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Miss Irene Elsie Beauparlant, 451Osborn Street, Fall River.

John J. Bevilaqua, Jr., 142 NorthWashington Street, North At­tleboro.

Mrs. Mary Blythe, 116 Park Cir­cle, South AttlE!boro.

Joseph C. Bollea, 3 Lyric Avenue,North Dartmouth.

Roger E. Boyer, 77 PrincetonStreet, New Bedford.

Mrs. Aldea Brais,· 74 MoranStreet, North Attleboro.

Mrs. Margaret M. Brooks, 1863Pleasant Street, Fall River.

Walter E. Bucko, 494 TecumsehStreet, Fall River.

Mrs. Ruth H. Burgess, 52 Or­chard Street, Somerset.

Roland F. Burke, 39 AntrimStreet, Somerset.

Mrs. Mary E. Cabeceiras, 71 Mul­berry Street, Fall River.

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.The !recipients are:Anthony Abraham, 45 Wamsutta

Road, Somerset.Mrs. Joanna Alden, Carver

Street, Raynham.Alfred F. Almeida, 3 Hambly

Street, Fall River.Mrs. Mary M. Alves, 65 Plain

Street, Fall River.Frank Amaral, 160 Newhill Av­

enue'" Somerset.Mrs. Susanna F.' Amaral, Look

Street, Vineyard Haven.George C. Ambrosio, 71 Wilbur

Avenue, North. Dartmouth.Mother Anthony, O. Carm., Cath­

olic Memorial Home, Fall Riv­er.

Joseph G.' Barckett, 301 Belle·ville Road, New Bedford .

Mrs. Mary Batchelder, 603 Ors­well Street, Fall River.

Thomas Beaulieu, 596 CherryStreet, Fall River.

Diocesan Honor for 175Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,

S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, hasannounced that the MarianMedal will be presented to 175men and women of the Dioceseof Fall River in recognition ofdistinguished services they haveperformed for the Church.

The awarding ceremony willbe held at St. Mary's Cathedral,Fall River, tomorrow, FridayDec. 29, at 7:30 in the evening.

The medal has. a raised imageof Our Lady of the MiraculousMedal with the Latin inscription"0 Mary conceived without sin,pray for us who have recourseto thee." The 1830 date desig­nates the year of the apparitionto St. Catherine Laboure.

The back of the medal has theseal of the Diocese of Fall Riverwhich was established in 1904.

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How Cain Church LeadersCombat Drunken Driving?

CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY AT ST. MARY'S HOME: Tracy Pacheco, left and DavidJones, right were among the children at St. Mary's Home who stole a march on otherchildren when Bishop Cronin visited. the New Bedford Home on Friday and distributedgifts and toys to the youngsters. .

Peace JanuaryDay of

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., joined thl~ Catholic Bish­ops of the Province of Boston inexpressing their dismay "in thehideous contradiction of theChristmas spirit of peace andjoy" brought about ·by the re­sumption of bombing in Viet­nam.

"With equally heavy hearts,"the bishops stated, "we joinPope Paul in his expression ofdismay and sorrow at the re­newal of the Viet Nam."

"The Holy Father has reodared," wrote the bishops, "that'peace is possible if it is reallywilled; and if peace is possible itis a duty.' But peace can beattained only 'through negotia­tions entered into with mut~al

patience and trust.'''"At our November meeting the.

American Bishops expressed thehope that 'intensive efforts onthe part of our government aswell as other parties involvedappear to be refining the finaldetails of a settlement whichwill end the fighting .. .'

"We now broken-heartedlylearn thl\t once again the voicesof the Herald Angels will bedrowned in the roar of bombs

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Area BishopsHit Bombing

heavily upon the ranks of heav­ily armed men and upon the un­armed masses of the civilianpopulation."

In a passage prepared long be­fore U. S. presidential adviserHenry Kissinger revealed thathis Vietnam peace negotiationsin Paris had run' into heavyweather, the Pope said:

"Nor are these wars easy tosolve. They have exhaused andrendered impotent all the skillsof negotiation and mediation."

To those who want violence tobecome fashionable again byclothing ,itself,"in the breastplateof Justice," the Pope painted apicture of a world in which vio­lence rules:

"Collective selfishness comesto life again in the family, soci­

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Mass for PeaceBishop Cronin will offer the

Mass for Peace in St. Mary'sCathedral, Fall River on Sun­day afternoon at 5 o'clock, theVigil of New Year's, in coop­eration with the Holy Father'sappeal that has designatedJan. 1 as the World Day ofPeace.

a matter of superficial distur­bances, for. these wars weigh

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WorldVATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope

Paul VI in his World Day ofp'eace message for 1973, insistedthat peace is possible.

He criticized both those whosay peace "now has come to civ­ilization" although there areunfortunate situations here andthere, and those who wouldmake violence "a way of life."

To the first group he said:"Alas, it is not a question ofwars here and now. It is not aquestion of transitory episodes,

.but of wars which have beengoing on for years. Nor is it a

National Council of Churches ofthe U.S.; and Rabbi Bernard H.Mehlman, of the Union of Amer­ican Hebrew Congregations.

Father Sheehan said the 30­minute conference' with Volpewas held "to symbolize the unityof religious leaders in their con­cern for the problem of alcohol."

The institute's study, besidesmaking recommendations for re­ligious leaders and groups, citedstatistics on the number of al­cohol-related deaths on Americanhighways last year.

According to the study, en­titled "New Hope-New Possi­bilities," over 27,000 frafficdeaths last year-or about half-

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Montana .I)iocesePlans to AppealJudge's Or'der

GREAT FALLS (NC) - BishopEldon B. Schuster of Great Fallshas disclosed that his diocese isconsidering an appeal of a fed­eral judge's order that forced St.Vincent's Hospital in Billings toperform a tubal ligation on awoman who had just given birth.

Bishop Schuster also said thediocese was preparing additionsto the U.S. bishops' 1971 Ethicaland Religious Directives forCatholic Health Facilities that reolate to sterilization.

The prelate made his com­ments in the Dec. 14 edition ofthe Montana Catholic Register.The comments werEl contained ina letter to Catholics of his di­ocese to explain the diocesanreaction to the judge's order, is­sued in October.

U.S. District Court JudgeJames F. Battin ordered St. Vin-

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Anecumenical group's study for theU.S. Department of Transporta­tion has recommended a seriesof measures for religious leadersand organizations to combat thespread of drunken dr.iving in thecountry.

The North Conway Institute ofBost~m, in a 30-page documentcommissioned by the Trnnspor­tation Department's NationalHighway Traffic Safety Admin­istration, said the leaders andorganizations should:

Help persons to lead stablelives through religious teaching.

Educate members of religiouscon8l'egations about the perils ofdrunken driving.

Assist persons accused or con­victed of drunken driving.

Provide facilities for local pro­grams fighting drunken driving.

Influence, and possibly guide,agencies of which religious lead­ers are members in an under­standing of drinking/drivingproblems.

The institute's study was pre­sented to Transportation Secre­tary John Volpe in ceremoniesin the secretary's office hereDec., 13. Meeting with Volpewere Father Michael J. Sheehan,assistant general sec:retary of theU.S. Catholic Conference; Mrs.Cynthia Wedel, president of the

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NecrologyJAN. 6

Rev. James -F. Roach, 1906,Founder, Immaculate Concep­tion, Taunton.. JAN. 7

Rev. Alfred R. Forni, 1970,Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi,New Bedford.

JAN.. 8Rev. Alfred J. Carrier, 1940,

Founder, St. James, Taunton.Rev. John Kelly, 1885, Found­

er, St. Patrick, Fall River.Rev. Arthur C. Lenaghan,

1944, Chaplain, United StatesArmy.

JAN. 10Rev. Jourdain Charron, O.P.,

1919, Dominican Priory, FallRiver. '

Rev. George H. Flanagan, 1938,Pastor, Immaculate Conception,Fall River..

Drunken DrivingContinued from Page One

were alcohol-related. It alsostated that one of every 50 driv­ers are drunk.

Another section of the docu­ment dealt with the AlcohOlSafety Action Projects, localfederally funded efforts to edu­cate people on the dangers ofdrunken driving.

The study specified that thereligious leaders might providefacilities for these projects, whichare located throughout the coun­try, as a way to fight drunkendriving.

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Plan RespectFor Life Day

OTTAWA (NC) - The nextRespect for Life Day in Canadato be observed on Sunday, May20, 1973, will focus on the human ..dignity of the handicapped.

The day will try to create adeeper awareness of:

Respect for life itself;The role of the handicapped

in society;The wish and the right of the

handicapped to live a rich andfull life and to share their ex­periences;_ The duty society has to pro­vide the handicapped with thenecessary resources for theirneeds.

The first two Canadian Re­spect for Life Days focused onlife before birth (1971) and theaged in the family of man (1972).

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on FridayMrs. Mary Johnson, 31 Fremont

Street, Taunton., Mrs. Mary I. Johnson, 149 New­

ton Street, New Bedford.Dr. Robert F. Johnson, 58 Holmes

Street, Marion.Alfred V. Jones, 772 High Street,

Fall River.Martin E. King, 45 Alpha Street,

North Dartmouth.Mrs. Rita King, 15 Benefit Street,

Taunton.Thomas Khoury, 246 Quequechan

-Street, Fall River.Paul Laferriere, 65 Maple Street,

Attlebor\>. ,Alphee Laflamme, 24 Alfred

Street, New Bedford.,Maurice P. LaFrance, 4 Eric

Road, North Dartmouth.Mrs. Katherine C. Lalumiere, 45

Goss Street, Fall River.Ulric Landreville, 164Y2 County

Street, New Bedford.Arthur Langlais, 188 Tremont

Street, Fall River.Joseph Lavoie, 58 Woodlawn

Street, New Bedford.J. Oscar LeBlanc, 119 Holly

Street, New Bedford.Joseph Macek, 206 Buffington

Street, Fall River.Mrs. Mary Mazzoni, 356 'Foley

Avenue, Somerset.Frederick W. McComiskey, 30

St. Margaret Street, BuzzardsBay.

Miss Winifred L. McKeon, 72Ashland Street, Taunton.

Joseph F. McNulty, 23 LawrenceStreet, Taunton.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Mel­anson, 309 Lawton Street, FallRiver.

Alfred M. Mello, 166 WoodmanStreet, Fall River.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mello, 202Lincoln Street, Seekonk.

Mrs. Anne Meloni, 153 GlendaleRoad, Attleboro.

Mrs. Katherine A. Mikolajczyk,25 Salisbury Street, New Bed-ford. ,

Frank Miller,· Carman Avenue,Sandwich.

Mrs. Mary Moitoza, 35 RooseveltStreet, Taunton.

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to 175

Court, Taunton.Mrs. Catherine A. Fisk, 52 Car­

penter Street, Seekonk.Hugh W. Flynn, Sr., 7 Weir Av­

enue, Taunton.Jerome D. Foley, Jr., 63 Cottage

Street, Fall River.Martin Foley, Creek Road, Na.n­

tucket.Ferdinand Francoeur, 131 Earle

Street, Fall River.E. Deane Freitas, 66 Wilbur Av­

enae, North Dartmouth.Arthur C. Furtado, 237 Kilburn

Street, Fall River.Mrs. Mary C. Furtado, 2 Mulber­

ry Drive, Mattapoisett.John C. Galego, 157 William

Street, Fall River.Alber~ L. Gallant, 14 Cottage

Street, Attleboro lPalls.Mrs. Mary Galvin, 77 South

Street, New Bedford.Mrs. Adelaide M. Gautieri, H6

West Street, Attleboro.Mrs. Hazel Gazarro, 117 Albion. Street, Fall River.

James L. Giblin, .120 BedfordStreet, New Bedford.

Mrs. Pauline Goldrick, 59 Chest­nut Street, Fairhaven.

A. James Grenier, 68 MountHope Avenue, North Attleboro.

Edward G. Griffin, 80 MarionRoad, Wareham.

Roland Guay, 77 Rockland Street,Fall River.

Ralpr Guerreiro, Sr., 11 LedgeRoad, Swansea.

Mm. Beatrice Guilmette, 139 Da­kota Court, New Bedford.

Miss Mildren M. Harrigan, 228Rose Terrace, North Dighton.

Clifford H. Harris, 45 Debb£eLane, South Dennis.

Mrs. Helen M. Harrison, 1125Prospect Street, Somerset.

Edward Hill, 15 Huntington Av­enue, New Bedford.

Joseph F. X. Hill, 128 Lakeview'Avenue, Falmouth.

Mrs. M. Lillian Jonhson, SchoolStreet, West Dennis.

. Diocesan Hlonor

Drive, Raynham.Mrs. Jean Campbell, 81 Scadding

Street, Taunton.Mrs. Ameila Caron, 89 Highland

Avenue, Westport.William M. Cauley, 23 Adams·

dale Avenue, South Attleboro.George Chadinha, 30 Eighteenth

Street, Fall River.Albert L. Champoux, 1157 Globe

Street, Fall River.Mrs. Therese C. Charest, III

South Main Street, Acushnet.Mrs. Frances E. Christensen, 516

Summit Street, Fall River.Miss Hazel V. Connor, 143 Tern

Lane, Centerville.Eugene N. Connors, 155 Tuttle

Street, Fall River.Ramon Cotto, 7 Hodges Avenue,

Taunton. 'Edward Courbron, 56 Hazel

Street, Attleboro.Mrs. Alice Coyle, 53 Rodman

Street, Fall River.Michael V. Creedon, 1900 Main

Road, Westport.Miss Angeline Crispo, 439 Bed­

ford Street, Fall River.Mrs. Gertrude M. Davis, 75

Shawmut Street, Fall River.Mrs. Mary Doane, Pond Road,

Orleans. .Mrs. Barbara Dolloff, 101 Chest­

nut Street, North Easton.P. Edward Donnelly, 4 James

Street, Taunton.John Doucette, Pilgrim Spring

Road, Wellfleet.Walter Downarowicz,26 River

Drive, South Attleboro.Mrs. Margaret Downs, New York

Avenue, Oak Bluffs.James Emerson, 348 Hersom

Street, New Bedford.JoRn F. Fabian, 1170 Dutton

Street, New Bedford.

Continued from Page One Eugene R. Farrell, Jr., 220 SouthMrs Judith A. Cabral, 363 Old Main Street, Mansfield.

Providence Road, North Swan.. Alex Ferreira, Jr., 20 Southsea. Street, Taunton. .'

Edward F. Cameron, 58 Sunset ..Edward A. Ferreira, 9 Presbrey

BISHOP OFFERS MASS ON TV: Bishop Cronin at the conclusion of the Mass he of­fered for the shut-ins on Sunday morning, Dec. 24 over Channel 6, New Bedford. On theright, Rev. John J. Oliveira, secretary to .the Bishop, assisted.

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Taunton CatholicMiddle SchoolAids Charity

As one of its first major ac­tivities .since its organization, theTaunton Catholic Middle Schoolpresented a Christmas pageant,with proceeds benefitiI'\g localcharitable organizations. .Theprogram, staged at the school,formerly Msgr. Coyle' HighSchool, presented religious andsecular themes, in music, art"drama and photography.

Sixth graders, directed bySister Ruth Kindelan, offeredtraditional carols, with a student­prepared slide show acc.ompany­inga rendition of "Deck theHalls."

Students from other gradessang carols to accompany narra­tion and tableaux depicting thestory of the Nativity.

Yule DecorSister Dorothy Parker, art

teacher, coordinated student ac­tivity in preparing pageant dec­orations. A gold mesh backdrop,large Star of David and stainedglass windows highlighted thestage, while ,a life size three di­mensional angel overlooked acreche in the school foyer.

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SECOND ANNIVERSARY: Bishop Cronin was principal celebrant at a concelebratedMass of. Thanksgiving commemorating the second anniversary of his installation as fifthO~dinary of the Diocese of Fall River. The Mass offered in St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver. was ,followed by members of the congregation congratulating the Bishop on theoccasIOn.

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Bishops StudyingProposed ChangeIn Marriage Law

SEAITLE (NC)-Four bishopsin Washington State are study­ing a proposed change in thestate's marriage law ,that wouldhave the contract take place be­fore a county auditor throughthe signing of a registry and thatmakes any solemnization of thevows by religious ceremony un­necessary.

Archbishop Thomas A. Con­nolly of Seattle, Bishop BernardTopel of Spokane, Bishop Cor­nelius M. Power of Yakima, andAuxiliary Bishop Thomas E. Gillof Seattle are concerned that themeasure, to be introduced in thestate legislature in January, ap­pears to secularize totally the ex­change of vows and encouragesthe couple to eliminate the tra­ditional religious rite beforepriest, minister or rabbi.

Should the results of the studysupport this analysis, it is antici­pated the Washington state bish­ops will oppose the measurewhen it is presented before thelegislature.

The proposed bill further ad­vocates the elimination of thecousinship barrier to marriage,although it states that marriageswill not be certified "when theparties are... an uncle andniece or nephew and aunt." Italso would require a more com­prehensive health and geneticdata from the couple; permit ap­plication by mail instead of the'current "in person" regulation;and require a statement of mar­riage encumbrances (such aschild support) to be given to theprospective spouse.

Plan Ecumenical Attack

The architect of the measure isa Seattle attorney, Ivan E. Mer­rick Jr.a former Episcopal priestwho is currently active with tp.eFamily Law Committee of theWashington Bar Association.Merrick told the Catholic North­west Progress, Seattle archdioc­esan paper, that his proposal hadbeen considered by child-care or­ganizations, a few religious lead~

ers and at several public hear­ings.

While there appears to be nouniform drive at ,present amongvarious religious denominationsin the state to work for the leg­ation's defeat, it is understooda number of clergymen are plan­ning to mount an ecumenical at­tack on the bill, which they sayrobs the marriage rite of its spir­itual significance.

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number of soldiers who will bedemobilized.

Housing ProblemThe government of South Viet­

nam announced Nov. 16 they willgrant land to the soldiers andabout one million unemployed.

Father McVeigh said privateagencies would be called on tohelp these people get a startin their locales by providinghousing, food and cash grants.

Nutritionists and medicalteams must also be maintainedand supported, he said.

Still another problem that,nust soon be faced is the factthat the majority of refugees inVietnam and Cambodia are liv­ing in former military baseswhich are badly in need of re­pairs.

Auxiliary Bishop Edward E.Swanstrom of New York, execu­tive director of CRS, asked Cari­tas Internationalis to fprmulatea plan for aid in peacetime Viet­nam two and one half years ago.

At that time, the bishop saidCRS would willingly set up a re­lief program in North Vietnamafter the hostilities if the agencywere permitted to go there. CRSwas expelled in 1954 and all itssupplies confiscated.

"May their achievement con­tribute to the unity of mankindand peace for all your people inthis holy season."

Braille MassesSunday Mass propers in Braille

are available from the XavierSociety for the Blind, 154 E. 23St., New York, N. Y. 10010. Alsoavailable is the ordinary of theMass, as well as other materialin Braille and large type editionsand on tape. All materials aremailed free of charge through­out the U. S. and Canada andcatalogs will be sent on request.

