it; I couldn't. by cutting circles out of old ~ !

.Wise SIIlOW Men Christmas. cards and fastening ~ ~. , them together. don't know exact· ~ ~ .

I followed' her" r~cipe exactIy-' ly how they did this; I never i Ia handful of this,a pinch of' got involved with the project. In I~that, add a little water until it fact, they woulqn't let me get .looks "rigl-i't" -- and I .had the involved.. ~ ~most . unmanageable glop you . They simply got the instruc· i Iever saw. It stuck to .the kids; tions from Grandma, and went ~

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Determined to prove I 'could didn't need my help. a (itA' ~make these' old·fashioned orna- Funny, those ornaments came I; nd she brought forth her first-born ~ments, I· added more flour until out so well. ~ ~

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Grandma Didn't Tell.. ,. Do 'you kno~ how'm'any litUkbranches are on· .a Christma~tree? Infinitely more than my pa~tience could pin. popcorn on:!

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Instead. of a iight'drift of sno~over. the .tree, we had the imz~

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Then I remembered another· of Grandma's great Christmasstories. She said they used tostring popcorn arid cranberrie~to decorale the tree. .

So we tried to string the pop'corn. 'Oddly, this went weit Infact, it was going so well, I delcided to go all the way and con~tribute the two boxes of crant.berries I had bought. (or .Ch·ristrmas dinne~. . _, I

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Good Old. O'oysBeing ProblemsIn Reliving,

My grandmother always' tellsstories of her family'- back- i~ ,the "good old days." Her chil;dren gathered around the kitcht

, en table and worked together;,making their own Christmasdecorations, There was such awarmth, togetherness and glowto her narrations, you ,could al~

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Last year I 'decided to followher example. and restore that"old~fashioned'Christmas spiridto our ktchen. I gathered th~children and we made plans[They were thrilled with the idea,

But, from our experiences, )have some doubts about Grandi'rna's stories - and her reCipes~Or maybe, she just forgot to give.me all the instructions. ~

There was the popcorn. Mygrandmother always poppedcorn,' advising, "No buying it alLready done; the popping is half

,the fun. ". She then attachedthem, with straiight pins, oneby one, to the end of 'each littlebranch. She said the effect was"like snowflakes drifting ovetthe tree." "I, The. idea', sout:\ded'so good,Since the kids' had broken mostof our ornaments, the popcornwould be a fine substitute. It

· would be gorgeous, and it was'something they could all do to~

· gether. '. We popped. pots full of corn;.

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HARRISBURG (NC)-Ndnpub­lie schools in Pennsylvania reoceived more than $4.2 million instate aid from the Departmentof Education on Dec. I, a de­partment official said here.

Vincent McCoola, director ofthe department's Office for Aidto Nonpublic Education, saidthat amount was part of a $19million package that 1,147 non·public schools would receiveover a two-year period.

The non public schools' receivedabout $4.8 million in September,and another $LO million has beenearmarked for next year. Thepayments are for "renderingsecular educational services"during th'e 1969·70 school year.In 196B-69, when the aid started,the nonpublic schools got $4.8million.

Most of the funds coveringboth payment periods -' $14.9million-will go to 1,064 Cath­olic schools, while 84 other non­public schools will receive $4.8million.

Principal source of funds sinceJUly 1 has been 14 per cent ofmonies collected from the statecigarette tax.

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Nixon' Sets PoUti'cal Asylum Pol~cyed immediately .of. any· other service at the Unitedsuch incidents.. Until now, the Catholic Conference.State' Department had final au­thority in almost all defectioncases.

The new instructions are saidto be more explicit than presentprocedures for handling defec-tors and refugees. .

A recent incident, involving aLithuanian sailor, prompted thenew guidelines after consterna­tion and outrage about it wasvoiced on Capitol' Hill and byvarious religious groups includ­ing the migration and refugee

PresidentWASHINGTON (NC) - Presi­

dent . Nixon announced newguidelines here to prevent recur­rence of a recent incident inwhich a defectfng Soviet seama~was refused sanctuary aboard a .Coast Guard cutter.

