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seminaries, novitiates, schoolsand churches were crowded."

Archbishop Whealon said thestress today should be placed onthe "irreplaceable positive valuesof our own religion." He added:

"The dust of confusion hassettled over our family jewels;it is time for them to be polished,seen and appreciated again."

AqlOng eight outstanding val-.ues of the Catholic Church to­day, Archbisop Whealon under­scored:

The updated Church which af­fords a Catholic to see "the old­est and yet the newest."

Liturgical renewal which hasbrought changes in the Mass andthe Bible to "enrich and nourishthe spiritual and worship life ofCatholics."

Widespread concern for thepoor which has brought aboutinner-city apostolates and theU. S. bishops' anti-poverty cam­paign for Human Development.

Faith as a guide to a balancedspiritual life.

the White House, the EcumenicalCouncil was planned to solve theproblems of the world, and our

ARCHIBSHOP J. F. WHEALON

servatives" labelings of membersof the Church.

The time has come, he said,for expunging such artificialcharacterizations "in favor ofcommon realization that we areall trying to do our best to servefaithfully God's Word and God'sChurch."

The sociological changes ofthe last decade, he said, havebeen called "a new Americanrevolution." Those changes, notVatican Council II or theology,have made it difficult for aChurch accustomed to unifor­mity, charity, mutual respectand steady progress.

"The mood of 1971, it seemsto me, is a different and health­ier mood for Catholic Ameri­cans," the archbishop said.

"We have been chastened,humbled-and it is good for oursouls. Perhaps we' were ridingtoo high back in those headydays of 1961 when captivatingPope, John was in' Rome, theCatholic John 'F. Kennedy was in

Archbishop John F. Whealonof Hartford, Conn., in a homilyat the Mass opening the 89th an­nual convention of the supremecouncil of the Knights of Colum­bus in St. Patrick's cathedral,urged Catholics to elminate de­rogatory "progressives and con-

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NEW YORK (NC)-The timeis "long overdue for us to elim­inate negative criticism from ourminds, hearts, pulpits, class­rooms and newspapers," an arch­bishop said here as he evaluatedthe American Catholic Churchin the 70s.

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Vol. 15, No. 34 © 1971 The Anchor Over 400 at CCD CongressI·nfant Baptism RiteStresses' Preparation

"SHOWER OF STARS" DAZZLES CAPE COD: Carmen EIio, coordinator and Bish­op Cronin, honored guest display perfect contentment at the successfu'I' social held inHyannis to benefit the Diocesan Nazareth Apostolate for Execptional Children regardlessof race, color or creed. •

His Excellency, Most ReverendDaniel A. Cronin, has issuedliturgical norms for the imple­mentation of the New Rite ofBaptism in the Diocese of FallRiver.

The norms are to be adoptedin all the parishes of the Dioceseno later than Sept. 1, 1971.

The det~i1ed guidelines wereissued to help assist the priestsof the Fall River Diocese in theconferral of the Sacrament ofBaptism. They also emphasizeand' call for a proper catechesisfor .parents, godparents andfriends who assist at Baptism soas to. make the participation ofall as profitable as possible.

The ceremony was illustratedfor The Anchor during the ac­tual Baptism of William JosephPatrick Murphy, the youngestof six children of Mr. and Mrs.James Murphy .of Our Lady of

Assign ThreeReligious

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, ap­proves the nomination by VeryRev. Finton Sheeran, SS.CC. Pro­vincial of the Sacred Hearts Fa­thers, of the following assign­ments:

Rev. Rene Gaudin, SS.CC., whohas been at Queen of Peace Mis­sion Seminary in Jaffrey, N. H.,to be assistant at Our Lady ofLourdes Parish in Wellfleet.

Rev. Boniface Jones, SS.CC..,from St. Mary's Parish, No. Fair­haven, to be assistant at HolyTrinity Parish, West Harwich.

Rev. Jeremiah Casey, SS.CC.,who has been stationed at Abaco,Bahamas, to be assistant at St.Mary's Parish, No. Fairhaven.

The assignments are effectiveSunday, August 29, 1971.

Victory Parish, Centerville.Rev. Thomas E. McMorrow,

assistant pastor of Our Lady ofVictory Parsh, was the celebrant.Mr. and Mrs.' Richard Griffithswere the godparents. StephenRicciardi and Kevin Fellowsserved as altarboys.

The explanations and illustra­tions can be found on' pages 10and 11 of this issue of TheAnchor.. The practice of infant baptismhas been constant in the Churchfrom New T~stament times, yetthe rite by which the Sacramentwas administered to children hasbeen an abbreviated form of the 'ceremony used in baptizing adultconverts. A specific rite for in­fant baptism was historically un­known in the Christian West.

The rite which has been inuse since the publication of theRoman Ritual in 1614 is anadaptation of the ceremony forbaptizing adults. The Constitu­tion on the Sacred Liturgy ofVatican Council II called formodification of catechetical andliturgical procedures associatedwith Christian initiation and theadministration of the Sacramentof Baptism:' .

. "The rite for the baptism 'of .infants is to be revised andshould be adapted to the circum­stance that those to be bap­tized ar:?, in fact, infants. Theroles of parents and godparents,and also their duties,should bebrought out more sharply in therite itself." (Constitution on theSacred Liturgy, No. 67; 64-70).

The Sacred Congregation ofDivine Worship responded tothis directive of the bishopsand, on May 15, 1969, publisheda'new rite.

A parochial catechesis will benecessary to provide instructionand to assist prospective' par­ents and godparents to partici-

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Most Reverend Humberto S.Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston,greeted the New England Con­gress of Religious Education andits many members "who dedicate.

yourselves to preserve and tohand on that sacred traditionwhich Christ Himself commis­sioned the apostles to teach toall men."

Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin conceleorated the open­ing Mass and took part in thediscussions arranged for' FallRiver diocesans at Campion Hall.Most Reverend James J. Gerrardalso joined the New Englandbishops.

The Bishop of the Diocese waspleased to be joined at the Con­gress with more than 400 of thelaity and over 40 priests of theDiocese. He expressed his grati­tude for the sacrifices entailedin participating in the Congressand expressed great ,hope forthe betterment of religious in­struction that it would mean for

the Diocese."I am happy to welcome you,"

the Archbishop said, "as teach­ers of 'that gospel which is thesource of all saving truth andmoral teaching' and as preachersof that living tradition of theapostles which we have all re­ceived by faith" and which wemust all fl,iithfully defend."

"Your efforts contribute to theteaching life. of the Church, toan increase of faith and holinessof life among the People of God.

. With your generous help, theChurch -perpetuates and handson to future generations 'all 'that

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In addition to Father Marti­neau, Mrs. Martineau is survivedby another son, Francois J. andfour daughters, Sr. Imelda, O.P.of the Dominican Acadell)y, Mrs.Philip Caron, Miss Annette Mar­tineau and Mrs. Marguerite C.Martin.

Father Benson stressed thatthe church is very much alivein South Vietnam, particularlyamong the GI's. The. chaplainsaid they are mot;.e religious thanyoung people in the UnitedStates.

"They (soldiers) are· separatedfrom the trappings of a materi·alistic society and they reacton a person-to-person basis as achild of God," he said. SundayMasses are filled with American',soldiers and Vietnamese civilianssitting side by side, the priestadded.

~l1:stor. Offers.Mothe.r's".M~ss :

. Father.Benson expressed Qpti­!11ism about the future 'of theChurch in Vietnam because he. '.belieyes that the Church thrivesunder, adverse conditions and

. "the faith of the people becomes

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,Rev.. Joseph. A; Martineau,

pastor of St. Michael's Parish,Ocean Grov,e wa~',': cel.eb~ant of

. a'. Sol~mn . Mass.: of ChristianBurial offered at 10 on Tuesdaymorning in St. Anne's Church,Fall River for the repose of thesoul of his mother, Mrs. LydiaMartineau who died on Friday,Aug. 20.

Bishop Gerrard, AuxiliaryBishop of the Diocese read thefinal prayers in the church.

Assisting Father Martineauwere Rev. Lionel Bourque, chap­lain at Cardinal Cushing Hospi­tal, Brockton as· deacon and Rev.Robert,O.P. ofSt. Anne's Par­ish.

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can soldiers in Vietnam are notas bad - nor as badly off - as .news media make them look, aCatholic chaplain who recentlycompleted his second tour ofduty in Vietnam said here.. Father (Col.) John D. Benson, aWashington archdiocesan' priest,said news media are not givingthe American publk a true pic­ture of Vietnam but rather lookfor. "the' morbid' side of every·

· thin~."'''They are not interested in

the basic good over ·there,"Father Benson said. "They don'treflect . at. all' the tremendous.amount of good being done andthe unheralded charity towards

'. schools, orpha~ages and entire· villages," the chaplain added.

The press most often' over·blows. the military's problemswith drugs imd racial disorders,Father Benson said.

"Repo.rts at home exaggeratetl)e. narcotics problem amongAmerican soldiers in Vietnam,"he observed. While agreeingthere is. a problem, the priest~aid. it is a reflection of today's.society and is not as extensiveas. reported.. Since the establishment of

military human relations coun­:.cils,greatprogress has· been.made in smoothing out ·racial.differences among military per­'sonnel, the chaplain noted.

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she' herself. is, all, that she'· . Pres.ent and former membersbelieves,"" , . of the F*.il River Dioces·an CCD

The. prelate, afte~ depicting' Board, led·by Mr. Albert 'G<,lllant,the difficulties ofthis generation, 1, present presid~nt, als? to<?k partasked "for religious· teachers i i':l the - Congress. Among themwho are truly spiritual leaders; ,. were Mrs. Charles. Fulle,r, St.The articles of our faith are not I Marg~ret Par.ish, Buzzards Bay;simply truths directed fo the. Mrs. Charles Landry, St. 'Mary .head; they are mysteries which I. Pari!i,h, Seekonk; Mr. Francisaddress themselves to the whole, Waring, Sacred Heart Parish,man ... ~spiritual 'leader lives'· Fall River.the life of Christ; he thinks and: Also, Miss Jean Sullivan,acts like Christ; and his whole Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich;life teaches Christ." Sr. Barbara Riley, RSM and Sr.

After being so.·charged; ·.the ,! Frances Lynch, RSM, Immacu­thousands of CCD -instructors late· Conception Parish,' No.and' helpers "went ·about trying I Easton; Sr. Evelyn Rogers SUSC,to learn better, more, efficient Holy Name Parish, Fall River;means to fulfill the hopes of the Sr. Susan Connell, RSM, St.Church. Mark Parish, Attleboro I Falls;

Rev. Ronald Tosti, Diocesan Miss Marie Mann, Holy TrinityDirector of the CCD, spoke on Parish, West Harwich."Whatever Happened to the

. Church I Once Knew?" with theaid of group dynamics tech­niques, discussions and projec­tions. The whole goal of reli­gious education was depicted as"to aid in the formation of amature Christian, which is thework to form mature humanbeings with the attitude ofChrist within the Christian Com­munity as the source,"

Joining Father Tosti were Rev.Joseph L. Powers, pastor of St.Mark Parish, Attleboro Fallsand Rev. James A. Clark, assist­ant pastor of Immaculate Con-

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Rt. Rev. Francisco C.court, . 1960, Pastor;Christo, .Fall River,

Legion of MaryThe 50th. Anniversary of the

founding of the World .Legion of.Mary will I;>e commemorated. in .the Diocese of Fall RiYer onSunday·, . Aug: 29 at 2:30 in theafternoqn at St. Vincent de PaulCamp, Adamsville.'

Most. 'Rev. James i Gerrard,Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River,will deliver an address and offerBenediction of. the BlessedSacrament.

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The annual procession in .~.' MEET AT CCD CONGRESS: Bishop Cronin and .Rev.honor of Our Lady :of. Fatima Ronald A. Tosti, diocesan director of CCO meet betweenu!1der the. sponsorship of the'·· sessions during.the 25th New England Congress of ReligiousHoly Rosary 'Sodality" win., be ':- E,ducatiQn hel.d over tlie', we~k~nd at Bostori College.held at 7 on Saturday night, .,.. ..., ',' .Sept. 11. The Sodalit'y's, Feast "Mass will be ,offered' at 8 onSundilymorning, Sept. 12.

AUG•. 29Rev. Joseph DeVillandre, D.D.,

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The Knights of the Altar willconduCt a whist party at 8 onSaturday night in the parish hall.Donation is 99c and will includerefreshm~nts and many prizes.

A special award will be made·to some lucky punctual. individ­ual who· is present in. the hallwhen the. clock strike·s· 8:

Fr., O'Dea. Offe·rs·',Fath'er's .Mass

Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, a;;;sist­ant at St. Lawrence Parish, New·Be<!,ford ··was the principal cele­brant af a ·concelebrated Massof Christian Burial offered at 10on Friday morning, Aug., 20 inthe Immaculate ConceptionChurch, Taunton for the reposeof the soul of his father, MauriceO'Dea, who died on Tuesday,A.ug. 17.

Bishop Cronin read the com-·.mitt~l prayers in. the church· at·

the completion of the Mass.Also present in the sanctuary

was. Bishop Gerrard, AuxiliaryBishop of the Diocese and pastorof St. Lawrence's Church, NewBedford.

Concelebrants with Father· O'Dea w~re: Rev. Msgr. Hugh A.Gallagher, Rev. William H.O'Reilly, Rev: James F. Lyons,Rev. Barry W. Wall, Rev. JohnF.. M()o,re, Rev. John J. Smith,Rev. John J. Steakem, Rev. Rob­ert F. Kirby and Rev. Michel G.Methot.

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InsistsHabits

PerfectionThe greatest thing for us is

the perfection of our own soul;and the saints teach us that thisperfection consists in doing ourordinary actions well.

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work of the Church, or lire sin­fuL·

"However, the habit for theSister is a sign of dedication to­tally to God and preaches anoutward sermon of that devotionto all who see her. This will ef­fect an even greater good, if shewears such a habit, both to non-

, Catholics and Catholics, and en­courage them to be better ,pro­moters of God's goodness, andtruth and sanctity in their work,"the bishop added.

Bishop Waters, 67, said, how­ever, that the overtones ofworldiness in wearing a seculargarb reduces, to some extent,nuns' spiritual efficiency. "ThisI have learned from my own ob­servations and those of otherswho have taken this matter upwith me," he said:

The bishop did not say whohad complained to him aboutnuns in his diocese wearing sec­ular dress, nor, did he elaborate

.on the alleged scandal that re­sulted when they wore lay cloth­ing.

He said that after seeing un­satisfactory results from thewearing of secular clothes bySisters, he decided that nuns inhis diocese must wear a habit"identifiable as that of a persontotally dedicated to God, for thegood of her own soul and pro­tection, as well as for the goodof her neighbor."

Father Charles Mulholland,past president of the North Car­olina Priests' Association and anexecutive board member of theNational Federation of Priests'Councils, and several other dioc­esan priests told NC News thatto their knowledge there hadbeen no incidents of scandal asthe result of the wearing of sec­ular clothing.

RALEIGH (NC)-Bishop Vin­cent S. Waters of Raleigh hasdeclared that nuns must wearthe traditional or modified habitbecause secular dress resulted in"serious abuses and some scan­dal . . . ."

Following the bishop's man­date that nuns must make dresschanges by Aug. 23 and Sept. I,the opening dates of North Car-

. olina's Catholic schools, at leasta half dozen teaching Sisterselected to leave the Raleigh dio­cese rather than revert to tra­ditional garb. The majority, how­ever, voted to return to moreconservative dress to please thebishop.

The North Carolina Priests'Association, in defense of nuns'freedom to wear what theyplease as long as it is appropri­ate to their work and approvedby their congregations and theVatican, issued a statement criti­cizing the bishop's action.

"To measure the depth of dedi­cation according to a criterionbased primarily upon the cloth­ing worn seems shallow indeed,"the priests wrote, "and to rejectthe services of a substantial num­ber of Sisters and prohibit themfrom working in this dioceseseems to place the ministry ina subservient position." Thepriests said "the needs of theministry demand gre'ater depthof thought and judgment."

'Identifiably Religious'The bishop's ruling, issued by

letter July 27, was sent to majorsuperiors of Sisters assigned inthe diocese' 'and to all pastors.

_He' asked that the superiors' sendinto the diocese "only Sisterswho will wear the traditional ha­bit or the modified habit, modestand identifiably religious.