"The heavens declare yourglory, 0 Lord-the planets, thesun, the moon and the starswhich you set in place.

"In humble gratitude we thankyou for the safe return fromyour heavens of these pioneersin space.

so that people can return tosomething, Father McVeigh stat-ed, adding: -

"Many refugees will have tobe relocated, that is, given anew start in a new place, formany villages, particularly in thenorthern Quang Tri province,have been reduced to rubble."

Another factor to be consid­ered in any peacetime plan isthe need to provide for the large

Prayer of ThanksGreets Astronauts

Father John A. Ecker, Catho­lic chaplain of the aircraft car­rier Ticonderoga, wrote a prayerof thanksgiving for the returnof the Apollo 17 astronauts.

The T'iconderoga picked upastronauts Eugene A. Cernan,Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H.Schmitt in the Pacific Oceannear American Samoa followingtheir moon expedition.

Minimal Needs

Father McVeigh said ther'e wasgeneral dissatisfaction with anyceasefire which would allow therespective armed forces to holdwhatever territory they possess­ed at the time of the ceasefire.

"The victims of the war willcontinue to be in much need ofbasic health and comfort itemsendemic to a way of life whichcan best be described as minimal,and this need will continue fora long time to come," the priestfrom the Reno diocese told thecommittee.

Any plan to aid the refugees inpeacetime Vietnam must includeamong urgent priorities the re­construction of ravaged villages

Planning Aid for PeacetimeVATICAN CITY (NC)-World­

wide Catholic welfare agenciesare studying a battle plan onthe fronts of hunger, housing andhealth for a peacetime Vietnam.

The plan, as well as currentneeds of two million refugeesin Southeast Asia, was presentedto the executive committee ofCaritas 'Internationalis, world­wide federation of Catholic re­lief agencies, which met in theVatican at the end of November.

An informed source said theplan was modeled on the UnitedNations 'peace-keeping teams, inthat individual agencies wouldvolunteer their relief experts,money and materials and coor­dinate all aid under direction ofa central command.

Father John McVeigh, South­east Asia director of Catholic Re­lief Services (CRS), the overseasaid agency of U.S. Catholics, toldthe Caritas committee that refu­gees will need daily aid long aftera ceasefire has been -declared.

Although Asians generally The prayer written by thehave a strong desire to return Quincy, Mass. priest, said:to the home of their ancestors,Father McVeigh told the commit­tee "it is anticipated that manywill remain in their camps untiltheir home village is both freeand protected."

Special Pal)al EnvoySent to Ugolnda

VATICAN CIlY (NC) - PopePaul VI sent a top African offi­cial of his missionary office on adiplomatic fence-rpending mis­sion to Uganda, which has ex~

pelled more than 100 Catholicand Protestant missioners sinceearly December.

Archbishop Bernardin Gantin,associate secretary of the Con­gregation for the Evangelizationof Peoples, set out for Ugandaand his conversations with Pres­ident Idi Amin Dec. 15, the sameday he was named special envoyto President Amin.

Archbishop Gantin was bornin Dahomey.

Pope Stre!iSes.Church's NeedFor Holy Spirit

VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheChurch's first and most impor­tant need is the presence of theHoly Spirit in it and in all itsindividual members, Pope PaulVI told a general audience here.

At the same time t.he Popechallenged those who, invokingthe Holy Spirit, "have becomeapostles of controversy, laiciza­tion and seculariz,ation."

Pope Paul began his talk bysaying that he had been askedfrequently what the greatestneeds of the Church are today.

"The Church needs to be ani­mated by the Holy Spirit," hedeclared. "By the grace of theinfusion of this new life whichcomes from heaven, not born ofearth, which the Lord gave toHis Church on the day of Pente­cost.

"This wind, this fire, this ener­gy, this word, this richness, thisinterior power which is the HolySpirit, the miracle of Pentecost,(his, above all" is what 'theChurch has need of today."

'Font of CharisJrls'Almost in a litany form, the

Pope listed the various aspectsof the Holy Spirit in the guidanceof the Church in the world.

"The Church needs the HolySpirit, which is the animator,the sanctifier of the Church," hesaid.

"The Holy Spiri.t is the divinebreath, the wind behind its sails,its unifying principle, its interiorsource of light and power, itssupport and consoler, its font ofcharisms and hymns, its peaceand its joy ,its pledge and pre­lude to blessed and eternal life."

Modern man, particularly, hasneed of the Holy Spirit, the Popesaid, because he is caught bythe "enchantment of an outward,beguiling and fascinating life, un­fortunately often corrupted bythe flattery of false happiness.

"Modem man needs to feelanew a welling up from withinhis most inward depths of per­sonality, almost like a sigh, apoem, a prayer and a hymn, thepraying voice of the spirit."

'In Each of Us'Pope Paul called out drama­

tically: "Living men, you youngpeople, and you consecratedsouls, you brothers in the priest­hood, are you listening to us?This is what the Church needs.The Church needs the Holy Spir­it. It needs the Holy Spirit with­in us, in each of us, and in allof us together, in us the Church."

Then the Pope began askingquestions about the presentstate of unrest and strife withinthe Church.

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Dec. 28, 1972

Marian M'edals for 175

Name Presentees for Bishop's Ball

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the Ball Committee, the Societyof St. Vincent de Paul and thethe. Council of Catholic Women.

The Presentees for this year.are:

Attleboro, Mansfield, NortonArea: Virginia Borden, BeverlyFerreira, Patricia Lambert, DianeParadis.

Cape Cod and the Islands Area:Colleen Kheary, Mary Lipp,Camille Morgan,. Patricia Mol"tensen, Mary, Virginia Smith,Mary Patricia Quirk.

Fall River Area: Theresa AnnBarreiro, Patricia Cresson, Mu­rielle Degagne, Ruth Flanigan,Suzanne Gagnon.

Gail Ann Howayeck, Rita Lau­rendeau, Kathleen O'Brien, Con­stance Perry, Joan Rezendes,Phyllis Stanton.

New Bedford Area: BarbaraBrazil, Christine Marie DiGiac',omo, Cynthia Jane Duggan, lin­da Mae Francis, Maria Gomes.

Debra Marie Langlois, Deb­orah Loranger, Mary ElizabethMahoney, Annemarie Saba, JanetSilveira.

Taunton Area:,Kathy Andrade,Kathleen Fenton, Joanne Eliza,beth Machnik, Jeanne Neault,Theresa Sullivan.

undergo a caesarean and want atubal ligation at the same time."

"The ruling is still unsatisfac­tory," Bishop Shuster contendedin his letter. "In consultationwith competent and thoroughlyorthodox moralists we are pre­paring additional guidelines forthe use of our hospitals."

Best Legal Talent

The prelate also said:"Presently our lawyers are

working in close collaborationwith the best legal talent avail­able (Catholic Hospital Associa­tion, United States Catholic Con­ference and others) concerning apossible appeal of the order."

In a related development, afederal judge earlier this monthdenied a court' suit that tried toforce the Miles City, Mont., HolyRosary HQspital to perform' asterilization operation. The suitcontended Holy Rosary was theonly area facility where a ster­ilization could be performed.

U.S. District Court Judge Rus­sell E. Smith, ruling in Missoula,denied the petition because hesaid the case was not a propermatter for a federal court.

Schools for exceptional childrenand four summer camps forfor underprivileged and excep­tional children.

Mrs..James A. O'Brien, Jr., ofFall River, chairman of the pres­entation committee, has an­nounced that the presentees andtheir fathers are scheduled tomeet at 2:30 P.M. Sunday" Jan.7, in the Lincoln Park Ballroomfor a rehearsal of the impressivepresentation, ceremony.--

Name Presentees

Names for the various cate­gories of the Charity Ball Book­let arrive daily at Ball Head­

,quarters, and may be submitteduntil Jan. 5. Tickets for the Ballmay be procured at all Catholicrectories and from members of

Thirty-six young ladies will bepresented to the Mos.t Rev. DanielA. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of theRoman Catholic Diocese of FallRiver, at the 18th annual Bish­op's Charity Ball on Friday, Jan.12, at the Lincoln Park Ballroom,North Dartmouth. The B:ill willhonor Bishop Cronin, who willbe the guest speaker.

"These presentees representparishes from all areas of the di­ocese," said Msgr. Anthony M.Gomes, diocesan director of theBall. "We have one presenteecoming from St. Elizabeth's. par­ish in Edgartown on Jv.'artha'sVineyard," continued Msgr.Gomes.

The winter., social event viillbe::lefit four Nazareth Hall

ATTLEBORO WORKERS: Among Attleboro area workers for the 18th annual Bish­op's Ball are, frqm left, Miss Emily Medeiros, Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk, hospitality;Msgr. Gerard Chabot, St. Theresa parish,' South Attleboro, diocesan moderator of th~

Council of Catholic W'omen; Rev. Roger L. Gagne, pastor of St. Mathieu's Parish, FallRi.ver and a Ball director; Miss Angela Medeiros, Mt. Carmel pari.sh, Seekonk, decorations.

Diocese .4~ppeals Court DecisionContinued from Page One

cent's to perform the operationbased on a suit brought by twoBillings residents, Mr. and Mrs.James Michael Taylor. 1:1 theiraction the Taylors demandedthat Mrs. Taylor be sterilizedafter delivery of her child be,~ause her diabetic condition dic­tated she bear no other children.

Unsatisfactory Ruling

The Taylors also noted thatthey were forced to go to St.Vincent's because it was the onlyhospital in the area with matern­ity care facilities. Last June St.Vincent's and Deaconess Hos­pital, 'a non-Catholic' institution,merged their facilities and cen­tered them in St. Vincent':; .

St. Vincent's hospital compliedwith the order, which may havebeen the first federal, court de­cision in this country requiringa Catholic medical facility toperform such an operation.

Several days after he issuedhis original order, which seemedto open the hospital's doors toall women seeking a sterilization

'operation after giving birth,Judge Battin said his decision"or.:ly applies to women who will

Mrs. Helen Piper, 547 RobesonStreet, Fall River.

Leo T. Pivirotto, 217 ForestStreet, North Dighton.

Mrs. Kathleen Quinn"145 Plym­outh Avenue, North Westport.

'Miss Mary P. Quinn, 158 Sum­mer Street, New Bedford.,

Edward 1. Quirk, 82 Mott Street,Fall River.

Mrs. Lydia Ramalho, 135 Lexing·ton Avebue, North Dartmouth.

George Rashed, 297 Flint Street,Fall River.

Alvin S. Rego, 5 Emerson Street,•Fall River.

Arthur Rego, 4'-Appleton Street,Fall River.

Edwin Reis, 118 Howard Avenue:,New Bedford.

Miss Mabel Rezendes, 1012 Vic­toria Street, New Bedford.

William J. Richard, 318 AshleyBoulevard, New Bedford. .

William R. Roberts, 403 Dan­forth Street, Taunton.

Lionel H. Robitaille, 206 AshleyBoulevard, 'New Bedford. .

Joseph Rocha, 95 Winslow Av-enue, Somerset. .

Mrs. Dolores Rodrigues, 128 Jar­ry Street, New Bedford.

Edward A. Rogers, 1 Riley Court,North Attleboro.

John Rogers, 22 Covel Avenue,Seekonk.

Mrs. Adele M. Rose, 310 BrookStreet, Dighton.

Mrs. Gail A. Saxon, 123 Broad­way, Taunton.

Frank D. Shea, Elizabeth IslandRoad, Popponessett Beach,Waquoit.

Joseph P. Sitarz, 15 Holly Street,New Bedford.

Mrs. Lois B. Slater, 161 SnellStreet, Fall River.

Mr. and Mrs. John J.. Smith, 0Thatcher Street, South Dart-·mouth.

Mrs. Lucy Soares, 485 MillStreet, NeV.' Bedford.

Mrs. Mary A. Souza, 23 Brad..ford Street, Provincetown.

Mrs., Priscilla Sprague, 52 HawesStreet, North Dartmouth.

Mrs. Ruth Studley, 150 WalkerStreet, Falmouth.

Dr. Robert J. Sullivan, 1600 BayStreet, Fall River.

Bernard G. Tomlinson, 1226North Main Street, Fall River.

George /fonelli, 671 King PhilipStreet, Fall River.

Joseph Travers, 957 ThorndikeStreet, New Bedford.

Mrs. Mary V. Travers, 57 Thir­teenth Street, Attleboro.

Arthur Tremblay, 64 Ci].erry Av,enue, Taunton.

Albert Turner, 1051 Burt Street,Taunton. '

Mrs. Martha Vaccaro, HiddenVillage Road, West Falmouth.

Manuel O. Ventura, 10 Hern Av­enue, Taunton.

Antonio Ferreira Viveiros, 217Welcome Street, Fall River.

Mrs. Eileen F. Vogt, 58 PullmanAvenue, South Attleboro.

Thomas P. Walsh, 299 DohertyStreet, Fall River.

Mrs. Louise Waring, 490 HarvardStreet, Fall River.

Miss Marcella J. Warrener, 889Pearce Street, Fall River.

Lawrence A. Weaver, 1 Long,wood Street, New Bedford.

Mrs. Carol Wilder, 35 ElliotStreet, North Dartmouth.

Arthur E. Wills, 35 Buzzards BayAvenue, Buzzards Bay.

Miss Mary Ursala Wing, 23 Headof the Bay Road, Buzzards Bay.

Mrs. Celia Wolowiec, 122 Mel­ville Street, Fall River.

Vincent J. Worden, Ocean ViewDrive, 'Grand Island Beach,Mattapoisett.

"We grieve at the publicationof expanding lists of Americancasualties and other men andwomen, our brothers and sistersof Viet Nam and other nationswho are still suffering, starving,dying. Unable to stand indiffer­ent, we join our Holy Father inhis plea to all civil leaders for theimmediate re-opening of negotia-tions. .

Area Bishops'Continued from Page One

and shells and the thunder ofwar, leaving as victims the little,nameless, faceless people ofthat sad land, who once againcower in terror.

"During these days, as we cel­ebrate the birthday of thePrince of Peace, 'we exhort allmen of -good will to join us inprayers and sacrifice, that theblessing of peace which He cameto bring to the world 'will soonbe returned to the family ofnations-family of men,

"Together with our HolyFather, we urge our people toflock to their churches on NewYear's Day, which he has setaside as the World Day ofPrayer for Peace, to beg the in­tercession of Mary the Mother ofthe Church for a just and lastingpeace."

Continued from Page TwoMrs. Margaret M. M.oore, 154

High Street, Wareham.Mr. and Mrs. A. Leo Mulligan,

38 Davis Street, Attleboro.Mrs. Barbara Murray, 369 Elm

Street, Mansfield.Kenneth W. Nelson, 441 Cog­

geshall Street, New Bedford.William H.' O'Brien, 75 Forest

Avenue, Seekonk.Warren J. O'Connell, 77 Rock­

land Street, Fall River.Mr. and Mrs. Redmond A. O'Cal­

lahan, 800 Shore Road, Po­casset.

Mrs. Cecilia Oliveira, 67 LangleyStreet, Fall River.

William F. O'Neil, 901 RobesonStreet, Fall River.

William R. O'Neil, 403 KaufmanRoad, Somerset.

Dr. and Mrs: John B. O'Toole,Jr., 121 Mount Pleasant Street,New Bedford.

Charles A. Ouellette, 575 WilliamStreet, Fall River.

Robert P. Ouellette, 42 CanedyStreet, Fall River.

Leonard F. Paiva, 17 WinsorStreet, Fairhaven.

Mrs. Isabella Parker, 109 KnightAvenue, Attleboro.

Mrs. Roberta Parkin, 4144 Acush­net Avenue, New Bedford.,

Arnold Parsons, 427 BedfordStreet, New Bedford.

Normand J. Patenaude, 24 Dus­.sault Street, Fall River.

Mrs. Emily D. Pelczarski, 8 Cor­am Street, Taunton.

Mrs. Joanne B. Perry, 12 Pur­chase Street, Taunton.

Norman 1. Perry, 2 Magnolia Av­enue, Fairhaven.

Adrien D. Picard, 174 Old Bed­ford Road, Westport.

Alfred Pimental, 66 Dighton Av­enue, Taunton.

The letter is signed by Arch­bishop Humberto S. Medeiros of'Boston and the Bishops ofSpringfield, Worcester, FallRiver, Burlington, Manchester,Portland; Auxiliary Bishops andthe Melkite Apostolic Exarch.

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bishop Saminini Arulappa ofHyderabad urged Catholics notto send him Christmas cards andinstead to send a contribution tothe Prema Seva Fund, whichhelps provide schooling for poorchildren here in India. The arch­bishop established the fund whenhe took charge of the archdio­cese in March of this year with aburse presented to him at thattime.

"Unfortunately many of theseoccasions have not been screenedon national networks and so in­evitably people elsewhere as­sume that they have not hap­pened," he said.

'Second Campaign'

The poor people of NorthernIreland, Catholics and Protestant,he said, "are caught up as un­wiNing victims in a whirlpool ofviolence and counterviolenceprovoked by extremists, fanatics,on both sides."

Cardinal Conway also express­ed concern about what he calledthe second campaign"-the un­checked· individual and deliberatemurders of innocent, uninvolved

.Catholics."Since the beginning of this

year, the bodies of 69 Catholicshave been found murdered inthe streets," he said.

Because of the IRA's terroristcampaign, he said, many outsideof Ireland are not aware of the"second campaign."

"As one who had denouncedthe IRA campaign so often, I feltbound in conscience to call at­tention in simHar terms to thissecond campaign ... It is terriblyimportant that world opinionshould see all sides of the ter­rible picture because campaignslike these grow bigger in dark­ness."

LONDON (NC) - The over­whelming majority of the ordi­nary people of Northern Ireland"passionately want an end tothis violence," Cardinal WilliamConway of Armagh, NorthernIreland, said in an interview inthe Universe, a Catholic weeklypublished 'here.

"But it is much more difficultfor them to influence events thanappears to people outside thesituation," said the cardinal, whois president of the Irish Bishops'Conference. :

"I think the dominant attitudeof people outside Ireland towardsthis terrible situation should beone of compassion-compassionfor the hundreds of thousandsof ordinary ohonest folk who aresuffering greatly in mind andbody, caught up in the hurricaneof history that is nQt Qf theirown making." .

Cardinal Conway described as"absurd" the charge sometimesmade that the Catholic Churchhas not spoken out clearlyenough about the terrorist cam­paign of the Irish RepublicanArmy (IRA).

'Clearly Condemned'

"The- Catholic bishops haveclearly and unambiguously con­demned the IRA campaign fromthe very beginning," he said."Even before it got off theground in 1970 they condemnedit.

Individual bombings andshootings have been denouncedin the most forthright and un­qualified terms ... The record onthis matter is perfectly clear.

