Msgr. Tansey Will RetireFrom Fall River Parish

Portuguese Column

To BeginWithin the next month The

Anchor will begin a Portuguese­language column combining re­ligious doctrine, parish activitiesand news items of special inter­est ,to Portuguese Catholics.An­nouncement of the new featurewas made last Sunday by Rev.John F. Moore, editor, at a spec­ial Channel 6 television Massmarking Anchor SubscriptionSunday.

in semantics and liturgy withthe Rev. Jean Danielou, S.J. andthe Rev. B!llthasar Fischer atthe University of Notre Dame.

Ordained to the priesthood onMay 22, 1954, he has served atSt. Joseph's, St. Louis' and St.William's parishes in Fall River.On October 18, 1972, he~was ap­pointed administrator of Our

Turn to Page Seven

counter-productive to this cru­sade."

The conference represents thefour dioceses in the state ­Boston, Springfield and Worces­ter as well as Fall River.

ABA DiffersOn the other side of the argu­

ment, the American Bar Asso­ciation (ABA) House of Dele­gates, the group's policy-makingbody, has voted 168-69 to defeata resolution asking repeal ofthe death penalty.

The resolution was offered bythe ABA's Section on IndividualRights and Responsibilities,which is regarded as a moreliberal section of the traditional­ly conservative organization.

Turn to Page Seven

years served from St. Joseph'sparish, Woods Hole. Construe·tion of the half-miIlion dollarNorth Falmouth building is be­ing supervised by Rev. Joseph L.Powers, pastor of St. Joseph's.

State BishopsDeath Penalty

The Chancery Office has an·nounced the transfer of a pas­tor and the assignment of anadministrator.

The Rev. Edward J. Burns,pastor of Our Lady of FatimaParish, Swansea, will be pastorof Immaculate Conception Par­ish, Fall River.

The Rev. John P. Cronin, as­sistant at St. Joseph's Parish,Taunton, has been named ad­ministrator of Our Lady ofFatima Parish, Swansea.

Father BumsA native of Fall River, the

new city Pastor is the son ofthe late Edward J. and the lateAnna L. (Reilly) Burns.

After attending FaIl Riverpublic schools, he prepared forthe priesthood at St. Meinrad'sSeminary in Indiana and St.Peter's College, Western Uni­versity, London, Canada wherehe obtained a S.T.L. degree. Healso pursued graduate studies

BayVeto

Pastor, 'AdministratorIn Fall River, Swansea

BOSTON (NC) - The Massa­chusetts Catholic Conference,which includes the Fall Riverdiocese, has opposed restorationof the death penalty in the state.

"In the past several years,"the conference said in a letterto the state's Joint Committeeon the Judiciary, "the majorthrust of the Church in theworld has been to promote res­pect for the sanctity of life asa God-given gift - a rightwhich belongs to every humanperson, from fetus to the aged.

"The restoration of capitalpunishment, which, no mattermatter how it is inflicted, is abrutal -: some would even des­cribe it as barbaric - form ofpunishment which would be

c1ude a: parish hall, catecheticalfacilities and a complete kitchen.

The new parish of St. Eliza­abeth Seton will replace thepresent Immaculate Conceptionmission in Megansett, for many

36th CharitiesAp'peaI Starts

Priest directors of the fiveareas of the Fall River diocesehave begun preparations for thethirty-sixth annual CatholicCharities Appeal. Mechanics andprocedures were discussed byMsgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dio­cesan director, of the Appeal.with priest directors of the FallRiver, New Bedford, Taunton,Attleboro and Cape Cod andIslands areas.

The Special Gift Phase willbegin Monday, April 18, endingSaturday, April 30. The House­to-House Phase starts Sunday,May 1. Between the hours ofnoon and 3 p.m. solicitors willcall at every home in every par­.ish of the diocese. The parishphase will officially end on May11th.

Turn to Page Seven

Making his first official visitto the Fall River diocese, Arch­bishop Jean Jadot, the ApostolicDelegate in the United States,has accepted the invitation of _Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to bepresent at the blessing and dedi- 'cation of St. Elizabeth SetonChurch, North Falmouth.

Ceremonies for the new CapeCod church, now under construe·tic;>n, are scheduled for Sunday,July 17. The air conditionedbuilding wiIl accommodate over600 worshippers and will in-

Turn to Page Five

Name DelegatesTo Convocation

Twelve delegates have beennamed to accompany BishopDaniel A. Cronin to the NewEngland regional convocation ofCatholic Bishops, to be held theweekend of March 11 through13 at Mont Marie, Holyoke.

The subject of the 5th annualspring meeting will be religiouseducation of youth. -More than20 bishops and over 160 clergy,religious and laity from the sixNew England states will be onhand for sessions to featureBishop Daniel P. Reilly of Nor­wich, Conn. and Rev. RaymondH. Potvin of the Iloys TownCenter for the -Study of YouthDevelopment as keynote speak­ers.

Delegate To PresideAt Cape Dedication

Theme

resignation of Msgr. Arthur W.Tansey, who will retire from thepastorate of Immaculate Con­ception parish, Fall River, Tues­day, March 1, 1977.

_Since 1961 Dean of the FallRiver Deanery and since 1965pastor of Immaculate Concep­tion, Msgr. Tansey has alsoserved on Cape Cod and 'inTaunton, Attleboro, North Digh­tOn and New 'Bedford. He wasfor nine years rector of St.Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

The prelate's diocesan posi­tions have included the chaplain­cy of Taunton State Hospitalfrom 1934 to 1941 and servicefor many years as Director ofSocial Action. He was nameda Domestic Prelate by Pope PaulVI on Jan. 30, 1964.

Born in Fall River on Oct. 12,1906, Msgr. Tansey is the sonof the late James and Margaret

Turn to 'Page Seven

Be in Paradise" by Dr. JosephRyan, director -of pupil person­nel for the Fall River publicschool system, who related thewords of Christ to a mentalhealth theme. A para-liturgy fol­lowed his talk, as it will all

- Turn to Page Seven

Monsignor Tansey

His Excellency, the Most Rev­erend Bishop, has accepted the

The Seven Last Words ofJesus is the Lenten theme atOur Lady of AssumptionChurch, New Bedford. A seriesof six consecutive Wednesdayprograms began at 7:30 lastnight in the church with a dis­cussion of "This Day You Shall

SEVEN LAST WORDS: Lenten theme at Our Lady of theAssumption parish, New Bedford, is The Seven Last Wordsof Jesus. Cross constructed by parishioner Manuel Lopes,left, will be "built" week by week as programs center oneach word of Christ. Series coordinator is Sister MariannaSylvester, RSM, right.

Read The Anchor: Largest Weekly NewspaperIn'Southeastern Massachusetts

2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977

People • Places • E'vents - Ne News BriefsReject Beliefs

NEW YORK (NC) - Recent declinesin Mass attendance among Catholics ofManhattan's East Side stemmed from re­jecting of the Church's beliefs ratherthan its moral teachings, according to asurvey by New York archdiocesan offic­ials. The survey showed that those mostlikely to leave the Church are the young,those who have been divorced, and thehighly educated. Previous attempts to'explain the sharp drop-off in Mass at­tendance and other Catholic religious ob­servances have focused on dissatisfactionwith the changes introduced by VaticanCouncil II and Church teachings onmorals.

Ask OrdinationMT. RANIER, Md. - A self-described

justice-oriented community in this Wash­ington, D.C., suburb has called on theNew York province of the Jesuit Fathersto ordain a 36-year-old seminarian whosays he was refused ordination becausehe is a homosexual. The six codirectorsof the Quixote Center here have urgedJesuit Father Albert Bartlett "to recon­sider the recent decision to bar Mr.Thomas Sweetin from ordination to thepriesthood" because Sweetin is an ack­nowledged homosexual. Sweetin, whohas completed the 'order's training re­quirements for the priesthood, said in aninterview with the New York Times inJanuary that Father Bartlett, vice pro­vincial for priestly formation for theJesuits' New York province, told him lastS!!ptember that there was "no way" forhim to be ordained. Father Bartlett couldnot be reached immediately for comment.

Supports Chrome BanWASHINGTON - U.S. ban on im­

porting Rhodesian chrome would "streng­then the hand of the United States andothers who are trying to find a peacefulsolution to the Rhodesian problem,"Secretary of State Cypus Vance told theSenate Foreign Relations Committee'ssubcommittee on Africa. Vance said theCarter Administration "fully supports"such a ban, which would put pressure onthe "illegal, minority government" ofRhodesia to negotiate a peaceful settle­ment with the black majority there. U.S.Church groups, including the U.S. Catho­lic Conference, have lobbied for repealof the Byrd Amendment.

Would Aid PregnantPHOENIX - A nun who serves in the

Arizona House of Representatives hasintroduced legislation to establish preg­nancy support centers for minors. St.Joseph Sister Clare Dunn (D-Tucson)also asked the legislature to request thatthe U.S. House of Representatives holdhearings on a constitutional amendmentto protect human life "at every stage ofdevelopment."

Opposes DeportationSAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Gen­

eral Griffin Bell has said he is inclinedto support laws to "prohibit employersfrom knowingly hiring illegal aliens." Buthe said he would not support "massivedeportation" of illegal aliens. Bell madethese comments in an address before theMexican-American Legal 'oefense andEducation Fund meeting here. It was hisfirst major address since becoming at­torney general.

To Study AtheismVATICAN CITY - The Vatican has

opened what it calls the West's most im­portant school for the study of atheismwith attacks on discrimination againstbelievers in the Soviet Union and EasternEurope. The new 'Institute for the Studyof Atheism is part of the Pontifical Ur­ban University here and will offer degreeprograms. The institute is being pro­moted by the Vatican Secretariat forNonbelievers, the Church body chargedwith the task of studying atheism andnonbelievers.

Marrying LaterWASHINGTON - Americans. are

marrying late and living together earlier.That's one conclusion that can be 'drawnfrom a new U.S. Bureau of the Censusreport, "Marital Status and Living Ar­rangements." The report covers theperiod through March, 1976. The reportalso shows that the divorce rate, theproportion of households headed bywomen and the proportion of childrenliving with only one parent have in­creased significantly.

Oppose B-1 BomberDES MOINES - The social concerns

directors of the four Catholic dioceses ofIowa have sent President Jimmy Carter aletter asking him to oppose the develop­ment of the B-1 bomber, a controversial

manned plane. Carter opposed the B-1Bomber during his election campaign, buthas since indicated he has not made afinal decision about the ptoject.

Bishops May MediateWASHINGTON - Two top U. S.

Catholic Conference officials have senta preliminary report on the labor disputeinvolving the J.·P. Stevens company tosix Southern bishops, who may offer toact as mediators -between '. the textileworkers' union and the company. The of­ficials, Msgr. George Higgins, USCC sec­retary for research, and Msgr. FrancisLally, secretary of the USCC secretary ofsocial development and world peace,made the report after interviewing com­pany officials, union leaders and rank­and-file workers at J.P. Stevens complexin Roanoke Rapids, N. C., in February.

Fake SermonsROME - Bogus copies of Polish

Cardinal Stefan Wysznski's sermons, al­tered to include pro-Marxist passages,are circulating in Poland, Church sourceshere report.

Defies 'Suspens'ionECONE, Switzerland - Archbishop

Marcel Lefebvre, defying his suspensionfrom exercising priestly functions, hasconferred minor orders on 30 studentsat his traditionalist seminary here. Thearchbishop, who rejects many of theteachings of the Second Vatican Counciland changes in Church discipline sincethe council, was suspended from all exer·cise of his priesthood by Pope Paul VIlast summer after he ordained a groupof seminarians to the priesthood withoutfulfilling the requirements of Churchlli'w and in defiance of direct papal or­ders. By conferring minor orders thearchbishop also defied recent liturgicalreforms.

Bishops CondemnMANILA - In a joint pastoral letter,

the bishops of the Philippines have issuedunprecedented criticisms of human rightsviolations by the martial-law governmentof Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos.The letter, read from all church pulpitsin the Philippines recently, condemnedgovernment deportation of foreign mis­sionaries without due process, arrest ofpriests and lay workers, and harassmentof newly-formed basic Christian' com­munities.

Succeeds Bishop RauschWASHINGTON - Dominican Father

Thomas Kelly, 45, has been named chiefadministrative officer for the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB)

. and its civil arm, the U.S. Catholic Con­ference (USCC). Father Kelley, who hasbeen NCCB associate general secretarysince 1971, succeeds Bishop JamesRausch, who' will be installed March 25as the second bishop of Phoenix, Ariz.Father Kelly will take office on March18.

Busing Still NeededWASHINGTON-Metropolitan school

desegregation-desegregation plans thatcross city, county and possibly statelines -are a "must" if students' constit­utional rights to' equal opportunity areto be upheld, the U.S. Commission onCivil Rights has concluded in a majorreport. The report said there is a trendtoward cities with a heavy concentra­tion of blacks and Hispanics surroundedby predominantly white suburbs. "Inmany cities," the report said, "substant­ial integration of public schools can beaccomplished only if the area covered islarger than the city itself."

Directors Organize ,NEW ORLEANS - A number of dio­

cesan directors of permanent diaconateprograms attending the directors' annualmeeting here have formed the Associa­tion of Permanent Diaconate Directors.Father Patrick McCaslin, Omaha diacon­ate program director,who was electedpresident 'of the association, said it wasformed to provide a structure for the ex­change of ideas and discussion of prob­lems in directing this program, which isstill fluid and has no tradition to guideit.

Ask Terror EndMANAGUA - Nicaragua's bishops

have asked the government of Gen. Ana­stasio Somoza to put an end to the waveof terror, including torture, unleashed byhis National Guard against peasant fami­lies and political dissidents. The sevenbishops at this Central American nationof 2.4 million people entered anotheryear under martial law, which the gov­ernment says is designed to quell Marxistguerrillas.

NecrologyMARCH 6

Rev. John W. Quirk, 1932,Founder, St. Joseph, Taunton

Rev. Bernard P. Connolly,5.5., 1932, St. Charles College,Maryland

MARCH 7

Rev. Arthur P. J. Gagnon,1958, Pastor, Holy Rosary, NewBedford

MARCH 9

Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Noon,V.G., 1947, Pastor, St. James,New Bedford, 3rd Vicar GeneralFall River 1934-47

Ilttllllll"IIl1UlIllIIlIll"'''''"''"'''w"mllllmlllll''nllUl,,,,....,ttl'''.llIIIII''lIm'''lllII'.

THE AMeKOR

Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River,

Mass. Published every Thursday at 410

Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722

by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall

River. SubscriptIon price by mail, postpaid

$5.00 per ,vear.

HE'S SITTING PRETTY: Msgr. James E. Gleason, re­tired pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, enjoys easychair presented to him at a farewell party which also fea­tured a cake made in shape of St. Patrick's Church. To left

and right of prelate are his sisters, Miss Mary and Miss Gert­rude .Gleason. Standing, left, Rev. James A. McCarthy, newpastor of St. Patrick's, and Rev. John V. Magnani, associatepastor.

Bishop of Fall River

Continue Rice Bowl Program Here

Legionaries SetAcies, Dinner

Marking the 25th anniversaryof the Legion of Mary in theFall River diocese, an Aciesceremony at which all activeand auxiliary members will re­new their dedication to theBlessed Virgin will be held at 2p.m. Sunday, March 27 in St.Mary's Cathedral,Fall River.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin willpreside at the service and willbe a guest of honor at a dinnerto follow at White's Restaur­ant, North Westport.

The dinner, for which ticketsare limited, is open to all pre­sent and former active and aux­iliary Legionnaires. Reservationsmay be made with Miss BeatriceCapeto, Fall River, telep~one,

672-4591; Mrs. Catherine Hart,Fairhaven, 994-7717; and MissAlice Beaulieu, New Bedford,995-2354.