"This decision," the bishopwrote, "does not imply that allthose who have been experi­menting with lay clothes are notgood Religious, or, are culpablein their actions. It does not in­fer that Sisters wearing secularclothes are less scholarly, lessdevoted in their hearts to the

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DIOCESAN REPRESENTATIVES AT CCD CONGRESS: Top photo: Sr. Elaine Hef­fernan, RSM, Religious Coordinator at Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Miss Elizabeth Doran inSpecial Education for CCD in Taunton; Sr. Jessica, RSM, principal at Nazareth in At­tleboro. Middle photo: Rev:. Thomas C. Lopes, assistant at St. Anthony's, East Falmouth;Mrs. Thomas Carreiro of St. Louis Parish CCD, Fall River; Albert Gallant of St. Mark'sParish, Attleboro Falls and president of the Diocesan CCD Executive Board; Mrs. Doro­thy Conceison of the Immaculate Conception CCD, No. Easton. Bottom: Jerry Reardon,Religious Coordinator for High School CCD, of St. Mary's Parish, So. Dartmouth; Mrs.Harry Sprague of St. Julie's CCD, No. Dartmouth; Rev. Mr. Daniel Hoye, deacon at St.Patrick's Parish, Wareham.

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The talks, sponsored by the di­ocesan Family Life Bureau, em­phasize a·fetus is a human being,that each human life is entitledto exist, and no one morally maychoose to end another human lifefor any reason.

One speaker stressed that 215,­000 women are' known to havehad abortions in New York inthe last year. Another said theattack 'a'gainst human life in the1970s is centered on the unborn·child.

"Our society is schizophrenic,"said Dennis Palazzo. "At thebreakfast table, there are thosewho favor abortion for a womanliving in poverty, and yet in theafternoon the very same peoplevehemently oppose the unjustmurdering of our American boysin Vietnam."

Kenneth Emch, another'speak­er, said that while it is correctto say that' women have' com,plete rights over their own bod­ies, it is "wrong to claim thatshe has rights over the humanfetus she temporarily carries inher womb."

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OCEAN SPRINGS (NC) - Anassistant pastor here has beenreleased from his parish duties tobecome executive director of theMississippi Council on HumanRelations.

Father Mike Raff, who will bethe third person in the organiza·tion's seven-year history to holdthe job, said he hopes to regen- .­erate some of its earlier brilli­ance. The council had. pioneeredefforts in trying to solve someof the state's racial problems.

The young priest is undertak­ing a string of projects and map­ping out plans to establish localchapters in addition to thosenow' at Jackson, Oxford, in the.T.ombigbee area an on the GulfCoast.

Howard Witt, RTL chairman,,said the talks went over "re­.markably well." He said: "Theidea of a layman in the pulpitgiving a talk was not nearly asshocking to the congregation aswe had anticipated."

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education and. adult .education,and the use of Catholic schoolfacilities for programs of bene-

.fit to the community at large.Despite his optimism, however,

he is worried that time 'may be.funning out;

"I think we are moving in theright direction but I am con­cerned that we are not movingfast enough to meet the needs,"Father Lucker stated. "And Iam concerned that many youngpeople 'have turned off theChurch:

"Perhaps we are not listeningenough/' he continued. "Deipitethe progress that has been made,there is still too much of a ten­dency to make decisions withoutsufficient input from the peopleinvolved. ,

"In any case, I don't think youcan talk about Catholic educa­tion if you don't remember whatwe're really jn it for;" Fath~r

Lucker said. "The «;:enter,.orheart, of Catholic education isreligious education.

"We are in this job becausewe have been commissioned byChrist to preach the Gospel, anabecause we must foster thedevelopment of mature, adult,committed Christians who canbe witnesses in the world," hesaid.

"Sometimes we tend to forgetthat in· the midst of so manyconcerns."

"But in recent years,." he con­tinued, "partly beca'use of forced'school closings, . partly becauseof the presence of more lay peo­ple on diocesan and parisp edu­cation boards, we have' come tothe realization that we have notprovided schools for all our chil­dren and will not be able' to doso fri the foreseeable future."

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tatives of Rhodesian churcheshave charged that the newly an­nounced government teachersalary scales discriminate againstmembers of the United AfricanTeaching Service; a black .Afri­can organization..

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Resu Its of Nixon.' .Father Raymond Lucker came Other influences, such as the tinn work under representative. to the U.S. Catholic Conferenca Second Vatican Council's empha- boards of clergy and laity, aFreeze Pol icy education department as direc- sis on the role of the .Church in growing number of which are

WASHINGTON (NC) _ The tor in January 1969 'from the the world, have made Catholics elected, Father Lucker stated.. St P I M' neapol'ls archdl'ocese in America, as Catholics else- The priest said the outlook forbig news here is President Nix- . nu - In

" h h h d bee superl'ntend where, . more profoundly aware Catholic education has. beenon's "wage-price" freeze. News- were e a n -t f chools since 1967 A pto of the plight of underdeveloped made brighter through such de-

papers h<:\ve' headlined it a en 0 5 'I • . j th bl' f velopments. as tLle growl'ng I'n-fessor of catechetl'cs at St Pau 's natl(lnS an(. e pro em.s 0 pov- I"blockbuster." . ,Seminary from 1957· to 1967, pe erty, "racism and war; he as- volvement of lay persons in the

Coming' on the heels 'of Nix- also served during that time as serted. educational decision·making pro.on's announc~ment that he director of the' archdiocesan . "All' of these influences have cess; the rise of parish religiouswould visit Communist China Confraternity of Christian Doc- coalesced in making, us think education coordinators (there arebefore next May, the policy trine office. He holds a doctorate more clearly about the total now 2,500 such persons workinghelped blunt his critics' charges in sncred theology from the Uni- teaching mission of th~ Church," in every section of the country);that the President is a "stand- versity of St. Thomas in Rome Father Lucker said. "As a result, improved 'programs in religiouspatter." and a doctorate in education.. Both undertakings involve a from the' University of Minr~e-

great deal of risk-for Nixon, sota.politically and for the nation in . People who think Catholic en-domestic and international af-

ucation is in trouble have' got itfairs. In other words, if they mixed up with Ca.tholic schookwork, fine; if they don't, thenwhat? Their confusion is under3tand-

able, but Father Raymond Luck~Tpe average citizen and ·busi- er, who takes what he terms "a

nessman will be watching to seebroader perspective," has reach­

what material benefits the two ed just the opposite' conclusion.changes in' policy, and particu-larly the "wage-price freeze pro- "I really, believe we are at theduce. ' beginning of a new era," the d,i-

Observers in Washington are, rector of the department of ed­viewing the President's moves 'ucation, U.· S. Catholic .Confer­against the background of the ence, said in an interview at his1972 elections and his chances Washington, D. C.' offiee."for winni'ng a second term. AI- This new era, he' explained,though not everyone is happy involves a recognition,or pet­about the latest move, the haps more properly a reawa,ken­"wage-price" freeze has thus far ing, to the fact, that Catholic ed­been a generally popular move. ucation is concerned not merely

'Public opinion polls are run- with students who attend paro­ning heavily. in favor of it. This chial schools but with "the total'

.is said to be a reason why Nix- teaching mission of the Church.l? our concern is' not just, for edu..pn abandoned his "steady-on-the- Such an understanding of cation in the Church, that is, acourse" economic game plan for Catholic education i.s not really specifically religious ,educationinflation. and unemployment. r am but for the Church I'nthe radical departure from· the p ogr '.' . ,

Time Will Tell Church's past that it might ap~ education~upgrading, in what­pear to be at first' glance; Father ev.er Ways':possible, the human

The new policy is not exclu- Lucker' said. "The Church has' potential of man..sively a "wage-price" freeze. It always considered teaching-in ~'This is why .bishops, pastors,also embraces tax cuts, rents, a the broad sense of proclaiming board me~bers, lay people andnew import duty"'and, in effect, a the good news of salvation-to' religious today are asking them­devaluation of the "dollar. Some be its essential mission." Nor selves a difficult question:' 'Howobservers lump all the moves did it lack awareness' of the edu-' can -we use our resources, per­under three main headings - cational and formative potential". sonnel, facilifies, and finances,checking inflation, reducing em· of its liturgy, for example, or of, for the best possible educationployment, and correcting our de- family life, he noted. "of.all the people of God?'"ficit in the balance of paymentll I

"But for certain historical rea·; .. The vast majority of the Cath-witl'\ fQr:eign countries. ' ,sons in the United States, we' olic people are committed to

Only time will tell how the devoted the bulk of our efforts, . strengthening and .improvingpolicy work~ out. For the mo- to Catholic schools," Father Catholic schools, Father Luckerment, ,some say the 90-day peri- Lucker continued. "This was not: observed. "But they are alsood will permit something effec- just to. defend the faith, as is ,committed to doing a better jobtive to be done to halt inflation sometimes said, but because of a in programs for parents, otherand to improve the balance of deeply rooted' philosophical un- adults on campus, and to a hostpayments, but that a substantial, derstanding that one could not' of programs which provide peo-long-range reduction of unem- I k f d t' I h . b .proper y spea 0 an e uca IOna pie wit opportunitIes tp rlOgployment . in that time is less system which neglected the reli- Christian principles into theirlikely of happening. , gious component-man's relation' lives, , .

Secretary of the Treasury . to God and the need for reli-: "To do so, they inai reluc-John B. Connally told a news gion." tantly 'have to make a decisionconference the day after the "This ide~ was shared by b~th' to close a school or! curtailpresident's announcement that Protestants and Catholics," he 'A grades. This is not because theyNixon hoped the fr'eeze could be v

noted. . are against Catholic schools."ended after 90 days, but that he At any rate, with the historic but because they want to make"has not foreclosed any options."

. Third Council of Baltimore in ,provision for better educationalHe added that. the president's 1884 and the bishops' declara- programs .for the entire diocesanantipathy towards controls ove'r tion that every parish was to or parish family involved," theany extended period of time" are build its own school, the Amer- priest said. 'well known. Some said opposi· ican Catholic Church seemed This concern with the totaltion expressed to the policy was committed to a course of putting educational picture 'is reil~cted,.less than it might have been ,

all its educational eggs in one according to Father Luck,er, fnbecause it is only for 90 days.\, basket. "Indeed," Father Lucker the appointment in an increasing

In any event, it is certain that stated, "there was a time when nnmber of U. S. dioceses of dioc­there will ,be ,Some grinding re- most Americans looked at Cath- esan directors of education ~adjustments, hardships and com- olic education and equated it ' sometimes caiied superintertdentsplaints. with Catholic schools." of ed\lcation or vicars of edu-

cation.. 'Whatever the title, this official

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cessive entanglement," Schlick­man explained. "The SupremeCourt feared that the statewould have become so involvedthat it would have exercised anundue influence in the operationof nonpublic schools."

To avoid the same fate, bothlegislators told the governorthey would remove similar en­forcement procedures from theIllinois bills during the rewrit­ing.

They said they would alsoconsider dropping a provisionthat state aid vouchers be sentto the school the parents speci­fied. Instead the vouchers couldsimply be sent to the parents,they added.

The legislators explained sucha change would demonstratethat the Illinois bills "strengthenthe role of parents in education,foster equality of educational op­portunity and promote innova­tion in' education. Financial as­sistance to nonpublic schools isincidental."

The legislators said they wereuncertain about what else might

, have to be done in rewriting thebill, but its basic contents andapproaches would remain thesame. They hope to have thenew version ready by November,they added.

Father Thomas McDonough,executive director of the IllinoisCatholic Conference, said theconference is in favor of anyaction that will eventually helpthe legislation to be upheld asconstitutional before the Su­preme Court.

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Accuse GovernmentOf Discrimination

LONDON (NC) - The Britisharmy and the Protestant-domi­nated government of NorthernIreland were accused of conn~ance and of discrminatingagainst Nqrthern Irish Catholicsin an article in the Universe,British Catholic weekly.

The Universe's commentatorand politcal expert, DouglasHyde, said the decision of theNorthern Irish government,taken. with British approval, toorder imprisonment without trialfor suspected terrorists was pro­vocatively anti-Catholic. Nomember of the terrorist fringe ofthe Orange Order, a Protestantfraternal organization, had beendetained, he said. '

CHICAGO (NC) - Two statelegislators' have asked Gov. Rich­ard B. Ogilvie not to sign non­public school aid bills passed sixdays before the U. S. SupremeCourt decision of June 28against such aid and to returnthem to them for rewriting.

Sen. Robert E. Cherry, sponsorof the bills, and Rep. Eugene F.Schlickman said they would re­write the legislation to eliminatefinancial controls and auditingprocedures, "so as to avoid anydoubt as to its constitutionality."

Schlick~an told newsmen hethought the Supreme Court deci­sion invalidating two other states'aid laws was based on controlprovisions the laws contained.He said the provisions wouldhave forced the states (Pennsyl­vania and Rhode Island) to gointo the nonpublic schools toaudit financial records to deter­mine the exact cost of teachingsecular subjects devoid of reli­gious content.

"This raised the issue of ex-

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TESTIMONIAL AND BENEFIT: More than 1300 filled the Racquet Club at the.Sheraton-Hyannis Inn in a testimonial to Bishop Cronin for th~ benefit of .the DiocesanApostolate for Nazareth. Top: Bishop Cronin, center, with Bishop .Connolly, formerlyBishop of Fall River, left and Bishop Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese, right, asthe evening's affair is about to start. Second: Two sisters from Nazareth Hall, Hyannisstop at table of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville. Third:' Mr. and Mrs. 'D.aniel A.Cronin, right and center, parents of the Bishop with their guest, Mrs.' Cornelius Cronin,aunt to the Ordinary. Bottom: Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor,left, with his brother and. sister-in-law, Atty. and Mrs. Edward J. Harrington, Jr., dur-ing the reception. -

InfC'.lnt Baptism, Continued. from Page One

pate in Baptism with under­standing. Those charged withpastoral responsibility have theduty to provide these measures.

Doubtless catechesis of theparochial community will be ac­complished in varying ways. Thecelebration of the Feast of Bap­tism of Our Lord annually pro­vides one immediately percep­tible occasion for a homily onthe significance of the Sacra­ment of Baptism.

Occasional celebration of' theRite of Baptism ofChild~eri dur- ,ing a Sunday Mass will consti­tute another expedient which, incertain pastoral circumstances,ma,y enhance, the appreciationand understanding of the Peopleof God with regard to Baptism.

'" Scores CriticismOf Nixon Speech,To Knights

CHICAGO (NC) - AuxiliaryBishop William E. McManus,member of a special presidentialpanel studying nonpublic schools,issued a statement here defend­ing President Nixon's spokensupport of parochial schoolsfrom editorial criticism.

"Some comments have insin­uated he was staging a grand­stand play in front of the Knightsof Columbus," said the Chicagoauxiliary about some newspaperand television editorials on Nix­on's speech of Aug. 17 to theKnights' annual convention inNew York.

Bishop McManus said he regard­ed Nixon's remarks as "relative­ly mild" compared to his "offi­cial forthright statement ofApril 1970 setting up the firstpresidential panel ever ap­pointed to do an in-depth studyof nonpublic schools."

Nixon had told the Knights'supreme council that a trend inwhich private and parochialschools are closing at the rateof one a day must be halted, andasserted that '''you can counton my support to do that."

The president had said inApril, 1970 that the nation needsboth public and nonpublicschools alike, to continue thetradition of diversity in educa­tion, and that 'neither systemshould ever be allowed to gaina monopoly on American school.children.

"The president asked thepanel to bring directly to himspecific recommendations tosa~e' nonpublic school~~rompressures threatening their v.eryexistence," said Bishop Mc­Manus, 'who also is chairmanof the U. S. Catholic Conferenceeducation committee.

He said Nixon met at theWhite House last May 4 with thefull commission' on school fi:nance, to which also belongs thefour-member study panel onwhich the bishop serves.Bishop McManus said about thatmeeting:

"With extraordinary clarity, and vigor, the president emphat­ically instructed the commissionto have its recommendations onschool finance cover the neeasof both public and nonpublicschools.

"Noting that he had a personalpreference for public schools, thepresident made it perfectly clearthat his administration wascommitted to helping both pub­lic and nonpublic schools withinthe limits of the Constitution."

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democratic nation of Costa Ricahas decided to establish diplo­matic and commercial relationswith the Soviet Union-mostlyto sell more coffee fo the Rus­sians.