Cardinal Conway also said heis on the friendliest terms withProtestant church leaders inNorthern Ireland. They meet fre­quently in each other'-s houses,keep in close touch and have ap­peared together many times onlocal television discussing thesituation and praying together,the cardinal disclosed.

INSTALJLATION ANNIVERSARY: Following the Anniversary Mass solemnizing thesecond anniversary of the installation of Bishop Cronin, members of the congregation metthe Ordinary at the altar and offered their felicitations. Top: Members of the youngergeneration are elated to share with Bishop Cronin the joy of the day. Center: Membersof religious communities joined with the laity in celebrating the event with the Shepherdof the Diocese. Bottom: Bishop Gerrard, right, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese and VeryRev. Henry T. Munroe, Officialis of the Diocesan Matrimonial Board and pastor of St.John's, Attleboro are present as the long lines of well-wishers complete the ceremonyheld in the Cathedral. .

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Continued from Page Oneety, tribe, nation and race; crimeno longer horrifies.. Cruelty be­comes fatal, like the surgery ofhate declared legal. Genocide isseen as the possible monster ofa radical solution.

"And behind all th<lse horriblevisions there grows, throughcold-blooded and unerring calcu­lations, the huge economy ofarms, with its hunger-producingmarkets."

Still declaring peace to be pos­sible, the P<lpe rejected the ideaof peace as a lull in warfare ora quiet corner "amid the ruins ofall normal order." He rejectedthe notion of peace as a bleakorder imposed by a ruthless con­queror, and cited the bitterwords the Roman hist<lrianTacitus put int<l the mouth of aCaledonian (Scottish) chieftainexhorting his warriors againstthe Romans: "They create a des­ert and call it peace." He reojected also the notion of peaceas "a truce, a mere laying downof aI'IIls."

He. continued: "We admit that. a perfect and stable tranquility

of order, that is an absoluteand definitive peace among men... can only be a dream, notvain, but unfulfilled, an ideal,not unreal but still to be real­ized.

"This is so because everythingin the course of history is sub­ject to change, and because theperfection of man does not havea single meaning, nor is it fixed.Human passions do not die."

This consideration, he said,raises "a doubt that could befatal~' about the possibility of.peace.

"Here on the.contrary is ourmessage, your message too,- men.of goodwill, the message of allmankind: pel,lce is possible. Itmust be possible!

"Yes,because this is the mes­sage that rises from the battle­fields of two world wars andthe other recent armed conflictsby which the earth has beenstained with blood. It is the mys­terious and frightening voice ofthe fallen and of the. victims ofpast conflicts. It is the pitiablegroan of unnumbered graves inthe military cemeteries and. ofthe monuments dedicated to theunknown soldiers: Peace. Peace,not war."

Peace is and must be. possiblefor two other reasons, the Popecontinued.

~'Yes, because peace has con­quered' the ideologies that 01'-

'pose it. Peace is above all a stateof mind. Peace has at last pene­trated as a logical hl,lman needinto the minds of many people,and especially of the young. Itmust be posible, they say, to

. live without hating and withoutkillling. A new and universalpedagogy is gaining ascendancy-that of peace.

"Yes, because the maturity ofcivilized wisdom has expressedthis obvious fact:- instead ofseeking the solution to humanrivalries in the irrational andbarbarous test of blind and mur­derous strength in arms, we shallbuild up new institutions, inwhich discussion, justice andright may be expressed and be-

. come a strict and peaceful lawgoverning international rela­tions."

. Here Pope Paul cited the foun­dation of the United Nations andother international institutions.

"In these institutions peacefinds its own home and its ownwor,kshops."

discussions with doctors, internsand medical students.

Sees More TransplantsEthics is especially important

in medicine, he said, because"there's' a very pronounced pow­errelationship" between the phy­sician and the sick person "whois relatively helpless/"- . Father Jonsen, member of anational Institute of Health pan­el on the development of an ar­tificial heart, feels that trans­plants of human organs will oc­cur with increasing frequency inthe next decade.

The medical profession is"really close to some significantbreakthroughs" which will clearup many of the problems nowinherent in the transplant oper­ations, he said.

From an ethical standpoint,these breakthroughs will meanthat the so-called "risk-benefitequation"-judging whether thebenefit to a patient outweighsthe risk of a certain operation­will decrease in importance asfar as transplants are concerned,Father Jonsen said.

'Massive Issues'. What.....other ethical questions

might the next decade bring?"It seems to me that we're go­

ing to face massive issues relat­ing t'o the delivery of health careand distributive justice," FatherJonsen said, referring to the di­lemma of persons who .do nothave access to good medicaltreatment.. A second issue which will be

discussed is "the pharmaceuticaluse of drugs, especially thosewhich have to do. with alteringbehavior" in psychiatric treat­ment, the priest said. He cited"a tremendous growth in ourability to alter a psychic stateby .theuse of drugs."

Ethicists of the future will alsohave to deal with "genetic re­search and engineering," FatherJonsen said. He added: .

"The ability to reach into thegenetic structure and makechanges is now in the making."

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Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 Church of EI Salvador here, re­fused to bless the headquarters of

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cial event of importance 10 thecommunity and owners.

No Let-DownThere is a sense of let-down this week and this, of

course, is not surprising. ,. People spent so much time preparing for Christmas

that there could not be anything else but a weariness fromthe very physical activity and emotional involvement ofthe occasion.

But it would never do for this weariness to be trans­mitted to the 'spiritual aspect of Christmas.

-Just as the Church uses Advent to prepare for thecoming of Christmas, to build up a sense of anticipation,of expectation, so the Church asks now that this timeafter Christmas be spent in savoring the feast.

Christmas is not merely a time to look back, to com-"memorate a past event. It iS,rather, the time when thecoming of Christ is lived again in individual lives. Eachindividual is asked to open up his heart yet more to thegreater presence and activity of Jesus Christ -within hislife. Each person is asked in this our day and' in this ourtime to enter into the action of Christ's corning so that:each may enter into deeper union with Him .

This i$ the'spiritual reality of Christmas that no weari­ness from shopping and feasting should blunt. This is thespirit of Christmas that even the most tired person shouldhold fast to - the presence of Christ within oneself, theliving of the, Christ-life, in one's thoughts and word~ anddeeds, the continuation in one's own life of the peace andhappiness and promise of eternal life· that Christ came togive each person.

There must be no let-down, no weariness in this.

Ideas and ActionIrian interview following his retirement last week from SAN FRANCISCO (NC).-Mod-

New York University, philosopher Sidney Hook commented: , ern technology is stirring up ethi­"A fetishism of action has become a substitute for pro- cal questions which doctors oflonged concern for ideas." . eal'li?r eras never ~ad to f~lce,. a.c-

. . . - cordmg to a JeSUIt who IS VISlt-ThiS has been a favonte theme pf Professor.Ho~k.. ing professor of medical ethics

Several years ago, when college students were gettmg m- at the .University of Calilornia'svolved with all sorts of social concerns, the philosopher campus here.observed that good works off the campus are no substitute _AI: issue like the prolongation

h . 1" d of life, for instance, "is now seenfor good work on the campus.. He· .as.consistent y mSiste in a significantly different waythat the person must be. tramed m ideas before h~ can than it could possibly have beenbring correct judgment to action. Professor' Hook pointed seen before we had the technol­to the 'campus uprisings of a few years ago'as examples of og;r," sa~d Fat~er. ~llbert Jons~n.

activity run wild because not influenced by thought. .rod~y s pediatrICian may haveto deCide whether to save the

There was a wise man who once· said that the worst life of an infant with seriouscombination in the world was all pep and no judgment. birth defects, Father ,Jonsen said.Of course, one would not want to see -all judgment and no Five years ago, he continued, ~he

activity because in this world of people and objects some- ?oetor would have had no chOice• . . 'In the matter because the tech-

thmg does have to ~appen, deCiSions hav~ to be made, p~o- nique necessary to save such angrams have to .be implemented.· infant's life was unknown anp

But Professor Hook would have these 'the results of the child would.have died.thought of contemplation of familiarity 'with the world Fa~her Jonse~, pr~s:ident of the

. ,., Jesuit-run Umverslty of Sanof ideas. Fr~.ncisco from 1969-72, first be-

He is quite fearful that all too many students today came interested in medical eth­are not' concerned about the world of ideas, the period of ics when ~e wa~ .studying .for 8

contemplation and training that must precede a life of do<:torat~ In ~ehglOus studIes at.. h f d' f h h th t' . t d Ya1.e Umverslty.actiVity, t e ?un .atlOn 0 .t oug. t· a gives pom an In his present post at the Uei-

purpose and directlOn to ahfe of mvolvement. versity of California, Father Jon ..'In this he:fs paraphrasing th~ words"of St. Thomas sen is associated ~ith a newly

Aquinas who once wrote that the active life the apostol- ~or:med Health Pohcy group an?. . . ' . IS also on the faculty of the um..ate, must be the overflow of contemplation. . versity's School of Medicine.

There must be thought before there can be purposeful oo' The priest sees his roles asaction. . "not giving orders or advice, but

rather of injecting into a seriouscon.versation about a medicalma:nagement problem the kind ofissues that are ethically .rele­V8I11t."

He will do this through teach­ing,. symposiums, and informal

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Plan SeminarsOn Education

WASHINGTON (NC)-A seriesof one-d!1y seminars chiefly deal­ing with the U. S. bishops' pas­toral on education will be heldin several major cities in theUnited States next year.

Besides the pastoral, "ToTeach as Jesus Did," a focal pointof the discussion at the sem­inars will be the General Cate­chetical Directory, issued by theVatican Congregation for theClergy.

The chief sponsor of the sem­'inars is the National CatholicEducational Association. Cooper­ating in the presentation of theprograms are the Catholic Univer­sity of Amerka here and the U.S.Catholic Conference.

Cities in which the seminarswill be held include Minneapolis.Boston, Atlanta and Washington,D. C. However, a specific sched­ule of seminar sites and dates isexpected to be released in Jan­ary.

Father Alfred McBride, direc­tor of the NCEA's NationalForum for Religious Educators,is scheduled to address the s~m­

inars. Other speakers will includeMsgr. Olin Murdick, secretaryof education for the U. S. Cath­olic Conference, and Dr. Mary­Angela Harper, president ofNCEA's National Association o~

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in education. For the effectiveimplementation of this goal ofeducational excellence, with­drawal from some schools cur­rently staffed by the Notre Dameorder is necessary. Sister HelenCornelia pointed out that declin­ing personnel is problematic forher order as well as for others;however, she stressed the im­portance of looking upon re­trenchment as a means of re­newing and strengthening theCatholic Educational System.

The Provincial stated that theSisters of Notre Dame committhemselves to the service of thepoor, and to schools which teachthe central Christian values, cen­ters where teachers and studentsalike are motivated to help builda life consistent with justice andcharity in the society to whichthey belong.

Synagogue CouncilEndorses Boycott

NEW YORK (NC) - The Syn­agogue Council' of America hasendorsed the lettuce boycottspearheaded by the Cesar Cha­vez-led United Farm WorkersUnion.

The council, a coordinatingagency for Orthodox, Conserva­tive and Reform Jews, made itsendorsement at a meeting hereearlier this month.

The _ endorsement passed bythe council urged its membergroups to avoid iceberg lettuceunless it has the UFW label; signa pledge not to buy or eat ice­berg lettuce not bearing theUFW label; urge supermarketsnot to· carry non-UFW iceberglettuce; insure that non-UFWiceberg lettuce is not served atofficial organization functions.

of Boston, but also in theWorcester, Fall River and NewHampshire dioceses.

Bishop Stang High School, No.Dartmouth, is one of the ninesecondary schools remaining un­der the direction of The Sistersof Notre Dame.

Sister Helen Cornelia, Provin­cial, described the' comprehen­sive study begun in January 1972under the direction of Sister AnnLynch, S.N.D. as involving ex­tensive data-gathering, consult­ant services, regional input ses­sions and consultation withpastors, parishioners, faculties,and archdiocesan officials. Thewhole process· has been gearedtowards a revitalization of theservices of the Sisters of NotreDame, especially in the area ofproviding continued excellence

Notre Dame Sisters Continue at StangThe Sisters of Notre Dame de

Namur, an international teachingorder, announce the completionof a year-long study of theirwork in the Massachusetts prov­ince. They staff sixty schools,predominantly in the archdiocese

MSGR. HACKETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: First presentations of the Msgr. JohnH. Hackett Memorial Scholarship established by his class of 1943 at Coyle High School,Taunton, in memory of the late Chancellor of the Diocese, were made at ceremonies con­ducted at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. Winners and principals at the occasionwere: Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton, who served asrepresentative of the 1943 class at the awarding; Dr. Robert S. Hackett of Fall River,brother of the late Monsignor Hackett, who made the awards; and the three winners,Victoria Mendes, Susan Lamb and Gregg Fitzgerald.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT, Sr. Mary Curry, SND, right,directress of music, discusses the program of ChristmasMusic with Roland Paquin and Denise Lagasse, membersof the orchestra prior to the presentation to the invitedseventh and eighth graders from the area's Catholic schools.

Pope Str1esses.Churc;h's RightTo Make Laws

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePPaul VI has once again defend:ed the Church's right and dutyto make laws and enforce them.

He also criticized what hecalled "false opinions" that theChurch is by nature "purelycharismatic" and that its "spir­itua,1 part" has been overshad­owed by "juridicism."

Pope Paul also denounced thenotion that Aaw "cannot be rec­onciled" with love, "as if justice,founded in law, were not itselfa virtue strictly tied to charity."

The Pope, speaking in Latin,was addressing participants inthe second renewal course incanon law given by Rome's Gre­gorian University for diocesanlegal officials. At his Dec. 13 dis­course were vicars general, dioc­esan judges, chancellors andcanon 'lawyers from 22 countries.

He cited the Second VaticanCouncil's Constitution on theChurch (Lumen Gentium);

Visible Structure"Christ, the one mediator, es­

tablished and ceaselessly sus­tains here on earth His holyChurch, the community of faith,hope and charity, as a visiblestructure ... which is governedby the successor of Peter and bybishops in communion withhim."

From this Pope Paul concluded:"Since, therefore, the Church isa visible society, she must havethe power and the duty of writ­ing and administering laws."

Members of the Church, hesaid, have the "obligation of con­science" to obey such laws.

Explaining Church ~aw, thePope said: "Canon law is thelaw of a society which is indeedvisible but also supernatural,which is built up by the Wordand by the sacraments, andwhose aim is Ito lead men toeternal salvation."

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ued at close to $1 million.reached 260,000 children inschools, summer camps and

, neighborhoods. Also helped wereworkers' families in poor neigh­borhoods, and close to 5,000adults in several institutions.

Clothing, shoes, blankets andother goods gathered during theU.S. B1shops' ThanksgivingDrive, as well as medicines,brought relief to disaster areasor to the very poor.

In the last 18 months Chilehas been hit by storms, floodsand earthquakes, causing dam­age in the millions of dollars andleaving some 22,000 peoplehomeless.

CRS-Caritas programs are alsoaiding several social develop­ment projects "to assist peopleto' become self-sufficient," the

SANTIAGO (NC) - U.S. Cath­olic!> helped some 300,000 Chil­eans with food, clothing andmedical supplies in 1972.

The aid, worth an estimated, $2.7 million, was jointly admin­

istered by the U.S. Catholic Re­lief 'Services and by Caritas, Chil­ean Catholic Charities organiza­tion.

A report released'here saidthe U.S. Food for Peace supplies,provided through CRS and val-

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TWOFOLD CELEBRATION: Mr. and Mrs~ Lucien P. Lachapelle of Carver St., FallRiver, and members of St. Anne's Parish enjoyed a dual privilege when a renewal of the

. Enthronement of the Sacred Heart and the presence of t.he Visiting Statute of Our Ladyof Fatima occurred at the same time in their home.

5) Keep up with the m~nding

6) Try a color or style that youalways felt was taboo-whoknows, with age, maybe our im­age is changing also

7) Try a different hairdo, make­up, perfume. Let your hairdresserbecome creative with his scissors.After all, if you don't like theresults you can always hide itunder a winter hat until it growsin.

The New Year is the time fordoing away with old and givinga whirl to the new, and whatbetter place to start than in ourworld of fashion.

Approves Silent PrayerIn Public Schools

HARRISBURG. (NC) Gov-ernor MiltonJ. Shapp has signedinto. law a bill permitting silentmeditation and prayer in publicschools in Pennsylvania.

The legislation, passed by the1972 session of the state GeneralAssembly, amends the PublicSchool Code of 1949 to allow apublic school teacher at the be­ginning of each school day toconduct a "brief period of silentprayer or meditation."

The law also states that thesilent prayer period "is not in­tended to be, and shall not beconducted, as a religious' service 'or exercise." Instead, says thebill, the prayer period "shall beconsidered as an opportunity forsilent prayer or meditation on areligious theme by those whoare so disposed, for a moment ofsilent reflection on the antici­pated activities of the day."

The law says the public schoolteacher may conduct the -periodat his· own discretion or uponthe authorization of. the "boardof school directors by which heis employed."

Pro-Life ConferenceSlated for Midwest

COLUMBIA (NC) ..::: A YouthConference on Human Life forMidwestern college, and juniorand senior high school studentswill be held Jan. 27 at StephensCollege here in Missouri.

The conference is being spon-sored by a youth pro-life group Caribbean Conferencecalled SOUL (Save Our Unwant- Of C·h h .ed Lives) at Stephens College . urc es In 1973and Missouri Citizens for Life, PORT-OF-SPAIN (NC) -- Thean organization of all pro-life first assembly of the Caribbeangroups in the state. Conference of Churches will be

held in Jamaica Nov. 13-16, 1973,According to Ms. Rosanna Pa- it was announced here.

trona, one of the organizers of The theme of the conferencethe conference who is a student will be "The Right Hand of God"at Stephens College, the main and more than 150 delegatespurpose of the day-long confer- from churches of the region willence is to introduce young peo- discuss God's action in contern­pIe to the issues connected'with porary events in the Caribbean.the value of human life-abor- There will be workshop::; ontion, euthanasia, the mentally ill, power, reconciliation, work, wor-

. the retarded, and the population ship and development.problem. Dr. Philip Potter, Dominkan-

Another aim of the meeting is born secretary general of theto help student leaders develop World Coundl of Churches, willpro-life groups in their own com- attend the assembly and Cardi­munities, There are currently Jan Willebrands, president of thethree youth pro-life groups in', Vatican Secretariat for Promot­Missouri-two in Columbia and ing Christian Unity, has beenone in St. Louis. invited.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Dec. 28, 1972

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MARILYN

RODERICK

It's Tiril1eIn Ar,eas

for, Resol,utionsof Style, Diet

At this time when all that has happened over the pastyear is behind us we have the opportunity to take a cleanslate (or piece of typing paper) and write out all our resolu­tions for the coming year. Fashionwise it's a perfect time totake inventory of our ward­robe. (Long dreary winternights lend themselves w~ll 'to closet cleaning.) Whatbetter time to throw or ,giveaway that dress that has beentaking up space for many seasonswaiting to be shortened or

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Ecuador Bishops AskJustice for Prisoners

QUITO (NC)-Ecuador's bish­.ops have asked the country'smilitary regime to guarantee therights of all prisoners at thefederal ~nd local level.

