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versity of Detroit. While in Detroit, he served as a member ofthe board of directors of theMandella Crisis InterventionCenter, spiritual director to theSisters of Mary Reparatrix, andin various parochial ministries.
As rector of the Jesuit community, Father Lebel brings abroad and varied. background toassisLRev. Thomas J. Gibbons,S.J. who continues as principalof Bishop Connolly High School.
Now in its seventh year of operation, the high school will continue to serVe the youth of FallRiver under the joint administration of the Brothers of ChristianInstruction and the Society ofJesus. .
FATHER LEBEL
England Journal of Medicine, involved giving doses of two antibiotics, erythromycin and clindamycin, to pregnant women whowere planning abortions. Afterthe'abortions, tests were carriedout on "fetal liver. spleen, kidney, lung, brain, muscle andbone." The organs and tissueswere "homogenized," that isground into an even mixture before the tests were conducted.
The experiment was conductedon 14 aborted fetuses whosemothers had received the drugs,and six more untreated fetuseswere tested as a control group.
The conclusion of the studywas that erythromycin,and clindamycin "may be reasonablealternatives to penicillin" in thetreatment of some infections inthe womb.
The MCFL asked whether"any attempt" w.as made to keepthe aborted fetuses alive at thehospital. It also questionedwhether the organs and tissueswere re'moved "while the childwas still alive."
"If not," the MCFL continued,"how long after the death of thechild were the organs removed?Who pronounced the child dead?Was it the doctor doing the'analyses? Were fetal death certificates filE:d on those children
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Very Rev. William G. Guindon,S.J., Provincial Superior of theSociety of Jesus in New England,has announced the appointmentof Rev. Maurice T. Lebel, S.J.to succeed Rev. Charles J. Dunn,S.J. as rector of the Jesuit community at Bishop Connolly HighSchool. Father Dunn will continue his association with student life and work' by servingas assistant dean of students atthe Jesuit Fordham Universityin New York City.
Father Lebel, a native ofBrunswick, Me., entered the Society of Jesus after obtaining abachelor of science degree fromFordham University and a yearof Latin Study at the Schoql ofSaint Philip Neri for DelayedVocations in Haverhill, Mass.
After obtaining a Master's Degree in Philosophy from BostonCollege and a Licentiate inSacred Theology from WestonCollege, Father Lebel was ordained to the priesthood in 1967at Saint Ignatius .Ghurch inChestnut Hill, Mass., by the lateRichard Cardinal Cushing.
His experience in secondaryschool educations includes teaching chemistry at Cheverus HighSchool, Portland, Me., and serving as chairman of the department of Theology at CranwellSchool, Lenox, Mass.
In the two years prior to hiscoming to Fall River, Father Lebel completed a degree programand internship in pastoral andmarriage counseling at the Uni-
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Rector of Jesuit CommunityAt Connolly High School
BOSTON (NC)-MassachusettsCitizens For Life (MCFL) calledfor state and federal investigations into medical experimentsconducted here on abortedfetuses.
Among the fetal experimentscited by MCFL were tests for theeffects of nutrients on the headsof fetuses and for the passage ofantibiotic drugs from the motherto the fetus. Both- experimentswere conducted with: the help offunds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The MCFL also cited a courtaffidavit filed in Connecticut indicating that aborted fetusesused for experimentation at YaleNew Haven Medical Center inNew· Haven, Conn., may havebeen dissected while still alive,without the benefit of anesthesia;and an experiment in whichbrain tissue extracted fromaborted fetuses was kept alivefor up to five months after theabortion.
Referring particularly to theantibiotic experiments, whichwere conducted at Boston CityHospital (BCH), the MCFL calledfor an "immediate full and detailed investigation of all of the
. circumstances related to thisfetal experimentation."
The BCH experiment, reportedin the June 7 issue of the New
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HARRISBURGH (NC) - ThePennsylvan'ia state legislaturehas been urged to pass a bill toprotect the rights 'of medical institutions and individuals whorefuse to participate in abortionsor sterilizations.
The bill would guarantee tohospitals, health care facilities,and physicians, nurses, staffmembers and employees of theseinstitutions freedom of conscience in refusing to take part,in these procedures.
Howard H. Fetterhoff, executive director of the PennsylvaniaCatholic Conference, in testimony before the state HouseHealth and Welfare urged immediate passage of the bill., "It really does no more than
make explicit in Pennsylvanialaw that First Amendment freedom sacred to all Americans,"Fetterhoff said.
Fetterhoff said he also hopedthe bill would help allay thefears' of "all those, who mightbe threatened by a distorted interpretation of the United StatesSupreme Court's decision onabort'ion.'''
He said the bill would insurethat no individual. hospital orhealth care facility would bepenaLized for expressing theirethicill, moral or professionalconvictions.
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also to AID's promotion of contraceptive devices."
Dr. R.T. Ravenholdt, directorof the Office of Population ofAID, from whom the Coalitionfor Life "demanded a publicapology," refused to comment ontheir assertion.
The coalition said AID fundeda request from its mission in,Panama to buy 10,000 copies of,the pamphlet published in Mexico by a private concern. Thepamphlet, in comic-book form,is called Los Supermachos (The'Super-Males)._ The purchase cost$1,10'0 under the Foreign Assis-
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manifest our devotion and loyalty to the Holy Father annuallyin the "Peter's Pence Collection."The offerings which we sendeach year to the Chief Shepherdof the Church enable him to respond to countless pressingneeds of those afflicted by povepty, disease and other miseries.The occasion is also providedfor a tangible expression ofour unity !with him. Hefinds great consolation and comfort in receiving this manifestation of support and. solidarity.Amid his many crosses and anxieties, the great, world-wide outpouring of charitable 'assistanceis a tremendous source of satisfaction and encouragement tohirn.
Next weekend. the traditional"Peter's Pence Collection" willbe taken up at all Mas~es. I invite and urge you all to participate in Ithis collection with generosity. I beg your good prayers,too, that God will favor our HolyFather Pope Paul with a full andabundant measure of His gracesand blessings. '
Devotedly yours in Christ,
ffi DANIEL A. CRONIN,Bishop of Fall River.
"A few words and brief reviewby Dr. Solomon cannot erase th:ldamage, injustice and potentialthreat that has been incurred byBon Secours Hospital and allCatholic hospitals by the actionsof the Maryland Comprehensi~ePlanning Agency and the subsequent coverup by Dr. Solomon,"Powers said.
Bon Secours was given tentative approval over Lutheran Hospital to build a general hospitalin Howard County on conditionthat it provide referral servicesfor patients seeking electiveabortions and sterlizations. WhenBon Secours administrators re-
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Pence, ShowsWith Pontiff
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The charges were made by theCoalition for Life, a researchagency headquartered in Export,Pa. It said:
"We object not only to theblasphemous cover, which features a Mexican woman kneelingbefore tne Blessed Mother and·praying": 'Little Virgin, you whoconceived without sin, teach meto sin withoout conceiving;' but
Plan Open MassFor Boy Sc~uts
At Jamboree(By NC News Service)
For the first time in its- 63year history, the Boy Scouts ofAmerica will have a natiomiljamboree in two locations, witha large open air Mass celebratedon Sunday, August 5, ,in both
AI D Birth Control Pamphlet PI~::~inal Terence Cooke ofNew York will be the main con-
BI h' celebrant of the Mass at Jam-as asp emous boree-East in Moraine StatePark, Pa. Over 15,000 Catholicscouts and leaders are expectedto attend.
Meanwhile, Cardinal JohnCody of Chicago will be the mainconcelebrant of the Mass at Jamboree-West in Farragut StatePark, Idaho. Bishop Michael F.McAuliffe of Jefferson City, Mo.,episcopal adv,isor to the NationalCatholic Committee on Scouting,will give the homily. .
Another first for the 1973 National Scout Jamboree, is thatthe jamboree is opened to anyof the nation's 2.5 million scouts.Previous jamborees had an ageor rank requirement for scouts.
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WASHINGTON (NC)-An of'ficial of the U. S. Agency for International Development (AID)said he had no comment oncharges (AID) is distributing,"blasphemy" in birth-control literature in Panama.
Peter'sUnity
The traditional Peter's Pencecollection which is sent to theHoly Father for his use inmeeti.ng the mnny calls forassistance received from allover the world will be takenup this coming weekend inall churches and chapels of theDiocese. The Most ReverendBishop writes in this regard:
Dearly B~loved in Christ,The Sacred Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith hasrecently published a declarationwhich reaffirms a number oftruths in the deposit of Faithwhich we all share and professas our priceless heritage fromthe Divine Founder of ourChurch. The declaration identifies the Holy Father, Pope PaulVI, as the "Successor of Peter,"the "Pastor and Teacher" of usall. This most recent declarationis in perfect harmony with theconstant teaching and practiceof the Church, echoed allthrough the centuries.
As Suecessor of Peter andPastor and Teacher of the Universal Church, the Holy Fatherassumes ex,traordinary burdensand overwhelming responsibilities. It has been traditional to
CatholicAppeals DecisionOn Certification
BALTIMORE (NC) - A statehealth depsrtment action hasbeen described as "improper andillegal" by the director of aCatholic hospital that has beeninvolved in a dispute over abor~tion.
Alvin M. Powers, director of. Bon Secours Hospital here, madethe charges in announcing thehospital will appeal a decisionthat denied it permission to builda new hospital in suburban Howard County.
The hospital's board of trustees voted unanimously to appealthe. decision of Dr. Neil Solomon,state secretary of health, to aspecial board of review.
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A First Friday Mass and fivehour prayer vigil will be heldFriday night, Aug, 3 in St. Boniface Chur,ch, New Bedford.
The services will be tbe tenthin a series of vigils at area parishes, held for the purpose ofpraying for peace and honoringthe Sacred Hearts of Jesus andMary.
The program will begin withconfessions preceding an 8 P.M.Mass of the Sacred Heart. Included in the evening will be 'exposition of the Blessed Sacra:ment; Holy Hour and Benediction. The vigil will end with a,midnight Mass in honor of theImmaculate Heart.
Refreshments will be servedduring the evening, and all areinvited to attend all or part ofthe services.
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Expect RecordC. U..Collection
WASHINGTON (NC) - Officials at the Catholic Universityof America here are predictinga collection at the end of theirfiscal year which will ~urpass
last year's record-breaking $3.5million for support of the university.
Collection figures already totaled $3.25 million with eightweeks ,rema~ning in the university's current fiscal year, whichruns to the end of September.
The collection, taken up inparishes across the country, hasa' large percentage earmarkedfor student aid. Last year 700students, . representing 66 dio-,ceses across the country, received Oatholic University schol- .arships.
Programs deemed important tothe Church. but which cannotsupport themselves with enoughtuition income or outside grants,are also supported by the annual collection funds.
The university's strong dependence on this collection stemsfrom the fact that its endowmentfunds are minimal when compared to other universities, accoraing to university officials.According ·to the American Association of Universities studies,a unjversity the size of CatbolicUniversity should have an endowment of $100 million. It hasan operating budget of $25 miPlion.
By tradition, the Catholic University continues to concentrateon education in the lib~ral arts,social services, theology, nursing, philosophy and library science.
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K of C Contributions to CharityNearly 6.7 Million During 1972
CHICAGO (NC),-The Knights, fraternal benefit societies withof Columbus contributed nearly an aggregate membership of 10$6.7 million for charitable proj- million, tabulated that figureects or benevolent expenditures from results of a questionnaireduring' 1972, according to a Na- returned by 64 per cent of thetional Fraternal Congress (NFC) K cif'C councils polled.survey. Contributions included:
The NFC an affiliation of' 96 $962,461 to youth activities,, . such as Boy or Girl Scout uri its,
Catholic Youth Organizationgroups and Little League teamsin various sports;
$1,131,947 in grants for educational purposes and to schools,libraries and scholastically ori-ented institutions; .
$783,579 for food, clothing andother gifts to those facilit.ies;
$878,455 to homes, 'hospitalsand institutions; .
$1,159,740 to welfare organi~
zations and community and civicprojects.
National membership in K ofC is approximately 1.2 milion.
REV. ROGER CHAREST, S.M.M.
,Father ChorestT9 Give Retreat
Rev. Roger Charest, S.M.M.,a native of Fall River and formerpastor of St. Peter's Church,Dighton will conduct a retreatfor members of the Legion ofMary, the weekend of Oct. 26 atSacred Hearts Academy,' Fairhaven.
The Montfort Missioner, whoattended St. Anne's parochialschool, Fall River, founded"Queen" magazine in 1950 and'was its editor until 1961 whenhe was named provincial supe··rior 'of his community for theUnited States and Borneo. In1969 he was reappointed to theeditorship ·of "Queen." He is alsodirector or Montfort Publicationsand national moderator for theConfrat~rnity of Mary, Queen ofAll 'Hearts, and Priests of Mary.
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True Devotion
Ordained in 1942, FatherCbar~st has traveled extensively'
'throughout the Unit~d States,Cana~a and the Pqilippines,preaching and lecturing on thesubject of true devotion to Mary,
'according to the writings of his,founder, St. Louis de Montfort.
Since 1947, when he was invited to lecture at the first International Legion of Mary Congress, in Ottawa, Canada, he hasdevoted 'much time to the studyof the Marian spirituality of theLegion of Mary. He has writtenmany: artiCles on the subject,including two pamphlets entitled:"Are You Acquainted With theLegion of Mary?" and "Our Ladyand lier Legion."
Father Charest lectured at theInternational Marian Congress inLourd~s, 1958. He is a memberof the Mariological Society ofAmerica and of the InternationalMarian Academy in Rome.
Serve Christ
The Legion of Mary is a Catholic lay organization whosemembers dedicate themselves tothe serviCe of their fellow manthrough the corporal and spiritual works of mercy under theguidance of the hierarchy. Totally consecrated to Christ throughMary, its members endeavor notonly to seek Christ in their fellow, man, but to serve Him withthat same loving care Mary gaveher Sort while she lived here onearth.
Furtber information on -theOctober retreat is available from
. Mrs. Jean Fairhurst, telephone672-3623; Miss Barbara McMann,822-6767; and Miss Marie Le
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Black ~athol icsPlan Convention
NEW ORL'fANS (NC)-A combined conven'tion of black clergy,Religious and lay persons will beheld Aug. 12-19 at Loyola University here,' under the sponsorship of the National Black Cath·olic Convention. .
Marist Brother Joseph Hager,one of th~ee co-chairmen for theconvention; said that the jointmeeting indicates' that "althoughwe come from various occupational backgr,ounds we are stillabou~ the primary task of liber-ating black people." ,
The convention will deiil withthree main concerns that affectblack people, today: the Churchin the black community, community development, and education.
Dominica:l Sister Shawn Copeland, chairwoman of the convention committee, said the convention will be "an historic opportunity for :black Catholics tocreate a direction which is authentic, which arises from thegrassroots and whk.h is totallyrepresentative of the black CaUtolic movement in 1973."
Protesters ProvideEducatiot:l, Food
WASHINGJ:'ON (NC)-Education and feeding the poor are twoprimary functions of the Community for Creative Non-Violence, bu~ the group has receivedmost attention for sponsoringalmost daily I protests at theWhite' Hous~ against. U. S. 'bombing in Indo-China.
The protestsl
have led to thearrests of more than 40 peoplefor "unlawful entry." Many ofthose arrested 'have been priestsor nuns. . .
There has heEm no violence ·inthe protests because, accordingto Paulist Father Edward Guinan, a founder of the communityin 1971, "we can't imitate a society we're accusing of beingviolent." '
In an interview with NC News,Father Guinan said that many· ofthe officials who have ordered thebombings in Indo-China and whohave directed the war from thebeginning are graduates of wellknown colleges' and universities."Good people," he said; are theones' who are ordering thebombing."
Catholics is large, he said,' because of "our nation's postureand' position in the world.". The U. S. Church, he said,
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view of pre~ent inequities of in-ternational economics. .
These inequities are oftenbrought abo'ut by U. S. policies,he said. Th~ challenge comes tothe Church when it recognizes,through Catholic teaching, everyone's right to "decent human development."
One of the Church's tasks isin "informing, motivating andmobilizing Ia community ofpeople, directing it toward aspecific human problem, andevoking from it a self-sacrificialresponse," he said.
Continued from Page OneA total of 700,000 'scouts are expected to attend.
Religious services will be provided for all major faiths at bothjamboree locations, with 76 chaplains attending Jamboree-East(Aug. 1-7) and 68 chaplains attending Jamboree-West (Aug.3-9). - .
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Rev. Edward J. Sheridan, .1896,Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton.
Rt. Rev.' Leonard J. Daley,1964, Pastor, St. Francis Xavier,Hyannis.
AUG. 14Rev. Raphael Marciniak, OFM
Conv. 1947, Pastor, Holy Cross,Fall River. ~
AUG. 15Rev. Charles W. Cullen, .1926,
Founder, Holy Family, EastTaunton.
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Interest· in World, JusticeTarget of ·AII Catholl-ics
Scout Mass
2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
FORT WAYNE (NC) - Theplight of the deveioping woridshould be of concern to allAmerican Catholics, declaredBishop James S. Rauscl:-, generalsecretary of the United StatesCatholic Conference. .
"The plight of the developingcountries is in danger of becoming a forgotten factor of the inter- .national affairs," Bishop Rauschtold the general chapter of theCrosier Fathers here:
The theme of th:e bishop's address was "Justice in the World"- a problem he described as"perhaps the predominan't ethkalissue facing the Christian con-science." '
He said the Church "cannotsimply be one more institution
'following a dominant trl\nd" ofignoring .the problems in the developirig countries. Bishop Rauschcalled upon the Church in theUnited States to "take as a priority item the task of ~obilizing
and motivating its own constituency and other men of good will"to aid "the developing world." .
Just Policy
Such efforts, he said, shouldfocus on the issue~ of foreignaid, trade policies and "a justglobal population policy." CaUtolics should be "visible, audibleand intelligent participants" inthe forthcoming United Nations'Population Year.
"We shouid commit OUl' time,talent and energy with othermen of good will to the conception and implementation' of a justglobal population policy," hesaid. .
Population should be seen, hesaid, as one element of 1lI totaldevelopment policy of increasingliving standards and of pJ'Otecting personai rights and interestsof individuals. "
Challenge 'Is LargeThe challenge of intern(l,tional
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Sisters AnnounceCountry Fair
Friends of the Presentation ofMary will hold a country fairfrom 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday,Aug. 12 on tM grounds of thecommunity's novitiate, 3012 ElmSt., Dighton. Features will include games, refreshments, "treasures 'and trash," homemadecandies and pastries and children's attractions. The annualevent was formerly held on thegrounds of St. Anne's Hospital,Fall River.
A chicken' barbecue, for which,ticket sales will close Monday,Aug. 6 will be served fromnoon to 3 p.m. Tickets are available at the D()vitiate; MadonnaManor, Attleboro; and MarianManor, Taunton. In Fall Riverthey may be obtained fromGrace Keramis, telephone 8-7457and at -St. Anne's Hospital.
For MigrantsProceeds will aid the commu
nity's Fall River drug clinic, migrant workers' clinic in Texasand medical mission in India.Rain date for the bazaar ·is Sunday, Aug. 19.
