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Landmark RulingOn Schools

By NC NewsThere are no unusual reac­

tions to a federal appeals courtdecision barring the NationalLabor Relations Board (NLRB)from Catholic schools: the win­ners are happy and the losersare not.

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"Having worked in the fieldof labor-management relationsfor more than' 30 years, I cantestify, on the basis of person-

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property, part of he'r body to bedisposed of as she sees fit.

Continuing his analogy of thecases, Noonan pointed out thatslaves were eventually deter­mined to be not property buthuman persons; in like manner,the unborn child is not simplypart qf its mother's body but adistinct human person.

The lawyer noted there weremany sincere believers in theinstitution of slavery, includingGeorge Washington, who fo­cused only on the property as­pects of the matter. Similarly,legislators such as Massachu-

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LITTLENECKS on the half-shell will be among gourmetdelights at the country fair to be held all day Saturday atSt. Mary's Church, South Dartmouth, and these are thegentlemen who're putting them on the menu: from left,Rosaire Suprenant, Richard Parsons, John Giovannini.

human life. In Boston he joinedmany other witnesses testify­ing for and against the propos­ed anti-abortion bill.

Noting that slavery involved"a great human interest - theinterest of human liberty," Noo­nan declared, "We have an evenlarger human interest -the in­terest of human life."

The Supreme Court decisionsin both matters, he said, "fo­cusedon the issue of being aperson."

Slaves, he explained, were de­clared to be a man's property.Today there are those who callthe unborn child a woman's

Labor Law Reform BackedBy US Bishops' Spokesman

WASHINGTON (INC) - Thecivil arm of th,e U.S. bishops'conference has go~e on recordas backing the Carter Adminis­tration's labor law reform pack­age.

In testimony before the HouseEducation and Labor subcom­mittee, Msgr. George Higgins,secretary for research for theU. S. Catholic Conference (USCC), and a longtime Anchor col­umnist, quoted President Car­ter's message to Congress onthe bill, saying "the time hascome to amend the (labor) actin such a way as to make itwork more efficiently, quicklyand equitably."As a contribution to the cele­

bration of the 75th Anniversaryof the Diocese of Fall River, theAnchor will, in the near future,begin to publish each week ahistory of a diocesan parish.

Since there are 114 parishesin the diocese, this project willtake more than two years tocomplete.

Forms and directions will besent to each pastor in order toupdate information already inThe Anchor files. Because of itsimportant historic implications,accuracy and authenticity will beessential if this project is to havevalidity and substance. Co-op­eration and understanding onthe part of all are thus impera­tive from the outset of this dioc­esan work.

It is felt that a set of updatedparish histories will he an inval­uable tool for any future defini­tive history of the diocese andwill also assist the people of thediocese to increase their know­ledge of each other's heritage.In this way, another step inbuilding .community will be

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Parish HistoriesSeri'es To Start

Draws Parallel between Supreme (ourlDecisions on. Slavery and Abortion

They were both wrong.That was the thrust of com­

ments made by Professor JohnT. Noonan Jr., noted pro-life ad­vocate, on Supreme Court de­cisions 120 years ago permittingslavery and four years ago per­mitting abortion.

In Massachusetts tQ testify athearings on the Doyle- Flynn billprohibiting use of state medi­caid funds for non-therapeuticabortions, Noonan discused para­llels between the two high courtrulings.

He spoke at a reception in hishonor sponsored by the directors()f Massachusetts Citizens forLife and held in a Walthamhouse owned by a descendant ofRobert Treat Paine, a signer ofthe Declaration of Independ­ence.

Among those present werePamela Smith of Swansea, a di­rector of the Massachusetts or­ganization, and Wilson W. Cur­tis and Atty. Harold K. Hudner,also of Swansea.

Noonan, a professor of law atthe University of California atBerkeley and a fellow of theCenter for Advanced Study inthe Behavioral Sciences at PaloAlto, Calif., previously testi­fied extensively at U.S. SenateJudiciary Committee hearings onthe constitutional protection of

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"Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising,

fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army

set in array?" -Cant. 6:9

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illPeople-Places-Events-NC News Briefs IDKidnapping Foiled

SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE, Guatem­ala - Guatemalan government securityforces in Santa Cruz del Quiche werefoiled in a kidnap attempt against JesuitFather Fernando Hoyos, when he escapedto a Protestant church after fighting theagents off for a block. Minutes beforethe attack, townspeople reported seeingagents in civilian garb searching the carof Bishop Juan Gerardi of Santa Cruz delQuiche.

Role ExpandsVATICAN OITY-The United Nations

Economic and Social Council has saidthat the Holy See may take part as aconsultor in the meetings of all five ofits regional commissions. Previously theHoly See had been a consultor only onthe regional commission for Europe.

'Archbishop LuceySAN ANTONIO - Retired Archbishop

Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio diedAug. I at Community Hospital in SanAntonio. The 86-year-old archbishop, wellknown for his work on welfare issuesand his support for labor, retired in 1969.

Zaire SchoolsVATICAN OITY - Next month the

Catholic Church in Zaire will resumemanagement of its own elementary andsecondary schools, which were national­ized several years ago, Vatican Radioreported. The step marks a significantturnabout from the Churc1l.-state ten-

. sions of the early 1970s.

'Moral Corruption'ARLINGTON, Va. - The courts are

bringing the country "to a state of abso­lute moral corruption," according to Bis­hop George W. Ahr of Trenton, N.J., whotermed family life prospects in such aclimate, "frightening." Bishop Ahr spoketo diocesan family life personnel at anatural family planning conference at

. Marymount College, Arlington, Va.

Morale BoostersSAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador - A

flood of support messages from aroundthe world have boosted the morale ofSalvadorean Catholics facing persecution,said Archbishop Oscar Romero of SanSalvador. He said the messages matchthe solidarity and unity shown by Sal­vadorean Catholics during the continuingpersecution.

Suffocating InheritanceROME-The spokesman for the Rome

diocese has charged that Italy's Commun­ists - and especially Rome's Commun­ist-led city administration-are trying tosuffocate the Christian inheritance ofItaly and Rome. Msgr. Elio Venier, direc­tor of social communications for theRome diocese, made the charge almosta year to the day after Rome's citycouncil elected its first Communistmayor.

Warned of PitfallsARLINGTON, Va. - Diocesan natural

family planning personnel have beenwarned to steer clear of several pitfalls iftheir rapidly growing field is to continuemaking headway in a society still largelygiven over to mechanical and chemicalcontraception. The warnings were issuedby sevElral speakers during the Aug. 1-<4confere~ce on natural family planningsponsored by organizations active or in­terested in the field of natural fertilitycontrol.

. RITA WARREN, Brockton, amongpro-life testifiers at ~llnti-abortion

bill hearings in Boston" is also or­ganizer of a group seeking return ofprayer to public schools.

ROBERT SHAFER is new musicdirector for the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception inWashington, D.C.

MARGARET MEALY, executivesecretary, National Council of Cath­olic Women, says council agreeswith many recommendations made

by controversial International Wom­en's Year Commission, includingmaking housewives eligible for So­cial Security.

DR. WILLIAM A. LYNCH, Bos­ton physician and longtime pro-lifeadvocate, has warned natural fam­ily planning workers against becom­ing devoted to anyone method ofplanning.

BISHOP GEORGE AHR of Tren­ton, N.J. says courts are bringingcountry to a "state of absolute mor­al corruption."

More Death Than LifeNEW YORK - There were more abor­

tions performed in New York City during1975 than there were live births, accord­ing to statistics of the state's Health De­partment.

Want GuaranteesMEXICO CITY - The Catholic Center

for Social Communications (CENTOS)and four other service agencies in Mex­ico City recently raided by police aredemanding the return of their files andguarantees that they will be able to con­tinue their services.

Soviet Tactics ChangeROME - Coverage given his recent

Moscow visit by the Soviet news agencyTass is a minor indication of changes inthe Soviets' treatment of religion, saidthe Jesuit superior general, Father PedroArrupe. The priest, who visited MoscowJuly 1-3· on his way to meetings withJesuits in Asia, has recently announcedhe will spend two weeks in .Latin Ameri­ca in mid-August.

StiU WatchingVATICAN CITY - Six months after

the Vatican rejected the possibility ofwoman's ordination to the priesthood,the issue continues to be among severalcritical matters watched closely by PopePaul himself.

Threaten PriestTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - U.S.

Capuchin Father Evarist Bertrand wasrecently given 48 hours to leave Hon­duras, but Church authorities said theorder was rescinded after talks withgovernment officials.

Option AllowedMore than 30 Ordinaries have an­

nounced plans to introduce Communionin the hand as an option in their dioceses,while none have made public a rejectionof the practice, according to an NC Newssurvey. Even the most vocal critic ofCommunion in the hand, Cardinal JohnCarberry of St. Louis, will permit thepractice.

Alien LegislationWASHINGTON (NC)-President Car­

ter has asked Congress to enact a sweep­ing program to stem the flow of illegalaliens into the United States and to dealwith the millions already here, allowingthem to adjust their status and eventual­ly become eligible for citizenship. Theproposals are the new administration'sanswer to one of the most persistentand controversial domestic problems ofthe decade.

Jesuits Protected?WASHINGTON (NC)-An official of

the U. S. State Department told theHouse of Representatives that the mil­itary government in EI Salvador has giv­en protection to Jesuits under deaththreat there, but that U.S. official con­cern continues on the question of hu­man rights in that country. Richard Arel­lano, assistant undersecretary for inter­American affairs, was testifying feborethe House subcommittee on humanrights.

Three YearsROME (NC)-The Wankie, the Rho­

desian magistrate's court, has found Fa­ther Maximus Gumbo, an African priest,guilty of failing to report terrorists andhas given him a three-year suspendedsentence, the International Fides Servicereported.

Father Pat Becomes MajorCape Summer Attraction

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As Important"Morality, including political

morality, has to do with the def­inition of right conduct, and thisnot simply by way of the endsof action. How we do what wedo is as important as ourgoals." - Paul Ramsey

sons until they can be placed."The refugees would not pro­ceed to the United States untilthey were cleared in all respectsand sponsors are ready to re­ceive them," he said.

The United States has al­ready admitted 145,000 Indo­chinese refugees since April,1975. Approximately 60,000 ofthem were placed in Americanhomes through the work ofCatholic agencies, coordinatedby the USCC.

Holy DayMonday, Aug. 15 is the feast

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WASHINGTON (NC) - TheUnited States will today beginadmitting another 15,000 refu­gees from Vietnam and Laosin an attempt to ease the criti­cal refugee situation in Asia,Attorney General Griffin Bellsaid Aug. 4.

The group will include 7,000Vietnamese "boat people", refu­gees who left Vietnam by boatand who have been sailingaround the Pacific basin inSoutheast Asia, and 8,000 per­sons now in Thailand afterfleeing Laos.

The U.S. Catholic Conference(USCC) Office of Migration andRefugee Services and othergroups have been urging thegovernment to aid the "boatpeople" for more than a year.In July, the usec and sevenother voluntary agencies pledg­ed to help the refugees whenthey are admited to the coun­try.

Donald Hohl of the USCCmigration and refugees servicessaid his office was "extremelypleased" at the attorney gener­al's decision. The action, he said,will "provide for the reunifica­tion of separated families andwill show the humanitarianconcern of the United States forthe "boat people."

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Definition"If any man is hungry, this is

both a religious and a politicalconcern, and out of a religiousconcern for one created in God'simage, political means must bedevised for ensuring that every­one gets enough bread - whichis a suitable enough definitionof the art of politics." RobertMcAfee Brown

K of C ContinuesAid to Holy See

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Su­preme Knight Virgil C. Dechanthas announced a Knights ofColumbus grant of $10,000 toPope Paul VI to assist in a pro­ject of collecting films activitiesof the Holy See now dispersedthroughout the world.