"We hope you will take thenecessary measures to guaranteethe due process law, particularlyat the state and local level,where deplorable abuses aremore likely to happen," the bish­ops wrote Gen. Guillermo Rod­riguez ,Lara, head of the militaryjunta that has ruled this nationof 6.3 million since February.

The bishops' letter was ap­proved at their recent meetingin Banos to deal with "Gospeland Liberation." At about thesame time the government an­nounced that 28 persons-includ­ing unversity students and writ­ers-will be tr,ied on charges ofterrorism. .

Some of those charged· havesaid they have been subjected tolong interrogations and torture.

. lengthened, that coat that has afew more wearings in it but isdated fashion-wise, or thatsweater that you've never wornbecause you hate the color, fit,or style; Eyeryone of these "nev­er-worns" takes up valuable clos­et space, wrinkles your otherclothes and, not least important, .has a tendency to give yourspouse the impression that yourwardrobe is limit,less.

. Search and DestroyIf you haven't worn it in the

past two years, there's little like­lihood that you'll suddenly dis­cover you're mad about it. Sostart a "search and destroy" mis­sion in the area of clothes!

Spare those outfits, though,that you just can't bear to partwith, things filled with memories.Memories are worth a smallamount of closet space.

Along with a closet cleaningspree, some other New Year'sresolutions that would be wellworth attempting are: .

1) A'return to the sewing ma­chine and perhaps even a returnto sewing school

2) The finishing of any ceaftprojects started (such as my fouryear old incomplete afghan)

3) A DIET!. 4) Shop the bargains

Av·ers Daughter's Ree.overyProves; Miracles Still Exist

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them at their own level by reach­ing their clientele before theydo."

Conference Appoints.Assistant Director

WASHINGTON (NC) - Rich­ard Duffy, former coordinator ofstate and federally funded pro­grams for the Brooklyn diocese,has been named assistant direc­tor for governmental programsof the Division of Elementaryand Secondary Education, U.S.Catholic Conference.

Duffy, holder of a master's de­gree iIi educational administra­tion, has been a high school prin­cipal, teacher, and head counsel­or in a home for boys.

He replaces Frank Monahan,who is leaving the conferenceafter two years to study in Mex­ico. Monahan had been directorof special programs for the Chi·cago archdiocesan school systembefore coming to the USCC.

Also announced was the addi­tion of Brian Flynn as a staff as­sistant in the division. Flynn wasa Peace Corps volunteer in Indiafor three years and has taughtin a junior high school in theblack Bedford-Stuyvesant areaof Brooklyn.

boy friends, husbands, parentsand social workers."

Launched two years ago, Lifehas 28 established groups in dif­ferent parts of the country, and10 more are being formed.

Each operates a telephone ser­vice to help pregnant womenwho wish to continue their preg­nancies.

Scarisbrick said: "We are upagainst a well organized and wellendowed evil. If we are to defeatthe abortionists we must beat

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Rock Operas Find RoadTo Madrid Bumpy

MADRID (NC) Two successfulrock operas, "Jesus Christ Sup­erstar" and "Godspell," are hav­ing some difficulty in becoming"Jesus Superestrella" and "Di­vino Encanto."

Producers had to submit fullSpanish-language versions to thecensorship division of the Infor­mation Ministry here. Soon after­ward two ministry officials wentto London to see the shows andreport back.

Theater circles here predictthat any government approvalwill be based on changes to"make the productions more pal­atable to Spanish audiences."

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legal Abrorti,on Rem/ains Maior ConcernLONDON (NC) - Legalized

abortion, now about five yearsold and an accepted facet ofBritish life for many, remains amajor matter of concern and pro­test for C~tholics here.

The Catholic-inspired Societyfor the Protection of the UnbornChild - formed during the par­liamentary battle over legalizedabortion in 1967 - is now cam­paigning for a tightening up ofthe law and receiving much non­Catholic support.

Abortion on demand is nowavailable through the state's in­expensive National Health Ser­vice but even more easily - ifone can afford the price - atplush and highly profitable pri­vate clinics in London and inother large cities.

The abortion rate is now run­ning at almost 150,000 a yearand still rising.

In a talk at Altrincham, anannual abortion rate of a quarterof a million by 1980 was forecastfor Britain by J. J. Scarisbrick,a Catholic and a professor ofhistory at Warwick University.

Scarisbrick is also chairman ofLife, an organization campaign­ing for the repeal of the 1967Abortion Act.

He said that one in everyseven pregnancies is now beingterminated in Britain.

"And these are only the fig­ures for legal abortions under theact," he said. "The back ~treetabortionist is as active as ever,even though the sponsors of theact claimed that their measurewould put him out of business."

Abortion, he added, "has gotinto our bloodstream, it has be­come socially acceptable and hascome to be regarded as anotherform of contraception.

"Women are under great pres­sure from society to have abor­tions. The pressure comes from

SERRANS HONOR BISHOP GERRARD: Principals at New Bedford's Serra Clubtribute to Bishop Gerrard on his retirement were: Rev. Walter J. Buckley, pastor of St.Kilian's, New Bedford; Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, retired pastor of St. James, NewBedford; Bishop Gerrard, the honored guest; J. Clinton Rimmer, president ~f the SerraClub of New Bedford; Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, retired pastor of St. Patrick'sWareham.

Society' Needs DemandEcumenical Approach

MANCHESTER (NC) - Theneeds of society demand an ec- .umenical approach, "and it isludicrous to suppose that weshall do God's work in Englandin 1972 under separate denomin­ational auspices," Anglican Bish·op P. C. Rodger told a meetingof the Manchester Council ofChurches.

Speaking on the Call of theNorth, the ecumenical missionto renew Christian life in north­ern England, Bishop Rodger crit­icized those Christians who "stillpersist in behaving as if the de­nominational were the normal,and the ecumenical extra, forwhich it is burdensome to sparesome of our time, money, andenergy ...

"The younger generation of to­day, all across the world, isshowing plainly enough thattheir way into the kingdom ofheaven is not likely to be ourwell-worn ecclesiastical paths.

"The Church which lives to it­self will die to itself."

First Published

Publishers very rarely acceptmanuscripts from unknown au­thors. But the first publisher wesubmitted GINNY to, Doubleday& Co., agreed to publish it!

Also, a writer's first effort,even when it is published, israrely successful. But two bookclubs selected GINNY!

Ladies' Home Journal and Cor­onet magazines both used Gin­ny's story and the January 1973Reader's Digest contains an arti­cle on "The Miracle of Ginny."It has also been translated intoother languages and millions ofpeople all over the world arelearning the story of her miracu­lous recovery.

I can only believe that Godwanted the word spread thatHe's still performing miracles.He wanted a message of hope,encouragement and faith to reachpeople who needed it.

Are you facing an impossiblesituatio~? Do you need a mira­cle?

Write to me in care of TheAnchor and tell me about it inconfidence. The only one I'llmention it to is God. He hasgiven me so many miracles formyself, perhaps He'll give meone for you.

one who could give me hopethat a child injured so severelycould recover. I finally heardfrom a woman whose son hadsurvived a similar accident andwas greatly encouraged.

So my husband suggested Itry to write Ginny's story, togive others faced with such im­possible odds some hope and en­couragement.

I had no experience as a writ­er. I had no schooling in jour­nalism. Bluntly, I just didn'tknow how to write.

. After several false starts, Ifinally sat down at the kitchentable with paper and pen andstarted writing Ginny's story asif I were writing a letter to afriend.

By

MARY

CARSON

One-Fourth of AbortionsPerformed l::>n Teenagers

SEATILE (NC) - More thanone-fourth of the legal abortionsperformed in 1971 in Washingtonstate were teen-aged girls.

A study by University ofWashington experts showed thatof 14,295 abortions performed·last year, 4,092 were obtained byteen-agers.

The statistic~i were released atabout the time that a judge herefined a physician $500 for per­forming an abortion on a teen­aged girl despite a court orderto prevent the operation.

Some people question God's existence. They feel Hedoesn't "show Himself"; they wish He would walk amongus again. They'd even settle for a miracle, or two, just soHe proves He"s alive.

He does perform miraclesevery day. They are allaround us.

One day six years ago,my daughter, Ginny, ran off toschool in the morning and didn'tcome home that afternoon.

She had been hit by a truck ...her skull crushed.

She was rushed to a hospital.A neurosurgeon operated on herand felt she couldn't live throughthe night. "A- million-to-oneodds," he said.

Ginny lived, through thatnight, and another, and another.But because of the damage toher brain, she couldn't see,couldn't move, couldn't talk,couldn't breathe on her own. Shecouldn't even control her ownbody temperature.

Bit by bit, over weeks, months... and years.' .. she has re­gained almost all these abilities,and now, six years later, she iswell on her way to being a nor­mal young lady.

Muscles ReturnShe couldn't see .. '. her vision

is now perfectly normal.She couldn't move ... and now

. rides a bicycle.She couldn't talk ... now her

spel\..ch is better than most chil­dreJl' her age.

She couldn't live ... but shedid.

Still, she has not completelyrecovered. She wears a brace onher right leg, because she lostthe use of some muscles in herright foot.

But just recently, the use ofthose muscles started comingback!

I spoke to the neurosurgeon.He said, "You can expect im­provement for 12 to 18 monthsafter such a brain injury. Forthe use of those muscles to re­turn years later is miraculous."

Ginny's recovery is not theonly miracle that occurred as aresult of her accident. It turnedme into a writer!

During the days that followedher accident I s,earched for some-

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College to Close,Lease Campus.

EMMITSBURG (NC)""":St. Jo­seph CoHege here has annou"ncedplans to lease its 200-acre cam­pus after the graduation of theclass of'1973.

In addition, the 70-year~ld ,in­stitution, operated by theDaughters of Charity, has of­

,~ fered for sale the contents of itsL' 60-000-vol~e lib~!1ry.

In April 1971, the college'sboard of trustees announced itwas closing the college in Juneof next year because of opera­tional deficits.. The college's leasing announce·

ment will be carried in the WallStreet Journal. The advertise.ment will portray the school'sfacilities and grounds as suitableas a conference .site, trainingcenter, or housing for an educa­tional institution.

Under any Ileasing contract ne-.gotiated, the Emmitsburg Prov­ince of the Daughters of Charity,whose headquarters adjoin thecollege campus, will retain own·ership of the two historic shrineson campus, the White House andStone House. Both were occu­pied by Blessed Elizabeth Seton,who founded the school in 1809that evolved into the college al­most a c~ntury later, and theoriginal community of Sistersand students.

The college's sale announce­ment for the aibrary collection­which is catalogued according to.the Library of Congress system-is being carried in the Chron­icle of Higher Education. About85 per cent of the volumes wereacquired in the past 20 years.Shelving and other equipmentwill also be available for sale.

The college is located 60 milesnorthwest of Washington, D. C.,near the Maryland-PennsylvaniaHne.

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cis Church, a Belgian of the Sa­cred Heart order named FatherPhilibert Vanfrachem, 73. Aboutone third of the community isCatholic. There is also a UnitedChurch of Christ and a smallMormon group.

"I'm the happiest priest in theworld-the fullness of' man isnot only physical," Father Phili­bert said, "it's the soul thatcounts. What does' this placesay? It says-accept God's willin your life. Here you don't havecomplaints, suicides, drug prob­lems or loneliness. There's loneli­ness in New York or San Fran­cisco. Not here.""

Sisters at the hospital-suc­cessors· of the famed MotherMarianne Kopp, who arrived in1888 with her Franciscan nunsfrom Syracuse-may be civil ser­vants technically but are all partof the· Kalaupapa community.

"I decided there was more towork than an eight-hour day/'remarked Sister Emmett Anne,25, here two years, "so I volun­teered. It's not what you do, butwhat you are that counts aroundhere."

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IN DAMIEN COUNTRY: Sister Emmet Anne, a mem­ber of the staff of St. Francis Hospital chats with Mrs.Mary Opio in the presence of Guide Richard Marks.

two travel services in the slum­bering leper village run by theDepartment of Health. Nearlyeveryone works for the state atwage~; ranging from 10 cents to90 cents an hour. . .

Beauty of Life

Since no children live here, thecouple's two children live withtheir grandparents in Honolulu.Their father sees them when hevisits a leprosy treatment centernear Honolulu.

Marks was born on the islandof M<LUi and the first time he hadlepro:3y-it recurred and now heis bef:ng treated again-he wentto Louisiana where a large lep­rosarium is located. The experi­ence made him angry about whathe sees as outmoded methodsand treatment of.leprosY":"-a termhe prefers to Hanson's disease­here in Hawaii.

But he would never go back tothe bustle of the mainland, orgive liP the splendid beauty oflife in the most famous lepercolony in the world.

Kalaupapa has a courthouse, .a seldom-used jail, four police­men, a firehouse, a bar calledRea's where patients may pur­chase beer and wine but not hardliquor, 200 or so TV sets, morethan ,300 beef cattle, and scoresof old cars.

Patients live at home, for themost part, prOVided they keepup the houses. The 39-bed hos­pital, staffed by six Franciscannuns from Syracuse, presentlyhas some 16 patients, some re­quiring almost full time care.

Happy PriestA moving spirit in Kalaupapa

is the present pastor of St. Fran-

Catholic DigestCase Settled

ST. PAUL (NC) - Father PaulBussard and the College of St.Thomas, St. Paul, have rea,ched anout-of-court settlement of a$350,000 lawsuit concerning thepriest's 'dismissal as editor of theCatholic Digest magazine.

The agreement was said to be"a substantial monetary- settle­ment" by the priest's attorney,James McClure. Details have notbeen released pending final ap­proval by the college's board oftrustees.

McClure said the money in­volved in the settlement wouldbe given a Philippine Island mis­sionary charity which FatherBussard has long supported.

The priest, serving at Immacu­late Conception parish, ColumbiaHeights, had sued St. Thomas­owner of the magazine-in 1969following his dismissal as editor.

Father Bussard was one of theco-founders of the Catholic Di­gest in 1936 and was publisheruntil 1963 when he agreed to·switch ownership of the publi':cation to the college.

The priest claimed the collegelater reneged on an oral contractinsuring that Father Bussardwould-be retained as the editor'of the magazine.

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Dec. 28, 1972

Social DoctrineMEXICO CITY (NC) - The

Church is not tied to capitalismor socialism, the superior generalof the Jesuits, Father Pedro Ar­rupe, said here. "The Church isindependent of any system. Ithas its social doctrine and ex­plains the Gospel according tochangi~g times," he said.

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Father Damif~n :'s Leper Colony Real FontPresident Lauds Of Tranquility and CompanionshipRelief Services KALAUPAPA (NC) ~ The

small. Japanese woman was-In. Bangladesh blind, her fingers were stumps"

her feet were in bandages. ButWASHINGTON (NC) - Presi- she smiled as she chatted merri­

dent Nixon has praised Ameri- Iy, sitting on the edge of her bed.'can voluntary groups for t!:teir Her name was Ethel Kamingo.relief efforts in Bangladesh. She had been here at Father Da-

The president's comments mien's old leper colony on thecame in a letter to Cardinal John island of Molokai for 49 of herKrol of Philadelphia, chairman 69 years-and in 1953 she wasof the board of trustees of Cath- married even though "I was anolic Relief Services, overseas aid old lady."agency of U.S. Catholics which "Florentino - my husband ­has conducted a $12.5 million likes parties - and he's a goodprogram in Bangladesh since that cook."nation became independent last At this point Florentino, wear-year. ing a rosary with beads as big

'as marbles, was whe.eled into.In his correspondence to the' the double room in the blind

cardinal the president enclosed ward of St. Francis hospital. Heletters he had exchanged with laughed at the description offour members of his Advisory himself.Panel on South Asian Relief As- "That's his bed over there,"sistance. The panel members, in Ethel nodded across the room.their letters to Nixon, called U.S. "We're dying together."emergency aid to Bangladesh "a Outside the long, one-storytruly superb example of the· tra- wooden hospital a dazzling sun.ditional American response to burns down on the six-and-a­the need of people in deep dis- half square-mile triangle on thistress." sparsely populated island, Great

waves smash against the shore,and straight-up cliffs rise 2,200feet behind the peninsula.

.Nearing Century MarkWhen the young Belgian Fa­

ther Damien de Veuster arrivedin May, 1873, at Kalawao, thebarren northeast part of thepeninsula, was a place of deathamid life, a point of no returh,where the average leper wa.s ex­pected to survive 14 months.,

Today it is a place of life andpeace. Its population of 180 menand 35 women have accepted andmoved beyond the haunting ter­ror of the disease.

"We have a saying here," saidRichard Marks, 43, an ex-electri­cian and a patient, \yhose grand­mother and uncle are buried atKalaupapa, "that as long asyou're anxious, you'll never getwell."

Marks and his wife, Gloria,run the Damein Tours, one of

Three-Pronged Effort

The president told CardinalKrol, president of the U.S. Cath­olic Conference and . NationalConference of Catholic Bishops,~hat the exchange of letters"should be a great satisfactionfor you because of the importantrole which,private American vol-

. untary agencies" have played inBangladesh.

. He further noted that theagencies' have been part of athree-pronged relief effort in thenew nation-an effort in whichthe U.S. government has chan­neled relief through the UnitedNations, t h r 0 ugh voluntarygroups such as Catholic ReliefServices, and through directgrants to the new nation.,

'Great Satisfaction'

"This cooperation has enabledthe American people to marshalmassive resources and energiesin responding to one of the majortragedies of this century," Nixonsaid. The president added:

"All too often in this hurriedworld we neglect to take the'time to say 'thank you' or tocommend constructive and imag­inative work. I .therefore wantto be particUlarly sure that youand your colleagues know of thecommendations these effortshave received from a group ofdistinguished American observ­ers. In addition, I want to addmy own expression of apprecia­tion as well as great satisfactionthat all of us have been ableto work together so effectively'in this task." .

The contents of the president'sletter were disclQsed by the U.S.Catholic Conference. CardinalKrol previously has had severalcontacts with the· president, us­ually in visits to the WhiteHouse.

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Teen-agers EnjoyGregorian Chant

MADRID (NC) - Singers ofGregorian chant from the SilosDominican Monastery at Burgosmade a hit at a packed house ofteen-agel's at the Teatro Realhere.

Introits, alleluias, hymns andoffertories from the rich collec­tion of Gregorian Masses andchants entertained more than2,000 persons. The repertoire ofthe Silos choir, critics said, isheaded "for the hit parade."

"Gregorian chant came fromthe people, and perhaps this isa return to the people," said oneMadrid writer. Others attributedthe success to a new musicalsensitivity among the youngergenerations, "which separatesthe artistic value from theliturgical message. The travelfrom church to stage is not un­usual these days."

