Dedicate, Diocese to Sacred HeartHis Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A.

Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, will consecrate the Dioceseof Fall River to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday,June 6, 1975, in rites celebrated in conjunction with thenoon-time Mass at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Fall River.

Friday, the First Friday of June, is the Feast ofthe Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Feast marks the Three

Hundredth AnniverSary of the Great Apparition of the'Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary, and itis being observed with special Eucharistic devotions inall parishes of the Diocese.

Bishop Cronin, who will be principal concelebrantof the First Friday Mass at the Cathedral, will commendthe entire Diocese and all its members to the specialprotection of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

On Saturday afternoon, June7 at 1:30, the Sister MaureenHanley, R.S.M. Home at 782Rock St., Fall River will be ded­icated.

At this occasion, tribute willbe paid to Sister Maureen ofNazareth Hall, Fall River, in rec­ognition of her years of serviceto exceptional and emotionallydisturbed children in this area.

Sister Maureen, a native of St.Patrick's Parish, Fall River, en­tered the Sisters of Mercy in1928.

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S'r. M'aureen'Home OpensOn Saturday

MONSIGNOR STANTON

,in 1965 with the rank of Com­mander..

In the military, he received thePresidential Unit Citation for ac-

, tion against the enemy in Won­san Harbor, No. Korea. Duringhis preparation, he had graduat­ed as honor man in his class atthe Chaplains' School, Newport.

A most interesting experiencein his life, Msgr. Stanton re­called, was his role as Naval Re­serve Chaplain in efforts to lo­cate the nuclear submarine USSThresher, lost 260 miles off Prov-

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DeaconsPriests,Receiving assignments in the

diocesan diaconate program are:Rev. Mr. Stanley Barney, as dea­con at Sacred Heart Parish, FallRiver; Rev. Mr. Gerald P. Barn­well, as deacon at St. Mary Par­ish, Mansfield; Rev. Mr. StephenA. Fernandes, as deacon at St.John ,the Evangelist Parish, At­tleboro; Rev. Mr. Edmund Rego,as deacon at St. John the Bap­tist Parish, New Bedford.

Msgr. StantonThe son of the late Daniel A.

and the late Dorothy LynchStanton, Rev. Msgr. Robert L.Stanton was born in Taunton' onSept. 10, 1917.

After graduating from Immac­ulate 'Conception Parish andTaunton High School, Msgr.Stanton attended Boston Col­lege. He prepared for the priest­hood' at St. Bernard Seminary,Rochester, N. Y. and St. MarySeminary, Baltimore, Md.

Most Rev. James E. Cassidyordained him to the priesthoodat St. Mary's Cathedral on Nov.27, 1943.

Following seven years ofpriestly ministry at St. MaryParish, No. Attleboro, he enteredthe Chaplain Corps of the U.S.Navy and served in the PacificTheater during the Korean Con­flict.

Following his active militaryservice, he was assigned to Im­maculate Conception Parish, FallRiver, as assistant pastor, butremained asa Chaplain in theU.S. Navy Reserves. He eventu­ally did retire from the military

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, hasannounced the retirement of apastor, the, appointment of onepastor, the assignment of an as­sistant pastor and four deacons.

Rev. James 'F. McDermott,pastor of St. Patrick' Parish,Somerset, has retired as pastorof the Somerset par,ish.

Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stantonhas been appointed to succeedFather McDermott at St. PatrickParish, Somerset, as pastor.

The effective date of the re­tirement and pastoral appoint­ment was Monday, June I, 1975.

Rev. Philip J. Higgins, assist­ant pastor at St. George Parish,Westport, has been transferredto St. Peter the Apostle Parish,Provincetown, with Wednesday,June 18, 1975, as the effectivedate.

Assigns

Cathedral CampsOpen HouseOn Sunday

Plans are rapidly progressingfor the start of the 1975 seasonat the Cathedral Camps. TIreCamps', now comprised of Cathe-

'dral Boys' Day Camp and OurLady of the Lake Girl's Campare operated by the RomanCatholic Diocese of Fall Riverand are located on the shoresof Long Pond in East Freetown.

The first camping period startson June 30th and campers may

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D.D., Third Bishop of Fall Rive!,ordained him to the priesthoodin St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver, on May 21, '1932.

Father McDermott served asassistant pastor at St. Josephand Immaculate ConceptionParishes in Fall River, 'and HolyName Parish, New Bedford.

While in New Bedford, FatherMcDermott was the initiator ofthe Miraculous Medal Novenas.His eloquent talks and stirringsinging filled the church beyondcapacity at three scheduled Mon­day services conducted for somefour years.

Bishop James L. Connolly,D.D., D. Sc. Rist., Fourth Bishopof Fall River, appointed FatherMcDermott as Administrator ofSt. Peter Parish, Dighton, in1956.

Two years 'later, he appointedhim as the founding pastor ofOur Lady of Fatima Parish,Swansea-a new parish formedfrom territory that once was thatof St. Thomas More Parish, Som­erset, and St. Michael Parish,Ocean Grove.

'Father McDermott saw morethan simply a new church, newrectory, expanded parking lot inSwansea. Under his leadershipthe parish became more thana child of parent parishes. Wellinspired, guided and organized,the Swansea parishioners be­came leaders in their own right.

In 1966, Father McDenndttmoved to the neighboring townand took up his duties as pastorof St. Patrick Parish, Somerset.Experiencing tremendous. growthover the years, the Somerset

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Fall River, M~ss., Thursday, JuneVol. 19, No. 23 © 1975 The Anchor

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, hasaccepted the resignation of Rev.James F. McDermott, pastor ofSt. Patrick Parish, Somerset, forreasons of health.

Pastor of the Somerset parishsince March, 1966, Father Mc­Dermott was born in Tauntonon June 22, 1907. He is the sonof the late Bernard and the lateMargaret (Lynch) McDermott.

After attending Weir Schooland Taunton High School hepursued his studies at BostonCollege. He prepared for thepriesthood at St. Bernard Sem­inary, Rochester, N.Y.

Most Rev. James E. Cassidy,

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COMMEMORATION OF VOCATION DAY AT MT. CARMEL PARISH~ As the entireDiocese celebrated Vocation Day over the weekend, 200 high schoolers and 85 altar boysattended a special Mass for Vocations at 10:45 in Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford. Onthe right, Rev. George S. Almeida, celebrant, with Rev. Mr. Edmund Rego from the parish,on the celebrant's right as deacon. Far left, Rev. Msgr. LUlz G. Mendonca, V.G., pastor and

. homilist at the Mass with Raymond Cambra, an acolyte from the parish, on the homilist'sleft.

NecrologyJUNE 13

Rev. Edward F. Donahue, S.J.,1974, Taunton

JUNE 18Rev. James M. coffey, P.R.,

1935, Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton

JUNE 19Rev. Hormisdas Deslauriers,

1916, F'Ounder, St. Anthony,New Bedford

....UNE 20Rev. Msgr. James J. Coyle,

P.R., LL.D., 1931, Pastor, St.Mary, Taunton

An air conditioned parish hallin the basement of the buildingfeatures an auditorium withdance floor, a kitchen and ameeting room. A mural of stylesfrom the turn of the century tothe present enhances the dancearea and is the work of MissKathleen Walsh, a member ofthe parish.

Along with Father Coady, pas­tor, and Rev.' Ronald A. Tosti,assistant pastor, CO-Chairmen ofthe open house are Edward Tyr­rell, William Hyland Jr., parishtr.ustees; Mrs. Stanley Janick,Mrs. Edward Forgette and Mrs.William T. Marum, past pres­ident and president respectivelyof the SS. Peter and Paul Wom­en's Club; Mrs. William Hyland,Jr. and Mrs. Robert Latinville,past president and president re­spectively of the SS. Peter andPaul Home and School Associa­tion.

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2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., June 5, 1975

Bishop of Fall River

ASSIGNMENTRev. Phi-lip J. Higgins, as 'Assistant, Saint Petcr the

Apostle Parish, Provincetown, effective June 18, 1975.

DEACON ASSIGNMENTSRev. Mr. H. Stanley Barney, as Deacon at Sacred Heart

Parish, Fall River,. effective June 2, 1975.Rev. Mr. Gerald P. Barnwell, as Deacon at St. Mary's

Parish, Mansfield, .effective June 18, 1975.Rev. Mr. Stephen A. Fernandes, as Deacon at Saint

John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, effective June 18, 1975.Rev. Mr. Edmund Rego, as Deacon at Saint John the

Baptist Parish, New Bedford, effective June 18, 1975.

RETIREMENTRev. James F. McDermott, from Pastorate of Saint Patrick's

Parish, Somerset, effective June 2, 1975.

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

OFFICIAL

APPOINTMENTRcv. Msgr. Robcrt L. Stanton, as Pastor of Saint Patrick's

Parish, Somerset, 'effective June 2, 1975.

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Rev. Francis M. Caady, pas­tor of SS. Peter and PaulChurch, Fall River, extends aninvitation to all in the dioceseto attend an open house at therecently completed parish com·plex from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Members of the parish Wom­en's Club and Home and SchoolOrganization will host the eventand refresments will be servedin the new parish hall. Entranceto the building will be throughthe courtyard and main doors onDover Street. Ample parking isavailable both in the new park­ing lot on Dover and SnellStreets and the school yard onBenton Street. .

The parish complex, dedicatedApril 27 by Bishop Cronin, in­cludes the church, seaNng 600and equipped with air condition­ing, carpeting and total facilitiesfor handicapped persons. Stainedglass windows in the nave of thechurch greatly enhance its beau­ty.

New SchoolOn the second and third

floors of the building is a com­pletely new school facility witha library, teachers' lounge and

. offices. Sr. Anne Marie Mc­Tague, RSM, principal, togetherwith members of the faculty,will host all visitors to theschool.

All-Night Vigil to Commemorate Feast

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Open House"Open House" will be held at

the Camps on Sunday, June 8thbetween 2 and 4 p.m. This willprovide 1)oth former and pros­pective campers a chance to vis­it the Camps and see the newaotivities that are being pre­pared.

In addition to the regular de­partments with all sorts ofwaterfront and athletic events,plus riflery, archery and Indian­craft, there will be a new Artsand Crafts center serving bothCamps based on the 'open class­room' concept.

An attraction for older camp­ers will be the new Golf Pro­gram with a Driving Range.

Animal lovers w.ill feel rightat home on "Old MaoDonald'sFarm" where the youngsters willlearn to care for and learn tolove a great variety of animalpets.

For more information theCamp office ,can be reached bycalling 763-8874 or hy writingto Box 438, East Freetown, Mass.02717.

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Of special note is that tomor­row marks the 300th anniver­sary of the apparition of theSacred Heart to St. MargaretMary at Paray-de-Monial, France.Further, the two days spannedby the vigil include the Solem­nities of the Sacred Heart andthe Immaculate Heart of Mary,thus increasing the importanceof this particular Fdrst Friday.