'ents," he stated, "that they canhave genuine freedom of' choicein education only as long as theycan-in addition to paying theirtaxes to federai, state and localgovernments for public schools-also pay for parochial schoolsentirely out of their pockets.

"What good is that freedom ifparents, to exercise it, must suf­fer severe economic penalties orelse see it priced out of exis­tence?"

Both Systems Benefit

Cardinal Cooke noted thewords of Nixon's 1970 messageto Congress: "The nonpublic ele­mentary and secondary schoolsin the United States have longbeen an integral part of the na­tion's educational establishment.

"They supplement in an im­portant way the main task ofour public school system. Theyprovide diversity which our edu­cational system otherwise wouldlack. They give a spur of com­petition/ to the public SChoolthrough which educational inno­

'vations come. Both systemsbenefit and progress results.

, "Should any single school sy's­tem - pu'blic 'or private - everacquire a complete monopolyover' the, education of our chil­dren, the result would be neither

. good for that school system' norgood for the country."

Cardinal Cooke concluded bysaying 'that he believed theAmerican people would rejectthe view that petitions for non­public' school aid are divisive.He said he was convinced that"practical means can be found,an~ will be found, to assist par­ents of nonpublic school chil­dren."

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This is what ~ach age looks for. This is what thisage is looking for.: Those who call themselves Christianmust aim for nothing other, for nothing less in theirJIives.

NEW YORK (NC),In a ma­jor public, address, with Presi­dent Nixon one of his listeners,Cardinal Terence Cooke tool.sharp issue with the recent U. S.Supreme Court decision thatbranded' parochial school aid re,·ligiously divisive and unconstitu..tiona!. , 'I

The New' York archbishopshared the podium with Nixon.at the main dinner at the -89thannual convention \of Ithe Su­preme Council of the Knights ofColumbus.

In a clear reference to the im­pact of the Supreme Court rul­ing, the cardinal labelep as an"exercise in semantics" theright of parents to sehd theirchildren to qualified schools oftheir choice when they!"do nothiiVe the right-along with theirfellow citizens-to receive backfrom the government any of the

of many persons while they are in the process of enjoying' moneys which they at\d theirthe blessings of nature that God has visited on Cape Cod.:' families are contributing to the

, , 'education of America's youth."And it is, good that such a practical and, enjoyable Cardinal Cooke made: his re-

way was taken to insure that desire to assist went beyond I marks in a: prepared address be­wish and reached into action. fore a capacity crowd of ,visiting

Knights from all over the coun-, The exceptional children in the diocese will be the try. ' , i

richer for, the efforts of~h~se many persons who planned I Reacting' to the Supremeand enjoyed the Shower of Stars. And these good people: Court's suggestion that p,etitionsthemselves, will be the richer for their efforts on behalf ,for aid to nonpublic ,schools

were harmful to the country, theof others. , New York prelate said: .

Freedom Denied :"There are some who have

said in the past and some whoare saying today that qatholiccitizens should drop the l wholequestion because somel1ow itdivides Americans along reli­gious lines and generates un-

OFFICIAL' NEWSPAPER' OF THE DIOCESE' OF FALL RiVER wholesome political activity. To• '..'. .". .' i them I would ask the question:

Published weekly by the Catholic Press of the .DIocese of Fall River 'Are civil, rights organizations, . 41,0 Highland ,Avenue I guilty of divisiveness b'ecauseFall River, Mass. 02722' ' , 675-7151 ! occasionally unreasonable' reac-

tion or overreaction follows their,legitimate political activity?'"

I . IHe emphasized strongly, that

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the Diocese of Fall River is the grateful benefICiary oflast week's Shower of Stars in Hyannis'.

. Year-round and Suminer residents of Cape Cod joined'with 'their Bishop in meeting together not only for a social,evening but for an opportunity to express concern over a;precious element of the diocesan family-the exceptionalchildre'f1.

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11 has 'always been so.

Throughout the long and stormy history of Christianity,there have always been people wondering and, questioning,people, searching and· asking, people bewildered and los,t.And the answer to these people has been found (n Sanctity,in the Church's holding, up the authentic image of Christfor men to see and follow and to strive to imitate. Andthe answer has been found in the saints.

Ea~h age has produced saints.. Each age has seenrise up men and women and young people 'who haveheard Christ and have invited Him to live in their lives.

, Each age has seen men and women who let the" Gospelcome alive withJn them.

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At the New England Congress of Religious Educati~n,one theme' kept coming through again and again: young

, people are looking for spirituality. And, ~ven more, theyare looking for people w~o are genuinely spiritual. "

, Archbishop Medeiros brought this out in his talk whenhe pointed but the increasing number of "Jesus' peop\e"and others who are showing an interest in the spiritual,the supernatural, the occult, the other,. a, world that I'ismore than this world of people see and feel and tou~h

" and taste ,and smell. There are .those who in their search-' , I

try to find the answers through drugs and other waysthat provide not answers but further questions and more.p~oblems. But the fact remains that the search of the'sepeople is for God. And they look for God not 'alone ,inpeople who talk about God. They, want to see ~God in thelives of others-in those viItues of goodness and concern,and sacrifice.

, It probabiy all a~ds up to this-people today are insearch of saints. .

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Americans United executive di­rector, in a prepared statement.

'Political Ploy'

Archer said Nixon "seems un­aware that his suggestion couldbring the strife of Northern Ire­land to this country.

"Mr, Nixon's open advocacyof parochaid' . . . can only beregarded as an open scoffing atthe Constitution and the Su­preme Court and an unworthypolitical ploy," Archer said.

"Parochial schools are inher­ently and pervasvely sectarianinstitutions," said Archer, "sharp­ly segregated by denominationand in other ways. Tax aid forthem would violate every citi­zen's right to support only thereligious institutions of his freechoice ... churches have theright to operate private schools,but they have no right to taxsupport for them."

"We appeal to Mr. Nixon toput the public interest beforenarrow sectarian and private in­terests," Archer said, "as JohnKennedy did when he pledgedsupport for church-state separa­tion and opposed tax aid forsectarian schools."

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one of tremendous satisfactionon the part of Catholic peoplethat the President understandsthe critical situation of theschools," ·said a spokesman forCardinal Terence Cooke of NewYork. "All the telephone callswe've received have been verypositive."

The spokesman added thatmany Knights of Columbus at­tending the dinner had expressed"satisfaction that the presidenthad responded so swiftly andso personally to the cardinal'splea for understanding."

In an address preceding thepresident's, .Cardinal Cooke hadstressed the value of Catholiceducation and praised Nixon'searlier statements of concernabout the financial plight of thenation's nonpublic schools.

Negative comment, mean-while, came from AmericansUnited for the Separation ofChurch and State, vocal oppo­nents of public aid to church­related schools.. "Mr. Nixon, apparently believ­

ing Catholic votes can be bought,is ignoring the wishes of thevast majority of the Americanpeople," said Glenn L. Archer,

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Hail Nixq,,'s Speech on Private Education

RECEPTION AT CAPE'S TESTIMONIAL TO BISHOP CRONIN: Rev. Francis B.Connors, pastor- of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville and coordinator for the areaparishes, presents Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Johnson of the Centerville parish to Bishop Croninduring the reception that preceded the dinner and "Shower of Stars" and truly confirmedthe prediction that the evening would be the social event of the Cape's Summer season.

WASHINGTPN(NC)-Catho­lic education officials have hailedPresident Richard Nixon's re­cent statement to a nationalmeeting of the Knights of Co­lumbus that he would try to dosomething about the large numberof nonpublic' schools that areclosing their doors.

"We must see to it that ourchildren are provided with themoral, spir)tual and religiousvalues so necessary to a greatpeople in great times," Nixontold members of the Catholicmen's organization at its annualdinner in 'New York City.

The president praised "thoseprivate and parochial schoolswhich lay such stress on thesereligious values," adding:

"As we see them closing at arate of one a day, we must re­solve to· stop that trend and turnit around. You can count on mysupport to do that."

Father C. Albert Koob, presi­dent of the National CatholicEducational Association here,called Nixon's statement "mostedifying to all of us attemptingto cope with the (school) crisis.

"His forceful and outspokenpledge of support before a gath­ering as influential as leaders ofthe Knights of Columbus fromall across the nation obviouslyspeaks for itself," the Norber­tine priest said.

'Tremendous Satisfaction'

"The reaction here has been

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Crisis

Such a .call from Rome isclearly a tremendous challengeto the imagination and devotionof local Catholics. So often theyhave tended either to apply rigidstandards which could be whollyincompatible with any localchance of influence. Or theyhave withdrawn into an uncriti­cal acceptance of contemporarysociety and settled down to liveit out among the color TVs andbackyard swimming pools ofAtlantic affluence.

They are now challenged bythe Pope to get thinking and getbusy. For many this means anuncomfortable exit either froma "ghetto" church or from thesuburbs of Dives.

But with this challenge to ac­tion goes the further note of theletter:, the note of courage andhope. The world is in crisis. Noone denies it. But the world iswide open, first because of .itsuncertainties, to new answersbased upon prayer and truth,The Christian does little indeedif he tries to do it under his ownsteam or with a light dressingof holy water on top of a solidbase of self-interest.

But the Christian "accom­pa!1ied by the witness of thepower of the Holy Spirit" canin his own life and his own com­mitment reopen the door of hopein a darkening society. To saythis is not arrogance. It is simplyto believe the promises of God.

basic dignity and freedom, toget on with the job of workingpragmatically but generouslywith the political opportunitiesavailable.

Where capitalism overplays ir­responsible individual money­grabbing-the Pope has a partic­ular reprimand for ,greedy andirresponsible real estate devel­opers-then Christians must beat work to secure, the neededsocial controls.

Where forms of Communismor doctrinaire Socialism overridethe rights and responsibilities ofsubsidiary groups, the Chrstianmust be engaged in protest andaction to secure the proper safe­guards of free human action.

Christian Responsibility

This brings us to the secondvery important style or tone ofthe letter: its encouragement tolocal Christian responsibility,The Pope. points out that thecentral direction of the Churchcannot hand out precise pre­scriptions for. each possible sit­uation. He says specifically:

"In the face of such widelyvarying situations it is difficultfor us to utter a unified messageand to put forward a solutionwhich has universal validity.Such is not our ambition, nor isit our mission. It is up to theChristian communities to an­alyze with objectivity the sit\la­tion which is proper to theirown country, to shed on it the .light of the Gospel's unalterablewords and to draw principles ofreflection, norms of judgmentand directives for action fromt~e social teaching of theChurch."

God's Promises

By

BARBARA

WARD

all of them relevant to the deep­ening crises of our age and allworth close study in the lightof the Christian Gospel's prom­of "good news."

For one of the most remark­able facts about the Seventies isthe decay of so many secularcertainties and the rise of anincreasingly agonized question­ing whether any answers arepossible.

The young doubt whethertheir planet will be habitable bythe end of the century.

Nuclear war or uncontrollablepollution may have wound upthe human experiment.

Radicals look at the prolifer­ation of deeply divided and mu­tually hostile types of commu­nism and lose the bland hope ofhumanity united under the signof Marxist-Leninism.

Christian Response

Capitalists look at "stagflation"-the Anglo-Saxon condition ofboth unemployment and inflationrising together and wonder whatcan be done with so obstinatelyan obstructed market society.

Environmentalists see regula­tions unenforced and law-break­ers unpunished.

Scientists cannot be surewhether increasing amounts ofcarbon-dioxide in the atmospherewill over-heat or over-freeze theplanet.

Internationalists know thatthe planet cannot carry 10 bil'lion people demanding an Amer­ican standard of consumption.

But, they ask, what will give,the white man's still rising de­mands or the frustration of thevast colored majority still livingbelow subsistence?

In short, it' is a time of mas­sively growing questions andmassively shrinking answers.What, in such a situation, can bea Christian response? This is thefundamental question put byPope Paul's Apostolic Letter andits replies are among the mostrealistic and encouraging tocome from any world leader fora very long time.

Free Human Action

First of all, there are no greatanathemata of ideas and beliefs.The Christian citizen is asked tolook realistically at all the vari­eties of political solution offeredto him and then, rejecting onlythose answers which are incur­ably incompatible with man's

Pope's Letter GivesOf Hope in World

Eighty years after Rerum Novarum-the encyclical­the encyclical with which Pope Leo XIII brought the

. Church to a first full confrontation with tl;te realities ofmodern industrialization-Pope Paul has published an Apo­stolic Letter, addressed toCardinal Roy, president ofthe Pontifical Commissionfor Justice and Peace and theCouncil of the Laity.

In this letter, the Pope toucheson a wide range of social issues,

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Sister Linda Nadeau, SUSC,made her first promises 'of com­mitment to the Holy Union Sis­ters in a ceremony held duringthe· celebration of the liturgyat the chapel of the Academy ofthe Sacred Hearts, Fall Riveron Sunday, Aug. 22. Sister Lindawas received into the commu­nity by Sister Grace Donovan,provincial. The Mass' of Recep­tion was celebrated by Rev.Robert Carter, who was assistedby Rev. Mr. George Bellenoit,both of Sacred Heart Parish, FallRiver.

After attending the WeirGrammar School and graduatingfrom Bishop Cassidy HighSchool in 1968, Sister Lindaentered the Sisters of the HolyUnion in September of that year.The second of seven children,Sister Linda is the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Edmond' Nadeauwho are members of SacredHeart Parish and reside at 755Somerset Ave., Taunton.

During the coming year, Sis­ter Linda will live at St. Mary'sConvent in Taunton while pur­suing studies 'at BridgewaterState College.

Chicago ArchdioceseStudies New Bingo Law

CHICAGO (NC) - All the oldbingo cards stashed out 'of sightafter Illinois banned lottery ac­tivities in 1960 soon may comeout of storage.

In a letter to all Chicago arch-'diocesan priests, Msgr. RobertJ. Hagarty, comptroller, reportedthat archdiocesan attorneys· arestudying new legislation' which·legalizes bingo-playing undercertain conditions.

"As soon as feasible," themonsignor wrote, "we shall letyou know of their recommenda­tions as to parish participation,procedures to be followed in theimplementation of the provisions.of this legislation ..."

He noted that since the newlaw does not take effect untilOct. 1, no parishes, organiza­tions or Catholic agencies shouldmake application for permits toplay bingo on Church premisespending further directions fromhis office.

Catholic education, the Bish9Psaid:

"We have our schools becauseit is the deliberated thinking ofour Church. that only by athoroughly Catholic school cana child get that thorough teach­ing in his faith to which he hasa birthright."

Art Sale to Alleviate'Poverty of Thousands'

MEXICO CITY (NC) - Manyof Mexico's religious treasureswill be' sold "to alleviate !iomeof the poverty of thousands ofpeople," a spokesman for thenation's bishops announced here.

Msgr. Rafael Vasquez Coronasaid at a' news conference thatthe bishops have des:ided to fol­low the example set by CardinalClemente Maurer of Sucre,Bolivia.

Cardinal Maurer recentlyurged the clergymen and reli­gious order in 'his country tosell their "accumulated trea­sures/' and use the proceeds tobuild low cost housing for thepoor, hospitals, clinics, ruralschools, and roads to connectisolated rural areaes.

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J ,STANG ALUMNUS IN RITES: Brother Paul Bourque,

OFM, kneeling, a 1965 graduate of Stang High School, No.Dartmouth and a member of. the Holy Name Parish, NewBedford, listens to the readi.ng of the rites .by Bro. AnthonyLoGalbo, OFM, left ~s the New Bedfordite takes his solemnvows in .the presence of Rev. Delcan O'Rourke, OFM, guar­dian of St. Francis Friary and celebrant of the Mass. Theprofessiori was conducted in Our Lady's Chapel, New Bed-ford. '

- 'Uttle Old Dressmaker'

One glance at the men of ~is­

bon will explain why all thesestores can flourish, for surelyto this unseasoned traveler, theylooked as if _they must be thebest-dressed men in· the world.

_Despite the heat' (which whilewarmer than here degree-wise,feels much cooler because of thelack of humidity» of an Augustday they always looked impec­cable. Shoes would be .shined toa high gloss, ties and handker­chiefs would match. and shirtcollars would be just ·so. Whenthey were telling of the goodtaste of the continental male th~y

must have been speaking of themen of Lisbon.