Gregorian chant is undergoinga revival in many regions ofSpain, along with growing inter­est in religious art.

THE ANCHOR- 11Thurs., Dec. 28, 1972

Ukrainian ClergySeek Patriarch

NEW YORK (NC) - The So­ciety of St. Andrew, a worldwideorganization of Ukrainian-ritepriests meeting here, protestedthe Vatican's continued resis­tance to the establishment of aUkrainian-rite patriarchate.

In a letter to Pope Paul VIthe society filed a list of protestsand grievances centering aroundthe refusal of the Vatican to rec­ognize Ukrainian Cardinal JosipSlipyi, major archbishop of Lvov(in the Soviet Union), as patri­arch of all Ukrainian-rite Catho­lics around the world.

"How aan we sustain respectamong our faithful toward theauthority of the UniversalChurch when our Church has ob­viously become the sacrificiallamb on the altar of dialogue be­tween the Vatican and atheisticMoscow?" the letter asked.

The long controversy over theright of the Ukrainians to havetheir own patriarch was intensi­fied last year when CardinalSlipyi called a special synod ofUkrainian bishops in Rome.

The cardinal charged the Va­tican with a sell-out to Moscowwhen Pope Paul VI told him hecould riot establish a Ukrainian­rite patriarchate because of"canonical, historical, spiritualand pastoral" considerations.

When Cardinal Slipyi distrib­uted a draft of a proposed con­stitution for the Ukrainian-riteip 1972, the Vatican secretariatof state sent a letter to allUkrainian-rite bishops challeng­ing his authority to do so.

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And when time permits, hevisits the center, bringing withhiIJ;l the simple designs the stu­dents enjoy painting. He movesamong them giving encourage­ment, helping to move a stiffhand, holding steady an over­active hand.

Says Mrs. Vera Connors, avolunteer teacher at the Center:

"Brother Matthew gives pur­pose and a sense of accomplish­ment to each of them."

Fund Raiser

After two years in the noviti­ate, he became Brother Matthew,O.F.C., a talented painter whoseprofits from his work have goneto the monastery here. The mon­astery includes the St. JosephHills Infirmary for chronicallyill and aged men.

Besides his work at the mon­astery, Brother Gallagher hasworked with the Cerebral PalsyAuxiliary of Greater St. Louis.For the past seven years he hasdesigned Christmas cards for theauxiliary and they have beensold as a fund-raising project forthe United Cerebral Palsy Center.

determined that the boy couldnot meet the order's require­ments for admission,. but BrotherGallagher found himself drawnto the religious community andrequested admission.

tionalists resent the presence ofAmericans, Brother Hugore­sponded: "We are appreciated bythose for whom and with whomwe work. There is a frank andopen friendship."

"These people have -been un­der the regimes of extreme rightand extreme left, but in the 10nB,run they have not known l':ocialjustice, and for them all leadersare the same," the Xaverian mis­sionary said.

The recent devaluation of thepeso has meant hardshipfor the rest of the people, saidBrother Julian. "They could buyfive loaves of bread for one peso;now they get only three. Angrypeople in some areas looted thecorner stores.

"They see a hope and an an­swer in socialism to get out ofmisery," she remarked.

Since the end of 1970 Chilehas been run by the Marxistgovernment of President Salva­dor Allende.

"Allende stands as a newhope for the very poor" SisterClair added.

Xaverian Brothers Hugo Ham­mer of Louisville, Ky., and JulianRiley Qf Woodhaven, N. Y., saidthat Bolivia, where they wOl'k, isexperiencing a shar.p curtailmentof activities by priests and lay­men engaged in social reform.

"Poverty, unemployment," bothmissionaries said when identify­ing their main concern in thecountry which ,is ruled by themilitary. "We want to provide anopportunity for our youths toovercome these adversities."

His name then was John Gal­lagher, graduate of the NewarkSchool of Fine Arts and owner ofa book and religious objectsstore.

One of the Matheny Schoolyoungsters asked him to writethe Franciscans for him. It was

Missionaries Give HighlightsOf Work in South America

WASHINGTON (NC)-For anAmerican priest who has spent24 years in Brazil, the "deepestimpression is to see how thepeople responded to the changefrom a dogmatic Church to aChurch of service."

"I find that I am more accept­able to more people," added Re­demptorist Father James Wenin­ger, who hails from Allenton,Wis. His working territory bor­ders the Amazon River, fromBelem at the mouth to Manaus inthe jungles.

Father Weninger and othermissionaries attended a two­week "mission furlough seminar"here sponsored by the U. S.Catholic Mission Council.

Two Daughters of the HolySpirit who have worked for al­most a decade in Chile said thepoor made the most lasting im­pressions.

Help Each Other"The poor go about laboring

for survival, responsive to ser­vice, wrapped up in their dailyneeds and too busy for function­al politics," said Sister David,from Putnam, Conn., who worksamong the miners and construc­tion workers of Antofagasta,Chile.

"They are receptive, warm,hospitable. From the little theyhave, they help each other."

Sister Claire, whose work iswith the Christian neighborhoodcommunities in the shanty townsof Santiago, sees a strong patrici­pation of the people in bothcivic and religious life.

To reports that extreme na·

Franciscan Brother UtilizesTo Aid Cerebral Palsy

EUREKA (NC)-Seated beforean easel in his cluttered artstudio, Franciscan Brother Mat­thew Gallagher moved his brushfrom palette to canvas and backagain in a seemingly endless mo­tion.

On a barnwood painting of thehead of Christ, he brushes theedges with oil and wipes it offfor an antique finish. Then heapplieda crown of real thorns toadd realism.

Even in the midst of this con­stant activity, Brother Gallagherfinds time to spend with a con­stant flow of visitors to his stu­dio at the St. Joseph Hills In­firmary here. But none of thevisitors get as. much attentionfrom Brother Gallagher as do thehandicapped children who comef,rom the United Cerebral PalsyAssociation in University City.

Brother Gallagher lets thechildren paint in oil on wood.Designs for them to copy alreadyhave been chalked on the woodby the brother.

The cerebral palsy victims arenot all children. There are otherswho range in age from 13 to 52.

"Old or small, they are all thesame," says Brother 'Gallagher."I try to guide them, to searchfor talent that might be a meansof self-support and to give thema media for relaxation."

Brother Gallagher is not astranger to suffering. Woundedduring World War II, he spenttwo years in hospitals and afterthe war came into contact withcerebral palsy victims at theMatheny School in Morristown,N.J.

Renewed Interest

Speaking of the d~cline ofmany traditional devotionswhich resulted from changes inthe Church's liturgy and prayer­life, the cardinal said, "No viablealternate forms of prayer appear­ed to take their place."

He .cited evidences of a "re­newed interest in prayer," how­ever, such as the fOl'mation ofsmall prayer groups, the charis­matic movement, and the pop­ularity of workshops on prayer.

",I firmly believe that we arenow just beginning to see whatPope John XXIII envisioned asa result of the Second VaticanCouncil: 'a second Pentecost'and a 'spiritual renewal' simplyin the Gospel and the HolySpirit," Cardinal Cody said.

Columbus DioceseJoins Key j'3

COLUMBUS (NC) - BishopClarence E. Elwell of Columbushas recommended the Key 73evangelization program whichbegan this month and continuesthrough the end of 1973.

In a letter to priests, he noted:"This is an ecumenically basedprogram of preac:hing which themore evangelical denominationsconceived and developed. It al­lows each denomination to han­dle the program in its own way."

The bishop went on: "In a dayin which so many have left theirfaith for a basically areligiouslife, such a campaign for Christand His religion may do muchgood. I heartily recommend itto all our priests ..."

Eighteen Ohio denominationsare taking part in the nationalprogram. All four Catholic di­oceses which are members of theOhio Council of Churches-Cin­cinnati, Columbus, Toledo andYoungstown-al'l~represented onthe Ohio Task Force for Key 73.

AnxtetyDo not anxiously hope for

what is not yet to come; do notvainly regret what is alreadypast. -Chinese Proverb

Cardinal CodyIssues CelliTo Prayer

CHICAGO (NC) - "The Spiritof God is calling, calling in theworld today, calli.ng to commu­nion, to covenant, to prayer,"declared Cardinal John Cody ofChicago in an Advent pastoralletter here laun<:hing a three­phase program for renewal in hisarchdiocese.

Phase one of the Chicago car­dinal's program involves training100 priests in the archdiocese' asa cOfe team to assist at twotwo-day workshops on prayer.Phase two, to take place Januaryto March, 1973, will consist ofa series of district meetings in­volving all of tht~ archdiocese'spriests.

The district meetings will bedevoted to the tnpic of prayerand to the development of pro­grams for phase three - an en-.richment of the prayer life ofeveryone in the arehdiocese dur­ing Lent.

"During the 1960s," said Car­dinal Cody, "we experienced adrift away from prayer ... As aresult, at the beginning of the70s, there was in the 'church asense of loss and loneliness, avague feeling of guilt, a namelessthirst."

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"The best CCD coordinator,"declared Sister Ita, "is the onewho isn't there and can be re­placed immediately. By that Imean that a program shouldn'tdepend on wonderful Father X01' Sister Y, and collapse if heor she is transferred."

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Sister, has been working for theNew York Archdiocese for fouryears. Her job includes screen­ing potential CCD coordinators,giving on-the-job training, andpresenting workshops and lec­tures such as the one in FalJRiver. As a postulant and novice,Sister Ita lived in Fall River, shesaid, and her other work in theDiocese has included four sum­mers of teaching in Taunton anda summer at the former SacredHearts Elementary School in FallRiver. .

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CCD classes shouldn't numbermore than 12 or 15 children, saidSister Ita, admitting that thisguideline isn't often followed,~iven the sca.rcity of teachers.She suggested that parentsshould be involved as CCD aideswherever possible. "Sometimesthey'll end up as teachers."

A lot of paper-work is in­volved in CCD, sighed Sister Ita,noting that supplies must beordered, financial and attendancerecords kept, and there shouldbe as much communication aspossible between school andhome.

All Ages

. Reflecting the new concern ofreligious education for all ages,Sister Ita said that today's co­ordinator must think of pre­school religious education, whichmight involve discussion groupsfor mothers as well as classes forthe pre-schoolers themselves.Parents of older children can bereached through adult discus­sion groups developed fromshort-range sacrament programsused in connection with prepar­ing children for reception of FirstEucharist and Confirmation.

Newest of all are senior citizenprograms, mainly involving dis­cussions, lectures and .films..

AT WORKSHOP: At daylong workshop for CCD co­ordinators held at Fall River CeD Center are, from left,Sister Ita Devitt, S.U.S.C., Coordinator of Coordinators forNew York Archdiocese, and leader of the day; Sister DellaAnn, a.L.V.M., Fall River diocesan CCD consultant; andSister Gertrude Bourcier, C.S.C., coordinator from St. Jo­seph Church, Attleboro.

Chapel in ClusterOf Skyscrapers

LOS ANGELES (NC) -- TheLos Angeles archdiocesE hasopened a chapel amid a clusterof new skyscrape~ in downtownLos Angeles. \

/'_ St. Bernardine's' Chapel is inthe sublevel plaza of:l~wly

opened twin 52-story towers. Itseats 450 persons, has two priestsassigned to it and will provideMasses morning, noon and afterwork. .

The chapel is in the center ofa high density downtown sectionwhere 25 high-rise· buildings areprojected by 1975 with a workforce of 55,000 persons.

Know Projections

She said that such planningshould involve knowledge ofwhat is projected for the city ortown in which a coordinator isworking. "Is your area a subur­ban community on its way to be..cOT.:ling a small city, is it rural,is it inner city?"

She distributed material in­dicating that the ideal parishCCD team would involve clergy,the parochial school principal,the CCD staff and the parishcouncil. Considered very impor-\tant is public relations work, in­cluding personal contacts, parishannouncements, fliers and post­ers, which might be distributedat local stores and in housingprojects, and' radio and news­paper releases. Where a parishincludes foreign language groups,suc:h as Spanish or Portuguese­speaking people, material shouldbe available in those languages,she noted.

lVew York CCD Coordinator Sets TasksOf Today's Religious Education Teacher

By Pat McGowanThe end aim of 'a CCD pro­

gram is to develop a child oradult into an informed, lovingChristian - but along the wayto this goal a good deal of nitty­gritty work must take pIace be­hind the scenes, especially wh,~re

children are concerned.Concentrating on the nuts and

belts of religious education wasa re~ent workshop for CCD co­ordinators led by Sister Ita Dev­itt, S.U,S.C., at Fall River's CCD.Center on Highland Ave'1ue.

Sister Ita is Coordinator ofCoordinators for the Archdiocesecf New York. As such she mustdeal' with problems likE' thoseof childrer. who take s.lbwaysfrom school to CCD cHIS! es, butmysteriously disappear at inter­mediate subway stops. "After alittle boy played hookey likethis and was injured, we had toestablish exactly where the J~e­

sponsibility of his public schoolended and ours began," she said.

As a result the New YorkArchdiocese developed very care­ful procedures for checking cl:.i1­dren's CCD attendance, she said.While admitting that such prob­lems would rarely arise in theFaIl River Diocese, she stressedth.lt accurate record keeping isimportant for religious educa­tion programs.

In general, she told the 18 co­ordinators from all parts of theDiocese who participated in theall ..day workshop,' CCD peoplesh(lulp avoid the "bandagemethod" of operation, "whereyou hop from one crisis to an­ott:er without planning ahead."

(Want to comment on DoloresCurran's column? Address yourletter to her in care of. The An­chor).

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We're Not Scrooges

We're no· Scrooges. We likeChristmas. But we want it toend. When it is over, we seeourselves. with another big jobahead, storing decorations, ex­changing gifts and restoring nor­mality to 1;1 ho~e where no oneelse wants' it restored. It is atthis . point-this week-now­that we explode. Why do wehave to feel guilty about it? It'sa perfectly normal reaction toweeks of activity.

Last year, a friend of mineheld on until the third day afterChristmas. The first day after,she asked her teen-age daugh­ters, in her still-sweet holidayvoice, to clean their rooms. Theydidn't.

She asked aga)n the followingday. They didn't. On the thirdday, she blew up. She said allthe old familiar things, "Youwant the fun but you don't wantthe work ...," ending with, "No­body cares about me."

There was a silence when sheended and then her oldest daugh­ter said gently, "You lasted long­er this year, Mom. Last year, youblew up the morning afterChristmas."

My friend put on her coat anddisappeared for seven hours.How do I know where she went?She stopped by and picked meup. We had a perfectly marvel­ous time.

entertaining for six solid weeksand nobody appreciates us.That's it in a mistletoe, isn't it?(And isn't it the end of everybad trip for mothers?)

The b~st remedy is to getaway for awhile. If at all possi··ble, we need to take an over··night away from the family butnot from our husband. It doesn'thave to be elaborate,. just away.Away from the phone, decora..tions, pouts, demands and post..holiday paraphernalia. We canwork out some mutual baby-sit..ting exchange with a neighbor"choose a nearby town to exploreor take off for a cabin-anything.But we must get away.

Not possible? (Not for me,either.) The next best thing isto get away for a day. Here the'problems are simpler. We canhire a high schooler to sit, meetan old friend for lunch, shop,play bridge, anything as long asit's away from home.,

If all this is beginning tosound pessimistic so soon afterthe holidays, let me reassurereaders that I've never met amother who didn't want the fol­de-rol of Christmas. We wouldn'tgive up the anticipation,. prep-

. aration and excitement for any­thing. 'We like decorating cookieswith our families. We love see­ing our children perform at theannual school program. We enjoydressing up for parties. We likesending and receiving cards. Wethrill with awe at the Crib.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Dec. 28, 197.2. . ;

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.DOLORES

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Peace Day T·hemeWASHINGTON (NC) - The

Division of Justice and Peace ofthe U.S. Catholic Conference hasprepared material to assist edu­cational and -liturgical programsdevoted to Pope Paul VI's"Peace is Possible" theme fortoe World Day of Peace, Jan.}.

The packet contains six setsof materials that include scrip­ture texts, essays, homilies, pub­lications, guides to groups deal­ing with social problems, andbibliographies on social issues.

We're Cheated

I could give all sorts of eruditereasons' why mothers fall apartthis week: psychological letdownand so on. But I think the reasonis simpler. I think we feelcheated..

These few days after Christ­mas, we review our efforts andthe results. We spent too muchmoney. Our parties didn't goover as well as we hoped. Ourkids' presents didn't make them'any happier. We put on toomuch weight. Here we have beendecorating, mailing, buying and

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have been wound too tightly toolong. We simply can't keep ':Insmiling. We started way back inOctober when the first news­paper ads appeared. It's too muchto ask that we last until NewYear's Day.

Every mother is entitled to atleast one. good explosion be­tween Christmas and New Years.It doesn't take much to triggerit. I went off one year when ayoung one, inundated with plas­tic, pouted the day after Christ­mas, "The trouble with Christ­mas is that it doesn't last longenough." .

Poor child. He still - doesn'tknow just what it was he saidwrong. It took weeks before heused any of thE;! words in thatsentence again, figuring one ofthem must have been a naughtyone. .

Anyway, after I released thetensions of the preceding twomonths on any family handy, Idrove to the library and spenta marvelous two hours readingperiodicals I didn't know existed.I came home refreshed, actuallywilling to face leftover turkeyand demands for more batteries.

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After Christmas, Mom HasHad It, Must Explode

This is the week mothers lapse into something calledpost-holiday shock, a malady brought on.by exhaustion, re­lief and wall-to-wall family. Somewhere along the way,our culture fell heir to the myth that while fathers need toget away from their lovedones mothers welcome ex­ternal exposure to maternaldemands.

I am about to explode that.myth and I suspect I have manyharried-eyed mothers urging meon this week. Our mainsprings

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Stress Family'sPolitical RoleIn Society

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thefamily life directors of the na­tion's 160 Catholic dioceses haveurged Christian families tounite in movements and organi­zations that wiH give them aneffective voice in shaping legis­I&tion and social policy.

"We live in a highly politicalworld, one in which the demo­cratic process ,is the mainspri'!gof social action," they said in astatement for Holy Family Sun­day, Dec. 31. The statement, en­titled "The Family: An Agent ofSocial Change," was issued bythe Family Life Division of theU.S. Catholic Conference.

The statement said that, whilepowerful interests have theirspokesmen, "no one speaks forthe family." It said Christianfamilies must unite in their ef­forts to attain a ",just socialorder that safeguards humanrights and provides opportuni·ties for each person to enjoy hisor her rights in a responsiblefashion."