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BLESSING OF NEW K OF C HOME: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop ofthe Diocese of Fall River, blessed the new Knights of Columbus Home of Fall River Coun­cil No. 86, 1492 Columbus Drive, on Thursday evening and was principal concelebrantand homilist at the Mass of Dedication. Among the concelebrants Rev. Roger L. Gagne,council chaplain; Rev. Michel Doran, O.P., prior at St. Anne's, Rev. Jean Louis Bouchard,O.P., a member of the council; Rev. Armando Annunziato, Rev. Maffeo Lombardi, O.F.M.and Rev. Bruce M. Neylon.

An all-night vigil of repara­tion, renewal, and reconciliation'in honor of the Sacred Heart ofJesus and the Immaculate Heartof Mary will be held tomorrowat St. Mary's Church, NorthFairhaven beginning with Massin honor of the Sacred Heart ofJesus at 8 p.m. and concludingwith Mass in honor of the Im­maculate Heart of Mary at 7a.m. Saturday.

During the period betweenthese Masses, the Blessed Sacra-

Sister MaureenContinued fro'm Page One

of Fall River, New Bedford andNo. Attleboro.

Previous to teaching at Naz­areth Hall for exceptional chil­dren, she taught the emotionallydisturbed children at St. Vin­cent's Home, Fall River.

Instrumental in organizing theCamp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts andGirl Scouts troops for develop­mentally disabled children, sincethe late 50s has been dedicatedto these children.

She was named the first prin­cipal of Nazareth Hall, FallRiver in 1957.

This new center is owned andmanaged by People Inc. through

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Paul VI has named FatherGeorge K. Fitzsimmons, 46, vic­ar general and chancellor of theKansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.,diocese, to be auxiliary bishop ofKansas City-St. Joseph. A nativeof Kansas City, Mo., he studiedat Rockhurst College there andat Immaculate Conception Sem­inary in Conception, Mo. He wasordained by Cardinal John Codyof Chicago in 1961.

Fr. McDermottContinued from Page One

parish has attempted to keeppace with the many interests ofmore involved and dedicatedlaity.

Father McDermott brought theliturgical directives of the Sec­ond Vatican Council' into thelives of his parishioners with abeautifully restored villagechurch with its inspiring newstained glass windows.

Because he has been afflictedwith increasingly ill health overthe past few years, Father Mc­Dermott, knowing the growingneeds of his large parish, ten­dered his resignation from theactive ministry. He will be suc­ceeded by Rev. Msgr. Robert L.Stanton.

A five-hour vigil commem­orating the 300th anniversary ofthe Feast of the Sacred Heartwill be held from 7 o'clock un­til midnight on' Friday nighl,June 6 in Mt. Cannel Church,New Bedford.

Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G.,pastor of Mt. Carmel, has an­nounced the following schedulefor the evening's celebration.

A concelebrated Mass of theSacred Heart (English) will openthe evening's celebration. Fol­lowing the Mass, Rev. Andre A.Patenaude, MS, of the La Sa­lette Fathers will conduct a HolyHour in English from 8:15 to9:15.

Rev. Jose M. Souza, C.S.Sp.,a Holy Ghost Father from Por­tugal will conduct a Holy Hourin Portuguese from 9:30 until10:30.

A thirty-minute period of pri­vate adoration will be affordedall from 10:30 to 11 o'clock.

At 11 o'clock, Benediction ofthe Blessed Sacrament will begiven and ·the concluding servicewill start at 11:15 and consist ina concelebrated Mass of theSacred Heart in Portuguese.

Confessions will be heard dur­ing the Holy Hour.

Coffee and pastry will beserved in the church basementthroughout the evening for thoseattending the Vigil.

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Best Advice

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., June 5, 1975

strange reason this !lation hasbeen lulled into thinking that"detent" has brought peace tothe world; that Russia and Chinahave no hostile intent or warlikepurpose. We have been led to be­lieve that these nations are nownothing more than new placesto visit'on the grand tour. Inturn the CIA and not the intel­ligence gathering agencies ofRussia and China has the badimage. The reason for this isthat so much of the new com­mentary about the agency hasbeen openly adverse and antag­onistic. To some minds of the

.press room crowd anything thatis of its nature secret, must besinister.

Whether we like it or not, theOIA has a role to play in thesecur,ity defense of this nation.At the present time the centralquestion that must be deter­mined is the role that a secretinstitution plays in a free soci­ety. In turn each one of usshould ask ourselves can a freesociety retain its freedom in to­day's world without the kind ofsecret organization that the CIAmust be in order to do its work~~ecV\!eIYll~d.eff~JJ)I{:'

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blem is to dedicate oneself tothe only heart which does notHe, and it is encircled withthorns.

Two DiocesansTo Be PresentAt CHA Parley

David Reidy, administrativeassistant, and Rev. Edmund Fitz­gerald, director of pastoral careat St. Anne's Hospital, FallRiver, will be among more than1200 Sisters, priests and laymenin attendance at the fourth an·nual Catholic Health Assemblyto be held in San FranciscoSunday through Thursday, June1 to 5.

Sponsored by the CatholicHospital Association (CHA), themeeting will have as its theme"Health and Social Responsibil­ity." Program topics will includethe importance of health in so­ciety, the social responsibilitiesof hospitals and physicians, thesurvival of the voluntary systemand comprehensive health plan­ning.

Keynote speaker will be thcformer U. S. surgeon general Dr.Luther L. Terry, who now servesas president-director of Univer­sity Associates, Washington,D. C. His topic is "The Impor·tance of Health 'in the Fabric ofSociety."

During the final session unThursday, former director of theFederal Energy Admmistration,John C. Sawhill, who was re­cently named president-designateof New York University, willexplain "Health Services anj theEnergy Crisis."

Sister of Mercy Mary KiernanHarney of Omaha, Ne:J. vice­chairman of the association, willbe installed as the group's 1975chairwoman. She will succeedSister of Charity Grace MarieHiltz of Cincinnati.

With headquarters in St.Louis, CHA represents 870 Cath­oNc-sponsored health care facil­ities throughout the UnitedStates.

51. William's Church

To do otherwise would be selfdestructive and suicidal.

Can you imagine for a mo­ment what would happen if theespionage activities of Russiaand China were left completelyun~hecked? All evidence indi­cates that these nations havenot only increased their covertactivities but they have beeneven more audacious and zeal­ous in the execution of such ac­tivities. Yet for some very.,

If the CIA is indeed guilty ofany violation of the constitu­tional rights and guarantees ofany American citizen, it shouldbe admonished, chastized anddisciplined by the due processof law. If, for any reason, suchan agency becomes the tool ofa ,particular political party inthis nation then it should be dis­solved.

. attitude. The alleged excesses. of

. surveillance and the extrememethods of espionage employedas political tools in a free soci­ety are to be censured and con­demned. A free person in a freesociety cannot maintain freedomif he or she is to be harrassedand treated as an enemy agentfor the purpose of political re­venge.

C.I.A.

REV. JOHN F. MOORE

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However, the covert and se­cret activities of the CIA wouldhave little reason for existenceif the world returned to the pris- .tine state of the Garden ofEden. From ordinary observa­tions it should be very plain tosee that we do not live in a par­adise. Given the temper of thetimes on this planet earth, thisnation still must retain and sup­port the international activitiesC?f..'\~l agency such as the C.LA.

"The squeeze is on!"

Not Living in Paradise

During the past few wee.ks a tremendous amount ofnewsreel footage and newspaper print has dealt with theCongressional investigation of the Central Intelligence Agen­cy. In an almost hysterical atmosphere, the doves and theisolationists of Congresshave attempted not only aninvestigation of CIA activi­ties but also have tried toreduce the effectiveness of suchan agency to the level of one oftheir own committees. Seeming­ly many members of Congresshave read too many James Bondnovels and they themselves haveassumed a super sleuth mental­ity in an Alice in Wonderlandatmosphere. As a result of thisside-show attitUde,' the efif-ec­tiveness of one of the most im­portant agencies of government,given the international compli­cations of our day, is being di­minished and weakened.

To be sure, it has become quiteclear that over the years as theCIA grew in scope and size italso developed a "big brother"

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Signs for Optimism

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A high level of international statesmanship in the mostprofound meaning of that phrase is being shown these daysin the Middle East. President Sadat of Egypt is w.alking amoderate course and seems sincerely intent upon findinga solution that will allow for co-existence with Israel withno significant step in thinning out the Suez Canal frontin what is an unprecedented movement for peace and thatsame co-existence.

It is heartening to know that statesmanlike conduct isbeing shown on both sides and may work its way through'to an equitable settlement.'

The presence of the moderate Hussein of Jordan andthe Shah of Iran who seems determined to play a strongand stabilizing role in the whole area bode well for thefuture.

The United States would do well not to try any heavy­handed approach or even to decide what is good for thearea but, rather, to serve as the honest broker trying toassist the parties to arrive at a form~la that will providefor all the elements involved - Israel's existence andsecurity, the plight of the Palestinian refugees, the Arabborders, use of the Suez Canal, balance of military power.The approach this nation must use is that of a worldfriend to all parties offering its offices to achieve the peacethat the parties themselves must want and must find waysto secure. The arm-twisting days of diplomacy are gone.The attempt to tell others what is good for them will notwork.

But the statesmanlike postures that recent days haveshown are positive signs for optimism.

These are the days when graduates on· all levels ofeducational achievement are receiving all sorts of goodadvice from all sorts of worthy and ad~irable speakers.

The fact probably still remains true, however, that,as Cicero once observed, "The best advice one receives isthat which he gives to himself."

.That may not be the best advice, of course, but humannature will take it as the best advice. So one' can onlyhope that the advice one gives oneself will be sound andsensible and rooted in values that are true.

And that is what education tries to accomplish-toprovide a student with the truth and with the insight andwith the values that will enable him to give good adviceto himself.

A wise man seeks advice. But sooner or later he must'come to a decision. And this is a decision that has conse­quences for himself and for others.

The Church knows that' some consequences havedimensions in time but many consequences have eternalimpact. That is why the Bishop's pastoral, "To Teach AsJesus Did," urged all Catholic education to recognize its

·purpose-to give the truth, to build up a Godly community,to reach out in service to others.

A student imbued with this philosophy is well equippedto give advice to himself. And the advice cannot help buttake human resources and opportunity and shoot these·through with God's truth and the ultimate purposes of life.

Such advice has consequences for time and eternity.

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JUNE IS GRADUATION MONTH: Three of the eighttiigh schools of the Diocese have representatives photograph­ed by The Anchor as the end of their Catholic SecondaryEducation is completed. Top photo: Three members of thesenior class of St. Anthony High School, New Bedford, rep­resent the class of 36 boys and 38 girls in a pledge of loyaltyto their Alma Mater. Left to right: Paul Oullet, left, and Jean­ette Bousquet, right, both members of St. Anthony's Parish,and Brian Pepin, center, from St. Francis Xavier Parish,Acushnet. Middle photo: Following the baccalaureate Massfor the 67 boys and 54 girls of the class of 1975 at Coyle­Cassidy High School, Taunton, three seniors stopped forThe Anchor photographer: Patricia McGrath, left and Patri­cia Walsh, right, both members of the Immaculate Concep­tion Parish and John Pimenta, center, Our Lady of LourdesParish. Botton photo: Three seniors from a class of 72 boysand 133 girls from Bishop Stang High School, No. DartmouthRegional Diocesan Co-educational High School, exchangeautographs prior to final week before graduation exerciseslast night at which Bishop Cronin distributed diplomas. Leftto right: Anthony Falco, St. Mary's Parish; Maria Gomes, St.John the Baptist Parish and Cinday Barboza, Our Lady ofMt. Carmel Parish, all in New Bedford.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Theworks of charity and direct helpto the needy and suffering per- .formed by Caritas International­is, the international federationof Catholic Charities organiza­tions, and its national counter­parts received recognition andpraise from Pope Paul VI onMay 16.

