SayS Council Document Hits Communists and Capitalists
niE ANCHORThurs., Jan. 1], 1968
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ST. PAUL (NC)-The director of the social action de partment of the United States Catholic Conference says the Second Vatican Council's Consti~tion on the Church in the Modern World levels a double-barreled criticism of communist and capitalist na constitution declares that "the tions which has probably Christian who neglects his tem caused resentment among poral duties neglects his duties some Americans. Msgr. toward his neighbor and even George G. Higgins noted the documem points oUit that one of the basic causes of injustice is the fact that "many people, especially in economically ad vanced countries seem • iii • to be ruled by economics, so that almost their entire personal and social life is permeated with a certain economic way cf thinking. This is true both of nations that favor a collective economy and of others." Msgr. Higgins opined "this' phrase 'and of others' was meant to cover some of the leading capitalist nations of the world, including the United States presumably." Advocates Reforms He discussed the I conciliar document, particularly the sec tion which deals with economic and social life, in a lecture in the Vatican n Continued Series, sponsored here in Minnesota by the colleges of St. Thomas and St. Catherine. The nationally known prelate suggested that despite their sen sitivity to criticism, some Amer il'ans would be well advised "to ponder the significance of the fact that a conciliar commission made up of some 60 Bishops representing every part of the world felt it necessary to say >/I >/I 0 that 'doctrines which ob struct the necessary reforms (in economic .life) under the guise of a false liberty' are no less erroneous than 'those which subordinate the basic' rights OIl individual persons .and groups to the collective organization of ' production.'" Msgr. Hig/tins asserted the re.;.
forms advocated by the consti tution on the modern world, under the heading of economic development, .are aimed at an increase in production of agri cultural and industrial goods and at making provision for the growth of population and of satisfying the rising expecta tions of the human race. Dialogue With Man He observed that the Councfi addressed a "special word of warning" to people in econom i.cally under-developed areas of the world who hold back their unproductive resources or who deprive the community of the material or spiritual aid that it needs. While such persons who "gravely endanger the common good" are never identified .in the document, Msgr. Higgins stated, "I think it would be fair to say that perhaps a disproportionate percentage of them are to be found in certain vaditionally Catholic countries, notably in Latin America." In other 1C0nstitution com ments, Msgr. Higgins noted that its treatment of the eompUcatecll problem of private ownership "barely scratches the surface," and that there is a "once-over lightly" treatment of llutoma tion. Be said those who are dis appointed that the Council! failed to "solve" these and other problems dhould be lI'effi!nded that tOO council's chief pwrpose was to "enter into 0 diaIogUlle W'1th mankilnd 200lfi oome of tbeGe problems from file po!Dt ,of ~ of Cibrdstian prlncliPle3
PHILADELPmA (NC) Eight new Catholic high schools have been opened and additions made to three
others ,in the Philadelphia arch diocese since 1963, John Cardi nal Korol of Philadelphia noted in a progress report' to BOrne 250 pastors. During the same period, he reported 26 new par ishes had been formed and all bUit three of those have opened schools. . The cardinal also announced that 27 churches and 18 schools had been opened ih older par ishes and that Villa St. John, Downington, a diOcesan hospital for priests and Sisters, and Villa St. Joseph, Darby, 11 residence for ·aged and infirm priests, had been expanded. :,rbe Seminary college department, he noted, had also undergone a major ren~ ovM:ion.
Other'Res]lN)lD8llbllitfies Cardinal Krol then pointed out that total estimated disburse ments in the recent high school expansion program had exceed ed total estimaJted income by $5.2 million. Estimated disburse ments in the expansion program totaled $29.6 million, while total income came to 24.4 million. The' cardinal also noted that the archdiocese faces other pressing responsibilities - in cluding the erection of four Newman centers, two high school auditoriums and faculty residences at two high schools to bring toal estimated diocesan llablli<ties to almost $9.7 million. C8lI'dinal Krol also referred to the need for a new archdiocesan headquarters building to replace current facilities which are 10 eated in a series of old row houses and the need to replace the building housing the theo logy department of St. Oharles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook. Stresses Unity The cardinal thanked the pas tors for their cooperation in the school expansion program anell asked for their suggestions em future developmenta, He stress ed the need for arehdioeesan unity among the priests, stating that Vatican Counc1l II had ll'e peatedly asked for "mrity of COD. • ceTD. and action, for cooperation, eoordination and interconnectiO!!1 of apostolic effort." O<>Jrhrough a unified conce1'll1 and effort," he said, "a~ parish es help to 0llN'y out Ohrist's xmmdate to teach the gospel ~ the young-through the primaFy ~~." ODd secondary grade levels." ~s~ Proposed methods cf meeting He ~ oommented fh&~ tho ~ m'chdiOl:esan ainancisl Comlcli domm1em ooug~ ~ b:;r ~ were presented to thra to rest fii:te ~ dAChotom;v" be pastors by Matthew McCloskey, tween ~ c;plr1tual ond tho n member cf tlhe m'chdiocese'o ~~cmt~thel ~ !&landl advisory board.