The undertaking involves asearch for historical films, nowin various public and privatecollections. The Vatican hopesto obtain copies of these filmsand gather them in a centrallibrary in Rome, where theywould be available to scholarsand media personnel.

The grant continues a K. ofC. tradition of assisting the HolySee in its communications apos­tolate.

In 1975 the Knights initiateda project of televising the popeto the world, with a minimum ofthree 90-minute programs en­visioned yearly: the Pope's'Christmas Midnight Mass, sel­ected Holy Week ceremonies;and one other outstanding eventof interest to Catholics' world­wide.

The fraternal society also do­nated a 100-kilowatt short-wavetransmitter to Vatican Radio in1966, used especially for pro­grams beamed to China, to dis­tant areas of Russia and to theFar East.

from whom you might expect it,"she added. "These are peopleof every faith, from everywherein the country. It's just thespirit that Father P-at creates."

The seven-week series, shesaid, concludes next Tuesday,Aug. 16. Cape Codders and theirvisitors are hoping for an en­core next summer.

The little girl in a wheelhairhad to lift her lame leg withboth hands to participate, butshe couldn't resist joining hun­dreds of children in a foot­stomping singalong. It was ledby Father Pat, well-known La­Salette priest and folksinger,who has become a major CapeCod attraction this summer,drawing upwards of 1000 visitorsand residents to a series of freeconcerts at 7:30 Tuesday even­ings on the grounds of OurLady of the Cape Church inBrewster.

More formally known asFather Andre Patenaude, theyoung LaSalette missioner grad­uated from St. Jean BaptisteSchool in Fall River before en­tering . religious life, and hasbeen composing and recordingreligious folk songs since sem­inary days.

Before assignment as associ­ate pastor at the Cape parish,he was music director at LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro andoften appeared at meetings andguitar Masses in the diocese, fre­quently with the Reconcilers, afolk group he organized.

A highlight of the Cape con­certs, said Ann Aboody, a Den­nis resident who suggested themto Father Pat and has beenhandling arrangements for him;is a children's segment. In it,aided by Yarmouth mime artistPat Holloman, the priest doesaction songs with the childrenin his audience.

"People have asked if they'rea trained group," related Mrs.Aboody,· "and they're amazedto hear that they're from allparts of the country, just who­ever happens to come thatweek."

Father 'Patenaude uses manyof his own songs in the con­certs, concluding each programwith a composition he wroteespecially for the series: "ComeSing an Even Song with Me."Also at the end, said Mrs Aboo­dy, the audience joins in sing­ing the priest's arrangement ofthe Our Father.

"And every week," she said,"it happens spontaneously ­people join hands and sway to­gether as they sing. They aren'tcursillistas or charismatics,

Polish ShrineNeeds Funds

Rev. Robert S. Kaszynski,pastor of St. Stanislaus Church,Fall River, has been named co­ordinator of an appeal to bemade in Polish parishes of thediocese in behalf of the Nation­al Shrine of Our Lady of Czes­tochowa in Doyletown, Pa.

The shrine is considered thecenter of Polish history, cultureand Catholicism in the UnitedStates and was dedicated toMary in honor of the Polishmillenium. It is visited" by thou­sands of pilgrims yearly.

Continuing construction costs,however, heightened by infla­tion and investment problems,have threatened the shrine's ex­istence and development of aNational Czestochowa Trust hasbeen sponsored by Cardinal JohnKrol of Philadelphia and a com­mittee of U.S. bishops.

The current fund appeal isbeing made throughout the na­tion and in Polish religious com­munities and fraternal organiza­tions. Its headquarters are inPhiladelphia and area contribu­tions may be made throughFather Kaszynski.

Card. CerejeiraDead at 88

LISBON, Portugal (NC) ­Cardinal Manuel Goncalves Cere­jeira, retired cardinal-patriarchof Lisbon, died August 2. Hewas 88.

Patriarch of Lisbon from 1929until he retired in 1971, CardinalCerejeira was one of the main­stays of a close Church-state al­liance under the 40-year regimeof dictator Antonio OliveiraSalazar, which ended with theleftist "flower revolution" of1974.

Through his close dealingswith Salazar, the cardinal helpedbring about a religious revivalin Portugal after years of anti­Church activity by previous re­publican governments.

The alliance resulted in 1940in a new concordat between Por­tugal and the Vatican, reinstat­ing many Church rights that hadbeen suspended in 1910 with theproclamation of the Portugueserepublic. The alliance alsobrought pro-Church legislationsuch as the civil banning of div­orce, repeale~ since the 1974revolution.

Near the end of his long termin office, however, CardinalCerejeira urged a new look atthat alliance. In a speech mark­in his 38th anniversary as pa­triarch in 1967, he said that theChurch should respect thestate and its authorities butnever become enslaved to poli­tical power. He urged the na­tion's religious leaders to takea more active role in promotingsocial justice.

He was named Patriarch ofLisbon - one of the few Latin­rite Sees that has the status ofpatriarchate because of its an­cient importance - in Novem­ber, 1929. When Pope Pius XImade him a cardinal a monthlater, just after his 41st birth­day, he was the youngest car­<tinal in the world.

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IElectoral College Reform

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NecrologyAUG. 22

Rt. Rev. Manuel J. Teixeira,1962. Pastor, St. Anthony, Taun-ton .

Rev. William R. Jordan, 1972,Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River

AUG. 23Rev. Thomas Clinton, 1895,

Pastor, St. Peter, SandwichAUG. 24

Rev. Peter J. B. Bedard, 1884,Founder, Notre Dame, FilII Riv­er

AUG. 25Rev. Joseph F. Hanna, 1974,

Founder, Holy Cross, SouthEaston

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disagreement over just whowould win and lose in a switchto direct election. But, they said,"there are groups which havecorrectly assessed the implica­tions of each arrangement andhave adopted positions .consis­tent with their interests."

They quoted 1968 congress­ional testimony from attorneyAlexander Bickel, who said theElectoral College "causes presi­dential elections to be decidedfor the most part in the largepopulous, heterogeneous states,where in tum block voting whet­her by minorities or interestgroups, is often decisive . . .The result has been that modernpresidents have been particularlysensitive and responsive to min­ority interest."

The fact that some people andgroups have disproportionatevoting strength under the Elec­toral College is not sufficientreason to change the system.Spilerman and Dickens argued."The crucial question," theysaid, concerns what we specifyas the relevant system withinwhich equal representation issought.

"If consideration is restrictedto presidential politics narrow­ly, then .large states, urban cen­ters and ethnic minorities do in­deed have greater impact underthe Electoral College.

"However," they noted, if the"system" studied is the wholefederal government, "we findthat the very groups advantagedin presidential politics are un­derrepresented in the U.S. Sen­ate."

Catholics make up 25 percentof the general population and13 percent of the Senate; blacksmake up 11 percent of the pop­ulation and one percent of theSenate; there are no Hispanicsand no poor people in the Sen­ate.

"Whether these imbalances ex­actly cancel one another we can­not say," Spilerman and Dickenssaid,- "but we do believe that thedistribution of influence in thelegislative branch is a properconsideration and as long asimbalances exist there, we findit difficult to justify eliminatingcompensatory imbalances in theexecutive branch."

"In light of our findings,"they concluded, "it would notbe unreasonable for the propon­ents of direct election to recog­nize that a substantial erosion'in political influence would beexperienced by urban groups, andin exchange for their acquies­cence, to consider offsetting ad­justments such as eliminatingseniority rules in Congress,Which currently benefit ruralconstituencies."

by a change to direct popularelection.

Sociologists Seymour Spiler­man and David Dickens of theUniversity of Wisconsin havemade a study of the relativepower of different voting groupsunder the present system, andunder direct election and severalmodifications of the direct elec­tion approach.

They concluded that "the elec­toral clout. of large states, met­ropolitan centers, Negroes,Catholics, and, possibly, low-in­come persons is enhanced underthe Electoral College. Adoptionof direct election would reducethe impact of these groups onpresidential politics."

They noted that there is some

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Two priests concelebrate the Eucharist . . . at alarge convention . . . They raise chalice and paten . . .the Bread of Life . . . and the Cup of Salvation . . . asthey pray:

All honor and glory is Yours,Almighty Father,

forever and ever. Amen.Their words of praise . . . are reinforced in their

whole bodies ... an almost tangible sense of reverence· . . with eyes raised . . . and hands holding up thesacramental gifts.

Their attitude reveals ... the most basic meaningof the Eucharist ... It is a time to stop ... recall howgood and great God is . . . and praise Him . . . thankHim ... worship Him ... "Eucharist" means "praise"· . . and "thanks."

The Eucharist is a celebration of the reality ofGod ... of the ever mysterious God ... so much greaterthan us . . . yet so caring . . . so awesome . . . yet soattractive . . . so distant ... yet so near . . . so strong· . . yet so gentle.

Eucharist is a special time . . . for the Christiancommunity ... and each believer ... to praise God ...to thank Him . . . for being who He is.

All honor and glory is yours,Almighty Father,

forever and ever. Amen.

By Jim CastelliWASHINGTON {NC) - The

closeness of last November'spresidential election helped buildsupport for a constitutionalamendment to abolish the Elec­to:ral College and to establishdirect popular election of thepr,esident.

Such an amendment deservesa dose look.

For one thing, it has wide.public support - Americans fa­vor it by a 74-13 percent margin,according to a May Harris poll.The same poll showed Catholicssupport such an amendment byan 82-9 percent margin. Butsome people argue that Cath­olics, nonwhites, the poor andurban residents would be hurt

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Father Drinan: "T0 be or not to be"In 1976 the Congress of the United States enacted the

original Hyde Amendment to the Social Security Act. Thebill in essence barred payment of Medicaid funds for abor­tion unless the life of the mother was in danger. The amend­ment, however, was never enforced. Last fall a federal dis­trict court in New York ruled that it was unconstitutional.Last week the amendment, reintroduced into the House ofRepresentatives, was upheld in effective voting.

Congress-persons who voted for this amendment indi­cated that they opposed federal funding of non-therapeuticabortions. Those against the measure seemingly voted forthe federal government to fund all welfare abortions.

However simplistic this explanation may seem, it doeshighlight a very important point in its recognition of whereour elected officials stand on the issue of federal funding ofabortions. In this light it was more than discouraging toview the roll call vote and see the name of Father RobertDrinan as one who voted against the Hyde Amendment.Father Drinan's vote should in some ways not be too sur­prising, when one considers how he has reacted to thisissue in the past. Yet it is certainly mote than devastating toread that a Catholic priest has as it were endorsed the pro­abortion movement.

Naturally, Father Drinan denies that he is personallypro-abortion. Yet his voting record in Congress makes itquite clear that some confusion exist between what hestates and how he votes. Dr. Mildred Jefferson, president ofthe National Right to Life Committee, has stated that "hereis no pro-abortion congress~an as effective for the pro­abortion movement as Congressman Drinan."

She followed this statement by saying "it doesn'tmake any difference how many declarations Drinan makesabout how he personally feels as long as he makes it possi­ble. Every step he takes enabling abortion to continue hasgreater weight than any words he may personally sayabout how he is personally opposed to it."

U~fortunately, Father Drinan sees no contradiction be­tween his words and his actions. He seemingly cannot bringhimself to face the reality that as a Catholic priest he hasa unique position in the Congress, especially when funda­mental Church teachings are at issue.

By some strange machinations of legal· jargon, he isable on moral issues to make a very real distinction be­tween his vocation and his avocation. Present evidence in­dicates that he is able to do this because it is politicallyadvantageous to do so. If this be the case, then certainlyhis witness value as a Catholic priest in Congress has dim­inished credibility.