Speaking in French, English,German and Spanish at a privateaudience to members of CaritasInternationalis, who had met hereto elect a new president, Msgr.George Huessler, Pope Paul said:

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or getting involved in politicalor social processes," she said.

Sister Arlene entered the Sis­ters of Mercy in 1951 and is agraduate of Salve Regina Col­lege, Newport. Recently, she re­ceived her law degree from Bos­ton College.

"I was interested in studyingconsumer law," she said. "I ac­tuaHy studied everything fromsecurities to corporate law. Ichose Boston College becausethey maintain one of the majorconsumer law centers in thenation."

Inner City WorkerSister Arlene has a long his­

tory of meeting the needs of thecommunity. She served in theinner city apostolate in SouthProvidence, she was a teacherand three years ago she was theoriginal director of the local So­cial Action Conference of Mercy.

She said she entered the legalprofession with the idea of ef­fectuating changes in the lawthat would minimize injustice.She planned to do this either bydrafting legislation or by takingcases that would change somelaws.

"So many complaints - 750to 1,000 per month - come intothe attorney general's office,that it is a good place to findout what is happening to theRhode Island consumer," SisterArlene said.

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Sister Arlene, 31, is the firstRhode Island nun to earn a lawdegree and was recently ap­pointed an assistant state attor­ney general. She is a ·legal coun­sel for the civil division of At­torney General Julius C. Michael­son's office and special attorneygeneral for consumer protection.

Right now she is wendingthrough a backlog of 1,000 con­sumer complaints, familiarizingherself with her new job.

"As a Religious woman, andespecially as a Sister of Mer­cy," she said. "I am committedto witness the presence of Godby responding to unmet needs.One of these needs is ·to chal­lenge social and economic struc­tures that run counter to theprjnciples of the Gospel."

Sister Arlene's way of meet­ing this need is "by enforcing ordevising certain laws that willminimize injustices."

She is one of an increasingnumber of nuns who have foundalternative ways of serving theChurch.

"We are all ReHgious women.This is my way of witnessingthe presence of God., For someit is being a teacher, for othersit is becoming a doctor or lawyer

Providence Sister of Mercy Is NamedAssist~nt State Attorney.General

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PROVIDENCE (NC) - In acrowded fourth floor office ofthe Providence County CourtHouse the telephone. rings.

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.DOMINICAN ACADEMY CELEBRATES BI-CENTENNIAL OF NATION: Under thesponsorship of the seventh and eighth grade students of the Fall River academy, com­memorated the 200th birthday of our nation by illustrating examples from our historyin order to increase the virtue of patriotism in the lives of the academy students.

NCAN also asked the bishop,who is a member of the boardof directors of Trinity School, topersuade the board to withdrawits appeal of a U.S. DistrictCourt decision last Novemberruling against "Trinity's effortsto prevent the building of low-.rent housing in the urban renew­al area in which the school islocated."

A spokeswoman for Bishop'Moore said that he is draftinga reply to the NCAN letter andthat he has already publiclyasked Trinity's board not to ap­peal the court decision.

The spokeswoman said alsothat Bishop Moore, who is noton the board of MorningsideHouse, has in the past expressedconcern for the squatters. Shesaid, however, that the housesin which they are squatting areold and in poor condition andthat preventing the squatters'eviction may not really be aservice to them.

Sister Ann Brotherton, adjunctprofessor of sociology at GeorgiaState University in Atlanta,NCAN spokeswoman on the is­sue, who studied the area inquestion during doctoral studiesat Fordham University, said thatlow-income tenants occupyingthe site contested in the suit byTrinity School had refused tomove until they were given as­surances by urban renewal au­thorities that provision wouldbe made to house them in thesame area.

Appeal to Bishops

Adoption Aid BillWASHINGTON (NC) - Sen.

Alan Cranston (D.-Calif.) has in­troduced legislation which wouldaid in the adoption of childrenwith "special needs." Citing theAmerican response to Vietnam­ese orphans, Cranston said,"That concern, ironically, hasforced us to further probe ournational conscience regardingthe 120,000 young Americans inneed of adoption.

CHICAGO (NC) - The Nation­al _Coalition of American Nuns(NCAN) has appealed to Epis­copal Bishop 'Paul Moore Jr. ofNew York to take action to pre­vent the eviction of a group ofsquatters and to remove opposi.tion to the construction of low­rent housing near an Episcopalschool.

NCAN, whose national secre­tariat is based here, urged Bish­op Moore to use his influencein persuading Morningside HouseInc., and independent agency his­torically linked to the EpiscopalChurch, to withdraw its evictionsuit against 80 families of squat­ter-tenants who have, for fiveyears, been occupying threeapartment buildings across fromthe Cathedral of St. John theDivine in New York City.

NCAN also asked "that a rea­sonable attempt be made at d'i­rect, out-of-court negotiations,for which the squatters have pe­titioned since 1970."

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-At anextraordinary public audience onMay 10, Pope Paul VI expressedhis joy at the increasing numberof pilgrims pouring into Romefor the Holy Year.

"Audiences multiply thesedays, little by little as the HolyYear, which began -immediatelyunder most promising auspices,advances into better weather,"said the Pope.

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daughter is often frustrating andnervewracking but this summerclothes are pretty and colorful,while at the same time quitefeminine. However, no one willbe able to tell you how to an­swer your daughter's appeal for·approval on her painter's pants!

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WESTFIELD (NC)-There hasbeen a dramatic increase in thesize of the Edward Konopka fam­ily. Instead of four children, theKonopkas now have seven, thelatest additions being three Viet-

. namese brothers.The three-Nguyen Van Vinh,

Nguyen Van Thi and Nguyen ThiThuy-were part of a group of31 children being resetttiedthrough Associated CatholicCharities of the Newark archdi­ocese. And they are already set­tled into their new horne, evento the extent of attempting toanswer the telephone, as callersare finding out.

Speaking of the new familymembers, Edward Konopka said:"They are just fine. They areeating well and making them­selves right at home. They seemmore mature than their givenages, which are 5 through 7."

"The oldest," he added, "un­derst~nds some English. We haveno trouble making them under­stand." All of them write in theirown language.

Explaining how he happenedto wind up with three children,Konopka said that he and hiswife had put in an adoption ap­plication in December after talk­ing with some friends who hadadopted a- Korean youngster."We said that we would take anolder child or children in casethere was a need to place a fam­ily group."

Which is how Catholic Char­ities called the Konopka res­idence upon learning that threebrothers from one family wereamong those coming to Newark.

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Even when the warmerweather rolls around 1 predictthis style will remain a big teenhit because some fashion housesare showing it in a short ver­:;ion, this one with bib. The longlength ones have to be boughtin men's or boys' department, asdo most of our gals' jeans, butI must admit that I like themmuch better than the tiresomelook of jeans and also they fit theheavier teen-ager much betterthan, say, stretch pants.

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For the young the summer isspent either at the beach or ata part-time job, so their clothesneeds are minimal. This summercolorful terry will be as impor­tant a part of the teen wardrobeas denim, especially when it topsa bathing suit. Even the hatsshading their youthfUl' eyes willbe made of this durable material.

When they do consent to dressthey'll choose colorful halterdresses or sun-backs worn withplatform pumps very reminis­cent of the early forties. Gownsfor proms and summer partiesare just lovely this year-fem­inine, la·cy and ruffled. One ofthe loveliest is of natural linenwith a squared off neckline,edged in heavy handmade lace.Dotted swiss, organdy, and eye­let cotton are also part of theeve~ing scene.

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incetown with 129 men aboardin 1963.

At the completion of the mis­sion, Msgr. Stanton boarded thesubmarine USS Dogfish and wasentrusted with a 12-foot steeltubing that had been brought upfrom the bottom of the oceanwitb m'lrkings of the Thresheron it.

Accompanied by another offi­cer, Msgr. Stanton delivered thefinding to the New London basefor transportation to Washing­ton.

Besides the Immaculate Con­ception Parish, Fall River, Msgr.Stanton has also served as Rec­tor of St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver, and pastor of St. PatrickParish, Wareham.

For 14 years the new Somer­set pastor was instructor of Eth­icsand Medical Ethics at St.Anne Hospital's School of Nurs­ing and instructor in Dogma,Moral and History at the Pres­entation Novitiate in Dighton.

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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELPMasses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11 :00 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.

WEST HARWICH

HOLY TRINITYMasses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 noon

Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:00 P.M.Daily-9:00 A.M.First Friday-Mass and Exposition 11:00A.M. and Benediction 2:00 P.M.

Confessions: Saturday 4:00 and 7:45 P.M.

DENNISPORTUPPER COUNTY ROAD

OUR LADY OF THE ANNUNCIATIONMasses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.

Daily-8:00 A.M.Confessions: Saturday-3:45 P.M.

CHILMARK

COMMUNITY CENTERSchedule begins June 29

Masses: Sunday-7:oo P.M.

WAREHAMST. PATRICK

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00,10:00,11:30 A.M.and 5:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 6:00 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M.Exposition of the Blessed Sacramentfollows the 7:00 A.M. Mass and continues

until 7:00. P.M.Confessions: % hour before Masses

Tuesday: Mass of Peace and Justice7:00 P.M.

Schedule fQT July and August

WEST WAREHAM

ST. ANTHONYMasses: Sunday-9:00. 10:30 A.M.

Saturday-7:00 P.M.Confessions: % hour before Masses

Schedule for July and August

WELLFLEETOUR LADY OF LOURDES

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00. 11:00 A.M.Saturday Eve.-6:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:30, 9:00 A.M.

TRUROSACRED HEART

Masses: Saturday-7:00 P.M.

, NORTH FALMOUTH (Megansett)IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30. 11:00 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:30 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. (9:00 A.M. Sat. only)

Confessions: % hour before Sunday Masses

WESTPORTST. GEORGE

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:45, 10:00, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M.Daily-9:00 A.M.

WOODS HOLE

ST. JOSEPHMasses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. (9:00 A.M. Sat. only)

Confessions: % hour before Sunday Masses

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MASHPEEQUEEN OF ALL SAINTS

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.

Confessions: Saturday-4:15 - 5:00 P.M.

POCASSETST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

Schedulo bogins June 22Masses: ..sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30,11:30 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:30 A.M.

Confessions: Saturday - 4:00 - 4:45 P.M. andfollowing 7:00 P.M. Mass for half-hour

PROVINCETOWNST. PETER THE APOSTLE

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M.,7:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. (except

Saturday)Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M. and 6:45

P.M.