Orders from Nixon to all fed­eral agencies stated that nowould be defector is to be re-,turned "arbitrarily or summar·i1y" to foreign control until itcould be determined if his pleafor asylum was legitimate.

The President, aiso orderedthat the White House be inform-

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TOLEDO (NC)-A small Cath·olic group has begun a'campaignto fight Bishop John A. Dono­van's encouragement of parishmembership in the interdenom­inational Toldeo Area Councilof··Churches.

A newly formed group calledConcerned Christian Laymen,charged, ina ·broclfure it' circu- 'lated among pastors and laity,that the council was involved in"controversial activities," hasstated aims that are "totally un·acceptable to basic Catholicdogma," and is mainly interestedin getting its hands on "Catholicmoney."

Franciscans OpenRural Institute

JUTIAPA (NC) - Priests fromthe Franciscans' New York prov­ince has established the Centerfor Human Formation here tohelp serve the educational needsof the rural population in south­eastern Guatemala.

"The center will be a responseto the problems and questionsof the campesino (poor farmers),who is the symbol of faith forthe Church in Latin America,"Father Feliciano Napoli, co­director of the institute, said atceremonies marking the found­ing of the center.

Cardinal CookePlans Christmas'With Troops

NEW YORK (NC) - CardinalTerence Cooke, military vicarfor the U. S. armed forces, willconfine his annual tour of mili­tary bases to the Pacific areaand the Far East this year.

The-cardinal-archbishop of New"York will celebrate Christmas

day with the troops in SouthVietnam on a seven·day visit toSaigon. His itinerary includes:

Alaska, Dec. 14-15; Korea,Dec. 16-17; Japan, Dec. 18; Tai·wan, Dec. 19; Hong Kong, Dec.20; Saigon, Dec. 21·27; Thailand,Dec. 27·29; Philippines, Dec. 29­30; Okinawa, Dec. 31·Jan. 1;Truk, Jan. 2; Guam, Jan. 3-4 andHawaii, Jan. 5.

He is expected to return toNew York on Jan. 6 or 7.

Anniversary Mass

As a preliminary to his trip,Cardinal Cooke held his annualyuletide get·together for childrenof the New York Foundling Hos­pital. This year an added dimen·sion was the fact taht the cardi·nal was celebrating the 25th an·niversary of his ordination, to'the priesthood.

To mark that occasion, an an­niversary Mass was celebratedin St. Patrick's cathedral. It waspreceded by a party on StatenIsland for nearly 2,500 childrenfrom orphanages in the NewYork archdiocese.

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18 !HE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. ,Dec. 24, 1970

First things must always comefirst-the Church and its needs,a person in despair, one sickand lonely, many' personal incon­veniences-some to the point oftrial-"Let them come to me."

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MADISON (NC) C;ltholic.Protestant and Jewish 'Ieadershave asked the Wisconsin Su­preme Court to protect the Am­ish way of life against a threatto religious liberty.

Pending before the state highcourt is an appeal on behalf ofthree Amish fathers of '!'jewGlarus, Wis., convicted in alower court on a charge of fail­ing to have their children attendhigh school.

The Amish way of life callsfor the equivalent of a gradeschool education for their chil­dren. It opposes <:!ducation thatis "increasingly technical, sec­ular and materialistic," contraryto state school laws requiringchildren to attend high schools.

The Rev. Willis Merriman, ex­ecutive director,' WisconsinCouncil of Churches; RabbiManfred E. Swarensky, who fledNazi Germany's religious perse­cution in the 1930s an9 Msgr.Andrew R. Breinee, Madison edi­tor of the Catholic Herald Citi­zen newspaper, filed a friend ofcourt Brief on behalf of theAmish fathers.

the Divine Mysteries who made ,Christ live among men. MayGod receive his priestly soul.

What would. I say to Mary? ]'d say, "Can.I play outside with your Baby?"

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charitable in judgement. If evera man could find the good inmen, he did, and of this there isno doubt.