Soil ConservationistsHonor Vatican, Official

COLUMBUS (NC) - ·Msgr.Luigi G. Ligutti, the Vatican'sformer permanent observer atthe United Nations Foo'd' andAgricuiture Organization inRome, has been .named an hon­orary member of the Soil' Con­servationists of America.

The conservationists citedMsgr. Ligutti's "lifelong dedica­tion to improving the quality oflife for rural people throughoutthe world," as a parish priestin Iowa, as executive director ofthe National Catholic Rural LifeConference, and later as' Vaticanliaison with FAO.

With the male of the s'pedes sofashion conscious, one wondered

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even more w!1y the women wererunning around in outfits thatlooked as if they· had been allcut from the same pattern. andfrom the~ame gOOds ~ithout anythought of styling and: indivic;l.tiality.. This qilestion nElver gotfully answered until I inanage~ afew words with two of the stew­ardesses on our return fligh~

who could speak English amithey revealed that ready-to-weat

. for women in Portugal i~ almost,non~existent imd that except for WICHITA (NO) -- Citing theboutique items one had t'o rely on! recent Supreme. Court :decisionthat "little old dressmaker." banning forms of public aid toThis would not have been bad' nonpublic scho?ls, Bishop David

o if that personal seamstr~ss had' M. Maloney said here th!!t Cath­been using Vogue patterns or', I ?lic par;nts should not ope pu~­

smashing materials but from, .Is~ed because the~ send theirwhat I observed they had man-: children to parochial s~hool.s.

aged to. achieve a uniformity "If fre,edom of educatIOnthat would even have been hard- means anything," the ,Kansasput to come by iii !! storefili'ed: bishop said, "it sho~lq meanwith racks of similar Seventh. that they (parents) Will, get aAvenue bargains. fair share of the vast amounts

After "ng t h I of money spent by the state, 10-viewl a coun ry were .men h f h· I h cal and federal governments toave as IOn~ ga ore, were , . " .no Seventh Avenue exists and: promote educatIOn. .'where female fashions d th~' The Supreme Court, m:a Juneing for females in them ~ :~uld ' 28 landmar.k decision, ..strucklike to propose that Portuguese down laws m Pennsylvama ,andfemales 'look into Women's Lib. i Rhode Island that authonz~d

Fashion wise they are being dis- state payments fo~ nonpubhccriminated against. school teacher: salanes.

Noting that Catholic parentspay an equal share of publicschool taxes, Bishop Maloney

,s.aid that their children "areequal before the law with otherchildren in the land.

"They should not be punished,nor should their parents, because

, their parents want them tq havean education fitting them at once'to be good and productiv~ citi­zens of this world and honest

! Christians praying for peate."I Bishop Maloney made his r~­

:marks in a letter' published in'the Catholic' Advance, the 'arch­'diocesan newspaper.I Stressing the importance of

The award was made at theconservationists'. annual meeting,attended by 800 members fromthe United States' and Canada.'

: Msgr. Ligutti now runs a ·newagency, Agrimissio, devoted tohelping missionland agriculturalprojects.

THE ANCHO~.....,pioceseof Foil Riyer-Thurs. Aug. 26, 1971

By

MARILYN

RODERICK

,Never complain when you shop from women's store

to .women's store and still not find thqt certain outfitthat you're looking for. One quick trip to Portugal willhelp you realize that you are fortunate to even have anassortment of dresses tobrowse through or morethan one blouse to' choosefrom when shopping. Eventhe 'women of a cosmopolitancity like Lisbon do not have thewomen's specialty shops that

Lisbo:n's Fas,hio,ns D:esigne:dFor Male' Populatiio,n O,nly ,

our. small cities 'have. Ready-to­wear women's clothes are almostimpossible to come by and whatis available in the shop~ areeither imported. from ,other Euro-

-pean countries or the UnitedStates, and even these iinports

.are in small supply. .My first look at the modern

day Portuguese woman, from th~

urban area, came when weboarded the TAP jet at Kennedyairport; and glanced a.t the stew­ardesses assigned to. the flight­they were absolutely· stunningand their makeup. looked as if ithad been done by an expert..(1,1li~ .was· a trait that I wouldnotice throughout our .week stayin Lisbon). Their 'hairwi,ls equal­ly as perfect and as sophisticatedlooking as their make-up andthat is one· reason I was totallyunprepared for their frumpyoutfits.Women's Fnshions Non-Existent

By the next day we werewalking the main avenues of lis­bon, such as the Liberdade andI was stunned by the lack offashion to be found in one ofthe loveliest and most moderncities in the world. The lack thatis of women's fashions.

Men reign supreme, fashionwise in this ciy on the Tagus,for while there is certainly ashortage'- of wOJI]en's stores,there is an absolute abundanceof men's haberdasheries. Twoahd three are' to be found inevery block and these are storesof quality and taste.

Law Requires FamilyPlanning Services'-

LOS ANGELES (NC)-A newwelfare reform law requiresCalifornia counties to offer fam­ily planning services' to femalewelfare recipients who are 15to 44. years of age.

Such services will be offered. and provided "without regard to

marital status, age or parent­hood," and "shall not require theconsent of anyone other than theperson who is to receive" theservices, the new law states.

Walter Trinkaus, president ofthe Right to Life League here,contended that the word "ser­vices" includes abortions with­out quite saying so..He· said hehas protested to Gov. RonaldReagan against the new law's"invasion of human dignity ahd

',' family privacy." .

C'riticize p.enn.School Aid Bill

PITTSBURGH (NC) ....:.. TheCatholic Interracial Council herehas criticized pending nonpublicschool aid legislation for includ­ing wealthy families among aidrecipients and for an anti­discrimination clause which thegroup considers weak.

The Pittsburgh council's re­cent statement, aimed largely atPennsylvania legislators, stressedthat the organization is notagainst nonpublic aid as suchbut only the present form of theaid bill passed by the state's.House· of Representatives onAug. 11.

Drafted in the wake of the re­cent U. S. Supreme Court deci­sion voiding a Pennsylvania pur­chase-of-secular-services law aid­ing nonpublic schools, the pres­ent bill-now up for considera­tion in the State Senate-:-wouldprovide tuition reimbursementsto parents pf nonpubl!c schoolchildren.

It would grant $75 annuallyfor each child in a' nonpublicgrade school, and $150 per non­public high school student.

CIC criticized the fact thatreimbursements would' be flatpayments to parents, regardlessof their income.

"What this means is that acorporation. executive with a$50,000 income in the wealthysuburbs of Pittsburgh or Phila­delphia gets $75 to send his childto a private school," the councilsaid, "and a working.man in thecity of Pittsburgh or Philadel­phia with an $8,000 income (orless) also gets $75."

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Bishop Walter W. Curtis ofBridgeport said Helfrich's, "riseto the superintendency of ourschools testifies to the increas­ingly important role played bylaymen in Catholic school sys­tems. It is also evidence of thebroad support which Catholicschools have, even in these try­ing days, not only from the cler­gy and Religious but also fromthe I!lity." , .. '

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OUTGOING AND INCOMING: Sr. Margaret Higgins,SUSC left, provincial of the Sisters of the Holy Union since1965 expresses prayerful wishes to her successor as pro­vincial Sr. Grace Donovan, SUSC on their arrival fromIreland where they attended the congregation's chapterduring which Sr. Grace was elected to her new office.

Junior CDA NameOutstanding Member

GRAND RFAPIDS (NC)-Vir­ginia Fries was named 1971"Outstanding Junior CatholicDaughter of America" at the Na­tional JCDA convention at Aqui­nas College here.

Patti Kali, of Williston, N. D.was elected president of the or­ganization.

Miss Fries, a resident of SunValley, Calif. succeeds SandraKay Johnson of Winner, S. Dak.who presided at the convention.

The junior CDA adopted aresolution backing a movementto fight drug problems called"Americans Mobilized to StopDrug Abuse."It is headed byMsgr. Philip Murphy ,of NewYork.

Prudent Support

They measured and hung theirwall paper, and did a very pro­fessional job. They even tackledsomething I would have avoided.They did a two-tone job-a pan­eling effect up part of the wall,and a neutral pattern above. Itrequired striking a level linearound the foom. In our 80-year­old house, that's not easy. But,by letting them prove them­selves, they did it!

It seems to me there are somethings youngsters learn veryearly in life. They know whenthev are being "conned" by anadult; and they, know it muchearlier than we recognize.

I think the "generation gap"is widest when parents lack thecourage to show confidence intheir children. The gap can bebridged by prudently giving yourchild support in tackling some­thing just a little bigger than youreally feel he is capable of do­ing.

the secret~ of life' is learning tocorrect your errors. So when thechildren slip, the next step isteaching them to patch up thejob.

I've had six and seven-year-.old's painting walls. They makea mess, but they also learn topaint. And by helping clean upthe slop, they also'learn to paintneatly.

We've had all. sorts of mis­haps, but they've also learnedhow to touch up paint jobs, andhow to put a patch in the wall­paper.

When we're redecorating thechildren's rooms, they're allowedto select the paper and paint; Aslong as the choice isn't unrea­sonably ugly, they get their way.If it's terrible, it gives me achance. to prove my ability ,inpersuasive salesmanship.

By our showing confidence inthem, they learn self-reliance.Our three sons, ranging from 16to 13, redecorated their room­including putting up a ne,w tileceiling. They figured the mater­ials they'd need . . . and insome instances ran short. Theylearned more about the import­ance of careful calculations thanif we had figured the job forthem.

Confid'e,nce GivesS!elf-R'eliance

By

MARY

CARSON

Priest Probes AfricaMarrige Problems

CAPE TOWN (NC)-The An­glican Churches of Eastern andSouthern Africa have given aCatholic priest the job of study­ing marriage problems in Africaand coming up with some rec­ommendations for coping withthem.

The priest is Father AdrianHastings of the Mindolo Ecu­menical Foundation in Zambia,who said that marriage difficul­ties such as divorce and polyg­amy are among the greatestproblems faced by the churchesin Africa.

nails into an old board, so hecan work side by side with· hisfather.

I choked, "Does whoeverwrote this think a seven-year­old can't spot 'busy work' a mileoff? What kid wants to be push­ed off on an old scrap of' wood.He should be helping build thecabinet!"

My husband looked up fromthe Sunday paper. "What's gotyou so fired up?'~

"This article is supposed to tellparents how to make their chil­dren feel needed. If anyone triesit, it will make his kids feeltheir parents have no confidencein them."

I'm a firm believer in havingkids help with jobs before theyare fully capable of doing them,because that's the time the jobis a real challenge. Wait untilthey can do a job perfectly andthey will have no interest in it.

As soon as a girl can read arecipe book, she's old enough tobake. In fact, some of mine werebaking before they could reallyread. If I ask a 10-year-old towash the dishes while I makethe cake, she has no enthusiasm.But if she mixes the cake, she'sall interest. She soon learns tohandle herself in the kitchen,both cooking and cleaning upher own dishes.

Why? Because she knows thatI have the confidence in herto let her tackle something alittle beyond anything' she hasdone before. How else can achild grow?

Correct Errors

We have had disasters. ButI keep reminding myself that Imake mistakes, too; and one of

Pare;nts'Childre\n

The other Sunday, our Church, Bulletin carried anarticle' about the importance of letting children help with

. household projects. It was titled: "Teamwork, Key to Suc­cessful Family Living." The title sounded great, but as Iread the article I realizedthe author and I didn't agreeon the subject. The articlesaid that when Daddy isbuilding a new cabinet for thehouse, seven-year-old Johnnyshould be allowed to drive some

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·10 THE ANCHOR-O-ioceseof F~II Riv~r-lhurs: Aug.,26, 1971

New Rite of Bap'tism Ne~ds 'Fami,ly Preparation

PREPARATION: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffiths, sponsors, left and Mr. a~d Mrs.Jam'es Murphy, parents, right meet with Rev. Thomas McMorrow, assistant pas~or, inpreparation phase for baptism.

GREETING: Father McMorrow greets baptismal party at r-ear of Our Lady of ViCtoryChurch, Centerville, Mrs. Griffiths, godmother, holding the bab-y, William Joseph p'atrickMurphy. . (- :

of Christianity. The naming of aperson has tremendous signifi­cance. A person's name indicatesand denotes him among his fel­lows.

Having the assent of all thatthey are ready to undertake theresponsibility, the celebrantspeaks to the child and wel­comes him or her. He thentraces the cross on the child'sforehead and invites the parentsand godparents to do the same.Throughout the history of theChristian ritual of baptism thishas been a significant moment:the handing over of the cross.At some times the person (anadult) was actually given across; at others some meaningfulsign was given. The cross. is thecentral symbol of Christianity;used properly it is life-giving.

may take place at Mass. When­ever Baptism is celebrated, .the'structure of the Celebration ofthe Word is basically the same.There may be one, two or threereadings with appropriate re,sponses recited or sung, in be­tween. It is very appropriatethat adult members of the as­sembly exercise their ministryby doing these readings.

After the Gospel reading, doneby the deacon or priest, a hom­ily may be given to correlate themanifold symbolism of the eventand the significance of the read­ings. The purpose of the homilywill be also to encourage parentsand godparents to a ready ac­ceptance of the responsibilitiesof the sacrament.

After the homily the GeneralIntercessions (Prayer of theFaithful) -are said, followed bythe invocation of the saintsusing whenever possible, thenames of the patron saints of thechildren. The Celebration of theWord is concluded with aPrayer of Exorcism and whenpossible an anointing' of thebreast of the child with the oilof catechumens.

2. The Greeting

Having gathered in the pri­mary place for worship, theparish church, the parish com­munity welcomes the familyand the candidate for Baptism.While a very brief part of thecelebration, it is a very signifi­cant part. Four important thingshappen. First, the celebrant,priest or deacon comes to thedoor of the church and ex­tends the welcome of thewhole community. He extendsto the family the congratulationsof the parish community on theoccasion. of the birth of thechild; he thanks God with thecommunity for the child, a giftfrom God, the source of life. .

He then calls the child byname to -snare in the wonders

CELEBRATION OF THE WORD: Edward Welch actsas lector at the reading of the Word.

3. The C~lebration of the Wordof God

The Word of God is basic in.the life" of the Christian.Throughout the written record ofGod's activity with men, theBible, there is a constant themeof personal interactivity betweenGod and men. The Word of Godis today a special sign of thepresence of God with man. InGod's Word man finds direction,consolation, admonition, salva­tion. At the celebration of theBaptism of an Infant. therefore,it is very appropriate that thereading of the Word is an intri­cate part.

Several possible readings areoffered in the ritual, and maybe employed at this time. Part ofthe preparation by the parents,godparents, catechists and cele­brant should be the selection oftexts from the Old and NewTestament which would beappropriate for this time.

After the greeting at the doorof the church, all proceed tothe front of the church and par­tjc!pate in the celebration of theWord.

At times celebration of Baptism

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If the responsibility I under­taken at the Baptism is ~erious,

then some adequate preparationmust be made. This preparationmight include a quick' reviewof .the basic mysteries of Chris ..tianity, some planning 'of theactual celebration of the Bap­tism itself ani;! some prep;aration'of other members of the family,especially other children of thesolemnity and joy of the occa­sion. The introduction ~ to thenew rite is very strong' in itsadmonition .both to pastors to

- provide such preparation andto parents and .godpatehts tomake adequate preparatio,n.

New Testament. The emphasis ofthe family's responsibility mustbe on formation-a life-exper­ience of the Christian message.

The new rite for the Baptismof Infants, in four places,strongly brings to the mind ofthe family, especially the par­ents and godparents, the seriousL

ness of the responsibility' theyare undertaking. They are ques~

tioned about the gravity of theresponsibility, and blessed' foraccepting the challenge' of theresponsibility. No longer can ~

-parent or godparent glibly apJ.proach the Baptism of one oftheir beloved infants withoutseriously, pondering what they

REV. KEVIN F. TRIPP

Liturgical Consultant to Diocesan, Divine Wor,ship Commission'- '

I. . PreparationThe responsibility undertaken

by' the whole Christian 'commu­nity but especially by the fam­ily of .the infant to be baptizedis awesome. -The responsibilityhas many dimensions, ,but. per­haps the life-style of the familyin light of the Gospel messageis most important. The familycommunity will be the first placewhere the new Christian will beexposed to an experience of lifedict~ted by the norms of the

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THE ANCHO.R-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26, 1971 11

Baptism Rite Emphasizes Formation in Christ5. The Conferral of Gifts

In a spirit of Christian joy andthanksgiving, the' communitynoW offers three symbolic giftsto the newly baptized child.First, the crown of the child'shead is anointed with the oil ofChrism. Anointing has been avery significant activity in Chris­tian history. It was done forvarious reasons-medicinal, in­dicative, punitive, etc. At thistime the child is anointed withthe oil of Chrism.