SANDWICHCORPUS CHRISTl

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. and12 Noon

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-9:00 A.M.

SAGAMOREST. THERESA

Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.

SOUTH DARTMOUTHST. MARY

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00. 10:00, 11 :00 A.M. &. 7:30 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:15 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M.Saturday only-8:00 A.M.

SOUTH YARMOUTHST. PIUS TENTH

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 A.M.5:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:00 and 9:00 A.M.(9:00 A.M. Mass Mon.-Fri. only)

BASS RIVEROUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAY

Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, ·10:30 A.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. (July and Aug.)

'VINEYARD HAVENST. AUGUSTINE

Schedule begins June 14Masses: Sunday-8:00, 10:30 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.)

Confessions: Saturday-2:30 .·3:30P.M:

NORTH EASTHAMCHURCH OF THE VISITATION

Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.

OSTERVILLEOUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M.

Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

SANTUITST. JUDE'S CHAPEL

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 A.M.Saturday-5:00 P.M.

Confessions: Saturday-4:15 - 5:00 P.M.

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ST. ANTHONYMasses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00. 10:00 (Folk Mass),

11 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.Satu·rday-8:00 A.M. - 4:30 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 and 9:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.)

NANTUCKETOUR LADY OF THE ISLE

Schedule starts weekend May 31

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:30, 11 :30 A.M. and

7:00 P.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.

Daily-7:30 A.M. (Saturdays 9:00 A.M.)

Rosary before 7:30 A.M. Mass daily

SIASCONSET, MASS.UNION CHAPEL

Masses: Sunday-8:45 A.M. July and August

OAK BLUFFSSACRED HEART

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:15, 10:30 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:15 & 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M.

ORLEANSST. JOAN OF ARC

Ma,!,3es: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena-WednesdayMorning Mass at 8:00 A.M.

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00,12:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M. and 12:10 P.M.

YARMOUTHPORTSACRED HEART

Masses: Sunday-9:00 A.M. .Saturday Eve.-5:60 P.M.

MARIONST. RITA

Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.Daily-8:30 A.M.

Friday-Benediction & Rosary 7:00 P.M.

EDGARTOWN

ST. -ELIZABETHSchedule begins June 14

Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-4:00 - 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.)Confessions-Saturday 2:30 - 3:30 P.M.

FALMOUTHST. PATRICK

Schedule effective weekend of June 28-29Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 and

5:30 P.M.Saturday Eve-5:30 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:00 A.M. - Saturdays 8:00 A.M.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTSST. THOMAS CHAPEL

Schedule effective weekend of June 28-29Masses: SundaY-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 A.M.

Saturday-4:30 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M.

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Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M.

Daily-9:00 A.M.

EAST FALMOUTH

ST. ANTHONYMasses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:30 P.M.,Daily-8:00 A.M.

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Masses: Sunday-9:00,, 11:00 A.M.Saturday. ~ve.-6:30 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M.

ONSETST. MARY-STAR OF THE SEA

I.1asses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.Saturday-6:30 P.M.Daily 9:00 A.M.

Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:30 P.M. and after6:30 P.M. Mass

CENTERVILLEOUR LO\DY OF VICTORY

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, 12 noonSat\lrday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

First Fridays-Ultreya-8:00 P.M.First Friday Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

WEST BARNSTABLEOUR LADY OF HOPE

Masses: Sunday-8:45 and 10 A.M., Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.

CENTRAL VILLAGEST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M.Daily-9:00 A.M.

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Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M.Daily-8:00 A.M. except Wed. 7:30 P.M.

Confessions: Saturday-4:00-5:00 P.M. and 6:00-6:30 P.M.

First Friday-7:00-7:30 P.M.

EAST BREWSTERIMMACULATE CONCEPTION

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the Ohio case back to the three:­man lower court on May 27 forreconsideration in view of itsPennsylvania ruling.

"Since our Ohio plan is stillbefore the court, we are hopefUlof another favorable decision,"the archbifohop said. But he d€!­elined further comment on theOhio case.

In denouncing the Pennsylva­nia decision, Archbishop Ber­nardin said it delivers "a seriousblow against free exercise .. .Itis disturbing insofar as it denieseducational benefits to childrenwhose parents are paying educa­tional taxes. However, it is evenmore disturbing insofar as it reof1ects a new hostility towardreligion in our society."

The archbishop reaffirmed hisbelief in the need for religiouseducation "and in the need forcontinued existence of our Cath­olic S'Chools." And he echoedChief Justice Warren Burger'shope that the Court may foome­day reach a more tolerant v.iewtoward state aid to nonpubliceducation.

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CINCINNATI (NC) ~ "Hostil­ity toward religion," is ref.lectedin the May 19 U. S. SupremeCourt ruling that most provisionsof a Pennsylvania nonpublic&Chool aid law are unconstit~­

tional, Archbishop Joseph Ber­nardin of Cincinnati said recent­ly.

The high court's decision up­held othe lending of textbooksto nonpublic schools. but re­jected state aid in the form ofother auxiliary ·services, declar­ing such arrangements unconsti­tutional because they could leadto excessive entanglement be­tween church and state.

Archbishop Bernardin, pres­ident of the National Conferenceof Catholic Bishops, denouncedthe ruling as "totally unaccept­able," calling it a distortion ofthe First Amendment.

He issued his protest afterlearning that the Supreme Courthad set aside a lower federalcourt ruling, :issued last year.The .lower court had decided anOhio program for state aid tononpublic schools, similar to thePennsylvania law, was constitu­tional.

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The law passed last year, Finksaid, "mandates the additionalfunds.

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Says Ford Ignores Postal Subsidy LawNEW YORK (NC)-The pres­

ident of the Catholic Press Asso­ciation, speaking for most U. S.religious press associations, hasaccused President Gerald Fordof "ignoring the law" in his re­fusal to budget $92 million fora subsidy for second class mailpostage, which affects mostreligious newspapers.

The SUbsidy was mandated bya 1974 law extending from 10to 16 years the phasing in ofnew, higher, second-class mailrates, according to CPA Pres­ident John Fink. Fink andother religious press associationspokesmen had called on thePresident earlier to fund thesubsidy. But a letter from theOffice of Management andBudget said "The President be-

MARKS JUBILEE: Sister Bernadette Goulet of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec marksher golden jubilee in religious life with a gathering of her 10 living brothers and sistersat Mt. St. Joseph School, Fall River. From left, standing, Mrs. Josephine Perrault, ArthurFernand, Bernard, Napoleon, Julien, Joseph Goulet; seated, Sister Bernadett~, Sist~r

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odorants. If you are as importantas Justus George Lawlor, youdon't have to provide documen­tation for your assertions. Ifthat's the way he says the newethnicists are, !!hen that's theway they are.

Is the new ethnicity, M!">. Mc­Carthy asks, a right path or abyway? I wonder how manyother social phenomena are tobe subjected to such a simple­minded moral judgment? Amer­ican society has been diversefrom the very beginning; it isstill diverse. And Ms. McCarthywonders whether that is a by­path or t'he "right" way.

Then the Lady Abigail turns toyour reluctant correspondent, re­lying on quotations from anewspaper article about a speechof mine. Now there is no reasonin the world why. she shouldfeel any need to refer to mywork, but at the risk of beingpetulant, I must say that if shedoes refer to it, the intellectuallyhonest thing to do would be terely on something more thannewspaper accounts of a lecture.I spent four yellrs working on atome, "Ethnidty in the UnitedStates." If Ms. McCarthy wantsto speak to my position, as she"puzzles" over the new ethnic­ity, she should at least do methe courtesy of reading the book.

Okay, so the Catholic intelc

lectuals don't want to read mybook. I write too much anyhow.Besides your typical armchairCatholic expert doesn't have thetime to pore over statisticaltables. But they could turn tothe new book by Nathan Glazerand Daniel P. Moynihan, "Eth­nicity." It is a collection of es­says by scholars from all overthe world. Maybe if the Catholiccritics of ethnicity realized thatthe book is published by theAmerican Academy of Arts andSciences and based on paperspresented at a meeting at Dae­dalus House, they will be im­pressed. If the American Acad­emy approves ethnicity, maybeit will be all right for Catholicsto accept it.

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There are distinct ativantages in the United States forbeing Jewish. One of the more important is that when amember of the Jewish cultural elite begins to speak non­sense, he gets clobbered from all sides. The people whowrite letters to "Commen­tary" magazine may not bethe most gentle and kindlysouls in the world, but atJcast they keep their friends .andneighbors honest. If you are alewish intellectual, you darnwell have to know what you're

Latins, Lawlor tells us, areurged to be ethnic by acting pas­sionate, irrational, and lachry­mose. The Irish expect to be bib­ulous, credulous, and uxorious.Slav!"> are supposed to be lusty,gutsy and liberated from de-

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talking about.But if you are a Catholic in­

tellectual, that's not necessary atall. You can write the most un­informed nonsense and get awaywith it, because Catholic intel­lectuals are sacred personagesabove and beyond criticism intheir own community. This en-

. abies them to write drivel andpretentious nonsense, and stillhave the pleasant feeling thatthey are saying sQmething im­portant and significant. AbigailMcCarthy, a charming andgifted woman, I am told, hasrecently joined the ranks of theCatholic intelligentsia who arepontificating on the subject ofcthnicity.

The Lady Abigail grudginglyconcedes that there may be somegood things to say about eth­nicity, but quotes with admira­tion the comments of JustusGeorge Lawlor on the ethnicrevival. No man to use mild andmodern language, he calls thenew ethnics "rebarbative andwitless"; and the ethnic traitsabout which he writes have beendredged up from the "cloaca ofprejudice and racist mythology."

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Queries Cursory TreatmentOf Two Vital Subjects

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Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese blesses the new statue of St. Julie Billiart,prior to the administration of the Sacrament of Confirmation to 207 young men and wom­en of the parish. Left to right: Rev. John F. Hogan, pastor; the Ordinary of the Diocese;Rev. John J. Oliveira, secretary to Bishop Cronin; Rev. William P. Blottman, assistant atSt. Mary's, So Dartmouth; Rev. John J. Steakem, assistant at St. Julie'$; Rev. Mr. Ed­mund Rego, a'deacon of the Fall River Diocese; Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Considine, pastor ofSt. Mary's, So. Dartmouth; George Ambrosio, Lawrence Weaver and Joseph Miniz, ushersat the ceremonies.

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may govern themselves accord­ing to their own norms .. ,"

Both Father Murray and Msgr.Pavan are very dear on thispoint-as i!'> the Declaration it·self.

In summary, I am extremelyuneasy about Father Hardon'streatment of religious freedom.He talks about it almost exclu­sively in terms of the Fights andprivileges of the Church, where­as the Council's Declaration dis­cussed it primarily as a funda­mental human right (of all peo­ple everywhere) which "has itsfoundation in the very revealedword of God and by reason it-

This is not to say that reli·gious "establishment" is alwaysand everywhere to be condemndas a matter of principle. But itshould be noted that when thebishops of the world debatedthis matter at Vatican lI, theytook great pains not to cananizethe principle of "establishment."Whereas Father Hardon's treat­ment of this subject leave theimpression that preferentialtreatment for the CatholicChurch is, objectively speaking,the "ideal" and non-preferentialtreatment is an exception which,though it can be tolerated, isobjectively unlawful, Vatican JIseems to say the opposite.