Asks CritiquesOf Directory

As part of a nationwide con­sultative process for a NationalCatechetical Directory now inprepartion, 'Bishop Cronin hasasked priests of the diocese tostudy a revised draft of the proj­ect and submit any recommen­dations for change they mayhave.

The Ordinary noted that inprevious consultations, religiouscoordinators, school personnel,teachers and priests of the dio­cese contributed 232 recom­mendations to the national of­fice preparing the directory.

He asked that deaneries makediscussion of the document anagenda item for forthcomingmeetings and requests thatcomments and recommenda­tions be sent to the chancery of­fice by Monday, March 7.

THE ANCHOR- 3Thurs., Feb. 24, 1977

Our Ladyof The Angels

ChurchDwelly Street - South End

Fall River

The Pentecostal theme, sayorganizers, is appropriate foryoung parishioners now pre­paring to receive the sacramentof confirmation. These candid­ates will participate actively inthe Lenten program series, aspart of their preparation forconfirmation ceremonies Satur­day, May 7.

Lenten SeriesThe theme for the March 2 be­

ginning of the series will be"Reconciled in the Spirit." Dur­ing an evening Mass childrenwiJl receive First Penance, whileconfirmands will lead an ac­companying penance service.Adult participants will thenstudy the new rite of reconcilia­tion and view a film on thebreakdown and rebuilding ofcommunity.

Turn to Page Thirteen

FAMILY MISSIONFor' Parents and·Children

February' 27 to March 4FAMILY MASS AND MISSION SERVICES

Monday, February 28 through Friday, March 4, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m.

The Oblate Fathers will conduct the Mission withRev.. Lawrence Deery, O.M.I. Preacher

Every Family Is Cordially Invited

Choose Pentecost ThemeFor Parish Lent Series

"A Sacramental People Pre­pares for Pentecost" will be thetheme of a Lenten retreat pro­gram and follow-up to be pre­sented at St. Joseph Church,New Bedford, beginning Wed­nesday, March 2.

Encouraged by the success oflast year's program for forma­tion of a "living and loving com­munity," the parish adult edu­cation committee is sponsoringthis year's program to aid par­ishioners in becoming aware ofthe role of the Holy Spirit inbuilding community.

The implications of each sac­rament will be studied, empha­sizing that their reception is acommunity experience bringingreceipients into a more andmore responsible relationshipwith God's people.

AT ST. JOSEPH'S: Active participation is rule at S1.Joseph's parish, New Bedford. Rev. Roger D. LeDuc talksto parisbioners who attended last year's popular "Living,Loving Community" program. This- year's Lent-into-Mayseries will emphasize preparation for Pentecost.

Likes EditorialDear Editor:

I've just now read, in theFeb. 10th issue of THE. AN­CHOR, Father Moore's editor­ial: "The Impatient Church."

It is timely and to the point;and those in my age bracketmust learn to be patient withthe impatient.

Sincerely yours,Brother ChristopherBrother Martin HighSchoolNew Orleans, La. -

take them myself to the Anchoroffice.

All diocesan schools have thesame privilege. The Anchorwelcomes school news, But ittakes a little effort and someorganization to get it there!

Sister Gertrude Gaudette,-Bishop Stang High School

York. He noted that a presenta­tion by Msgr. Andrew P. Landi,CRS associate director, itemizedagency aid projects for the pastyear.

"Everyone is probably fam­iliar with such extraordinary re­lief efforts as those conductedin Guatemala after the .earth­quake or in SUb-Sahara Africa,afflicted by years of drought,"he said.

"I was particularly impressed,however, to learn of less knownefforts, such as in Portugal,where settlement of Angola andMozambique refugees was aidedand in Lebanon, where reliefwork continued in the midst of­civil war.

"Under the leadership ofBishop Cronin and with the co­operation and interest of parishpriests, we in the Fall River dio­cese have been in the forefrontof support for these good works"he said.

Letters to the· editor

How Ifs DoneDear Editor:

Allow me to enlighten theHoly Family freshman who be­lieves that Bishop Stang getsspecial treatment in the An­chor's Basic Youth Page. Butfirst let me congratulate AnnDupre for her loyalty to herschool and the respect she hasfor her principal and teachers.

I would like her to know thatI, too, love my school, the facul­ty, and especially the students.That is why, having been askedby my principal to take chargeof publicity, I am so eager tophotograph the many goodthings that happen here atStang, print the pictures and

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

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

OFFICIALRETIREMENT

Rev. Msgr. Arthur W. Tansey from the Pastorate ofOur Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Fall River,and from the office of Dean, Fall River Deanery, effectiveTuesday, Marc~ 1, 1977.

ASSIGNMENTS

Rev. Edward J. Burns as pastor of Our Lady of theImmaculate Conception Parish, Fall River.

Rev. John P. Cronin as administrator of Our Lady ofFatima Parish, Swansea.

The assignments are effective Wednesday, March 9, 1977.

Although demand for thesmaU cardboard "Rice Bowl"found on most diocesan dinnertables last Lent has so out­stripped supply that CatholicRelief Services (CRS),· the offic­ial aid agency of U. S. Catholics,has had to print can wrappersas a substitute, the sacrificialprogram got under way yester~

day as hundreds of families sub­stituted a meager meal of pot­ato soup and a slice of breadfor a normal dinner.

The "Rice Bowl" meals willcontinue throughout Lent andsavings will be donated to theannual Bishops' Relief Collec­tion, to be taken up the week­end of March 19 and 20 in allchurches of the diocese.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington,chancellor and diocesan coor­dinator for the annual appeal,which is earmarked for over­seas aid, attended a recent or­ganizational meeting in New

II

~ leary Prell-f"all Iliv.,

A Family Policy

~, .

IN

NEXT WEEK

fect the family. It is important,then, to have people who under­stand the family in all areas ofgovernment. ·But this is moredifficult than it looks.

There is much talk of familylife among pOliticans, but mostof it is for show. No politicancan run for office, it seems,without trying to persuade peo­ple that he is part of the All­American family, even thoughhe may be on the verge of amessy divorce. Little is heard ofa politician's family life outsideof campaigns unless the desire to"spend more time with my fam­ily" is given as a reason forleaving government; much ofthe time this is merely a coverfor other, more political rea­sons.Anyo~e seriously concerned

with family policy should be re­quired to read "The Power Lov­ers" by Myra McPherson. Thereis an undeniable .gossipy qualityabout the book, but it is basic­ally a serious study of the fam­ily life of politicians. The bookis often depressing because itseems to say that it is impossi­ble for a politician to have agood family life..

But it doesn't have to be thisway. Miss McPherson, writingin 1975, said "it seems that adisillusioned public, many ofwhom scarcely bother to vote,would be more than willing toallow politicians and- their fam­ilies to be themselves - to beas involved or- uninvolved in thepolitical folderol as they wantto be - if politicians wentabout the business of doing whatthey are supposed to be doing,which is to govern."

They Don't UnderstandThe problem, she writes, is

that the politicians themselvesdon't understand this. "The sob­ering fact," she says, "is thepolitician's time away fromhome and private life is spent,not so much -.in legislating as inall the 'public relations' trap­pings of getting elected andstaying there. And this publicrelations, ultimately, not onlydiminishes one's private lifebut takes away from the actualworkings of government. It is,all in all, a pretty silly process."

All this means, she says, that"politics is not the best arenato attract quieter, dedicatedpeople, but draws instead, theones who are consummate lime­light pursuers."

President-elect Carter, seemsto have a good family life andan understanding of family. Hiscloseness to his mother, brother,sisters and cousins also showsthat he has an understanding ofthe extended family, an institu­tion which is virtually extinct.

* * *Is There Lifeon

Other Worlds?

* * *Read the Answerof

Father Kenn~thDelano

The ANCHOR

formation of a new Administra­tion one which President-electJimmy Carter has pledged willdevelop a family policy and bemore sensitive to the needs offamilies.

Both the NAS report and areport on the family preparedfor Carter during the campaignby Joseph Califano, a formerJohnson aide and newly appoint­ed HEW secretary, make itclear that no one agency or de­partment can solve the familyproblem; economic, labor andsocial program decisions all af-

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE . OF FALL RIVERPublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River

• 410 Highland AvenueFall River Mass. 02722 675-7151

PUBLISHERMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.lD.

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATORRev. Msgr. John Regan

EDITORRev. John F. Moore, M.A.

IN SEARCH OF SELF

A note to the world .. , neatly written on a wall bya tourist . . . is touching in its painful honesty . . ."Me . : . that nobody knows . . . was here . . . alone."

That particular unknown "Me" calls herself Nelly· . . Her words might be those of unnamed thousands· . . who search . . . seemingly alone ... for a sense ofidentity and worth . . . that comes only from beingknown . . . by someone who cares enough . . . to dis-cover who they are. .

Our cities are crowded with persons . . . old andyoung . . . in high places and low . . . who feel verymuch alone ... who feel no one really knows them ...or cares to know them ... who wonder if they knowthemselves . . . or if they are even worth knowing.

We all experience that need to be known to becared about ... to be loved just as we are just be-cause we are who we are ... Our own yearning to beknown . . . to know ourselves as loveable . . . is aninner call ... to go. out to others ... to work at helpingthem discover themselves as loveable . . . by caringenough about them . . . to come to know them . . . asthey really are. .

That call is one form of Jesus' call to us ... tolove others as he loves us (John 15:12) ... It is readin the note of Nelly ... and in the faces of the lonely· .. all around us.

·Copyright (c) 1977 by NC News Service

@rbe ANCHOR

Photomeditation

By Jim CastelliPublication of a five-year Na-

. tional Academy of Sciencesstudy of the impact of govern­ment programs on families maybe an important step in the de­velopment of a national familypolicy.

The NAS study found, basic­ally, that even the best-inten­tionEid, best-financed "child help"programs will fail unless thewell.being of the entire familyis attended to.

The report's timing is import­ant because it coincides with the

To be sure, we are all so delighted to hear that our Con­gress persons are g-ding to receive such a substantial payraise. It is almost like rubbing salt in the wounds of the poortaxpayers whom they represent and who are facing perhapsthe most financially devastating winter of a lifetime. It mustgive all the voters such wonderful relief to note that theirelected officials in Washington will not have to penny pinch,to pay their fuel, food and light bills.

For those who claim they oppose such a personal raise,hopefully they might share their surplus with their needyconstituents. With such a high unemployment rate in thisarea, there are many people who would appreciate such anoble gesture. Of course, it is also interesting to note thatthe voices of those members of Congress who opposed sucha pay rflise were muted by the hurry and scurry of the Con­gressional recess.

It Will be more than worthy of note to see if this presentCongress, when it finally gets down to the public's business,will be worthy of the largesse that has been given it by itsconstituents.

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977

Penny Pinching

Gun ControlThe recent wave of mass murders that has swept

across the land, resulting, as one psychologist claims, fromthe inordinate publicity given the infamous Gilmore case,has again brought to attention the dire necessity of someform of national gun control.

As it now stands, anyone can tote a gun. They are easilypurchased and for the most part present restrictions are allbut useless. Seemingly, the only time we as a people and anation become concerned about this sorry state of affairs iswhen a President is assassinated, a family murdered or acity terrorized. Then we all scream that something shouldbe done to stop this madness.

Well, can anything be done? Most certainly. We musturgently seek a national policy of gun control. This can beachieved only when those who have been elected decide thatthe American people have had enough of this uncalled-for.insanity.

For some strange reason there is a feeling in this coun­try that ownership of a gun is basic to the concept of Ameri­can freedom. It is thought that if the federal governmentwere to restrict the sale and possession of guns, some ofthe spirit that made this country what it is today would beremoved and we would be less American as a result. Thisof course is the cry of the gun lobby that has exerted inor­dinate power in our nation's capital.

Well, where are we today? Right on the top of the listas having one of the highest gun-murder death rates in theworld. It is estimated that over 21,000 Americans are killedeach year by gunfire. Daily we read of the Saturday nightspecial and weekly we read of the shotgun blast. Hardly ahood today who plies his trade of robbery is without somesort of firearm. Hardly a good old solid "red neck" but hasa gun to protect and defend himself. Creating a viciouscircle, the American mentality has fostered a madness thathas become a deadly killer.

Strict gun control laws should be passed by the Con­gress. Unfortunately our legislators lack backbone really toface this deadly issue. Members of this illustrious body areeither caught up in the American concept that a gun is avirility symbol or they have become the tools of special in­terest groups. It almost seems that any effort to control thesale and use of guns is impossible.

It is strange indeed that the vast majority of the nationsof Europe can formulate legislation that strictly controls theuse of firearms. Japan too has rigid laws regulating the en­tire gun scene. Perhaps these nations have reached a stageof civilization that has surpassed us. Whatever the case, ifthey can control the sale and use of guns, why can't we?

Hopefully the American people will begin once more tosee that we must have firm and strong preventive action onthe part of our Congress if this insanity is to be controlled.What more can happen to make us wake up to the reality ofthe danger that engulfs us all? How many more people haveto be murdered to make us enact a firm and secure nationalgun control law?

Doubt When Life BeginsNo Excuse for Abortion

tern permits, and in a certainsense, demands."

The democratic system, saidthe Pontiff, 'calls for "reciprocalrespect and love for the valuesof religious faith, freedom, jus­tice, national independence andsafeguarding for the inalienablerights of the human person."

Church-state relations haveimpr.,oved greatly in Portugalafter resolution of a serious con­flict over the Catholic radio sta­tion, Renascenza.

In 1974 the station was oc­cupied by leftists. Later armytroops destroyed the transmit­ter.

But the government has sincepaid compensation to Church au­thorities for the damages.

During the Vatican visit,Soares wa's accompanied by for­eign minister Medeiros Ferreira.

DelegatesContinued from Page OneAccording to Bishop Louis E.

Gelineau of Providence, chair­man of New England RegionOne of the National Conferenceof Catholic Bishops, the youtheducation topic was chosen be­cause of the bishops' great con­cern about the large number ofchildren not under formal re­ligious instruction. A recentstudy showed the figure of suchchildren to be some 6.6 millionnationwide.

Bishop Gelineau said the pre­lates hope to obtain New Eng­land statistics on religious ed­ucation and input as to symp­toms, causes and possible solu­tions of the non-attendanceproblem. They will look espec­ially for comments from stud­ents at the parley.

"We hope to accomplish thisas we have done in past convo­cations," explained Bishop Gel­ineau. "by participating withdelegates in small discussiongroups. The bishops have receiv­ed some splendid, and most can­did, recommendations on vari­ous aspects of Church life inthe past, and we would hope tohave the same success this year."

A traditional convocation as­pect, a Saturday night "varia"session, which offers delegatesthe opportunity to bring ele­ments of local concern to theregional community, will con­centrate this year on aspects ofthe central religious educationtopic.

The program is open to allnews media, an "openness" na­tionally noted as making NewEngland one of the most pro­gressive areas of the AmericanChurch in this regard.

Diocesan DelegatesDiocesan delegates to the

meeting are .Rev. John J. Stea­kem, chaplain of Bishop StangHigh School, North Dartmouth,who will chair the delegation;Rev. John J. Perry, campus min­ister at Southeastern Massachu­setts University, named to chairsmall dscussion groups; SisterRita Pelletier, SSJ, diocesandb'ector of religious education;Sister Rose deLima Clark, RSM.administrator of St. Vincent'sHome, Fall River; James' F.David, New Bedford, parish re­ligious education coordinator.