As a distinguished lawyer he maintains that whateverone's view on abortion, a law ending Medicaid benefits i~

at least an "infringement or a qualification upon the con­stitutional right of a woman to an abortion." Like somany others of the same political philosophy, he has verylittle to say about the rights of the unborn, if truly he holdsthat they have any rights whatsoever. Considering thesource, this indeed is tragic.

Despite his claims to be an "orthodox" Catholic, it isimpossible to support the position and voting record ofFather Drinan on this issue. The confusion that he gener­ates, the embarrassment that he creates and the lack ofconsistency that he demonstrates are sufficient reason tosincerely state that his example in the Congress of theUnited States is a rather poor reflection of the fidelity thathe claims to the basic teachings of the Church on the abor­tion issue.

It might be a flight of fancy, but one wonders if theChurch would be better served in its fidelity to the Gospelmessage, if Father Drinan as a Catholic priest were not amember of the House of Representatives.

Father Drinan, to be or not to be?

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Wouldn~t Have Bothered"A Christian is a follower of

someone who refused to recog­nize class or race and whosesole possession at death was arobe. If Christ had simply beenan advocate of middle classdomesticity, they never wouldhave bothered to crucify him."

-William Sloan Coffin

Continued from Page One"We are very pleased with

the decision of the (Seventh)Circuit Court of Appeals," saidCardinal John Cody of Chicago,who was on the winning side."It appears that it upholds theprinciple under which theChurch has been operating withregard to its seminaries andparochial schools."

"I am very disappointed,"said Samuel Edes, an attorneyfor the Illinois Education Asso­ciation who represented the layteachers union at two highschool seminaries in Chicago."I'm certain the court will bereversed if the' case gets to theSupreme Court."

Their comments and othersfollowed a landmark decision bythe Seventh Circuit Court of Ap­peals, which ruled Aug. 4 thatthe National Labor RelationsAct does not apply to Catholicschools. The three-judge federalcourt agreed that by assumingjurisdiction over the schools, theNational Labor Relations Board(NRLB), which administers theact, violates the constitutionalprinciple of church-state separa­fion.

Landmark

can see and taste and smell. Itmay rather be in the form of'negative blessings' - the auto­mobile accident that didn't hap­pen, a medical report of a be­nign tumor, a teenager who didnot disappoint parents, less den­tal expenditures."

Bishop BeginThe late Bishop Floyd L. Be­

gin of the Oakland, Calif. dio­cese was another enthusiasticproponent of tithing.

In an interview for "TwinCircle" he declared, "It is myfirm belief that if the poor aretaught to tithe, giving back toour Lord the first fruits (10 per­cent) of whatever income theyreceive there would be no needto beg from anyone. This ofcourse would mean that if thosenow living off welfare and buy­ing food stamps were instructedto tithe, the welfare and foodstamp program would becomea thing of the past.

"I know tens of thousands oftithers. I don't know a singleneed. I personally have prom­ised perhaps another 10,000people that if they tithed andfell into some dire need of anykind, I personally would takecare of them.

"Only two people have comeback to me, and when I dis­cussed the matter with them, Ilearned they had not been tith­ing. I took care of their needanyway and then I exacted fromthem a pledge to tithe for therest of their lives and renewedmy promise. They have not hadto come back."

IIRegrets Name

Dear Editor:

I am very sorry to read ofthe inauguration of the new par­ish in Falmouth. With all duerespect to Mother Seton, whyshould the wonderful name ofthe Immaculate Conception beabandoned?

Mrs. Margaret McGowanFalmouth

La Salette ClassesIn a program affiliated with

the Natural Family PlanningCenter of St. Anne's Hospital,'Fall River, La Salette Shrinein Attleboro will hold a naturalfamily planning class at 7 p.m.Monday, Aug. 29. The sessionwill be limited to six couplesand pre-registration is required.Further information is availablefrom Mrs. Pauline L'Heureux,51 Woodward Ave., Seekonk,telephone 336-6349, who saidthat the classes will be heldmonthly, with future dates tobe announced.

None So Pure"Of all the systems of moral­

ity, ancient or modern, whichhave come under my observa­tion, none appears to me so

. pure as that of Jesus. He who

. follows this steadily need not,I think, be uneasy." - ThomasJefferson

ters of the Little Falls Commun­ity who w:orked among Indiansin Peru.

His present parish of 78 fami­lies, St. Margaret church of LakeHenry {rural Paynesville), givesa 10 percent weekly tithe tothe Child and Seminarian Adop­tion Program through CatholicNear East Welfare Association.,

Father Sheldon gives 24 per­cent of his own income to thepoor. "Life itself is a steward­ship," said Father Sheldon. "Thethings we have, the things thatwe can become, the things thatwe are, are really the propertyof God and are merely on loanto us. We are the custodians.

"It matters how we use thesethings because one day we willall be called to 'give an accountof your stewardship, becauseyou can be steward no longer.' "

The "schizophanic steward,"according to Father Sheldon'sdescription, is one who would bewilling to give of time and talentbut not of money, or vice versa."When we do that we are of­fering only half of ourselves,practicing half stewardships."

The rural pastor's exhortationto practice total stewardship isintended for priests and bishops,as well as lay people. His pro­posals for arriving at total stew­ardship imply spiritual benefitsand growth and development in

. faith. The words of Scripture al­so promise abundant blessings.

"This abundance may not bein the form of material blessings- pink Cadillacs, color TV, ex­tra cars, and all the things we

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor:

Thanks for your editorial rela­tive to the Conference on Char­ismatic Renewal in ChristianChurches, in Kansas City. TheLord is not dead and the Spiritis faithful. And the Lord doesn'tguide us to maturity independ­ently of our Christian brothersand Sisters. One of the most as­tounding gifts he has given usis one another. The out pouringof his Holy Spirit guaranteesthat God is with us and willguide us.

St. Paul's injunction to Tim­othy was: "That is why I amreminding you now to fan intoa flame the gift that God gaveyou when I laid hands on you.God's gift to you was not aspirit of timidity, but the Spiritof Power and of Love."

So be not afraid. Speaking formy own little but loving prayergroup, each one of us are dailycommunicants, better Catholicsand happier Christians than be­fore because "in the heart of our20th century, Pentecost remainsa reality."~Cardinal Leon-Jo­seph Suenens)

Virgina C. WilliamsNorth Dighton

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

Spirit Is Faithful

By Rosemary Borgert

LAKE HENRY, Min. (NC)To Father David Sheldon, pastorof a parish here, tithing shouldbe considered "merely the floor,not the ceiling, in the life of aChristian.

"People who tithe are doingonly the minimum of whatshould be expected of a Christ­ian who says he wants to givehimself completely to God,"he said.

Giving one's all in time, tal­ent and treasure adds up togood stewardship, said FatherSheldon, citing God's words inthe Old Testament: "The land ismine and you are my stewards."

Father Sheldon has been her­alding this message for 10 yearsto his own parishioners, to morethan 100 bishops whom he hasvisited, and to many priests'senates and parish councilsacross the country.

Father Sheldon is a member ofthe' executive board and publi­cations committee of the Nation­al Catholic Stewardship Coun­cil, and received its recognitionaward in 1973.

He has been preaching andpromoting tithing for 20 years.In 1964, while he was pastor ofthe 83 families of St. AlexiusChurch, West Union, his parishbel;:ame the first in the UnitedStates to give 10 percent of itsweekly income to the poor, hesaid. Five percent went toMother Teresa of India for herwork with the poor; and fivepercent to the Franciscan Sis-

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6 THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Aug. 11, .1977 You're·A Snlob If Father Greeley Says You Are

Sihe's Fi.nally Tr,eating Other Kids Like H,er Own

MSCC Supp()·rts Thompson-Williams Legislation

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

A snob is not merely some­one who thinks he is betterthan everyone else. A snobbelieves his superiority is soself-evident that he does notneed to prove it.Catholic snobsare those who think they have

By

MARY

CARSON

Years ago, when my child­ren were still young, I'd oc­casionally take care of some­one else's kids. Every once inawhile I'd have a difficultbehavior problem on my hands.

I was' reluctant to be as strictwith other people's children aswith my own. - Consequently, Ispent those days praying themother would be home early,thinking that if he were my kidI'd smack him, wondering whatthe parents were teaching him,and proving to my own kids

By

MSGR.

GEORGE G.

HIGGINS

(On July 28, Msgr. George G.Higgins, representing the UnitedStates Catholic Conference(USCC), testified in support ofthe Thompson-Williams laborbill before the House Subcom­mittee on Labor-ManagementRelations. An abbreviated,slightly edited version of hisstatement follows.)

By

JOSEPH

RODERICK

September and Octoberare the months in which weplant poppies for their showybloom in May and earlyJune. In fact, one of my friendscalls poppies the "show-<>ffs" ofthe garden.

The best of the species are the

made it into the larger world ofsecular America on the basis oftheir own inherent superiorityto the rest of us.

One kind of snob is the "Com­monweal" Catholic.

There was a time when",Commonweal" could claimsome grounds for its feelings ofmoral and intellectual superi­ority over the rest of us. Cath­olic intellectuals were few andfar between. The institutionalChurch didn't know what to dowith them, so it drove themout - or tried to. The "Com­monweal" was their rallyingpoint.

But the pose of the batteredbeleagured elite keeping masses

that they couldn't get away withthe same behavior.

It was a very unhappy situa­tion.

Just the other day historystarted repeating itself. J.YIy lit­tle retarded daughter had a lit·tle retarded girl-friend over forthe afternoon. Normally, itworks out well. They visit everySunday for a few hours, alterna­ting houses. I know the parentsand the kind of job they are try-.ing to do raising that little girl.

The two girls had only beentogether for a few minutes whenthey got into a fight. I »roke itup with the intention of separa­ting them long enough to restorepeace, and then starting themon something new.

The fight immediately startedagain.

I grabed the two of them andas firmly as I could, demanded,

The usee supports theprovisions of the Thompson­Williams Labor Reform Billwhich is being considered bythis subcommittee. While wecontinue to support the basicobjective of the National LahorRelations Act of 1935, we fullyagree with President Carter, whohas endorsed the present bill,that it is time to amend theAct in such a way as to' makeit work "more efficiently, quick­ly and equitably."

There is no need to specify indetail the long-standing proce­dural problems which the present

oriental poppies which grow totremendous size if given theroom to spread. In my garden Ihave Pinnacle, a light pink witha white center, Watermelon,a pink a shade lighter than thatof watermelon, Salome, a brightorange and a number of othersthat are unnamed since I startedthem from seed.

Poppies are purchased whenthey are dormant. Thi's meansthey have the appearance of along tap root with just a nubof green attached to the topmuch like a withered carrot.When planting, one should dig

of immigrant blue-collar moronsat: bay has worn thin. The num­ber of Catholic intellectuals andscholars has increased manytLones in the' past two decades.Most· find that the Church mayignore them, but has no desireto drive them out. "Common­.weal" circulation has plum­meted; now the magazine standson the brink of extinction. Bet­ter die as a journal for snobsthan live as a journal for themasses.

One of the quintessential"Commonweal" snobs is a mannamed Joseph Cunneen (whoalso presides over an evenmore esoteric journal called"Cross Currents"). In a recent

"Now that's just enough. Youtwo stop that scrapping!"

The little visitor gave me afresh answer. Years ago I wouldnot have touched her. Today, Ifeel differently. I stood her upand gave her a swat on her bot­to::n.

Indignant, she started witha second volley.

I gave her another swat.Other than some mumblings

under her breath about tellingher Daddy on me, they wentback. to playing together.

But about every half hour I'd. have to break up another riot.

Each time, she'd have a quickanswer. Each time, I gave heranother swat.