Always a man; always a F~(~~~::l$l~~~~:3'l:ll~::l$l~~~~)j-~~~~~~::tl:3'l:3'l:l'l::tl::tl:ll:ll::tl:ll:ll:ll~

priest,his presence enriched ~ • feach and everyone into whose ~ ~presence he came. "Unless the ' ~ Igrain of wheat falls to the earth ~ ~

and dies"-dies to itself to be- ~ {Scome one with Christ. ~ ~

The philosophy of life which ~enabled Monsignor Hayes to iemulate his Divine Exemplar so Iwell, might have been borrowed ~

from Cardinal Newman, who ~

wrote,: They alone are truly Iable to enjoy this world, who Ibegin ,with the world unseen.They alone enjoy it, who have)::!:,::::abstained from it-They a'lone ~ :::::,::,: l~n:e~i: ~~eW~~r~~k~oitc~~~, s~a:~ !t::::::;::::;:":kt ~

wants it to be. "Father, into ~ TO OUR WONDERFUL PATRONS.' ayour hands I commend my ~ I,

sP~:"thank God for His teach- i FRAN K-X. Pl:RRON Sing of Christian life, for His ~i: INSURANCE ~demonstration at that life in His ~

Son, Christ Jesus, Our Lord- GEqRGE BEDARD ItaM ~

we thank God for John J. Hayes, if, 260 NORTH MAIN STREET FALL RIVER ~,priest of God and _~ispenser of t=:-:e;-:e;-:e;-:e;~cl~~C~(-t-.:-:e;-:e;.v::-:e;-:e;tI:.v::!:t-.:t::t::.v::.l::It';t-.:t::t:llI:t<t::te:!tt::t::t-.:I:!:t::IC:!e:t::!e:I'l:!e:!:!:t:~

Interest helps make the man,and Father Hayes had only oneconsuming interest in the en­tirety of his life-Christ Jesusand the Church of God. An everperfecting mirror of the Lordwas so evidently present in thisgentleman who was truly aGENTLE MAN; in this priestwho was a churchman-,..truly aCHURCH MAN. There was theever present, strong, thoughgentle determination to "restoreall things in Christ" through theministry of the Church and'infaithful and humble obedienceto her' comm'ands and directives.

The man marked with the signof the Holy Spirit, Anointed withthe Sacred Chrism, sealed withthe sign of Sacred Orders must,in an ever-increasing degree,bring. this Christ, the lover ofsaints and 'Of sinners-into hisown life and radiate it into thelives of all who even hear hisname. He. must become a sign ofChrist.

On May 30th, 1931 along withseveral other young men, JohnJ. Hayes, an ordained Deaconin the Church of God, prostrated'himself just prior to Ordinationto the Sacred Priesthood, theLitany of Saints was being sung,'and outside the CathedralChurch a civic parade was goingby on the strE~et below-a bandcame 'by~it 'played "Y()u're inthe Army Now"-the soon to be.Father John Hayes mentionedmany times, that this momentstruck' him both comically andseriously 'at the same time. Ithelped him to realize how Christmust be the One. to Whom allhis allegiance was owed, theOne Whom he must serve withhfs whole heart and soul.

The story of the life of FatherHayes, whether it be in Sand­wich, SS. Peter ancFPaul in Fall

.. River, St. Mary's in the northend, or here at Holy Name isone and the same story.. Therewere no two personalities, notw.o fronts to Monsignor Hayes,but only the one-'-the one livingsolely to bring Christ to any andto all Men. How many can wit­ness to the .fact of his care? Tohis compassion? To his gentleand kind understanding? Always

Msgr.. H~yes Eulo,gy-Continued from Page Three ~ fered, had mercy, andcompas-

that c;ame forth from His mouth, sian, did not despair and gave,brought with. it the life of God Himself willingly to the Fatherfor mankind. Not only did it ac- -so too must the true Christian.complish the conveyance of this In the period of the test of sal­truth, it also gave insight into va.tion; the time called life, heHis life on earth; the end resuh must bring to a degree of per­o.f. which was and is our salv~- fection all that is found in thistlOn. wonderful, joyful, saving life of

To be joined to God is a great Christ; the accomplishment ofgift, to be joined to God by the his life being that he has Christ,Redemptive Act of the God-Man and that he brings Christ intois an even greater realization f<;>r the world. In effect, that ,Christeach one of us; and still :more":"": lives in Him, and through Him,to see fulfilled in the life of Christ lives in the world.