The National Conference ofCatholic Bishops declared: "Thechild in the womb is human.Abortion is an unjust destruc­tion of a human life, and moral-ly that is murder." ,

Science and faith, each in itsown way, have determined thenature of human life in themurderous termination of newlife.

New TransfigurationVATICAN CITY (NC) - Al­

most 2,000 years after the actualGospel event left the Apostleswith mouths agape, Christ'sTransfiguration is. once againdazzling onlookers here. It is thehuge painting done in the lastmonths of his life by Raphael,recently "transfigured" from adully colored, undistinguishedpainting to· the radiantly alivechromatic masterpiece its crea­tor intended it to be.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977 5

Pope, Portugal Head Meet

Bread for WorldTo Hear Hughes

Patrick Hughes of PackardManse, Stonington, will speak to

. the Cape Cod Chapter of Breadfor the World Monday evening,Feb. 28 in the parish hall of OurLady of Victory Church, Center­ville.

His topic will be the influenceof multinational corporations onthe lives of Third World inhabi­tants, specifically in terms of op­pression and hunger and he willalso show film strips on thetopic.

Bread for the World, a nation­al organization, is asking inter­ested persons to send letters toPresident Carter and their con­gressmen in relation to theWorld Food Reserve, askingthat the U.S. set up a nationalreserve in cooperation withother nations.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-In a50-minute private meeting withPortuguese Prime Minister Ma­rio Soares here Feb. 19, PopePaul VI told the Socialist leaderthat Vatican-Portuguese rela­tions are progressing well.

,An official Vatican communi­que on the visit said that thepope "took note of the good re­lations existing between the

.Holy See and Portugal and ofthe respect shown to theChurch by civil authorities."

Soares is on a good-will tourof European capitals in an ef­fort to integrate his country ful­ly into the. European EconomicCommull'ity,

During his Vatican visit, theprime minister briefed the Popeon the progress toward democ­racy being made in Portugalsince the fall of the nation'sright-wing dictatorship.

The Socialist also stressed thatthe government considers Port­ugal's 1940 concordat with theVatican to be in full force.

In a formal speech duringSoares' visit, which was unof­ficial, the Pope underlined theneed for "solidarity and har­mony of efforts within theframework of legitimate diver­sity which the democratic sys-

way lessens the sacredness ofhuman life from the moment ofconception. Human life beginsfrom two human beings andGod's creative act, and its termis a human being called to eter-

, nal life with God. At what pointGod plays His part is His affair.

We can go further, and ob­serve that the medieval notionthat the soul does not originateat conception was based on totalignorance of the genetic struc­ture already present at concep­tion. As Dr. Mortimer Adlerholds, there is no longer philo­sophical or theological reason todoubt that "the embryo is a ful­ly potential human being fromthe moment of conception."

If there remains any questionof when the soul originates, it isa faith question. To use it as apretext for abortion makes thebeliever worse than the unbelie­ver. Science teaches believersand unbeliever that is humanlife from the moment of concep­tion. Faith tea'thes the believerthat to use his ignorance of themoment of the creation of thesoul as a pretext for destroyingan unborn baby's living body isto use his faith to destroy hisfaithfulness.

That is why from the Councilof Elivira (circa A.D. 300) toVatican II the Catholic Churchhas always condemned abortionof human fetus as the murder ofthe innocent, O'Donnell, Medi­cine and Christian Morality).

Vatican II taught that "God,the Lord of life, has conferredon men the surpassing ministryof safeguarding life . . . There­fore, from the moment of con­ception life must be guardedwith the greatest care, whileabortion and infanticide are un­speakable crimes."

By

tion of when animal life begins.When a dog conceives, new can­ine life begins; when a cow con­ceives, new bovine life; when awoman conceives, new humanlife! "The potential for humandevelopment is as great in thefertilized egg as in the blasto­cyst, as in the embryo, as in thefetus, as in the premature, as inthe infant, as in the child" (Re­port of the First InternationalConference on Abortion).Is the new life human at once?

This question is not askedabout the human body but aboutthe human soul. It is, then, not ascientific question but a philo­sophical question and a faithquestion. ~t is asked by thosewho believe the human soul isspiritual and therefore mustcome directly from God by anact of creation. But when? Atconception?

Does the posing of this ques­tion provide a pretext for abor­tion?

By no means. Ignorance in no

HERBERT F.

SMITH, S.J.

Dear Father Herb: How can abortion be Called murderor even serious sin until science determines when life be­gins?

Notice that this is not so much a question as a defenseof abortion, and a commonly used one. It is a horrifyingdefense because it exposes an ignorance which has costmany babies their lives. It begins at conception. In fact,there is even life before con­ception. The sperm is alive.The ovum is alive. Whenthey unite, there is concep­tion. That is, there is a new life.

Science answers the questionof when human life begins thesame way it answers the ques-

AT BAPTISM: Everyone at St. Anne's School, FallRiver, was present for the baptism at St. Anne's Church oflittle Jason Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Diogo. Hismother teaches sixth grade at St. Anne's and her studentsprepared banners and readings for the celebration and onemade Jason's christening gown. Front, Mr. and Mrs. Diogo;rear, godparents Mr. and Mrs. William Kehoe. Celebrant isRev. Joseph D. Maguire, St. Patrick's parish, Somerset.

News

from

Rome

St. John's CouncilSt. John's Council 404, Attle­

boro Knights of Columbus, willhold its annual communionbreakfast in the Council homeat 2 f{odges Street following8:45 a.m. Mass at St. John'sChurch, Sunday, Feb. 27.

Pope Paul' VI has appealedto Catholics around the worldto help the poor, sick and hungryduring Lent, both by personalactions and by contributions tothe Church for aid to the poor.

Following is the text of hismessage:

Dear sons and daughters,Here we are in Lent! Listen

to us for a moment. Lent is aperiod for receiving God's fa­vor. The liturgy speaks of Lentas the "acceptable time" for usto prepare to celebrate worth­ily the paschal mystery. It is aperiod which is of course aus­tere, but it is fruitful and italready brings a renewal like aspiritual springtime. We mustawaken our consciences. Wemust give fresh vigor to oursense of duty and to our desireto respond, in a practical way,to the demands of a genuineChristian life.

Nearly 10 years ago, our ene­cyclical Populorum Progressio,On the Development of Peoples,was like a "cry of anguish, inthe name of the Lord" addressedto the Christian communitiesand to all people of good will.Today, as the liturgical seasonof Lent begins, we would liketo renew that solemn appeal.Our gaze and our heart as pas­tor of all continue to the over­whelmed by the immense multi­tude of those whom all theworld's societies leave by thewayside, wounded in body andsoul, stripped of their humandignity, without break, withouta voice, defenceless, alone intheir distress!

Of course we find it hard toshare .>ur possessions in orderto contribute to the disappear­ance of the inequalities of aworld that has grown unjust.Yet statements of principles arenot enough. That is why it isnecessary and salutary for us toremember that we are stewardsof God's gifts, and that "duringLent, penance should not beonly internal and individual butalso external. and social" (Sec­ond Vatican Council, Constitu­tion on the Sacred Liturgy Sac­rosanctum Concilium, 110).

We ask you to go out to meetpoor Lazarus, in his hunger andmisery. Make yourself his neigh­bor, so that he can recognize inyour eyes the eyes of Christwelcoming him, and in yourhands the hands of the Lordsharing his gifts. And respondgenerously to the appeals thatwill be made to you in your ownlocal churches, so that you canrelieve those who are most dis­inherited, and share in the pro­gress of the peoples who aremost deprived.

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977

Says Parishes Not. Listeni ng to Central Church

More Study Needed on the Illegal Alien Problem

By

REV~

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

ROME -"There are twochurches," a friend of minesaid to me before I left forRome, "and the differenceisn't between the church of theleft and the right, of the pro­gressives and the conservatives;the difference is between thechurch from the chancery of­fice on up, on the one hand, andthe church in the parishes onthe other. Priests and people

By

MARY

CARSON

The third of my eight kidshas turned 20. I'm beginningto think I may survive beingthe parent of teen-agers. It'sbeen getting easier.

I think part of it is that I'mbeginning to understand whatthey are talking about. I'veiearned how to interpret what

By

MSGR.

GEORGE G.

HIGGINS

For several years Congresshas been debating what to doabout stemming the flow ofillegal or undocumented im­migrants into the country. Sofar no laws have been passedon the problem, and since weknow so little about its causesand effects, that's just as well.Congress is not prepared to deal

By

MARILYN

RODERICK

It seems hardly the time tobe thinking about it, but weare approaching the timewhen we can start thinkingabout our vegetable gardens. Inless than a month after the ap­pearance of this article if con­ditions are reasonable, we will

down at the parish level simplydon't pay any attention anymore to what they say in thechancery office or the NationalConference of Bishops or in theVatican. And it doesn't matterwhether what they say is pro­gressive or conservative; no onelistens."

Currently there is a meetinghere in which the congregationof education is trying to reas­sert its control over the theolog­ical faculties of the world, usingall the manipulative, pseudo­democratic tricks that werepracticed by the curia duringthe Second Vatican Council.

One American at the meetingshrugged his shoulders and saidto me, "If they're reasonable,we'll go along with them; but

they say to know what theymean.

I'm not talking about slang.I'm talking about everydaywords that they understand dif­ferently than I do. For example:

"I never want to speak to himagain." I prepare myself, so thatif the phone rings, I will ex­plain that she is busy, and can­not come to the phone. Thephone rings. I am nearly tackledin the rush to answer it.

"I'll be off the phone in aminute." There must be some­thing about the conversion tothe metric system. A "minute"lasts about a half·hour on myclock.

"I have tons of homework,"

with the problem objectivelyand will not be until ·it has beenstudied in greater depth bygovernment and private researchagencies.

We don't even know, howmany illegal aliens are in theUnited States. Estimates rangefrom four to 12 million, andneither the Congress nor theexecutive branch has any wayof determining which is themore accurate figure. In addi­tion, we know very little aboutthe impact of illegal aliens onthe American economy.

The need for further studyof the illegal alien problems is amajor conclusion of a 257-pagepreliminary report recently is-

.be setting out spinach seed,peas, radish and lettuce seed.

Peas are my favorite earlyseason crop. About mid-Marchand for a few weeks thereafterwe begin sowing peas on con­secutive days. This is done assoon as the soil can be worked.In this case we just make a rowabout two inches deep and thewidth of a hoe. The peas areplanted diagonally in the troughand covered to about an inch.

If the ground js too wet, theearly plantings may rot and thes'eeds may not germinate, so wemake lluccessive short row plant­ings in the hope that some of

~

if they try to push us too hard,we'll simply ignore them." .

It is not merely that the grassroots church isn't listening tothe sexual teaching of the insti­tution; it is not merely that both"Humanae Vitae" and the re­cent letter on sexual moralityof the American bishops fell ondeaf ears. The so=called "left­wing" or "progressive" voicesof the institutional church areignored completely.

'Third World ChIc'Thus the recent Detroit de­

bacle staged by the left-wing"middle management" of theU.S. Catholic Conference creat­ed merely a "ho-hum," it seems,among the parish clergy andtheir congregations. And' thetrendy, fashionable, ''Third

That is, if there is laundry,cleaning, dishes, or any house­work to be done. If there's apossibility of a date, "tons" be­comes "nothing" that can't bedone on the bus in the morning.

"I'm getting up early, to gofishing." "Early" is 3 a.m.

"I'm getting up early, to cleanmy room." "Early" is noon.

"I'll be home early." '''Early''is anybody's guess.

"I haven't been out in ages."Two nights ago.

"My room is clean," An acro­bat would have trouble gettingthrough without tripping.

"My room is almost clean."From the· ceiling down,...about two feet.

sued by the Domestic CouncilCommittee on Illegal Aliens.

The committee makes a num­ber of specific recommendations,some of which are premature,For example, it says, the execu­tive "branch should "aggressive­ly" work for the enactment oflegislation whi~h would includepenalties for employers whoknowingly hire aliens not au­thorized to work.

Congress has been debatingsuch legislation for severalyears, but has not yet taken ac­·tion. Again, I think that's justas well, if there is a "dramaticlack of reliable information,"

Deportation InhumaneIn criticizing the Domestic

the sown seeds will in factgerminate. Since this is an eatlycrop, we plant several varieties,since they will be out of theground and in the compost .heapby 50 to 60 days.

Salad VegetablesA similar cold weather plant

is lettuce. Normally we startseed indoors and plant the seedl­ings or small lettuce plants intothe garden after they have madea start inside. These are grownin flats, kept in coldframes toharden off and then planted inthe garden after the bitter coldhas passed. Depending on thetype of lettuce and the relative

World" chic that one can pickup all around Rome - is every

.bit as much ignored among thegrass roots clergy and laity.

I asked a number of peoplein Rome why there was so muchThird World chic that was sooften shallow and infantile. Oneman said, "They made a messof the 'first world,' they can'tdo anything in the 'secondworld,' so they're pinning all'their hopes on the 'third.world.' "

There are some who wouldapplaud such an institutionaldeterioration, but I am not oneof them. Institutions are essen­tial to the survival of commun­ities, and international commun­ities need international institu­tions that can speak effectively

"My room's a mess." The pre­amble to a list of complaintsabout the untidy habits of theother kid sharing the room. Fol­lowed by a request to "changerooms,"

Interpreting InflectionsInflection must be interpreted

carefully. If you have teen-agedaughters you'll have no diffi­culty with the following.

"Mom?" (Sweet tones . . .melody in voice rising.) -I'm go­ing to get hit for a loan.

"Mom." (Exasperated tone... melody in voice going downthe scale.) I've just said thewrong thing in front of a boyfriend.

"Mom!" (Loud ... high pitch-

Council Committee for jumpingthe gun, I do not suggest thatits recent report is totally with­out merit.

I particularly welcome its em­phasis on the fact that enforce­ment of existing immigrationlaws is not enough to controlthe illegal alien problem. ''Theillegal alien issue," the commit­tee's report points out, "is ulti­mately an issue of immigrationpolicy and will not be satisfact­orily met until a thorough re­thinking of our immigration pol­icy is undertaken." In this con­nection, the report also calls forwidespread discussion and a pro­gram of public education on thelarger philosophical and policy

coolness or warmth of theSpring, we mayor may not getthe lettuce to head up. In warmweather it will be picked prim­arily for its leaves, whereas incold weather we may allow itto re!lch the head stage.

Radishes again are excellentfor salads and these should beseeded in successive stages sothat a constant crop is available.By starting seed early directlyin tl!e garden, we are able toensure a fairly constant sourceof radishes for the eveningsalad.

The point to these early veg­etables is that they may be

to their rank and file member­ship.

It is a bad thing for Catholic­ism that the grass roots churchis no longer listening to the cen­tral church.

Of course, the reason is thatthe central church - especially,it is to be fea.red; here in Rome- has long since ceased to lis­ten to the grass roots. And inthe same fashion the liberalbureaucrats at the USCe;:: andfrom the Catholic Committee onUr:ban Ministry have long sinceceased to listen to the ordinaryCatholic laity - "the ArchieBunkers," they can them­whose only function apparentlyis to pay the bills for the meet­ings at which the liberals havesuch a rip-roaring good time.

ed . . . defensive.) Her brotheris eating the frosting for thecake she's making to take to aparty.

"Mmmmmom!" (Dragged out. .. heavy frustration.) I'm eat­ing the cheese for the pizzashe's making for supper.

"Everybody picks on me."There is some underlying prob­lem. By the time I discoverwhat it is ...

"Everything's great," He fin­ally said "hello."

"Nobody loves me." Just herfamily and friends . . . but he isnow saying "hello" to someoneelse.

questions raised by the illegalalien problem.