On one occasion shethreatened to call the police, onanother she was certain that Ihated her.

Through the whole afternoon

bill is designed to eliminate. Insummary, they can all be re­duced to one: Justice delayed isjustice denied. Or, as PresidentCarter pointed out in a recent'me,ssage, "legal rights have lim­ited value if many years arerequired to enforce them."

The President added that"While the great majority ofemployers and unions have abid­ed by the labor laws, a few haveunfairly abused the proceduresand practices under which theboard must operate."

For this reason, he has calledupon Congress "to ensure thatour labor laws fulfill the prom·ise made to employees and em·

a good-sized hole, add plenty ofmanuere (very well-rotted) andthen water heavily for the firstfew days.

The more space a poppy isgiven, the larger it will grow.They are not by nature overlycompetitive plants and there­fore will stay relatively com·pact planted in a crowded area.I personally prefer to keep themcompact in order to enjoy theflower without having too muchfoliage. Poppies need very littlecare after they' are establishedand are truly perennial in NewEngland.

issue Mr. Cunneen took out afterChicago's ethnic Catholics. Whydo these Catholics 'hate theblacks, he asks, "seeking tomove in or simply living a fewblocks away."

One wonders how Mr. Cun­neen knows so much about Chic­ago ethnics. When was the lasttime he was in Chicago? Howmany ethnic neighborhoods didhe visit?

Maybe Mr. Cunneen has sur­vey evidence? No, the surveyevidence runs to the contrary.Mr. Cunneen airily dismissessuch systematic data as "super­ficial attempts at outmodedapologetics."

Then he snarls at this col-

I felt she was just testing me,seeing how much she could getaway with. By the end of thevisit she was beginning to ac­cept that she can't shout at me.

I don't like hitting kids, par­ticularly other people's, but Idecided that if my little onewas behaving badly while visit­ing I'd want whoever was incharge to stop it right there.

In a conversation with thelittle girl's mother I learned thatshe feels the same way.

She had been having troublewith the fresh answers but hadpretty well curbed it at home.She realizes, however, that if Ihad let her daughter get awaywith it, she would have tried itevery place other than home- church, CCD, school, camp, .any place.

After all these years I've justcome to the conclusion that the

ployers when the Wagner Actwas passed 42 years ago - thatworking men and women whowish to bargain collectively withth.eir employers, in a way fairto both, shall have a reasonableand prompt chance to do so.

"In that way, the collectivebargaining system, which hasserved this country well, can bestrengthened for the benefit bothof American workers and em­ployers."

The President's emphasis onthe fact that the amendmentsbeing proposed in the presentbill are fair to both workers andemployers is well taken. It is un­fair and inaccurate to charac-

The only fault I find withthem is that they are rathertender when in full growth. Atheight of bloom a strong windtends to knock them over anda spring rain can disfigure themfor as much as a week. Butgiven normal garden conditionsthey can be depended on to makea good show.

Starting poppies from seed isfairly easy. The seed can besown just about now and keptmoist until it sprouts. If the seedis started in flats in good gar­den soil, it can be left in theflats for the winter.

umnist, "You and your damnfacts!" I'm sorry Joe, but Ithought that was where scholarsstarted.

So the question remains. Howdoes Joe Cunneen kow aboutChicago ethnics? The answer,I'm sure, is obvious. He justknows, that's all. As a "Com­monweal" writer and reader,he knows that he is superior tothose slobs. They have to beracists because he's not a racist.That is that.

It is essential for the self-im­age of the "Commonweal"Catholic to believe in the inferi­ority of the neighborhood Cath­olic. Joe Cunneen is merelykeeping that self-image alive.

only way to survive baby-sit­ting is to treat visitors as Iwould my own children. Other·mothers. aren't going to allowtheir children to come to myhome if they don't like the wayI raise my own kids.

Besides, I wouldn't send my·kids to a mother who is up onchild abuse charges, neitherwould I send them to a homewhere there is no discipline. Sothere seems little risk of anygreat damage being done.

It would have been mucheasier if I had learned this yearssooner. But it's probably nottoo late. There may be a bitmore baby-sitting between hereand eternity.

Beside, I'm getting crotchetyenough in myoid age to takethe attitude that those who don'tlike it don't have to send theirkids a second time.

terize it as a labor bill.As Secretary of Labor Ray

Marshall pointed out during hi,;recent press conference at theWhite House, following the re­lease of the President's message:",Business also suffers from longdelays while the NLRB decidesits cases, and business as wellas labor will benefit from the re­forms that will lead to a moresmoothly functioning NLRB."

This being the case, I shareSecretary Marshall's hope thatthere will be widespread supportfor the Thompson-Williams La­bor Reform Bill in the ranks ofAmerican industry, organizedlabor and organized religion.

We start our seed flats, storethem in cold frames for thewinter and then transplant inthe spring. Plants are bloomingsize in two years although wehave found the seed does notbreed true; in other words, seedscollected from one plant mayresult in several different vari­eties of flower._"'""nIMnulll..lIlllt'__lmu_........I_""'IUI"'IIl''' ...'''''.....IIII-

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Continued from Page Oneachieved through the sharing ofknowledge.

We live in one of the oldestsettlement areas in the Ameri­can nation. During the bicen­tennial, our region certainly wasin the spotlight of national atten~

tion. Few of us, however, realizethe interesting history of theCatholic Church in the samearea.

In the total process of historicdevelopment we seem to feel thatwe can separate various threadsfrom the fabric of our socialevolution. This, of course, can-

. not be done. The life of theChurch is the life of God'speople in the full circumstancesof their living.

The Catholic Church has hada most interesting history inSoutheastern Massachusetts. Byconcentrating our efforts on thehistory of each parish here, wehope to bring many colors andshades of this history to lifefor our readers.

As we make remote prepara­tions to celebrate the 75th anni­versary of our diocese, in 1979,we wonder what the future willbring to the life of the Churchin our part of the vineyard. Wewill never, however, be able tounderstand our future unless weknow what has happened in ourpast and what is taking placein our present.

History, after all, is the storyof man. Church history is thestory of man ;in his pilgrimjourney to God. We will betterunderstand this journey if weknow where we have been. Eachday this diocese faces the chal­lenges of this journey. As wetake new roads, new difficultiespresent themselves for us toovercome. We will never knowhow to overcome these obstaclesunless we have a firm and sureknowledge of the many roadswe have traveled in the past.

The Anchor staff, in coopera­tion with the 75th anniversarycommittee under the coordina­tion of Rev. Ronald A. Tosti,looks upon this undertaking asa positive step in helping allthe people of the diocese to un­derstand their rich historicalheritage.

In this way. it is felt that arenewed spirit will be created inwhich we will be able to growand develop. The project shouldalso be of assistance to the manywho daily move into this areafrom other parts of the worldand the nation. From the new­est settlers on Cape Cod to thelatest arriving urban immigant,we are a diverse and uniquepeople. By sharing in our dio­cesan newspaper the history ofthis diversity we hope to con­tribute to the building of a uni­ted and harmonious community.

LaborContinued from Page One

al experience, that the unnec­essary delays and the weakness­es of the (National Labor Rela­tions) Board's (NLRB) remedies,referred to by the President inhis message, have, in many in­dustries, seriously hampered theright of workers to organize,"said Msgr. Higgins.

"The organization which Irepresent strongly supports theprovisions" of the labor law re­form bill, the USCC official said.

The Administration's billwould streamline the proced­ures used by the labor board inconducting union representationand unfair labor practice pro­ceedings and would strengthenthe sanctions against employersfound in violation of the laboract.Organized labor estimates that57 days from the filing of a peti­tion until the actual election iscurrently required for the simp­lest uncontested election. If theelection is contested, it takes theboard an average of 275 daysto decide the issue, acording tolabor figures. .

The voting list on the HydeAmendment, reintroduced dur­ing the current session of Con­ress and passed Aug.2 by theHouse, shows that six Massa­chusetts representatives votedin its favor and four against.

House Speaker Thomas P..0'Neill of Cambridge, as is tra­ditional, did not vote and JamesA. Burke of Milton, ill and un­able to be present, recordedhimself in favor of the meas­ure.

Voting for the measure wereMargaret M. Heckler, whose dis­trict includes Fall River andTaunton; Edward Boland, Spring­field; Silvio Conte, Pittsfield;Joseph Early, Worcester; Ed­ward Markey, Malden; JohnMoakley, Boston.

Opposed were Father RobertF. Drinan, S.J., Waltham andFitchburg; Michael Harrington,Beverly; Gerry Studds, NewBedford and Hyannis. PaulTsongas, Lowell and Lawrence.

AT RECEPTION honoring Professor John T. NoonanJr. are, from left, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Fox; State Rep. CharlesDoyle, co-author of Doyle-Flynn bill; Noonan; Mrs. Cath­erine Healy, president of Mass. Citizens for Life; Mrs.Pamela'Smith, board member; Atty. Harold K. Hudner.

How They Voted

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BRINGING OUT the animals is a daily and very pop­ular chore at MacDonald's Farm, part of Cathedral Camp,East Freetown. Mark DeCosta, Dighton; John Ventura,Taunton; and David Adamides, New Bedford, do the hon­ors for a rooster, a baby goat and a reluctant calf. Registra­tions close tomorrow for the last period of the diocesanday camps for the boys and girls, which have had one oftheir most succesful seasons.

ParallelContinued from Pa2e One

setts' Governor Dukakis focusonly on "rights of poor wom­en," failing to mention rights of"poor babies."

"We are not going to achieveour victories solely by power,"said Noonan, emphasizing theimportance of education as wellas the necessity for self-know­ledge. He also reminded hishearers that abolitionists learnedthe wastefulness of fightingamong themselves, and urgedpro-lifers not to engage in "fac­tional fighting."

Hyde AmendmentIn other pro-life action, Jo­

seph A. Califano Jr., Secretaryof Health, Education and Wel­fare, has ordered an end tofederal funding of abortions forwelfare mothers.

Califano's move came im­mediately following DistrictJudge John F. Dooling's Aug. 4decision to vacate a restrainingorder which had blocked enforce­ment of what has become knownas the Hyde Amendment, pass­ed by Congress last September.

The Hyde Amendment wasstruck down by Judge Doolingthe day it was to take effect,and had remained unenforcedwhile legal battles raged aboutit.

Enforcement of the HydeAmendment means HEW "willprovide federal financial parti­cipation in the cost of abortionsonly where the attending physi­cian, on the basis of his or herprofessional judgment, .has certi­fied that the abortion is nec­essary because the life of themother would be endangered ifthe fetus were carried to term,"according to Califano.

"The legislative history of theHyde Amendment however,makes clear," Califano said,"that the amendment does notbar funding for certain medicalprocedures. Specifically, theconference committee report in­terpreting the Hyde Amendmentstates as follows: 'Nor is it theintent of the conferees to pro­hibit medical procedures nec­essary for the termination of anactopic pregnancy or for thetreatment of rape or incest vic­tims, nor is it intended to pro­hibit the use of drugs or devicesto prevent implantation of thefertilized ovum."

Letter Writing ReadersIn diocesan news, there was

apparently a good response toa plea in last week's Anchorthat readers write to their statesenators and representatives,urging them to vote for theDoyle-Flynn bill.

One Fall River woman saidshe added to her letter's re­quest that her legislators makeGovernor Dukakis aware thatthousands of Massachusettscitizens were "horrified" at hispro-abortion stance and wouldbe likely to keep it in mindwhen considering his candidacyfor re-election.

Seekonk ClinicAs the Anchor went to press,

abortion rights advocate WilliamBaird was scheduled to speak ata public hearing in Seekonk onwhether the town should per­mit erection of an abortionclinic.