, Cnrist what He taught us, is t~e What' is true of every personmost powerful, the most tangi- worthy of the name Christian,ble, the most excellent means is all the more true of thoseof conveying His message of chosen from among men to besalvation to mankind. the "dispensers of the mysteries

In the human, the Redemptive of God"-those called to partic­Life of the God made Man, Our ipate most especially in theLord and Savior Jesus Chri~t, priesthood of Jesus Christ bythe message of the seed nece~- vocation and by their priestlysarily being placed in the ground consecration through sacramen·and being vitally affected and tal ordination.influenced by other forceswhich finally made it bear itsfruit is' so evidently borne out.Christ, when He assumed hum'!nform, in the eyes of men, had toprove His Divine Identity. Solelyby becoming man could He fulfillthe promise of the Father; solelyby becoming man could He, inthe present Dispensation, workout the satisfaction and the sal­vation of all mankind.

And so, Christ the seed, plillit­cd Himself among men - bornof the Virgin Mary, a man, likeall of us present and all men ofthe past and those of the futur;e,in all things but sin.

Through this planting of t~e

Divine Person with His DivineNature in a human nature, ~llthat human nil-ture could or, everwould know, feel, suffer andneed was a part of the life ofOur Savior; Jesus Christ.

Because this Seed of Salvationwas sown among men~and began

"to bear its fruit, we find in thelife of Christ, DETERMINATION-"I Have come to do the willof Him' Who sent me."

In the life 'of Christ we seeMERCY - "Take courage, yoursins are forgiven you; we seeCC>MPASSION-"Allow the lit­tle children to come to me"':"'""Unless you become like one 'ofthese, you ca'n not· enter thekingdom of Heaven."

In the life of Christ we SeeCARE - "Whatever you havedone for these, the least of mybrethren, you have done to Me;"\ve see SACRIFICE-"The rea­son the Father loves me is be­cause I lay down my life, thatI may take it up again. No mantakes it from me, but I lay, itdown of Myself.'"

In the culmination of the birthof Christ, with' its subsequentfulfillment of the will of theFather-tl1"e shedding of the I~stdrop of His Sacred Blood uponthe wood of that Cross, therewas no cry of despair-only thelook and the word of love,.­"Father forgive them" - "Son,behold thy mother"-"Into yo'urhands I comme'nd my Spirit.'"

What is evidenced in the Life'of Jesus Christ, the Savior of. theworld, is to be mirrored in thelife _of. everyone who has the de­sire and' is worthy to be call'edChristian. If Christ sacrificed, :somust the Christian sacrifice,-­and for the' same reasons thatChrist did. r'f Christ loved, suf-

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College PresidentNamed to Council

JERSEY CITY (NC) - JesuitFather Victor R. Yanitelli, pres­ident of St. Peter's College here,has been named by PresidentNixon to the National AdvisoryCouncil on Economic Opportu­nity.

The 21 cmember council servesas a general advisory board tothe Office of Economic Oppor­tunity and reviews the effective­ness of the agency's war onpoverty programs.

Father Yanitelli, active incommunity and educational af­fairs in New Jersey, wi1l serveon the council until September,1972.

Schedule HearingsOn Abortion Law

TALLAHASSEE (NC)-State­wide hearings on possiblechanges in Florida's century-oldabortion law were cl\lIed forhere by state senate president,Jerry Thomas.

The law now on the books al­lows abortions only when anexpectant mother's life is indanger. Efforts to modify thelaw have failed in the past fourlegislative sessions.

Five different abortion billsare scheduled for considerationby the 1971 Florida legislature,Thomas said they range fromslight modifications to permitabortion under, strict medicaland residency requirements to ameasure permitting a patientand doctor to make the decisionthemselves.