Social PlanningThe statement said the fame

ily's "political role" in contem­porary society involves:

A "critical function" requiringit to "question the direction ofsociety and proposed social pro­grams in the light of Christianfaith and Christian values andmoral principles;"

A "directive influence" in re­gard to laws and social policieswhich requires an awarenessthat U.S. legislation and policyare "sometimes inconsistent orambivalent in regard to our un­derstanding of the role of thefamily," particularly in the areasof legislation on the age andpreparation for marriage, parent­child relationships, . divorce,adoption and welfare;

"Responsible social planning"which will be carried on if thefamilies express "their convic­tion that human life and thestability of the family are notrealities bound up with thisworld alone" but involve "theeternal destiny of man."

Needs of Children"Our society is deficient in pro·

tecting the rights of children,"the statement said. "Permissiveabortion laws violate the unbornchild's right to life, and many ofour social policies ignore the

. needs of children or assign thechild an inferior status in so­ciety.

"Moreover, there is a growingtendency to treat children as bur­dens, or as interlopers in the pri­vate lives of thE:ir parents. Some.parents seem to be involved ina continual flight from theirchildren."

Among the Church-relatedgroups "actively engaged in help­ing Christian families fulfill theirrole in society," the Family Lifedirectors mentioned the ChristianFamily Movement, the MarriageEncounter movement, Teams ofOur Lady and pre-Cana and Canaprograms.

Catholics InvitedGENEVA (NC)-Roman Cath­

olics have been invited to attendthe World Conference on Salva·tion Today, scheduled Dec. 29­Jan. 8 at Bangkok, Thailand.·The conference is sponsored bythe Commission on World Mis­sion and Evangelism of theWorld Council of Churches.

LONDON (NC) - Sean. Mac­Stiofain, leader of the militantProvisional wing of the outlawedIrish Republican Army (IRA)who went on a hunger strike toprotest his imprisonment, beganlife neither as an Irishman noras a Catholic.

In fact, he didn't even beginlife as Sean MacStiofain.

Born in London Feb. 17, 1928,he was baptized John EdwardDrayton Stephenson in Protes­tant St. Augustine's Church amonth later-just as his fore­bears had been baptized and·married for 150 years.

MacStiofain's Irish heritageconsists of exactly one grand­parent born in the Emerald Isle.

His father, Edward Stephenson,listed on his birth certificate asa "political agent," was at vari­ous times a law clerk and asalesman. A domestic tyrant, heprovided at best a meager livingfor the family, which also con­sisted of two girls, his wife Lil­lian's daughters by a previousmarriage. Often the family sur­vived on one bowl of soup a day.

Little John Stephenson wasextremely insecure, dreading hisstep-sisters' leaving home (whichof course they eventually did)with tearful pleas: "Please comeback. You will come back, won'tyou."

His mother died in 1939 andEdward Stephenson quickly re­married. John resented his step­mother, Mary, a Catholic of Ital­ian descent, fiercely, often refus­ing to enter their small rowhousein London's then-shabby Isling·ton district when his father ap­peared in the evening.

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Conversion

His stepmother talked hisfather into giving the· boy, then12, the instruction in her ownCatholic faith that led soon tohis conversion. The reason ap­pears to have been one of con­venience: the nearest school tothe Stephenson home was Cath­olic.

The boy now began to re­assemble his life. It was framedby the Catholic Church, a schoolwhere most of whose boys wereof Italian or Irish descent, and aa- father with whom he still hada sort of personal relationship.

The school was evacuatedearly in the World War II, andJohn Stephenson went with it.When he returned to London, itwas to find that Mr. and Mrs.Stephenson had had a boy.

One version has his stepbrotherclaiming, later in life: "I couldhave got anything I wanted frommy father. John got nothing."

. This seems improbable, but it iscertain that John's links with hisfather wore increasingly thin.

Edward George Stephensondied in the National TemperanceHospital in April, 1952. Therewas no funeral service and thecoffin was barely halted by thechurch door on its way to thegraveyard..

- IRA Underground

John Stephenson was not reogarded as a particularly brightboy. He was thought honest, gen­erous, and had an uncontrollabletemper if provoked. Someone re­members that it took four boysto drag him off another boy whohad flicked him in the face. byaccident.

Above all, he spent as muchtime as he could with the fatherof a boy he had known 'at school,an Irishman and old Sinn Feiner,or member of the movement tounify Ireland. He listened raptlyto the stories of the struggleagainst British' imperialism andfor the freedom of Ireland, of thebattles and the heroes.

He was about' 19 when hestarted to peruse current IRAliterature. He drifted into Lon­don's IRA underground and metthe sympathizers, the hard men.

Prison

He married an Irish girl in1950 (they have three children).Three years later, with CathalGoulding, now leader of the offi­cial IRA, he raided a cadet arm­ory near London. They werecaught and he was imprisonedfor three years.

In prison, he learned Gaelicand changed his name from JohnStephenson to Sean MacStiofain .and in the late 1950's gravitatedto Ireland and the IRA, which inthe early 1960's mounted a noto­riously unsuccessful attempt toreunite the country in an abor­tive campaign of terror and vio­lenc~.

By the late 1960's, MacStiofainhad risen in the ranks and fellout with Cathal Goulding. Thetraditional - now "Official"­IRA was drifting to the left, em­bracing Marxism with a uniquelyIrish flavor, and reassuring theanti-Church strain in Ir·ishhistory.

The details are' murky, but by

1969-1970, the IRA was clearlysplitting into two wings - theOfficials headed by Goulding andthe Provisionals under Mac­Stiofain.

Fast

His boyhood dreams appearedto have come true: MacStiofainfound 'himself the leader of acommited army in Northern Ire­land, able to assume the role ofprotectors of the much-abusedOatholic minority against thecontinuing outrages of the Brit­ish and their Protestant Unionistcohorts. Disillusioned membersof the Provisional IRA say Mac­Stiofain ruthlessly squelched allopposition to his terrorist tacticsbetween 1970 and the present,and instituted a virtual reign ofterror in Catholic urban neigh­borhoods in Ulster.

When the Eire governmentfinally jailed him for six monthsafter his conviction of belongingto an illegal organization, theIRA, this north London lad sawhis chance for supreme martyr­dom: he would allow himself todie in the great tradition of IrishRepublican heroes, refusing toeat or drink while in the hatedhands of the turncoat Dublingovernment jailers.

Meanwhile his loyal followersheap scorn on the world for cal­lous indifference to the suffer­ings of this man who has beenso intimately involved in thedeath and mutilation of hundredsof innocent .men, women andchildren in Ireland's unhappynorth.

THE ANCHOR- 13Thurs., Dec. 28, 1972

TheParish ParadePublicity chairmen of parish organizations

are asked to submit news Items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7. FallRiver 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included, as well as full dates of allactivities. Please nend news of future ratherthan past events.

ST. JOSEPH,ATILEBORO

The parish choir will presenta 'Concert at 8 Sunday night, Jan.14 in the church. Tickets arenow available.

OUR LADY OF HEALTH,FALL RIVER

The installation of officers ofthe Holy Name Society, the Con­fraternity of the Holy Spirit andthe Young Men's Association willbe conducted at a joint affair onSaturday night, Jan. 20 in thechurch hall.

Supper will be' served from6 to 8 and dancing with musicprovided by Viriato Costa andhis orchestra will follow the sup­per until midnight.

Reservations may be made bycontacting the committee mem­bers or by calling 3-4301 or3·8821.

The next meeting of the Holyname Society is scheduled forSunday, Jan. 28.

Brooklyn DioceseCloses High School

BROOKLYN (NC) - BishopFrancis J. Mugavero has an­nounced the Brooklyn diocesewill close one high school, phaseout another and raise its highschool tuition from $700 to $800a year next September.

Bishop Mugavero said theBishop McDonnell MemorialHigh School for girls would closeat the end of the school yearand the New Catholic HighSchool for boys would be phasedout over the next three years.

The prelate, citing financialdifficulties and decreasing enroll­ment, also announced the $100tuition increase, the third in .thediocese since 1969. In that year,the tuition at the diocese's highschools was $300. It rose to $600in 1970 and to $700 last year.

The diocese closed threeschools last June - St. John'sPrep, Brooklyn Prep and MostHoly Trinity-because of mone­tary problems. The diocese nowhas 10 high schools and 201 ele­mentary schools, none of whichllave been closed.

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Sister Barrett said she thinksthe police added "a very worth­while note on the campus-theybring practical experience."

and you try to get some idea ofwhere it's going and the prob­lems we have today," he said."We go into poverty, the wel­fare system, all those things. Itgives .you a better overall viewof the community you work forand the nation."

Martorano said he thoughtthat it was be'coming more andmore important for police tohave college backgrounds.

Bring Practical Experience

"I think it makes you a muchbetter officer on the street andit would make you a much bet­ter officer at headquarters incommand of others," he said.

Sister Barrett .said she findsthe officers "very responsive, ap­preciative of what they are get­ting here and particularly appre­ciative of the personal interestwe have taken in them."

"The whole 'problem of thefield of law enforcement hasbeen in the spotlight nationally,"she said. "It is politically impor­tant. A great 'number of citizensgroups are organizing to im-

. prove the criminal justice sys­tem. It was partly the idea ofthis course that pplice should bebetter educated and that a col­lege degree was becoming. arequisite for promotion. And, ingeneral, police departments arecoming to recognize the impor­tance of well-educated police·men."

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Plan to DoubleRadio Schools

ACHACACHI (NC) - RadioSan Gabriel, sponsored 'by theMaryknoll Fathers, will shortlydouble its radio.school centersby boosting its power.. Radio San Gabriel now serves

about 240 radio schools thatgive training in reading, writingand mathematics to the Indiansin the Bolivian Andes. At theschools small groups of childrenand adults, with the help of aninstructor, gather in the earlymo'rning or late afternoon hoursto follow lessons broadcast bythe station.

The boost in the station's pow­er will allow the addition of 260more radio-school centers.

The announcement of the boostin power came at graduation cer­emonies for about 4,000 Indianshere who had learned to readand write through the radioschools. Since 1956 Radio SanGabriel has helped train about30,000 Indians to be literate. Theilliteracy rate in this country of5.1 million is 68 per cent.

The government of PresidentHugo Banzer awarded 'its GreatBolivia Order decoration to theMaryknoll superior in the coun­try, Father Leo Sommer of Bos­ton.

Nueva Jornada, a nationaldaily, praised Radio San Gabrielas "an example the governmentshould follow if it really wantsto end illiteracy in the nation."

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~fiaryville Campus Swarms With PoliceST. LOUIS (NC) - Maryville

College here has been swarm­ing with police for the paE,t sev­eral. mont1)s,but not for the us­ual reasons-there were no civildisturbances, no angry confron­tations.

The 42 policemen at Maryvilleare there as students, most ofthem enrolled in .the legal jus­tice program, but many takingcourses in other programs.

When the legal justice pro­gram was inaugurated in Sep­tember it was expected that'per­haps as many as 10 officersmight take advantage of it.

The police departments whichhave sent the officers havewarned' the college to be pre­pared for more than double thepresent number in the semesterthat begins in September, 1973.

The legal justice program hasattracted not only police officersbut also 'other students-youngand old, men and women--froma variety of backgrounds. It isthis variety in the student bodythat some of the police-studentshavl~ found most interesting.

"There is a definite need forthis if for no other reason thanto acquaint police officers withsocial contacts with others be­sides police officers," said Capt.Edward F. Morrissey of the Clay­ton, Mo., Police Department.

'Coming Apart' Course"You learn something about

the world outside of police work.This is like the distinction be-.tween liberal arts school andtrade school. The latter may giveyou the job skills 'but the formergives you an outlook on life.You get a view of the world ftomthis.". D,~tective Mark Martorano of

the St. Louis County Police De·partment is taking three classesat Mal'yville-"Men at the Bot- .

, tom," "Coming Apart" and a his··tory of Asia.

"I'm going for a. bachelor ofscience in history," he said. "[should get it in about a year."

Martorano said that the coursehe got the most out of was theone called "Coming Apatt,"taught by Sister Patricia Bar..rett, director of the program.

catalogues sets us day (or night)dreaming before the fire and sud­denly Spring doesn't seem tht\'.far away. .

Each family has pet projectsand this Spring I hope ours will

. be a small section of the back­yard that presently looks like adevastated moor. This desolationi:; the result of our living roomextension but it has waited toolong to be restored, and thisSpring is when we have decidedto begin the job.

All ca~ogue dreamin~ a.ldordering will be aimed towardimproving that area and againas in many other' instancec:; thedreaming will probably' be asmuch fun as the planning.

For that extra delightful recipefor holiday entertaining, this pieis the answer.

Almond Butter Crunch Pie

2 cups milkYz cup sugar4 eggs

% cup cornstarch% pound almond crunch

vanillabaked pie shell

1) Put half the sugar and halfthe milk in a pan and bring to aboil.

2) Blend together the remain·ing 1 cup of milk, the cornstarch,~4 cup sugar, and eggs and blendtI:toroughly by whipping.

3) Pour into the boiing sugarmilk mixture, stirring consr.antlywith a wire whip..

4) Remove from the fire and·cool. Add the butter crunch, re­serving some for topping, andvanilla and pour into pie shell.

5) Top with whipped creamand sprinkle with remaining but­ter crunch.

Installed as Head.Of Archdiocese

CINCINNATI (NC)-Archbish­op Joseph L. Bernardin was in­stalled as head of the Cincinnatiarchdiocese in ceremonies at theSt. Peter in Chains Cathedralhere. .

After he received his pastoralstaff from Archbishop LUigi'Rai­mondi, apo~tolic delegate in theUnited States, Archbishop Ber­nardin was applauded vigorous­ly by the Church leaders, civicofficials and 1,200 otHers. whothronged the Cathedral.

Archbishop Bernardin, theeighth Ordinary of the 151-year­old See of Cincinnati, also wasapplauded fervently at the con­clusion of his homily during theCeremonial Mass, in which hesaid:

"Proclaiming the good newsmeans simply preaching Christ'sGospel, But more specifically itmeans relating this Gospel tothe myriad situations in whichpeople find themselves each day'.Unless this connection is madebetween the Gospel and dailylife, religion will become irrele­vant and lose its power ,to touchand transform the minds andhearts of men."

AltmismBe charitable and indulgent to

everyone but yourself, -Joubert

Quiet Days Are WelcomeAfter Holi~ay Activity

By Joe and Marilyn Roderick

By the time this appears Christmas will have come andgone and the whole family will be in the somnolent state thatfollows the hectic activitiy of the holidays. In' other words,things will be· back to normal for the cold winter monthswhen we are forced to slowdown and pull things backtogether again. Periods ofbrisk activity followed byquiet periods fascinate me. On~

gets the feeling that there is agiant force, much like a huge re­volving magnet, fostering periodsof intensity then periods offorced quietude.

These cycles occur throughoutour lifetime but they are particu- .larIy evident around the holidays.Certainly wives who have beenrunning around shopping, pre­paring food and maintainingequilibrium among the children'could not maintain, the break­neck pace for long. I myself findthat I approach the holidays in astate of weariness that must becompensated for by re.st.

Prepare for SpringSo now we prepare for the

home activities which, thoughsubdued, are crucial to the men­tal balance and physical reju­venation of the family in prep­aration for the coming of Spring.There will be a nightly fire inthe living room, a replenishmentof good books, a number of eve­nings with the newly acquiredfamily games of Christmas, anda little more attention to eachother as we are limited in ouractivities by cold and snowyweather.

After the anticipation and ex­citement revolving around Christ­mas the children are practicallyin a comatose state and are mucheasier to handle and to keep' intow. They too require a respiteand a chance to recharge theirbatteries. Granted, their recharg­ing is relatively brief and theirenergy leve( is quickly .restoredbut they nevertheless require aperiod of adjustment.

In the KitchenIn planning activities' for the

children in my classes, I cameacross a delightful little poemin which the poet wonders if theNew Year will be really differ­ent. "Will snowflakes be purpleand robins be green?" she quer­ies.

We all face each New Yearwith a sense of wonder, but thereis something in January thathelps reaffirm our belief thatSpring will come and that is' theseed and flower catalogues thatstart to pour in about the sametime as the Christ'mas bills. (Atthat point all hope in everythingmay well disappear.)

Statistics show that January.and' February are the two mostdepressing months of the year,not only weatherwise but morale­wise as well. The landscape isbleak,' viruses in one form or an.other visit every household, andlife in New England becomes'more of an endurance contestthan anything else.

. Not For BehindHowever, the arrival of the

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She said accusations that sheis representative only of ana­row, sectarian group are totallyfalse. "We have organized anationwide petition for publicdecency," she said.

"It's reaHy a question of thedegree to which people who areconcerned are wilfing to get in­volved-there is only a smallpercentage that wiJl get activelyinvolved."

Mrs. Whitehouse helped or­ganize the "Festival of Light"demonstration against pornogra­phy in London last year, whichattracted 35,000 participants inTrafalgar Square and 60,000 inHyde Park.

Asked about counterdemon­stration charges that the Festivalof Light ignored larger moralissues such as war and economic.imperliaism, Mrs. Whitehousesaid:

"I meet that question on col­lege campuses wherever I go. Myanswer is, 'yes I think these areserious issues, too. But what areyou doing about the war or theseother evils? If you've devotedas much time and effort to fight­ing some other evil as I have inmy fight, then' you deserve ahearing, too.'''

From this campaign came theNational Viewers and ListenersAssociation (VALA), which Mrs.Whitehouse said is trying to de­velop "structures for viewer par­ticipation" in TV programming.

Constantly accused by Britishnewspaper columnists of tryingto impose "censorship" on tele­vision, Mrs. Whitehouse vigor­ously denies it.

She told NC News that VALAis attempting to develop an in­dependent advisory council forthe BBC. "There are advisorycouncils for television in ourcountry," she said, "but thebroadcasting company appointsthem. NaturallY, they are underthe company's control. Theymust be completely indepen­dent:'

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Students P'rotestSeminary Closing

BEIRUT (NC) About 250 stu­dents of the Maronite-rite minorseminary at Ghazir occupied theChurch here of Cardinal PaulMeouchi, Maronite-rite patriarchof Antioch, to protest his deci·sion to close the seminary.

Students of the major semin­ary of Kaslik, administered bythe Barnabite Fathers, and fac­ulty members of St. Joseph'sUniversity here said that theywould go on strike in solidaritywith the minor seminarians ofGhazir....

Many parish priests, particu-­larly the younger ones, havesaid they intend to protest pub­licly against the seminary clos­ing, which follows the closing ofthe Maronite-rite college in Romeand the announcement that theEastern·rite seminary conductedhere by the Jesuits will close atthe end of 1973.

She started a national CleanUp . TV Campaign which eveD"tUlllHy resulted in almost 500,000signatures' on a petition to Par­liament urging that "the BBCbe asked to make a radicalchange of policy and produce.programmes which build cha·rac­tel' instead of destroying it,which encourage and sustainfaith in God and bring Him backto the heart of the British fam·Hy and national life."

in a series of battles over BBCprograms that she had to giveup her teaching job to devoteher full time to the fight.

Corporation HeadUrges Tax Credits

NEW YORK (NC)-Alan Pifer,president of the Carnegie Cor­poration of New York, has pro­posed a tax credit system forcharitable contributions thatwould provide standard incometax benefits for persons in almostall income tax groups.