I am also encouraged by thecommittees warning that mas­sive deportation of illegal aliensis "both inhumane and imprac­tical.' But if deportation, 'forthese and other reasons, is outof the question, what should tiedone about the problem? Thecommittee's tentative responseis too complicated to summarizein this' brief column. In any ev­ent, I am encouraged by its ap­parent willingness 'to recommendamnesty for at least some of theillegal aliens now living here ei­ther underground or in the open.But its proposed eligibility date(July 1, 1968) is too restrictive.

planted early enough to allowthem to develop prior to thetender vegetables which cannotbe set out until after the dangerof frost is past. Here in South­eastern Massachusetts we usual­ly figure the last frost date asMay 15 This means that veget­ables started in the middle ofMarch have two full months todevelop before we have to makeroom for tender vegetables likegreen beans and tomatoes. Byplanning wisely we can increasethe yield of a small garden con­siderably by lengthening thegrowing season.

7

Last Words

Vincentian Counc'ilFollowing attendance at 7

p.m. Mass Tuesday, March 1, atSacred Heart Church, Fall Riv­er, members of the 'Greater FallRiver Council of the Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul will meet at'the parish school.

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Feb. 24, 1977

Continued from Page Oneothers in the series.

Next Wednesday representa­tives of New Bedford juvenileagencies will discuss "Woman,'Behold Thy Son; Son, BeholdThy Mother" with reference tochild abuse problems and therole of foster parents.

Members of Alcoholic Anony­mous and AI-Anon wil1 speakon the third word, "I Thirst," onMarch 9; and on March 16 rep­resentatives of the black, CapeVerdean and Puerto Rican com­munities will discuss ethnic pre­judice with relation to the words"Father, Forgive Them for TheyKnow Not What They Do."

"My God, My God, Why HaveYou Forsaken Me" will be theMarch 23 topic of Father RobertNee, 5S.CC., coordinator of theOffice of Peace and Justice ofthe Sacred Hearts Communityand of Angie Costa, legal secret­ary for Onboard Legal Services,who will speak on Third Worldproblems.

Death and dying will be re­lated to "Into Thy Hands Icommend My Spirit" by a nurseand doctor on March 30; and"It Is Finished" will be thetheme for Good Friday serviceson April 7.

Throughout the series a cross,made by parishioner ManuelLopes, will be assembled, withcompletion coming on Good Fri­day. And yesterday, togetherwith ashes, the symbol of death,parishioners received seeds, sym­bolizing the growth and new lifeclimaxed by Easter.

The program has been organ­ized by Sister Marianna Sylves­ter, RSM.

AT"SUBURBAN CROSSROADS"

SWANSEA

WARING-ASHTONFALL RIVER SWANSEA

andOur family-centered counsel emphasizes considerationswhich help you stay ~ithin your means.

TestimoniaIParishioners of Sacred Heart

Parish, Fall River, will. tenderRev. Ralph D. Tetrault an infor­mal testimonial following the11:30 Sunday Mass, Feb. 27.

Father Tetrault, recently ap­pointed associate pastor of St.Thomas More Parish, Somerset,served as associate pastor ofthe Fall River palish for some28 months.

The parish' reception is beinghosted by the Woman's Guild ofSacred Heart Parish, Mrs. Thom­as Murphy, president.

Unconunon Fervor"Holiness consists not in do­

ing uncommon things, but in do­ing all common things with anuncommon fervor." - CardinalManning.

Mass. BishopsContinued from Page One

The ABA has 218,000 membersnationwide.

The House of Representativespastor of Mt. Carmel Church;debated the issue for a littlemore than an hour. One suppor­ter of the death penalty, CalivinBehle of Ogden, Utah, saidpeople in Utah "feel a littlesafer" since the Jan. 17 execu­tion of Gary Gilmore at theUtah state prison. Gilmore wasthe first person executed in the

. United States since 1967.LeRoy of Jeffers of Texas

said the American people havea right to expect the ABA to bemore concerned with "old peo­ple living in terror locked be­hind bars" than to have a "pec­uliar preoccupation" with thesuffering of "rapist, murders,robber-murders and murdersfor money"

The ABA president-elect, S.Shepherd Tate of Memphis,Tenn., said he opposed the deathpenalty. Eugene Thomas ofBoise, Ida., who prosecuted thelast man executed in that state,said if every ABA delegate hadhad his experience, "the greatmajority would rise in favor ofthis resolution" opposing thedeath penalty.

Serving all faiths

AT"CHERRY PLACE"

FALL RIVER

Yes, our Central City and Central Suburban Homes offer the most advancedservice considerations and conveniences.

They are especially designed to be adapted to your wishes ... and to suit thepreferences and customs of All Faiths.

Home-like, whlle large enough for comfort and privacy.Sheltered main entrance drives to protect family and visitors from weatherLarge off-street parking convenienceReserved off-street parking space for Family, Clergy and Fraternal

representatives

FR. CRONIN

Since 1975, Father Cronin hasbeen assistant pastor at St.Joseph's, Taunton.

Refuses Fund'in'gLOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC)-The

city of Louisville has enacted anordinance to prohibit city fundsfrom being used for a proposedclinic at General Hospital whichwould perform elective abortionsduring the second three monthsof pregnancy.

Cronin attended parochialschools in the city and Msgr. 'Coyle High in Taunton.

After attending ProvidenceCollege, he studied for thepriesthood at St. John's Semin­ary in Brighton. Ordained onFebruary 2, 1957, he was firstassigned to St. Patrick's FallRiver. In 1962 Father Croninwas appointed Administrator ofSt. Bernard's, Assonet, as wellas Director of St. Vincent'sHome and St. Vincent De PaulCamp.

He was also director of RadioActivities for the Diocese andJuvenile Court Chaplain in FallRiver.

Clergy Changes

FR. BURNS

"Food At ItsVery Best"

941Wf~KHs ·RESTAURAN.T &

CARMELA LOUNGEDINING ROOM

Danny " Kay Bartolomei " Family

Our 20th SeasonWinter Hours: Restaurant _ Thurs.,Fri. " Sun. 5:00 P.M•• 9:00 P.M.

Saturday 5:00 P.M•• 10:00 P.M.CARMELA LOUNGE • Fri. " Sat.

Appropriate Attire RequiredAt All Times

Route 28 - MAIN STREETFALMOUTH, MASS.

Tel. 548-3521

CU_JIl'1I11111llllmlllllllllIl1l1llIlllllllmIl1l1llllllm,mllllllllllllmllllllllUltl/llllllllllllUr

Continued from Page OneLady of Fatima Parish, Swan­sea.

Father Burns has served as anotary of the diocesan marriagetribunal and as a member of theDiocesan Liturgical Commis­sion. Presently he is DiocesanDirector for Ecumenical Af­fairs.

Father. CroninBorn in Fall River on April

7, 1931, the son of John andMary (Moriarty) Cronin, Father

religious and laity in attendance.The 1976 Appeal reached, for

.the first time, the $1 millionmark, totaling $1,008,855.45.Plans are underway to surpassthis all-time high.

The area directors, who willsupervise special gift and parishphases of the Appeal are: New,Bedford - Rev. Manuel P. Fer­reira, pastor of St. John theBaptist Church, assisted by Rev.George F. Almeida, assistantpastor of Mt. Carmel Church,Attleboro - Rev. Bento R.Fraga, pastor of Holy GhostChurch, assisted by Rev. RogerL. Gagne. pastor of St. Mark'sChurch; Taunton - Rev. Wal­ter A. Sullivan, pastor of Sac­red Heart Church, assisted byRev. Leonard M. Mullaney, as­sistant pastor, Immaculate Con­ception Church.

Fall River - Msgr. AnthonyM. Gomes, pastor of, Our Ladyof the Angels Church, diocesanand area director, assisted byRev. Francis L. Mahoney, assis­tant pastor, Immaculate Con­ception Church; Cape Cod andthe Islands - Rev. John F. An­drews, assistant pastor, St.Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis.

Charities AppealContinued from Page One

The Appeal, which dates backto 1942, provides funds for themany apostc>lates of charity,mercy, social service and educa­tion in the diocese to all people,regardless of race, color orcreed.

Msgr. Gomes announced thatBishop Daniel A. Cronin will bethe main speaker at the appealkick-off meeting scheduled for8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 atBishop Connolly High School,Fall River with over 900 clergy,

MATTAPOISETTTHINK SUMMER

Get Comfo,t Yea' Round. Let MeShow You This Immaculate CapeWi,h Bow Window, 4 Bedrooms,Lu"urious Ceramic Tile Bath, COM­PLETELY APPLIANCED, "Ultra" Kit.chen. Added Lot Included. LowTa"es - Deeded B.ach and MarinaRightsl All Thi. and Antenna Too.

SACRIFICE $39,500OWNER LEAVING STATEMcCARTHY REALTY

Tel. 758-4284

Msgr. TanseyContinued from Page One

(Ormsby) Tansey. He graduatedfr:om William S. Greene gram­mar school and B.M.C. DurfeeHigh School, then entering St.Charles College, Catonsville,Md. and St. Bernard's Seminary,Rochester, N. Y. He was or­dained June 10, 1933 by thelate Bishop James E. Cassidy inSt. Mary's Cathedral.

The first assignment of theyoung priest was to St. Joseph'sparish, Woods Hole', followed byservice at 51. .Peter the Apostle,Provincetown; 51. Paul, Taunton;Holy Name, Fall' River; St.Mary, Taunton; and St. John,Attleboro.

Other parishes where he serv­ed were St. Joseph, North Digh­ton; Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs;and St. James, New Bedford. Hewas also a Navy chaplain fortwo years.

In 1950 Msgr. Tansey was as­signed as asseciate pastor at St.Mary's Cathedral and in 1956 hewas named rector, serving thereuntil his appointment to Imma­culate Conception.

Monsignor Tansey is notedfor his apostolate to bereavedmembers of his parish, makinga particular point of being pre­sent at wakes and celebratingfuneral Masses whenever possi­ble. He has also been concernedfor the catechetical formationof parish children, renovatingchurch facilities to provide suit­able instructional areas forthem.

A rewarding part of his priest­hood came when he served fortwo years as a Navy chaplainduring World War II, based atSan Diego, Calif. He retainedhis friendships from that periodof his life and often in lateryears visited his form~r associ­ates in California.

The prelate's father, ThomasTansey, was we'll known in FallRiver labor circles and the Tan­sey School in the city was nam­ed in his honor. Msgr. Tansey,as diocesan Director of SocialAction, carried on the familytradition, mediating on occasionin labor problems and for sev­eral years organizing Labor DayMasses and communion break­fasts at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Family

Binings MethodLOS ANGELES (NC) - A

worldwide organization to certi­fy teachers and monitor theirtraining was formed at the con­clusion of the Third Internation­al Institute of the Billings Ovu­lation Method here. Announce­~ent was made of the formationof the World organization ofOvulation Method Billings(WOOMB) by Msgr. Robert Dee­gan, director of the departmentof health and h<?spital of theLos Angeles archdiocese, whichhosted the institute.

be learned in the family first.If it is not, if the parents'"words" ,to their child are dis­torted, he may never learn thistruth.

Nothing can take the place ofthe family in giving a child andthe future generations of man­kind a- good start in life. Theparents are, as the Churchteaches, the principal educatorsof their children. This meansthat they are to awaken theirchildren to the meaning of hu­man life, to the deepest needswithin their hearts. Those needsclamor for fulfillment; if unmet,only frustration and unhappi­ness will result.

But for parents to educatetheir children they must firstmake themselves aware of whothey are and who they are call­ed to be. In the daily struggle tosurvive we can frequently forgetthis; thus the need for takingthe care to question ourselvesand for finding help. In search­ing for it, it is good to remem­ber that the best friend we haveis the loving God whose images

, we are. When everyone else failsus, He is there ready to give usthe strength we need.

ofAnd think of the difference

that it will make in the life ofa child struggling to understandwho he is whether he comes in­to. existence through an act ex­pressing the love his parentsbear for one another or whetherhe comes into existence throughan act of a different kind.

For a human being to under­stand that and all other such be­ings are persons of moral worth,help is needed. If it is not given,the growing child is wounded.How can a child come to learnthat needs friendship, just treat­ment, self-discipline and an aw­areness of his obligation to de­velop his abilities if there is

'no one to help him? Obviouslythe first such helpers should behis parents and the other mem­bers of his own family.

Unending SearchThe moral life is a matter of

growing in an understanding ofwhat it means to be a humanbeing. Our search for this mean­ing is ongoing, and perhaps itslast word will never be uttered.We have much to learn. It takesa lifetime (I believe even more)to find out fully what beinghuman means.

But a first word about themeaning of our lives as beingsof moral worth must be spok­en, and this is the "word" spo­ken to the growing child by hisfamily, in particular, his par­

.ents.Parents teach a child through

their spoken words, but themost significant words they ut­ter are those - they address tohim through their actions, deedsand the way they treat him andother family members. In ourworld today there are few placeswhere we can learn that a hu­man being is to· be cherished,·not for what he does, but forwho he is. This lesson ought to

Necessityance, by calling attention to so­called feral or "wolf" children,who have been abandoned orlost at a very early age and"adopted" by such animals a~

wolves or bears. These childrenare indubitably human beings,members of the human species,beings of moral worth, lovedwith a surpassing love by theFather of us all.

But when they have been re­discovered by the human com­munity, they have been foundtotally lacking in self-conscious­ness. They do not realize theyare selves, subjects; they haveno consciousness of themselvesas enduring subiects of experi­ence, nor are they capable ofentering into relations withothers. They are not moral ag­ents, for they are incapable ofunderstanding the meaning oftheir actions and of freely andresponsibly acting in accordwith this understanding.

Why? They have not been ex­posed to the process of encultur­ation or of humanization; theyhave not encountered in theirexperience beings who are awareof themselves as "selves." Theyhave accordingly not been ableto develop interpersonal, inter­subjective relationships andthrough these to recognize them­selves, to understand that theyare indeed "selves," "subjects,""beings of moral worth."

What this shows, I believe, isthat our ,human personhood isa gift from God, who has madeus to be the kind of beings weare precisely so therJ' could bebeings to whom He could com­municate His own life and withwhom He could share His friend­ship. But it is a gift that wereceive proximately and immed­iately from other human beings,beginning with our parents.

~:

.~"'•.OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY: The extended family of the past, providing ch~ldren

with clearly defined moral standards, has largely disappeared, points out Dr. WilliamE. May, professor of theology at Catholic University of America, who discusses import­ance of family in forming children in "Moral Choices" articles on this page. (NC Photo)

Choices:MoralBy William E. May

Sociologists, psychologists,and indeed all persons con­cerned with the future of oursociety have noted withalarm the hastening declineof the family as a force formoral good. As signs of itsdeteriorating role in shapingmoral character they havepointed to such facts as thedramatic rise in divorce (cur­rently affecting almost oneout of every three mar­riages), the ml.mber of chil­dren in single-parent families(almost 20 percent of school­age children), and the in­creasing incidence of illegiti­mate births (in 1975 about 13percent of all live births wereillegitimate).

My purpose here is not tocomment on these and other in­dications of the decline of thefamily as a moral force; ratherit is to offer some thoughts,grounded on a Christian under­standing of human existence,about the indispensable role thefamily must play in the moraleducation of a future· generationof human beings.

Our moral life, I believe, canbe described in terms of asearch for identity. We want toknow who we are and what weare to do if we are to be thebeings we are meant to be.When we are born we do notknow these things, but we areequipped to learn them inasmuchas we are, as the living imagesof God, intelligent beings andthus capable of coming to anunderstanding of our lives andof acting responsibly in accordwith our understanding.