Opposition to the clinic hasbeen well organized but to thepresent little sentiment hasbeen expressed in its favor.

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MARIONST. RITA

Schedule effective July 2 - Sept. 4Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:15 A.M.

Saturday~:OO P.M.Daily-8:30 AM.

HYANNISST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00,and 12 Noon and 5:00 P.M.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 AM. and 12:10 P.M.Confessions: Saturday- 4:00-5:00 P.M.

and after 7:30 P:M. Mass

NANTUCKETOUR LADY OF THE ISLE

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM. and7:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:30 AM. and 12:00 NoonRosary before Daily MassesConfessions: Saturday-4:00-4:45 P.M.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTSST. THOMAS CHAPEL

Schedule effective weekend of June 25-26Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, \1:15 AM.

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

SIASCONSETUNION CHAPEL

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

NORTH FALMOUTHST. ELIZABETH SETON

Masses: Sunday-7:45, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 and5:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 5:30 P.M.Confession: 3:15-3:45 and 7:30-8:00 P.M.

FALMOUTHST. PATRICK

Schedule effective weekend of June 25-26Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 and

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

MATTAPOISETTST. ANTHONY

Masses: Sunday-7:09, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM.Saturday-8 A.M.-4:30 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 AM.

YARMOUTHPORTSACRED HEART

Masses: Sunday-9:00 AM.Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.Confessions: Before each Mass

BREWSTEROUR LADY OF THE CAPE

Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M.Daily-8:00 AM and 11 :00 AM.(Except Wed. at 11:00 AM. and 7:30P.M.)

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

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

EAST BREWSTERIMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 AM.Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 6:00 P.M.

EAST FALMOUTHST. ANTHONY

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 AM.Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 7:00 P.M..Daily-8:00 AM.Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:15Weekdays Anytime by Appointment

SOUTH CHATHAMOUR LADY OF GRACE

Schedule effective July 2Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.

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

WEST BARNSTABLEOUR LADY OF HOPE

Masses: Sunday-8:45 and 10:00 A.M.Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.

CENTERVILLEOUR L o\DY OF VICTORY

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, 12 noonSaturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 and 9:00 AM.

Fi:rst Fridays-Ultreya-8:00 P.M.Fi:,st Friday Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

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TRUROSACRED HEART

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NORTH TRUROOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

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WEST HARWICHHOLY TRINITY

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Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 A.M.Saturday Eve.--4:30 :P.M.Daily-8:00 AM.

Confessions: Saturday 3:00 P.M.

WAREHAMST. PATRICK

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:0011:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

Saturday Eve.--4:00 and 6:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 AM.

Confessions: Saturday-3:00-3:45 P.M. and 7:00­7:30 P.M.

VINEYARD HAVENST. AUGUSTINE

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 11:00 AM.Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M;·Daily-8:00 AM.

Confessions: Saturday--4:00-4:30 P.M. and6:00-6:30 P.M.

WOODS HOLEST. JOSEPH

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 10:00 AM.Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 AM. (9:00 AM. Sat. only)

Confessions: ~ hour before Sunday Masses

MASHPEEQUEEN OF ALL SAINTS

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

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

SAGAMOREST. THERESA

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

SOUTH YARMOUTHST. PIUS TENTH

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

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

BASS RIVEROUR LADY OF THE HIGHWA'\

Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11 :00 AM.Daily-8:00 AM. (Mon.-Fri.)

SANTUITST. JUDE'S CHAPEL

Masses: Sunday-9:00 and 10:30 AM:Saturday-5:00 P.M.

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

POCASSETST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30,11:30 AM.and 5:00 P.M.Saturday Eve.--4:00, 5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-7:30 AM.

Confessions: Saturday-3:00-3:45 P.M. and 6:15­6:45 P.M.

PROVINCETOWNST. PETER THE APOSTLE

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

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

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

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

ORLEANSST. JOAN OF ARC

Schedule effective June 18 • 19 • Labor DayMa!Ues: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Daily-8:00 AM.Confessions-Saturday 4:00 - 4:50 P.M.

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

NORTH EASTHAMCHURCH OF THE VISITATION

Schedule effective June 18 • 19 -Labor DayMasses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.Confessions-Saturday...2..6:30-6:50 P.M.

OSTERVILLEOUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTIQN

Schedule effective June 25 thru Sept. 4Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.Daily-7:00 and 9:00 AM.

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

, 0 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 11, 1977

ST. BRENDAN, a 36-foot leather boat, arrives in Boston Harbor after crossing theAtlantic from Ireland. Its skipper, Timothy Severin, at right, wanted to prove that asimilar trip could have have been made by the sixth-century Irish saint, making him thefirst to reach tne New World. (NC Photo) Honor CRS Head

NEW YORK (NC)-Pope PaulVI has named retired BishopEdward Swanstrom an assist­ant at the pontifical throne forhis many years as executive di­rector of Catholic Relief Ser­vices (CRS). The bishop, nowretired, was informed of thehonor by Archbishop Jean Ja­dot, apostolic delegate in' theUnited States.

British Leather Institute, whichorganized a task force to studythe problem and inadvertentlyhelped the credibility of the Irishmonk St. Brendan.

After studying the problemof how to prepare leather towithstand such a long voyage,the Leather Institute recom·mended that Severin should tanhis oxhides in oak bark and thathe should waterproof the leatherhull with a mixture of ox tal­low and wool grease, That, asit happens, is what the Navi­gatio says St. Brendan did.

Severin believes that the suc­cessful completion of his voy­age will cause a younger gen­eration of historians to leavethe library for practical testsof long-studied early texts."The texts have been chewedto death by people sitting atdesks," he said. -'I think you'regoing to see a lot more of this."

The English historian, whohas undergraduate and graduatedegrees from Oxford and whostudied at Harvard, has travel­ed down the Mississippi Riverfrom its source and followed inthe tracks of Marco Polo acrossAsia.

Brendai Abbatis or the Voyageof the AbbOt St. Brendan ­was recorded more than twocenturies after his death by anIrish monk who worked fromoral tradition and possibly textsnow lost. Many modern·dayhistorians have belittled theclaims of those who believe inSt. Brandan's voyage, noting themedieval tradition' of minglingfact and fancy.

Severin, 36, and his threecrew members arrived in New­foundland June 28, 1977, andconsidered their point proved.From there they had the curraghshipped by freighter to LewisWharf in Boston, where it ar­rived July 15.

Auxiliary Bishop Daniel A.Hart of Boston, representingCardinal Humberto Medeiros,greeted the crew at Lewis wharfand offered a prayer of thanks­giving for a safe voyage.

Today 120 manuscripts of theNavigatio exist - a mixture oftales of miraculous narrowescapes on the one hand, andaccurate descriptions on the.other. The descriptions concernicebergs, glassy calm seas, anddays when the sun did not setat all. The latter part, especially,was dismissed by people' whohad never been north of thepolar circle, where in the sum­mer the sun indeed never sets.

"We encountered at leastseven episodes that were abso­lute carbon copies of episodesrelated in the Navigatio," Sev­erin said. "It is more than acoincidence."

Severin got assistance from,among other organizations, the

36-foot curragh, a leather boatlike St. Brendan's, in an attemptto verify the legend of St. Bren­dan and his epic voyage of aboutsix years.

The story of St. Brendan ­called the Navigatio Sancti

I=irst?Irishfore Christopher Columbus.

But, he says, "it is certainlypossible that he did. He reachedGreenland certainly, and he mayhave made it to America."

Severin, an English historian,and his crew set out May 17,1976, from Dingle, Ireland, in a

The'BOSTON {NC) - Timothy

Saverin admits that his morethan year-long voyage from Ire­land to Newfoundland in a boatmade of oxhides doesn't provethat a sixth-century monk, St.Brendan, actually reached NorthAmerica a thousand years .be-

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ST. ELIZABETH,EDGARTOWN

The annual parish art fair willtake place at the rectory onMain Street from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug.19 and 20. Works by Island art­ist David Brown, watercolorsby 'Renee O'Sullivan, hand­crafted jewelry by Mrs. MorrisDrogin and handcarved birds byW. J. McChesney will be amongspecial attractions and home­baked pastries will be available.Mrs. Flos Morgan is generalchairman.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

A triduum honoring BlessedMaximilian Kolbe will begin to­day, with special prayers beforeand after each Mass todaythrough Saturday.

An incense burner and vesselgivE:n to the parish by the Rich­ard Ernst family in thanksgiving

. for the influence the parishschool has had on their familylife will be dedicated next Sat­urday night in honor of BlessedMaximilian. The sacred vesselsare handcrafted of cast iron tosymbolize his concentrationcamp martyrdom.

The Men's Club will meetSunday, Aug. 14 following theevening Mass.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

New choir members aresought and may contact FatherWilliam Campbell at the rectory.Rehearsals are held from 7 to8:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginningthe Thursday after Labor Day,and the choir sings at 11:15a.m. Mass each Sunday.

ST. MARY,SOUTH DARTMOUTH

The sixth annual old-fashionedcountry fair will take place be­ginning at 10 a.m. Saturday .onthe parish grounds and continu­ing throughout the day andevening.

Activities will begin with afire engine ride and concludewith a mamoth auction, withtwo used cars and a canoeamong hundreds of new andused articles to go on the block.Also a drawing will be held fora $1000 cash award.

New features will include askateboard contest and a chilodren's "tattoo" booth. Otherhighlights will be games, rides,a penny candy and fudge shop,handicrafts, a country store anda farmer's market offering freshflowers, plants and homebakeditems.

Entertainers will include theDartmouth Community AdultBand, the SMYLE band, St.Mary's Singers, puppeteers,magicians, dancers and traineddogs. Seafood, Portugue'sespecialties and such favorites aspizza, corn on the cob and frenchfries will be served throughoutthe day.

Heading a large arrangementscommittee is David RoderickSr.

ST. MARY,SEEKONK

The Women's Guild requestsdonations of large grocery bagsand empty picture frames, to beused in preparations for its an·nual Christmas sale. They maybe left in the sacristy.

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"Time to Run," a color filmstarring Ed Nelson, will be pre­sented at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.19 at the parish hall on TobeyStreet. Admission will be freeand refreshments will be served.

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

AS NEW YORKERS hurryby, Martin Helgesin dogged­ly preaches Catholic doctrineon Lower Manhattan street.Once flourishing CatholicEvidence Guild is now downto three members, but theyhave no intention of stoppingtheir apostolate. (NC Photo)

It's His"The coat in your closet be­

longs to the poor man who hasnone," - St. Thomas Aquinas

Not Vatican II-­But It Worked

'LOS ANGELES (NC) - Themen and women of the Catholicworker community consider thesurvival of their hospitality kit­chen and clinic on Los Angeles'skidrow something of a miracle.They attribute it to St. Josephand Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

After the kitchen had been op­erating for seven years, therent was raised from $475 to$1,700 a month. The Workerspondered whether to get out orto try to raise the $64,000 neededto buy the building.

In the midst of this worry,Mother Teresa of Calcutta visit­ed the kitchen. She told the com­munity to petition St. Joseph.."She told us to write the peti­tion on a paper and tie it tohis statue," said Jeff Dietrich, acommunity member. "This def­initely did not seem like VaticanII theology. But we did it."

The Workers felt a littlestrange going to nearby St. Jo­seph's Church to ask the pastorfor permission to tie a note tothe finger of the statue of St.Joseph there, Dietrich said, butthey did and they prayed.