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state legislature has passeda bill that will appropriate$81,456,090 for the next twoschool years for 'additional aux-
'iliary services to non-publicschool students. Gov. John Gilligan is expected to sign the billthat will benefit approximately300,000 nonpublic elementaryand secondary school students.
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Creation of the internationalsynod of bishops.
Reform and reorganization ofthe Roman Curia, the attempt atinternationalizing its personnel,bringing in local bishops in leadership roles.
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Vatican, Archbishoil Benell~ said.
Admitting that the Church isalso human and progress oftenslow, the archbishop offered assigns of a genuine reaching-outto the local churches some ofPope Paul's actions:
Pope Wants Collaboration With Bishops
VICTORS BECOME LOSERS: Bishop Edward D. Head of Buffalo; who assumed hispost earlier this year, laughs at the sign some wag posted at the recen~ Clergy OpenGolf Tournament held at the Wanakah Country Club. NC Photo.
ROME(NC) - Pope Paul VIsincerely desires that every Vatican department collaborate withbishops of the world in governing a united Church, said Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, papalunder-secretary of state, whowas criticized earlier this yearas "an archc.entralizer."
Archbishop Benelli describedPope Paul's desire for collaboration in a speech given in Augsburg, Germany during the commemoration of the I,OOOth anniversary of the death of St. Ulrich,bishop of Augsburg. An Englishtext of the speech has now beenpublished h~re.
Referring to "sensational criticisms" in the press, chargingthat bishops are not ,truly represented at the Vatican nor informed of what the Vatican isplanning and that collaborationis waning, the archbishop stated:
'Really Desired'"Of one thing I am., certain,_
through daily and direct experience: in the Curia (the Church'scentral administration) of PaulVI, communion with all thebishops and effective collaboration with all' the churches isreally desired."
In March, English Jesuit FatherPeter Hebblethwaite, fit a seriesof newspaper articles, criticizedArchbishop Benelli as "an arch-
. centralizer," using "repressivemethods of control," and beingsecretive and mysterious."
In the Pope's first encyclical,Ecclesiam Suam, the archbishopsaid, Pope Paul asked bishops fortheir "adherence, counsel andsupport ... and, (their) collaboration, while we off~r you ours."
Progress Often SlowPope Paul ha'S; since the, Sec- '
ond Vatican Council, tried to de- .velop and strengthen this collaboration in order to unify theChurch in communion with the
Table Talk
Students in the course lived atthe seminary five d~ys a week.They made frequent evening fieldtrips -to Spanish-speaking orItalian parishes to pai"ticipate inlocal Church activities. Tabletalk was ,in the language theywere studying. Classes taughtby six Italian teachers and eightSpanish were repetitional, andentirely in the language beingtaught. There was a languagelaboratory for Italian learners.Students also learned by meansof cassettes.
According to Father Martin T.Geraghty, program director, students were amazed to find, whenthey returned to home parisheson weekends, that they couldconverse with non-English speaking parishioners, arrange Mass'esand listen with a new ear to oldtroubles poured out in confessions.
Father Geraghty noted thatthe migration office of the diocese has been encouraging mostof its 220 parishes to have somekind of foreign language facilityfor foreign-born newcomers.
Catholic TeachersShape Future
VATICAN CITY (NC)-Teachers share in 3haping the future ofcivilization, Cardinal Jean Villot,Pope Paul's secretary of state,told the World Union of CatholicTeachers gathered in Rome fortheir eighth world congress.
"The salvation of human dignity demands, for the most part,on the formation of the new generations," the cardinal said in aletter.
"This formation ought to bethe' common work of the family,society and the school (each ofwhich is) responsible for the'future of civilization," CardinalVillot said.
Forming the child toward anappreciation of freedom whichincludes self-denial and serviceto others, the cardinal continued,"is the ideal of the educator."
Language CourseLessens BarrierFor Immigrants
DOUGLASTON (NC)-A sixweek crash program in Italianand Spanish, attended by 48priests, seminarians, one womanand two Lutheran ministers atImmaculate Conception Seminary here, in New York has hadan enthusiastic response here'from its participants as a wayof commun!cating with new immigrants.
TOO unprecedented in-residencecourse, just concluded, was designed to aid clergy to meet pastoral needs of non-English-speaking Catholics primarily in thediocese of Brooklyn, which cov:ers the two New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
It is estimated by Brooklyndiocesan officials that for morethan half of the Catholics hereEnglish is a second language.Since the ,immigration laws werechanged in 1965, new migrantsfrom Italy and Southern Europe-many of them young families- have arrived, in this area.Spanish-speaking Catholics fromPuerto Rico, Cuba and otherLatin American countries alsohave continued to flow into thecity.
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translated the Willke's handbookand the pamphlet "Life andDeath" into Spanish. Althoughthe group lists only 110 officialmembers they have many othersassisting them, she said.
Stress InternationalThe same material will soon be
'forwarded to Protestant religiousleaders by the Rev Martin Angora of Miami, a native CubanPresbyterian minister who serves
. on the committee's board ofdirectors.
In addition the group is seeking the cooperation and assistance of pre3ident-couples of theChristian Family Movement inMexico and Brazil, to make contact with other CFM groups inLatin America.
Respect for ,life campaigns inaugurated by the committee arenow being, conducted in Latinc0'11munities throughout theUnited States and with' thoseunderway, Mrs. Llaguno said, theemphasis is being placed "on theinternationai scene where wefeel there is a greater need forour services at the present time."
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pro-life message not only to theSpanish-speaking in the UnitedStates, but to the rest of th~
Spanish-speaking world as well.Working in cooperation with
the U. S. Coalition for Life, theSpanish committee is now filingfor its own charter while trans·lating books, pamphlets andother Iiteratu're on abortion andeuthanasia . for disseminationespecially :n South Americancountries.
According to Mrs, Magaly L1aguno,a native of Havana whowas elected a member-at-large'ofthe National Right-to-Life Committee during its recent convention in Detroit, the Miami grouphas already assisted in the' for·mation Qf right-to-life groups inSpain, the Dominican Republic'and Guatemala.
Sees Efforts Expanded"Recently we sent 25 of the
'Handbook on Abortion' by br.and Mrs. J. C. Willke and, pamphlets to 25 bishops in SouthAmerica through Father Frederick McGuire, director of theLatin, America Division of theUSCC (United States CatholicConference)," she said, "'Wehope that the bishops will'in turnpass this information on to thelaity and encourage them in thisapostolate since organized ef·forts are being expanded in thesecountries to liberalize abortion'laws there."
Under the direction of Mrs.Llaguno, .wh<l is president of theMiami committee, members have
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MIAMI (NC)-In the two yearss'ince it was first organized,'Miami's Spanish Right-to-LifeC01J1mittee has grown from asmall local group to an organization that is international inscope.
Its main effort is to spread theI
THE BISHOP, COMES TO TEA: Bishop Michael G. Bowen of Arundel a,nd Brighton,south of London, England, chats with a group of parishioners as he makes a pastoralvisit to one ,of his churches. What. nicer way to spend a sunny afternoon? NC Photo.
,Pro-Life Message Spreads, in Spanish
Prisoners GiveFood to Poor
PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A lotof food was cionated during arecent budget dispute which heldup Pennsylvania welfare paymeQts for almost two weeks, bu.tperhaps none of the food wasgiven the same kind of. understanding as the 300 loaves ofbread and seven cases of cannedgoods that were distributed atAssumption Church here.
The food was donated by 800inmates at Leesburg State Prison,,a 'medium security prison andminimum-security prison·farm inSouthern N~w Jersey.
"Some of the men here arevery poor - on welfare themselves," said Stanley Waltz, as··sistant superintendent. "They feltsorry because people were reduced to getting in trouble because of the lack of food."
Waltz said three prisoners - 'Eugene Silas, Lester Tingle andRaymond Turcotte-saw a TVnews report on a welfare-relateddemonstration here. They ,talkedwith ,fellow prisoners and soon aconsensus was reached to foregobread at three meals and donatethe fbod to welfare recipients.
The vote in favor of the donation was unanimous at both theprison and the farm, Waltz said~
The Cardinal's Corpmission on'Human Relations here set up theAssumption Church connection.
'Ivory Tower Theorists'
expertise hI' lack of expertise inthe field of collective bargainingis pretty much beside the point.
"In o'ther words, regardless of_what you' may think about myqualifications in this area-andregardle'ss ,of the pros and consof the NLRA issue as such-thecrucial point to bear in mind isthat your overall position withregard to ~he farm labor contro-
'versy puts the Teamsters com·pletely at' odds with the overwhelming majority of those who'can legitimately claim to have atleast a modicum of'competencein the field of collective bargaining.
"You sta'te, in this connection,tl-,-at those who have critidzedyour recent farm worker con·tracts 'have only an ivory towerconception pf what feirm workersneed.' I think you will admitthat that covers a lot of ground.It includes, for example, GeorgeMeany, Leo,nard Woodcock, anda number of other prominentlabor leaders who have told meprivately that they completelydisagree wi'th the Teamsters inthis issue. To put it even morepointedly. I have yet to meet asingle labor leader anywhere inthe United' States (olltside ofyour own' International) whoagrees with you ih this regard.
"I might add that your sweep·.ing criticisrrt of those who' disagree with Ithe' Teamsters,' alsoincludes the overwhelming majority of labor reporters, laboreconomists, and clergymen (ofall faiths) who have had any contact with the farm labor problemin recent yea'rs. In my judgement,
, it would be a serious mistake onyour part to pretend that all ofthese people are ivory tower the'orists who don't know what theyare talking ahout."
, I am not surprised; of 'course,that the Teamsters are so upsetabout the r'ole the clergy areplaying in the current' farm Jabordispute. That's par for thecourse. But surely they ought to'be good enough (as the biggestunion in the United States) tosay what they really think ahoutthe clergy in' this regard insteadof pretending' that they are onlyconcerned about the clergy'salleged incompetence in the areaoj collective bargaining andlabor-management relations.
. That's not ~hat they mean atall. What they really mean isthat they are angry at the clergyfor supporting the United FarmWorkers and opposing the Teamsters in the' current Ca:Iiforniacrisis. If the reverse were true;you could bet :your bottom dollarthat they would welcome the intervention of, the clergy andwould not be arguing that thedergy are technically incompe- .tent to express an opinion inthis area. In other words, it' alldepends 'upon whose ox is beinggored. -'
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You are damned if you do and damned if you don't.For years on end, Ilberals of one stripe or another have
been criticizing the clergy for their real or alleged failureto stand up and be counted in the field of social justice.Today the clergy are beingcriticized even more severely-this time by cons()rvativesincluding conservati ve laborleaders-for the opposite offense.
By way of example, listen towhat is being said about thosemembers of tt,~ clergy-Prates-
Lack 'Expertise'
Fitzsimmons told his Sacramento audience tbat he' was"thoroughly" amazed at -thenearly total vacuum of knowl-,edge 'in the collective bargainingprocess by those (clergymen)who fanatically support thetwentieth century mystic·-CesarChavez." The clergy, he said,lack the necessary "expertise" to'deal with complex problems inthe area of collective bargainingand labor-management relations.
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Some weeks ago Mr. Fitzsim-'mons did me the honor of personalizing this criticism in a letter complaining about somethingI had written in this column withreference to the Teamster-FarmWorkers controversy. Ho said,in summary, that I was ignorantof the complexities of the sub·ject under discussion. My rejo.inder-whoich can also stand
, as a reply to his more generalized criticism of the clergy inhis recent Sacramento spl~ech
read, in part, as follows:
At Odds With Majorilty
"You state in your letter thatyou were 'thoroughly surprised'by my recent column since youhad ,thought that I was 'moreknowledgeable in collective bargaining matters.' I am sony youfeel th·at way about 'it, but, whenall is said and done, my personal
4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rive~":Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
.tant· as well as' Catholics-who, have spoken out In favor of the
. United Farm Workers Union.The way their conservative crit·icsare telling the story, youwould think that these well·intentioned clerics are a bunchof ignorant boobs who don'tknow enough to come' in out ofthe rain. -
My good friend Frank Fitzsimmons, president of the TeamstersInternational, is leading the conservative pack in this regard.In almost every public statement he has made on the farmlabor crisis in C~lifornia, Fitz·simmons has severely criticizedthe clergy for getting involvedin the Teamster-Farm Workersstruggle. He did it again on July12 in a major and, widely publicized address to the ComstockClub (an organization of businessmen, be -it noted) in Sacramento, California.
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WASHINGTON (NC) - In astrongly worded statement theJustice and Peace division of theU.S. Catholic Conference (USCC)has denounced "the systematic,long-standing and violent repression of human rights in the Republic of Bolivia."
The USCC division's statementcame in response to a call by theBolivian Bishops' Justice andPeace Commission asking sisterorganizations around the worldto focus world attention on thepolitical imprisonments, torture,and death in that country.
The usce unit, headed byFather J. Bryan Hehir, said thatthe list of nations which haveviolated the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights "islong and does not exclude ourown country."
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type of prayer, which we aremissing."
God-Image of ManFather Schokel very much en
dorses the antllropomorphic viewof God. "In the first chapter ofthe Bible you get the key-Godsays that man was made in theimage of God. This verse mustbe applied to the whole Bible.
"The w~K)le Bible is aboutGod-but the image of man, because man IS the image of God.If you leave out that first sentence, the rest becomes nonseQsebecause you are then speakingnot of God but of a creation ofyour mind in a human image.
"But if you read that man jsthe image of God, then it is notan idol you are talking about.It is the oniy way' to God.. Andthen you come to Christ whosays He is the way That is whyI insist on the human life andthe anthrop,1morphic aspects ofGod."
Bible, Scholar Sugge'sts
Notre Dame U. HasCiyil Rights Center
NOTRE DAME (NC)-A Center for Civil Rights has been established at the University ofNotre Dame with a $500,000grant from the Ford Foundation.
Holy Cross Father Theodore.M. Hesburgh, president of NotreDame, said: "Our nation is nowin retreat from the civil rightsadvances of the last 20 years,and there is urgent need for research into America's recentcivil rights history, for analysisof current civil rights issues, andfor recomm'endations designedto meet the problems of todayand of the immediate future."
Father Hesburgh, who is alsoformer chairman of the U. S.Commission on Civil Rights, saidthat the objectives of the centerwill include public policy analysis in the fields of civil and human rights, analyzing civil rightsproblems and proposing solutions, and preparing a history ofcivil rights developments duringthe period 1957 to 1972.
tween right and wrong, can berefused access to the sacramentof Penance. The new decree 1S areaffirmation of tbis right,Father Buckiey said.
He added that he was principally cqncerned with the confusion that many people mayhave over the whole matter.
The best pastoral approach,he indicated, might be one thatcreates the least confusion anddissension.
cause. they do not see it on theside of justice," Father Schokelsaid. "They say 'the God whodoesn't believe in justice is ascandal.' PaLriotism is no substitute for justice. It is more. important to be a Christian than tobe an American 01' a Spaniard."
Priests from the pulpit can domuch more to bring to Catholicstbz beauty of the Bible. He suggests that ouring some periodsthe priests should deal with thePsalms, then another period ofthe year with the Gospels. "Toooften the pulpit homily' dealsonly with the Gospel, overlooking the Old Testament. There ismuch beauty for private prayerin the Psal:ns, the ejaculatory
ReadingStart
GreatnessPersons' and things look great
at a distance, which are not sowhen seen close.
-Cardinal Newman
Quam Singulari, a 1910 decreeof the Vatican's Congregationon the Sacraments, states:
"The age of discretion both forconfession and for Holy Communion is that at which the childbegins to reason, that is, at aboutthe seventh year, more or less."
The decree further says:"The custom of never admit
ting children to confession, or ofnever absolving them when theyhave arrived at the use of reason, is to be disapproved entirely."
Father Buckley explained thatin many places where there havebeen experiments with delayingsacramental Penance, religiouseducators have failed to teachchildren about Penance until thethird or fourth grade, or parishpriests have refused to hearyounger children's confessions.
Reaffirms RightBut he pointed out that, on the
other hand, Church law does notoblige anyone to go to confessionunless he has committed serioussin, and the new decree does notchange this law. .
Hence, Church law says on theotber hand, that no one can beforced to go to confession as aprerequisite for Communion unless he. is in a state of serioussin.
On the other hand, it saye thatno one who has reached the useof reason, or discernment be-
SAN DIEGO (NC)-The bestway to' learn about the Bible isdeceptively simple, accordingto a biblical scholar.
"The first thing you should dois to start reading it," FatherLuis Schokel said. "Some peoplebegin by reading the introduction or books about the Bible butnever start reading it...·
The Spanish·born Jesuit, whois on the faculty at Rome's Pontifical Biblic!ll Institute, was interviewed on a visit here.
"There are many different approaches to the Bible," he went·on, "but one of .the best isthrough prayer. In the book ofthe Psalms you b:lve the wholeBible transformed. into prayer,You have the history, you havethe wisdom, you have the prophetic, and the different situations we face in life made intoprayer.
"Through tbe Psalms you canopen the way into all of these.This is one excellent Way tostart, which can be very personal, since prayer is personal."
Father Schokel criticized manyfootnotes in current editions ofthe Bible for being "too technical, relating to questions whichreally are irrelevant to readingthe Bible.;'
Beauty in PsalmsA professor of Scripture and
theology, hls cons::iousness ofthe relation~hip between socialjustice and the Bible is pronounced. "Happy. 'are those whothirst for justice" is his ideal.ofChristian concern.
"The young people are turnedoff organized religion today be-
Says New Decree 'Widel.y Misint~rpreted/_SAN FRANCISCO .(NC)
Jesuit Father Francis J. Buckleyargued last year that .childrenunder 10 are not obliged to go toconfession before receiving firstCommunion.
But his reaction to a newVatican dec13ration banning laterconfession experiments was: "Ilike it."
In response to a telephone inquiry by NC News. Father Buckley, wbo is a professor of dogmatic theology and catechetics atthe University of San Franciscoand president of the CollegeTheology Society, stated:
"The recent decree of the Congregations for the Discipline ofthe Sacraments and for theClergy has been widely misinterpreted.
"Thz law of the Church remains that no one is obliged toconfess unless he has committedserious sin. The purpose of thedecree is to put an end to theexperiment of not allowing children to confess before first Communion, or of not introducingchildren (by failing to teachthem about the existence andvalue of penance as well as howto confess) until after first Communion.
1901 Decree"If tbe child does not know
how to confess, he is not trulyfree to reCf~ive the sacrament.The Church quite properly wantsto protect his freedom.
"The decree states that QuamSingulari 'i.:; henceforth to beobserved by all.' Quam Singulariwas directed against the abuseof forbidding sacramental absolution to young children."
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Pro-Life GroupElects Officers
CHICAGO (NC)-·Dr. MatthewI3ulfin of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.has been elected tl-te first president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetriciansand Gynecologists here.
Dr. .Tohn G. MastE'rson of Chicago was elected secretary, andDr. Vincent A. Conti of FortLauderdale was elected treasurer.
A graduate of Stritch Schoolof Medicine of Loyola Universityhere, Dr. Bulfin later served onits faculty of obstetrics andgynecology. He is a member ofthe American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American College of Surgeons, andthe Florida Medical Association.
The pro-life association group,organized at a Florida meetinglast May, is committed to astrong stand in defense of humanlife at all stages from the moment of conception
It is intended as an avenue ofexpression for obstetricians andgynecologists who are' opposedto the pro-abortion posture ofotl-,-er professional organizations.