This oil of Chrism was a veryspecial oil used only for signifi­cant persons in the community.At ·the celebration of baptism,"the community believes that thechild becomes a very specialperson, a child of God, a mem­ber of the royal. priesthood· ofthe elect. Therefore, the com­munity anoints the child, signify­ing his membership in God'sholy people.

Following out the New Testa­mel1t theme that when a person

becomes a Christian he or shedoffs an old self, destined fordestruction, and dons the newman, Christ Jesus, destined forlife everlasting, an appropriateperson now clothes the childwith a symbolic white garment.At the same time the celebrantreminds the child that he or shehas now become clothed inChrist, and he prays that thatChristian dignity may be broughtunstained into the everlastinglife of .heaven.

Finally, going to the PaschalCandle, the sYmbol of Christ theLight of the World, the cele­brant offers someone from eachfamily (preferably' the father orgodfather)a lighted candle. Hechallenges the parents and god­parents to accepte the lighted 0

candle as a symbol of Christ theLight, and to keep the candle,i.e. Christ, burning brightly. Heprays that the children maygrow in the Light and when theLord comes to go out to' meethim among the saints in heaven.

CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM: William Joseph Patrick is held by his mother sur­rounded by other members of his family and sponsors.

CONFERRAL OF GIFTS: Father McMorrow hands the baptismal candle to the fatherof the baby. .

Following this, the celebrantblesses the community. First heblesses the mother of the child,'recal1ing her significant role inthe life of this child, and askingthe special concern of God onthe mother. Next he blesses thefather of the child remindinghim that he is the primary teach­er of his child, and praying thatwith his wife they might be thebest of teachers. Then the cele­brant reminds all present of theirinvolvement and concomitant re­sponsibility in the' Christian lifeof the child. The gathered com­munity are not merely passivespectators in this event, but bytheir presence they too are in­volved in the life and welfareof the newly baptized. Everyonewill help to provide a Christianatmosphere in which the childwill grow.

After this admonition thepriest blesses -all present, andthey depart to begin to. bringthis child to an experience ofChristian life and hopefully tothe kingdom of God.

6. The Dismissal

If the celebration of Baptismtakes place in the context of theMass, the rite continues with thepreparation of the gifts. If not,the celebrant brings to the mindsof the parents and godparentsthe new perspective into whichthe child has been reborn fromflesh to spirit.

o In the spirit of their commonsonship, the celebrant invites allpresent to pray the Lord'sPrayer. This prayer has very an­cient liturgical usage. In the ear­liest centuries it was the basicstructure for a Eucharistic cele­bration. The Eucharist is thebasic activity of the Christiancommunity. It is most appropri­ate, therefore, that the celebra­tion of Baptism take place inthe context of the Eucharist. Ifthis is not possible, however, itis certainly appropriate that thecommunity pray together in thewords of the Lord, seeking hiskingdom, his nourishment andhis protection.

THE DISMISSAL: With altar boys, Stephen Ricciardiand Kevin Fellows on either side, Father McMorrow givesa blessing to all present.

either by the celebrant pouringthe water over the child's head,the usual form, .or by immersingthe child's whole body into thefont. Again, the decision aboutwhich method of baptism is tobe used should be a. part of thepreparatory session.

If the baptism is performed bythe pouring of water, it is prefer­able that the thild be held bythe mother or father. If the bap~

tism is by immersion one parentshould lower the child into thewater, and the other should liftthe child out. If the number ofchildren to be baptized is largeother priests or deacons mayassist in the baptism.

asks them to think about it, andif they accept the responsibilityto renew the vows of their ownbaptism. He then asks them forthe threefold profession of faith.

Following ·this profession offaith, the whole community joinsin an acclamation, affirming thatthe faith just professed by theparents and godparents is alsotheir faith, the faith of the wholechurch community. Next -thecelebrant questions the parentsand godparents as to whether or

. not they wish to have theirchild baptized. This is followedby the actual baptism withwater. •

The baptism may take place

4. The C~lebration of BaptismThe actual celebration of Bap­

tsm .has four parts. It is possi­ble that the parts of the cele­bration prior to the actual bap­tism may be done in a sectionof the church outside the actualbaptistry in order to accommo­date the congregaion. If so, aprocession to the baptistry fol­lows the anointing with the' oilof catechumens. Arriving at thebaptistry the celebrant may blessthe water. (In the Easter seasonhe uses water blessed at theEaster Vigil.) Secondly, he onceagain admonishes the parentsand godparents concerning their"responsibility in this matter. He

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Black Archbishopin nominating a candidate forarchbishop when Cardinal Pa­trick O'Boyle leaves his post asarchbishop of Washington.Th~ cardinal is 75 years old

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Among others supporting themove for a black archbishop, inaddition to the CIC and NOBC,are the Knights of Peter Claver,the Black Lay Caucus of Wash·ington' and Father Robert W.Hovda, editor of Living Wordmagazine.

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Catholic Interracial Council ofPittsburgh supports a campaignaimed' at securing a black arch­bishop' for the nation's capital.

Such an appointment "wouldgreatly boost the morale, ofblack Catholics and. be a con­crete way of demonstratingthat they are indeed an· im­portant element in the AmericanChurch and will now play sucha role with, black leadershipamong the hierarchy," said Lar­ry Kessler, CIC president.

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REV. KEVIN F. TRIPP

Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, 'AssociatePastor ,of the Church of the HolyName.. Fall River is 'among ,the

. . , Ispeakers at the New EnglandLiturgic~1 Week now' b,eing heldat the Cranwell School, Lenox.Fr. Tripp will join a I team ofnationally recognized ,e~perts invarious fields of the liturgy, andpresent a seminar on ,"The NewRite, for the Anointing of theSick." Over one hundr~q persons

'from all over the United Statesare expected to participat~ in thesessions.

Parent Protection

neighbors. Today's kids, livethousands of miles away fromold relatives. We live in age·segregated communities; youngcouples' apartments, three-bed­room ranch homes and retiredcomplexes.

Priest CandidateNATCHEZ (NC) - Another

roman collar was thrown intothe, political ring when JosephiteFather William Morrissey an­nounced' his candidacy for astate senate seat here in Missis­sippi.

No wonder death is remote forthem. They don't see' age 01' in·firmity. Unless there is a tragedyin the neighborhood, it is unlike­ly they will have ·the opportu­nity to know a funeral firsthand.

This was borne out when Iattended a funeral recently witha 32-year-old woman who con­fessed It was her first funeral.Being Irish and inundated withfunerals, I couldn't believe her.

"My parents thought funeralswere too frightening for a childso they never let us attend," sheexplained. "So I 'grew up afraidof ,them. It took a lot of cour­age for me to come today."

.The old game of parent pro-,tection! How, can we expect' toprotect our childreJ1' from deathand its grief? It occurs. It hurts.But death is a part of life. It canno more be covered up and for­gotten' than can sex or hopes orfears.

A final incident occurred dur­ing my religion class.' "Nobodywants to be oid," commented aninnocent 10-year-old.

"Why not?" I asked."Because it's no fun to be'

old.""Why not?" I persisted."Because then you gotta ,die."

,Reverence for Youth'

Our emphasis on the rewardsof youth rather than the rewardsof maturity has twisted our na-,tional mind to equating old agewith death. People feverishlyavoid looking over 40 becausethey might be considered old. Ifthey look old, they might be old•.If they are old, they might die,

This youth reverence ha~

caused much anguish in oursociety. In another age, peoplelooked forward to retirement'years. They were honored and

,they enjoyed relaxation fromduties.

Today's great fear of death'keeps people from enjoying their,old age. Death is o.bscene in oursoCiety and so are people near

. it. They remind each of us that. some day ...

How do we offset this? Asparents, we must expose ourchildren to the reality and re­wards of death. We don't have 'to make a fetish of it but wemust not make it a taboo. If wereally believe in our Christianphilosophy, death is but the doorto Life. If we rea~ly believe, thatiii·

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26,.'197112,'

Urges' Parents EmphClsize, ,

Reality, Rewards of ,Death, Death has, replaced sex as society's most forbidden

topic of, discussion, according to' University of Iowa re-,ligioh professor, Dr. David Belgum. "Dying used to beopenly discussed in our society, but sex was obscene/' he

,told' ,a gro,up of ministers."Now sex is openly dis­cussed and dying is ob­scene." As a, result, he add­ed, .; person who is dying andwants to talk about his deathand its implications, for his fam­iiy is often unable to find anyoneto listen.

CURRAN

AngerThere is no sin nor wrong

that gives a man such a foretasteof hell in this life as anger andimpatience.

St. Catherine of Siena/'

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DOLORES

- Directly before I read Dr. Bel­gum's remark, a friend of minewho had lost her teen-age sontold me that after the first week,nobody' came, to talk with her.Those people she did see didn'twant to discuss her loss. Yet,she said she desperately neededto talk about her boy, about hisdeath and about her feelings,

"Why won't people talk aboutit?" she' asked. "Why are theyso worried about 'hurting myfeelings when I have to talkabout it"

There was a time-in anotherage - when during the weeksfollowing a death, people made acall·'to the bereaved. Sure, it wasuncomfortable but it' was neces­sary to the mental health of thesurvivor, He or' she was able totalk out his grief. He wasn't leftalone at this crucial time.

Uncomfortable Thought

Today this pra'ctice has almostceased: It is one ·more of thoseunpleasantries that we've man­aged 'to omit from our lives.Death is uncomfortable so why-pwell on it? Because people need

, us at that time. Because we areChristian with a love for ourbrother. It's, as simple-and aspainful-as that.

We have had deaths amongsome close friends the last cou­ple of years and some of ourobservations and e,,:periencespoint to the validity of Dr. Bel­gum's statement about deathbeing taboo.

"Do people really die?" askeda young neighbor following thedeath of a young father in ourarea.. The' boy's question wassincere. So successfully have weshielded our suburban childrenfrom age. and illl)ess that theydon't really believe people die.

. An,imals die because our childrenhave pets and they've seen themdie. People Simply disappear.

In that other age I spoke of,in our childhood, we' attendedmany funerals-for great-aunts,for second cousins and for old

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NUNS GREET BISHOP: Auxiliary Bishop Harold New Orleans, the onlyblack bishop of the 'u.S., was greeted by various nuns at the 4th annual meeting of theNationai Black Sisters Conference held in Pittsburg. Bishop Perry was a special guestand was the chief celebrant of a Mass at St. Brigid-Benedict Church. Other black priestsin attendance at the i conference were conce lebrants. NC Photo.

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Black Sistlers Hold Annual MeetingI

D.isclLISS ,~ducation, Com~un:ity Organizati.on._ ..

Desserts' Scarce

These were. but a few .of .theadmonishments we. receivedwhen people knew that we were'going to visit Portugal and I'mhappy to, say that the only.tl~ing

I ate that was heavily gadiced,was a Garlic Soup (and this you'would expect to taste of 'thisflavorful, bulb), the only timethat I, really tasted pure oliveoil was on a salad in the Alfamaquarters pnd the one item that

. I did find wanting was thechicken.

While the desserts were notplentiful (many menus endedwith fruit and cheese) arroz doce'(rice pudding) became one of ourfavorites and we found ourselvesseeking out the restaurants thathad this on their menu. Jasonespecially fell in love with thiscreamy, rich pudding, and toldeveryone about it. In fact 0l?eevening we irvited another fam­ily from the States whom wehad met in Lagos to visit a near­by restaurant with us and ju$ttry Jason's. rice pudding. Asluck would have it, there wereonly two dishes left but theobliging waiter presented,. us.with eight spoons and we all atleast got a taste. ' . ,

This is Jason's Arros Docesthat we worked out' witli mymother-in-law, ,Mrs. Joseph Rod­erick of St. Anthony of Padua'Parish in Fall River. She hasbeen making it since my hus"band was a small boy but thi~was the first time that every in-,gredientwas measured exactly'for Anchor readers.

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best personifying the black valuesystem. The Adrian DominicanSister will begin a full-time as­signment as conference specialprojects director in the Fall.

Auxiliary Bishop Harold Perryof New Orleans, the country'sonly black bishop, presented theaward to Sister Shawn and toseven other Sisters honored forupholding individual tenets ofthe value system. Bishop Perrywas also chief concelebrant ofa black unity Mass.

Founded by Sister Grey in1967, the National Black Sisters~

Conference now has more than350 members. ,

Most of the Sisters attendingthe conference are members ofpredominantly white Religiousorders, but also represented werethe three. predominantly blackU. S. orders - the Holy FamilySisters of New Orleans; the Ob­late Sisters of Providence in Bal­timore; and the FranciscanHandmaids of Mary in New

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aimed at blac.k women, criticizedthe white media as untrust­worthy and irrelevant to blacks.She urged the creation of a larg­er black media to inform andinspire black people. .

Mercy Sister Martin de PorresGrey, conference president, saida major goal of the conventionwas to. encourage delegates tolive by the black value system-seven virtues "customarily or

·traditionally adhered to by blackpeople."

Among them are self-determi­nation - "to define ourselves,name ourselves, and speak forourselves, instead of being de­fined, and spoken for by others;"and faith - "to believe with allour heart in our parents, ourteachers, our leaders, our peopleand the righteousness of ourstruggle."

Conference AwardSister Shawn Copeland; an

English teacher at Martin dePorres High School in Detroit,received a conference award for

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PITTSBURGH (NC) ,-.:.. BlackSisters wth traditional: habitsand headpieces stood side byside with nuns sporting dashikisand Afro hairdos. i

Delegates to the fourth annu..al meeting of the Nationa:,1 BlackSisters Conference-witn manyarms thust skyward in the blackpower salute-were singing theBlack National Anthem,: a patri­otic hymn by black poet: JamesWeldon Johnson. ~ I

Open to black Religious "andother interested member's lof theblack community, the meeting atCarlow College here was 'closedto all whites except med,ia re-porters. ' I

The atmosphere, howe~er, wasnot one of militancy but of, blackrapport "and purposefqlness.Theme of the conference' was"Harambee"-Swahili for' '{cometogether." i :

"We have matured beyondjust militancy," one Sister: par­ticipant remarked. "The' pointnow is, what do we do? We areconcerned with becoming' ser­vice-oriented to the black ~om-

munity." I I" Institutes on black education,'black ministry and comq,lmity.

organization formed the discus­sion core at the meeting.' :

"Who can be born black iandnot see the wonder of it, the:joy,the challenge...." asked po~tess

"Mari Evans, author of "I Am aBlack Woman," at the op,e*ingsession. , I

Major GoalMarsha Gillespie, editor of !Es­

sence Magazine, a" publication• I

.(\rros Doces

(Jason's rice pudding)1Yz cuP.s raw rice

3' cups water'% teaspoon salt1 cup sugar,2 cups regular milk3 eggs slightly beaten

Yz teaspoon lemon extract1) Wash rice well and drain

in collander or sieve.2) Bring water to a boil in a

heavy saucepan. ,Stir in rice andsalt and continue boiling until'rice is almost cooked (a littlebetter than 10 minutes)

3) Add the sugar to the ricemixture, ~tirring ~ell. Add themilk and continue copking, stir­ring' frequently until rice mixturethickens and cools about 15 min­utes more.

4) Lower heat and' add fivetablespoons of the rice mixtureto the beaten eggs. Stirring allthe while. Quickly add all thebeaten eggs and five tablespoons.of rice to the simmering ricemilk mixture. Stirring constant­ly, cook 10 minutes longer or

'until mixture' is thick andcreamy.

5) Add lemon extract' andpour into dessert plates. Sprinklewith cinnamon:

14. \ THE ANCHOR-,-Diocese oNall River':.....Thurs.'~ug.26; 1~71

Wa'rning on Eating 'HabitsTo Lisbon Travelers Fals~

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

One of the great advantages of the trip we have justcompleted, aside from the direct value of travel, was thatall of us return~d to a great source of entertainment, read-'ing. With no television to watch in Portugal, at least withno television they could un- , 'derstand, the children were "Make sure you know how to'forced to read for entertain- say no garlic." " .

"Tell them not to cook yourment. There was no quick meat or fish' in.olive oil."turn of the knob for entertain- '''Ali I ate'was chicken."ment, but there w~s the\ joy ofdiscovering books again.