The Council's Declaration 0:1

Religious Freedom says thatwhile preferential treatment (or"establishment") is somethingthat may happen, by way of ex­ception "in particular circum·stance," it is not required as <J

matter of principle. Father Mur­ray's commentary on the Dec­laration's treatment of this prob­lem reads in part: "... the Coun­cil wished to insinuate that es­tablishment, at least from theCatholic point of view, is a mat­ter of historical circumstance,not of theological doctri'ne. Forall these reasons the text dealswith the issue in conditionalterms,"

Msgr. Pietro Pavan, Rector ofthe Lateran University in Rome(who worked closely with FatherMurray on the Declaration onReligious Liberty), says substan­tially the same thing in his owncommentary on the Declaration("Commentary on the Documentsof Vatican II," Volume IV, Her·der and Herder).

So much for the separation ofChurch and state.

I woul~ also disagree with therestrictions which Father Har­don has arbitrarily placed on thescope of the application of theDeclaration on Religious Free­dom. He says, for example, that"... Catholicism now speaks ofthe religious liberty not only ofprofessed Catholics but of allChr\stians. They share a com­mon bond in their allegiance tothe Savior; and since the turn ofthe 20th century t-hey haveshared in great measure a com­mon suffering for this allegianceat the hands of those who mis­takenly 'suppose that s'omehowgood Christians cannot be goodcitizens."

divine law, the claim that sheshould be established as the rcli­gion of the state. Her claim i:ifreedom, nothing more.

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religous freedom is to be grantedonly or especially to Christians.The, DeClaration on ReligiousFreedom clearly states, however,that the human person (everyhuman person, including non­Christians as well as atheists)has a right to religious freedom'and that religious bodies (all re­ligious bodies, not just theChristian churches) "rightfullyclaim freedom in Qrder that they

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GEORGE G.

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I cannot and do not claim any particular expertise intheology or catechetics. For this reason, I hesitate to takeissue with a new book by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.,"The Catholic Catechism," published by Doubleday with aPrefatory Note by John Car­dinal Wright, Prefect of theVatican's' Congregation ofthe Clergy. In my opinion,however, Father Hardon's "con­temporary Catechism of theteachings of the CatholicChurch," leaves much to be de-

~ired in its cursory treatment oftwo subjects in particular: Sep­aration of Church and State andReligious Liberty.

Under the first of these twoheadings, Father Hardon takesthe position, if I have understoodhim correctly, that the RomanCatholic Church "objectively"and as a matter of principle'.' de­serves preferential status beforethe law. He also says that whilethe Church, for pragmatic rea­sons, can tolerate deviationsfrom. this principle, s:,e never­theless considers it objectively"unlawful to place various formsof divine worship on the samefooting as the true religion." Itwould appear that the latterquote is excerpted from PopeLeo XIII's encyclical, "Immor­tale DeL"

I take it that Father Hardonis restating the old thesis­hypothesis argument which thelate Msgr. Joseph Fenton andthe late Father Francis Connellheld to so firmly in their cel­ebrated controversy during the1950's with Fr. John Courtney

.Murr~y. I realize that numerouspapal documents (in addition tothose which Father Hardonquoted) can be cited in supportof this argument. It is impor·tant to note, however, that anumber of more recent papaldocuments and conciliar state­ments at least appear to re­nounce any claim to preferentialtreatment for the CatholicChurch.

In his commentary on theVatican Council's Declaration onReligous Freedom, Father JohnCourtney Murray, cites for ex­ample, the following statementby Pope Paul VI addressed to agroup of political leaders: "Whatdoes the Church ask of you to­day? In one of the major textsof the Council she has told you:She asks of you nothing butfreedom-the freedom to believeand to preach her faith, thefreedom to love God and toserve Him, the freedom to liveand to bring to men her messageof life,"

Father Murray, whose sohol­arly input into the Declarationon Religious Freedom is a mat­ter of Record, interprets thisstatement as "the renunciationby the Church of a condition oflegal privilege in society," Hesays that the Church does notmake, as a matter ofrjght or of

Jessamyn West ChroniclesFirst Justice for Indians

Installation ceremonies forWomen's Guild officers will beheld at a 6::30 p.m. Mass Wed­nesday, June 18, followed by abanquet at Rochambeau Restau­rant, Portsmouth. Reservationsmay be made with Joann'e Polak.

"Rays of Sum;hine" will pre­sent "The Story of Roger Wil­liams," a bicentennial musicalprogram, at 8:15 p.m. Saturday,June 14 in the school. Chorusmembers will previously sing atthe 7 p.m. Mass.

Holy Rosary SodaHsts will at­tend devotions in the church at1:30 p,m. Sunday, followed at2 p,m. by a ;meeting in theschool.

ST. HEDWIG,NEW BEDFORD

The Senior Citizens Club willsponsor a card ·party at 2 o'clockon Sunday afternoon, June 8 inthe church hall. Refreshmentswill be served.

ST. PIUS X,SOUTH YARMOUTH

The Women's GlJ'ild will holdits a,nnual communion supperTuesday, June 10, following 5p.m. Mass. A social hour (rom6 to 7 and the supper will takeplace at Elks' Lodge, BearsesWay, Hyannis.

ST.- LOUIS,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild wiU holda rummage sale and fIea marketfrom 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. on Sat­urday in the church hall on EagleSt.

Donations may be brought Lothe hall between 4 and 7 P.M.tomorrow.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

New Women's Guild officersare Mrs. Deborah Dean, pres­ident; Mrs. Norma Nicoletti,­vice-president; Mrs. Sheila Fei­telberg, secretary; Mrs. JoyceDesmarais, treasurer. They willbe installed at a da'te to be an­nounced.

The 1923 Club dinner dancewill take place at 7 p.m. Satur­day, June 21 in the parish hall.

A graduation Mass for 40eighth graders will be celebratedat 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 9. Allparishioners are invited.

The annual parish family pic­nic is scheduled for Sunday,June 29 at St. Y'incent de PaulCamp, Westport.ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

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'OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The Children of Mary willhold a cake sale following allMasses the weekend of June 28and 29.

Holy Name Society memberswill attend a breakfast meet­ing fallowing 8 a.m. Mass Sun­day, June 22.

The Feast of Espirito Santowill be celebrated by parishio­ners this weekend.ST. JOSEPH,FALL RIVER. The Women's Guild will spon­

sor an Organ Concert by Car­olyn Vadeboncoeur and the Low-·ryettes at 7:30 on Sunday eve­ning, June 15 in the Auditoriumof the Diman Vocational HighSchool, Stonehaven Rd., FallRiver. Proceeds will be for thehenefit of the renovation projectof the church.

Tickets are $3.00 and may beobtained by caNing Dorothy Jeffat 2-4433 or the rectory at3-1123.OUR LADY OF PERPETUALHELP, NEW BEDFORD

New officers for the Our Ladyof Perpetual Help Society areMrs. Anna Galanek, president;Mrs. Genene Tracz, vice-pres­ident; Mrs. Pauline Amaral andMrs. Pauline Waclaurik, secre­taries; Mrs. Bertha Fraga, trea­surer.

Members will observe the so­ciety's silver jubilee the week­end of June 21 and 22 with adance Saturday night at PolishAmerican Veterans Hall, 1680Acushnet Ave., and a Mass ofThanksgiving at 11 a.m. Sunday,followed at 1 p.m. with a ban­quet at Thad's Steak House, 1313Acushnet Ave. Dance chairmanis Mrs. Tracz and Mrs. Galanekis in charge of banquet arrange­ments.SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

Marking the First Friday ofJune and the 300th anniversaryof the apparition of the SacredHeart to St. Margaret Mary, all­day exposition of the BlessedSacrament will take place tomor­row from 8 a.m. Mass to 6 p,m.,

. when members of ,the First Fri­day Club of Fall River wiH at­tend a special Mass concludingthe observance.

SCHOLAR: Susan L. Cos­ta, 1971 graduate of Domini­can Academy, Fall River, hasjust earned behavioral sci­ence degree at ~IT, spend­ing junior year in Francewhere she studied theologyat the Parish Catholic Insti­tute. In September she willbegin three-year~aster ofDivinty program at WestonCollege School of Theology,with a cross-registration atHarvard Divinity School.Her eventual aim is campusministry.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL,SEEKONK

Co-sponsored by the Women'sGuild, the Holy Name Societyand the Knights of Columbus, afamily communion Sunday willtake place on Father',s Day,June 15. A dinner will follow10:30 a.m. Mass at which newofficers for the guild and theHoly Name Society will be in­stalled.

They include, for the guild,Mrs. Mary Oliver, president;Mrs. Rose Soucy, vice-president;Mrs. Eleanor Whitney, secre­tary; Mrs. Linda Hall, treasurer.For the Holy Name Society theyare John Korkuc, president;George McGee, vice-president;William O'Neill, secretary; An­tonio Alves, treasurer.

Tickets are available frommembers of participating organ­izations or at the rectory andreservations will close tomor­row.ST. JOSEPH,AITLEBORO

Mass and ~ommunion of rep­aration, followed by a litany andconsecration to the Sacred Heartwill take place at 9 a.m. and6:30 p.m. tomorrow, .the feastof the Sacred Heart.

Knights of the Altar w.ill holda family picnic at Finberg Fieldbeginning at 1 p.m. Sunday,June 8.

New officers of the parishcouncil are Robert Dubeau,president; Evelyn Boucher, vice­president; Doris Dubuc, secre­tary; Rene Dubuc, financial sec­retary.ST. PATRICK,FALMOUTH

Rev. John Mulvehill, director ofthe Confraternity of ChristianDoctrine for the Boston Archdi­ocese, will speak at the annualcomhlUnion 'breakfast of theWomen's Guild, to follow 8:45a.m. Mass Sunday, June 8 andto be held at Coonamessett Inn.Members may bring guests andtickets are obtainable from MissAnne Viei~~, t.~,h:phone 548-2521or Mrs. William Drew, 548-8874.

mine that those who perpetratedthe murders shall be brought totrial. The very idea is astonish­ing to most whites. How shouldthe killing of Indians possibly beconsidered murder?

The trial is rich in dramaticdevelopments, in sudden turns,with great surprises. But thewhite jury brings in verdicts ofmurder 'in the first degree, andthe death sentence is pronouncedon the four defendants. In duecourse, it is carried out on threeof the men, hut the youngest isspared by the intervention of thegovernor.

AU this, although carefullyput together, is only the frame­work of the novel. Its substanceis the effect of the fateful eventson the people of Fall Creek.Miss West has fashioned charac­ters with complication anddepth. They Hve for us, and wefeel with them as they undergoa scarifying ordeal.

No review of the book shouldfail to take note of Hannah,Caleb Cape's fiery, red-headeddaughter, whose blossoming intowomanhood occurs as the grimmain business of the novel pro­ceeds.