The programs of the association for the coming year will include a survey of the entiremembership of the AmericanCollege of Obstetrics and Gynecplogists to determine not onlytheir position on ab.ortion but thenature and degree of their involvement.
Also planned is a national register for the study of maternaldeaths and morbidity associatedw,ith abortion procedures. Thiswill acquaint tbe medical profession and public with the risksassociated with abortion.
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over 20 weeks from conceptionas required by law?"
The MCFL also asked whetherthe mothers who reportedly gavetheir informed consent for theexperiments were told of "theexact, nature of the experimentation including the homogenization of the tissues of their offspring?:'
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fused to comply with the conditions on religious and' legalgrounds ( Maryland law statesthat health facilities cannot berequired, to perform abortion orsterilization procedures or to refer patients to other facilitiesthat will), certification was reovoked and given to LutheranHospital.' 0
Bon Secours appealed the decision to Dr. Solomon who upheld Lutheran's certification. Dr.Solomon repeatedly said that allissues of abortion, family planning, and stcrlization should notand would not be used in determining which of the "two goodhospitals" would he the best tobuild this facility. Saying thatBon Secours' proposal for a Howard County health park wouldprovide "the best and most com-'prehensive nealth care system"for that area, Powers said "thisleaves no doubt in my mind" thatBon Secours' refusal to referabortion patients to other hospitals "was the only instrumentused to revoke certification."
In announcing his decision touphold Lutheran's certification,Dr. Solomon told NC News thatthe referral issue did not enterinto consideration, "not even alittle bit."
"It was a judgmental decisionand a very hard one to make, butit really wasn't an overwhelmingdecision," Dr. .Solomon said."This decision in no way willput in jeopardy the future ofreligious hospitals in the state."
'Explosive Situation'
"Religious institutions andtheir personnel should be guidedby that conviction,"· he continued. "Religious convictionshould never be in conflict withthe state."
Referring to similar statements. by Dr. Solomon, Powers said,
"Dr. Solomon's statements con·cerning the nmission of religiouspractices, abortion and sterilization from hts review were madeto put a lid on a potentially explosive situation that had raisedconcerns of alarming proportionsin Maryland and across the nation."
Calling Dr. Solomon's review'"totally unsatisfactory," Powerssaid the review was conductedin a "hasty manner," the meth>odology and procedures usedwere "undear, evasive and undocumen~ed:' and that the criteria used were not substantiatedor adequately exp~ained. .
. Adding that the review lacked"factual and objective founda·tion;" Powers said that "the factsthat were .at his disposal don'tsupport his criteria or justify' hisdecision."
He suggested that the risk canbe further reduced by wiping theedge of the cup with a cloth aftereach use, by using separate' cups,or by intinction, the practice ofdipping the ·host into the wineinstead of passing the chaNcearound.
Wiping the cup with a drycloth will remove 90 per cent ofthe bacteria, Dr. Dancewicz said.
He also said that the alcoholiccontent of the wine-usually 12to'14 per cent-has no' "chemical disinfectant effect" becausenormally only about five secondselapse before the next communicant drinks from the chalice.
The practice of receiving.Communion under both specieshas gained in popularity in theCatholic Church in recent years,particularly at weekday Masses,small group Masses,. and Massesfor special occasions such asweddings or ord-inations. A number of Protestant denominationshave a long standing traditionof receiving under ,both forms.
respects the freedom 'of parentsto decide on the number of children, some Catholic organizati<)11s have denounced its massiveuse of contraceptives.
Population agencies in :panamasaid AID was assisting "theirefforts to ,improve the quality oflife" of Panamanian citizens..
In Mexico Octavio Colrnenares,publisher of Supermachos, saidthe caption and the inside textwere intended to support. thegovernment's campaign for "responsible parenthood," not to offend Catholic readers.
He added the first printing of·270,000 was quickly exhaustedand 65,000 more were printed tomeet local demand and the AIDpurchase.
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Continued from Page Onetance Act funded with U. S. taxpayers money, the coalitionadded.
Randy Engel, coalition director, said it will seek a congressional inquiry into the role ofAID in financing population controls abroad, and possible albortion and sterilization practices.The ~coalition has been criticalof domestic birth control programs of the Office of Population Affairs of the Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare (HEW).
The Mexican government isengaged in a controversial. "responsible parenthood" programto curb population growth'there.While officials said the program
Under' Both SpeciesLittle Health Risk Seen in Drinking
From Common ChaliceCHICAGO (NC) - There is
little health risk involved indririking from a common chalicewhen receiving CommiJnion, according to a physician writing inthe July 16 issue of the Journalof the American Medical Assn-ciation. .
In an article in the QuestionAnswer column of the AMA publication, Dr. Edward P. Dancewicz of th~ Center for DiseaseControl, Atlanta, said that thereare very few bacteria of any·sort on a person's lips-and thechance that any of those arepathogens (disease-bearing bacterhl)' is not very great.
He cited earlier studies indicating that fewer than 100 bacteria are deposited on the cupby the average person's lips.Even if there are some pathogensamong these, Dr. Dancewiczsaid, the next person will pick upfew of them and swallow evenfewer. Moreover, he sa,id, the
. body can deal effectively with asmall number of pathogens.
6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
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If there is anything that the continued violence inNorthern Ireland and the rumors of violpnce coming outof Portuguese areas can underline is ~hat the mere presence of the Church in these areas is no guarantee thatholiness and peace and goodness will prevail.
Sometimes people' have the notion that the Churchhas merely to speak the word and &ll will be well. Churchmen, the Pope included, have only to command peace andjustice, they believe) and all will be well.
This can happen about as much as it does happenwith the life of the individual Cat.holic. He knows what· hebelieves, how he should live, what me~ns of holiness theChufchholds out to ·him. But he is not thereby automaticallya holy person.
Sometimes people give too much credit to the powerof the Church. They are the ones who see her as the monolithic structure having only to command in order to receiveabsolute obedience.
The Church in her divine aspect is Christ, living throughout all ages, bearittg salvation in His hands. The Churchin: ~her human aspeet is people, people' of all kinds andmanner, people with all the qualities and potential forboth good and evil that humanity is .open to.
The Church cannot compel holiness. Her power is amoral power. Her Pope and Bishops and priests can' proclaim the Word of God, urge conformity to the Image ofChrist, make available the fruits of salvation, but peoplethemselves must say Yes. As St. Augustine once remarked,"God, Who created you without your consent, will notredeem you without your cooperation."
For holiness, for peace, people must cooperate.
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Limit the 'l,meThe Congress of: the United States is working on a
bill that will limit the amount a candidate for office mayspend on a campaign. It will also limit the amount ofmoney an individual may give to a candidate.
This is a worthy attempt to call a halt to the seemingly inexhaustible amount of money spent in the course'of a political campaign. The abuses are obvious-a candidate cannot help but be indebted to those who contri~
bute to his campaign with large amounts of money andto those special interests who have the money to give butwith their own purposes in mind which they hope to makehis purposes as well.
Perhaps what is also required is a bill that will limitthe time spent on an active political campaign..Everyoneknows that some people run for office all the time am}the incumbent always has this going "for him-an office,paid employees, the opportunity to do things for peoplethe year round. .
But it might be well 'to consider the British systemwhere the actual active campaign is limited to the severalweeks immediately. before the election date. These arefurious and fast weeks, but it would seem to be betterto squeeze all the activity into a shorter period of timethan to stretch it out over the better part of a year. Andthere is a limit to the amount of money that a partyor a person can spend in six weeks. No one can reallybuyout the radio and television networks and the dailynewspapers for a whole six-weeks period. That would bejust too obvious even by liberal American standards.
It would seem, then, that the .attempts to limit moneyspent on a campaign should be two-pronged-limit theam.,ount a person can give and a candidate may spend; butlimit also the time, period for active campaigning.
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New EcumenicalBody in ,India
POONA (NC)-The CatholicBishops' Conference of' India(CBCI), the National ChristianCouncil of India, and the Orthodox Church have set up a coordinating body for their threeorganizations which representabout 15 million Christians inIndia.
The decision to set up the coordinating body was taken at ameeting of the official representatives of the three organizationsat the Ecumenical Christian Center in Bangalore.
The statement adopted by themeeting declared:
"Our commitment to ecumenism is the result of the conv.iction that the fulness of the Gospel demands unity of all Christians in their participation inChrist's ministry to the wholeworld and that unity and renewal are inseparable. A unitedChurch is needed not only forincreasing the credibility of theChurch but also for presenting aunited witness. In addition topromoting joint collaboration inwhatever fields possible there isalso the need for taking a common stand on important issuesespecially rel~te<:\ to justice andpeace."
The coordinating body is to,strive to do whatever is necessary and possible for the reonewal, unity and mission of thecI-.·urches. Those at ·the meetingdecided to give high priority tofaith and order studies, education in ecumenism at the locallevel, dialogue with other religions, collaboration in differentfields and work among women,laity and youth. .
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Ecumenismtherans help each other, theLutheran congregation donatedenough money to cover the costof the 'new altar of the newconvent church. Vadstena's Baptists have donated the conventchurch's tabernacle.
'In his sermon to the Societyof St. Bridget, Bishop Taylorurged that "this anniversary bea reminder of the spiritual worldthat St. Bridget was working for.It is still present and real, if wewill only enter it, by prayer andmeditation," He urged his listeners to "pray for a renewal in our.time of the gift of prophecy, towhich this anniversary may inspire us."
Aidsbishops walked in the procession.
A combined choir of' Protestants and Bridgettine Sisterssang the Mass in the new church.Bishop Taylor, the celebrant, began the Prayer of the Faithful,which was said by a SwedishBenedictine monk and the Lu~heran pastor of Vadstena. Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists andother Protestants in the packedcongregation exchanged theliturgical Kiss of Peace.
The new convent, designed to. blend into its medieval environment, cost about $525,000, muchof which was raised by the Sisters and people of Uden, theNetherlands,. where the motherhouse of this branch of the orderis located.
New SpiritThe occasion marked a change
in the attitude of the Society ofSt. Bridget, which has for yearsbeen cool toward Catholics here,partly because some of its leading members converted to Catholicism in the early 1960s.
Lutheran Bishop Ragnar Askmark of Linkoping, the diocesein which Vadstena is located, expressed the new spirit of ecumenical understanding, prayerand cooperation in a sermon inthe old abbey the day before thededication. In response to hisappeal that Catholics and Ltl,-
Saint's AnniversarySTOCKHOLM (NC)-The cel
ebration of the 600th anniversaryof the death of the medievalmystic, St. ,Bridget of Sweden,has been a boost to ecumenicalrelations in this country.
Bishop John Taylor of Stockholm dedicated on July 23 a newconvent of the Bridgettine Sisters, founded by St. Bridget, atVadstena, location of the motherabbey of the order, built in the14th century. The dedicationtook place during the generalchapter of the Lutheran Societyof St. Bridget, an organization inthe segment' of the Swedish Lutheran 'state church that closelyresembles the Catholic Church.
Bishop Taylor invited the Lutherans to the service and accepted an invitation to preach at oneof their services.
The dedication service beganwith a procession starting in theLutheran abbey, which is the original medieval building, and going through Vadstena's narrowstreets lined with thousands ofinhabitants, pilgrims and tourists, many from abroad.
Combined ChoirBesides Bishop Taylor and
Bishop Johannes Bluyssen ofs'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, in whose diocese themotherhouse of the BridgettineSisters is located, three Lutheran
. .l{~,~ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN HONORED: Catholics and Lutherans in Sweden joined
in honoring St. Bridget of Sweden on the 600th anniversary of her death. At top left isthe 14th century abbey which the saint, right photo, founded. Bridgettine Sisters withtheir distinctive crowns walk in procession to their new convent, blessed by Bishop JohnTaylor of Stockholm, bottom -right. NC Photo.
Arrest Pickets,For ContemptOf Court
BAKERSFIELD (NC)-Sheriff'sdeputies arrested 450 UnitedFarm Worker Union pickets herein California for violation ofcourt orders restricting strike activity at vineyards and farms.
The sh·eriff's office said thatwhile there was no violence,there was "passive resistance"by some of th~ strike,:s.
Tile day' before, July 17, CesarChavez, UFWU leader, had requested the U. S. Attorney General's office to ,investigate whathe said were civil rights violations by Kern CQunty court ancllaw enforcement officials.
Chavez was especially incensed by injunctions which limit the use of bullhorns by picketsto one hour a day and the Hmitof one picket every 100 feet adjacent to a vineyard or farm.
Chavez charged that KernCounty's courts and law enforcement agencies were taking partin "a systematic infrigement ofour constitutional rights." Hesaid, "We have no intention ofhaving our strike broken by unconstitutional means."
In a statement issued after thearrests, Chavez said bis uniondid not encourage the violationof court orders, "but our ownpeople decided to challengethem."
Number of AfricanCatholics Grows
ROME (NC)-The increase inthe number of African priestsis not keeping' pace with thegrowth of the Catholic population in Africa, statistics published by the International FidesService here indicate.
In 1949 there were about 11million Catholics in Africa and7,500 priests, of whom 1,080were African. In 1971, therewere' 35 million Catholics inAfrica and 17,138 priests, ofwhom about 4,000 were African.
Thus, while the number ofCatholics had trebled, the number of priests had little morethan doubled. The number I ofAfrican priests, however hadmore than trebled. ,
The statistics show that Zairehas the largest number of indigenous priests, 553, followed byTanzania, 494, Uganda, 312, andNigeria, 271.
Reduced ChargesChavez has been especially
critical of Kern County DistrictAttorney Albert M. Leddy forreducing felony charges against
- 30 Team.ster guards who werearrested several weeks 'ago forattacking a UFWU picket line.
Leddy admitted that thecharges were reduced to misdc:meanor complaints in relating to10 Teamsters, but he blamedUFWU members for refusing tocooperate when deputies investi··gated the attack. He said theunion had refused to assist inthe identification of those injured in the incident.
"We know people were injured out there, but who werethey?" Leddy asked. "We canfile misdemeanor cases. againstthe Teamsters but we cannottake a felony case into courtwithout all the evidence."Chavez cannot really complain;he has gotten absolutely fairand impartial treatment likeanybody else."
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12 girls. Seton House, which willremain open, has a capacity of16.
easy avajlability of abortion."Over the past several years,"
Bishop Sullivan said, "fewer girlshave been seeking the services ofmaternity homes.' The diocesepresently 'operated two maternity homes in the Richmond area,both of which offer the' s'ameservices.
"With the present liberalizedabortion laws" we find that bothSt. Gerard's and Seton House,the other home, are operating atless than total capacity and onefacility could care for presentneeds."
The bishop added that theclosing did not mark a lesseningof the diocese's comrbitment tohelping unwed mothers.
"The closing of St. Gerard's isa consolidation effort' so 'that thediocese can pool its resourcesand provide better service," hesaid. "We will continue to offeran alternative to the present liberalized abortion laws. '
The Catholic Virginian, weekly newspaper of the Richmonddiocese, reported that at the timeof the announcement the twohomes together were caring for
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Dutch Women's GroupProtests Encyclical'
THE 'HAGUE (Nc)-A Dutchwomen's liberation group commemorated the fifth anniversaryof Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul'sencyclical reiterating theChurch's opposition to artificalcontraception, by presenting thepapal; nuncio in the Nethelandswith a model ivory tower.
The group said the tower symbolized isolation .and containedan image of Buddha, who, theysaid, took a more enlightened.view of the subject. They alsopresented a letter-asking thePope to review the Church's doctrine on birth control.T~e nuncio's chauffeur, at the
door of the nunciature, refusedto accept the tower-and letter,which were then left on top ofone of the garden ornaments.
During the demonstration anearby statue of Andrew Carnegie,the U.S. industrialist andphilanthropist, was draped withsuch slogans as "Fewer Babies:More Future" and "Love is NotNecessarily Reproduction."
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RICHMOND (NC) - St. Gerard's Maternity Home here, oneof two facilities for unwedmothers operated by the Richm0'1d diocese, will close Sept. 1.
Bishop Walter F.. Sullivan,apostolic administrator of thediocese, attributed the closing todiminished need because of the
. . LONELY VIGIL: He stands alone, silent, outside the White House, holding a placard.Dane Frick, 30, of Washington, D.C., is protesting the bombing of Cambodia "in the same~pirit" as ~atholic pea~e movement members who have been getting arrested by praying .In th~ WhIte HO)lse. Fnck has been at his post about two weeks, 10 hours a day, six daysa week. He rests on Saturdays. NC .Photo.
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coordination and with the prcsent emphasis on sweaters you'llfind whole sections of denartment stores devoted to separates,so you'll be able to "do' your ownthing."
Regional .ConferencesOn Population Problems
UNITED NATIONS (NC)-L~tin Americal1 Catholics' are aprimary target of a series of regional conferences on populationproblems, Ischeduled through1973 under the auspices of theInternational' Education Development (lED).
Financial ~upport is being provided by the United NationsFund for Population Activities(UNFPA), which by June hadplissed the $100 million mark' indonations from 63 governments.
The monthly bulletin of theUNFPA reported that influentialLatin Americans were invited toparticpate in a planning sessionlast February in Santo Domingo,at which a strategy of action wasworked out "that would help theCatholic Church" Church-relatedinstitutions, and others influenced by the Church become moreaware of the dimensions of thepopulation problem." "
Sewing qnd' sales (not necessarily in that order) are twomore ways ,to stretch your clothing dollar. While most of theclothing on sale right now willbe summer styles, if you lookclosely you may very well comeacross: some item that ,is seasonless. _
On the sewing end, time is theenemy, but if you have the timeand enjoy. working with materialthere is' no better way to 'getmileage out of your clothingdollar.
Of coursci,' ali of our resolu~ions and plans are fine as longas we don'lt corne across thatdress we just can't live withoutand then you know what canhappen to "the best laid plans."
Vol~nteer AssumesTV Director Task
JUNEAU (NC)-A lay volunteer from Pennsylvania has become the ~ew director of aweekly diocese-sponsored television program, "Modern Manand His Chutch," here in Alaska.
Pat ,Frisina, 24, a disc jockeyfrom the Erie, Pa., area accepted,the position because he feels, "Itis not just up to priests to spreadthe Gospel, it is up to laymen too... Laymen should be taking asactive a role as the Church ,willlet us, and this seems to be theright thing."
Frisina,' who.comes to the po·sition with nine years experiencein .radio and! five in' television,started in radio at the age of 15in Meadville" Pa. He has alsoworked in Detroit. ,
"I have not really done thiswhole thing before, but I havelots of ideas. ·!t's a super chancefor us," he said.
THE ANCHOR--Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Aug. 2, 19738
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price scale has hit the garment.market as well as the food one,
Sinful Price
Wool especially is rising higherand higher, and you can 'expectthat the coat you wanted to buylast fall will cost from $10 to$25 more this fall. A good dresswill have a price tag startingaround $70 (that used to buya good winter coat) and it couldrise as high as $150. The latterdoes seem like a pretty sinfulprice to pay for, a garment, butI'm positive you'll come acros~
plenty of this type of price tag.Just how to be well dressed
with the rising cost of every-'thing is going to be as complexa problem as who's telling the•truth in Washin~ton. And we'regoing ~o have to do a bit of planning and thinking to even live'with it, never mind find a solution for it.