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spending several Summers as acaddy at the Country Club ,ofNew Bedford. Loyola, for one,certainly appreciated the effort.

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George Williams University inMontreal next September to earnhis masters in that field.

Country Club CaddyIn addition to playing football

on a varsity level at Loyola, Syl­via was in charge of the Men'sIntramural football program atHingston Hall (men's residence)during his junior year. With thegridir.on season behind him,Mike is now the head usher forall hockey and basketball gamesplayed on the Loyola campus.

This year, Mike was electedto the Loyola of Montreal Ath­letic Association Council, one ofonly 10 members to be named toa post. The council is mainlyresponsible for raising funds forthe athletic programs and is the"jury" in all student athletic"gripe" sessions.

Mike worked hard to pay hisway through Stang and LoYOla,

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cornerback on the defensiveunit. Make threw the shot putas a two-year member of thetrack team and during theSpring was a member of theSpartans' golf team.

Seeks Master's DegreeMike is one of three Sylvia

children and the older of twoboys. Andy is a freshman at Bish­op Stang and was a co-captainof this year's freshman squad.Eight-year-old Paula is a thirdgrade student at St. GeorgeSchool in Westport.

The Sylvias are communicantsof St. Julie's Parish in NorthDartmouth.

Like most athletes, Mike en­joys all of the major sports,such as baseball, basketball andfootball. His hobbies also includelifting weights and playing golf.

Majoring in business adminis­tration, Sylvia will enter Sir

Wins Co~ch's Praise

Under head coach GeorgeDixon, former star pro Canadianfootball player, the Warriors en-'joyed an unbeaten season in theformer's first year at the helm(two seasons ago) and went onto gain a b'erth in the CentralCanadian Division finals.

For the past four seasons, the5-11, 190-pounder has been astarting cornerback on the pe­rennially tough Warrior defensiveunit. During the first four gamesof this past season, in whichLoyola enjoyed a 3-1 record, thedefensive unit held the opposi­tion to a total of 33 points (8.1per game) to rank as the" bestdefensive record in Canada.

BY LUKE SIMS

Mich~el Joseph Sylvia

While at Stang, Mike was athree letterman, competing infootball, track and golf.

As a member of the Spartansgrid squad. he played offensivefullback and was a standout

Last year, despite injuries andinexperience, Dixon guided hismates to a .500 season. Sylviaplayed a leading role in bothseasons. His performance wassuch that Dixon went out on alimb and predicted All-Starratings for the North Dartmouthresident.

Mike Sylvia EndsFine Grid CareerAt Loyola

Loyola College of Montrealhardly, if ever, found its wayinto the sports headlines of pa­pers throughout SoutheasternMassachusetts. Michael JosephSylvia of North Dartmouth onthe other hand received "ink"periodically during his four yearsat Bishop Stang High School.

When the son of Mr. and Mrs.Franklin J. Sylvia of 9 SummitAvenue, enrolled at the Montrealinstitution four years ago,nothing really changed. Sportsfans in the Southeastern Massa­chusetts area remained in thedark about the fortunes of Loy­ola while Sylvia remained in theheadlines.

A few weeks ago, the War­riors concluded their season.And with the final gun, Sylviaput the wraps on a fine colllegecareer.

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relief, ,from ,t!:le law on theground' that, it forces them to be­come fathers, while theprofes~sionals-doctofs, lawyers, psy­chologists, clergymen and socia'iwork~rs~harged' that.the pres­ent abortion laws deter them inthe practice of their profession~.

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brief in support of that motiol1filed on behalf ,of Drs, Porreca'and Giletto 'infQrms' the ., courtthat, "arfl:Jther, Class of indivi~­

uals is ultimately concerned withthe outcome' of.this.suiC~ ,',

The motion and brief said thatt!:le unborn and, ,unrepresented'children involYed,.in, the··~uit:Would be disposed of unless thecourt appoints guardians to as­:sert their rights. This would de­'prive th,e ';' children/of the equ~1'protection under law gutmii'iteedthem by the U. S.Constituti6~,~he brief maintains., ,'" : '

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Young relatives of new Ordinary manifest interest in ,Instaliation Dites.