Melissa has always been agood reader but Meryl readsrarely and only out of necessity.On this trip Melissa took fiveor six books along. and per usualhad them read in a few days, butMeryl was forced to search outsomething to read and ended upreading 'several myst~ries inwhich she became thoroughlyengrossed.

Mari,lyn always reads a greatdeal so that the trip, did notalter her habits in any way' al­though she did have difficultyfinding something worthwhile toread. I found myself doing myusual reading, but Meryl was thebig surprise.

TV vs.ReadingAgain we undere~'timate the

power of television in providingimmediate entertainment for ourchildren and ourselves alike. Thequality of wnatcomes over the"boob tube" does not comparewith what we get out of,books,but'it is so easy to perch in frontof the TV and soak up the papthat we fall easy prey to it. ·Ifnothing else, the trip proved totile children that they did notmiss television and that theycO!1ld get. a great deal morepleasure out of reading a bookthan they could by being pas-sively entertained. I

" .In the Kitchen

OrdinationST. PAUL (NC) - Monsignors

Raymond A. Lucker and JohnR. Roach will be ordained auxil­iary bishops of the St. Paul­Minneapolis archdiocese onWednesday, Sept. 8 at St. PaulCathedral here.

One disappointment of mytrip to Lisbon and southernPOl:tugal was tliat I never got achance to visit the kitchen of atypical Portuguese' home andwatch a meal prepared. My lackof ability to communicate intheir 'language prevented mefrom attempting' such a feat,however I did manage to try a'great many'dishes whose namesI can't pronounce but whoseflavor Til remember always.'

The fresh shrimp at A' Severa,the flavor filled Portuguesesteak at O'Manuela's and thespicy periwinkles eaten at asidewalk cafe in Setubal, are allpelectable memories of a countrythat obviously delights in eating.. Our morning breakfasts in theelegant dark wood and red vel­vet trimmed fifth floor breakfastroom at our delightful littlehotel.- The Principe Real willnever, be forgotten. Rich sweetrolls and tiny fresh breadssmother~d 'our morning appetitesas we sipped, our Cafe 'Leite andenjoyed the panoramic view ofthe lovely .city of rdsbon. .

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Lauds Indians

Secondly, the Pope stressedthe need for man to rememberhis eventual destiny, life in an­other world, lest a "pleasure­seeking concept of life" over­come him.

Apparently, the Pdpe was de­lighted with the visit of the In­dians, for before meeting them,he told the people in the court­yard that he would soon en­counter a special. group.

"These are 41 Canadian In­dians," the Pope said. "Yes, thefamous redskins of our litera­ture and of our dreams."

In his address in English tothe Indians, the Pope said hewished for them and all the In­dians of Canada the fullness ofhuman progress.

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Live Vacation Time on PreparationFor Next World, Pope Advises

ber two things about this joyfultime of year.

"First of all, .let us rememberthose who cannot enjoy thisblessed physical and psychologi­cal relaxation." He numberedamong those the sick, the poorand those who must "remain attheir place of effort and toil sothat others may enjoy their holi­day."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26, 1971

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) ­Have a good vacation, but livethese restful days as if you were.preparing for life in anotherworld, Pope Paul VI remindedthousands of tourists gatheredin the courtyard of his summervilla for the Sunday Angelus.

Immediately afterwards, thePope received in audience 41Canadian Indians garbed inbeaded costumes and featherbonnets. The Indians came froma mission in Alberta named aftera pioneer missionary priest,Father Albert Lacombe.

An Indian lady presented tothe Pope a blue beaded crosswhich he wore during the wel­coming address. As each Indianwas presented by their pastor,Oblate Father Maurice Goutier,the Pope commented: "Youknow them all by name. That isa good pastoral practice."

To the crowds assembled inthe courtyard, the Pope spokeof the month of August, the"typical time of vacation." Hesaid he wished all a "happy andserene time." However, headded everyone should remem·

VICTOR AUCLAIR JR.

St. Louis CYOerGolf Champion_

Victor Auclair Jr., a memberof St. Louis Parish CYO, FallRiver captured the Senior Divi­sion title in the 13th annual NewEngland CYO Golf Tournamentheld last weekend at the Potowo­mut Country Club in Warwick.

Auclair won a title for thethird year in a row. In 1969 and1970 he won in the IntermediateDivision. He is a sophomore atJohnson and Wales College andlast year was the top golfer onthe school's team.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic:tor Auclair of 439 Middle Street,Fall River he assists his fatherwho is pro at the Pocasset GolfClub.

the World Council of Churches,is also thinking along the samelines. Following a recent inter­view with President Allende ofChile, Dr. Blake said in a state­ment to the press in New YorkCity that he believed it is signi­ficant that Chileans are "at­tempting to establish a socialistsystem-with state ownership ofproperty and the state in controlof planning-withollt taking onthe religious forces."

Sound AdviceFinding three such remarkably

similar releases on this highlycontroversial subject in one andthe same batch of reading mate­rial struck me as being a signi­ficant coincidence, but _the lastof the four items was even morenewsworthy.

It was a summary, in a WestCoast daily, of the latest reportof the Organization of~American

States (a kind of miniature Pan­American U.N.). This reportcalled upon the United States toaccept and to -learn to live withLatin American socialism.

It goes ',vithout saying - atleast I hope it does-that neitherFr. McDermott, nor the Bishopof Talca, nor Dr. Blake, nor theauthor of' the above-mentionedOAS report is winking at totali­tarian, anti-religious socialism.

They are simply saying that,while some forms of socialism .are totalitarian and anti-religious,others are .not, and are suggest­ing that Catholics (and Ameri­cans) owe it to the cause ofworld justice and world' peaceto distinguish carefully betweenthe two. This, it seems to me, isvery sound advice.

CreationFor God has not only made us

out of nothing; but He gave usfreely, by the grace of the Word,a life in correspondence with

. God. St. Athanasius

same movie for at least a month.Example: "Hello Dolly" has

been featured on three out oflast four or five trips I havetaken to the Coast.

So-if you want to do a littleserious praying and serious read­ing, the place to go is up andaway into the friendly skies ofUnited, TWA, American or oneof their competitors.

Confused Issues

Today's flight (Aug. 17) gaveme an opportunity to plowthrough a briefcase full of maga­zine articles and news releaseswhich had accumulated in myoffice during my last trip to theCoast. In going through thisbatch of miscellaneous items, Icame across, by strange coinci­dence, four separate articles andspeeches on a subject which ishardly ever discussed in theUnited States.. least of all, I sup­pose, in' the Catholic community:namely the compatibility be­tween Christianity and someforms of socialism.

The first of these four itemswas an NC summary of a speechby my colleague, Fr. PatrickMcDermott, S.J., assistant direc­tor of the USCC Division forWorld Justice and Peace.Father McDermott, speakingat a clergy meeting in St. Paul,Minn. on the subject of worldjustice, suggested that socialismand Christianity are not neces­sarily incompatible

"There is no absolute dichot­omy" between the two, hepointed out. Fr. McDermottnoted that too often. in the pastCatholics have confused the is­sues of religious freedom andp'rivate property. It is possible,he said, for the Church to sur:vive and even begin regrowthunder a system that does nothold to the American principlesof free enterprise and privateproperty.

Missioners Concur

Some of Fr. McDermott's fel­low Catholics in this country andabroad will probably hit theceiling when they catch up withNC's summary of his recentspeech, but before they condemnhim to the stake, they will wantto know that NC also reported,a week before McDermott wentout on a limb. in St. Paul, thatBishop Oscar Gonzalez Cru­chaga of Talca, Chile took iden­tically the same position. on thematter under discussion.

Christians, the Bishop pointedout, can legitimiately choose to

. be socialists in Chile and "shouldnot be afraid of the word 'social­ism.''' The Bishop went on tosay that he didn't mean· to indi­cate that the Church as such istaking the road to socialism, be­cause that is not her function."Christ," he said,' "was not asocialist, but neither was he acapitalist."

NC also reports that a. sizablenumber of U. S. missioners serv­ing in Chile concur with theBishop in this regard.

A third NC release on thesame subject reports that Dr.Eugene Carson Blake, head of

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I am minded to suggest, in thisconnection, that the cloisteredmonasteries of the future mayhave to be airborne if only tomake it possible for the harriedmonks to get away from themanifold distractions which areto be found almost. everywhereon mother earth. Where else,for example, except in the wideblue yonder,' can one escapethe omnipresent tyranny of thetelephone? .

Even the movies which areshown on cross-country flightsare no distraction after yourfirst trip on the same run, andthis for the simple reason thatthe airlines keep repeating the

Stresses DifferencesIn Forms of Socialism

During the past year and a half I have been com......muting, on the average of once every two ?r th:ee weeks,between Washington, D. C. and San FrancIsco III connec­tion with the farm labor dispute in California. On thebasis of this experience~ Ihave come to two superficialconclusions, among others:(1) The airlines are tellingthe truth and nothing but the .truth when they say that busi­ness is away down and that

they are caught in a bad finan­cial squeeze. As a matter offact, I can't· remember when Iwas last on a transcontinentalflight which was even more thanhalf full. And, if anything, thesituation seems to be ge.ttingworse rather than better as themonths roll along.

Today's flight (at the mo­ment we are winging our waywestward over the Rocky Moun­tains) is a typical case in point.There are 30 passengers on aplane which can accommodatewell over 100. My last flightgoing the other way was evenworse from the carrier's pointof view. By actual count, therewere almost· as many steward­esses on the plane as there werecustomers.

The moral of all this is thatPresident Nixon's economic re­covery progra~, unexpectedlyand rather dramatically an­nounced on Aug. 15 was' longoverdu·e. It remains to be seen,of course, whether 'or not thePresident's program will do thetrick, but even his worst' polit­'ical 'Emeinies will ·have to admit,I think, that,' on balance, "it's asignificant step' in the rightdirection.

I say this in spite of the factthat parts of the program arecalculated (or. so it would ap­pear at the moment) to penalizethe poor and the working classmore than the rich. 'It was everthus, of course.

Secondly I have learned frommy transcontinental commutingexperience that I can get moreserious reading done on a planethan I can even in the solitaryconfinement of my own quartersat the United States CatholicConference staff house.

Friendly Skies

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"Lectors and priests shouldapproach the public reading ofthe Bible with full awarenessthat it is their honored task torender the official proclamation .of the revealed Word of God toHis assembled holy people. Thecharacter of this reading is suchthat it must convey that specialreverence which is due the Sa­cred Scripture above all otherwords."No Substitute for Word of God

I think we should observe.however, that the Third Instruc­tion merely states secular read­

.ings "may never be substitutedfor the word of God," It does notprohibit the use' of passagesfrom non-scriptural sources as acomplement to the biblical texts.

One can think of movingpar'!graphs from an address byPresident Kennedy or a speechby Dr. King or a book by Mi­chael Quoist quite suitable as re­inforcement of the basic messageproclaimed in the Scriptures andthrough the homily.

Similarly, an occasional article. from the daily newspaper or acurrent periodical' could vividlyapply the eternal word of Godto . our here and now worla.Such secular passages might be

.inselj:ed in various ways and atdifferent spots throughout theliturgy. For example:

Before, during or after thehomily itself.

At the presentation of giftswhile the collection is being,taken and the offerings broughtto the altar.

Following the' distribution ofHoly Communion as a reflectivepiece to promote prayerfulthanksgiving,

Within the general interces­. sions or prayer of the fa'ithfulto' transform universal petitionsinto specific requests.

th.e Litu,:gy•In

By

FR. JOSEPH M. '

CHAMPLIN

claimed in the Iiturgica! assem­bly, are of the greatest value: inthe readings, God speaks to' hispeople, and Christ, present in hisword, announces the good newsof the GospeL" .

Vatican II on Bible /The Fathers at Vatican· II

spoke with similar reverenceabout the Bible. "For in thesacred books, the Father'who isin heaven meets his childrenwith great love and speaks withthem; imd the force and powerin the word of God is' so greatthat it stands as the support andenergy of the Church. thestrength of faith for her sons,and the food of the- soul, thepure and everlasting source ofspiritual life."

In 1964. the Bishops' Com­mission on the Liturgical Apos­tolate issued guidelines for"Reading and Praying' in theVernacular.~' The following

'. phrases from it, on, the role oflectors and priest readers. like­wise stress the unique dignity

. of biblical texts:

and Success . I

.Sec'!rlar I Readings,

Tricia Nixon sele~ted an ex­cerpt from Kahlil :Gibran's TheProphet as one of. tpe readingsfor her June 12 wed,di~g at theWhite House. She',was not: thefirst bride to choo~e for themarriage ceremony ;a passagefrom the writings ofl some rela­tively. contemporary, author. Noris that the' only iristance of aliturgical service i~: which so­called secular texts " have re­placed or complem~n~ed ,biblicalexcerpts. ' I

What about this ,practice forRoman Catholic worship? Offi­cially approved by th~ Holy See

. or explicitly cond~n1ned? En­couraged by liturgists, or repro­bated by them? A wise, moderninnovation or a .food,sh depar­ture from an ancient' tradition?I would have to giv~ qualified

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yes and no answers tq all those'queries. : .

The latest document from

IIRome ('Third Instructidn of Sep­tember 3, 1970) specifically

, treats of the point at issue:"Full iinportance: ~ust be

seemingly without meaning. And given to the liturgy' of ithe wordin large parishes the number: of .,in the ,Mass., Other ,readings,baptisms occasionally rose to whether from sacred .or profanetwenty' on a Sunday afternoon. , .This cursed the cerqlonies with authors of past or pr~~ent, may

never be substituted t for theall the evils of· mass production .. word of God, nor may only aand cold impersonalism.. single scripture lesson be read."

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. In a preceding paragraph. thedecree briefly gives the reasonfor its prohibition. "Tre HolyScriptures, of all the texts pro-

.Baptism.'

By

. FR. AL

McBRIDE

ADULT PROCESSION AT BAPTISM: The new liturgyof Baptism calls for careful attention to the adults who par­ticipate in the celebration as this photo attests.

The· baptistry image presentedits own problem. The, room wasoften small, sometimes. cold anddrafty and.·situated in an unim­portant place. The ceremonieswere practically invisible. The oilfor anointing ·was sca,r~ly notice­able, the water pouring' nervousand sometimes skimpy, the whitegarm~nt nothing more than afinger towel. .-

After the birth ?f a child,come all, the ceremonies peoplehave composed to mark this newevent: flowers for the mother,cigars for the men at work­and'the baptism.

The new rites 'correct Ui~seproblems. The new 'liturgy callsfor careful attention to the ad.ultsat the ceremony. They are re­minded that th'ey are abou tocelebrate their bestowal of life Ion the child. and that· they a're I .U .,. 'assuming a life-long responsib,l- '. .L-.IU m I I tyity to communicate th.eir faith ' 1

and the meaning of God to this Americans. generally' admire ,or. the host may well invite younew· bab):'..· : . U1e',person who. has the initia-.· totake;a seat at one' of the back

Thus the cermony celebrates tive and energy to ac~ihe dis- tables. If you quietly take a seatan adult-type decision. Since the tinction in his life. work.., Valued . at the 'rear, the ho'st may notice.baby can't do .it', tl1e adults d.o virtues in the American: way. of you and invite you to come upit for .him. Of ~ourse. they, prom- life are initiative, 'hard work, cre-' to more prominent' place.ise to train him '. in suoch'·a way. . atiyitY,.and dynamic leadership. .