While I can toss out a fewideas that have helped me, Ibave always found that amongthe readers of The Anchor thereis always a wealth of information and really good ideas. Perhaps some of you would be willing to share with me and ourother readers some of YOUlr ideasfor stretching your clothingbudget.
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I Many of my own ideas I havementioned before but since I stilluse them and they still work forme I will write them down again.Each season I try -to buy onereally good outfit. This generallyrequires a good investment butin the long run I have foundthat it's worth it because of the,years of joy you 'can get out ofa very special outfit, if it's classical, well made and not gimmicky.
When you have the one costume you feel very elegant in,then you can buy much ltlSS expensive outfits for everday wear,yet you're always ready for thatspecial occasion.. Another way that I have foundto get many and varied looksout of my wardrope (th€' mostmileage for the smallest amountof money) is to choose one basic I
color for each season and try tobuy with this color in mind, thenall accessories, jackets, etc. willbe able to mix and match.
Separates, of course, are perfect for this type of wardrobe
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Fall Clot,hing _Budg,ets'"-... With such a fascinating TV attractton (perhaps I shouldsay frightening), it is difficult to think 9f anything butWatergate. However, since each day we do have to dressand most of us like to do it as, well as possible, our thoughtskeep returning to the worldof.clothing and fashion. Thisworld may give you quite a'shock this faU-not quite so'much of a shock as a trip to thesupermarket but a slight shivernevertheless, for that escalating
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Bishops' ConferenceElects Conservatives
QUITO (NC)-Archbishop Bernardino Ecchevarria Ruiz ofGuayaquil, generally regarded as
.a traditionalist, was elected president of the Ecuadorian Conference of Bishops at a meetinghere.
He takes the post left by Cardinal Pablo Munoz. Vega ofQuito, who was president of theconference for four years.
Bishop Vicente Cisneros ofAmbatos was elected vicepresident and Auxiliary BishopRaul Vela of .Guayaquil waselected secretary.
The elections, which arso included new officers for the threepermanent commissions of theconference, mark a victory forthe traditionalist group withinthe Ecuadorian Church, according to observers here.
mountain people emotionally depressed or perpetuaily sad, hesaid. -
"The mountain people are not. the staid and stoice type that
outsiders sse," Ronan added.
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Ronan holds training worksh'ops for welfare recipients andBlack Lung victims seeking compensation. He also is busy training local leadership and advisingthem of the obstacles they canexpect from government bureaucrats.
He noted that the coal interests own most of the propertyas well as .the mineral rigbts andhave a tight political control inmost of the, southwest Virginiacounties.
But this does not make the
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WITH MOUNTAIN FOLK: Phil Ronan, a former Glenmary Brother, talks with a. resident <?f the Wise, Va., area, where he works as an organizer training welfare recipients~nd black lung disease victims. NC Photo.
WISE (NC)-In rural southwest Virginh, wbich has a large
. population of Scotch-Irish extraction, a native of Dublin, Ireland, is working to organize thepoor moun.tain folk.
Phil Rona", a former memberof ·the G1enmary Brothers: participates in the mountain way oflife, working with a hoe in thehillside gardens, butchering hogs,
. bunting squirrel and taking histurn at molasses making.
"I found that I really had athing for the mountains," Ronansaid. "The people here are moremy people. They are very muchlike the Irish rural person, and Ifeel very close to home."
Ronan, who sees his missionto be getting poor people together, has helped to organizewelfare rights organizations insix Virginia counties and theSouthwest Virginia Black LungAssociation.
One of the tenets of Ronan'scommunity organizing work isthat he stay in the backgroundso that mountain poor, thoughreceiving support from him, arereally not dependent on him.
"If people become dependenton me to do their talking 'fortbem," he said, "I have failed inmy ministry."
Trains Leaders
Newspaper Cites GospelOn loday's Problems.
SAN DIEGO (NC) - "TheScribes and Pharisees have succeeded Moses as teachers. Doeverything and observe everything they tell you.
"But do not follow their example."
The Southern Cross, the newspaper of the San Diego Diocese,devoted the entire front page ofits July 19 edition to a Biblicalquotation on hypocrisy beginningwith these words.
The front page editorial contained. no direct editorial comments-only the headline: U.S.A.,Summer, 1973, Jesus Christspeaks - but Michael Newman,editor and manager of the newspaper, said that the quotationfrom the 23rd chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel was run "to sumup everything in the summer of'73."
He said it applies not only toWatergate "but to all otherthings," which have caused a "lossof credibility in certain areas."The areas he mentioned were thefuel shortage, food prices, andthe monetary crisis.
Predicts'Only LimitedSuccess for Phase IV
WASHINGTON (NC) - PhaseIV of the Nixon Administration'seconomic policy will find only"limited sur-cess," according toan official of the U.S. CatholicConference.
John E. Cosgrove, director ofthe conference's Division forUrban Affairs, said: "It now ..appears that workers and the poorwill not be protected from inflation. which is particularly harm'ful on their meager budget."
Saying that the real problem isthat of "s?mewhat arbitrarypricing policy in many industries" instead of a "wage-pricepush" he added, "To really helpwe need, among other things, afull disclosure of profits by largeindustries, particularly whereproposed price increases mightset a pattern for still more inflation."
While predicting only limitedsuccess for tbe latest economicpolicy ("a re-run of Phase II"),he feels that such measures areneeded. bec::luse inflation hasbeen accelerating at "break neckrglte."
. "rights," and my "responsibilities." He covered my injustice,ynreasonableness, and lack ofunderstanding. Every other sentence, was laced with, "I know."
One of the other~ commented,"If you know so much, why don'tyou know when. to keep yourmouth shut?"
There's hope.But I do wish I had more spir
itual support. Why does the NewTestament say absolutely nothing about Christ as a teen-ager- 'Is it possible Mary preferred notto talk abom it? .
·Oh well, things could be worse.In fact, come to think of it, theywill be.
Next year I'll have seven teenage children!
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With Any Luck, Mom WillLive' Throu,g·h Teen' WOles
I have six teen-age children at the present time. Ourfirst seven children are all a year apart. The_~ix oldest rangefrom 18 through 13, and these are difficult years for them... and worse for me. One of the most aggravating qualitiesof teen-agers is their senseof "superiority." No matterwhat I say, they answer, "Iknow." Before I am halfthrough with instructions, admonitions-or even the time ofday-"I know."
Their knowledge of everythinggives them complete "superiority," particularly to a feeble,humbling, s:mile parent ... me.
It's somewr..3t similar to thesuperiority wardens feel towardthe inmates of an insane asylum.And I've used that comparisonpurposely. Because sometimes 1think that part of their plan is todrive me crazy, this will provetheir superiority. They work at itdiligently, methodically ... apparently saciistically.
For example, one son arriveshome two h:>Urs late for dinner.
I question his whereabouts.Always Mom's Fault
He says, "I told you 1 had towork late."
If 1 remember he t.old me, thenmy memory is failing. I'm gettingsenile.
If I don't remember, then Idon't listen to him. I'm indifferent to him.
Either way, it's proof that I'mcracking up.
Of course. there is no possihility that he forgot to tell-me.IIe knows he told me!
Another problem: I won't· letboy friends visit our girls whenneither my husband nor I arehome.
Rebuttal: I have' a SUSpICIOUSmind. I don't trust them. Nothing's going to happen.
On that point, we agree-if Ihave al)ything to say about it.But I don't think we have thesame thing in mind.
One boy complains that hecan't "talk" to me.. This. too,"proves my feeble-mindedness. Ihave the misguided notion that"talking" is an exchanging ofideas. His idea is that he dictateshis demands, and I should respond, "Yes, son. You're absolutely right, son." If I raise aquestion, disagree or object tosomething, then I am at fault ...I'm not. "taiking" to' him.
From cummiserating withother parents of teen-agel's, Ifind that they are all goingthrough the same turmoil. Mymother-in-law lived through it,and assures me that if I can justhang on to my sanity, teen-agel'seventually become people.
May Be HopeI think there is a chance. I've
seen sparks of understanding insome of my teen-agel's. Theremay be hope that it will catchfire.
The other day one of minewas on a tirade regarding his
National Boy·ScoutChaplain Named
WASHINGTON (NC)-Fa therKenneth F. O'Connell, Boy Scoutchaplain for the New York archdiocese, has been named nationalCatholic Boy Scout chaplain.
The appointment was made by,Bishop Michael F. McAuliffe, ofJefferson City, Mo., episcopal advisor to the National CatholicCommittee on Scouting.
Bis~op McAuliffe also namedFather John M. Rice of the Milwaukee archdiocese associate national Scout chaplain replacingFather O'Connell.
Editor S~ggestsPastors TrainS'emino'rians
NEW YORK (NC)-A Jesuiteditor has suggested that closingseminaries and allowing qualifiedpastors to train seminarianswould solve some of the presentdiscipline, moral and instructional controversies in t!h'e nation's seminaries.
Father Kenneth Baker, editorof a national magazine, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, wrotein a recent editorial that maJ:Iypriests are "positively discouraging qualified young men from en- ,tering the seminary."
"When I wrote a column lastyear urging vocations, I receiveda letter' from a priest who wasamazed ,at my naivete," he said."He said that he had encouraged
, a young lad to go to the localseminary. In a fairly short timethe boy became a skeptical smartaleck and ended up by losing hisfaith and leaving the seminary.This particular priest said thathe could not in conScienCE] sendanother boy to that institution."
Normal Way"The two principal reasons
given by priests who discouragevocations are the breakdown ofdiscipline and morals in the seminary and the absence of solidCatholic teaching (not to mention complaints about doctrinalerrors, heresy and situationethics)," Father Baker said,
In an interv,iew with NC News,Father Baker noted that heforethe Council of Trent, the normalway of training men for' thepriesthood, with the possib~e exception of monastery training,was to have them, 'instructed bypastors.
In 'the .editorial, he said, "Iheard that a new young bishopin Holland fired all the professors ,in his seminary and took hisfew seminarians into his lhomewhere he will train,them himself.Maybe that is the answer for thenext few years since many seminaries are not teaching syst.ematic philosophy and theology."
Possible SolutionsWhile saying' that neither this
suggestion nor a suggestion toestablish a national Catholicseminary is likely to be implemented now, Father Baker said'that "both are possible solutions" to seminary problems.
Father Baker told NC that theproblems in the seminaries arose,,in part, beCause the bishops havelost control of their seminaries."The professors and ,experts inreligious education run seminaries quite autocratically in 11 lotof cases, hut the bishops are becoming aware of the .problem,'~
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Rules Against UnionIn Teachers Case
CLEVELAND (NC) - A courtorder has been denied to theCleveland Elementary Lay Teachers Association (CELTA) of theAmerican Federation of Teachersin its battle to represent the elemenary school teachers in theCatholi(: schools of Cleveland.
The order, which was deniedin common pleas court here,would have permitted CELTA torepresent the teachers in grievance procedures until an electionduring the coming school year.·The election will decide whetherthe teachers 'wish CELTA toserve as their bargaining agent.
The Board of Catholic Education and CELTA have both dssued statements agreeing to theelection.
"A reasonably prompt election"was supported by the boardwhile recognizing the right ofteachers to join professional orlabor organizations or to' refrain
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Vatican ,TheftSusp'ects Held
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Twoformer Vatican policemen havebeen taken into custody by Vati
'-, can City officials in connectionwith the theft of several gold,coins from a private papal collection.
The Vatican press office confirmed reports July 20 that themen, now employed in the Vatican post office, hav'e been heldfor investigation for, about 10days.
Three other Vatican employees, including a telephone repairman, have been held for atleast two months on similarcharges.
In May tile Vatican press office confirmed news reports thatthree men were in custody inconnection with the theft of valuable gold cqins from a collection kept in the papal privateapartments on the top floor ofthe Vatican Pa'iace. The theftwas apparently carried out in19'12, while Pope Paul was athis summer, home in Castelgandolfo. The theft came to lightwhen two of the coins werespotted in a window of a shopnot far from Vatican City.
The new arrests would indicatethat the thefts may go well beyond the original four coins, according to Vati~an observers.
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UNDA, by the way, is not anacronyIP but is the Latin for"wave." In ,New York, fatherAgnellus met with Robert Buesse,director of the Co~munications
Department of the United StatesCatholic Conference, and FatherPatrick Sullivan, director of theUSCC department's Film andBroadcasting Division.
UNDA, he observed, has 107national 'Catholic communications 'branches, 70 of them in developing countries. He has beenpresident since 1968 in additionto a fuiltime job a's director ofthe 15-year-old Catholic Radioand Television Center at HatchEnd on tpe outskirts of London.
Says Church Active1111 Soviet Uni,on
AMSTERDAM (NC), - Thechurch in Russia is not merely achurch of old women," said theleader of a delegation of theDutch Council of Churches thatbas just returned from a 10-daytrip to the Soviet Union.
Anyone who continues tellingthat story neglects the facts andrepeats propaganda," said thedelegation leader, ArchbishopMarinus Kok of the Dutch OldCatholic Church, as they arrivedat Amsterdam Airport.
"In the churches in Russia, onesees many young people andmiddle-aged people, .There aremany baptisms in the churches.The church in the Soviet Unionis in great difficulties but thereare several active congregatinoswith a deep religious life," thearchbishop said.
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tor of the Catholic- InformationCenter there and president ofUNDA-USA. Father Agnellus received the first UNDA-USA Gabriel award.
The national dialogue group,which is jointly sponsored by theU. S. Bishcps' Committee forEcumenical and InterreligiousAffairs and the ,U.S.A. NationalCommittee of ' the, LutheranWorld Federation, is also planning to publish its official findings 'on papal primacy at, a laterdate under the title "Lutheransand Catholics in Dialogue V:Ministry and the UniversalChurch; with Special Referenceto Papal Primacy."
Among the conclusions thatthe' Catholic and Lutheran schqlars reached in "Peter and theNew Testament" were that Peterwag- undoubtedly among the firstdisciples chosen by Jesus andthat he was prominent amongChrist;s followers.
,"So prominent was he, in fact,that as far as we know the storyof the ministry of Jesus was nottold without mention of Simon,"the theologians reported. Peter'sgiven name was Simon. He wascalled Peter, which means"rock," to Jesus.
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Catholics,Publication
NEW YORK (NC)-SatEfllites,cable TV and cassettes will revolutionize electronic journalism inthe near future, and "the Churchshould be right in on all ofthem," says 'a Scottish Franciscan priest who heads a worldwide Catholic communications,organization. ,
Father Agnellus' Andrew,O.F.M., president of the International Catholic \ Association forRadio and Television (UNDA)sees a vast potential for theChristian mi~sion in the broadcast media, he said in an inter.view with NC News here.
In a 'visual age, he observed,churchmen-Catholic and Protestant-must keep abreast not onlyof technical developments but beavailable to 'networks on a re- \spected consultative basis.
A friendly, round-faced manwith a bright' smile, glasses, anda tendency, to pace back andforth when he wishes to J:l1ake apoint, Father Agnellus is widelyknown in Britain both as adirector at the Biitish BroadcastingCorp. for two' decades, a commentator who covered the election of two Popes and the funeralof one, -and a professional whoteaches churchmen how to. project to, TV au~iences.
While in the United Statessi'nce the star~ of June, he lectured at the summer Communications Institute at Loyola University of New Orleans, and conferred in Ihdianapolis withFather Kenny C, Sweeney, direc-
Lutherans Planon Study oJ
MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - "You Federation's U.S.A. National,are Peter and upon this rock I Committee, and Auxiliary Bishopwill build my Church," This T. Austin Murphy of Baltimore,statement by, Christ to His said earlier this year that theyApostle Peter is at the heart of hoped "Peter in the 'New Testaany discussion between Catholics ment" would 'be used as a reand other Christians over the' source text in adult educationplace, role and ministry of the classes, ecumenical study groupsPope among Christians. and college courses. '
In an attempt to reach some "Precisely because the study isagreement on these, issues, Lu- fundamental and of wide utility,theran and Roman Catholic theo· we in the national dialogue havelogians in the United States have decided to publish it separately,"met 'five times, in the past two- they, said.and-one-half y!!ars just on theissue of papal primacy. '
One of the first major resultsof these meetings-a collectionor' theologh:al studies entitled"Peter in the New Testament"has been scheduled for joint publication Sept. '15 by AugsburgPublishing House here and Paulist Publication in New York.
The 200-page bo()k does notbegin, to deal with the questionof papal infallibility or the understanding of the papacy by theChurch after the age of the NewTestament.
It is, rather, a study of what.the New Testament has to sayabout the Apostle Peter, the firstbishop of Rome, who has beenviewed traditionally as the' modelfor the papacy.
Although the studies in thebook are not official documentsof the Luth.:lran-Roman Catholicdialogue, the :dialogue, groupsponsored the studies and recommendea that they be published inbook form.
The group's coc::hairmen, Dr.Paul C. Empie, former generalsecre~l!ry of the Lutheran World
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DETROIT (NC)-Cardinal JohnF. Dearden of Detroit has namedJohn F. Lynch as director ofcommunications for the Detroitarchdiocese.
He succeeds William J. Coughlin, who retired last year.
Lynch, 42, is a graduate ofFordham University in NewYork. He has operated his owncommunications firm in NewYork and has served as directorof communications for Sea-LandService and manager of salespromotion and technical writin,gfor Union Carbide Corp..
The activities of the archdiocesan communications office in·clude press releases, radio andtelevision programming, and information services.
THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
Parents DeploreSchool Decision
ALBANY (NC) - The NewYork State Federation of Catholic School Parents wanted to befair-minded, so they decided tolet a few wzeks go by to let thepassions of the moment coolover the U. S. Supreme Courtdecisions on nonpublic schools.
Three weeks passed and thefederation was still in no moodto accept passively the highcourt's June 25, decision thatbanned several forms of aid tononpublic schools and to tuitionpaying parents of nonpublicschool children.
"Monopolistic," "unjust" anda "denial of a religious right"were several of the phrases thefedeI'ation used in a recent statement that voiced strong opposition to the decisions.
The Supreme Court had ruledthat the laws in questions "havethe impermissible effect of advancing religion."
• The fede~ation, composed ofparents from all eight Catholicdioceses in the state quoted thevigorous dissent of Chief JusticeWarren Burger, who along withJustices Byron White and Wil·liam Rehnquist, voted to helpparents and children by upholding the 'aid jaws.
Justice Burger saw the NewYork state iaw as helping parents "exercise a recognized" toprovide a religious oriented education for rheir children.
"The Establishment Clausedoes not forbid government,state or federal, from enactinga program" which would aidnonpublic _school students, thejustice said in his dissent. /
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One aspect of her job grew outof' the need expressed in thejob description. It is the "desireamong men students to be ableto confide in a woman," she said.
Independent Corporation"As a nun, I find that men ac
cept your celibacy and feel theycan relate to you as a person,for what you are, ratlier than asa sex symbol. Not many womencan have that kind of relationship."
Yale University admitted women four years ago. They are outnumbered six to one by men.The St. Thomas More center isnot a part of the official chaplain's office of the institution,headed by the Rev. WilliamSloane Coffin, a Presbyterian,but is run by an independent corporation which hired Sister Pena,a member of the Sisters of St.Joseph.