Mention should be made, too,of the Christian faith of thepeople of Fall Creek. It is funda­mentalist and strong and ev­idenced throughout. This factmakes it all the more tragic theinhumanity in one respect whichhas a hold on some of them.

Fantasy, Fun

Passing on to P. G. Wode­house's novel, "The Cat-nappers"(Simon ·and Schuster, 630 FifthAve., New York, N. Y. 10020.190 pages. $6.95), one enters arealm of fantasy and fun. Theonly non-funny thing about itis that it is the last Wodehousebook, since the author died earlythis year.

It is fitting that in his finalwork Wodehouse brought backtwo of his best characters, BertieWooster, the marvelously sillyman about town and Jeeves,Bertie's incomparable manser­vant. The old master, whosehand never lost its cunning, putsthis pair through some hilariouspaces.

Bertie's doctor advises him toget some fresh country air, soBertie and Jeeves repair to acottage in the somnolent villageof Maiden EggesfOl:d, which iscertain to be a haven of peace.

Of course, it is not. Bertie im­mediately gets involved in con­spiratorial doings, mostly con­cerned with a cat. It seems thatthis cat is the .inseparable stable­mate of a nervy race horse.

Bertie's Aunt Dahlia has beta large sum on that horse's chiefrival in an imminent race. If thecat can be spirited away, thefirst horse will go to pieces andbe unfit for competition. Bertieis directed to purloin the cat.

There are other complicationsas well, but Wodehouse tripsthrough the complications withnary a stuinble or misstep.

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By

RT. REV.

MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

In 1824, Indiana was the scene of an unprecedentedmurder trial. Four white men were charged with the kill­ing of nine Indians. They were found guilty, and threeof them were hanged. The fourth received a last-minutereprieve. The trial was un­precedented in that it mark­ed the first time in Americanhistory that white men werebrought to justice and executedfor the killing of Indians.

The incident is the nucleus ofJessamyn West's new novel,

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"The Massacre at Fall Creek"(Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, 757Third Ave., New York, N. Y.10017. 373 pages. $8.95). Four ofthe five historical figures whoappear in the novel have veryminor roles. The fifth, ColonelJohn Johnston, Indian agent forthe Northwest Territory, is morea moving force than a leadingactor. All the other charactersare Miss West's inventions.

Fall Creek is a tiny settle­ment in the wilderness. Its pop­ulation numbers no more than10 or 12 white families. Theseare people who have made, andsometimes fought, their wayfrom the East, and along theway they have had bad. experi­ences with Indians. .

An influential man in thesettlement is Caleb Cape, who isa part-time preacher. There isno church in the settlement, butpeople come on Sunday' toCape's house, where he conductsan informal religious service ·forthem. He is a man of peace.

A rabid anti-Indian attitude isrepresented by George Benson,who, as a boy, saw his grand­father murdered hy Indians.Benson is always raging againstthe Indians and urging ruthlessextermination of them.

Indians Ambushed

Two Seneca braves, threesquaws, and ·four Indian chi·ldrenvisit the area, long familiar tothe.in, and set up a temporarycamp. They represent no menacein fact, but Benson is infuriatedby their presence. He a,nd threeother FaH Creek men ambushthe Indian men, then go to thecamp and slaughter the womenand children.

Caleb Cape is horrified by thisbutchery. He is also fearful thatit will bring down reprisal onthe little community. There areIndians in large numbers to theNorth, and it is likely that,learning of the fate of the nine,they wiH come in force andwreak revenge.

So Caleb sets out on a 200­mile journey to inform the Indianagent, Colonel Johnston, of whathas happened and to get him topersuade the Indians not to raidthe settlement.··-'Fh'e'·ft!cf~r"lMMritres "d~tet;

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t KNOW YOUR FAITH tEastern Orthodoxy Tearing Down the Walls to • •

Protestant-Catholic ,Ecumenism

RELIGIONS IN AMERICA: "We all believe that thereis and can be only One Church, the Catholic Church of theCreeds, yet we are confronted with the existence of manyChurches,whose members we recognize as brothers andsisters in Christ." Cincinnati's "spires of. Eighth Street"show the diversity of religious exper1ence in America.They include St. Peter in Chains Roman Catholic cathedral(left), a Presbyterian church and a t~mple. NC Photo.

BY MARY MAHER

Three years ago I spent thesummer in a New York Episco­palian seminary with EasternOrthodox Ohristians. It was agood and painfully insightfultime. What I thought were myliberal ecumenical gestures cameunder fire. We got to levels ofstrenuous dialogue that made myformer ecumenical ventures,such as dr.inking coffee with per­sons of varying traditions, seemrather cosmetic. I believe that itwas the truth about our differ­ences during that time to­gether that made us genuinelylove one another.

Yet the similarity betweenEastern Ort,hodox and RomanCatholics -is great. By and large,we do not differ theologicallyon most doctrinal matters. Theystress a sacramental, liturgicallife as we do, but obviouslywithin the needs of their culture.Their canon law, especially re­garding marriage and celibacy,differs from ours in RomanCatholicism. Their liturgies aremore solemn than ours, yet therite is very similar. Their use ofincense, gold vessels and richlydecorated vestments makes lit­urgy most majestic. During Massthey do not share a great dealcommunally with each other; therite is centered on God beyond

IIBy REV. AVERY DULLES, S.J.

Father Avery Dulles, S.J., isa -professor of theology at theCatholic University of America.A member of the WoodstockCollege faculty since 1960, healso taught at the GregorianUniversity, Fordham University,Princeton Theological Seminary,Union Theological Seminary andWeston College, serving as vis­iting professor at the last three.Father Dulles is the author ofmore than 250 works. In 1970,he received the Catholic The­ological Society of America'sCardinal Spellman Award for hisachievements in theology andcontributions to theologicalstudies.'

WHY SEPARATION OCCURRED

From the New Testament itis evident that the Church, asviewed by Paul and by John, isto be a sign of the unity of allthose who believe in Christ andconfess His name. In our time,however, this dream is a far cryfrom the reality. Christianity issplit by quarrels that occurredmany centuries ago. Even thoughthe issues over which the com­munities originally separated arein some cases no longer vital, noeffective method of overcomingthe inherited divisions has yetbeen devised.

The present state of Protes­tant-Catholic relations will beconsidered in this article. Thesplit goes back to the 16th cen­tury. Protestantism, generally

and therefore its tone is verytranscendent.

Spirituality of Hope'J1he Eastern Christians have

an ikon spirituality that is veryfull of hope. This spiritualitypresents man as a likeness (ikon)of his creator. Man is made andredeemed in the image of God.Ikons which are liturgically im­portant in their churches aremore than art; they are not to be

, confused with Western statues.They are believed to be partic­ipations in the victory of Jesuswhich remind man of his gloryand his salvation. There is ajubilant sense of real victory inEastern Christianity. The mis­sion of Jesus was not a touch­and-go affair, partially complete.He did all; it was man who hasbeen less than faithful in his re­sponse to the Lord.

It is difficult for us who arcWesterns to grasp the full im­plications of the Eastern Chris­tian belief in man. We have longstressed the intellectural side ofman as that which is -his great­est faith support. How often weuse . the following questions in­terchangeably: "What do youthink?" and "What do you be­lieve?" Eastern Christians tendto be realistic about faith involv­ing the whole man-his feelingsanguishes, joys as well as his

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IIspeaking, stems from Martin Lu­ther and from thinkers influ­enced by him. Luther had no de­sire to found a new Church, buthe wished to reform the oneChurch .in which he had· beenraised. He protested against cer­tain abuses, such as the sale of·indulgences, and set forth somechallenging ideas concerning ourrelationship in faith to JesusChrist. On the basis of his read­ing of Paul's letters, he becameconvinced that we were to besaved not by good works but bygrace alone, and that conse­quently the essential was tomake a firm act of faith in Christas the source of forgiveness. Heargued, likewise, that all Chris­tian doctrines should he provedby recoilrse to the Bible. In time,Lutheranism came to be sum·marized in certain brief formulassuch as "grace alone," "Christ·alone," and "the Bible alone."Because of their doctrinal posi­tions, the Lutheran Churchescame to be separated from thePope. Many of them also organ­ized themselves without bishops.

Break-offsIn the 16th and 17th centuries

there were bitter disputes overthe theological issues raised by

.Luther and his colleagues. TheCatholic Church rejected manyof Luther's teachings. Some oth­er Protestant groups-such asthe Calvinists and the Anglicans-accepted them with modifica­tions of their own. As a resultof new break-otfs in the next

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BY LEONEL L. MITCHELL

Father Leonel L. Mitchell isan assistant professor of liturgyin the Department of Theologyof the University of Notre Dame.He is a priest of the EpiscopalChurch and serves as a Canonof St. James Cathedral (Episco­pal) in South Bend, Ind. AtNotre Dame he is the chairmanof the theology and liturgy sum­mer sessions. Father Mitchell isa frequent contributor to "Wor­ship," "Studia Liturgia," and"Anglican Theological Review."

Every Sunday literally millionsof Christian people throughoutthe world join in the ringing af­firmation of the Nicene Creed."We believe in one Holy Catholicand Apostolic Churah," yet theyare not themselves' obviouslymembers of a single Church.Many of those who profess their,faith in the One Church of JesusChrist will be Roman Catholicsmany others will be members ofone of the Eastern OrthodoxChurches, still others will beLutherans, Anglicans, or mem­bers of the Reformed or Pres­byterian Churches, yet all can·sider themselves members of theHoly Catholic Church of JesusCh11ist. It is on'ly because wehave grown up with this situa­tion that we do not consider. itboth paradoxical and absurd.

For many centuries Christiansfaced the problem of Christiandisunity by ignoring it. OtherChristians officially did not exist.They were false disciples, her­etics, schismatics, idolators,wicked perverters of the Faithand of the faithful. If they couldnot actuaUy be eliminated, theycould at least be geographicallysegregated--: C{ltholic Italy, Or­thodox Greece, Lutheran Swe­den, Anglican England.

From the very begining, how­ever, the United States has hadto deal with members of almostevery conceivable ChristianChurch living side by side in thesame country. Often our veryproximity has served only toharden differences and breeddistrust. It has also forced us towork together on a number ofpractical local concerns.

New Day of Ecumenism

The establishment of theWorld Council of Churches in1947 marked the institutionalfruition of the EcumenicalMovement. Even those who joy­ously participated in its found­ing recognized that there wasreal incongruity in a WorldCouncil of Churches which didnot include the two largestChristian Churches, the RomanCatholic and Russian Orthodox.In the 1960s the Roman Cath­olic Churoh, through the actionof Pope John XXIIl and VaticanCouncil II, officially committeditself to the Ecumenical' Move­ment, although without joiningthe World Council. This has in­augurated a new and radicallydifferent day on the ecumenicalscene.