S ·: Humility'that. he' wiII in his' maturity. uccess rarely comes to the-man,make Ilis ow~ free'cholce"fo~'lif~ 1 or 'woman too timid to ,stand .up We may skeptically reflect on. ··read after the first reading we. '.. and become v's'ble It' " t· ,our experience and realize that . ··pray:·. "God. in your ·goodness."· in ·Christ. I I . , IS Impor "

ant-if one wants to' achieve few people in the United States you have made a home for theTeaching Power' of. Ceremonie's something....,...to .know the right: . get ahead by' ta.king the back . poor." The "poor" or. "humble"

. . people, : to 'make a' good seat. Yet Jesus'. words apply as man Q1ay be financially wealthyThe new rites also restore the . impression, . to do' g66d , work well, in the twentieth century' as . or impoverished; he' may .have

teaching power of the cen;mon~ that comes to the notic~ 'of oth- in the first. The Book of Sirach, .. many abilities or few; he may beies. Situate the font in an iml ers. ' ,. read as the, first reading, sec-. successful or not. Both wordsportant place.. Some Churches Within the competitive' worId on<is Jesus' words: "My son, convey an attitude of mind thathave installed small fountains in . in which we live, Jesus' ~ words conduct your affciini with !lumil- is fundamental' to the Christian'their baptistry to symbolize the 'i. ity . . . . Humble yourself the way of life.bubbling· new. 'life of Christ· as " . more the greater you are." What . The '~humble" or "p~()r" per·

· well as His tr.anquil, peace. '. sense does this make in. terms. : son .recc;>gniz;es his' need for., God. , of our experience? and for .others. Looking' at 'him:

The oil is still fairly' invisible, B . First of all. Jesus'· words are .self and life honestly he recog-but someday it. may fe-acquire: . Y . meant to convey a basic attitude nizes the talents and gifts heenough quantity to give the .in- rather than a specific' action. has. together with his limita-fant a real rub down~a true FR. CARL J. It may well be that there are tions and faults. Both what heanointing unto athletic battle. PFEIFER, S.J. times when the most humble has and what he lacks cause'himwith evil. The custom is grow- thing to do is to take the first to recognize how much he needs'ing for the godmother to sew a 1 place, make yourself known, . God and others.

· baptismal robe for the ·candidate. IWliJr:::;O;::I:::::??f::::? ??t" knock on doors, speak out. go Talents Should Evoke GratitudeNothing pretentious, justa sim- in this Sunday's Gospel I m out of your way to be visible Whatever talents he possesses.pie white tunic tp symbolize the, . , ." aynew life of the candidate. seem. strange. After dmner one in the right place at the right they 'are gifts of God. Whatever

evenmg at the home of a prom- time. Jesus Himself was in the success he has had with his God­· The main. thing, then, is that· inent religious leader Jesus sug- public eye, doing many things to given abilities. is due not only.we assure ilnadLiIt mood to the gests to the guests that "he who .attract attentio.n to Himself. His to his own efforts, but to the as­

Im-. sacrame'nt and provide rich, dig- humbles himself shall be: ~xalt- words then, describe a funda c sistan.ce of God and of others.. ~. nified . and ."vi~ible" ceremonies, ed." He illustrates his poi~t: with mental attitude of mind·- and He can say honestly with St.

. ,for the celebratIOn. Then the bap- . ·a few words about how to i con- heart. Paul, "By the grace of God ISometimes the' candle (Light 'tismal mystery will speak' its ' duct' ~neself at' a .wedding' re~ Another word for "humility" am what.I am," and with Mary.

of the ~orld) wasn't even lit. The own meaning in a most effective. : ception. If you come ijl t and in the Bible 'is .. poverty...· "pov- ."He· who is mighty has don.epr-oceSS10ns were perfunctory, way.' walk right up to a place of 1001'1- erty of spirit." Inthe responsory T~ .to Page Seventeen

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'Mass Production Lea!Js topersonalism: .

The imagery of baptism isdominated by the baby and thebaptistry. The image is the mes­sage. To make sure the imageteaches the best message, the.

,. Church has composed' new rites.The problem with the image of

. the .baby is that it gives the;. impression that adults have' no

link 'with baptism.

... 'It's', true that· adult convertssaw the adult dimension. But forother adult Christians the im-

.. 'pression remained that b~ptism

had little to do with their livesother than a, sign of their intro­'du'ction into the way of' salva-

.' tion 'and membership in theChurch: It was holy fOf' the baby.

. but not too important. for'; theadult,

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BANGALORE (NC)-The Indi­an Bishops' Conference called foran "all-India day of prayer andsacrifice" for refugees from EastPakistan.

The conference's standingcommittee also decided here tostep up relief work in coopera­tion with other churches.

Noting the gravity of the prob­lem posed by the influx of 7million refugees, the commit­tee said the Church. wouldstrengthen its services in theaffected areas.

The bishops appealed to Cath­olics all over India to send morepersonnel to work in the field.

THE A-NCHOR-...." ~ ~l."."i? 1"Thurs. August 26, 1971

Humility, SuccessContinued from Page Sixteen

great things to me." The greaterhis talents, the more reason tobe grateful, and to work harderto develop them for the good ofothers.

On the other hand the "proud"or "rich" man in biblical Jan·guage feels that for all practicalpurposes he needs neither Godnor anyone else. He is self·suf·ficient. He clpses in on himself,making himself the center ofthe world, forgetting that mostof what he is, he owes to Godand others. He lives for himself.He comes into the wedding re­ception thinking the place ofhonor is due him. The humbleman comes, always aware thathe comes only by invitation.

Humility as a Christian virtueis perfectly consonant withcharacteristics like initiative, en­ergy, creativity. God's gifts aregiven to be llsed fruitfully forone's own happiness and for thegood of others. The hard workneeded to 'achieve something forthe good of one's family or coun­try may reveal deeper humilitythan ,being satisfied with medi­ocrity.

The humble man remembersthat who he is, what he has, isgiven by God, not only for hisown good, but the good of oth­ers, -for making the world a bet­ter place to live. He works, notjust for flattery. and self-satis­faction, but for the good of oth­ers. He opens his heart to Godand to his neighbor-aware ofhow much he needs both, andhow much they need him.

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"It's great to be back," thepriest said. He succeeded FatherLeonard Murray, who was re­assigned as associate pastor, atSt. Francis Xavier parish inKansas City, Mo.

As director of St. Stephens,Father O'Neil will head a staffof six Jesuits, nine Franciscannuns and eight volunteer laypersons. 'Some 250 Aarapaho~nd Shoshoni children from Wy­oming's Wind River Reservationattend the mission's elementaryschool.

"We have been working withthese wonderful people for over83 years," Father O'Neil noted."Right now the financial situa­tion is critical," he said, "but

'we are confident that by thehelp of interested friends we cancontinue to give physical, spiri­tual and educational help to an·swer the needs of these mostdeserving and sadly neglectedcitizens."

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INDIAN LITURGY: Father Lewis B. O'Neil, directorof the St. Stephen's Mission school in Riverton, Wyo., cele­brates Mass while dressed in northern ,Arapaho garb.

come out: Private Worlds (Holt,Rinehart and Winston, 383 Mad­ison Ave., New York, N. Y.10017. $6.95). It is intricate,thoughtful, dramatic, and ab­sorbing throughout.

Miss Gainham manages all theelements in her narrative well.The succession of events keepsus interested, as do their impli­cations. Just as holding is thefurther revelation of characterin instance after instance, andthe changes in relationships.Meanings are obliquely but firm­ly conveyed, and atmosphere isskillfully suggested.

This is expert and adult fic­tion, with. something impressiveto say about our tormentedtimes.

RIVERTON (NC)-Wearing afeathered headdress and mocca­sins of Northern Arapaho Indi­ans, Jesuit Father Lewis B.O'Neil celebrated a pow-wowMass and was given the nameBlack Coal.

The priest, who became direc­tor of St. Stephen's missionhere, ,was honored with thename Black Coal after an Ara­paho chief of the last centurywho advanced' education for hispeople.

Father O'Neil, 45, a native ofNewcastle, Pa., said he was"very proud that the tribal eldersbestowed this greatest of Ara­paho names upon me. I onlyhope that I can contribute asmuch to education as did theoriginal Black Coal."

For Father O'Neil, the, St. Ste­'phen's post is a homecoming.As a young Jesuit, he taughtfrom 1957 to 1960 at the missionhigh school, since closed, andthen left Riverton to study

The brothers believed that therewas a religious core in each ofthe fairy tales.

They brought out a secondvolume in 1814, and then wenton to other work, for examplethe publication of German FolkTales, which depend much lesson tradition. Wilhelm later pub-

, lished German Heroic Tales, andJacob German Mythology.

German Diction<::ryJacob was the more brilliant

scholar, and his German Gram­mar and History of the GermanLanguage are landmark works,without precedent and establish.'ing foundations on which othershave built ever since.

But the Grimms' masterpieceis their German Dictionary,which Mr. Peppard calls "one of

,the great lexicographical under-takings of all time." Its aim was"to give an account of all thatour written language has achiev­ed in four hundred years." Even­tually, the' dictionary's scopewas enlarged, going back beyondthe 400-year-limit.

Jacob formed the notion ofsuch a dictionary in 1838, think­ing to finish it in some six orseven volumes during his life­time. But the preparation of thefirst volume alone took 16 years,and the work was not completeduntil long after the brothers weredead. Others continued it, in onegeneration afte'r another; it· wasfinally finished only in 1960, andfills 32 volumes. '

Prodigious LaborsWilhelm Grimm died in 1859,

Jacob in 1863. By then, theirimpoverished and obscure be­ginnings were long behind them.Honors had come in plenty, andthey were able. to live comfort­ably during their last years. Butmost of the course had been dif­ficult. Their labors were prodi­gious, their accomplishments,monumental.

Mr. Peppard's book dealsmostly with their work. But theirpersonalities and their personalhistories, as well as the tangledhistory of the times throughwhich they lived, do not go un-heeded. /

This is no(.. a gracefully writ­ten book, n6i- is it enthralling. Itis dry, and even a touch pedantic'.It should probably have been

, longer, more relaxed, quickenedwith more human juices.

, One would like to know more,'for example, of another of thebrothers, Carl, who also pro­duced a book - on double-entrybookkeeping. And surely one isintrigued, but not at all satisfied,by the bare, undeveloped state­ment that "the oldest knownversion" of the Cinderella taleis "a Chinese story of the ninthcentury." '

Private WorldsAmong the more substantial

novels of the last few yearswhich enjoyed popularity com­mensurate with their worth havebeen those by Sarah Gainhamdealing with people in the the­atrical and literary worlds ofVienna iri. the time of Hitler,World War II, and thereafter.

The latest, and one is led tobelieve the last, of these has now

By.

RT. REV.

MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

10017. $7.95). In it one discoversthat the Fairy Tales were by nomeans the only, or the most m­portant, achievement of theGrimms.

Jacob was the elder, born in1785; Wilhelm was a yearyounger. They were sons of aminor official in the Germanprincipality of Hesse-Cassel. Atthat time there was no unitedGermany, but rather a conglom­eration of more or less pettyduchies, ,principalities, and king­doms.

Their father died when Jacob\\;'as 11, ao~I the ~~mily.was instraitened circumstances. But thebrothers managed to acquire aneducation, going to school sixhours a day and getting privatetutoring for four or five hoursadditional. They finished at theUniversity of Marburg.

Educational PurposeThey were both interested in

medieval German literature, andbegan to collect German folk­lore, for patriotic motives. Theymastered many languages andput out many scholarly publica­tions. But fame came .only withthe Fairy Tales, first ,publishedin 1812 after six years of re­search and compilation.

These tales were not originalcreations, but had folk originsand had been handed down oral­ly. The collection had, an educa­tional purpose, and was intendedprincipally for adults, who mightpass on the stories to their chil­dren.

There were 86 tales in the firstedition, including "Hansel andGretel," "The Wolf and theSeven Kids," "The Frog King."Recognition and success wereimmediate, and the tales havesince been translated into innu­merable, languages and havestayed in print for. over 150years. It is estimated that inRussia alone 18,000,000 copies ofthe book have been sold.

F~fk Tales,The fairly tales are simple.

The hero or heroine is uncom­plex. "Those who are lucky winout in the end, and the proof thatthey deserve to, lies in theirwinning." A true fairy tale, saysMr. Peppard, is characterized"by prudery, a totally uncon­trived and instinctive naivete,pedagogical elements, and theavoidance of irony and sarcasm."

Peppard Book Biographical. . '

Study of Brothers GrimmWho were the Brothers Grimm? Everyone knows the

answer: to that. They were the two who collected and editedthe world-famous Fairy Tales. Anything .else about them?Most of us would be perfectly blank if faced with that ques­tion. In childhood, we enjoy­ed their work, but aboutthem 7~e learned nothingand were quite incurious. Abiographical study of the broth­ers now appears, Paths Throughthe Forest by Murray B. Peppard(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

THE ANCHO.R~Dio~ese of Fall River~Th~Js-, ~ug.;2~, 1971 w--

'Mission Incredible'

Father Dwyer, a Trappistmonk on medical leave of ab­sence from his monastery, wasa social worker and counselorin New York and Boston beforeentering religious life. Afterleaving the monastery due tosevere arthritis, he worked on a

,doctoral degree in theology atCatnolic University, then branch­ed into educational psychologyand is now teaching that subjectas the -only priest faculty mem­ber of the College of HumanDevelopment and Learning ofthe University of North Carolina.He is also a spiritual consultantfor_ many religious communitiesand '. gives frequent workshopsfor Sisters and priests.

In addition to Sister Theresa,. Holy Un;on religious on the

Project Sear~h te~m includeSister Patricia Heath, SisterCatherine Cleare: Sister DorothyCotterell and Sister Doreen Don­egan.

on the developmental principlesof Swiss .psychologist Jean. Pia­get, was that renewal in theChurch is based on the interiorlife of the individual Christian.He said that the basis of rela­tionship with God is that of re­lationship with one's fellows."Man can live as a related per­son in the life of grace, or hecan live as an unrelated personin a world of sin and selfish­ness," he averred.

He pointed out that some re­ligious "are trying to live a lifeof spirituality that is not in con­text with-the development of therest of the world," but warned,"when you embrace the path ofJiving a' Jife\of relationship and:dialogue, you are on the road tocrucifixion. To 'the extent, how­~ver, that we, erityr into deeppersonal contact with:our fellow­men, to that extent we .are pene­trating the mystery of' qpd."

Basically, said Sister Theresa,the Sist~rs endeavored "to getback to the basic Christian mes:sage as seen in the gospels andto apply it to their own lives."

Happiness permeated thethree-day meeting, she said. "Webegan with a cookout and socialevening, and that really seemedto set the mood. So' many Sistershave told us team members howmuch the lectures and discus­sions have meant to them, ithas made all the work of prep­aration worthwhile."

Each of Father Dwyer's I~c­

tures, she said, was followed bysmall-group discussions, at whichdiocesan priests were leaders.The priests, who participated

,several years ago in a similar. workshop directed by Father

Dwyer, have since continued ,ina study group like those theHoly Union Sisters plan to con­duct during the forthcomingyear.

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HolyUn:lon Sisters Hold 'Project Search',W(jrksh~p under Father Vincent Dwyer

Father Dwyer was asked tolead.. the Sisters' workshop after

. he conducted a unique parishmission at Immaculate Concep­tion Church, North Easton, early"this year. "Several of us attend­ed the mission and then invitedFather Dwyer to come to us,"said Sister Theresa. The diocesanpriests also aided in what was

'known as "Mission Incredible,"she recalled.

DISCUSSING: WORKSHOP PROGRAM FOR SISTERS: Sr. Helen Carpirielli, Sr. Rose'Lamb,'- Sr. Barbara, ~irkman; and Sr.: Evelyn Rogers stlidy the workshop schedule forthe day. , I

BY PATRICIA McQO,WAN,If."the future belong's :to those.

who prepare for it," the Sisters, I

of the Holy Union of the SacredHearts have a firm grasp on to­morrow. For two years the com­munty has been engaged in anopen-ended examination! of itsgOals and means of ,attainingthem. Dubbed "Propject Search,"the program last week broughttogether some 150 Holy: UnionSisters for a three-day ,study ofthe theological bases of religiouslife in community. .

Directed by' Rev. : ~incent'Dwyer, O.C.S.O., and ,h'eld at

Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall'River, sessions emphasiz~d therole the Holy Spirit mus~'play inshaping the future of religiouslife. - "

"We are now really ibeingcalled upon to live what! faith is'- a rIsk - not the secJrity weonce thought it was," said 'Sister .Theresa-' Horvath of th'e I five­member Project Search: team

, :that planned the workshop.'

She opined that concer!] in theyears immediately following Vat­can II for 'such exterriaisasmodes of dress and living ar-

, rangements for religious '~had tok come first, before we could get

to essentals. It has takert allthis time to get to a deep ',spir­

: itual level of activity."Mystery of God

, The purpose of last week'si program, said Sister Theresa;I was~ to help further the -grqwth. of Christian c'ommunity, in I the. Immaculate Heart province, ofthe Holy Union Sisters, alld to

'serve as the springbroad tor ayear-long series of small-group'meetings in individual conve'nts.These meetings, she expl~iged,

"'will expand and delve further'into the ideas presented dJl~ingrhe three days." : :

Father Dwyer's message, based

Bishops ConferenceDenounces Abortion

NEW DELHI (NC)-The Indi­an Parliament's lower housepassed an official bill that wouldin practice remove all legal re­strictions on abortion.