She will work at the centerwith Father Ricp.ard Russell andFather Peter Fagan, and live inthe campus area with her father,Ramon Pena, 78. Her salary willbe $5,700 a year plus a car. Thenun asked to have the car ratherthan receive the same salary, of$7,800, as the two priests.
aeligion on CampusThe campus ministry at Yale
or elsewhere, she commented, is"a powerless apostolate-whichis a good thing. That's whatChristianity is all about. It is theChurch in na.ked witness, stripped of all other support.
"On a secular. campus, religion has no official standing.Moral suasion is all it has. Thisis an important way for Christians to learn to witness again,iIi the simplicity of being.'~
Sister Pena's mind moves rapily from one idea to another, indiscussing the popularity of meditation, Pentecostalism andJesus among some Collegiansand older Catholics as well. Sheworries about the literal interpretation of the Scriptures be~
coming widespread.With the increasing "official
secularization" of society, andlack of opposition to immoralvalues by the older generation,many young people are seekingcertainty. Some turn to such fundamentalist movements as theNew Testament Missionary Alliance and the Jesus People forbiblical answ:ers to society'sevils. '
In Sister Pena's view, adultsshould be ready to assist themin the "ago.}y of their search"for a philosophy by which tolive.
SR. MARY RAMONA PENA
Cardinal O'Boyle IsCARA Chairman
WASHINGTON (NC)-Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle, retired archbishop of Washington, has beeneleCted chairman of the Centerfor Applied Research in Apostolate (CARA) board of directors.
In announcing Cardinal 0'Boyle's new position, BishopErnest L. Unterkoefler, CARApresident, said: "While CardinalO'Boyle served as archbishop ofWashington, he used CARA's research ,services to develop anarchdiocesan self-study, one ofthe most comprehensive of itskind. His Eminence is thereforedeply sensitive to CARA's pastoral goals and research work.
"Our board believes that hisleadership will greatly assist thecenter's efforts to become continuously more responsive to thepractical research needs of the
'Church."
ican matters, which, he said, isatheme that always comes up inconversations among Religiousof both areas.
"The Latin American Religiouscan do much good by bringingup these problems. We don'thave ,a real idea of the importance and the extension ,of theinterference and influence of ourgovernment in the internal lifeof Latin America," Father Boylesaid. '
He then referred to the prospects of U. S. Catholics, sayingthat many crises had to be surmounted, but that the hardesttime is almost over.
"For a long time we have beenworking on changes, adaptationson the external level. Now' weare more conscious of the needof an internal renovation whichcan lead wi to an authenticChristian life, individually andas a community," Father Boylesaid.
"I want to come back to people. We get so involved withcauses, with numbers ... withthe migrant workers, for instance, we forget that injusticeexists if only one worker iswronged. We tend to think innumbers. You can be an administrator only so long before youwonder if you cim relate one-toone any more."
Confer'ence Head Says ReligiousCan Learn F'rom' Latin Americans
BOGOTA (NC) - Father PaulM. Boyle, president of the U. S.Conference of Major Superiorsof Men, said here that "one ofthe most important things U. S.Religious have to understan(j isthat we cannot be the leaders (.~
ch.ange in Latin America."Father Boyle, who stopped
here briefly on his way backfrom the Inter-American BishopsConference in Rio de Janeiro,visited the general secretariat ofthe Latin American Confederation of Religious' (CLAR) andparticipated in a discussion withhis Latin American colleagues.
"We North Americans have agreat tendency to believe thatwe can and must" be messianicin our actions and work whenwe come to Latin America," hesaid. "What we have to understand is that we must come asservants to help local Religiousand the hierarchy."
"We have to work with thehierarchy, not lead it. This hasbeen one of our most fundamental mistakes in working in LatinAmerica," Father Boyle added.
Speaking on tlie contrIbutionsthe Latin American religious lifecould make to Nortb Americanreligious Hfe, "he said: "We canlearn very much from you. Forinstance how to live with thebasics, as individuals and as agroup. How to keep sight ofwhat is fundameqtal, or what istranscendental."
"In the United States we areused to live in a world of efficiency, and we believe that to beall important. We believe thatinfluence is only measured byefficiency, but we have to learnfrom you that the impact is morelasting and important when wegive witness to our beliefs,"Father Boyle said.
Government Influence
. The CMSM president also referred to the influence the U. S.government has in Latin Amer-
BROOKLYN (NC)-A petiteand chatty !lUn, Sister MaryRamona Pena, 44, will go to yalein September as a woman chaplain affiliated with the St. Thom-
. as More House. For five yearsshe has been an administrator inthe Brooklyn Diocese EducationOffice. .
Her new job descr,iption includes serving as a "woman rolemodel for the Church" on campus and to :::ounsel Catholic students, most of whom are men.
She got the position by answering an ad in The NationalCatholic Reporter, Kansas City,Mo. Several women - married,single and Religious-were interviewed. And she is looking forward to her new position with atwinge of fear that she may havelost the "one-to-one" aspect ofrelating to youths during her tenure as director of student affairsin the high school division of thediocesan educational offices.
"You know what happens toadministrators," she said, herdark eyes flashing energy andwarmth. "Charlie Brown describes it in 'Peanuts' with therema~k, 'I love humanity-it'speople I can't stand.'
-St. Thomas Aquinas
Critical Point
KnowledgeA scrap of knowledge about
sublime things is worth morethan any amount about trivialities.
Therefore, he explained, itmust be admitted realisticallythat the "Christian life, for thosewho wish to live it authentically,is difficult."
He said that "those who wouldwish to deny, or even to sup-,press wrongfully this difficultaspect, would deform and evenperhaps betray the authenticityof Christian life itself.
"Today this attempt to make iteasy, to eliminate sacrifice andeffort and render it easy going,is in full swing both in terms ofthe teaching and practice of theChristian life." '
Thus, said the Pope, Catholics,on the one hand, must do every-,thing they can to preserve thesense of freedom and happinessthat is proper to the Christianlife and at the same time alsomust preserve the sense of theabsolute and entire concept ofthe Christian religion.
His answer was that, from oneaspect, "it is easy to be Christians, easy for those who trulywish to be ~Christians; to beChristians who are faithful andauthentic. It is easy if we entersincerely and generously into thetotal system of the Christian life,because Christianity could not betruly happy if it were not at thesame time ~asy."
The Pope said Christians whorespond with a complete faithfulness to the Christian 'vocationdo so by means of grace andcome to enjoy "the effort whichthis faithfulness asks." On theother hand, he said, those whoseek to make Christianity facilecome to feel the weight and an- ,noyance of the Christian life.
Difficult Aspect
The Pope then asked furtherquestions: "Is it easy to be Chris~
tians? Does a facile Christianityexist?" He warned that "this isa critical pomt because the question does not permit a single andunequivocal answer. It is necessary to pay attention, to recognize the complexity of the question."
Pope Paul UrgesCatholics LeadChristian Life
CAST$LGANDOLFO (NC)Catholics can and must live anauthentic Christian life despitethe hazards of the contemporaryworld, Pope Paul VI told thousands at a general audience here.
The Pope opened his talk byasking: "Is it possible, timesbeing what they are, (to live) aChristian life which is authentic,strong, happy and capable ofsynthesizing loyalty to the Gospel and living in the modernworld?"
Answering his own question,Pope Paul said: "Yes, it is possible ... it must be possible.In affirming this duty we discover the dramatic programwhich every son of the Chur~,
and the Church as a whole, iscalled on to carry' out at thishistoric moment.
-'2 THE ANCHOR--Oioceseof Fall River~Thurs., Aug, 2, 1973
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Fr. Rahner ResignsFrom Commission
PARIS (NC) - Jesuit FatherKarl Rahner has resigned fromthe Vatican's International Theological Commission and from thedoctrinal commission of theWest German Bishops' Conference, the Paris "daily Le Mqndereported. I
Le Monde's religlon writer,Henri Fesquet, maintained thatthe German Jesuit theologianhad found that. the theologicalcommission, setup to be at thedisposal of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the:faith, was infrequently consulted'by the Doctrinal Congregation.
Father Rahner's views had notbeen sought. Fesquet said, by thecongregation prior to the recentpublication of its declaration,Mysterium Ecclesiae, dealingwith the unity of the Church andinfallibility.
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Study ReligiousLife Problems
LIMA (NC)-The Latin American Confederation of Religious,which has been conductingstudies on specific themes related to the Religious life in recent years, is engaged in, twonew projects studying the problems of Religious life in thechanging conditions ,in LatinAmerica The first one relatesto "the problem of Religious lifeamong Religious men and women
_workirig in the Catholic schoolsand in education in generaL"
The study will sponsor a meet·ing here of Religious e'.lgaged indifferent fields of education.These specialists will pinpointsome of the main problems to be discussed in the extensive study.
The other project is a courseon formation for the Religiouslife in Latin America. More than56 Religious are scheduled to attend a meeting which is gearedtowards the study of the specialefforts required to prepare Religious in modern ~c1esiology andthe problems facing them in theLatin American context.
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lin, who said he was honored bythe visit.
Diehl wrote in the guest book:"Freedom is one of the princi
pal prerequisites for true happiness; friendship is a necessarysupplement." .
Diehl and a 30-year-old German nurse from Lebach, MonikaAchwinn, were captured in April.1969 by ,the Viet Congo Despitetheir non-combatant status andtheir neutral mission of mercy,they were held in a jungle campby the Viet Cong for 11 monthsand then marched for a twomonth period to North Vietnam.
ReputationReputation is but a signboard
to show where virtue lodges.St. Francis de Sales
,Three other volunteers in their
group who were captured at thesame time died due to malnutrition and starvation.
After their release, Diehl andNurse Schwinn were decoratedby the prince grand master, ofthe Knights of Malta at the Romeheadquarters of the order fortheir valor in attempting to aid,the sick and victims of the warin Vietnam.
WORMS (NC) - Hometownhero Bernhard Diehl couldn'tseerp to praise the U. S. militaryenough when he visited the headquarters' here of the U. S. ArmySupport Command Jor Europe.
Diehl, a 26-year-old residentof this central German city, nearHeidelberg, was released earlierthis I year after four years as aprisoner of the North Vietnamese.
The young German wascaptured while serving in SouthVjetnam as a medical technicianunder a program of the Germanhospital branch of the Knights ofMalta, a Catholic order devotedto hospital and charitable works.
Diehl was held in the "Hanoi.Hilton" with American prisonersof war. It was to show his appreciation of American friendshipsand favors that Diehl made hisvisit ,here.
"I wanted to express appreciation ... for the fact thatAmericans wouldn't allow themselves Ito forget the POWs andfor the many courtesies extendedto ... me," Diehl explained.
Welcoming Diehl to the headquarters at Taukkunen Barrackswas Lt. Gen. John D. McLaugh- ,
German Ex-POW Shows AppreciationTo Americans
SCHOOL'S PET: Sleepy, an ailing guinea pig, heldat left by Si$ter Mary Macrina Quinn of the Sisters of St.JOSeph, is the pet of more than 100 children enrolled in thesummer school at St. Charles Borromeo Church, BrooklynHeights, N.Y. NC ppoto.
Visits U. S. Post
this. Other' answers to, "Whatdoes your husband do?" are"He's in aU,tomobiles" (aren't weall?); "He' nurses his ulcers"(prestigious); "He travels"; and"I wish I c'ould tell you but I'venever been able to figure it outmyself." And then there's alwaysthe stricken look accompaniedwith, "I'd 'rather not ta~k aboutit. "
Won't Buy That -
If a man cuts to the quickwith, "What does your husbanddo?" I cut b!,!ck with, "What doesyour wife do?" I'm not judginghis value by his' wife's occupation and I~m not about to bejudged by my husband's. I figurethat the very least he could dois ask me Ifirst, 0 "What do youdo?" His iinitial questionilbotither husband reveals to me thata woman's value lies through herhusband's status and. I don't ·accept that.
By now, I suppose you're allwondering 0 what my husbanddoes. But I don't mind- tellingyou: He's i~' newspapers.
LoveYou cannot love a thing with
out wanting to fight for it.-Ch~sterton
Ecumedia SuppliesReligious N'ews
NEW YORK (NC)-A phenomenon of lliterally hundreds of"religion-in-~he-news" local radioprograms in ,the U.S. has prompted a three-year-old ecumenicalcommunications agency 0 here,named Ecumedia News, to be reorganized by a former Washington producer of TV evening newsshows.
o • The agency which h'as officesin the Interchurch Center, ismaking available-for the cost ofpostage to mail tnem - free,upon request bi-monthly tapesfor use by producers, directorsand - editors! of religious newsprograms. The 20 to 30 minute
. tapes contair;t 15 to 20 items ofabout a minute each of majornews stories, features, commentary and interviews in the worldof relig.ion.
"We're seeking to make a viable presence for religiousgroups in the world of electronicjournalism," . said Warren Day,35, director of' Ecumedia 0 Newssince March 12 and former producer of two evening' newsshows for WMAL the AmericanBroadcasting Co. television station in Washington, D. C.
More than 20 denominationalagencies, including. the UnitedStates Catholic Conference
"(USCC) and respresenting a spec'trum of Evangelical, Jewish,Eastern Orth9dox, ad Protestanttraditions, are participants inEcumedia News and provide reports for Day and Lauren Stell,editor. The agency has an annualbudget of $40,000.
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How Long?
But the reality isn't fiction. It'san amusing pastime' amongwomen to see how long it willtake a wife whose value is assessed through her husband'sstatus to reveal it to a stranger.Some wives become very skilledin the art of rank-dropping..
I enjoy the reverse-subverting the question and frustratingthe questioner. Unless the personhas a right to know or tlhe conversation naturally drifts intooccupations, I figure it is rude toindulge in, "Pleased to meet you.Awfully hot, isn't it? What doesyour husband do, Mrs. Curran?"
So .1 have several stockresponses, the most usable being a smile and, "oh, just aboutthe same things other husbandsdo." That stops the fIrst level ofprestige-placers but more determined ones come back with, "Oh,no," small laugh, "I mean whatfield 'is he in?"
"F.ield?" I ask quizzically.
At this, ·the interogator is beginning to suspect she is beingput on and she asks outright, "Imean, where does he work?"
"Oh!," my turn to small-laugh,"at tthe corner of Ruger andFirst." .
Even the most accomplishedinvestigator has to give up at
friends in government tell meit's even more blatant at Washington cocktail parties wherewives introduce themselves andask immediately,. "What's yourhusband's GS?" If the rating isn'thigh enough, the wife drifts away to another spouse in an obvious case of, "Is your husbandimportant enough for me tospend my time cultivating afriendship with you?"
The problem is simpljfiedwhenever there are titles: major,coloryel, d<:>ctor, dean, monsignor,mayor, senator and judge. Somewomen are eager to divulge therank or prestige of their hus~'
bands and sons, a situationready-made for jokes, i.e. theJewish mother running down thebeach shouting "Help! My son,the rabbi, is drowning'"
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.Ever since I was in college and asked by a sororityrush girl, "What does your father do?" I've sabotaged thatquestion. It's a subtle way of asking, "Where do you standon the economic ladder?" or "Just how important are yousocially?" P e 0 pie whowouldn't consider asking theblunt question, "How muchdo you make?" or "Whatare you worth?" will smile afteran introduction, make a pleasantry or two and ge~ to the important question, "What does yourhusband do?"
Games People Play IncludeWifely Queries -About Jobs
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Interfaith LeadersSupport UFWU
CLEVELAND (NC)-Catholic,Protestant and Jewish leadershave formed the Cleveland Interfaith Farmworkers Task Force tosupport the United Farm Workers Union, in its hattie with theTeamsters Union. Auxiliary Bishop William M. Cosgrove ofCleveland, listed three requestsbeing made by the religious organization:
"That members of our religious bodies and all people ofgood will refrain from buyingiceberg lettuce and Californiagrapes until free elections areprovided for farmworkers tochoose which union they'wish torepresent them."
"That the local media end thevirtual blackout on the violencein California."
"That the management of areafood stores 'uSe their influencewith the growers of lettuce andgrapes to agree to abide by freelabor union elections for thefarmworkers and to enforce theirrequest 'by not buying lettuceand grapes."
THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
Meets PresidentOf Paraguay
CASTELGANDOLFO (NC)Pope Paul VI met privately for50 minutes here with Paraguay'spresident, Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, whose govemment was denounced a year ago by the Peruvian bishops for "systematic persecution of the Church."
The president's visit to thepapal summer home was a private one, not surrounded withthe ceremonies of a state visit.The Vatican did not disclose anydetails of the conversation. Afterreceiving Stroessner, the Popereceived other members of thepresidential party and addressedthem briefly.
The 61-year-old- Stroessnerwas originally elected in 1954 tocomplete the term of his predecessor and since 1958 has beenreelected for three successivefive-year terms.
Since 1968, Catholic priestsand bishops siding with studentprotesters demanding social, economic and political reforms havechallenged Stroessner's dictatorial regime. In May, 1972, the10 bishops of the predominantlyCatholic nation of 2.6 million denounced "the· systematic persecution of the Church" and protested "the insidious propagandaagainst priests and others doingthe work of the Gospel amongthe poor."
The regime has expelled several priests active in the studentand worker movements andamong rural communities. It hascurtailed Church action in communcations, labor and humandevelopment.
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house the New York archdiocesan. administrative offices,Catholic Charities, and Cathec!!alGirls' High School.
The old high school has beenleased to New York City College,and the 15-story Catholic Charities building in downtown Manhattan is. being sold.
The archdiocesan administrative offices are now situated behind St. Patrick's Cathedral inthe historic Villard Houses,which were built for Henry Villard, journalist and railroad magnate.
Completed, in 1885, the six'town houses are reminiscent ofthe Palazzo della CanceUaris inRome. The archdiocese is negotiating to lease the VillardHouses rather than sell them-amove hailed by the New YorkLandmarks Preservation Commission.
Fourteen hundred studentsfrom Cathedral Girls' HighSchool moved into, their newclassrooms in the first five floorsof the skyscraper in January.Employees of Catholic Charitiesand of the archdiocese are expected to move in by stages l,lntilthe end of October.
Between 2,000 and 3,000 students and employees of Catholicagencies will thus be making useof the historic St. John the Evangelist church, whicJ1 was firstfounded Apr. 12, 1840, on ~he
present site of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The new building is itsfifth home.
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a department store, so we hiredsE:parate arcp,itects," Msgr. Kellysaid. "I think they turned a'rather ordinary space into arather, lovely space."
The skyscraper, which shouldbe completed later this year,will consolidate several Catholicfacilities. Its total cost was estimated two years ago at $13million.
Besides the church it will.
Protest NuclearTest Plans
PARIS (NC) - France's proposed new series of nuclear testsin the Pacific has erupted into aconfrontation between Churchand state here.
A bishop'3 protest against theplanned tests was met with ademand from the chief of staff ofthe French navy that the clergystop meddling in matters of state.
In the statem~nt entitled "Noto Nl,lclear Arms," Bishop GuyMarie Riobe of Orleans declared
'that no political or economic interest-of any people justified thetesting or use of nuclear weapons.
Calling on all Frenchmen todemonstrate their disapproval ofany policy leading to escalation,Bishop Riobe said that Francewould be truly' great if it saidto the world: "I have the powerto test nuclear weapons and Ihave the atomic bomb - I renounce them both for the goodof peace."
After Bishop Riobe's statementappeared, Admiral Marc de Joybert, ·French naval chief of staff,,in an open letter published in thePariS daily Le Figaro, called thebishops to jimit themselves to
, "teaching the faith and spread-ing charity." .