Within two weeks, they hadreceived $55,000, with the larg­est gift of $5,000 coming fromsomeone they didn't even knowin Alaska. Their real estatebroker, Dietrich said, called it"the craziest deal ever heardof,"

Today, the Catholic Workercommunity owns the house. At aMass of thanksgiving Servant ofMary Father Dan 'Brown toldthe group:

"This is the house of God'speople. This is the home of thepoor. Here they are served andhealed. This building houses theservanthood of the workers. Godis asking us to use materialthings in a way that shows weunderstand who He is,"

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ST. JOHN OF GOD,SOMERSET

Father Robert A. Oliveira,newly ordained for the FallRiver diocese, who served as adeacon last year at St. John ofGod, will offer a Mass ofThanksgiving in the parish at6:15 p.m. Saturday. A receptionfor him will follow in the churchhall.

Final Christian Doctrine classregistrations for new studentsand Confirmation candidates willbe held in the rectory form 10:30a.m. to noon Sunday, Aug. 28.OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The parish feast begins to­morrow and will continuethrough Sunday. Parishionersare asked to volunteer their as­sistance in the various eventsconnected with the observance,and all members of parish or­ganizations are requested toparticipate in the procession totake place at 1 p.m. Sunday. Araffle will be held during thecelebration with prizes of a tele­vision set and cash awards.SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

Young people planning a par­ish youth program will meetThursday, Aug. 18. Parishionersare invited to attend games ofthe CYO baseball team, whichhas won its last 16~ games.

The Linden Club will begin anew series Sunday, Sept. 4. Pro­spective members may join now.

year it is clear that ability to'~pay" has no relationship to theoutcome of cases. From myown experience, the same is trueof tribunals at other levels.

Few marriage cases are ex­actly the same, no matter howsimilar they appear to the out­side observer. You and the au­thor you are reading apparentlyassume the Jackie-Aristotle mar­riage was approved and blessedby the Catholic Church. Thiswas not the case, since his div­orce from his former wife wasnot recognized by the Church.(In fairness to them, however,it should be said that the mar­riage laws 'of the Roman Cath­olic Church differ in this mat­ter from those of the EasternOrthodox Church to which Mr.Onassis belonged. It seems thataccording to his church he wasfree to marry Mrs. Kennedy.)

As for Cardinal Cushing, thereis no record, to my knowledge,that he '~allowed" her to enterthe marriage. He merely notedthat only God knows who is asinner and who is not, and thatthe occasion called for an ex­ercise of "charity, love, and mu­tual respect and esteem." That'sstill good advice.

(Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Diet­zen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box7, Fall River,Mass. 02722.

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Q. We know that the Churchhas changed a lot in matterspertaining to Catholics and Pro­testants. What are the rules nowabout the extent we can parti­cipate as Catholics in ceremon­ies of other faiths? (III.)

A. your question is general,so my answer will have to be,too. But I hope it tells you whatyou need to know.

Prayer services involvingCatholics and Protestants arefortunately more and more fre­quent today. These services fo­cus on common interests suchas peace, Christian unity, socialproblems, and similar concerns.In this type of ceremony, Cath­olics are not only permitted,butencouraged to share, whether ina Catholic or Protestant churchor other location.

Catholics may also attend of­eial liturgical ceremonies of an­other faith, on occasion, for anygood reason - friendship or re­lationship with a.member of thatcongregation, duties of public of­fice, or even out of a simple de­sire to be better informed. "Of­ficial" ceremonies are those car­ried out, according to the properbooks and tites, by the minister- such as the usual Sundayworship, the rite of the Lord'sSupper and so on.However, participation in the

sacraments of another church,such as Baptism or the Euchar­ist, is generally not permitted.Theologians of most . other

,churches agree with the Cath­olic position on this matter sinceVatican II: "Celebration of the

. sacraments is an action of thecelebrating community, carriedout within that community,signifying the oneness of faith,worship and life of the com­munity." (Directory of the Sec­retariat for Promoting ChristianUnity, 1967)

Q. Isn't the Catholic religionthe same for all, or do the richpeople have more privileges? Anew book on the Kennedy fam­ily tells how Jackie Kennedywas allowed by Cardinal Cush­ing of Boston to marry AristotleOnassis after she gave the car­dinal some expensive gift. Thiswas after PresideDt Kennedydied, and Mr. Onassis had beendivorced. I have a dear friendwho could not get permission tomarry a divorced person. Whythe difference? (Tex.)

A. First, Church officials whomake the final decisions on mar­riage cases are extremely care­ful to try to keep their deliber­ations free of any influence thatmight arise from the financialcondition of the individuals in­volved.

The Roman Rota, for example,the highest Catholic "court"dealing with marriage matters,publishes a yearly report on itsdecisions and on the number ofthose for which no financialcompensation was received. Each

12 THE ANCHOR-Dioc·ese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 11, 1977

KNOW YOUR FAITHNC NEWS

Ownership in Perspective' Are Goods Good for Us?

InterconnectednessHow to Use Material Goods

"CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH and possessions inthe hands of a few has spurred movements to redistributewealth and property." Peasants march to Mexico City toprotest land reform inequities.

"In those days, there wasn'tnearly so much in the way ofworldly goods to give up."

"Back then, Jesus was physi­cally present and able to be fol­lowed in the flesh."

"Why should I give to thepoor? What with welfare andfood stamps, I see them buyingbetter food than I do at thegrocery store."

"Treasure in heaven won'tbuy the things I need to makeme happy here on earth."

"I know I can't be perfectanyway, so I'll just keep myworldly goods in proportion tomy imperfections."

Do these responses makesense? Can we reconcile our·wealth with the masses of pooraround us and elsewhere in theworld? I think we can, and thatthe answer lies in the wordstewardship - we are responsi­ble for the goods entrusted tous in this life, but we do notown them. God is the ownerand we are His stewards. Wewill be held accountable forwhat we did, with these goodswhile they were entrusted tous.

Let's face it - everything weown is a gift from God - ourthou,ghts, time, talents, treasure.Wasting our time or thoughts,failing to develop a talent thatcould be shared, not making themost of an opportunity are asbad as the misuse or hoardingof money.

It is spiritually uplifting to de­velop . a sense of stewardshipabout all that God has given to

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Jesus to the rich man, "Go sellall you have and give it to thepoor. Then come and follow me."

The sickness is immense. Thecures are complex. But cure wemust. Our future survival de­pends on it.

By Dave McGill

Who can forget those hilariouscomic books about Scrooge Mc­Duck, the trillionaire miser andskinflint, who went swimmingevery day in a gigantic vault ofmoney with depth gauges thatmeaured sometimes 100 feet ofcoins and bills?

A caricature of Dickens' Eb­enezer Scrooge, Walt Disney'scharacter was not unlike therich fool Spoken of by Jesus inLuke's Gospel. This man storedgrain in more and more andbigger and bigger barns, butthen died before he could en­joy it. In relating this story,Christ said, "A man's life isnot made secure by what heowns, even when he has morethan he needs." This point ismade all the clearer in the storyof the rich young man:

"I have kept all these (com­mandments). What more do Ineed- to do?" he asked Jesus."If you wish to be perfect,"Jesus answered, "go and sellwhat you own and give themoney to the poor, and you willhave treasure in heaven; thencome, follow me."

This reply, as related in Mat­thew 19, rocked the young manback on his heels. We are toldthat "he went away sad, forhe was a man of great wealth."

This parable has made morethan a few people hesitant abouta total Christian commitment.Some arguments one hears are:"I can be a good Christian, inspite of what Christ 'said, with­out giving up all my possess­ions."

tively few are rich. One third ofthe world goes to bed hungryevery night. Countless millionsdo not even know what it meansto own property, let alone havea decent wage. In the midst ofall this misery comes the word of

By Father Alfred McBride

The rise in real estate pricesdramatizes the notion of owner­ship of property. Young coupleswonder if they will ever be ableto purchase their own land andhome. And if this be true of themiddle class, what is the case ofthe poor?

The prophets accused the richof owning so much land thatnothing was left for the poor.Social critics today accuse thewealthy of mismanagement ofthe economy to the point whereeven the middle class is findingit hard to own goods and prop­erty.

Jesus preached and practicedevangelical poverty. Francis ofAssisi renewed the interest insuch a view of ownership. Butgenerally speaking, this ideal hasrarely been embraced. Religiousorders take a vow of poverty,but own vast tracts of lands andbuildings. The individual monkor nun may not own, but collec­tively the group owns morethan anyone of them would'ever possess in another form ofI:fe.

Jesus said that the rich willget more wealth and the littlethe poor have will be takenaway from them. Marx said thatthe rich get richer and the poorget children. That is the originof the word proletariat, thegroup with lots of "proles" orc:hildren. The perennial concen­tration of wealth and possess­ions in the hands of a few hass.purred movements to redistrib­ute wealth and property. Thiswas the platform of the "dis­tributist" movement in England.

This is also what Stalin triedto do in Russia and Mao TseTung in China. Whether it bethe shooting of the Czar in Rus­sia, the beheading of the kingb1 France or forms of violenceranging from hanging to stab­bing, the revolution of the poorwill almost certainly take vio­lent shape.

The popes of the last 70-oddyears have tried to take a morereasonable and non-violent ap­proach to the question of justicefor the poor. The great socialencyclicals of Leo XIII, Pius XIand Pius XII, the justice andpeace encyclicals of John XX,IIIand Paul VI are attempts to offerthe world a faith-informed andpeaceful strategy for coming toterms with the problems ofpoverty, work opportunity,ownership, financial survivaland just distribution of wealthfor all people.

The free world today seemsto be caught between an ob­sessive drive to grow and somepossible limits of growth. Thee::lergy crisis is but one way ofbringing this to everyone's at­~ention. It may be that thestruggle over oil' will lead toyet another world consumingdisaster.

Billions are poor. Compara-

"We will be thinking aboutyou next weekend. David and Ihave put a lot of thought intohow we could give you moralsupport and have decided thatwe will try to fast for at leastone of the days of your week­end. We will also be prayingfor someone during that Sundaymorning. David is already check­ing the time difference so wecan be very precise. (This meantprayer from 3:00-6:00 a.m. theirtime.)

"I remember vividly on ourown weekend how you told usone student in Italy was prayingfor a couple that might be "hesi­tant.' That was I and it wasalmost like he was talking to meright that moment."

Such prayer and penance forothers has become a standardfeature of intense short-termspiritual experience like cur·sillos, marriage encounters, teen­age search weekends and Lifein the Spirit charismatic prayerseminars.

After I had finished such aweekend as part of the present­ing team, I received a note froma couple completely unknown tome living in Bristol, Con.

"Our hearts and prayers arewith you this very special week­end . . . Our family candle isburning for you and we prayyour love may burn as brightlyas its flame. We are sleeping onthe floor both nights for thesuccess of your weekend. InChrist's love

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that everyone should live "insecurity, under his vine or un­der his fig tree" (l Kgs. 5.5).

This worked fairly well in asimple society, but with mon­archy came also an increasinglycomplex bureaucracy and sharpclass distinctions, based mainlyon wealth. This brought aboutthe breakUp of family proper­ties to the advantage of greedyand powerful landlords whopreyed on the poor.

It was inevitable that people,especially the poor, would fallupon hard times. This was for­seen, too; one could always turnto a fellow-Isralite for a loan,and the law strictly forbadelending at interest (Ex. 22, 24;Dt. 23, 20). This again was de­signed to prevent a person's los­ing his property. For even inthis humane arrangement, col­lateral was usually required asassurance of repayment. If in­terest rates were to make re­payment all the more difficult,then the borrower ran an in­creased risk of forfeiting hiscollateral, of losing his proper­ty. Unfortunately these laws,too, were often disregarded, andunscrupulous lenders gougedtheir fellow- Israelites with ex-

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By Father John J. Castelot

How would you like to haveGod for a landlord? The Israel­ites did, in a very real sense,even though the analogy is notperfect. Yahweh was the Lordof the land, which was as a re­sult the Holy' Land, the "landthe Lord possesses" (Jos. 22,19). This was the ultimate basisof the sacredness of the land,the tribal territories, and, by ex­tension, the private property offamilies and individuals.