But in our search for mean·ing, for identity, we need help.None of us is able to pull him­self or herself up by his or herown bootstraps as it were. Weneed help, we need a "boot" towhich the strap can be attached,and that "boot" i~ the humancommunity, beginning with thecommunity of the family,. Thenature, the quality, of the bootcan either help us enormously orit can cripple us terribly, leav­ing the wounded and in need ofeven greater help.

The Christian b~lieves thateach human being is a being ofmoral worth. Every child bornof woman (and II would argue,.every child struggling to be bornwithin the womb of its mother)is such a being. By a being ofmoral·worth I mean a being whois the bearer of rights that needto be recognized and protectedby others and by society; a beingthat is precious, valuable, andirreplaceable just because it is;a being who cannot and mustnot be considered simply as apart related to some largerwhole. Every person is a beingof this kind. A child, a newborn,is certainly this kind of being,as are its parents and all per­sons within the human commun- .ity.

Not HumanizedWhen we come into the world,

we are not aware of ojJrselvesas selves. I would like to illust­rate this fact, and its signific-

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Feb. 24, 1977

675-7055

HALLETTFuneral Home Inc.

283 Station AvenueSuuth Yarmouth, Mass.

1el. EXeter 8-2285

Director-Norman A. Hallett

After Mass Sunday BrunchAt

POCASSETGOLF CLUB

Lunches - Sandwiches - CocktailsTennis Courts Available Now

County Road, Pocasset

563-71-71Private Function Room

Dignified Funeral Service

WAREHAM

295-1810

I 111 1

JOSEPH J. COSTA JR.Painting Contractor

FALMOUTH, MASS.

COUGHLINFuneral Home Inc.

308 Locust StreetFall River, Mass.

John J. Coughlin

Michaei J. Coughlin

OUR LADY1SREL·IGIOUS STORE936 So. Main St., Fall River

(Corner Osborn St.)• ALL-OCCASION

RELIGIOUS CARDS• NEW AMERICAN BIBLE

$5.50 to $24.95And Religious Articles

Tel. 673-4262

FAIRHAVENLUMBER CO.

Complete LineBuilding Materials

118 ALDEN RD. FAIRHAVEN993-2611 I• • •• • •••••••• t.

Cornwell Memoria'Chapel

ORTINSPHOTO SUPPLY

Ampex • Sony • PanlSonic

267 MAIN STREET. FALMOUTH - 548-1918

. ARMAND ORTINS, Prop.~~

8

-

FALL RIVER

chaplain at Chillicothe Correc­tional Institution, said prisonersdo not benefit fully from workprograms "because there is nomarket for their wares." He saidlabor and industry must be con­vinced that giving prisoners ac­cess to the commercial market­place would not disrupt the eco­nomy.

673-7780

ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford

'Made in Prison'

Now Avoiloble forBANQUETS, FASHION SHOWS, ETC.

FOR DETAILS,. CAU MANAGER-636-.2744 or 999-6984

No matter where you live inthe Fall River Diocese, thereis a Fernandes near you!*NORTON, West Main St., *NO. EASTON, Main St.,*EAST BRIDGEWATER, Bedford St., *NEW BED­FORD, Jet. Routes 140 & 18, *ATILEBORO, 217 So.Main St., *SOMERSET, Route 6, *RAYNHAM. Route44, *FAIRHAVEN, Route 6, *BRIDGEWATER, Route18, *MANSFIELD, Route 140, *FALL RIVER, South­way Plaza, R. I. Ave., *FALL RIVER, Griffin St.,*SEEKONK, 17 Central Ave.,. *Middleboro, 133 So.Main St., *NEW BEDFORD, Mt. Pleasant St., *NEWBEDFORD, Rockdale Ave., *FAIRHAVEN, HowlandRd., *50. DARTMOUTH, Dartmouth St., *NEW BED­FORD, Rodney French Blvd., *SOMERSET, Route 138.

D & D SALES AND SERVICE,INC.

WHITE SPACATERERS

1343 PLEASANT ·STREET

• BANQUETS • WEDDINGS • PARTIES

• COMMUNION BREAKFASTS

FRIGIDAIREREFRIGERATION

APPLIANCESAIR CONDITIONING

363 SECOND ST. FALL RIVER, MASS.

One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities

LINCOLN PARK BALLROOM

DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - Thelabels on a variety of commer­cially marketed items may oneday read "made in prison" if aproposal by an Ohio prison chap­lain and others is accepted bybusiness and labor.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977 9

Father Michael Nugent, aColumbus diocesan priest who is

p'oint

Bishop Dozier said an NCNews story concluded that thetwo reconciliation liturgies lastDecember were examples ofsuch abuse of general absolu­tion. "To infer this is to strikeat the very heart of what I amtrying to accomplish in preach­ing the word of God and I feelit my duty to correct this mis­taken notion," the bishop saidin an interview with CommonSense, Memphis diocesan news·paper.

rament of Penance with gener­al absolution as the focal pointof a pastoral ministry of evan­gelization or reconciliation doesnot accord with the pastoralnorms."

FATHER FALLON

Lenten SeriesIn Attleboro

Father Thomas· Fallon, O.P.,associate professor of religiousstudies at Providence College,will give a series of talks onJesus in the Gospels on the fiveTuesdays of March from 7:30to 9:00 p.m. at Bishop FeehanHigh School, Attleboro.

Fattier Fallon's first talk onTuesday, March 1st will answerthe question "What is theGospel?" On March 8 the speak­er will look at Jesus in the Gos­pel according to St. Mark, fol­lowed on successive Tuesdayswith a talk on Jesus in theGospels according to Saint Matt­hew, St. Luke and St. John.

Father Fallon has been teach­ing at Providence College since1949. In 1956-57,while studyingfora doctorate' in theology, hetaught at the Catholic Univer­sity and Trinity College. Healso taught for four years atPortsmouth Abbey and eightyears at Archbishop CushingSchool of Theology for the Laityin Boston. He has contributed tovarious Catholic publicationsand his memberships include theCatholic Biblical Association ofAmerica, the College TheologySociety and the American Asso­ciation of University Professors.

The speaker is presently teach­ing a course at Providence Col­lege on the Development ofWestern Civilization and oneentitled "The Nature of Faith."

The format to be used byFather Fallon will be a lecture ofabout 45-50 minutes; followedby a break, and a questionperiod. There is no admissionfee but those attending are ask­ed to bring copies of the NewTestament.

1.

?•

?•

?•

1.

?•

•

The commentary said alsothat "the celebration of the sac-

General Absolution Not FocalMEMPHIS, Tenn. (NC) ...:­

"General absoluion was not thefocal point 'of the reconciliationcampaign," said Bishop CarrollT. Dozier after a. news reportlinked events here last year witha recent statement by the Vati­can's Doctrinal Congregation.

The Doctrinal Congregationrejected as "inappropriate" the"convocation of a large crowdfor the primary purPose of giv­ing general absolution." Itsstatement was a commentary onpastoral norms for several sac­ramental absolution issued in1972.

what she is doing. Certainlymost five- and six-year-olds, es­pecially those in good Catholichomes, have the capacity to un­derstand all the Eucharistictheology the Church requires ofthem for receiving this Sacra­ment.

As for the wine, she's notalone. It CM bother adults, too,including some priests. Theremay, in fact, be medical reasonsinvolved, such as diabetes, whichcould prompt an individual notto want even the small amountof wine received at Commun­ion.

It's surely all right to mentionit to the priest if you wish. Com­munion under both species isoptional, even when 'it is offer­ed at a particular Mass. Yourchild should know that she maypass up drinking from the cha­lice and still receive the entiresacrament, the living Body aridBlood of Christ.

Q. When will the world end?Does the Church teach anythingabout it?

A. The thousands of false pre­dictions which have excited theworld at one time or anotherought to convince us, even ifnothing else does, that God hasnot let us in on His plans forthe date of the end of the world.

Whether it is 100 or 100,000years away, we don't know. TheBible, at best, only speaks ofsituations which will be presentbefore the end of the world.Even then, it is usually hard todiscover what the Scripturewriters really mean.

However, those who paradearound with signs declaring"The end is near" do have apoint. Neither Scripture nor theChurch is concerned with satis­fying our idle curiosity, but ra­ther with reminding us that theday we leave this earth, not theday it bums up, is the end ofthe world for us.

Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Dietzenin care of The Anchor, P.O.Box 7, Fall River 02722.

Copyright (c) 1977 byNC News Service)

?•

1.

?•

•

?•

1.

?•

•

Question (ornerBy Father John Dietzen

Q. We recently received wordthat a close friend who is apriest is planning to marry. Thisdisturbed me greatly because Ibelieved that the priests whodid this were not good priestsanyway, and I always thoughthe was a good priest. ..

What is his status in theChurch now? What should beour attitude toward him? Canwe in good conscience retain hisfriendship?

A. Many Catholics still donot realize that it is possible fora priest to be released from hispromise not to marry. Unlikemarriage, whose nature andpermanence are established byGod Himself, the celibacy of thepriesthood is something theChurch could change, and haschanged in various waysthrough the centuries.

Jesus established the priest­hood to serve His people in var­ious ways, but He never madeit His absolute rule that. theycould not be married. In fact,married priests have been com­mon in some parts of the worldsince the beginning of Christian­ity.

If a priest simply ignores thesolemn promise he has inade toremain unmarried, it would bewrong. It is entirely possible forhim, however, to ask for andreceive a release from that pro­mise; in that case, he couldmarry and remain in perfectlygood standing in' the Church asa layman.

Without his telling you,there's hardly any way you can

.know what his status is now,since these matters are natural­ly handled very privately. If youare a close friend, ask him. Ithink it is only fair that youshould know, as it inevitably af­fects your feelings toward him.

Whatever the answer is, itdoesn't mean he was not a goodpriest. If he did abandon hispromise of celibacy without adispensation, he possibly cutcomers and neglected prayer alot more than' he should have,but God is the judge of that.

As for continuing your rela­tionship with him, it can neverby anything but right to be afriend to anyone - a thought­ful and honest friend. Try tounderstand, and have the cour­age to be and say to him what.you believe is best for him, andfor the others you must thinkof.

Q. Our five-year-old daughterdoesn't like to receive Commun­ion under both species. Shedoesn't like the taste when shedrinks from the chalice, or evenwhen the Host is dipped intothe Wine. Would it be offensiveto ask the priest to use anotherkind of wine?

A. First, good for you forhaving a five-year-old who goesto Holy Communion. We pre­sume, of course, that she knoVl-~

jI

a sometimes fatal lung problem.Goering told NC News that

such distortions did not botherhim. "The abortion people under­stand it - the ones with guiltyconsciences," he said.

Goering, who attends St. Jo­seph's parish here, said he hasreceived hundreds of letterssince the poem began attractingattention. All of the mail hasbeen favorable, he reported.

The poem, he explained, waswritten on behalf of all the chil­dren "being destroyed at birththrough non-care and via differ­ent methods of abortion." Hecalled it "a statement of God'sendless love for each of hischildren."

Although the poem is anti­abortion, its meaning has eludedsome. One nationally circulatedpaper ran the poem with an ac­companying story which ex­plained that it was written aboutGoering's 11 year old daughter'sfight for life as an infant. Thegirl, Mary, suffered at birthfrom· hyaline membrane disease,

According to Goering, a fatherof seven children, the poem isaddressed specifically 'to thebaby boy aborted by Dr. Ken·neth Edelin in Boston, for whosedeath Dr. Edelin was convictedof manslaughter by a jury. Theconviction was overturned inDecember, 1976.

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (NC) ­When Charles Goering beganwriting a poem while sitting outa blizzard here last winter, itseemed unlikely that anyoneelse would ever read' what hewrote.

Goering, 43, is a workingman. He describes himself as"a man who did not completehigh school and has worked as 'a railroad laborer and truckdriver a good portion of hislife." _

But the poem, "The Jewel ofMy Creation," which deals withChrist's love for an abortedchild, has been read by millionsin newspapers across the coun­try.

Poem Attracts National Attention

The Jewel of My CreationI My Child! Before the dawn of Creation, I thought of you;

Before the mist blew through the heavens, I thought of you;Before the blue water cascaded down the mountainsides, I thought of you;Before the first minnow jumped in a brook, I thought of you;For you, my pet, are the jewel of My creation.

Before the dawn of Creation, I had a plap. for you.Your eyes are the color of a small sparrow's wing,Your skin is as dark as the coal in the earth;And again, your eyes are azure blue,Your skin is brown like My mother's.

I had a plan for you' from the dawn of Creation.For centuries the grass blew softly on the great prairies.Sometimes as softly as you breathe -And the grass was waiting for you;Yes, before the first crocus smiled at Me, I thought of your smile.

I will remember you into Eternity.

When the mist blows in the heaven no more, I will be with you;When the blue water cascades down the mountains no more, I will be with' you;When the pine trees sprout forth no more, I will remember you.

My beautiful, My beloved! What are they doing to you?

My pet, My creation! What are they doing to you?You lie on the table alone. You breathe so hard;Will they not wash you with the blue waters of My mountains?Your breathing is becoming so still, like the grass on the prairies in a great calm.My child, I am thinking of you.

My beautiful, My beloved! What are they doing to you?

My pet, My creation! What are they doing to you?Your little fingers are so small and soft, like a pussywillow's bud;The steel from the cold earth;Why do they press it to your soft new flesh with such great force?My child, My thought is never removed fro m you.

My child, My beautiful! What are they doing to you? .With the suction, like a hurricane, they pull and tear you; .Your little legs will never walk, until you run with me.The salt in your mouth, when you were to sing for me!The salt in your lungs, you who were to yell of your love for me!

Before the dawn of Creation, I thought of you.I love you.I will love you all of eternity.

....................... ,.............. .

Route 28DennisportTelephone398-6000

'Our Heating

Oils Make

Warm Friends'

i{\~iJi~AMERICAN

~III.

'I ',',. I

Cape Cod'sLargest

Shoe Store

~'\. Sandy's 699-4321

~ Restaurantu. S. Route 1, Plainville, Mass. 02762

CATHOLIC COUNSELING SERVICES

NASON OIL COMPANY

-~.2~f".i~,~~~~~-~~ ataln offen you the Ihrln•• of lurope and

tho Holy Land plu. a very loyful vacation.

~ All tours Include scheduled Papal Audience~ All tours are accompa"leli by a priest as tour chaplain.

~All transatlantic flights wia TWA =====SHRINES OF EUROPE - Lisbon, Fatima, Copti, San Giovanni(home of Padre Pio), Pompei, loreto, Rome, Assisi, Lourdes. Poris, lisieux_ 17 DAYS - 8 departure dates. April thru $ep'embet. $1161 from N.Y.$l336 from L. A.SOUTHERN EUROPE & GERMANY - Lisbon. Fatima.Santiago de Compostello. Toledo, Madrid. Zoragous. lourdes, Ronr..Assisi. Florence, Padua. Venice, Munich - 22 DAYS - 7 departure dotes,May thru Septembet $1317 from N.Y, $1492 from L.A.

SHRINES OF EUROPE & HOLY LAND - Lourdes. Rome.Assisi. Jerusalem, Be'hlehem. Jericho. Dead Sea, Golilee. Nazareth.Haifa, T.I Aviv, Lisbon, Fatima - 16 DAYS - 11 departure dates, Marchthn. October. $1298 from N.Y. $1473 from L.A.HOLY LAND & EUROPE - Rome. Assisi, A'hens. Corin'h. Cairo.Pyramids. Amman. Petra. Jericho. Doad Sea. Galilee. Nazer..... Holfa.Tel Aviv. Jerusalem. Bethlehem. Lourdes. Paris. Lissieux - 22 DAYS -9departure dates. March thru Sept. $16-48 from N.Y. $1823 from L.A.