Pifer, in an introduction to hisfoundation's annual report, saidhis plan would save taxpayers$4 billion a year and help endthe alleged favoritism shown therich over the poor in income taxdeductions for charitable dona­tions.

Under his plan, a taxpayer inthe 50 per cent and under taxbracket could choose betweenfiling under the present systemor take a 50 per cent credit forall charitable donations againstthe amount of taxes he owes. Ataxpayer above the 50 per centtax bracket, he said, should con­tinue the present system.

Thus, almost all taxpayerswould receive a 50 cent credit foreach $1 dollar they donate tocharitable institutions, includingthose with religious affiliation.

Effect on Children

She told NC News that herinterest in 'the' moral tone ofbroadcasting dated from an in­cident in 1963, when... she wasstUl teaching school. After view­ing a prime-time TV discussionof pre-marital sex, said Mrs.Whitehouse, "a group of mystudents came to school the nextday convinced that 'intercourseis all right after you are en­gaged.' "

"If a single, 45-minute pro­gram could have this effect" onchildren's thinking, said Mrs.Whitehouse, she wondered whatprofound effects the BBC's over­all programming was having.

Soon she became so enmeshed

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Prominent English Anti-Smut CrusaderBattles for Morality in Broadcasting

WASHINGTON (NC)-Amer­ica's image of morality crusadersas little old ladies in white tennisshoes could suffer a serious blowthis December.

On a two-week tour of theUnited States is Mrs. MaryWhitehouse, affectionately de­scribed by her English country­men as their "most notoriousbluestocking."

But the "little old lady" imagejust doesn't fit Mrs. Whitehouse.At 62 she is tall and dignified,with a vigor and professionalismthat belie her age. When inter­viewed by NC News upon herarrival here, she was stylishlydressed in an attractive graytweed suit.

A mother of three and formerschoolteacher, Mrs. Whitehousehas been making headlines inEngland for 10 years by battlingthe British Broadcasting Corpor­ation (BBC) o,ver the moral toneof their programming.

Just before she left England totour the United States, she cre­ated a new flurrry of headlinesby calling for a complete ban ofthe song "Dingaling" on Britishairwaves. Supposedly a songabout children playing with theirtoy bells, the song "has obVIOUSinnuendoes," said Mrs. White­house.

Common Claim

'Taugh-t the BlindBANGKOK (NC) - Genevieve

Caulfied, a blind American whospent nearly 50 years teachingthe blind in Asia, died here of aheart attack at the age of 84. Shefounded Thailand's first schoolfor the blind and was one of theprincipal organizers of the BlindRehabilitation Project in Saigon.Her work so impressed the Bud­dhists of Thailand that scores ofparents asked her to preparetheir children to be baptized intothe Catholic Church.

,Similarly, totalitarian govern­

,ments of the right, come in anynumber of shades and tendencies-from 'racist militarism or in­dustrialism in Africa to tradi­tional monarchies in Asia tofeudal technology in Latin Amer­ica,. What all have in common isthe claim to control all commu·nications in the name of the se­curity of tJhe State.

And, posSibly, for open soci­eties with free institutions, thisis the most important trick towatch. The concept of pluralviews, of ideas preached throughconviction, not by force, of truthloved as a good in itself andsought with the deepest faithand Objectivity-these are hard­ly vulnerable to direct attack.

In well-established democra­cies, we do not accept the dem­agogue who goes around saying:"I have the truth and I'll fightyour right to say anythig differ­ent." Only the most powerfulargument would be even listenedto, if it tended to lessen the"self-evident need for truth andopenness in communication."

But the strongest argument isprecisely that the security of theState is involved if truth isspoken too freely. Therefore, anyctaim by government to manageor influence or manipulate thefree flow of information in thename of national safety is almostcertainly the gravest enemy offree society. Of course, the cor­ollary of government restraintis honesty in private reporting.But this simply illustrates yetanother' facet of the primacy oftruth.

had sought "a human face." Andin the tragic years that have fol­lowed, it is above all the commu­nicators - journalists, 'radio andtelevision workers, teachers, pub­lishers-who have had to leaveCzechoslovakia or risk prison orfind themselves in the worst anddirtiest industrial and servicejobs.

This excuse of "the publicgood" is probably more impor­tant than defending the actualcontent of state philosophy. This,after all, can change. Commu­nism has already proved capable,in its 50 odd years of politicalpower, of producing a very widedivergence of political views. Ithas its own sects and heresies.No imperialist is less acceptableto Peking than a "social impe­rialist"-by Which is meant So­viet Russia with its 'armies along4,000 miles of China's frontier.

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BARBARA

WARD

Total Takeover

In the 20th century we are mostaccustomed to the total takeoverof information in totalitarianstates. Both th'e Nazis and' theCommunists were, of course,trying to put across a singledoctrine and to ensure that noone could question its truth.

But if we look more carefullyat the excuses they gave-andtotalitarians still give-for con­trolling every avenue of educa­tion ,and communication, wecome back again to the same ex­cuse: "Society is in danger. Our(communist, NSlzi, fascist) Stateis being threatened by hostileforces. We need total control'to ensure survival. We invoke'the supreme law' because other­wise the people (the Volk, thecorporate State, ,the vanguard ofthe proletariat) will not survive."

·In one of the most striking re­cent examples of this fear ofopenness,the Soviet Communistsinvaded Communist Czechoslo­vakia in 1968 to "defend the so­cialist system against world re­actionary forces" and the world'briefly saw Czech students con­fronting Soviet tanks in thestreets of Prague with barehands fighting to keep freethe channels of communicationopened to them during the fewmont!hs when Czech Communism

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It is not surprising that in their Synodal document,"Justice in the \Vorld," the bishops move directly fromtheir denunciation of war to their demand for "truth in thesystem of communications," including the right to receivetruthful images on television(the media) and to correctthose that have been manip­ulated. Truth is, after all, thefirst casualty of war and nearlyall the reasons put forward-inevery kind of social system-formanaging the news and conduct-

Graves.t Enemy of FreedomControl of Information

ing biased propaganda are con­nected with the supposed "high­er good" of preserving the com­munity.

Governments sup;>ress infor-. mation in the name of "national

security." Governments dissem­inate every kind of report, trueand untrue, to discredit "the en­emy." Governments engage in allsorts of campaigns of secret ly­ing, espionage and sabotage to"weaken enemy resis~ance."·

Survival is held to be morevItal than honest reporting."Salus populi suprema lex," saidthe Romans and as soon as thegood of the people is made, bythis maxim, the highest law, thenvirtually any skullduggery canbe conducted in the name of highprinciple and necessary self­defense. What can begin as aperfectly sensible request thatcitizens do not, i.n wartime, namethe times and movements of con­voys and 'armies may end astotal control by government ofall kinds of information, true orfalse.

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Finding One Another in the Body (tl ChristII

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YOUR FAITHThe Christian Community Today

recognize and aspire to the idealsof Christian unity proposed bythe Gospels and Vatican II, isgood. But the ideals will only beappreciated if the reality is ex­amined with equal honesty andopenness. By second grade to­day's children are ,able to per­ceive the distance between loftyideals and often painful reality.Meaningful ideals are only em­braced when seen against thebackdrop' of the real.

There is little educationalvalue in teaching the young thattheir parish is a community, evena family, when there is not anhonest dealing with their percep­

:tions of that. parish. To repeat­'edly tell the young-or old-that,the Eucharist is a joyful banquet:or meal celebrated by the Chris­'tian community, may not ringtrue to their experience of SundayMass in their parish. To suggestthat Christians are an exampleof social justice, compassion,honesty or dedication. may ap­pear either naive or false tomany maturing Christians.

Ideals: HopeIt seems to me that the ideal

must be taught and taught clear­ly..As the Council affirms, "thefuture of humanity lies in thehands of those who are strongenough to provide coming gen­erations with reasons for livingand hoping" (Church in World,31). Ideals give one reasons forhope and renewed vitality.

But in painting a challengingideal it is important to avoidtriumphalism or fantasy. TheChristian community today-asin every age-is often far fromliving up to its ideals. It has been~any centuries since whole na­tions were converted to Christby the example of, "how theChristians love one another."The Council, reminds us that"Christ summons the Church, asshe goes her pilgrim way, to thatcontinual reformation of whichshe always has need, insofar asshe is ,an institution of men hereon earth" (Ecumenism, 6).

:paradoxically, a healthy bal­ance between sharing ideals andrecognizing reality that perhapsfalls quite short of those idealsmakes pOssible a deeper aware­ness of how much of the ideal isa,ctually present in real situa-'tions. Once the reality is ap­proached honestly, and peoplehave an opportunity to expresstheir disillusionments, fears, andanger within an understanding at­mosphere, I have found that theybegin to recognize many positive

. factors they were blinded to be­fore. They can begin to recog­nize that while their communitymay not yet be ideal, many seedsof that ideal can be noticed.

Pride: Humility. 'It can be quite surprising to

many, once their disappointmentand anger are defused throughunderstanding and honest listen­ing, how many good things arehappening . within their localChristian community and withinthe Church around the world. In-

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PFEIFER, S.J.

watch and listen attentiv.ely?Over 400 members of. diocesan

liturgical commissions in theUnited States (plus representa­tives from Canada, Puerto Ricoand the Phillipines) held theirannual convention in Detroit thisfall and gave these questions afairly thorough examination.They wisely, I think, invitedthree men from different fieldswith opposing views to delivercarefully prepared positionpapers on the subject of worshipaids.

Father James Shaughnessy, aformer pastor in the Peoria dio­cese, first president' of the Na­tional F;ederation of DiocesanLiturgical Commissions, and nowdirector of a liturgical researchprogram at the University of

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Americans are "turning on" toJesus at the same time that they"turn off" the Churches. Thereis even a growing movement of"Jews for Jesus," although fewJewish followers of Jesus joinChristian Churches.

On the other hand the officialteachings of the Second VaticanCouncil proclaim that "by herrelationship with Christ, the··Church is a kind of sacramentor sign of intimate union withGod, and of the unity of allmankind. She is also an instru­ment for the achievement of suchunion and unity" (Church, 1).

Ideals: RealityThere would seem t:o be a dis­

crepancy between the ideal de­scribed by the Council and theexperience of many inside andoutside the Church. It wouldseem that if the Church is asign, its meaning is not beingrecognized. Some would evensay that the institutional Churchas it is experienced in parishes,dioceses, or even internationally,gives rather the appearance ofbeing a counter-sign to the unityJesus came to bring.

To educate our people-frompulpit, at home, in school-to

Mahatma Ghandi, spiritual andpolitical leader of India, was aHindu. Yet he admired and re­spected Jesus Christ, whom hecame to know through readingthe Gospels. However, it is said

i that contact with Christians led• him to disdain Christianity.

,Fyodor. Dostoevski, world re­nowned Russian novelist, alsoloved Jesus Christ. He too knew

: Christ through the Gospels. Yethe came to despise Christians.

Today many rontemporary

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sell' frustrated in trying to getacross the message that wouldsave the world. They flogged himand they laughed at his claims;

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Are missalettes, leaflets, book­lets and other participation aidsa h,elp or a hindrance to goodworsh:p? Should the scri;Jturalreadings be printed in thesetexts or omitted' from them?

What about' the eucharisticprayers and other so-called pres­identili\l formulas designed. forproclamation by the priest? Is itbetter for a person to read alongwith t:1e priest, deacon, lector or

they put him in jail and they puthim to death.

But he rose in that body, aswe hope to rise, from the worldof the dead: When we helieve·that fact and recognize that manas "Christ, Messiah, 8avior,Lord," we are on the way toChristian community.

CommunityFaith in·that man createn com·

munity, and the more real is thefaith, the more real is the com­munity. The faith reaches a highpoint of expression in the Eu·

·charist. As a result, St. Paul canwrite, "Is not the cup of blessingwe bless a sharing in the bloodof Christ? And is not the breadwe break a sharing in thE bodyof Christ? Because the loaf isone, we, many though we are,are one body, for we all partakeof the one loaf."

Finally, to believe in him andto recognize him as Lord is toaccept his way to growt:l andlife. That is the way of self­giving-from crib to cross. If theonly way we can grow is tocut others down and take Whatis theirs, then the humar. racewill never be one. Life will al­ways be a warfare.

But, according to Christ's way,giving ourselves away to othersis what makes us grow to thefull maturity of Christ the head.Through him the whole bodygrows, and, with· the properfUI1<:tioning of the membersjoined firmly together by eachsupporting ligament, builds itselfup in love.

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When we are united in that body,then we are the! Church.

The perfect Christian commu­nity we long for may be still inthe future. But the center of itsunity is here in the present, be·cause he was born for us in thepast. The Christ- who makes usone and can make all men oneis not a geometrical point towardwhich the lines of humanityconvergein some distant future.He is a man; he is someone.

Christ: Man

We can love him because wewe have seen him; because hewas once a child who could be .

, IlU:~1Xt:1 t]1:mm~~"'; :cared for and c.omforted, a manwho worked and grew tired overhis work. We come togetheraround a man who was hungryand thirsty, and sometimes aloneand afraid. He was a prophetand a preacher who found him-

ONE IN CHRIST: "That is the way of self-giving ­from crib to cross." NC Photo.

We· can hope to be one inChrist, because· there is a Christto be one .in. We ~elebrated thebeginning of that hope when wecelebrated his birthday on Mon­day.

Christian community is find­ing one another in the body ofChrist. "In one Spirit we were allbaptized into the one body. Youare the body of Christ, and mem­bers one of another."

The body of Christ. is notsomething imaginary. Nor is itmerely a pretty name for theChurch. There is .only one realbody·of Christ. It is the bodY ofthe baby for whom there was no .place in the inn, the body of theyoung worker and of the unrec- .ognized prophet and of ·the cru­cified man.

That is the body with whichwe must be one if we are to be·come united with one another,

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Continued from Page Sixteenstead of tl'iumphalism, there canbe legitimate pride. ,In place ofdefensiveness, an honest humil­ity can grow.

We are a Pilgrim Church.What matters is that we contin­ue on the way, admitting ourfailures. but rejoicing in thegreat things the Lord continuesto do for and through us. As westruggle toward translating theideal into reality with God's help,it may be that we and otherscome to recognize more readilythe presence of Jesus Christwithin our communities.

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Marks 50 YearsIn Priesthood

BALTIMORE (NC) - The 50thordination anniversary of Car­dinal Lawrence Shehan of Balti·more was celebrated with a Massof Thanksgiving at the Cathe­dral of Mary Our Queen here.

Religious and laity of the arch­diocese joined with Cardinal She­han in hearing Auxiliary BishopT. Austin Murphy say:

"Your Eminence, we are muchin your debt for the glimpse ofChrist your person and ministryhave given us." The prelate add­ed:

"The cardinal's unfailing kind­ness is perhaps the quality thatfirst impresses and which lingerslongest when all other impres­sions have faded. 'Omnia incaritate'-everything in charityis not an empty motto on hiscoat of arms. It is a way of life."

Cardinal Shehan responded:"One thing that I have always

treasured above all things herein the archdiocese of Baltimoreis the unity and cooperation thathas existed between us all ­bishops, priests, Religious andlaity. And as I conclude my 50years of priesthood it is my earn·est desire and my most ferventprayer that unity, that coopera­tion, will continue to flourishduring the time that is still leftto me here in the archdiocese ofBaltimore."

Lawrence Joseph Shehan,graduate of St. Charles College,Catonsville, Md., St. Mary's Sem­inary of Baltimore, and theNorth American College in Rome,was ordained a priest on Dec.23, 1922 at the age of 24.

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HappinessWe have no more right to con­

sume happiness without produc­ing it than to consume wealthwithout producing it. -Shaw

over 45, poorly trained lectors,inadequate public address sys­tems. He also noted that Scrip­ture is by nature the written,not spoken word of God. Finally,the biblical expert spoke aboutan individual's freedom to readalong with the lector or listento that person proclaim God'sinspired message. Omitting thosepassages, he felt, curtails suchliberty.

David Kraehenbuehl, directorof the education division for the:l.S. Paluch Company, publish­ers of the widely used "Missal­ette," "Celebrate," and now"Praise," took 110 sides, but,claiming to speak as a represen­tative of the participation aidspublishing industry, urged theproduction of diverse materialsby which "the maximum num­ber of American Catholics canparticipate to the fullest extent,in any liturgical event."

FlexibilityKraehenbuehl insisted that dis­

posable, relatively inexpensiveand short-lived leaflets, bookletsor missalettes make it possibleto serve with a variety of stylesthe highly diversified liturgicalcongregations we have in the,United States. They offer, in hisview, flexibility, and a viablemethod of testing, especiallywith music, new compositionsand -rites before they are pro­duced in permanent and moreexpensive hard cover books.

The convention delegates, in aconfused, lengthy and exhaustingsession after the presentations,voted to approve a resolutionwhich urged the elimination ofrubrics and pr.esidential texts inparticipation aids, but acceptedthe inclusion of biblical readings.

The Question of MissalettesContinued from Page Sixteen

Notre Dame, began the discus­sion. He argued from pastoral,historical, and theological view­points for the elimination ofthose texts in participation aidswhich are not proper to thelaity's role ina liturgical celebra­tion.

Advocates RevisionThis would cover, for example,

the eucharistic and other presi­dential prayers (which belong tothe priest) plus the scripturalreadings (which belong to theofficial reader).

Moreover, he would removerubrical directions and the cele­brant's private prayer during thepreparation of gifts and beforeCommunion from the missalettes.At the same time, he clearlystressed the need for publicationof all these texts with suitablecommentaries in volumes de­signed for study and preparationoutside the service itself.

Father Shaughnessy main­tained that aids complete ,withall these items erect paper wallsbetween the priest and the con­gregation, that individualisticprayer instead of communityworship results, and that persons,in the pews become slaves tothe printed page anti fail~o con­centrate on the action in thesanctuary. In a word, such mis­salettes or booklets place anobstacle in the way of full, ac­tive participation.

Keep Biblical ReadingsFather Jerome Quinn, a Scrip­

ture scholar and seminary pro­fessor, passed over the matterconcerning retention or elimina­tion of presidential prayers andsimilar texts, but did argue forthe publication of biblical read­ings in the aids designed for Sun-day Masses. .

Father Quinn cited the well­known and readily acknowledgedproblems involved today in ef­fective listening-large churches,hearing difficulties among many

LAY PARTICIPATION: "Are missalettes, leaflets,booklets and other participation aids a help or hindranceto good worship?" NC Photo.

There would be little time forculture. Most people would notbe able to read and write. Folkart might flourish, but not many'folk would have the leisure or the.lifetime to enjoy it. The greatmusic, painting, and literatureof the world would belong toa very few. Religion would bemostly magic and superstitionused to keep the hostile forces ofthe universe at bay so that manmight survive.