The upper house of parliamentpassed the bill in May. It will be­come law when it is signed byPresident V.V. GirL

A memorandum describing le­,galized abortion as "another'name for murder" was presented. to Prime Minister Indira Gandhiby the Indian Bishops' Confer­ence before final parliamentaryapproval of the bill.

The first would be to be re­signed to the increasingly :diffi­cult task of private financing ofthe schools; the second would beto "de-ecclesiastidze" the con­trol 'of the schools, the thirdwould be to' pursue some I ver­sion of the "voucher plan'~, by

'which all parents would: begiven a direct subsidy from. thestate for the use of the schoolof their choice.' .

Laity Problem ~My own sympathies' would

argue for a combination of allthree. I think hie official', Church-past~rs, bishops, school super-'intendents - should 'get out,' ,ofthe school business. There' area: lot of important things :forbishops and priests to do with­out havnig to worry about .:theimmense administrative and, fi­nancial 'responsibilities of theparochial: school system. Theschools' should be, tl,lrned overlock, stock and barrel to thelaity; it is, after all, the la,itywhose children attend theschools.

Let the laity worry aboutfinancing the, schools; let th~m

push the, voucher plan; let themargue with Le'o Pfeffer that tpeschools ·are an independent sxs­tem of private schools which arenot under the control of the of(i­cial Church, even though theChurch might be making largecharitable contributions to the

, support of the schools and mightmake some' of its personnelavailable to the' schools. '

Practical PlanThis scheme would soive many

problems. It would give the laityconsiderable responsibility. Itwould eliminate a fashionable'whipping boy for' liberal Cath­olics; how could they denouncea lay controlled system? It wouldfree the clergy for m'ore evan­gelical activities.

It might help to put to rest theremains of nativism. It wouldmake it much harder for theSupreme Court to phony up thephantom of "entanglement". And'it would certainly be practical,as the experiences of our Cana­dian neighbors demonstrate.

Is it likely to happen? Too'many people would have to giveup power. Much better that they'go dOwn with the ship than that,they turn the ship over to an­other captain and crew. '

By

REV.

.AND,REW M

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However competent their legaladvisers may have been in thenarrow technicalities of the law,the' educators do not seem tohave been' nearly as perceptiveabout the importance of thenativist tradition as did the at­torneys of the American JewishCongress and the AmericanCivil' Liberties Union (it is inter­esting to note that just as some'American' Catholics have be­come super-patriots, more patri­otic than the most patriotic ofWASPS so some American Jewshave become' super nativists,more' nativist than.. the mostnativist of WASPS).

. Deck Is-StackedBut granted the power of 're­

sidualnativism:, what can Cath­olic schools can do? They may ofcourse continue to' try to findother legal loopholes in the.Church-state '''wall''. The so­called "Illinois plan" apparently.escapes the letter of the recent

'court decision. However, if therhetoric about the wall is reallya diversionary tactic to justifynativism, then new plans, for alltheir legal niceties, will be awaste of time.'

If 'those who shape ,the con­ventional wisdom of Americansociety have made up theirminds that Catholic schools aregoing to get, no money from the ,state and if the Supreme Courthas accepted this conventipnalwisdom (and it usually does goalong with the wisdom' of theintellectual elite), then no plan isgoing to be acceptabl~, no mat­ter how brilliant the legal rea­soning Qehind it may. be. Thedeck is stacked in Leo Pfeffer'sfavor.

Three Courses Open

The Illinois scheme must bedefended of course, but realis­tically the Catholic schools oughtto have contingency plans avail­able' in the distinct Ii~elihood

that it 'too· will be ruled "uncon­stitutional" - which is' to say"beyond the bounds of the con­sensus as elite Americans deter­mine it."

There are three general coursesopen to the Catholic schools(and I am assuming here whatman y self-professed Catholic"liberals" will deny: that 70 percent of the clergy and the laityare in favor of the continuationof Catholic schools).

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Suggests Turning Catho:,lic'Schools Over. to Laymen

I have argued that the Supreme Court decisions against'aid to Catholic' schools can, be understood not so ' muchin the rhetoric of 'the' state-Church controversy but asa manifestation of residual nativist resentment of Catp.olicschools.- 'If one remembersthe nativist tradition and. itspervasive effect in Americansociety, one is not surprised

,at the court decision., One issurprised, however, that Catholiceducators are surprised.

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tHE ANCHOR.....Thurs. August 26, 1971

Warns R'eligious:.A'gainst Division

.',',' RIO 'DE; JANEIRO (NC) ­. Cardinai Eugenio Sales of, Rio

de Janeiro' told a meeting of re­ligious men' and women thatthey','must, "maintain, the unitybetween the, Religious family andthe 'Pope and the bishop.", Some 500' delegates at the

meeting represented the 4:;i0 reli­gious orders and congregations'workjng in Brazil" plus several'coordination groups. '

Brazil with about 80 ·million'Catholic~ in' a population of 90

million has about 9,900 menand, 39,000' women, in religious

" life:' Cardinal Sales said that the;:, , sour'ce' of unity lies within ' the,

, ,"perennial trilogy of faith, hopeand' love." .

A number of Religious ip Bra­'zil have had difficulties with thegovernment for demandinggreater political freedom andsocial and economic reforms andfor 'their opposition to the pres­ent military regime. Several Re­ligious have been jailed oncharges of subversion.

Leaders of the Brazilian Con­ference of Religious-now expe­riencing a serious financial crisis- have been accused of beingoverly concerned with social re-form. Critics have said the con­ference's nationai. magazine,

in Convergencia, has contributed t<;lsocial conflict because of aprogressive stance.

At the meeting the apos­tolic nuncio to Brazil, Arch­bishop Humberto Moozoni, alsosounded a warning against divi­sion.

"There are real tensions with­in the religious family," he said."But there is a greater numberof artificial problems borne qutof personalities and snobbish im­itation of foreign trends."

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Historic MilestoneHe was· there when the Decla­

ration on Non-Christian Reli­gions was discussed and adopted.He is convinced that Vatican IIand the invitation from CardinalBea to the Jewish people to pre­sent their views on the state­ment was a historic milestonefor Jews.

"It was a fantastic opportu­nity to seek and get adopted apositive statement on the Jewsthat would be' a base for ourfuture discussions," he said.

"We could speak for hoursabout the document. Althoughit's not as perfect as we ex­pected, still it is a milestone inour relations and it did becomea basis for our future encounters.And, of course, as a result ofthat came the national guidelinesprepared by the Americanbishops."

Appraising the value of cur­rent Catholic-Jewish relations,he said:

"I still think we are at thebeginning of our understanding.We haven't finished the job. Theinstitutes on Jews and Judaismbegun in the past few years areencouraging, Only by an under­standing of contemporary Juda­ism will we be able to establisha closer understanding of ourtheological and contemporarycommunity issues. We needmuch more of this to understandour fears,"

DR. JOSEPH L. LICHTEN

G. K. Chesterton

ChristianityChristianity has died many

times and risen again; for it hada God who knew the way outof the grave.

sions," Dr, Lichten stated.'"And as a result the first for­

mal Christian-Jewish dialoguewas born in Assumption Collegein Worcester. It stressed whatwe can do together as membersof two different communities interms of the common good, Andalthough this first meeting wasmodest, even a delicate attempt,it initiated hundreds which fol­lowed in the same format,"

Dr. Lichten recalled he alsoheard at the time from his ownpeople.

"This was the first time theyhad a cnance to really talk toa Catholic," he said. "Until thenall contacts were on a businesslevel-a Catholic customer in aJewish store or vice versa."

During the final three VaticanII sessions of 1963-65, Dr. Lich-

Catholic-Jewish Relations 1rail BlazerUnderstanding

Seminary Offers Bilingual CoursesBOYNTON BEACH (NC) - workers, Cuban refugees, blacks

An English-Spanish bilingual and inner-city residents,course of studies and bicultural First Yearexperience ' ~~aits 72 students The seminary was ~uilt ~ndfor: the priesthood expected to conducted by the ymcentlanenroll Sept. 12 when the Semi- Fathers from 1963 until the clos­nary of St. Vincent de Paul re- ing of the last school te~m. Theopens here for the 1971-72 Vincentians'decided to .wlthdrawschool year. from the seminary and assi~n

M r "John O'Connor semi- faculty members to other Vm-sg . , , , t't t' b fnary rectory, s~id the bilingual, centlan lOS I U ~ons ecaus~ 0 a

bicultural program was decided shortage. of pnests.upon to meet the challenge. of Archbls~oP Coleman. F. Car-

, . t' t the Spanish- roll acqUired the semmary formmls ermg o. h M' . hd' Thk· h now constitute t e laml arc lOcese. e com-spea 109, w 0 . 'II b h . ,

one fifth of the Catholic popula- I~g term WI, e t e se~mary s, f th t first year as an archdIOcesantlOn 0 e coun ry, . '

, ',. semmary.He said the. bilm?ual c?urses Msgr. O'Connor said a carefully

would, be off~red 10 scn?ture, selected faculty will conduct thetheology, philosophy, history seminary. He said candidates forand .lite~ature, plus a new em- the priesthood, recommended byphasls 10 p.sychol~gy, counsel- their bishops, from all sectionsing and SOCial ethiCS. of the United States and Latin

'The monsignor said St. Vin- America will be accepted at thecent's will be the first seminary seminar;.in the southern United States tooffer such bilingual and bicul­tural programs. He added inaddition to the studies, semi­narians will be afforded op­portunity to participate in super­vised activities among migrant

Sees Beginning of CloseNEW YORK (NC)-A pioneer

backtracked 25 years along thetrail of Catholic-Jewish relations.

Then Dr, Joseph L. Lichten,the trail blazer, gave this reflec­tion on his quarter-century ofwork:

"In the course of those 25years I have made many good,staunch Catholic friends. I onlywish that some of my colleagueshad the same op'portunity. Withfriends ·you ,can change atti­tudes,"

One name that surfaces fre­quently in Lichten's litany of'firm Catholic friends is CardinalJohn J. Wright, prefect of theVatican, Congregation for theClergy. Another, is the late Car­dinal Augustin Bea, a scholarlyarchitect of Vatican Council IIand an outstanding ecumenist.

Dr. Lichten now is retiring asdirector of. the intercultural af­fairs department, Anti-Defama­tion' League (ADL) of B'naiB'rith. '

.Studied Canon LawIt seems appropriate that the

m.an called "the heart" ofCatholic-Jewish relations will be­gin his retirement in Rome, heartof 'the Catholic Church. He willbe there for' at least a year inconnection with the work hepione'ered, then will return tothe' ADL office here a~ a con­sultant.

The Polish-born, one-time dip­lomat disclosed during an inter­view in his office here that hisinterest in Catholic-Jewish rela­tions' was aroused when he wasstudying for his doctorate in lawat the University of Warsaw.

In Catholic Poland, he recalled,canon law was a required sub­ject in law and political science,His exposure to canon law ledto friendships among Catholics,which broadened later in theUnited States as he workedclosely with ethnic groups,

First DialogueDr. Lichten recalled that early

in his pioneering he met Cardi­nal Wright, then bishop ofWorcester.

"He immediately grasped theimportance of opening discus-

"There must not exist an inertand passive member in the Mys­tical Body of Christ. Each andall must collaborate in the apos­tolic work of the Church,"

He continued:

"There has been much talk ofthis, but when confronted withthe indifference of many Cath­olics, and indeed with the dif­ference shown by too manytoward active associations" con­vert-making and toward anenthusiasm to communicate toothers the faith and charity ofthe Church, one may ask one~

self whether active, organizedcommunity apostolate is at astage of progress or at a stageof inactivity and dissolution." ,

Fortunately, he concluded,there are many healthy signs ofthe apostolate, adding that herecognized the good work many ,of the laity of the world were 'doing for the cause of Christ.

Divisions RemainBERLIN (NC) - The Berlin

Wall, which nearly caused a warwhen erected almost overnight10 years ago, is today a perma­nent fixture reminding Berlinersof the continuing, division ofGermany, Since the wall's erec­tion, at least 64 persons havedied trying to cross it, manyothers were wounded, and morethan 2,000 have been arrestedfor trying to escape. Talks con­tinue and tensions are relaxing,but Berlin and Germany remainsplit into two dissimilar halves,

Pontiff StressesLa ity's VocationTo Spread Faith

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) "­The laity are "citizens of thePeople of God," and must fulfilltheir vocations of spreading thefaith, Pope Paul told thOusandsof tourists at a weekly generalaudience at his Summer villa,

At the same time, the Popescored the "indifference of manyCatholics" and their casual at­,titude toward convert-making,as' well as their lack of "enthu­siasm to communicate the faithto others,"

The same day the Pope sentgreetings to lay delegates to thefi r s t Pan-African - MalagasySeminar in, Accra, Ghana" Hetold the 300 participants' from,

'30 nations that they had a dou­ble mission in this world, one toAfrica and one to the Church.,Such a dual role produces "a

, ,truly African apostolate," thePope said.

Both his spoken message at, the villa and his written messagesent to Accra emphasized that'all::"'-not just some-of the laitymust respond to their apostolate,

, aild this response must be car­,ried 'out in collaboration withtheir 'priests and bishops,

To the' crowds at Castelgan­dolfo, the Pope explained thatthe Greek word from whichwhich "laity" comes-"Laos"­means "people." For the Church,then, the term signifies thePeople of God.

"This expression was exaltedby the Council, as if to make itthe historical, social and spir­itual eq\liyal~nt .of the Church,and to integrate it with otherexpressions . , , especially withthe Mystical Body of Christ,"the Pope said,

Healthy Signs

.,20 _,T~E A~CHOR-Diocese of Fall ~iver:-}h'urs. Aug: 26,1971

Night of Joy as Cape Codders Assist NazarethGALA: The 'exceptional

children .under the care ofDiocesan Nazareth Aposto­late were the beneficiariesof ,the testimonial held inHyannis last week. All-yearresidents and vacationers inthe Cape Cod area gatheredfor this outstanding social ofthe Cape's Summer season.Top: Rev. Msgr. William D.Thomson, pastor of St. Fran­cis Xavier Parish who gavethe invocation; Rev. Ter­rence F. Keenan, Hyannisparish assistant, and Rev.Msgr.: Joseph C. Canty, pas­tor of St. Paul's, Taunton atSt. Francis Xavier Parish re­served table. '

Second: Rev. John J. Re­gan and Rev. Msgr. James E.

, Gleason, assistant and pastorof St. Patrick's, Falmouth;Rev. Msgr. Christopher L.Broderick, pastor of St. PiusX, So. Yarmouth and Rev.Walter J. Buckley, pastor ofSt. Kilian's Parish, New Bed­ford gather in anticipationof a most enjoyable evening.

Third: Parishioners fromSt. Joan of Arc 'Parish, Or­leans crossed the Cape tobe present at the "Showerof Stars" presented by TonyBennett and Count Basie'sBand.

Bottom photo: Summerresidents from ,the Falmoutharea attending the socialbenefiting the Diocesan Naz­areth Apostolate for Excep­tional Children regardless of 'race, color or c,:reed', were Dr.~~hn E. Manning, Mrs. Rieh­

'ard K. Martin, Mrs. John E.Manning and Mr. Francis'Corrigan:

Women's CouncilHolds Institute

ARLINGTON (NC)-How, be­sides cooking Communion break­fasts, can women fit into the par-ish structure? .

That ,was among the questionsraised b,x 30 women attending ateam training institute sponsored

" ' ' ',here in Virginia by the Nation­'al Council of Catholic Women.

'. The institute was the first in a- series to. 'be held around thecountry during the next fourmonths. '

Chasing a goal of more ef­fective parish organization, thewomen explored what such or­ganizations can actually hope toaccomplish wit,hin specified timelimits; ,where 'parish oi'ganiza.

.ti0!1s are failing, and the part

.women can play in parish re­newal.

, The institutes' long· rangegoal, according to NCCW presi·dent· Margaret Mealey, is "tobegin at trye grassroots level toimplement Vatican II's objective

'of collegiality and a wider. as­, sumption of responsibility by all

the laity."