Two of the concelebrants, Rev. Msgr. Raymond T.Considine, P.A. and Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, with BishopCronin.

Bishop Cronin waits for the Apostolic Delegate to leadhim to the episcopal ~hair in the sanctuary of the cathedral.

22 THE ANCHOR-Diocese qf Fall River.-2Th·urs .. Dec. 24, 1970 '.

Bishop. Cronin and Archbishop Raimon di _.,t banquet commemorating installationCeremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hogan of St. Raphael's Prorish, Medford are visited by theirformer pastor. Mrs. Hogan served as Bishol) Cronin's secretary while he was Auxiliaryin Boston.

Mrs. Cronin receives Holy Communion from her son.

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WASHINGTON (NC)- Six ~nominees for awards honoring ~

outstanding Catholic young peo- iipie' have been announced by ~the National Catholic Youth Or-' mganization Federation here. ~,

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Three teenagers are runnfng ~for the CYO federation's Out- ~

standing Catholic. Youth of the ~Year plaque, and three ot-hers in Atheir 20s are competing for the ~federation's Outstanding Catho- mIic Young Adult of the Year ~awa~. , I. Diane Berry, 18, of Miami, ~Fla.; Mary Jouise Morrell, 18, of ~

St. Louis, Mo., and William ~

Davi,d Pesqueira, 15; of Tuscon, ~

Ariz., are the teenagers. All '"three have been parish or dioc- ~esan Cya officers and a,ctive in avolunteer community aqivities. .~

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~Doug Scvott, 25, of Indianapolis, ",Iij

Ind.; Sharon M. Fohl, 25, of Buf- Pi'falo, N. Y". and Leonard E. Ii,

Honacki, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio. ~

More and more, the elderly,are exercising their politicalprowess. The 2.5 million-memberNational Council of Senior Citi­zens was instrumental. in push­ing through Medicare and is nowactive in bettering the servicesprovided by that bill.

Other associatio~s havebanded together to provide theirmembership with better auto­mobile insurance, cheaper medi­cines and the like.

Urges ClergymenOn United Board

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheUnited Way for America, therecently reorganized UnitedCommunity Funds and Councilsof America, has been chided by

. a Catholic priest for lack of re­ligious leadership.

Msgr. Lawrence J. Corcoran,secretary of the National Confer­ence of Catholic Charities, senta letter to United Way presi­dent Bayard Ewing of New Yorkcriticizing the group for notelecting or nominating a clergy­man to its new board formed ata meeting in Dallas, Tex., Msgr. Corcoran, a member of

the group's governing board be­fore its' reorganization, said aclergyman should have beennamed to the board because'United Way appeals to the so­cial awareness of business cor­porations when seeking contri­butions.. "Such motivation must appealto more than fear or self­interest," he said.

"These basically' are conceptswhich touch man's spiritualroots, concepts enunciated andurged by religion. Since theUnited Way will be dealing withthese concepts and means to im­plement them, it seems appropri­ate and even necessary to have.the involvement of religiousleaders at the highest level of-its structure."

Ewing would not comment onthe priest's letter when askedabout it by NC News, althoughhe sajd there are vacancies onthe board. He said clergymenhad served on the board beforeit was reorganized.

percentage of the old are luckyenough to benefit from the cities.

A recent Time magazine re­port estimated that one-third ofthe nation's old live "in the de­teriorating cores of the big cities.On Manhattan's upper' WestSide, thousands of penniless'widows in dingy single-room­occupancy hotels bar their doorsagainst the alcoholics and thedope addicts with whom theyshare the \bathroom, ·the pad­locked refrigerator and the "tele­phone down the hall."

Faced with the financial in­ability to 'support themselves,many of the old move in withtheir children. Living together,however, presents problems' forboth parent and offspring.