Radical ProgramIs this the kind of world to

which Father Berrigan wants usto return? Is this what BarryCommoner has in mind when hesays that the iron law of ecologyis that nature knows best? Thelife described ·in the previousparagraphs is what nature did.The elimination of much sicknessand misery from the world iswhat man and his technology did.Upper middle-class romanticslike the Catholic radicals maywant to destroy technology;those in the United States andother parts of the world who donot yet enjoy its benefits arenot likely to be edified by theradical program.

The Green Revolution (in foodproduction) is pure technology.In the space of a decade, it prac­tically eliminated the threat offamine in India (where, thanks tothe technnolgy of the Green Rev­Olution, food production is nowincreasing twice as fast as thepopulation). Would the Catholicradicals willingly sign the deathwarrants of those Indians whomost certainly would havestarved to death if it were notfor the Green Revolution?

Root of DifficultyIt is, incidentaliy, worth noting

'that the Green Revolution wasdesigned and financed in theUnited States (mostly by theRockefeller Foundation), a soci­ety which Father Berrigan re­peatedly tells us is sick. Not sosick, apparently, that it cannotproduce a technological changewhich will save millions of .lives.

The problems of pollution andenvironmental waste are nottechnological or even moral. Ifeveryone would 'admit their mor­al guilt-as the radicals insist­and bring back their bottles tothe supermarket, the environ­mental problems would not bechanged at all. The root of thedifficulty is social:-organization­al and economic. Our capacity tounderstand the organization oflarge-scale economies, politics,and societies has not kept pacewith our understanding of phys­ical and biological science. Butthe problems of economy andsocial organization are complexand intricate-much more diffi­·cult than food production. Theywill not be solved by the naiveenthusiasm of self-righteous ro­mantics who are devoid of tech­nical competence.

If the younger radicals reallywant to make the world a bet­ter place instead of merely hav­ing the fun of engaging in pro­test, they would be well-advisedto abandon simplistic solutionsand acquire technical compe­tence. But that would meanwork.

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PATERSON (NC)-An l8-year­old college student has been ap­pointed by Bishop Lawrence B.Casey to the Paterson Diocese'sschool board.

James Andreano, 18, a soph­omore at Montclair State Collegewho has been .active in the Rightto Life movement, replaces Dr.Hugo Cardullo, a pediatrician.

practical application of scientificknowledge. An attack on tech­nology is both an attack on sci­ence and on the way science hasbeen applied.

Catholics who do not respondto a book from Father Berriganthe way the old Church used torespond to a papal encyclicalmight want to ponder what lifewould be like were it not fortechnology.

Epidemics, GermsTo begin with, half the readers

of this article would not havelived beyond the age of 20 (andthe writer of this article wouldhave died in infancy). Womenreaders would have had to havesix children merely to keep thepopulation stable. Half of theirchildren would not live to adult­hood. Eventually, either thewoman or one: of her childrenwould have died in childbirth.

Epidemics of cholera, malaria,and smallpox would be frequent.Cholera germs would .Live in wat­ers unpolluted by technology,waters that would be clean, pure,and deadly. Children wouldsuccumb to scarlet fever, mea­sles, and polio; men would workfrom dawn to dusk every day;homes would be dark, dank, andcold. Life would be dull, short,and brutish. Famine would al­ways be a lurking possibility. Asingle storm at the wrong timecould turn that possibility intoa certainty.

As Colin TurnbuIl's recentstudy of the Ik makes clear,when men Hve on the brink ofdeath they turn to violence andcruelty of the sort that makesour frequently violent cities seempeaceful by comparison. Modernlife may have its uncertainties,its harshness, ·its cruelties; butonly the naive romantic wouldwant to trade places with theIk, blessedly free from technol­ogy as they are.

It is now clear where "Catholic radicalism" is goingwhen the war is over. Recent interviews with and writingsby Daniel Berrigan indicate that the new enemy is "tech­nology." It would also appear that the attack on "technol­ogy" will be of the same or­der of sophistication and in­telligence as the previous at­tack on the war. To beginwith a definition-from whichpoets like Danil~l Berrigan mightbe legitimately I~XCUSed: Technol­ogy is nothing more than the

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are the very opposite of whatGod wants us to do, and destroyHis purpose in our hearts. Mur­der is a heinous crime againstGod and humanity, no matterwho the victim is.

"In sending greetings, we wishto emphasize that the Christmasmessage is not only for this par­ticular season but for every dayof 'the year, the immediate fu­ture here in Ireland will call forthe utmost goodwill and courage.Let us go forward determined tobring the spirit of Christmas intothe relationships and decisions of1973, remembering that God whocame in Jesus is still Emmanuel-'God with us.'''

WealthI'd hate to have a million dol­

lars and' be without friends.-Feather

Plea for Peace•InLeaderstroubled island-the first suchjoint message ever.

The plea was issued as bombsexploded in downtown streetscrowded with Christmas shop­pers in several Northern Irishtowns and gunmen killed anotherman; raising the three-year deathtoll to 669.

Cardinal William Conway ofArmagh, president of the IrishBishops' Conferences;· the Rev.E. R. Lindsay, president of theMethodist Church; the Rev. R. V.A. Lynas, moderator of the Pres·byterian Church; and AnglicanArchbishop George O. Simms ofArmagh issued the peace plea.

"The Christian message is al­ways relevant and it was nevermore necessary than it is in Ire­land today. 'Peace on earth,goodwill to men' was the sign ofthe angels when Jesus was bornand it must become the programof life for every person in theland."

The churchmen recalled thatGod "is father, that His familyincludes all mankind and thateach member of His family is ofinfinite worth.

"At Christmas we think es·pecially of children and home,and of friendliness and giving. Itwill not be God's Christmas if wethink of and give to our own im­mediate family circle only. Allacts of selfishness and pride, allexpressions of bitterness andhate, of cruelty and brutality,

ARMAGH (~C) - Four Irishchurch leaders issued a jointChristrr;as plea for peace in this

Irish Church

in the ~ype of war, and on thetype of terrain, involved.

Information DisregardedLinked to a myriad of false as­

sumptions was a disregard ofsound information supplied bythe intelligence services, partic·ularly the CIA. Mr. Halberstamcites repeated instances of intel­ligence which was accurate aridirrefutable, but was unheeded01' arbitrarily contradicted orfraudulently edited.

This book is sure to be dis­puted and vatiously rebutted. Itis not the whole story; it may notbe the most even-handed evalu­tion of as much of the wholestory as the author has un­earthed. It is sure to offend, andbe re:;ented by, those who feelthat to say our government madea huge mistake is rankly unpa­triotic, if not treasonous, and aslur on the, memory of the trou­sands of Americans who died inVietnam.

But it is incontestable that,during the past decade, we havebeen enmeshed in one of themurkiest, most wounding, andmost unprofitable episodes in ourwhole history. We must exploreit and learn how to forfend any­thing like it in future. We cannotafford another Vietnam, ever.

IN THE MIDST OF HIS LOVED ONES: Bishop Cronin is surrounded by children of51. Mary's Home, New Bedford, following their acceptance of gifts from the Ordinary ofthe Diocese.

during the Truman presidency.We then supported the Frenchattempt to reimpose colonialismafter World War II, and we didso to the tune of two billion dol·lars in four years. The Frenchfailed. By the terms of the Gen­eva Agreement (1954), Vietnamwas divided.

When John F. Kennedy be­came President jin 1961, Vietnamwas a minor but sticky problem.The South lacked unity, had aweak government, and was vul­nerable to the insurgent Viet­cong, who were Communist andsomehow connected with theCommunist regime in the North.

Chaotic StateKennedy himself was skepti­

cal of what American assistancecould do to prop up ·wobblySouth Vietnam. But there werethose in his administration, orwith influence upon .it, who had

,a euphoric, can..do attitude, be·lievers in a global destiny forthe U.S. ;lnd in insuperability ofAmerican power. Our brains andtechnology were a unique, omni·competent, and unbeatable com­bination.

Hence the decision, despiteKennedy's misgivings, to send inadvisers. There were 20,000American troops in addled Viet·nam when Kennedy was shot inNovember 1963.· Despite thisplentitude of advj-:-rs, the warwas going 'worse ~;lan ever forthe South, which was in a cha­otic state internally.

President Johnson sought towithstand a further decision onU.S. policy in Vietnam during1964, an election year. But a de·cision was nevertheless bangedout in a contest of opinion andmaneuver among his subordin­ates. The Tonkin Gulf resolutionof July 1964 gave the Presidentwhat he considered carte blancheas to Vietnam policy, and he usedit to begin air raids in retaliationfor attacks on the military baseswhich, although not" at war, wehad in the South.

Past IgnoredIntelligence reports were that

the bombing would be futile andwould lead to infiltration of regu·lar North Vietnamese forces intothe South. The reports were ig­nored. The event proved themtrue.

During 1965, more and moreAmerican troops were sent toVietnam to enter combat. Esca­lation was on in earnest, on anopen-end basis. The war becamean American war, even biggerand fiercer, 'but without victoryand indeed without appreciabledeterrence to the enemy. We hadrepeated the mistake of theFrench, with the same dismal re­sult.

Why? Mr. Halberstam givesn1'any reasons. One was our ig·noring the past,' specifically thesubstance and the meaning ofSoutheast Asian history, recentand remote. Another was ourinsensitivity to people (seeing theVietnamese in ludicrously inap­plicable American terms). Stillanother was our failure to recog·nize that our kind of power andour technology could not prevail

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before the lesson can· be put indefinitive form. But already thereare books offering more than amodicum of fresh· informationand incisive interpretation. Thelatest of these is called The Bestand the Brightest, a gargantuanbook by David Halberstam (Ran·'dom House, 457 Madison Ave.,New York, N:Y. 10022. $10).

Mr. Halberstam is himseJfamong "the best and brightest"of the critical eyewitness reoporters of, and commentators on,the American effort in Vietnam.Here he draw,s upon his own di­rect observation, as well as uponan abundance of publishedand unpublished sources, on thePentagon Papers, on 500 inter·views with especially informedpeople. A very rich mine indeed.

Dense SubjectThe question is whether he has

made the best use of these ma­terials. How sift and shape themso as to achieve a unified, intE:l­ligible, and truthful account?

,Only someone familiar with thematerials (and the events) them·selves can determine how pre·cise and judicious Mr. Helber­starn's book is. The general read­er, such as this reviewer, willprobably say that it strikes himas honest, if certainly not in­fallible.

He will also probably say thatwe have here a complex treat·ment of a dense subject, perhaps 'even an overelaborate treatment.There are some 675 pages of textin small print. Reading it tho·roughly is a several days' task.

It is not straightforward, butintricately patterned. There areseveral main themes, and theseare closely interwoven. The ef­fect is at times dizzying. Thestyle can grow prolix" and weare told the same thing' over andover again, e.g., that Walt Ros­tow was an enthusiastic, incor­rigible advocate of the bombingof North Vietnam.

Sticky Problem .Would greater simplicity and

tighter editing have interferedwith Mr. Halberstam's ambitiousscheme? Probably not, sincemore clarity could have be~n

brought about thereby, withoutdamage to the evidence or theargument. Moreover, -a trimmerbook would have more readersstaying with it to the end., In a way, we got into Vietham

New Book on Vietnam WarHonest, If Not Infallible

With a settlement in VietnaiTI said to be in sight, thereis a temptation to dismiss that whole messy business fromour minds. We are weary of it, and would have done witheven the thought of this longest, most dubious, most un-

. popular war in our history.This .would be a mistake.

There are lessons to be learn­ed from this lacerating ex-.perience. To ignore them wouldbe to risk repeating our blunder,at ruinous expense.

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The theme of Key 73 is "Call­ing Our Continent to Christ" andits objectives include sharing theGospel with every person inNorth America.

More than 100 denominationalgroups including several Catholicdioceses, have already announcedplans to participate in Key 73.

Notes ConcernAbout Key '73

NASHVILLE (NC) - Endors­ing the Yl::'.-!I'lng evangelism cru­sade called Key 7~. D1Sh1J}J Jo­seph A. Durick of Nashville andthe diocesan priests' senate haverecognized the concern of someJewish leaders that the crusadewould be used to proselytizeyoung Jews or to identify Ameri­can culture with Christianity.

Urging all Catholics of theNashville diocese to cooperatewith· the activities of Key 73,Bishop Durick said that the cru­sade's aims were: "first. to makethe faith of the individual Chris­tian more intense, and. secondly,to speak clearly of that faith tothe millions of Americans whoare 'un-churched,' 'or who haveno formal religious associationa.t all."

The bishop's singling outChristians and those with noreligious affiliation as objects' ofthe crusade was done with Jew­ish objections in mind, diocesansources said.

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Phil took the other eight toOmaha. In those cities they weremet by their new parents.

Phil said adopting a Vietnamesechild is a difficult process, "YourealIy have to know somebody todo it," he said, adding that "itmakes no sense to have a childdie in a Vietnamese orphanagewhen there are so many peoplewa':lting to adopt them."

Spread of DrugUse Saddens Pope

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Theuse of drugs among the younghas reached such enormous pro­portions that it has become amatter of "profound sadness"

. and concern for all, Pope PaulVI told 150 educators and socialworkers who specialize in drugproblems in Italian schools.

Pope Paul told the group that"the worrisome spread of sad~

ness, especially in terms of thedamage it does to spiritual andintellectual energies." '

Pope Paul said that it is nec­essary to mobilize public opin­ion to slow the use of drugs,"which has reached very greatproportions."

The Pope suggested that to­day's adults share greatly in theresponsibility for the spread ofdrug usage among the youngergeneration.

recognized as nationals by theVietnamese government, andtherefore are not issued the of­ficial birth certificates necessaryfor emigration.

"It's really a shame, sincethere is something like 50 to 60families in ,America for eachchild available for adoption,"Phil said.

The solution to the problem isthe fabrication of certificates, hesaid. He estimated that nearlyone-third of all Vietnamese adop­tions involve either completelyfabricated certificates or'the useof the certificates of dead chil­dren.

Other problems included re­leases from the orphanages, ap­proval of a parent, or approvalof relatives, medical examina­tions and various fees, Philsaid.

The adoption procedures withwhich he became· involved hadalready been started by persons'and organizations. The longesthad been in progress for nearlytwo years and the shortest forabout six weeks.

Mortality RateDuring the time of the adop­

tion process, he said, childrenoften die. He cited statistics in­dicating that in some areas 80percent of orphans die.

FinalIy at the beginning ofAugust after cutting through thered tape, Phil was ready to es­cort a group of orphans to theUnited States. There were 17ranging in age from eight monthsto five years.

At that point, the MilitaryAffiliate Radio System, the StateDepartment and the Defense De­partment helped arranging con­tact with the adoptive parents inthe United States and in pro­viding transportation.

Assist by NurseFrom Saigon, a nurse, Bonnie

Bickel, escorted nine of the 17orphans to San Francisco, and

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Collegian Spends Summer Improving LotOf Tots in Vietnamese Orphanages

NOTRE DAME (NC)-In or­phanages in Vietnam, in barrenrooms on bare floors untendedbabies lie in their own wastes,some kicking at the flies swarm­ing about them, some too weakto move.

Many of the "abies are leg­acies of U.S. involvement in Viet­nam, the children of U.S. service­men and Vietnamese mothers. Itis estimated that there are from15,000 to 20,000 such war or­phans.

The description of their con­dition was given by a young manwho spent last summer trying toimprove the lot of some of the,orphans. He is Phil Conroy, aNotre Dame Universtiy seniorand midshipman in the NavyROTC, who went on summercruise near Vietnam last summer.

"My own family had beenthrough adoption procedures fortwo orphans last year, so I knowsome of the problems involved,"Phil told The Observer, NotreDame's newspaper. "But when Igot over there, I became awareof other adoptions from U.S.families having problems. I want­ed to help."

After his tour of duty wasover, Phil obtained permissionfrom the Navy and the U.S. Mil­itary Assistance Command inVietnam to visit Vietnam. Witha Vietnamese lawyer who spec­ializes in adoptions of orphansby American parents, he formeda plan to speed up the adoptionprocedure for 17 children.

"There was a lot of red tape,"Phil said. "First of all, there'sthe Vietnam government pass­ports. These were free, but theproblem was to leave the coun­try, you had to be a national."

Major PrOblemThe problem is a major one

in the adoption process, he said,because children of U.S. fathersand Vietnamese mothers are not

IORPHANS GET HELP: Phil Conroy, a Notre Dame University senior, holds an or­

phan child in Tan Binh, South Vietnam. Conroy cut through red tape to speed adoptionof 17 Vietnamese children by families in the United States. NC Photo..

SacrificeTo make sacrifices in big

things is easy, but to make sac­rifices in little things is what weare seldom capable of. -Goethe

Detain PickpocketsDuring CI~lebration

MEXICO CITY (NC)-Some300 known pickpockets were de­tained before the feast of OurLady of Guadalupe "for the safe­ty of pilgrims," according to au­thorities.

The pickpockets will stay injail until Jan. 10 so that the restof the population can celebratethe New Year without this addedhazard, a police information of­ficer said.

Thousands thronged Our Lady'sshrines here Dec. 12 and in othermajor cities. Commenting on thewidespread rE!Verence for OurLady and the fact that over 15per cent of Mexican women arenamed Guadalupe, the shrinedirector here, Father Guillerm'oSchulenburg, !laid "without anyuse of communication media butsimple devotion the name ofGuadalupe spreads from nationto nation."

In the 441 years since the ap­parition to the Indian catechistJuan Diego, the priest added,"the constant faith of the peopleis the most enduring tribute toOur Lady's blessings."

Deacon ProgramAdds Olrl'e YearTo Trailrling

ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NC)­The Rockville Centre diocese hasadded a year (If parish appren­ticeship to the regular seminaryprogram.

In addition, the diocese hasdecided, beginning in 1974, to or­dain men inClividualIy ratherthan collectively in ordinationclasses.

"During the fift year of train­ing, the deacon himself will de­termine when he is ready forordination, and then he will sub­mit his request to the bishop,who will choo5.e a date for hisordination," said Msgr. JamesCoffey, rector Cif the Immaculate'Conception Seminary. "To locka young man into a fixed datefor his priesthood is a disser­,vice."

Msgr. Coffey, who announcedthe ordination changes, said theadditional year of preparationfor the priesthood will enablepriest-candidates to spend alltheir time as apprentices in theparishes. Previously, the candi­date's time was split in his lastyear of apprenticeship betweenacademic studies in the seminaryand "field work" in the parishes.

"We should have anticipatedthat the burden of study andministry would be too much,"Msgr. Coffey said. "'fhe deaconswere responsive to parish needsand their hearts got lost to thepeople."

The new procedure, he said,would enable the priest-candi­dates to "get the theologicaltraining and practical experi­ence a certain sequence."

Ordination changes in the dio­cese, which comprises Nassauand Suffolk Counties on LongIsland, will begin with sem­inarians now in their third yearof studies. The changes will notaffect deacons now workingpart-time in parishes who willbe ordained as a class next May.

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