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God, and jeopardizes his eternal salvation. "Christians should rather re joice that >/I >/I >/I they are free to exercise all their earthly activ ities by gathering their human, domestic, professional, social and technical enterprises into one vital synthesis with reli gious values, under whose su preme direction all things are ha·rmonized unto God's glory."
Cardinal Reports School Expansion In Philadelphia
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COUNCIL OF 24: Msgr. Edward T. O'Meara, left, na tional director of the Society for the PropagaJtion of the Faith, and Father John J. McCormack, right, superior gen eral of Maryknoll, have been named by Pope Paul to mem bership on the Council of the 24, a group recommended by the Second Vatican Council to bring fresh viewpoints to the . Ohurch's missionary efforts. NC Photo.
PEORIA (NC)-BishOp John B. Franz of Peoria recently ap proved the recommendation of the diocesan priests' senate to raise priests' salaries by up to $50 per month. According to the new statutes, salaries of all priests will be based solely on the length of time since ordination, and not on individual rank or position, such as pastor, assistant or other assignment, unless the bishop approves otherwise in a partic ular case. Salary for the first seven years after ordination is $85 per month; up to 15 years, $100; and after that, $150. The present pastor's salary is $100 per month. For most priests, the new arrangement will mean an in crease of from $15 to $50 month ly. The new regulations went into effect Jan. 1.
Ecumenical Group Names Director
WASHINGTON (NC)-Mem bers of the executive committee' of the Washington-based Gus
tave Weigel Society, an ecumen
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Father Gustave Welgel, 5.J.,
have announced appointment of Robert Balkam as the societY'B nun's Spanish guitar, he sug gested that Sister Juana Maria executive director. Balkam, formerly acting chair play and sing some Spanish man of the group, will work out numbers. of offices at Wesley Theological So there they stood-the priest Seminary here. and the nun knee deep in mud . :The' society, in the process of -serenading under the convent hiring a full-time staff, said it window at one o'clock in the hopes to expand study and ac morning. tivity in the field of spiritual Their songs wakened the ecumenism, work as the U.S. sleeping nuns who, after some representative of the Interna bewilderment as to what was tional Ecumenical Fellowship of happening in the convent yard, London, and bridge the gap realized that Sister Juana Maria among the various expressions had arrived. The nuns enjoyed of ecumenism. a grand reunion, and Father Schultz returned to his rectory to begin once again his night's sleep. MEXICO CITY (NC)-Mexieo will soon have its first university empowered to grant doctoral degrees in theology. A pontifical university which will grant such WASHINGTON (NC)-A suit a degree to both laity and clergy has been filed in a federal court is planned by the Dominican here on behalf of Quaker groups Fathers and will be located along the Mexico City-Tolucca which want to send medical sup highway near here. plies to North Vietnam.
. Midnight Serenade
Texas Priest Helps Nun From Spain Find Her Convent SAN ANGELO (NC)-It was close to midnight when Father Russell Schultz, associate pastor of Sacred Heart Cathedral in San AngelQ, was surprised by the doorbeli. Opening the door of· the rectory he was further surprised to see a nun accompanied by an airline limousine driver. "Is this a Catholic church?" she asked in broken English. To his affirmative answer the DUD replied, "Thank God. I am Sister Juana Maria from Madrid, Spain, and I am looking for my Sisters., .Can. you help me?" Father Schultz said he would 'b:'y, so he invited the nun in, gave her a cup of coffee and then tried by phone to reach toe Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart at Queen of Missions Con vent S()uth of San Angelo. The phone rang and rang but to no SlVall.
About 12:15 Father SChultz decided the only thing to do was to take Sister Juana Maria to the convent. He loaded her lug ~ge, guitar and all, into his ~ and off they went. KJme0 lDeep In Mmcll San Angelo had recently been llrlt by rain, sleet and snow and fl::he d~rt road leading to the con vent was deep mud. After wad ing through the mud, Sister .Juana Maria and Father SChultz !i'alllg the doorbell for some' 10 minutes without receiving an
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Sue for Permission To Aid No. Vietnam
The suit charges that govenn ment agencies refused to allow the Friends Meeting of Wash ington to ship such supplies via Canadian Quakers and thus vi olated the religious freedom provisions of the Constitution._ The religious convictions of the Quakers, it contends, requires them to serve human need wherever found. The suit was filed by the Na tional Capital Area Civil Liber ties Defense and Education Fund.
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Stanford Speaker STANFORD (NC) - Leo Cardinal Suenens of Belgium will give a public lecture Friday, Feb. 23 at Stanford Uni ~rai.ty here, the university said. '!!he subject of the lecture has lllOIl; ;pet been announced.
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