Today, not only are Christianchup;hes ~or~.i~~ .~ogether on

common social action and com­munity concerns, they are begin­ning to wrestle at all levels withthe hard theological questionsraised by divisions of the Church.National and international the­ologicalcommissions meet todeal "head on" with the theolog­ical issues separating Christians.It is not simply that RomanCatholics are talking theologywith Protestants. They are Cath­olic-Orthodox, Anglican-Ortho­dox, Lutheran-Reformed, Luther­an-Anglican dialogues. There are'also discussions between theEastern and the OrientalChurches which have been outof communion since the fifthcentury.

Finally Talking

If this were all that was hap­pening, it would be significant,,but it is only one aspect. Localcongregations and individualChristians have begun to talkwith their opposite numbers inother Churches. l.f their conver­sations are 'not always prOduc­tive, there is not need for dis­couragement. At least they aretalking! The separation of East­ern and Western Christendomhas lasted 900 years, the separ­ation caused by the Reformationover 400 years ago. Deep inher­ited feelings are involved. Theattitudes of many generations,even more than theological dif­ferences, keep us apart.

My own situation as an Epis-. .. ,

copal priest teaching in the the­ology department of Notre Dameand writing for Roman Catholicnewspapers and magazines is avisible fruit of the new under­standing that exists amongChristians of different Churches.Still, that very statement exposesthe heart of the problem. We allbelieve that there is and can beonly One Church, the CatholicChurch of the Creeds, yet we areconfronted with the existence ofmany Churches, whose memberswe recognize as brothers andsisters in Christ. It was theprayer of Christ at the LastSupper that we might all be one,·as He and the Father are one.It is toward this goal that we anmust press.

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mean that we believe that thedifferences between ChristianChurches are trivial, nor that"it doesn't matter what you bc­Iieve." It means that we are will·ing to work together in lovewith our fellow Christians,whenever, this is possible, and,that we will try to understandwhat it is that keeps us apart inother areas.

We cannot do this by seekinga least common denominator, byabandoning everything uponwhich we cannot agree, nor canwe negotiate our differences onthe model of a labor contract.Catholics cannot for example,give up belief in the Eucharisticsacrifice if Lutherans will acceptthe Papacy. To state this sobaldly is to show its impossibil­ity. What we can do is to lookat the riches of Christ preservedand shown forth in otherchurches and share with themthe riches of our own tradition.

Certainly Protestants havemuch to learn from the Catholictradition: the liturgy, the sacra­ments, the joy of the Christianme. On the other hand Catholicscan learn from 400 years ofLutheran and, Anglican experi­ence with a vernacular liturgyand Communion in both kinds.Baptists and Methodists havemuch to contribute in the fieldof preaching and ext~mpore

prayer. We can all learn fromthe Eastern Churches about theprayer of the heart and the lifeof the spirit. The list can beendlessly mUltiplied.

Perhaps, the agenda of thepresent generation of theologiansi<; to strip away the irrelevancies,so that we can expose what arethe real divisions which keep usfrom being one in Christ. Cer­tainly, our agenda as Christiansmust be to create the environ­ment of love and trust in whichwe can work together. The mag­nificent thing is that in this cen­tury God has removed the scalesfrom our eyes so that we can seethe working of the Spirit amongCbristian brethren with whomwe are not visibly united, andHe has put it into our hearts towork together to tear down thewalls we have built between us.

tians underwent. It is not a dis­tant history either. There wereEastern Christians present thatsummer who were still bitterabout having to attend a RomanCatholic Church on Sunday aftertheir own liturgy so "they wouldget to a legal Mass."

Major Difference

The major area of differencebetween Orthodox and RomanCatholics centers around beliefin the Pope. They do not holdthe Pope to be the supreme pon­tiff of the Catholic churches.They hold that the Bishop ofRome is the patriarch of theWest, not the Bishop over bish­ops. Each church is subject toits local bishop; the main see isConstantinople, known. as "thefirst among equals." This theo­logical issue is so deeply mixedwith political considerationsthrough the centuries that it isenormously difficult to knowwhen the churches were usingthe state or vice versa. The ecu­menical venture of sifting outtlhe religious and cultural impli­cations of our differences willnot be as easy as sorting applesfrom oranges. It will ask mucheffort (already advanced) on thepart of theologians and Chris­tian neighbors alike. It will askan understanding of differences,I suspect, that is not unlike thatbetween two persons beforemarriage.

The greatest part of ecumen­ism will be healing the feelingsthat have widened the separa­tion from our Orthodox brothersmore than doctrine ever could.It m,ay be time, as Pope Johnsuggested, to ask forgivenessfor not having understood thefree choice of other men. Thehopeful words of Kyr Maximos,who wrot~as patriarch of An­tioch; will help us along: "WebelieV'e that Christians wouldlove one another more if they'knew one another better, thattheir mutual antagonisms arethe fruit more of ignorance thanof ill-will."

Continued from Page Thirteenmind: Affection is an essentialpart of their faith process.

It .is enlightening (and pain·ful) to know how the Westernchurches have assumed 'thatChristianity' is Western. Thehistory of this error is long andfilled with horror stori~s of thepersecution that Orthodox Chris-

MAJESTY IN LITURGY: "Their (Eastern Orthodox)use of incense, golden vessels and richly decorated vest­ments make liturgy most majestic." In the Church of theHoly Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Orthodox churchmen in richrobes carry rose petals from Calvary to the Tomb of Christ.The church is shared by five denominations. NC Photo.

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is slow, and requires great pa­tience. The whole enterprisecould be undercut by hastyagreements that would latcrprove unsound or unacceptableto the respective communions.'It would be unrealistic to expectthat the centuries-long heritageof misunderstanding and dis­agreement could be overcome ina decade by a'few dedicated the­ologians. But it seems certainthat, if there is a general willto restore the broken unity ofthe Christian Churches, thesescholarly eUorts will prove cru­cially import'ant.

The success of ecumenical the­ology could be thwarted not onlyby the impatience and careless­ness of theologians but a,lso byother factors. For any practicalresults to follow, it is necessaryfor the theological effort to besupported by genuine eagernesson the part of the official leader­ship of the Churoh and the,faithful themselves. Such eager­ness is not easily achieved. Onlyat certain r.aTe moments, such asthe period from World War IIto the end of the Second VaticanCouncil, has ecumenism beenrelatively popul'ar. Very oftenthe the ecumenical theologianmust be resigned to the fact thathe will be regarded with mistrustand suspicion; he will be sus­pected of seeking compromiseat tohe expense of truth. Butecumenism cannot let itself behalted by such false suspicions.Convinced that Christ wills theovercoming of dissension amongHis followers, ecumenists willdoggedly pursue their efforts toheal and to reconcile.

sideration, in this 'article weshall ,focus on the Anglican·Rorn..an Catholic and the Luther­'an-Roman Catholic. What arethese dialogues seeking to ac­complish, and what have theyactually achieved?

The Anglican-Roman Catholi::dialogue, through its Interna­tional Commision, has pro·duced two remarkable consen­sus statements, one on the Eu­charist, the other on Ministryand' Ordination. As a result oftheir common investigations,both the Anglican and the Cath­olic members of the Commissionhave sta,ted their conviction thatthey could agree on all essen·tial points of doctrine in thesetwo areas, and that consequent­ly there is no good reason whythe doctrines of the Eucharist,Ministry and Ordination, so bit­terly disputed since the 16th

, century, should be obstacles tofull communion between thesetwo major traditions. This isnot ,to say, of course, that thereare not other doctrinal barriers,such as, perhaps, the papacy orMariology. Thus continued di­alogue is needed, and is actuaUyoccurring.

Study ReportsThe Anglican-Roman Catholic

Consultation in the United Statehas published important consen­sus statements that either par­aBel or comment upon those ofthe International Commission. Ithas moved ahead of the Inter­national Commission in produc­ing a general statement on thenature and conditions of doc­trinal agreement.

T.lle Lutheran-Roman CatholicIntetnational Study Commissionproduced in 1972, as a result offive years' work, a far-rangingreport entitled, "The Gospel andthe Church." This report dea,ltprimarily with the nature of theGospel and its authority overthe Church, but it also took upquestions such as the mutualrecognition of ministries and thepossibility of allowing occasionalacts of intercommunion betweenthe Catholic and LutheranChurches.

The American-Lutheran-RomanCatholic dialogue has producedsince 1965 a series of five vol-,urnes of position papers andcommon statements. These vol­umes deal respectively with theNicene Creed as Dogma, withBaptism, with the Eucharist,with the Ministry, and with thePapacy. The dialogue is present­ly studying the teaching author­ity in the Church and particular­ly the question of papal infalli­bility. In the issues so far treated,the dialogue has succeeded inclearing up many lang-standingdisagreements and reachingvery significant partial agree­ments.

The Lutheran·Catholic consen­sus statements in the UnitedStates have sought to point outnot only the agreements reached.but also the issues on which,for one reason or another, doc­trinal differences seem to re­main.

Beware of ImitationsThe Anglican-Roman Catholic

and the Lutheran-Roman Cath­olic conversations are typical ofmany bilateral discussions nowtaking place not only betweenCatholics and Protestants butbetween other denominations.The work of theological dialogue

Continued from Page Thirteenfew centuries, Christianity in theWest was transformed into atragic spectacle of hundreds ofquarreling sects.

Early in the 20th century, pri­marily under Protestant auspices,a movement of reunion waslaunched. This "ecumenicalmovement," as it came to becalled, resulted in the founda­tion of the World Council ofChurches (1948). Hundreds ofProtestant denominations, aswell as the Orthodox, churches,belong to this 'body, but theCatholic Church is not yet amember.

Pope John XXIU and VaticanCouncil II (1962-65) committedthe Catholic Church officially tothe ecumenical movement. TheCouncil's Decree on Ecumenismcalls upon Catholics to abandonl'hoeir defensive attitudes and tojoin wholeheartedly with otherChristian groups in 'promotingthe unity willed by Christ for hisChurch. As a result of thismandate, Catholic theologiansin many parts of the world havebeen working with their Protes­tant counterparts to overcomethe divisions brought about bythe Reformation.

"Conversion of Heart"For those who participate i!)

the ecumenical movement, theright attitudes are all-important.The Council speaks of a "con­version of heart" as being the"soul of the ecumenical move­ment." This change of outlookdemands in the first place thatwe should try to appreciatewhatever is good in communi­ties other than our own, thank­ing God for what thoe grace ofthe Holy Spirit has done forthem and through them. Second­ly, this ecumenical conversiondemands that we should be hum­ble about our own community.The Council freely acknowledgesthat the Cathoiic Church, in itsactual history, has been very 'im­perfect and has been partly re­sponsible for some of the divi­sions within, Christianity. "Christsummons the Church, as shegoes her pilgrim way,. to thatcontinual reformation of whichshe always has need, insofar' asshe is an institution of men hereon earth" ("Decree on Ecumen­ism," 6).

On the other hand, we shouldavoitl the error of idealizing oth­er branches of 'Christianity anddemeaning our own. To preserveand defend the good things inour heritage is a Christian andecumenical respOllSibility. Believ­ers of any denomination shouldseek to build on this heritagerather than to dissolve it. Itwould be a false ecumenism forRoman Catholicism or any otherChristian communion to aban­don what 'is sacred to it forthoe sake of unity. Whatever eachChurch has of truth and holinessit holds in trust for the good ofall Christians and, in the lastanalysis, for the good of thewhole world.