Elderly men usually do notprovide as big a problem whenthey live with their children.The diversion offered in a fam­ily setting usually helps to keepthe man busy. His principal dif­ficulty very often is that he isseparated from his old friendsand neighBorhood.

Elderly women, however, donot seem to adjust to the situ­ati()n as well. Generally, theyhave been used to ruling theroost arid their unwillingness or,perhaps, inability to relinquishthis position often results in the"Mother, I'd-rather-do-it-myself"syndrome.

InstitutionThe third alternative, institu­

tional living, is the one least em­ployed. Only five per cent of theold in America live in institu­tions, according to Time. How­ever, fewer than half of the25,000 'homes offer skilled nurs­ing services. And the facilitiesin many of the homes are farfrom desirable, as recent reports,by Ralph Nader. indicate.

Moreover, a constant threat inold-age institutions is that theresidents, continually being re­minded of their years by thesights around them, will not beable to turn their minds awayfrom death.

But beneath the problems ofliving at home, with childrenor in an institution, there is abasic problem.

TimetableEach individual ages accord­

ing to his own timetable, appar­ently, and the role that chronicillness plays on that timetableis of uncertain influence, accord­ing to Dr. Carl Eisdorfer of DukeUniversity.

Activity-poor days resulting inboredom seem to have quite animpact on the aging process,however.

Anthropologist Margaret Clarkinterviewed 600 elderly peoplein San Francisco and found thatengagement with life contributedvastly to their psychologicalwell-being, provided that theenga~ementwas not gain-related.

But the old have, for the mostpart, been left so far out of themainstream, that it is not easyfor them to become involved.

StrengthOne way the old can provide

the.mselves with activities is toexercise their tremendous polit­ical strength·. The old are almostequal in numbers to the nation'sblacks and the ranks' are grow­ing. Moreover, since practicallyall the old can vote, they com­prise 15 per cent of the nation'svoting force.

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Theold are perhaps the most ne­glected minority in Americatoday.

While modern medicine's ef­forts to extend the quantity oflife have assured 67 years ofexistence for the average malean'd 73 years for the averagefemale, little effort has beenmade to improve the quality ofthose extra years.

In fact, there is a growingtrend in America toward "age­ism," according to psychiatristRobert Butler of' Washington,D. C. Age-ism, he said, is just"not wanting to have all thoseugly old people around."

Butler predicts that by the endof the century, age-ism will be aproblem equal to present-dayracism.

In the family-oriented Easternworld, age is a measure of merit.Elders are held in high esteemand are generally understood toreact to that esteem with. con­siderable amounts of wisdom.

But the hold of the familyunit in the U. S. is at best ten­uous. Rather than being thetransmitters of the Western cul­ture, the old have become a"strangely isolated generation,"according to anthropologist Mar­garet Mead.

NicheNo nkhe has been provided

in society for the old. For themost part, they are being phasedout of the business and socialworlds.

It might seem that the old arethe best suited for this fate.After all, some maintain theyhave had their turn at bat andan ample opportunity to providefinancially for their retirement.

Unfortunately, it is not thatsimple. One out of every fourAmericans 65 or over lives ator below the poverty line. Overtwo million or 10 per cent of theold live on social security alone.The combination of fixed in­comes, diminishing savings andspiraling costs has shaped theold into a class that Time mag­azine has termed the "nouveauxpauvres"-the. new poor.

Within this economic frame­work, there exist three alterna­tives for the old: to stay in theirown homes, to move in withtheir children or to live in aninstitution.

Many people are able, bothphysically and economically, tolive in their own homes. Buteven this select group is facedwith certain threats, not theleast of which is boredom.

Elderly women are generallybetter suited to retired life athome. The house is their huntingground and there is alwayssomething to keep them busy.Men, on the other hand, are usedto spending only part .of theirday in the house and they oftenfind themselves ill at ease inthe restricted environment.Moreover, older men usuallyfind their circle of associatesdWindling with each passingyear.

SolutionOne solution to the boredom

problem is evidenced in the reocent upswing of "golden age"cities. The cities seem to affordthe elderly with the happy com­bination of tranquility and com·panionship. But only a small

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