HOLY LAND. GREECE & ITALY - Athens. Corinth. Cairo.Pyramids. Luxor (optional) Amman. Petra. Jericho. Dead Sea. Galil••Nazar..... Haifa. Ttl Aviv. Jerusalem. Bethlehem. Rome - 17 DAYS - 12departure dates. March thru December $1488 from N.Y. $1663 from L.A.

BEST OF HOLY LAND - Athens. Corinth, IlIon""l. Damascus.Cairo. Pyramids. Luxor (optional). Am"",n. Petra. Jericho. Doad Sea.Galilee. Nazar..... Haifa. Ttl Avi•• Jerusalem. Bethlehem. Rome - 22DAYS - 10 departuno dates; March thru Decembet. $1699 from N.Y.$1874 from L.A.

=:.=:,::.=! Illllli CI~;i~T~';1Ce~e;'i6iS:A;';i~U,~C;;;,-_ acc__ 1Il1ll. '; [J Please sead me Jour free cal.rful tur 'uk,

.. =-.:,...:"'.::: c: 1,m I ,riest. Please send IddiliOllI inf.rmiliuhn ... pat'iII...· • "011 'eel.illl ralr CbI,llil.

Ifor IDUI FRH CDLDlFUL t ~A~(

~~:I~:Ii:,~( c~u~:um : ADDIESS

(213) 263-6841 : CIll/SlAWll' FR 2

• I • J .,' I

f~~(~~i)£ PA~t-

Famous Make Shoes For Entire FamilyAt Discount Prices

Open Daily 9-5:30 - Fridays 9-9 - Closed WednesdaysOwned And Operated By The George Cravenho Family

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

Offers professional and confidential counseling' when youwant help with personal, family, marital and other rela­tionship problems.For information or an appointment call or write:

628 Pleasant St. 368 No. Main St.. New Bedford, MA 02740 Fall River, MA. 02720

997-7337 or 997-8201 676-8481 or 676-8905

822-2282

7 PerryAvenue

Taunton Mass.

Big Fishermen 548-4266

Restaurant Inc.Bo~ 475, Route, 28, East Falmouth, Mass. 02536

PAUL GOULET, Prop.••,#••••,.,••,.#,••#.,••#." ••#.~.,••••,.#".#'~.~ •••# •••••••.

" 0 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977-

_...

-

Tickets may be purchased at the door.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977 11

"The Mystery of the Holy Mass"

-

-

-

tion of the Association of theSacred Hearts, to be held from10 a.m. until a closing Mass at1 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. Rev.Andre Patenaude, MS will directthe day, relating the theme tothe association's program forthe year, "Children: Our Con­cern for Them, Our Joy inThem."

Miss Ceceilia J. Aide is chair­man for the day and Mrs. Jer­ome Higgins heads the hospital­ity committee.

Turn to Page Sixteen

THE ERNST JURINA GROUP

From Munich, Germany

Present the Play

Senior Citizens - Students $1.50

Adults $2.00

at Saint Anne's Church - Fall River

Monday, February 28, 1977

at 7:30 P.M.

Parish ParadeST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

Knights of the Altar will meetfrom 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday,Feb. 27 in the school. Mrs.Lucille Vose will speak andplans will be made for a raffleand penny sale to be held Sat­urday, March 26.

HOLY REDEEMER,CHATHAM

Prayer is the subject chosenfor' the annual day of recollec-

~""",.,""'-"'-,--"------,-,._----_ ....".,, ,, ,, ,

1 Are You Moving? 1, ,~ The Post Office has increased from 13 to 25 ~, ,~ cents its charge to THE ANCHOR for notification :~ of a subscriber's change of address. Please :, . ,~ help us reduce this expense by notifying us :~ immediately when you plan to move. :, ,, ,: . Please Print Your New Address Below :, ,, ,, ,, NAME ,, ,, ,~ STREET ADDRESS :, ,, ,: Apt. #, CITY, STATE................................................................ :, ,~ NEW PARISH ~ :. ~, ,: DATE OF MOVING.................................................................. ~, ,, ,: And please attach your OLD ANCHOR AD. :, ,~ DRESS LABEL below so we can update your :: record immediately. ~, ,, ,, . ,, ,, ,, ,, ,~ Paste Old Address Label Here :, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,: CLIP THIS ENTIRE FORM AND MAIL TO: :, ,, ,: The ANCHOR :, ,~ P.o. BOX 7 - FALL RIVER, MASS. 02722 :, ,~ THANK YOU! ~, ,, ,, ,~.".,""",.,""""""""-"-""',...,._,.

Lenten Pastoral

Bishop of Fall River

Dearly beloved in Christ,

As Christians, we are called to turn from sin so that the word of God might trulydwell in us. As Saint Paul expresses it:

I have been crucified with Christ, and the life I live now is not my own; Christis living in me. I still live my human life, but it is a life of faith in the Son of God,who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

However, as the bishops of the United States have pointed out in their recent pas­toral, To Live in Christ Jesus:

... our final triumph over sin is a lifelong task. Christ's call to conversion is evertimely, for we still live in a sinful world and the power of sin is strong in us.

This observation of the bishops is realistic indeed.· It only serves to remind us, mydear people, of our continuing need for the holy season of Lent that we are about to begin.Lent is Christ calling us -once again to repen tance. "Turn away from sin and be faithfulto the gospel" was the Lord's message to his first disciples. It is the admonition of Christand His Church to each of us during these sacred days.

As Shepherd of the Diocese of Fall River, I earnestly encourage clergy and faithfulalike to spend this season well. The traditional, indeed age-old practices of prayer, penanceand works of charity are more needed now than ever before. I commend them as a whole­some spiritual diet for Lent.

Certainly, the frequent lifting up of our minds and hearts to God in prayer cannot buthelp us turn our lives more and more toward Him. I therefore urge all to increased per­sonal prayer during Lent. I especially recommend, as the most perfect form of prayer, therevered custom of assisting at Holy Mass on the weekdays of Lent.

Acts of self-denial and sacrifice can also can also help us deepen our life in Christduring the Lenten season. In a day which has evidenced. a serious breakdown of spiritualvalues, there is an ever greater need to discipline our wills through penance so that wemight better arrange our lives according to the holiness and love of God.

I particularly encourage the reception of the sacrament of reconciliation as an indis­pensable means to the change of heart to which Lent calls us. As you know, the revisedRite of Penance becomes effective throughout the Universal Church on next Sunday, theFirst Sunday of Lent. The new rite makes ever clearer the forgiveness and healing powerof Christ. It also strengthens us so that new direction might come to our lives as the fruitof reception of the sacrament.

These holy days of Lent should also witness our increased sensitivity to the needs ofour brothers and sisters. If we are to deepen our life in Christ, we must love one anotheras He loved us. I commend to one and all, as an important aspect of the Lenten observ­ance, an ever deeper practice of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

My dear people, Lent means "springtime." This is, in fact, its goal- to bring spiritualgrowth and renewal, spring time if you will, to the lives of each of us. As your Bishopand Pastor, I pray that this Lent will be a time when we truly draw new life from ChristJesus. May' we cooperate with God's grace during these blessed days. May this seasonindeed be a "day of salvation" for all of us.

..._w•••

'These holy days of Lent should also w'itness our increased sensi­tivity to the needs of our brothers and sisters.'

Faithfully yours in Christ,

\

12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Th'urs. Feb. 24, 1977

KNOW YOUR FAITHMarriage Makes Noble Demands M~rriage· Why a Sacrament? II

II"Two Shall Be Made Into One •• .',1

ful, and therefore forever be liv­ing witnesses of Christ's love.

Christ's promise, however,goes far beyond a mutual com­mitment of support. He has toldHis people that no matter whatwe do as sinners, He will loveus and see~ our return to Him.As long as somewhere one wed-'ded partner, no matter what theother has done, retains an openand nourishing love, the coven­ant parallel is justified.

Marriage is the only sacra­ment where the persoll receiving.it is also the administrator,Marriage is not done to us; wedo it to ourselves, just as Christfreely sought and freely made acovenant with His church.

Make It ObviousThere is no better way to

announce that the couple them­selves are the ministers of thesacrament they share than to

. have them visibly and verballymake their vow to one anotherin a manner as obvious andconscious and active as possible.To stand with backs to familyand friends, beneath a priest,amd repeat in inaudible voicesdoes not underline that this'man and this woman are mak­ing a sacrament with one an-

Turn to Page Thirteen

"PART OF THE CHARM of weddings is the public,affirmation of enduring love by the spouses," Father AlfredMcBride writes. A Japanese couple ride in a carriage fol­lowing their wedding in Rome. (NC Photo)

scribed above gradually dissol­ved most of the hostility. Equal­ly patient experimentation withvarious recipes and methods ledus to the current, generally ac­ceptable product.

Our efforts in this area stem­med from the following direc­tive from the revised RomanMissal:

"The nature of the sign de­mands that the material for theeucharistic celebration appear asactual food. The eucharisticbread, even though unleavenedand traditional in form, shouldtherefore be made in such away that the priest can break,it and distribute the parts to atleast some of the faithful. Whenthe number of communicants islarge or other pastoral needs' re­quire it, small host may beused. The gesture of the break­ing of the bread, as the euchar­ist was called in apostolictimes, will more cleat:ly showthe eucharist as a sign of unityand charity, since the one breadis being distributed among themembers of one family" (no.283).

These new altar breads, then,are not really so much an inno­vation as a restoration of whatwas done in the early Christiancenturies.

An Instruction from Rome inTurn to Page Thirteen

'lasting love, His refusal to seeka divorce from His people.

But not only does the Sacra­ment speak of the divine modelfor permanent love, it Pledges

Tum to Page Thirteen

The Breaking of Bread

ity and the acceptance of thesacrifice implied ds caught bythe sacramental rite of matri­mony. The readings and prayersintroduce the texts about God'scovenant with people, His ever-

By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin

A dozen women in HolyFamily parish belong to avolunteer group of altarbread bakers. Each week oneof these ladies 'bakes enoughbread to carry us through theSunday liturgies and the week­days following.

These loaves are not the cus­tomary thin white hosts. Pre­pared a€cording to a Benedic­tine recipe, they are brownishand substantial, while still re­taining a circular shape and un­leavened character.

In addition, we occasionallyconsecrate and reserve in thetabernacle a quantity of thetraditional white wafers to carefor any overflow of communi­cants and to provide for personswho strongly object to the otherbread. By waiting until near theend of the Communion proced­ure, such people normally re­ceive the thin hosts because wehave by then exhausted the sup­ply of brown altar breads.

The present practice nowmeets with fairly broad basedapproval in the parish. At thebeginning five years ago, on thecontrary, we encountered signi­ficant opposition.

Patient preaching and teach­ing plus a gentle approach giv­ing objectors the alternative de-

II

By Father Alfred McBride

Certain moments· in lifeare so seriQus that they can­not be left to routine behav­ior. There are some humanevents too great to consign toa passing glance. Peak momentsin everyone's life have so muchdepth, wonder and meaningthat they make the word sacredcome almost spontaneously tothe lips. Such major momentsare the birth of a child, thewedding of two lovers, thedeath of a human being. Clearlythere are other deep momentsin life, but few can match theconsistency of this trinity ofpeak and depth experiences soprevalent in life.

The sacraments are closelylinked with such peak and depthexperiences. Baptism, matrimonyand the funeral Mass surround,hallow, celebrate and focus theveritably automatic reverencethat accompanies birth, marriageand death. It is the sacramentthat aids us to call forth and af­firm the presence of Christ inthese moments. It is the sacra­mental event that helps us beaware that Christ is the verydepth and meaning of beingborn, marrying and dying. It isthe sacramental rite; that bringsto the front of our awareness

. the presence of the holy dn tbemidst of such wonders as birthand marriage and the pledge ofEaster and eternal life.

Disposable PeopleBarely 20 years ago, a wom­

an's magazine asked the ques­tion, "Can this mariiage besaved?"" Its answer was alwaysyes. Today, such magazines ask,"Should this marriage be sav­ed?" Sadly, their answer is all tooften no. In a culture that fa­vors the throwaway, the dispos­able and planned obsolesceneceregarding things, there is thegrowing application of this prin­ciple to persons.

A recent news clipping show­ed a woman sporting her seven­th husband. She disposed ofsix persons and is now consum­ing the seventh. Such people no .longer take their vows "untildeath do us part," but rather"until growth, boredom, or theurge to throwaway do uspart."

Part of the charm of .wfi!ddingsis the public affirmation of en­during love by the spouses.What they whispered to eachother in the romance and joyof their premarital getting toknow each other, is now ten­tatively, nervously, but trulyproclaimed before their rela­tives and friends. The matureand experienced w,itnesses knowthe troubles that lie ahead, butthey are nonetheless touched.'The youthful, unmarried on­lookers see the dream of rom­ance fulfilled, and are affecteddeeply in their own way.

This brief public exposure oflove's affirmations, its durabil-

ten:, those with strictly legalimplications, like divorce andremarriage (Dt. 24, 1-4), beinghoodwinked into marrying a·non-vir~n, rape, adultery, andthe like (Dt. 22, 13-23,1).

Monogamy was held up asthe ideal by the Yahwist authorof Genesis 2. After Adam's ec­static exclamation: "This one,at last, is bone of my bone andflesh of my flesh: This one shallbe called 'woman: for out of'her man' this one has beentaken," the writer comments:"That is why a man leaves hisfather and mother and clings tohis wife, and the two of thembecome one body" (Gn. 2,23-24).Even though this was the idealand remained so for a longwhile, polygamy was practicedwithout question, at least untilafter the Exile. So generally ac­cepted was it that, while Hoseapictured Yahweh as the 'hus­band' of Israel, Ezekiel did nothesitate to pictur~ His as mar­ried to two sisters, symbols ofthe two Idngdoms (Ez, 23).

While polygamy may havebeen a practical arrangementfrom some points of view, it ledto many family problems: envy,squabbles, hatred, even viol­ence. Many Old Testamentstories bear this' out. Concubin­age, too, seems to have beencommon and legal complicationsarising from it were very invol­ved.

Normally marriages were ar­ranged by the fathers of the

Turn to Page Thirteen

By Wendy Somerville Wall

When God had created theworld and all the good andbeautiful things on it, hecreated man to till and care ,for and enjoy the earth and, be­cause "it is not good for theman to be alone," (Gn. 2, 18).So He created a partner forman - woman.

Since that time, when Godgave the first couple His ownlikeness, He has continued giv­ing a significance to their unionbeyond any other parallel theScriptures draw: The Covenantof love between a man and awoman is a sacred sign of thecovenant of love between Godand His people, between Christand His church.

One wonders why Christchose so abused an institution asmarriage to signify so perfect apromise as'His. Perhaps becauseHe did not speak of contract butcovenant; he did not mean lawbut love. Perhaps Christ mademarriage a sacrament to insurethat the covenant He selected tobe a sign of His own fidelitywould endure. Thus each marrY­ing couple is given the grace tomeet and overcome hardshipsand sufferings, to remain faith-

By Father John J. Castelot

In the Book of Hosea, Godis presented as speaking toHis formerly faithless bride,Israel, as follows: "I willespouse you to me forever:

I wJll espouse you in rightand justice,

in . love and in mercy;I will espouse you in fidelity,

and you shall know theLORD" (Hos. 2, 21-22).

When you think about it,using the marital relationship toexpress the covenant bond be­tween Yahweh and His people israther bold but, perhaps for thisvery reason, quite forceful. Ittells us a great deal about thatbond as a firm and intimate re­lationship, rather than just acold, -legalistic arrangement.And it tells us something aboutmarriage as viewed by the bib­lical authors.