New ArchdiocesanSkyscrap'er Edifice Also
THE OLD IAND THE NEW IN NEW YORK: The administrative offices of ~he'NewYork archdiocese will be moving from the. historic Villard Houses, left, to a skyscrap~r
which also houses a parish church, 8t. John the Evangelist, right. The new structure wIllbe called the New York Catholic Center. NC Photo. '
NEW YORK (NC) - As employees of the archdiocese ofNew York prepare to move' intoa new 20-story skyscraper building on Manhattan's East Side,they will find that their deskswill never be far away from aparish church whose artisticbeauty is already becoming aconversation piece of the entireproject.
The Church of St. John theEvangelist, which originally occupied jJle site and now ishoused within the skyscraper,features a unique entrance facade designed by Benoit Gilsoud,a New York artist, and sandblasted into American graniteby an architectural team ofyoung men and women art anddesign graduates.
This design surrounding thechurch entrance, which is on thesouth side of the building, be~
gins on the left side with the OldTestament prophecy by the patriarch Jacob of the coming of aMessiah and a new City of God,according to Msgr. George A.Kelly, pastor.
"It ends on the right with adepiction bySt. John the Evangelist of the New Jerusalem whhits twelve gates-each representing an apostle-to which allChristians aspire," Msgr. Kellysaid.
Much of the work on the 20foot by 90 foot granite panel hasb'een done by a young womanstone carver, Miss Janet Harozv.Onlookers ask if the facade willhave color-it won't-and someoccasionally stop to stare at the.reflections of other city buildingsin the shining gray granite surface.
The church area of the skyscraper was designed by Anthony Genovese and HerbertMaddalene, architects who hiredMr. Gilsoul to do the interiorwood carvings, tapestries andother appointments. It was dedicated in April.
"I didn't want the church partof the new building to look like
Rule New JerseyObscenity LawUnconstitutiona I
NEWARK (NC) - A threejudge federal court has ruled th:l1971 New Jersey obscenity statute unconstitutional under theU. S. Supreme Court's recentguidelines. .
The guidelines, which replacedthe old guidelines that materialsmust be "utterly without redeeming social vaue," state that lawsmust De limited to works which,"taken as a whole, appeal to theprurient interest in sex, whichportray sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and which,taken as a whole, do not haveserious literary, artistic, political,or scientific value." ,, The federal court, in a 2-1 de
cision, ruled that the 1971 NewJersey statute "would proscribematerial that possessed seriousliterary, artistic, political or scientific value."
The state attorney general isplanning an immediate appeal tothe U. S. Supreme Court.
David Baime, chief of the appellate division in the attorneygeneral's office, said that the federal court's ruling "preempts theright of state courts to interpretstate statutes." He noted thatstate courts are currently considering the 1971 obscenity lawin light of the new guidelines.
Before the new guidelines werehanded down by the U. S. Supreme Court, the county prosecutors were under a federalcourt injunction not to prosecuteobscenity cases under the 1971New Jersey statute.
No Laws LeftAfter the new guidelines were
handed down by the SupremeCourt in June of this year, thestate went back to court seekingto have the injunction removed.
However the federal courtruled that the law was still unconstitutional even under thenew guidelines.
The federal court also said thatits ruling did not apply to municipal ordinances. But a state courthas ruled that municipalities maynot legislate in the area of obscenity because of the existenceof state laws in the area whichpreempt local statutes.
As a result, New Jersey is leftwith no currently constitutionallaws covering obscenity.
Mass. MinistersSupport Strike
BAKERSfIELD (NC) - NineMassachusetts Protestant leadershave issued a statement herejoining 25 Catholic bishops inNew England in their support ofthe boycott of table grapes andiceberg lettuce.
The boycott is part of a strikeby the United Farm Workers
. Union {UFWU) against growerswho recent'ly signed contractswith the Teamsters Union.
"We join the 25 Roman Catholic bishops of New England inadvocating a boycott of all tablegrapes and iceberg lettuce whichdo not bear the symbol of theUnited Fal"mworkers AFL-CIOthe black Aztec eagle," the statemllnt said.
The delegation, which wascoordinated by the Massachusetts Council of Churches, included representatives of theEpiscopal Church, United Methodist Church, United Church ofChrist, and the Unitarian-Universalist Assor.iation.
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Was Film CriticNEW YORK (NC)~Philip T.
Hartung, film critic for Common·. weal magazine and consultor to
the Division. for Films andBroadcasting of the U. S. Catholic Conference, died July 24 atSt. Vincent Hospital here aftera long illness.
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The Knights of the Altar areplanning a whist party slfhec;.1uledfor 8 o'clock, Saturday night,Aug. 18. .
A penny sale will be conductedduring the whist party.
Ask Vatican SupportEo African Missioners
UTRETCHT (NC)-The Catholic bishops of the Netherlandshave urged the Vatican to support the efforts of missionariesin Portugal's East African territory of Mozambique to helpthe oppressed people of the territory.
In a letter to Cardinal Maurice Roy of Quebec, president ofthe Pontifical Commission onJustice and Peace, on behalf ofthe Dutch bishops, Cardinal Bernard Alfrink of Utrecht, president of the Dutch Bi~hops' Conference, spoke of the feelings ofhorror and indignation caused
. by reports of massacres of villager!? in Mozambique by Portuguese troops.
."Everyone in the Netherlandswonders whether these crueltiescould not have been prevented,"the letter said.
"The Dutch bishops realizethat this is a difficult and delicate affair, to which, no doubt,the Holy See devotes as muchattention as possible, but theybelieve that the indigenous population, the priests and the bishops of Mozambique' will feel better protected and more 'encouraged if they know that they areclearly supported by the highestauthority of the Church."
MT. CARMEL,NEW BEDFORD. The annual PTA Family Picnicwill be held on Sunday, Aug. 5at Camp Massasoit on Reservation Rd., Mattapoisett - acrossthe street from the Knights ofColumbus Hall on Route 6.
Cars will leave at 9:30 onSunday morning from Carson'slot on Cove Rd. The admittancefee will be $2.50 per car.
Members of the PTA may invite their friends to attend.
Swimming and other sportswill be available' and grills mayalso be used for cookouts.
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Cubs and Webelos of Pack 5will be guests at a picnic from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5at New England Electric campgrounds..
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Among the many highlights of.the annual 5S. Peter and PaulParish picnic, Aug. 10, 11. and12 at St. William's Center, Stafford Road, will be two supperswbich will enable housewives tohave a night out.
Mrs. Dorothy Hathaway hascharge. of a chowder-clamcakesupper on opening night, andMiss Mary Tyrrell and JohnPacheco will be co-chairmen pfa meat pie supper to be' servedSaturday night, both from 5 to7 P.M.
The committees comprise Norman Hathaway, 'who is honorarypicnic chairman; Mr. and Mrs.John Wilding, Mr. and Mrs.Charles Szulewski, Mr. and Mrs.Fred Dolan.
Also Mr. and Mrs. EdwardTyrrell, Mary Benn\ltt, BettyHarrison; Mary Farren, ThomasCahill, Genevieve, Whitty, Kathleen Durand and Louise Tyrrell.
Frank Ryan is chairman of 'theoutdoor food kitchen, assisted byMary Robertshaw, George Froment and Thomas Stapleton.
An auction will be held opening night and penny sales will bei::onducted Saturday and Sundaynights.
OUR LADY OF ANGELS,IFALL RIVER'.
- Coming' events include celebration of the parish's patronalfeast- Aug. 9 through 12 and aparish council meeting at 7 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 19 in the churchhall.
The Council of Catholic Womenis making advance preparationsfor a November fashion shoW;also to be held in the' hall.
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A few places are still availablefor a bus tour to Lenox Sunday,Aug. 12, where the Bo~ton Symphony Orchestra will present. acomplete performance of Handel's Messiah. The bus will leaveHoly Name schoolyard at 10 a.m.and purchase of tickets includesa smorgasbord dinner followingthe concert. .
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The announcement noted thatthe vicar for black Catholfcs willbelong to all diocesan boards, atleast in a consultative capacity,in which concerns and culture ofthe black Catholics are involved.
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Black Catholics'Vicar Na-:ned
LAFAYETTE (NC) - bivineWord Father Mark O. Figaro, ahlack priest was nam(fj first episcopal vicar for black Catholics
, in the diocese of Lafayette, La.
There is one other diocesanvicar for black Catholics in theUnited States - Divine WordFather Clarence Howard, pastorof St. Patrick's Church in Oakland, CaliC who was appointedto 1').is new post in June.
Father Figaro, a native of Lafayette, is presently pastor ofNotre Dame parish, St. Martinville, La. He will begin his dutiesin the newly created diocesan office 'Sept. 1.
In announcing the appointment of Father Figaro, BishopGerard L. Frey said it is in keeping wit'h a directive of. the Second, Vatican Council 'which saysthat bishops "should set forthways by which are to be' solvedthe very grave· questions. '..concerning brotherly ,relat)ionsamong all peoples."
'Real Community'
The first duty. of the newvicar, Bishop Frey said, "will beto give witness to the concernof the Church and the bishop for.the almost 80,000 black Catholics, in the diocese who are ofdifferent ethnic background, rec..ognizing that their cultural an.dsocial patterns are not only dif,ferent, but valuable, and thatcertain steps must be taken asfar as humanly possible to preserve these traditions and heJpbring about a peaceful harmonyfor the whole of the People· ofGod." .
Bishop Frey pointed out also,"This office, with the rank ofepiscopal vicar, should not beconstrued as merely giving representa,tion to a particular group,but rather as a means throughwhicn the bishop will try toachieve a real community in thediocese."Tenness~e PraisC's
Catholic:PaperNASHVILLE (NC}-The State
of Tennessee has officially recognized the J;'ennessee Register,'the Nashvile diocesan newspaper, for outstanding representation of the State in nationwidenewspap~r cbmpetition.
The recognition' came in theform of a resolution sent to thepaper ·in the name of the Stateby Governor ,Winfield Dunn. Itnoted· that t~,e pap~r had re-
o ceived first place awards forphoto news stories in CatholicPress Association contests in1973 and 1972.
When. our weary berry-pickingcrew returned to the beach theyounger gerleration would cooloff by imme,diately jumping intobathing suits and heading for thetall breakers that break on thewhite sand. lYIeanwhile ourmothers, aunts and grandmqtherswould head ifor the kitchen andfor dinner that evening the' beautiful sight, of blueberry pieswould greet.' our eyes. .
. Now, as I look back, I find itdifficult to understand how such
.delicious pies could .have beenturned out on the antique stovestfiat were in these summer cottages, but they welre (or at leastthey tasted that way). ..
Today a highway runs through.our blueberry picking spot,bodies not homes, cover thatbeach now' that progress hasarrived; but ~he memory of thosehluberry pie!! still lingers.
If there is a spot where thewild blueberries stilI grow, thenmaybe famil'ies, today can stillenjoy a day~.s· outing that endswith a dessert that can never bematched by the cultivated berries!. My 'grandmother used to make
a dessert very similar to this one,only' she' called it "blueberryslump." .I have a strong feelingthat the slump and grunts 'areone and the same.
Berry Grunts .1 cup blueberriesY2 cup sugar1Y2 cups sifted flour3 teaspoon's baking' powder
. % teaspoon salt1 Tablespoon b'utter or mar-
. I."garme
Y2 cup milk1) Cook the berries in cup
boiling water' .until soft.. 2) Add sugar and cook 5 min
utes longer., 3) Place in buttered mold orcan with tight fitting cover (foilcan he used).,
4) Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with2 knives until mixture resemblescoarse meal., Gradually stir inmilk until dough is formed.
5) Place dough over berries,fit on cover and set -in kettle ofboiling water. The .water shouldcome within 1 inch of the top.
. Steam for 1 ho~r,' keeping water 'boiling at all times. Serve hotwith hard sauce or foamy sauce
Now a HighwayBlueberries Grew
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There'sWhere
By Joseph and .Marilyn Roderick
Flower boxes are always attractive· compleplents toa house and if properly tended can add a great deal ofpleasure from both outside and inside. ~he hou~e. 'Ho~ever, because of the.ir suspended POSition they reqUirespeial care to keep themflourishing and healtlhy, especially at this time of yearwhen the weather becomesdrier and hotter.
First of all, window boxesneed a great deal of water because they do not have anymethod for conserving -water,and, as with most plant receptacles they have a tendency tolose water (nothing is more injurious to potted or containerheld flowers tban standitlg waterwhich -is not allowed to drain).Vigilance is necessary to ensure
, that they are not allowed. to dryout and this may mean wateringat least three time a .week orcven daily.
Water Soluble'Constant watering, hDwever,
leads to leaching of the soil andtherefore c'are must be given torestoring nutrients to the plantsthat are in the containem. I usea water soluble fertilizer on mygeraniums and petunias 150 thatthey receive nutrients while theyare being watered. This is a simple process which I perform atleast once every 10 days andsometimes more often, depending'upon the look of the plants.
Once these two requirementsare satisfied, ,it remains only to'cut off wilted blooms and nonproductive stems and til keepan eye out for the beetles' andother insects that can raisehavoc with any plant. Pinchingoff dead blossoms and' prliningout superfluous growth· keeps theflowers plooming. and neat inappearance. Flower boxes, however: need not be cut back asseverely as a garden.
The basic requirements forflower boxes hold true for anyother potted plant outdoors. Aswith most gardening chores, consistent application of a few basicrules is all that is necessary forsuccess.
In the KitchenOne of the highlights of my
childhood summers was a visit .to a certain spot· in Westportwhoere ,for one whole morning wedid' nothing but pick wild blueberries. It was a family affair sothere was much cam'araderie,and calls of "Come over here,this is a great spot...·
By the time we had our pailsfull the sun was high in the sky,our 'legs were scratched hy thebushes we were climbing throughand under, and all in all we were '.a pretty weary, crew.
Beautiful PiesAt the berry picking time of
summer we would be stl\Yingat a summer cottage at Horsensck Beach. (Someone mentionedthe other evening that if youwant to really date yours:elf asfar as age is concerned, thenmention that you rememberwhen Horseneck was not a statebeach, when people actually hadcottages right on that . 'brightcurve of sand and when thehangout for the college crowdwas a place called the Sp,indrift~)
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Christian Democratic Party, thebiggest party in the country officially accepted the exhortation,followed later by other opposition and government parties.
A call for a dialogue made byMarxist President Salvador Al
.lende to the Christian Democratshas started 'conversations, still inprogress, toward some sort ofunde~standing.
The situation in Chile has beensteadily worsening after the at- ~
tack on the presidential palace inSantiago June 29.
The attack was carried out bya small army unit in an attemptto overthrow Allende, but therebellion was quickly put downby loyal army units. Marxistworkers then took over scoresof factories in the industrial beltaround Santiago, "to defend thepopular government against thefascists." They still held themin late July.
Cardinal's Call forLessens Chance of
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Charity .Organization OfficialTells Problems of Giving Aid,
LONDON (NC)-"Third World plaining the problems of givingcountries sei: great store on self- aid, told NC News:reliance and any hint of depen- "In the case of poor countriesdence on others is hurtful to it is inarguable that if their ecotheir pride," said an official of nomic development' were furtherChristian Aid, the British inter- advanced than i~ is, they wouldchurch charity organization, in be much less vulnerable to thedescribing the problems of aiding vagaries of climate: they wouldpoor countries without offending have the means to offset theirthem. worst effect, ,and the reserves to
The official spoke to NC News meet temporary shortages.after Christian Aid had begun "Development itself could not,an appeal for aid to Indian of course, have squeezed a singledrought victims. drop of rain out of the merciless
"When we turned the publicity MalTarashtra skies. But it couldspotlight on the great drought earlier have provided more forof Maharashtra and other west- ests to conserve moisture andern states of India, there was no retain the tup soil and more. hyWish to embarass the Indian .gov- drologists to locate undergroundernment," he said. water resources." .
In launching the appeal, David He continued, "For all her en-Smithers, deputy aid administra- ergy and sacrifice, India was nottor of Christian Aid, who has equipped to protect her subjectsrecently returned from' the from this long protracteddrought-stricken areas, said that drought. A'1d that is what$250,000 could be spent there in wounded her political pride.the space of a week. "Rather than ask for emer-
Emphasizing that the Indian gency aid, she spent preciousgovernment is doing a magnifi- foreign exchange on importingcent job of relief, Smithers said grain already inflated by harvestthat food for work programs em- .shortfalls in Russia and China.ployed millions but could 'not "And our government, anxioushelp everyone, particularly those not to offend India's sensitivity,too young or infirm to work. was reluctant to make unsolic-
He described how children and ited gifts of money or grain.others are too weak to resist dis- "So all the diplomatic nicetiesease. Many cattle are dying. Seed were scrupulously observed while .has disappeared. millions suff~red appalling hard-
The Christian Aid official, ex- ship."
SANTIAGO (NC)-':"An exhortation of the Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops seemsto have opened the way for renewed efforts between politicalparties to avoid civil war here.
"We speak in a dramatic hourfor Chile," said the statementsigned by Cardinal Raul Silva ofSantiago, committee president,and Bishop Carlos Oviedo, Secretary General of the EpiscopalConference.
"We speak because we wantto give witness to our faith inChrist and in our country. Wespeak as bishops of the CatholicE:hurch to make an extreme callto avoid armed fighting amongChileans."
The Bishops' call for a truce"which is. not a solution, butgives time to find a solution,"was immediately answered favorably by the Communist Party.Two days later, the opposition
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JAMES L. ALT
FALL RIVER ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
Nam'e James AltEditor.Manager.
WASHINGTON (NC) - JamesL. Alt, feature editor of NCNews ·Service has beeri namededitor/manager of the Green BaySpirit, weekly diocesan newspaper of Green Bay, Wis. His appointment will be effective August 13.
Alt started working part timefor NC News while he was the'educational director of St. Louisparish in Alexandria, Va. He researched information for whatwas then a new religious education column, Know Your Faith,and when the column started in1969, he joined NC News fulltime and became the column'scoordinator.
Refusing to take full creditfor the creation of the weeklyseries, Alt said, that "Father Carl
.Pfeifer, S.J., (a well known catechist who is with the religiouseducation department of the
.United States Catholic Conference) gave a lot of advice andcontributed a great deal in theplanning."
Alt describes Know Your Faitnas a column, "used in religiouseducation class such as CCD(Confraternity of Christian Doctrine), adult discussion groupsand used by the general public."Approximately 86 newspapers including The Anchor, subscribe tothe. series.
Alt received a degree in philosophy from Marquette University, Milwaukee, and studied twoyears at the Catholic Universityof America here.
A key factor in accepting thenew job was its location.
"My wife, Audrey, and I areboth from Wisconsin and we haddecided that if a good opportunity in that area·ever arose, we'dtake it," he said. The Alts havea three-month-old daughter.
system of injustice. It does notonly give too little to the destitute. It gives too much-both ofgoods and power-to the affluent. And the children look onevery day, on television, in thenewspapers, in grown-up talkand see it happen.
Yet, if all a child learns in itspractical upbringing, in its dayto day experience of life, is theacceptapce of a system in whichmoney tries to pervert justiceand corrupt power, how can theyoung mind 'be formed in such away as even to recognize injustice when it is under its nose?