DialoguesFollowing the directives of

the second Vatican Council,many Catholic theologians since1965 have been seeking withtheir Protes.tant counterparts toovercome, through dialogue, thedoctrinal differences that sepa·rate their respective Churches~

Among the many dialogues wemay single out for special con-

Duke Ellington DesignatedAs Apostle to All Faiths

Vatican Radio Soothes Motorists CaughtIn Roman Traffic lams

NAUTICAL MEETING: Area board members of Upper Cape Confraternity of Chris­tian Doctrine hold annual dinner meeting at Sacred Heart parish hall, Oak Bluffs, afterboat trip from Falmouth to Martha's Vineyard. From left, seated, Mrs. Fred Hausmann,Mrs. Arthur Amaral, Vineyard Haven; Mrs. John DeBettencourt, Oak Bluffs; Mrs. Lau­rence Mercier, Edgartown; Mrs. Keith Songer, Buzzards Bay. Standing, Rev. TimothyGoldrick, Buzzards Bay; Rev. Thomas Rita, East Falmouth; Mrs. John Regan, Onset;Mrs. Charles Bardelis, Falmouth; Sister Rita Pelletier, Fall River; Sister Theresa Sparrow,Fall River; Rev. John Magnani, Falmouth; Rev. James Clark, Oak Bluffs; Rev. JosephWiseman, Woods Hole.

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covered the program as theyhave switched on their carradios in frustration.

So much mail has come in thatFather St. George had to hiresomeone to handle it. Most let­ters are requests for free pro­gram guides.

"You help me to cook," iswhat housewives say.

So many listeners asked: "Canwe visit you?" that Father St.George and his associates nowrun tours through the stationevery Saturday.

"I don't consider broadcastingjust an extension of the pulpitor sanctuary, but it should rep­resent the total concern of theChurch for the legitimate needsof people," Father St. George

.observed. One need is leisure.

"The driver caught in a trafficjam has needs. And we shouldbe using the stereo equipmentwe have at Vatican Radio for thepurpose for which it was de­signed, tlhat ,is, high qualitymusic."

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Mood MusicFather St. George, 54, is for­

mer chairman of the Departmentof Communication Arts at Ford­ham University and former di­rector of the university's FMstation, WFUV-FM. With Vat­ican Radio since 1966, he is anassistant to the sta'tion's generaldirector.

The evening show became sopopular, Father St. George re­lated, that last September, anafternoon program, "Musica deRelax" was started. The themeis music from the movie "TheYear 2001" and the show con­sists entirely of good music,with a 40-second break midwayin the two hours for a shortScripture reading or a medita­tion.

The .program starts at 1 p.m.,just when frayed motorists arecaught in savage traffic jamson the way home to their noon­time meal. Hundreds have dis-

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A Jesuit from New York'sFordham Univ.ersity has becomethe Vatican's first disc jockey.

VaNcan Radio has startedbroadcasting good quality stereomusic in Rome, and the effect,has been '\sensational," the discjockey, Jesuit Father John A.St. George, said in an interviewhere.

The new sound in Rome isheard during two-hour segments,one in the afternoon siesta timeand the other .in the evening, theU. S. Jesuit said. The signalsnow reach only a 50-mile radiusof Vatican City, but a thirdhigh-quality music broadcast byshort wave to some Europeancountries will soon be introduced.

Father St. George's lead-offItalian announcer, Mauro Lorino,19, who broadcast simultaneous­ly witlh the priest's comment inEnglish, is soon to be draftedfor military service, the pr-iestsaid. The replacement announcerwill be another "lirst" in thehistory of the 44-year-old sta­tion-a woman, Miss SimonettaMartinelli, 18, a university stu­dent and daughter of a widelyknown Italian sportsc,aster.

Romans at first could not be­lieve their ears last June 2 whenthe evening show started, FatherSt. George said. Instead of hear­ingthe station's usual content offoreign-language stereo broad­casts of Church news, papal cer­emonies, encyaUcal&l, the An­gelus, the Rosary or Mass, tlheyheard quality music rangingfrom pop to symphonies to tiilmsound-track melodies.

Vatican Radio is the only sta­tion in Italy not under Italiangovernment control and there­fore can innovate in an indepen-

Calls Mindszenty'Great Confessor'

LONDON (NC) - CardinalJozsef Mindszenty was "thegreatest confessor of the faithof the 20th century," CardinalJohn Heenan of Westminster de­clared in a public tribute.

"The greatest testimony Car­dina'! Mindszenty received wasfrom the Nazi and Soviet invad­ers of his country," he added.

"If they regarded him as theirenemy it was because he soughtto be the protector of the Hun­'garian people."

One of the last public state­ments made by Cardinal Mind­szenty before his death May 6was an interview televised by theBritish Broadcasting' Corpora­tion.

In it the cardinal told his in­terviewer that he felt no bitter­ness about the way he had beentreated by his persecutors andhis own Church.

"Rather I feel joyful that Istood for the truth," he added.

Father Popock visited Elling­ton several times during his finalmonths at a New York Cityhospital. He recalled that therewas a piano in Ellington's roomthroughout his stay.

In April 1973, on Ellington'sbirthday, the priest rememberssharing a few moments alonewith his dying friend. On thatoccasion, he said, "Duke told'me to pull a chair up to thepiano and I did. He got out ofbed, sat down at the piano andbegan playing something whichhe often played before a per­forrance. It was a number called'Meditation,' a favorite of ours.

'Your Song'"Then he started playing

something else and asked me ifI knew its title. I wracked mybrain, but still couldn't remem­ber what it was. Duke smiledand said 'Man, that's your song.That's the Our Father which Iwrote while in Paris.' He playedit through twice for me. I helpedhim back to bed and said goodnight."

On May 23, 1974, the night be­fore Ellington died, Father Po­pock again was with his friend.

"I could see that it was theend of the road for Duke," hesaid. "We prayed to Our Fathertogether and then I left forMontreal. The next morningDuke's secretary phoned to tellme that he had died."

The American premiere of El­lington's Third Sacred Concert,entitled "The Majesty of God,"was held at Albany's Cathedralof the Immaculate ConceptionMay 24, tbe first anniversary ofthe composer's death.

The original Duke EllingtonOrchestra, conducted by thecomposer:S son Mercer, per­formed a repertoire of sacredmusic.

Names DominicanROME (NC) - Pope Paul VI

has named Father Vincent deCouesnongle, master general ofthe Dominicans, a member ofthe Vatican's Congregation forReligious. Father de Couesnon­gle, 58, is a native of Brittany inFrance. He was elected head ofthe Dominicans in August 1974.

Man o.f Prayer

The Canadian chaplain notedthat Ellington was "a deeply re­ligious man, a man of prayer,"while pointing out that each ofthe sacred concerts were dearto his composer-friend.

"He looked 'upon his sacredworks both as a debt to God andas a way of praising God," hesaid.

Father Pocock disclosed thatmany who have witnessed thesacred concerts are also thosewho have avoided church ser­vices for years. "What broughtthem back," he said, "were DukeEllington's sacred works."

The Canadian priest said thathe met a singer who!told him ~hat

asa little girl she wore a crosswhich her mother had given toher. But when she broke intoshow business, the cross was re­moved, and religion was dis­carded.

"She told me that when shelistened to Duke praise God inhis sacred concert, her faith wasrestored," he said. "She has de­cided now to wear that crossuntil the day she dies."

He remarked: ..Duke .....ad hisown special apostolate for peopleof all faith~."

ALBANY (NC) - The words"God" and "love" formed a crosson the holy card that a Canadianpriest presented to Duke Elling­ton about one year prior to thecomposer's death. That card be­came the inspiration for one ofthe works included in Elling­ton's last sacred concert.

Father Gerald Pocock, who vis­ited Albany for the May 24 per­formance of Ellington's Third Sa­cred Concert, told The Evangelist,the Albany diocesan weekly, that"Duke carried the card I gavehim wherever he went" and "hadit by his bedside when he died."

Father Pocock, chaplain at St.Mary's hospital, Montreal, wasa personal friend of Duke Elling­ton.

When the late jazz composerand his orchestra last appeared inMontreal, Father Pocock greetedhim at the air port and accom­panied him to the hotel. It wasthen that Ellington told the priestthat he had written a song enti­tled, "Is God a Three-LetterWord. for Love, or Is Love aFour-Letter Word for God?"

Later that same day, whileEllington was napping, FatherPocock reflected on the songtitle and worked out his own lyr­ics in keeping with the theme.At dinnertime, the priest present­ed his lyrics to Ellington, who,after reading them, nodded hisapproval and tucked them awayin the medicine bag that he car­ried. The Canadian priest neverdreamed that some day he wouldhear those lyrics again.

By special invitation, FatherPocock traveled with Ellingtonand his orchestra to England forthe premiere of the Third SacredConcert at Westminster Abbey.He recalls that following the ren­dition of "Is God a Three-LetterWord for Love?" the choir quiet­ed down as Tomy Watkins, amale vocalist, step~ed up to themicrophone. To Father Pocock'ssuprprise, Watkins proceeded torecite the lyrics that the priesthad given to Ellington in Mont­real.

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by the students themselves-five girls represented "Molly Pitcher" andfour boys attired as patriots. Left photo, the patriots: Curt Allan, DavidCorreia, Daniel Pare' and Neal Goncalo. The "Molly Pitchers": JohannForbes, Christine Frett, Kelly Saucier, Cathy Boscoe and Diane St. Pierre.

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ing refugee camp of 6,500 Viet­name5e off the coast of Sing­apore, practically without foodsupplies, has been given emer­gency help by Chinese andAmerican Catholics.

Cyril Chew, executive, direi::­tor of the Singapore CatholicWelfare Service, reported thatthe 6,500 refugees are aboard34 vessels off the coast of Sing­apore. They had fled Vietnamin late April and saqled northin 'scC\r<;h of safety.

Says Chile NeedsSocial Leaders

WASHINGTON (NC)-Chilc'sabout-face from extreme left tofar right has prompted Churchleaders to educate Catholics inresponsible leadcrship, accord­ing to the 5ecretary general ofthe Chilean Bishops' Conference.

Bishop Carlos Camus, here asa guest of the Department ofState, explained that the Chileanbishops consider such educationin leadership to be a key to rec­onciliation. The bishops havealso launched an orientationcampaign on the Church's socialdoctrine, and are making inten­sive use of communications.

The program "stems from ourlong experience of suffering,"Bishop Camus said.

Since 1970 Chile has beenruled by a Marxist governmentin conflict with landed and bus­iness groups; and a righti5t mil­itary regime that overthrew it 'in1973 in a bloody coup followedby imprisonment, torture andthe exile of leftist and even mod­erates. Chile now is in the throesof an economic crisis.

"There is a Christian and hu­man way out of these troubles,"Bishop Camus told NC News.

"We are presenting alterna­tives to the extremes of commu­nism and capitalism by offeringthe kind of social justice es­poused by the Church."