Some books do, in fact, makethe covenant sound like a life­less contract and many passagesgive a similar dmpression of

. marriage. One must put all thedata together to get a true pic­ture.

Marriage among God's peoplewas a private affair. Con~equ­

ently the Law says little aboutit directly, except in its regula­tions about whom a priest mayor may not marry (Lv. 21,7, 13).It tellg us nothing about thelegal age for marriage, the wed­ding ceremony, and other itemsof obvious interest. It does, how­ev~r, consider peripheral mat--

--

Two Shall Be Made Into One•.•

D. D. Wilfred C.'Sullivan Driscoll

FUNERAL HOME20t WINTER STREETFALL RIVER, MASS.

672-3381 ,_

Mantle Plumbing& Heat'ing Co.

Over 35 Yearsof Satisfied Service

Reg. Master Plumber 7023JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR.

432 JEFFERSON STREETFall River 675-7496

THE ANCHOR- 13Thurs., Feb.' 24, 1977

6 convenient offices

"BUCKY"The Television King

EASTERN TV&

APPLIANCE1196 Bedford Street

Fall River, Mass.Dial 673-9721SALES AND SERVICE

ij Servine the .re. for lver 25 ,e.r. 'I

Need mortgageor home

improvement mohey7Make NBIS your home port.

~ ~

MacDONALD IMoving & Storage Co.

Attleboro, Mass. ITEL. 222-5353 •Taunton, Mass. •TEL. 823-2525

Agent For

<0>United Van Lines

~•••••",,"'."'••888~

The Falmouth National BankFALMOUTH, MASS.

Bv the Village Green Since 1821

O'ROURKEFuneral Home

571 Second StreetFall River, Mass.

67-9-6072MICHAEL J. McMAHON

Registered Embalmerlicensed Funeral Director

How to 'Bale'Parish Out

OJAI, Calif. (NC) - Some Ca­tholic parishes in California aretaking advantage of a priest'sinvention - along with higherprices for used newspaper - tobale themselves out of debt.

It started two years ago inthis small city where Augustin­ian Father Richard K. 'Smith,pastor of St. Thomas AquinasChurch, faced the gloomy pros­pect of closing his parish schoolif additional support was notquickly found. Collecting usednewspapers wa's one suggestionthat appealed to the conserva­tion-minded priest.

So Father Smith, who has amaster's degree in physics anda love for woodworking, devisedthe Ecolo-Baler, a manual news­paper baler which uses no elec­tricity or gasoline and is safeenough for children to operate.Parishioners now drop off theirweek's papers after Mass onSunday, and the school childrenbale them into neat, compact 80­pound bundles, easily stacked onwooden pallets for forkliftinginto trucks.

Marriage Makes Noble DemandsContinued from Page Twelve of the selfishness that leads to

other, administered by one an- marriage failure. But in the mu­other. At the same time, the tual search for potential, theresacrament has a social 'signific- is also greater hope for the im­ance imparting not only grace to provement of marriage as a val­the recipients but a certain ued and exciting contribution tograce and responsibility to the society. The outcome is worthwitnesses. the risk.

At a wedding. all are enrich- W~en a ~houghtful, hard--d by the evidence of Christ's workmg ma.mage. succeeds andlove which the couple's willing- perseveres, It glorIOusly reflectsness to accept one another sug- the unself,ish and, enduring lovegests. And they are challenged of Christ. .by an obligation to do all in (CopyrIght (c) 19:7 bytheir power to' foster the love NC News ServIce)the couple have for one another.

When the fact of the couple'smarrying themselves is reallyunderstood, it would seem tomake the sacrament of marri­age more at home in our con­temporary cultural setting thanit has been in any previous age.Most modem marriages are notundertaken to satisfy the aimsof state or church or family prfor a woman to have a maleprotector and the man to havesomeone maintain his home.Young couples today most oftenspeak of marrying in terms oftheir mutual psychological satis­faction, a fulfillment of theirpersonhood. They seek a part­ner as a life companion, a com­municative helpmate who willencourage them to be their bestselves and who, in tum, theywill sustain with effort and sac­rifice. They stress the mainten­ance of an individuality that 'iscompatible w,ith and supportsshared goals in a shared life.

Indeed it seems that manycontemporary couples makemore noble demands on marri­age than the social factors in­fluencing an earlier generation.With so much emphasis on per- ­sonal needs and self-fulfillmenthowever, there is greater danger

"THE COVENANT of love between a man and awoman is a sacred sign of the covenant of love betweenGod and His people, between Christ and His church."

PentecostContinued from Page ThreeThe commitment required for

true initiation into the Spiritwill be considered Wednesday,March 16. A baptism ceremonywill be followed by a study oflife, rebirth, hope and joy.

The program for Wednesday,May 30 will highlight confirma­tion with the theme "Becoming aChristian Witness." DuringMass the confirmands will bepresented to the pastor, accept­ed by the community and indic­ate their desire to share fullcommunity life. A film present­ation on sharing belief will leadinto meditation and study onthe growth of faith in commun­ity.

On April 6, Wednesday ofHoly Week, participants willstudy their role as a healingcommunity and the sick will beanointed during the celebrationof Mass. Guest speaker will beRev. Kevin Tripp, chaplain atSt. Luke's Hospital, New Bed­ford.

"A Thankful People" will bethe theme for Sunday, May 1,when parish children will re­ceive First Eucharist, escortedby the confirmands. The pro­gram will be followed Wednes­day, May 4 by a celebration ofthe parish community as "Al1e­luia People." The sacraments ofmarriage and holy orders willbe studied as expressions ofcelebration.

The program's conclusion willcome with the confirmationceremony Saturday, May 7, tobe followed by a parish recep­tion for the newly· initiated"Christian adults."

Concurrently with the even­ing programs a morning. studyprogram will be offered andspecial spiritual renewaf pro­grams will take place for stu­dents of public and parochialschools.

The entire program is spon­sored by the Impact Committeeof St. Joseph's Religious Educa­tion Board with the cooperationof members of other parish or­ganizations.

- after he had been duped intomarrying her ill-favored eldersister (Gn 29, 15-30). Abrahamand Sarah, Samuel and Hannah,and many others were deeply inlove. And the book known asthe Song of Songs is a raptur­ous celebration of frankly ero­tic love.

The New Testament adds lit­tle to the data of the old. Jesustreats the subject directly onlyin connection with the questionof divorce, and then reaffirmsthe ideal expressed in Gn 2,23­24. Paul seems to take a lessthan enthusiastic view of mar­I'igae in 1 Cor. 7, but what hewrote has to be carefullyweighed against the whole con­text of that letter.

A corrective is supplied, ifone can call it that, by the later(Pauline) author of Ephesians.In the tradition of the earlierprophets he compares the unionof man and wife to that ofChrist a nd His Chl,lrch. Thispassage set the tone for theChristian attitude to the marri­age bond, an indissoluble unionof love and mutual giving, aliving sign of Christ's uniqueand unfailing love for His Body,the Church. -

MarriageContinued from Page Twelve

the power of Christ's presenceand power to assist the coupleto fulfill the vows they so dar­ingly take in a culture that willdo everything it can to make amockery of their promises.Through the sacrament Christwill grace their marriage.Through the culture the worldwill erode their marriage.

The couple then must notonly pledge their love, but af­firm their faith in the depth {)fwhat t1)ey are doing. The cul­ture net'!d not erode the marri­age, if the spouses permit andwelcome the Christ of the sac­rament to grace it. Then we seethe even' greater charm of en­during love and growth.

Breaking BreadContinued from Page Twelve

1970 gave some further guide­lines: "Though the nature of thesign demands that this breadappear as actual food which canbe broken and shared amongbrothers, it must always bemade in the traditionalform..."

"The necessity for the signto be genuine applies more tothe color, taste and texture ofthe bread than to its shape. Outof reverence for the sacrament,every care and attention shouldbe used in preparing the altarbread. It should be easy tobreak and should not be un­pleasant for the faithful to eat.Bread which tastes of uncookedflour, or which becomes dry andinedible too quickly, must neverbe used" (Third Instruction onthe Correct Implementation ofthe Sacred Liturgy, article 5).

These altar breads do makeit clearer that Holy Commun­ion is eating the Lord's Body.They also better remind us ofSt. Paul's words to the Corin­thians: "Because the loaf ofbread is one, we, many thoughwe are, are one body, for we allpartake of the one loaf." (1 Cor.10,17).

They also give our b~kers agreater sense of belonging tothe parish and to the Eucharist.Their married and homes livesenter through these loaves intothe Mass itself.

(Copyright (c) 1977 byNC News Service)

Continued from Page Twelvecouple, or the girl's brothers ifher father was dead. A paymentknown as the 'mohar' was madeto the bride's parents. The tran­saction doesn't seem to havebeen anything so crude as'buying' the girl, although itmay have been the :vestige of aneven more ancient customwhich was in fact a purchase.We are not told how old thebride was, but it seems that or­dinarily she would not havebeen far past puberty. While weknow nothing about the cere­mony, we know that subsequentfestivities lasted a week. .

If this sounds rather cold andbusinesslike, there are indica­tions that marriage often invol­ved deep love. The girl's wisheswere often consulted (Gn. 24,58).and Jacob loved Rachel somuch that he agreed to serveher brother for an additionalseven years if he could have her

..

• • •

List ActivitiesAt Connolly High

By Michael DwyerThe weekend of March 5 and

6 Bishop Connolly High School,Fall River, wil1 host the sixthannual Massachusetts HighSchool Drama Guild Festival,sponsored by The -Boston Globe.Gary D. Buseck, S. J., and Eu­gene F.. Orteneau, S. J., are co­ordinators, and David Stafford,and Edward McGuire are stu­dent co-chairmen. Connolly willoffer two productions, "If Men,Played Cards as Women Do,"directed by Edward Pettine,which will serve as the "cur­tain-warmer" and will not bepart of the actual competition,and the school's entry, "DarkRider," a poignant drama abouta dying boy who hopes to be acowboy. The public is invited.

Fire and Ice will play for adance to be sponsored from7:30 to 10:30 p.m. this Saturdayat Connolly by the ChristianLife Communities (eLC) ofConnolly and Gerrard HighSchools and open only to stud­ents of the two schools. TheConnolly CLC is a1so sponsoringa raffle, the first prize of whichis a trip to Disneyworld. Ticketsare available at the school.

"The Beacon," Connolly news­paper, will publish for the firsttime this spring a literary maga­zine devoted to creative writingand art.

can youth." She cited statisticsshowing an alarming increase inviolent deaths among persons15 to 24. _

"Television has become 'themedium for children'," she said,"and it is difficult to overstateits influence on them."

page

viewing TV than he or shewould to earn a college degree.

By his or her 18th birthday,more time has been devoted totelevision than to anything elseexcept sleep. The high schoolgraduate will have attendedschool for 11,000 hours, but willhave sat for almost twice thatmany hours in front of the set,exposed to an estimated 350,000commercials and 18,000 mur­ders.

Television has become morethan a -recreational diversion. Ithas become a powerful teacherwhose influence on youth's at­titudes and behavior rivals thatof parents schools and churches.

Experts point out that tele­vision shapes the way childrenview themselves and theirworld, from three-year-olds whocan recite McDonald's jingle, tothe kimiergarteners who jumpoff slides wearing Batman capes,to the teen-agers who, surfeitedwith old war movies, think theU.S. is still at war with Japan.(This actually turned up in oneuniversity study!)

Child psychologist Robert M.Liebert of the State Universityof New York, says, "The med­ium has changed childhood morethan any other social innovationin the history of the world."

David Pearl, head of the be­havioral st::iences research branchof the National Institutes ofMental Health, says, ~'For themajority of young people in thiscountry, television is the social­izing agency."

Writing in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine, Dr. AnneR. Somers, Boston health spec­ialist, called for "an attack onthis new risk factor - pollutionof the mind - which has con­tributed to an epidemic ofyouthful violence that seriouslythreatens the health of Ameri-

youth

focus on youth

r1.'Upon entering kindergarten; an American child already has

spent more hours viewing TV than he or she would to earn a college.degree.'

By Cecilia Belanger

Social scientists, teachers,parents, educators and youthcounselors are taking an in­creasing- interest in television'simpact on the young.

They are alarmed by tele­vised violence, racial and sexualstereotypes, and commercialsthat promote sugar-saturatedfoods.

They are concerned by therole they think TV is playing indeclining math and readingscores among youth today.

At the same time, they arepleased that children are learn­ing to count, recite the alphabet,and read from public televisionprograms.

They are happy that youngs­ters are discovering how to shareand cooperate from the net­works' more value-centered pro­grams.

Whatever television's impact,it is nothing if not pervasive.An estimated 11 million childrenwatch it Saturday mornings. Yet90 percent of the viewing doneby the nation's 35 millionyoungsters is spread out throughthe rest of the week. As late asmidnight on weekdays, for ex­ample, one million young people

, are watching.During the 1975-76 TV sea­

son, all 10 shows _top-rated bychildren under 12 were on dur­ing evening prime-time hours.First was "Laverne and Shirley";second, "Six - Million - DollarMan."

On an average, youngsterswatch television four hours aday. The TV set stays on 53hours a week in homes withpreschoolers, compared to 43hours a week in the average U.S.household. Upon entering kind­ergarten, an American child al­ready has spent more hour!?

basicMusic•

InBy The Dameans

Life

.. I THOUGHT WE WERE PLANNING 10 BECLOISTERED NUNS, ALISA.'"

THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

Too many broken hearts are falling in the river,Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea,You lay your bets and then you pay the price,

The things we do for love, the things we do for love.Communication is the problem to be answered,

You've got a number and your hand is on the phone.The weather's turned and aU the lines are down,

The things we do for love, the things we do for love.Like walking in the rain and the snow when there's

Nowhere to go and you're feeling like a p~ of you is dyingAnd you're looking for the answer in her eyes.You think you're going to break up, then she

Says she wants to make up,Ah, you made me love you, ah, you've gone away,

Ah, you had me crawling on the floor.

Written by Stewart and Gouldman

Performed by 10 Ce­

Man-Ken Music BMI

The members of the group 10 CC have disbanded topursue individual careers and their probable farewell offeringis, "The Things We Do For Love," a simple yet profoundstatement on the giving which love entails.

The song gives' another angle on love. This time it'snot the glamor, happiness and fulfillment in love we hearabout, but the insecurity and risk involved in loving another.

Love is an investment - "You lay your bets and thenyou pay the price."

Love can take it _on the chin. It doesn't sell out forsomeone else when communication lines are down and, "yourhand is on the phone," to give someone else a try.

Love can give and not count the cost of giving. Itdoesn't need to insist on its own rights, but can compromisefor the strength of the relationship.

The things we do for love, day in and day out, in thec1assroom,at the mall, in the office. on the street! Each ofus knows only too well how we treat others and how we, cando better with a little effort.

Giving takes some effort, but we often find it con­tagious. If we are known by our: giving and not our taking,people will feel comfortable with us.. They will then :be invited to pass the giving along.

-Little by little our hangups about hoarding to ourselves willdisappear and we will find that it is truly in giving that wepossess the most important things.

Copyright (c) 1977 by News Service

14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb-. 24, 1977

-

-

'....

LEARY PRESS

679-5262

Doane'Heal 'AmesINCOIPOUTlD

FUNERALSERVICE

JEFFREY E. SULLIVANFuneral Bome550 Locust StreetFaD River, Mass.