It was also the basis of cer­tain limitations on ownershipwhich were designed to curb ex­cessive, inconsiderate selfish­ness. For instance, landownershad to leave some of the grainand grape harvest in the fields,and passers-by had the rightto satisfy their hunger whilewalking through a field or vine­yard. A yearly tithe was col­lected for the Levites, and everythird year for the poor. Privateownership of property, then, wasa sacred right and, at the sametime, a sacred trust.

This explains why law, andcustom made such careful 'pro­vision for the protection and con­tinued possession of family prop­erty. The sociological ideal was

By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin

Last winter I was hard atwork in Rome preparing severaltalks to be given the followingweekend to 25 married couplesin the United States. My preoc­cupation and my hopes for theupcoming experience spilled overinto the homily I preached thatday at Mass.

o Just prior to my departure,one of our theological studentsleft me this note:

"You spoke about 'settingpeople on fire' for the Gospel inyour homily yesterday and ofyour excitement about the forth­coming weekend. I was moved

.by your enthusiasm and spiritand wanted you to know I willbe praying for you and thecouples. For that purpose I willfast for 24 hours as well asoffer my attendance at Mass andthe holy hour for the success ofyour efforts. Perhaps these willhelp in a small way to have areluctant couple allow Christto enter their lives."

His promise of prayer andpenance touched me and Ishared the letter with thosemarried - couples during thatweekend.

Several months later, backhere in Italy, this same studentwas about to leave for a some­what similar weekend. The daybefore, I received a lengthy notefrom a couple who heard mypresentation in the UnitedStates. The wife included thismessage:

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ent to the .Pope who establishedthe synod 10 years ago.

Solemn unveiling of a monu­mental bas-relief in bronze ofChrist's resurrection will high­light birthday plans. The work,costing $340,000,. is being as­sembled in the modern papalhall by Italian artist Pericle Faz­zini.

Besides tributes from thegreat, the Vatican will surelybe snowed under with cards andbirthday presents from thou­sands of ordinary Catholicsthroughout the world.

On VacationFather Edmond Rego, author

of the popular "A Verdade EA.Vida" Portuguese column, Is onvacation. His Anchor contribu­tions will resume next month.

ST. MARY,NORm FAIRHAVEN

The annual parish picnic willtake place from noon to 8 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 14 on the churchgrounds. Features will includea Dixieland band, square danc­ing, a puppet show, an auction,and a male-female egg toss. Po­lish and Portuguese foods willbe available.

HOLY TRINITY,WEST HARWICH

The annual parish auction willtake place in the church hallat 7:30 p.m. Wednesday andThursday, Aug. 17 and 18. Do­nations may be left at the hallor picked up on rc;quest by tele­phoning 432-4000.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

The annual feast is takingplace this weekend and all areasked to participate in Sun­day's procession at 1 p.m.

The catechism schedule for thecoming year has been finalizedand parents are asked to makecertain their children attendweekly sessions, which beginwhen school starts.

Celebrations Will80th Birthday of

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Whatdo you give a Pope for his 80thbirthday?

Vatican officials are comingup with an answer to that ques­tion as Pope Paul VI preparesto celebrate his birthday Sept.26. Papal birthdays are usu­ally nonevents, marked onlywith a very private celebrationby a pope and his closest asso­ciates.

'But not so an 80th pontificalbirthday.

Since World War II, theChurch has solemnly celebratedthe birthdays of two papal octo­genarians. Pius XII turned 80March 2, 1956, and John XXIIImarked his four score Nov. 25.1961.

On March 1, 1956, the Vaticanpost office received 300 poundsof greeting cards, 14,000 tele­grams and 180 pounds of letterscongratulating Pope Pius.

A special series of Vaticanstamps was issued and a churchand student hostel were dedica­ted in Rome in honor of thebirthday of John XIII in 1961.

Both ,Popes received the hom­age of dozens of special diplo­matic missions, sent from vari­ous nations.

Special solemn Masses werecelebrated in the presence ofChurch and civil dignitaries inSt. Peter's Basilica for bothPopes. The future Pope Paul VIcelebrated the solemn Mass forJohn XXIII's birthday, with hispredecessor presiding.

For Pope Paul's birthday,special ceremonies are also be­Ing scheduled. For his 80thbirthday, 80 artists will present80 works of art in his honor,according to Vatican sources.

Festivities will start on theeve of the Pope's birthday witha televised Mass from St.Peter's. Famous boys' choirsfrom various European nationswill sing.The 200 bishop-participantsin the world Synod of Bishops,opening Sept. 30, are expectedto offer their own birthday pres-

AS POPE PAUL VI approaches his 80th birthday, he. continues his heavy schedule, meeting with thousands of

pilgrims from all parts of the globe as well as with worldleaders. Here he greets President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.(NC Photo)

Jubilee Year (every 50th year)during which fields and housesalienated in one way or an­other were to revert to theiroriginal owners.

All of this legislation, never­theless, points to the high regardin which the right to privateproperty, not to mention thedignity of the human person,was held and protected. The NewTestament was no legislation ofthis sort (it is not a legal code),but it not only reflects the samerespect for property rights andhuman dignity but puts owner­ship in a higher perspective andmore than suggests that thereare values which take prece­dence over the material.

InterconnectedContinued from Page Twelve

Prayer, and especially fast­ing or sacrificing for others inthis fashion, seemed to lose fa­vor with many Roman Catholicsduring the past decade or so.However, these enthusiasticmovements , without any par­ticular impetus from the officialChurch, clearly have resurrec­ted those practices. Moreover,this truly spontaneous, grassroots development has exertedan enormous impact on manypersons, including myself. Theillustrations above are typicalexamples of what is happeningin the lives of countless individ­uals or families in the worn!today.

It echoes the best of our re­ligious traditions. Givi'ng upsome of this world's goods foranother, or for others, does leadus closer together in the Lord.

quoted. It is the LOVE ofmoney, not just money itself,that is the root of all evils (ITim. 6, 10). This "love" is whatwas tearing at the insides ofthe rich young man; it is alsowhat caused the rich food tohoard his life away.

I have a friend, Joe Flanagan.who literally followed the Lord'sadmonition to the rich youngman. Joe gave up a successfulbusiness in Louisiana 10 yearsago to come to Atlanta to workwith the poor through the St.Vincent de Paul Society. He has·been a -tremendous influence onthousands of people, showingthem by example how to bringthe material goods part of lifeinto an overall Christian spirit­uality.

cessive interest rates (Ez. 22,12).

Often enough, the only col­lateral a poor man had was agarment, a cloak or a pair ofsandals. In itself it was worth­less, but it was a symbol of theperson of the debtor himself. Ifhe failed to repay, he lost notonly his shirt but 'himself; hewas enslaved to work off hisdebt. Again the law came to therescue, at least in principle, withthe institution known as theSabbatical Year, during which anIsraelite slave had to be set free,including those enslaved fornon-payment of debt. However.this seems to have been a rarelyand realized ideal; and the same

Lawn FestivalThe 21st annual lawn festi­

val for the benefit of the Sistersof St. Dorothy will be held thisSaturday and Sunday at VillaFatima, 90 County St., Taunton.

With hours from 2 to 6 p.m.Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday,booths will include penny sale,baked goods, religious articles,white elephant, handmade arti­cles and refreshments.

Sunday's attractions will alsooffer games, pony rides and adisco show presented by Rich­ard Ferreira. Parking will beavailable at the Taunton Mem­orial Skating Rink in the rearof Villa Fatima.

Ownership in PerspectiveContinued from Page Twelve is true of the even more liberal

Continued from Page Twelveus. It is exciting to pray aboutthe use of our time, talents,associations, and thoughts, aswell as our use of our money.Those of us who are parentshave the greatest treasure. Howwe develop these special giftsfrom God is more important thanall the monetary treasure in theworld.

After acknowledging that Godis the owner and we are thestewards of our possessions, itis good to distinguish between"needs" and "desires," and alsoto properly proportion the cat­egories of making, spending,sharing, and saving. It is alsohelpful to prayerfully decidewhere our "surplus line" is ­the amount beyond what we feelwe need to have in order to live.effectively and properly providefor our families.

There are hundreds of refer­ences to money in the Scrip­tures, and perhaps the mostfamous is nearly always mis-

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spare for all of us, if we buthang on; if we stop thinkingthat we are brighter and smarterif we listen to every Tom, Dickand Harry who comes down thepike. I don't mean that weshould close our minds, but letus not drown ourselves in thatwhich is of no help to us at all.Let us not allow the doubts ofa mere handful of humans takeover. We do not live by doubt- but by faith! Who else butChrist can say to us, "You takemy life and I will take yoursins!"

ST. CASIMIR,NEW BEDFORD

A large committe headed byRev. Casimir Kwiatkowski ismaking arrangements for theannual festival to be held to­morrow through Sunday on thechurch grounds. Polish andAmerican foods, varied boothsand music will be among at­tractions offered.

ST. PATRICK,WAREHAM

The annual fair is scheduledfor this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. on the church grounds.A magic show for children willbe presented at 10 a.m. and 2p.m. and other features will behome-baked foods, handcraftedgift items, plants, and a whiteelephant both. Chowder will beon the refreshments menu.

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what has been cast down hasreally been raised up; that whatthe world rejects is really des­tined to be the head of the cor­ner; that what is weak, at last,is the power by which the pre-

tensions of this world will cometumbling down; that what lookslike the end is only the begin­ning; and what is obviously deathis amazingly - life!

Who knows why people don'tleave Christ alone. Maybe theyare being tempted by their own"personal devils" to continue topoke and pry. Maybe they wantstones turned into bread, for­getting that man does not liveby bread alone. Sure, they needbread to live, but Jesus knewthere was something else, some­thing that has nothing to dowith the' ability of the earth toproduce enough.

Christ continues to botherpeople as no other has. Maybethe too-technical mind cannot ac­cept divinity because it cannotprove it. The world we live indoes not know how to believe asa child any more because itseems to have left childhood be­hind - forever! Even the chil­dren are no longer children.

Like the miracle of tha loaves,there is enough faith and to

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''REMEMBER THE EASTER WORDS ••. 0 verflowing with meanings we do not alwaysc:omprehend . . . when our imaginations soa r above and beyond the usual, the predictable,the controllable and the pedestrian."

By Cecilia Belanger

I received a phone call thisweek from a rather frightenedyoung lady. She said it fright­ens her to read opinions contra­dicting the divinity of Christ.She said, "It seems to take theground right out from undernle. I don't want to hear it. Idon't want to talk about it."

To her and others I wouldsay, take heart and do not beblown about by every wind. Re­member the Easter words, thoseIElrge words, overflowing withmeanings we do not alwaysc.)mprehend. Christmas words,Easter words, extravagantwords. When our imaginationssoar above and beyond the us­u,al, the predictable, the control­able, and the pedestrian. Hango:n to this!

Who but Christ gave us thatspecial meaning we find in re­biirth and renewal at Easter?Who can look upon the fact ofChrist and not see that he is"lnore than"? It is God throughChrist who has given meaningto our existence. Our lives arecontinually being influenced byhim.

There's that extra dimensiontel the life of Jesus which setsit apart from aU others. For twothousand years the event, thesignificance, the concern withthat life has not waned. Weknow that he was not powerfula8 the wQrld measures power,nor successful as the worldmeasures success. But he wasmore acquainted with grief andthat is one of the reasons whyhe reaches us. The inauspiciousway he died breaks our hearts.It seems that the world, eventoday, cannot stand a man whois "too good."