So many of the men involvedin America's present politicaltragedy are clearly loyal and indeed honest according to theirstandards. It is the standard thatslipped-the acceptance of thefundamental injustice that richesgive almost automatic access topolitical .influence and governmental favor. The whole bias ofsociety eduucates not to j~stice,
but to the unquestioning acceptance. of the opposite.
Other Ways
However, Western,' "postChristian" societies are not with.out some redress. In a number ofEuropean democracies, the fundamental injustice of riches controlling politics is being countered by healthier electoral laws.By a' variety of arrangements,the main expenses of the political parties in West Germany,Sweden and Finland are paid forby the community as a whole.Parties receive subsidies broadlyin relation to the number ofvotes cast for them. They do notdepend upon large private contributions for their day-to-day·existence.
In addition, all private giftshave to be recorded. But theAmerican experience shows thatrecording is hardly enough sinceso many guises, subterfuges andfronts can be invented for exceeding the maximum sum individuals are allowed to give. Thepoint about supporting the parties with public funds is to takeaway the' need for iarge transfers of money which can begin ashonest conviction and end inbribery and distortion.
.Perhaps· we 110 not think ofsuch reforms as "education forjust,ice." But they belong presently in those ·practical expe-
. riences of justice which-likeliving and working among thepoor-put a stamp ofrecognition on young people's minds.If they grow up surrounded bya cynical acceptance of wealthas the route to understandpower, they will grow up incapable of knowing what ,is andwhat is not just.
An alarming number of publicopinion polls suggest that manyAmericans "take it for grantedthat parties are like that." Hereis the real corruption. Just asDives did not see Lazarus, a citizen can cease to see justice. Ignorance of the misery at the bottom of the scale, cynicism aboutthe affluence at the top have thesame effort. They give childrenan education to injustice.
WARD
By
BARBARA
Catholic JournalistLONDON (NC) - Count Mi
chael de la Bedoyere, perhaps themost important and influentialCatholic journalist in Britainsince the start of World War II,has died at the age of 73.
For 28 years he was editor ofthe Catholic Herald until 1962.During that time he transformedthe small introspective Irish na~
tional Catholic newspaper reflecting the more acceptableand at time:> the controversialliberalism t:len growing insidethe Church.
Acceptance of Status QuoIs Educating to In'justice
fluent and fortunate. Dives simply did not see Lazarus starvingat his gate. What is worse, theBible tells us, the whole of therest of the family were the same.When death and judgment hadopened his eyes to the enormityof his injustice, he pleaded to 'beallowed to go back and warn hisbrothers.
But he was told they wouldnot come to believe in justiceeven if the messagE; came from"one risen from the dead." Thisforeshadowing of Our Lord'sresurrection is warning and judgment for all the generations ofindifferent rich. They go on ignoring the warning of "one risenfrom the dead."
Gives Too Much
But wealthy societies can failto learn justice by another practical route. It is not simply thatthey can overlook the poor. 'rheycan become hardened by the be-'havior of the rich.N~ one looking at the turmoil
and tragedy 'of American politicsin recent weeks can have failedto notice ·one point. Very largesums of money passed from richpeople to those in power in orderto secure unspecified but hopefully sizeable benefits in thefuture. Men under investigationfor unethical behavior could offer half a million for the politicalfavor of being investigated nofurther.
The trick did not work, sincethe American framework of justice has held firm against attempts to subvert it. But thepoint is that certain very richpeople and groups could obtainaccess to government in a waysimply, closed to the poor.
This is the practical demonstration of the other side of a
There can be no education for justice without the practical, vivid, physical experience of injustice. The temptationfor all affluent Christians-whethel\ they are the majority •as in most Western societies or a minority as in wealthyelites of, say, Latin America,is never to see and so neverto think of the inconceivablemisery of others. Dives andLazarus remains forever the parable of the rich who forget thatjustice and stewardship are theprimal responsibility of the af-
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KNOW YOUR FAITH-
II The Episcopalian Religion 'Episcopalian .Unity wth Plurality
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tion deserves serious thought.We Roman Catholics have tendedconsciously or unconsciously toidentfying unity and uniformity.Uniformity was reflected in thecatechisms from Baltimore toBangkok, in the celebration ofthe Mass in Boston or Borneo,in the average sermon in m"ostparishes the world over.. Today this is no longer true,
and one may fear that the lossof uniformity in ritual and religion texts necessarily means theloss of Catholic unity. The example of the Episcopal Church'senduring unity with recognizedplurality, should caution against'an overly nasty identificationof unity with uniformity. To beone does not require being thesame.
ArcheologIsts estimate that 50to 100 feet of debris have accumulated in the valley since ancient times, but in spite of thisit still occupies a ravine that liesfroin 90 to 180 feet below thelevel of Jerusalem.
Many stories could be toldabout the Kidron, and in time wewill discuss several,. but thisweek we are particularly interested in the valley as a cemetery.
Regardles5 of whether oneviews the valley fr:om Jerusalem'or the Mount of Olives he is always struck by the great num.berof graves and tombs that occupy
.both its slopes.Legend Only
The custlyn probably began inthe Old T~stament period orearly in the Christian era whenthe valley was associated with
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A Rich Mother's Day
ence suggests to me. the important "distinction between unityand uniformity.
Value UnityEpiscopalians "clearly value
unity. They preserve the hierar·chical structure of the Church,and are increasingly open to therole of the Pope as a principleof unity. Lpiscopalian theologians recognize only one Cath·olic Church. However, they viewthat one Church as made up offour branches: Roman Cat~olic,
Anglican, Eastern Orthodox; andOld Cathohc. In their own.branch, the Anglican "or Episcopal; ,they recognize the "high,""low," and "bread" communities.Unity is not identified with uni·formity. .
This aspect of Episcopal tradi- .
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LANDREGAN
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FR. JOSEPH M.;
CHAMPLIN
At the foot of Mount Scopus,to the northwest of Jerusalem,begins Jhe Valley of Kidron. orCedron. The valley, or "wadi"as it is known in Arabic, separates the city from the Mountof Olives.
The term' \vadf refers to a sea·sonal stream bed or arroyo andthe Hebrew word "quidron"means turbid, reflecting the usually sluggish stream that risesseasonally in the valley.
On Mother's Day this year atHoly Family we probably hadthe richest, most diversified Sunday liturgy program for the parish since my arrival in Fultontwo years ago.
Kidron Valley As.a. Cemetery II
(grammar school son of the god·parents) pr;)claimed nervously,but well the first two scripturalpassages.
The celebrant's brief homilyconcluded with a poem to Doug-
•• 4' ,- --. '."', las composed by his greatgrandmother and read by his oldest, red-haired, third-grade sister,Cathy. "I know he's fresh from)"leaven ... I hold his little handin wonder, kiss his rosy littlecheek. God really knew we'dlove him when he sent him herethis week." J
Just prior to the Baptism,IlllmTh'W;@ll~=. Cathy, her two sisters and little
It b"egan at our 8:30 Mass with brother (age "6) recited a seriesthe baptism .of Douglas Joseph of general intercession petitionsStewart. they had written.
Celebrating this sacrament Family Participationwithin a eucharistic liturgy is The whole family-and it isnot new for us (although a first an exceptionally beautiful onefor the regulars at that particular brought forward the gifts at presel1Vice). However, intimate in- sentation time."yolvement of the entire Stewart·.. For the sign of peace, parentsfamily and the godparents in' and godparents received thisplanning' and ~xecuting the bap· greeting from the priest, themtismal Eucharist did represent a carried it down aisles to mem-different, further step forward. bers of the congregation.
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FR. CARL J.
PFEIFER, S.J.
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I still remember ChristmasDay many years ago. I was sickin bed, and spent most of the daywatching television. Late in themorning there was what I wouldhave taken to be a Roman Catholic Mass, except that it was inEnglish.- The. hymns were familiar,r the' altar with its candlesand flowers looked familiar, thepriest 'wore vestments like thoseat my neighborhood parish.
There were readings from t1x~
Bible, a sermon, the Creed professing belief in the "one, holycatholic and apostolic Church,"the bread and wine, the words ofconsecration, communion, blessi~g..Lall so familiar to me. YetI wasn't sure how the Masscould he in English (this wasyears ago!). Only at the end didthe announcer mention that theliturgy ,vas celebrat~d in theEpiscopalian cathedral in NewYor~!
Since that surprising discoveryof how much Roman Catholicsand Episcopalians shared in com..mon, I have become more awareof the existing closeness betweenthe two churches. Unlike mostProtestant churches, the Episcopal Church retains much of Ro..
'man' Catholic ritual and struc..ture, and finds little quarrel withmost of the doctrinal teachingsof Roman Catholic tradition.
PluralismSince that Christmas I have
made another discovery aboutEpiscopalianism. Within the oneEpistopal Church' there are surprising differences in doctrineand rituai. III fact Episcopaliansexhibit a broader spectrum ofpluralism than most major Prot·estalh Churches.' There is the"high church" or "Anglo-Cath·olic,'1 which is so strikingly similar tq the Roman Catholic inteac;hing and worship. Such wasthe Christmas Mass I watchedon television.
But there is also the' "lowchurch," or evangelical group.Their worship appears little different from that of a Methodistcongregation. Instead of Mass orHoly Communion the more typical service is Morning Prayer.Still a third branch within theEpiscopal Cllur,ch is the "bread"or "modernist." A typical sermonin a congregation of this branchmight fit equally well in a Unitarian servic~.
This surprising pluralism within the one Protestant EpiscopalChurch (or Anglicqn Church inEngland) stl'Jkes me as worth re-
" flecting on. How can one Churchtolerate such wide differences ofteaching and ritual? How canunity be preserved with such plurality? The Episcopalian experi-
'Defend~r of the Faith'Christianity had .been intro
duced to the Briti~h Isles as. early as the 2nd century. PopeGregory the :Great sent St. AI.!'gustine to t~ island in 597and be became the fifstarchbishop of Canterbury. During the 1,000' years from Augustine to Henry VIII the spiritualauthority of the bishop of Romehad lJeen acknowledged by king3and bishop'S ,alike.
When news of the Lutheranrevolt reached England HenryVIII was moved to pen a theological attack on the new theologywhich earned him the, papal title"Defender o( the Faith." Englishsovereigns still receive this titleat their coronation.
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.: But when Henry found himselffrusta ted in attempts to win anannulment fibm the pope of his18-year marriage to Catherine ofAr~gon he decided to' claimheadship of the Church in his'realm. In 1534 he demanded thatthe English bishops and clergyreject papal Ruthority. Only onebishop, John· ,Fisher, resisted hisdemand; along with Sir ThomasMore he paid for this disobedience with his life. The Pope excommunicated the king.
Oxfo~~ MovementIn matters of doctrine 'and
.' piety Henry VIII remained ,a traditional Catholic who opposed
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While Luther and Calvin challenged the authority of ttl>(! Catholic Church on theologicalgrounds those who engineeredthe ,break with Rome in Englandwere primarily motivated bypolitical reasons. The king wanted to sever the ties betwE!en theEnglish Church and the Pope.
WILLIAM J.
WHALEN
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KING HENRY VlII: "What evolved after the schismbegun by Henry VIII has been known ~s the Church ofEngland or the Anglican Church."
What evoived after the schismbegun by Henry VIII har, beenknown as the Church of England
. or the Anglican Church. [n theUnited Statr.s it has been calledthe Protes:'ant Episcopal orsometimes simply the EpiscopalChurch. Some . 18 nationalchurches in union with the Archbishop of' Canterbury form the40-million member AnglicanCommunion. .
In Anglicanism the form ofchurch government - bishops,priests, and deacons~wa'S carried over from Roman CatholiCism. Much (If the liturgy. creeds,piety and customs of Catholicism.were also preserved. Many Episcopalians' view' their church as
'both Catholic and Protestant.
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Washington PI.ansPastoral Council
WASHINGTON (NC)-Plans toform an Archdiocesan PastoralCouncil here were announced recently by Archbishop WilliamW. Baum of Washington.
The Council-laity, priests andReligious elected to assist thearchbishop in over-all administ.ration of the archdiocese-willmeet with Archhisl:.;>p Baumabout every six weeks. It will establish the need and priorities ofthe Church and review, evaluateand coordinate all Church programs.
Areas of Church concern willinclude social justice, youth,Christian education, vocations,liturgy, ecumenical affairs andcommunications.
The council, scheduled to haveits first meeting with the archbishop early' in December, willbe composed of lay peopleelected fro in the District of Columbia and five Maryland counties that comprise the archdiocese.
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Record NumberOf Ordinations
VIENNA (NC)-A record number of ordinations to the priestbood has been reported in theYugoslavian republic of Slovenia,it was reported here.
In the three dioceses of the rerepublic, 42 diocesan and 17 Religious order priests have beenor soon will be ordained to servethe' area's 1.5 million Catholics.Almost half of the candidates forordination are from the familiesof industrial workers; the otherhalf come from rural areas.
Tbe reports said that theYugoslavian government, alarmedby this development, is planningto intensify its campaign ofatheistic propaganda in the public schools.
In neighboring Czechoslovakia,Communist party leader Jan Fojtik called for greater zeal andvigilance in counteracting ,'~reli
gious hostility to socialism."In Braunau, Czechoslovakia,
Father Frantisek Plodek wasgiven a suspended sentence ofsix .months in jail and bannedfrom all priestly activities forthree years because he was convicted of having "underminedthe socialist order" in a sermonat a wedding.
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<to 400,000 pounds of food wasdistributed to the needy throughthe Cardinal's Commission onHuman Relations when the welfare payments were delayed herein July. A report issued by thecommission indicated that thevalue of the food and donatedservices was estimated at $200,000. Over a half million mealswere provided, the report stated.
. the legend. The first is anotherpassage in' Joel (4:16) whichsome took to indicate the valleywas located near Mount Zion,one of the hills of Jerusalem.
The other is connected withthe Ascension of Jesus (Acts1:12) that an· Angel told theApostles: "Jesus who has. beentaken up from you into heaven,
. this same Jesus will come backin the same way as you haveseen him go there."
This passage was understood .by some zilrly Christians tomean that the Second Coming.would take place at 4.he samelocation as the Ascension. Thisidea easily became accepted asa confirmation of the previouslegend.
The buriai practice originatedin late Old Testament times andpersisted well into the Christianera with the .result that theKidron Valley is today a hugenecropoiis which Jews, Moslemsand Christians alike chose astheir resting place while awaitingthe Last Judgment.
Kidron .Valley As a C'emetery
KIDRON VALLEY: "Regardless of whether one viewsthe valley (of the Kidron) from Jerusalem or the Mount ofOlives he is always struck by the great number of gravesand, tombs that occupy both its slopes." The Kidron Valleyis lined with thousands of tombs of pious Jews, Christiansarid Moslems who believe it to be the Valley of Jehosaphat,the site of God's judgement of the nations." NC Photo.
Continued from Page Sixteenthe Valley of Jehosaphat or Josaphat (Joel 4:2), which theprophet described as the site ofGod's judgment of all the nations "when I restore the fortunes of JUGah and Jerusalem."
Joel, who wrote after the re- .turn of 0 the Jews from theBabylonian exile, probably didnot have the Kidron or any otherparticular piace in mind when he.wrote his prophecy, for the,meaning of Jehosaphat in Hebrewis "The place where Yahweh(God) judges."
Father J. L.McKenzie reflectsthe opinions of most contemporary Scripture scholars when he
o says in his "Dictionary of theBible" the legend associating thevalley of Jehosaphat with theKidron "has no foundation."
Source of LegendBe that as it may, two factors
seem to have combined to create
a decline of the classic democratic dialogue in our society andthat it is having an unhealthyimpact on our national life."
The President, to have power,says Mr. Reedy, must commandthe confidence of the people.Without this, he cannot act,cannot lead. He must have theability to get people to do whathe wants them to do.
Mass GovernmentIf the people feel that they are
out of touch with the President,his power rapidly declines. Butshould he nOloe able to communiCate with them more' easilythan ever in {his age of amazingly advcanced communications? ..
One might thin}{ so. But oursis also an age of- mass government, and Presidents come tothink' of people as statistics andas manipulable. They put undueconfidence in the public relationsarts, the artificial trickery of
. which, according to Mr. Reedy,is soon seen through. They donot constitute, nor can they substitute for, genuine personalcommunication.
us. When Louis XII of Francewanted to get. rid of his wife
o so as to marry a widow whowould put in -his grasp the vastduchy of Brittany, AlexanderVI arranged' this in 1498. It wasonly a few decades later thatHenry VIII asked a similar accommodation, only to be refused.
Notorious PeakThe Borgias were at their no
torious peak a little before theReformation, Alexander VI wasdead only 15 years -when Luthernailed up his theses at Wittenberg. There is a direct connectionbetween the scanaalOus condi·tions which the Borgias typified.and the earthquake of revoltwhich occurred in the 16th century.
Cesare was never a priest, although he was a bishop at 16lind . a cardinal at 18, honorswhich he renounced at 23 so asto devote himself to militaryconquest, reducing one after an-
o other strongh<>ld and proud cityin Italy. Upon the horrible deathof Alexander VI, Cesare's powerrapidly declined, and he wasdead at 32.
Lucrezia's curious career, notunmarked by violence, wasbrought to a dose by death atthe age of 39. With her, the Borgias faded from the main stage.
Friend of LoyolaBut anoth<lr Borgia, Francis,
fourth Duke of Gandia (15101572) and great-grandson of Alexander VI, made friends withIgnatius Loyola, founder of theJesuits, and joined the Jesuits atthe age of 40.
He did this after the death ofhis, wife and after he bad madeprovision for their 11 children.In 1565 he was chosen to beGeneral of the Jesuits, a position he held until his death in1572.
As a Jesuit, and particularlyas the head of the society, hewas a leading figure in theCounter Reformation, whichsought to cleanse and strengthenthe Church in one of the directintervals of its long history.
After his death, he was canonized, a saint sprung from corrupt soil. It can happen.. This book reminds us, as we
need to be reminded, that theChurch has survived far worsetimes and trials than any wehave known or are likely toknow. If it is not edifying ·reading, it is nonetheless, in its peculiar way, reassuring reading.
The PresidencyIn The Presidency in' Flux (Co
lumbia University Press, 562 W.113th St., New York, N.Y. 10025.$q.95), George E. Reedy is dealing with another important institution. Mr. Reedy was once anewspaperman, a Congressionalassistant, press secretary toPresident' Lyndon Johnson, andis now dean of Marquette's College of Journalism. He is authorof another book on the office ofchief executive, The Twilight of
.the Presidency.. The present work, comprisinga set of lectures, develops tho<l'basic theme that "there has been
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When Alonso was elected tothe papacy in 1455. h<l began toshower titles and treasure on hisfamily. Rodrigo, then 25 and nota priest, was marie a cardinal(he was ordained only 12 yearslater). At 26, Rodrigo was vicechancellor of the whole Church.
His ecclesiastical rank did notprevent him from having a mistress (there were others later)and fathering seven children, themost famous of whom were Cesare, a military genius, and Lucrezia, she of the fabulous beau-/ty and the three husbands.
Vile ReputationAlexander VI and ·his children
have enjoyed a particularly vilereputation all down the centuries.Mr. Fusero thinks that many ofthe allegations against them arefictions, concocted by spitefulenemies. Thus, he calls Alexander VI a great pope, in the senseof an excellent administrator.And he insists that Lucrezia wasnot the poisoner she is generallyreputed. 0
o But he has to admit that theywere far from being ideal Christians.. And as he relates theirstory, while stressing extenuating circumstances, one can onlybe appalled.