672-2391'Rose E. SuUivan

William J. Sullivan• Margaret M. Sullivan

LEMIEUXPLUMBING & HEATING, INC.Sales and Service

for Domestic ..,..and Industrial '

Oil Burners .995-1631

2283 ACUSHNET AVENUENEW BEDFORD

Robert l. Studley, Treas.Howard C. Doane Sr. Gordon l. HomerHoward C. Doane Jr. Robert l. Studley

HYANN IS 775.(1&84South Yarmouth 398·2201Harwich Port 432.(1593

SHAWOMETGARDENS

102 $hawomet Avenue$omenet, Mau.

Tel. 674-4111

3Yz r.o.. Apartlllllt4Yz roo.. Apartlllllt

Includes heat, hot water stove re­frigerator and maintenance serVice.

BROOKLAWNFUNERAL HOME, INC.

R. Mare.1 ROJ C. Lorraln. RerROI.r LaFranc. Claudett. RaJ Morrlll'J

FUNERAL DIRECTOttS15 Irvington' Ct.

New Bedford995-5166

I~I Renlal .I-=!JEquipment

Contradors & Industrial

Richard Sousa, Inc.

Locations inFALL RIVER & SOMERSET

679-8991 Fall River672-1051 Somenet

THE ANCHOR- 15Thurs., Feb. 24, 1977

Raffle, ClamcakesAttleboro - Taunton Catholic

Scouting Committee will spon­sor a raffle and clamcake andchowder luncheon and supper atK of C Hall, 2 Hodges St., AttIe-

~ boro, on Friday, March 4. To beraffled are a damascene plate, afood basket, a jewelry chest anda basket of cheer. Chances areavailable from committee mem­bers.

636-3742909 STATE ROAD

RTE. 6 - WESTPORT

MIRACLE BOOKSHELFChristian Bookstore

DEVOTIONAL BOOKSFor All Ages

Mon. - Sat. 10-5, Fri. 'Til 9

I had never invited Jesus intomy life. I invited him to comeinto my life - and he did.". The event was not 'one of

those moving, emotional experi­ences," McCoy said, but heknew he had changed and beganto read Scripture on his own.

Niland said his experience oc­curred in 1973. It too was not'an emotional experience," hesaid, but "I became convinced

\of my sinfulness and simplyturned myself over to God."

Both Niland and McCoy saidthey believe competition is im­portant to growth, but they donot agree with those who pro­mote sports for the sake ofwinning, particularly amongyounger athletes.

If people "play to win, win,win," they said, "their goal be­comes their god."

The goal of Christian athletes,McCoy said, is "to conform tothe image and likeness of JesusChrist, to give our maximum ab­ility for his glory.

.1"'I'III"111I11l1ll111l1ll11111l1111111111111111ll~"lllllntIUIIIIIIlII111111111"111111'11111111111111111111

asks, "Did you know you werespecial long before you wereborn?" Another queries: "Par­ents, did you know your kidsneed your written permission togo on a school-sponsored fieldtrip, but your daughter can havean abortion without your evenknowing about it? It's legal; butis it right?" And the third, Mrs.Senander explained, "tells uswe've defined people out of thehuman race again because theSupreme Court says the unbornchild is not a person. It's legal.But is it right?"

.Winning Not Everything,Say Christian Athletes

ORLANDO, Fla. (NC) - "Wemust take out of sports greedand self and win-at-all-costs,"Mike McCoy, a defensive tacklefor the Green Bay Packers saidhere.

"If we don't, the kids will stopplaying," McCoy said. "Theydon't like those attitudes."

McCoy. spoke to The FloridaCatholic, newspaper of the, Or­lando diocese, during a confer­eIl;ce of the Pro-Athlete Out­reach (PAO) program whichbrought scores of professionalathletes here.

John Niland,. a guard with thePhiladelphia Eagles, agreed that"winning isn't everything andreally not all that important."Echoing McCoy, he said: "Theimportant thing is to do yourbest for the glory of Christ."

They explained that "PAOwants to help athletes grow,help them share their faith inJesus Christ personally."

McCoy said he had beenraised a Catholic but had notdiscovered Christ until 1971. "Igrew up a Catholic and had arelationship with God beforethat," he said, "but it was afearful one and very guilt-rid­den. I'd be in the confessionalthree times a week. When I gotout of college and went to thePackers I met Carol Nelson avery Christian man.

"Carol helped me realize that

:~FIRST IN NATION: For the first time in the nation, the

Protestant God and Family Cub Scout religious award hasbeen presented at a Catholic ceremony. Members of CubPack 5, Sacred Heart parish, New Bedford, all of whom re­ceived the Catholic Parvuli Dei medal, admire Michael Hol­den's award. From left, front, Kevin Rousseau, Michael,Gerald Ormerod; rear, Paul Boulay, John Dufresne.

IN THE DIOCESE

Tomorrow is the cut-off dateto qualify for the playoffs. It istherefore possible that morenames will be added to the listof qualifiers. First playoff gamesare scheduled for next Tuesdaywith pairings and sites of gamesto be announced Saturday.

Girls' Eastern Mas~. playoffsare also scheduled to start nextweek but full information islacking on quaiifiers. It is cer­tain, however, that Durfee andBishop Stang' High are amongthem.

season last night at Barnstable.- Fairhaven, which will proba­bly have clinched the DivisionTwo's title, by the time thisedition of The Anchor reachesits readers, runnerup Somersetand third-place Wareham havealso qualified.

Champion New Bedford Yoke,St. Anthony of New Bedford andNorton are qualifiers from Div­ision Three. Case of Swansea,which finished in a second­place tie with St. Anthony, need­ed to win over Somerset lastMonday and Holy Family yes­terday to qualify.

Old Rochester and BishopFeehan High meet tomorrownight in the Division Two fin­ale. Non-league games tomorrownight list Dartmouth at· NewBedford Yoke, Fairhaven at Bis­hop Stang High and Dighton­Rehoboth at Wareham.

InterscholasticSports

y BILL MORRISSETTE

The Mayflower League, whichclosed its season with full four­game cards Monday and yester­day, will be represented in theE. Mass. playoffs by Bristol­Plymouth, seemingly well on theway to the leagUe championship,Southeastern Regional and Avon.

Avon is host tomorrow nightto Sacred Heart of the CatholicSuburban League.

Among other playoff quali­fiers from within the Fall RiverDiocese are Harwich, Nantuket,and Nauset of the Cape and Is­lands League.

Entering this week, Sharonwas setting the pace in thatloop with Stoughton in secondplace. Oliver Ames and Frank­lin were in a third-place tie. Theleague's final card of the sea­son tomorrow night has Can-

Four From Hockomock League QualifyStoughton, Sharon, Oliver ton at Sharon, Oliver Ames at

Ames and Franklin will carry Stoughton, King Philip at Fox­the Hockkomock League colors boro and Franklin at North At­into the Eastern Mass. playoffs. Ueboro.

As of last Friday, Stoughtonwas ranked 10th in the E. Mass.Division One ratings and itsDeane Jordan was the league'stop scorer with a' 23.6 .average.Sharon was ranked fourth inDivision Two of the E. Mass.ratings.

Mayflower League Also Has Qualifiers

Fiola, Doherty and Kaeterle Lead ScorersKen Fiola of champion Dur- erty of Bishop Feehan High

fee is the leading scorer in Div- leads in the individual scoringision One of 'the Southe ste in Division Two, and, Mark Kae­

a rn terle of New Bedford Yoke takesMass. Conference, Brendan Doh- honors in Division Three...lnlllllllllhlllllllllllllllllllllllll'lIlIlUIIUIUWllllllnllllllllllllllllllIlllIlIIIII'l'"I1I11I11I11II1I11IIl1"tfllllllll1lllllll'IIIIIIllIlIllIIIIIIIIIUIIUlllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.ll""'ll"'lllli.

It's Legal, But Is It Right?ST. CLOUD, Minn. (NC) - and church basements, you're

Funded by donations and pro- only going to get a percentage ofc,eeds from cake sales and the masses," said Mrs. Daninger,benefit luncheons, three pro-life a mother of six. "The best wayactivists here have produced a to reach numbers is through theseries of anti-abortion commer- media."cials for broadcast by television Notch, a St. Paul advertisingstations around the country. agent, organized CFL after an

The three - Bert Notch, abortion clinic opened in hisFlorence Daniriger and Mary neighborhood.Senander - want to publicize "Because this suddenly touch-what they call the "life issues" ed home," he said.to the greatest number of peo- The three commercials, whichpie at tJte least cost. the group hopes to sell to simi-

"No matter how many times lar groups elsewhere, have ayou have meetings in town hans "Did you Know?" theme. One

To all intents and purposesthe high school basketball sea­son is over and those schoolsthat have qualified for the East­ern Mass. playoffs are anxious­ly awaiting the pairings for thatpost-season competition.

Because of its larger size, theSoutheastern Mass. Conferencewill have a greater number ofentries :but other leagues withonly one division - contrastedwith three in the conference ­will have an approximately pro­portionate representation.

The conference's Division Onewill be represented by Durfee ofFall River and New Bedford,champion and runnerup, respect­ively, in that division. Durfee,undefeated in 16 conferencegames and 19 overall, winds upits regular schedule with a non­league game at Brockton to:morrow night and New Bedfordrang down the curtain on its

Playoff Pairings Awaited

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 24, 1977

TO

MASON FURNITURE SHOWROOMSGEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLET-­

CADILLAC

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, March9 there will be a meeting forparents whose children are ingrade 2 of CCD classes and aremaking their first confession at9 a.m. Saturday, March 12.

Donations are requested for arummage sale planned for Sat­urday, March 26 at the school.Mrs. James Charette, telephone678-4637, may be contacted forfurther information.

The parish council will meetat 7 tonight in the lower churchhall.

Those participating in theparish trip to Greece and Tur­key will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday,Feb. 27, also in the lower churchhall.

ANCHOR

BISHOP CRONIN

TheSUBSCRIBE

FEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCYGLOBE MANUFACTURING CO.INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS

UNION

''The ANCHOR serves to promote

unity of purpose among the faithful

in the various geographic regions which

make up the entire Diocese."

are: Jean Pietraszek, children'sentries; Tom Pietraszek, photo­graphy; Mrs. Pauline Har­rington, commercial ceramics;Mrs. Jean Halpin, knitting; Mrs.Anne Gonsalves, crocheting;NIrs. Demie D'Giammo, mach­rame; Mrs. Gert Gryncewicz,rag dolls; Mrs. Rita Baker,hooked rugs; Mrs. Lorraine Cab­ral, oils; Mrs. Flauretta Iadia­cola, pottery, Miss Liz Aspden,woodworking; Mrs. EleanorBuckley, crewel.

Mrs. Cathy Pietraszek waschairperson for the show.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

A family renewal retreat willbe preached on the six consecu­tive Sundays in Lent in Polishat 4 p.m. and in English at6:30 p.m.

PerYear

$5.00

$2.00 Extra Foreign

Mailed Anywhere

Within The U. S.

PAUL G. CLEARY & CO., INC.EDGAR'S FALL RIVERTOM ELLISON QUALITY MEN'S APPAREL

Catholic Ne'ws in

This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns

in the Diocese of Fall River

¥ our Largest

Single SOl,rce of

SOI.theastern ltIassachusetts •••

SACRED HEART,OAK BLUFFS

Rev. Joseph F. D'Amico, Sac­red Heart's new pastor, was wel­comed by the Women's Guild ata meeting also featuring a"blind pound" auction and cen­tering on fundraising plans, toinclude a ham and bean supper'at a date to be announced.

As the result of a recent foodand white elephant sale theguild made a generous donationtowards parish winter fuel costs.

ST. THOMAS MORE,. SOMERSET

First place winners in thearts and crafts show sponsoredlast weekend by the Women'sGuild and judged by Mrs. LouiseDoyle, Mrs. Margaret Berubeand Mrs. Barbara Chadwick ofthe Greater Fall River Art Assn.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

A whist party, open to thepublic, will be held at 1:30p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 in FatherCoady Center. Mrs. NormanHathaway and Mrs. Thomas Reisare chairmen.

Saving is a mightyinteresting habit at NBIS

Compare our rates.

6 convmient offices

-~""."..~

RAINBOW PIANO &FURNITURE MOVERS, Inc.

76 GEORGE LEVEN DRIVENORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. 02761

Tel. 699-7534NORMAN McENANEY, JR.

Agent For northAmerican ~'an Lines

the weekend of March 19 and 20by the Council of Catholic Wo­men. The unit will also sponsora bus trip to New York on Sat­urday, March 26, with the pro­gram including shopping, sight­seeing and attendance at theRadio City Easter show. Reser­vations may be made with MaryFurtado, telephone 679-6607.

ST. JAMES,NEW BEDFORD

A Lenten series of Massesfollowed by guest speakers willbe held at 7:30 p.m. each even­ing ,from Monday, Feb. 28through Thursday, March 3.

The public is invited and thl'speakers are: Monday, Rev. Ro­bert Kaszynski of St. StanislausChurch, Fall River, whose topicwill be Faith; Tuesday, Rev.John A.. Cantwell, St. MichaelChurch, . Lowell, the BlessedVirgin; Wednesday, Rev. Jerem­iah Casey, SS.Ce., Sacred HeartChurch, Fairhaven, the Liturgy;Rev. Terrence Keenan, St. Jamesthe Sacrament of Peace.

Publicity chairmen of parish organizationsare asked to submit news Items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7. FallRiver. 02722. Name of city or town'shouldbe Included. as well as full dates of allactivities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events. Note: the same newsItem can be used only once. Please do notrequest that we repeat an announcementseveral times.

The Parish Parade

BLESSED SACRAMENT,FALL RIVER

Reservations shquld be madeby Monday, Feb. 28 by thoseplanning to attend a dinner­theatre bus trip to Chateu deVille on Sunday, March 20 fora performance of "The Unsink­able Molly 'Brown." The trip issponsored by the Women'sGuild and further informationis available from Mrs. RudolphOuellette, president, telephone674-4050.

The Guild will hold its regu­lar meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wed­nesday, March 9.

ST. ANN,RAYNHAM

"People: Mini,Midi and Maxi"will be presented by Barbara..O'Brien at th~ Women's Guildmeeting scheduled for 7 p.m.Wedpesday, MarcH 2 in thechurch hall with Mrs. John Vol­ler and Mrs. Virgil Grignon aschairmen.

The unit will sponsor a springfamily fashion show Thursday,March 10, at the hall. Refresh­ments will be served. Mrs. Man­uel DeMello is in charge of ar­rangements.

ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET

Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault willconduct a Lenten series open toall adults in the church hallfrom 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdaysduring Lent. To be presented bymeans of lectures, filmstripsand discussion will be studies ofthe American Bishops' pastoralletter on the Blessed Virgin andof the Holy Shroud. There willbe' no charge for the series.

SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

Topics for an adult educationprogram to begin Tuesday,

'March 1 in the parish schooland to continue from 7:30 to'9:30 p.m. for five Tuesdaysthrough March 29 will be Co­ping with Stress in Your Life,Building Your Self-Image, Im­proving Your Understanding ofAlcohol Sickness, CommunityAttitudes on Alcohol and Mar­riage and the Family. Partici­pants may register at the rec­tory, the convent, or with mem­bers of the organizing com­mittee.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUALHELP, NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild will holda dance from 8 p.m. to midnightSaturday, April 23 at Record­aoes Ballroom, 253 CoggeshallSt. Music will be by the JoePasieka orchestra and Mrs. Jen­nie Tracz is chairlady.OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER .

Children of Mary will hold acake sale this weekend. A pennysale at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24at the church hall will benefitthe Espirito Santo Feast fund.

The Holy Name Society willsponsor a whist party at 2 p.m.Sunday, March 13, also at thehall.

A cake sale is scheduled for

-