Luke tells us, "Assuredly,that God hath made this sameJesus, whom you crucified, bothLord and Christ," That reallyturned the world upside down!It takes sight which is moreakin to insight to believe that

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hop Connolly and one represen­tative from Bishop Gerrard. Fivemembers of the young adult unitare also in attendance.

The CLC is an outgrowth ofthe 400-year-old Sodalities ofOur Lady and is an internationalorganization with world head­quarters in Rome and U.S. off­ices at St. Louis University,where Rev. Paul Roy, SJ, for­merly a Bishop Connolly HighSchool faculty member, is na­tional CLC moderator. Nationalepiscopal moderator for the or­ganization is Bishop Louis Gel­ineau of Providence.

Director of New England eLCactivities is Daniel Lebrun, aTaunton CCD coordinator. Nat­ional CLC vice-president isBrother Theodore Letendre, FIC,guidance director at Bishop Con­nolly.

Upon return from the NewOrleans meeting the area dele­gates will prepare for attendanceat a Summer Institute of Chris­tian Action to take place at Our.Lady of Providence Seminary,Warwick. Attendance of Gerrardand Connolly students at thelatter event is expected to beheavy. .

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Representatives of BishopConnolly and Bishop Gerrardhigh schools,Fall River, and ofthe Fall River Young AdultChristian Life Communities arein New Orleans attending theeleventh biennial national con­vention of Christian Life Com­munities (OLe), taking placethrough Sunday at Loyola Uni­versity.

Theme for the meeting is"Gifted in the Lord: Ministers inHis Kingdom" and area dele­gates include three faculty mem­bers and 10 students from Bis-

By The Dameans

IT'S SAD TO BELONG

Met you on a springtime day, you were mindingYour life and I was minding mine, too.

Lady, when you looked my way I had a strange sensation,Darling, that's when I knew that,

It's sad to belong to someone else when the right onecomes along,

Yes it's sad to belong to someone else when the right onecomes along,

Oh I wake up in the night and I reach beside meHoping you wiD be there.

But instead I find someone who believed in me when I saidI'd always care.

So I'll live my life in a dream world for the rest of my days.Just you and me walking hand-in-hand in a wishful memory,

Oh I guess that's all that it could ever be.Wish I had a time machine, I could make myself

Go back until the day I was born. .And I would live my life again and rearrange it

So that I'd be yours from now on.Written by Randy Goodrun

Sung by England Dan and John Ford ColeyFamous Music Corp., Ironside Music, ASCP.

This is the story of a guy who regrets who he is withnow because he is sure that somebody new is the right one,and he feels this way because he had a funny feeling, astrange sensation when she looked his way.

The nicest thing you can say about a guy like that isthat he's a rat. It appears that he is married - he belongsto the one who believed in him when he said he'd alwayscare and now he says it isn't true any more.

The guy is looking out fa r himself. He doesn't care aboutthe one he made promises to.

This' is a sad song, not so much for the guy's sake butfor all those people his life touches. They are bound to getburned because he really ~an't love anyone. When he sayshe's in love, it's just for now until something better comesalong. Even when he talks very convincingly about buildinga time machine so he can start life again and be hers fromnow on, you get the feeling that before too long there willbe someone else who is "right" and the pattern will repeatitself.

If a lesson can be drawn from this song, it might go liItethis: Don't belong too soon to anyone. Be patient as youlearn the things you have in c ammon and the things youdiffer on.

Such an approach will not guarantee love but it wHlcertainly prevent people from rushing into relationships bas~d

simply on funny feelings and strange sensations.

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (NC) ­In January, 1976, Doctors Rogerand Anna Maria Brault gave upa comfortable medical practicein Hawaii to fulfill a mutual de­sire - to live and work withthe less fortunate in the ThirdWorld.

And today, as they await an­other assignment after servingas medical missionaries in Haiti,Columbia and Guatemala, thehusband and wife still feel thesame as when they first lefthome: "Wherever there is anopening, we will be knockingat the door with whatever wecan offer," Roger says.

The Braults prepared for theirforeign service by attending amonth-long Overseas MissionInstitute Orientation Course atMaryknoll, N.Y. But when theCatholic Medical Mission Boardsent them to their first assign­ment in Haiti, Anna Maria ad­mits, "Our cultural shock wasimmediate."

Their work was in a remoteagricultural outpost, Pilate,with an outlying mountain pop­ulation of 42,000. "The name ofthe hospital was L'Esperance(Hospital Hope), Anna Mariasays, "but our first impressionwas that it was 'hopeless.' Butthe passing days and pleasedpatients brought signs of hope,and signs that we were bring­ing hope."

After three months in Haitiand a brief holiday on the EastCoast, the doctors headed forColumbia. They were stationedin San Bernardo del Viento,about 300 miles northeast of thecapital city of Bogota. There wasless poverty, a lower illiteracyrate, and better medical facili­ties.

"It was a different experience,yet a variation· of the sametheme - illness caused by lackof sanitation, by poor nutrition,and by ignorance caused by il­literacy and superstition," AnnaMaria says.

After that, they traveled toGuatelmala, where Anna Mariasays she was "most impressedwith their beauty and joy inmotherhood. Mothers no morethan 3(} years of age, with eight

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south of the spacious St. Anne'sSchool, at Forest and OsbornStreets, into the desired base­ball field.

With the help of· volunteerworkers, donated equipment andmaterial, and some $3,000 of theorganization's money, the fieldwas ready for dedication cere­monies and St. Anne's JuniorBaseball League was officiallylaunched in the spring of 1956.

The league has always opera­ted "in the black" and each yearmakes a token donation to· theparish. Nevertheless, it has notbeen unaffected by the trend offamilies moving to the suburbs,resulting in reducing the parishfrom 3,0000 families in 1956 toapproximately half that numbertoday, plus the drop in enroll­ment at the school from 1,200in 1952 to 300 presently. Thegrowth of other recreationalyears has also had an effect onprograms and facilities in recentyears.

However, it does not appearto be in jeopardy and will con­tinue to operate as long as thereare enough youngsters who wantto play and enough adults. will­ing to volunteer the time andeffort required to assure its con­tinued operation. The league isbaseball league in the country.believed to be the only in-parish

Rededication of its field nextSunday in honor of Father Pat­enaude is a well-deserved tributeto the priest whose initiative hasbrought joy to the hearts of somany youngsters through 22seasons of baseball.

Aware of the pride St. Anne'sparishioners take in their parish,it is my own belief that theJunior Baseball League will go onfor many more years.

InterscholasticSports

Diocesan CYO Golf Tourney MondayRained out on July 25, the and Greg Barrett, Attleboro;

18th annual CYO Diocesan Golf John Connor and Butch Brown,Tournament is now rescheduled New Bedford; Patrick Shaw andfor next Monday at the Pocasset Mike Alves, Fall River.Golf Course on Cape Cod. Seeking the Cadet crown are

Forty young golfers from five Paul Saunders and Jeff Reilly,areas of the diocese will compete Fall River; Mike Stone and Johnfor four crowns, senior, inter- Palmieri, New Bedford: Davidmediate, junior and cadet. Bourque and Michael Beaulieu,

Taunton; Brian Stewart andVying for the senior title arePete Saunders and Dave Freitas, Steven Donnelly, Cape Cod;

Michael Dix and Mark Schmidt,Fall River; Barry Higham and Attleboro.Matt Szulik, New Bedford; Billy The finalists in each divisionBourque and Matt Quintana,Taunton; John Sanoes and Peter will qualify for the New EnglandStephen, Cape Cod; Bill Vine CYO Championships later thisand Leo McDonald, Attleboro. month.

Joel Gonsalves and Dan Don- ,.....------------.ovan, New Bedford; Bob Bragaand George Saxon, Taunton;Bruce Murphy and Mitch Mc­Cullough, Cape Cod; John Mon­ast and George Saxon 3rd, At­tleboro; Jeff Massoud and Mar­tin Sowa, Fall River, are com­peting for the Intermediatechampionship.

Entrants in the Junior class!lee Richard Vieica and PeterKelly, Taunton; Jeff and Peter5tewart, Cape Cod; James Bell

St. Anne's Junior BaseballLeague fields at Forest and Os­born Streets, Fall River will berededicated next Sunday in hon­or of Rev. Rene Patenaude, OP,an assistant at Sainte-Anne'sChurch and prime force in theorganization of the league..

Details of the dedication pro­gram were being formulated atpress time. .

The tearful disappointm~nt ofthree youthful parishioners atat their failure to "make" theLittle League baseball team forwhich they had tried out trig­gered founding of the league,which got its official start inthe spring of 1956.

A year earlier, "Father Pat,"as he is affectionately known inSt. Anne's parish, touched' bythe tearful trio's disappointment,started the wheels in motion to­wards formation of the league.

After giving the matter somethought, he appeared at a meet­ing of St. Anne's Fraternity, anorganization of former studentsof the parish school, and madea strong appeal for its supportin organizing the league.

Pointing out that one of thepurposes of the fraternity wasto help the youth of the parish,Father Patenaude stressed thatthis was a way in which theycould give that help.

Receiving enthusiastic sup­port, he then proceeded, withthe help of fraternity membersand other parishioners, to finda field suitable for the purposeat hand. The matter of rentalfees for privately owned fieldsposed a problem.

A parishioner who had been astandout with earlier parish Cyabaseball teams, suggested con­verting the large schoolyard

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Shrine of Our Lady of CzestochowaJasna Gora, Czestochowa, Poland

Cardinal Krol with the coop­eration of a committee of Bish­ops in the United States has ini­tiated the National CzestochowaTrust Appeal for the support ofthe Shrine. Appeals and requestsfor assistance are now being un­dertaken in all dioceses in theUnited States.

THE SHRINE

This great Shrine was builtwith an enthusiastic develop­ment program which has en­countered serious financial diffi­culty. Construction costs, heigh­tened by inflation and severe in­vestment problems, threaten con­tinued existence of the Shrineunless substantial support isreceived.

The National Shrine of OurLady of Czestochowa is the Cen­ter of Polish History, Cultureand Catholicism in the UnitedStates. Dedicated to Mary, inhonor of the Polish Millenium, it

~ stands as "a living expression of..... our Polish-American heritage

through Mary, our Mother,Queen of Poland and Patronessof the United States. Today,hundreds of thousands of Pil­grims visit the Shrine each yearto express their devotion toMary.

"The American Czestochowa"The National Shrine of Our Lady

of Czestochowa, Doylestown,Pennsylvania

SAVE MARY/S SHRINE

Sponsorship of Cardinal KrolWith Bishop Cronin

In the Fall River Diocese

National CzestochowaTrust Appeal:

Support the National Shrine of

Our Lady of Czestochowa

,Your Sacr,ifice Today . .. A Solid Faiture Tomorr'ow

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 11, 1977

SUGGESTED GIFT PLAt~S

YOUR INVESTMENTFor the success of the National Czesto­

chowa Trust Appeal and to insure a solidfuture for this Shrine of devotion to Our Ladyof Czestochowa, all Catholics as well as PolishCatholics are being asked to make a gift to theNational Czestochowa Trust & Appeal. Yourgift will join with many other gifts throughoutthe country to show support for devotion toMary, Our Lady of Czestochowa - Queen ofPoland.

If one part of the body suffers, all the other partssuffer with it; if one part is praised, all the other

. parts share its happiness. All of you, then, are Christ'sbody, and each one is part of it.

from first letter ofSt. Paul to the Corinthians

$500.00360.00240.00120.00

Total Gift

YOUI' offering may be returned to theParish Office. dropped Into the offertorybasltet in church or sent directly to'(Checks Payable to The National Czesto­chowa Trust Appeal) Rev. Robert S. Kas­zynskl, 36 Rockland St., Fall River, Ma.027:!4. For descriptive brochure and otherinformation contact the above.

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