Callistus III had been born in1378, the year that saw the beginning of' the Great WesternSchism, during which thereflourished not only one anti-pope,but two, a period of wrenchingagony for the Church. It persisted until 1423, only eight yearsshort of the. birth of the futureAlexander VI.
Grave AbusesEven after the schism ended,
the Church was in disarray.There were grave abuses whichclamored for reform. But thepopes were temporal sovereigns,much absorbed in defending and,if possible, extending their territories, in warfare, in politics, indiplomacy. Most of the leadingchurchmen were similarly engaged, if in lesser degrees.
And it was an age of arrantnepotis,!" with the popes feverishly concerned about raisingtheir relatives in the world, ennobling and enriching them, andheading them toward major orminor thrones.
Playing the game of Europeanpolitics, the popes sometimes didthings which seem abhorrent to
Do you have a sap and worried feeling that the Churc~
is now in poor shape and facing a very gloomy future? Ifso, perhaps you should read The Borgias by Clemente Fusero, translated by Peter Green (Praeger, 111 Fourth Ave.,New York, N.Y. 10003. '$12.50: Illustrated). The chieffigure is Rodrigo Borgia whoas Pope Alexander VI, headed the Church from 1492 to 1503.His family was of Spanish origin,and his uncle Alonso Borgia $asPope Callistus III.
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18 THE ANCHOR- Diocese of Fall Rive~-Thurs., Aug. 2, 1973
Hearing~ Indicate Many Americans
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sponse to help restock theburned-out library at St. Mary'sCollege here in Kentucky hasbeen so great that a new goal toincrease donations has been set.
An appeal by' the NationalCatholic Register resulted in donations of more than 30,000books and $40,000 to cataloguethe books at the new seminary .library.
The new goal is set at 100,000college level books on theology,philosophy, history, clas:;ics, bi-'ography and "alrlfost any kind ofgood books" for the seminaryoperated ·by the ResurrectionistFathers.
St. Mary's, a 150-year-old college that became a seminary in1929, has trained more than1,000 priests, 1'0 of whom be-'came bishops. '
Mother1s DayContinued from Page SixteenFinally; after Communion,
Christine, a, second-grade student, stood by the celebrant'sside and read another of hergreat' • grandmother's poems.
'. "This is my little brother, DearGod I thank you 'so. We wantedhim so very much, and I wantedyou to know .. ."
Jim and Mary Jo Crossman, ayoung couple expecting -theirfirst child in a matter of weeks,prepared the 9:45 Mass.
They wrote the comments preceding each reading, composedthe general intercessions and developed a thanksgiving afterCommunion reflection entitled,"What is a Mother?"
Jim handled the biblical excerpts and prayer of the faithful.Both present~d the gifts. MaryJo, very pregnant, very hopeful,and very proud, recited her postcommunion composition.
"A mother is a diaper changer,teller of bedtime stories, keeperof Band-Aids,' dispenser of cookies and milk .... a mother is allthese things and much more. Butespecially, a good mother is ablessing from God to be cherished.". Our last Mass at 11:15 found
Dominick and Mary Procopio thecenter of attention. Fifty yearsearlier they became man andwife; today before a church fullof parishioners, they renewedtheir nuptial vows.
Dominick said "Yes" fourtimes in response to the priest'squestion; his wife with -tears inher eyes and an orchid on hershoulder nodded agreement. "Wewill continue to live togetherand love each other' for the restof our lives."
Someone started to clap; soonthe whole congregation joined inapplause.
An older woman stopped meoutside after this Mass. "Father,that was such a beautiful service.I came to church awfully depressed this morning. But nowI'm so ... so ... hoappy."
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the American revolution; theyfled to Canada and England after-the war; Yet many patriots were'also Anglicans: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, PatrickHenry, and others. Stripped ofits tax support and most 'of itsclergy the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, now autonomous, counted only 30,000 members by 1830.Episcopalians made only feebleefforts to evangelize the frontier.
Today the Episcopal Churchnumbers about 3,285,000 members in this cOJ.mtry and has traditionally found its greateststrength among the wealthy and.those on the Eastern seabord.
In an Episcopalian parish thechief form of worship is knownas the Holy Communion, the Eucharist or the Mass. All Episcopalians recognize the sacramentsof Baptism and the Lord's Supper and many attach a sacramEmtal importance to the other fiveCatholic sacraments.
Reunion.Hundreds of - thousands of
Episcopalians favor the AngloCatholic tradition which sharesmany 'positions with RomanCatholicism. These Episcopalianscultivate Cat'1olic devotions, support Episcopalian religious orders for men and women including Benedictines and Franciscans, and view with suspicion attempts to r.1erge their churchwith Protestant denominations.
Official Anglican-Roman Cath-'olic commi.ssions have been
meeting to examine doctrinesand chart a path to reu~ion. In1972 such, a consultation an.nounced "suJ.>stantial agreementon the doctrine of the Eucharist." The Decree on Ecumenismsingled out Anglicanism when itstarted. "Among those (churches)in which Catholic traditions and'institutions in part continue toexist, the Anglican Communionoccupies. a special place.'~
The Episcopalian' ReligionContinued from Page Sixteen ' their church, Geclrge III, during
PEOPLE .IN THE NEWS: Cesar Chavez, left, presidentof the United Farm Workers Union and Frank Fitzsimmons,right, president of the Intemational: Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers Union, areprominent figures in the dispute about new contracts forlettuce and grape growers in California. NC Photo.
Apartme.nts Built~ For Poor by p'ope
ROME (NC)-Ninety-nine families from Rome's shantytownare moving into new apartments'built by Pope Paulin conjunctionwith -the city of Rome as a "symbolic gesture" to thousands woolive in squalor in and near theItalian capital.
Built on city land in the coun:tryside of Acilia between Romeand the sea, the complex ofapartm,ent .buildings reportedlycost the Vatican $900,000.
On the occasion 'of the open~
ing of the new Vatican AudienceHall in 1971, Pope Paul announced that he would do something 'for the Romans without aroof, most of whom are unemployed in a' city extremely shortof housing.
The Pope said he would contribute money received from thesale of 'a Vatican-owned bUilding'in the center of Rome towardthe project. This amounted toa I'epbrted $660,000.
the marriage of priests. Yet hesuppressed hundreds of monas..teries and persecuted any En..glishman who persisted in loyal·ty to the Pepe. Under the boy·king Edward VI and QueenElizabeth the Church of Englandwould be ca,ried further into theProtestant camp.
Anglicans based their liturgy0ll the book of Common Prayerand subscribed to the doctrinal
. state!'Dents in the thirty-nineArticles adopted in 1571.
The Oxford movement of themid-19th century not only 'ledmany Anglicans such as JohnHenry Newman to Rome butbrought baclt a signific,ant number of Anglicans to more Catholic thought and practices. Thelatter formed the High Church
. and Anglo-Catholic schools within Anglicanism. .
Anglicanism in Colonies-Carried to America as early as
1607 Anglicanism became theestablished church in fiv~ of theoriginal cohnies. Lacking anybishops or diocesan organizationfor its first 177 years on thissoil the Anglican Church wasseverely handicapped. Any communjcant who desired confirmation or ordination had to returnto England.
Most Anglican ministers wereTories who supported the head of
School Prayerproposed by Sen. Richard S.Schweiker (R-Pa.) who led offtestimony at the subcommitteehearing. Sen. Schweiker's bjll hasthe co-sponsorship of 20 senators:
In part, Sen. Schweiker's l;lillspecifies thl,lt no state government shall flbridge the right ofpearsons lawfully assembled inany public ,building to partiCipate in voluntary prayer.
Those who gave testimonypointed out that a large numberof prayer amendment bills havebeen introducoo in both theSenate and the House this term.
.They also noted th-at severalstates have voted in favor of voluntary plans of action.
'Overwhelming Will'A clergyman who· testified,
Father Robert G. Howes, national coordinator of Citizens forPublic Prayer, gave his explanation as to why he ,and tbe legislators were asking for an amendment.
"We have. come 'here," saidFather Howes, "in behalf ofAmerican citizens everywhere, tourge that this subcommittee recognize the overwhelming will ofthe American people ...."
"It is almost unbelievabie thatstill today, 11 years beyond the~irst prayer-ban decision, notonly is freedom of religion denied in the public classroom butCongress has failed to permit thenation to decide this matterthrough the constitutiomil process of amendment ratification,"Father Howes said.
Encouragingto . Emigrate
of Israeli, Hebrew-speakingChristians." .
Its members, he said, shouidbe "rooted in Israel, and reconstruct the original Christianity,which was founded in this country. The Catholic Church hasnow reaiized that it has deviatedover the ages from the fullteachings of Jesus, and Christianchurches now want to return to'their Jewish roots. ,.
He emphasized that "we workquite openly, and conduct our'prayers in Hebrew and 'Arabic."The community includes a number of, Christian soldiers, sons
.of mixed marriages. They meetno difficulties in the Israeliarmy, he said, are allowed totake the loyalty oath 'on the NewTestament and can usually obtain leave to attend church services on Sundays.
'No Diffi<;ulties'"In the 'northern area we have
encountered no difficulties withthe authorities or the 'rabbinate,",he said.
Father Rufeisen said he opposed any pressure on or persuasion of Christian spouses ·inmixed marriages to convert toJudaism and added that "conversion should not be made easy."Altbough, he said, it is not desirable that Christian spouses convert to Judaism "just becausethey have come to Israel," he,stressed that he had not dissuaded ,anyone from converting·if they had made up their minds.. He estimated that there are25,000 mixed couples, Christiansmarried to Jews, in Isr;;lel.
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Want VoluntaryWASHINGTON (NC) - Con
gressmen and a priest, ttlstifyingbefore the Senate ConstitutionalAmendments SubcommiUe'3 con·cluded that a growing majority
'of Americans want voiuntaryprayer put back in public schools.
Such phrases as "vast majority of Americans" and· "overwhelming will of the Americanpeople" were to be found inmost of the statements made bymore than a half-dozen' personstestifying before the committee.
Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.),who has gained fame rectmtly as ,vice-chaimtan of the select ,Senate committee investigating theWatergate affair, told the amendment subcommittee that a voluntary prayer amendment is one ofhis own "primary legislativepriorities."
."1 am convinced," safd Sen.Baker, "that this propoflal hasthe support of the overWhelmingmajority of the people of t)1iscountry." He said that despitelegislative setbacks over the pastf~.w years in introducing a voluntary prayer amendment, grassroots support for it continues togrow.
'Grassroots Issue'"The struggle for the reaffir
mation of voluntary prayer is a. gr!lssroots issue in the truestand best sense of the word," Sen.Baker said. "It is extremely UQ
usual for such an issue 10 sustain .,the sentiment of so manypeople for such a longpel'iod oftime."
Sen. Baker is a co-sponsor of avoluntary prayer amendment
CarmelitePeople
HAIFA (NC)-A Jewish-born:Carmeilite priest denied' reports
. that he has encouraged peoplein Israel to emigrate.
The priest, Father Daniol Ru-. feisen, spoke at a press confer
ence here after reports' had attributed the recent emigrationof a number of families fromCarmiel in Northern Israel to theactivities of Christian mission-
"aries and had. cited Father Rufeisen.
The priest, who servefl <theCatholic spouses and children ofmixed marriages among l.mmigrants in northern Israel, saidthat, although he did not encourage these Catholics to convert to Judaism nor did he thinkthey should, he urged <them toremain in the country and assured them they could live hereas Christians.
"In 14 years of work I havenot come up against a singleclear case of discriminationagainst a Christian member ofa mixed marriage 'or againsttheir Christian children," he said.
'Rooted in Israel'Father Rufeisen, who' unsuc
cessfully petitioned the' IsraeliHigh Court several year:s agoto be registered as of Jewish nationality and Christian faith, saidthe long-range goal of his work.among fhe Christian immigrantswas to "establish a community
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THE ANCHOR-Thurs" Aug. 2, 1973
Name CanadianSynod Delegates
OTTAWA (NC)-The names ofthe four bishops elected by members of the Canadian CatholicConference (CCC) to attend· thenext session of the Synod ofBishops to be held in Rome inthe fall of 1974 were announcedhere.
The delegates are: Bishop Gerald E. Carter of London, Ont.;Archbishop Jean Marie Fortierof Sherbrooke, Que.; ArchbishopHenri Legare of Grouard-McLennan, Alta.; and Bishop Wil·liam E. Power of Antigonish,N.S. Two alternate delegateswere also elected: Bishop RemiJ. De Roo af Victoria, B.C. andArchbishop Paul Gregoire ofMontreal.
Pope Paul VI recently confirmed the elections according tosynod norms.
The first meeting of the episcopal committee to prepare for thesynod is to be held in Ottawa onAug. 13, Father Everett MacNeil,general secretary of the CCC,also announced. The four delegates and two alternates, whohave been asked to direct -Canadian preparations for the synod.are to s~t up guidelines to insureprofitable exchanges of views onthe synod theme "Evangelizationof the Modern World,"
The committee's conclusionswill be forwarded to conferencemembers ,so that study at thediocesan level can begin in September.
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I'm of absolutely no other valuein that area."
She and Coach Thompson haveworked together for seven years.She taught English and Latin atSt. Anthony's High School here 'when he coached there. Theyworked together with FederalCity College's 4-H division andthey came together to Georgetown's basketball team.
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inations are also cooperating.A review meeting will be held
in 1974 at the Mexican city ofChiapas. Publication has beenset for 1976.
Dussel said his team "willdeeply regret if the ArgentinianInstitute remains outside thiseffort."
The project was originated bythe Latin American Bishops'
Holy Year ,Guide Council (CELAM), with the aimof updating. pastoral methods
Book Publ.·shed geared to historic and presentrealities.
VATICAN- CITY (NC) - The -Vatican has printed a guide bookfor Holy Year pilgrims which, inaddition to detailing the monumEmts and historical sites ofRome, describes the spiritualheritage of the Eternal City.
Entitled "The Vatican andChristian Rome," and printed insix modern European languages,the pocket-size book ,describesthe" structure and organizationsof the Church from ancient timesto the present.
The book speaks of the Vatican, St. Peter's and the othermajor basilicas, the catacombsand the many Vatican museums.
"I love to travel with the team;I'm so much a part of them whenthey're here. I'd really feel badabout it if I couldn't go. Andalong with my other responsibilities, I also have secretarial dutiesto the coach." Also many of theguys' bring their books withthem. But the most I can offerbasketball-wise is moral support,
on social and political aspects,-rather than theology.
The Colombian group, however, agreed last January to helpin. the research and writing ofthe nine-volume History of theChurch in Latin America.
Argentinian lay historian Prof.Enrique Dussel heads the project, in which Protestant denom-
Historians Try to SettleBUENOS AIRES (NC)-Church
historians in Latin. America aretrying to solve their differencesthat developed over a project toproduce a history of the Churchin the area.
One of the key differencesconcerns the explanation of theterm "liberation," used by manytheologians and sociologists today in discussing development in "Latin America.
Answering criticisms by conservative groups in Argentinaand Colombia, the Committee onLatin American Religious History (CEHILA) said that goodwill is needed on both sides "forthe good of a scientific work forcontemporary readers."
"Liberation meanS preciselythe total salvation of man inChrist, that is, .in the spiritualbut also the cultural, economicand political fields," a spokesmanfor CEHILA said at its headquarters here.
Argentina's Institute for'Church History and the Colombian Academy of Church Historyobjected early in the project towha~ they termed the emphasis
WASHINGTON (NC)-"I am abit hesitant to give interviewsbecause when you're a part ofsomething, you don't want to besingled out," ~aid Mary Fenlon,academic coordinatbr of Georgetown University's basketballteam and administrative assistant to the coach, John Thompson,
But here she was, talkingabout herself 'and the job she hasheld since April, 1972. Althoughshe is the first woman to havea position on a major university'sbasketball staff, she emphasizedtwo points.
"I wasn't hired because I'm awoman," she said. "CoachThompson (formerly. with theBoston Celtics) wanted someonewho was interested in education,had been through the collegescene and liked being aroundyoung peop·le."
1't1iss ,Fenlon supervises theacademic life of the players. Sheis a faculty advisor to basketballplayers, usually freshmen, "but,"she said, "I keep an eye oneverybody."
She keeps files on their progres, finds tutors for them, attends most practices, travelswith the team, and helps recruitplayers by explaining the academic program at Georgetown. .
"I really don't do anything unusual, she added. "My job is tocoordinate the team's academicschedule with their travel schedule with the;r game schedule. Isay things like, 'you'll be on theroad next week and exams arecoming soon, so make sure youget your studying in.' I'm sureH'"ere is many a harried assistantcoach who does the same thingand coaches too."
Then she emphasized that shedoes not have anything to dowith basketball tactics, strategies or coaching.
~'I'm not sportsminded at all,"she said, "I know when our teamis winning, when it's losing andthat there are five guys on thecourt.
ReligionIt is the root of all religion
that a man knows that he isnothing in order to thank Goathat he is something.
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K of C MeetingTo EmphasizeRight to Life
SEATTLE (NC)-The supremecouncil of the Knights of Columbus is expected to consider at its'annual meeting here a score ofresolutions that call for protecting the life of the unborn.
Eight resolutions alone pressfor concerted action to obtain aconstitutional amendment "toproted the unborn from destruction," according to the K of Cplanners of the meeting (Aug.21-23).
The resolutions voice the"angered shock of rank-and-filecitizens to the U. S. Supreme"Court decision denying constitutional protection of life to theunborn," according to a K of Cstatement.
The language of one resolutiondescribes the date of the court'sverdict (Jan. 22) as "the day ofinfamy that our nation took agiant step backward.". Anotherlabels the court action "an exercise of raw Judicial power."
Several resolutions call for amassive program of education toinstruct the general public on thesacredness of human life fromthe moment of conception to th~
moment of death.
200 Resolutions
The resolutions on human lifeare a part of some 200 resolutions which will be taken up bythe 383 official K of C delegatesfrom the UnIted States, Canada,Mexico, Puerto Rico and thePhilippines at the supreme council's 91st annual meeting here.
Other resolutions deal withthe financial predicament ofCatholic schools, the shortage ofpriestly and Religious vocationsin the Church, prayer in publicschools; and the plight of thementally retarded.
On schools, one resolutioncalls for support of a constitutional amendment to insure theparents' conscientious rights tosend their children to religiouslyoriented schools without penaltyof double taxation.
Public School Prayer
Resolutions on vocations express concern at the steep dropin the number of those enteringthe Religious or priestly life.One resolution asks that specialprayers for vocations be offeredat every official Knigbts of Columbus meeting.
Resolutions from two statejurisdictions encourage passageof a consitutional amendment topermit voluntary prayer in publicschools. Such an amendmentfailed by a narrow margin toreceive two-thirds majority inCongress in 1971.
Five resolutions deal with theplight" of the mentally retardedand request establishment ofsome spec~al project by theKnights of Columbus to aid thisneglected segment of society..Several proposals note that" sixmillion children and adults inNorth America suffer from thishandicap. The resolutions call,for giving.the retarded the opportunity for proper training andemployment whenever possible.
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