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Hospital Nuns to Work in Texas Trio Pioneers Brownsville
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"It's a big question mark and a great adventure." That's how three Dominican Sisters of the Presenta-
Vol. 14, No.5, Jan. 29, 1970 Price 10c $4.00 per Year
tion from St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, sum up the project they will embark upon tomorrow, when they will fIy to the Diocese of Brownsville, Tex. to pioneer a foundation of their community in the small town of Raymondville. At the request of Bishop Humberto S. Medeiros, formerly Chancellor of the Fall River Diocese and pastor of St. Michael's Church, Fall River, the Sisters will work in the Raymondville hospital and inaugur. ate a home health and homemaking service in the area around the hospital.
Leading the group will be Sister Camille, who has been instructing freshmen in St. Anne's School of Nursing for tlte past four years since her arrival from the community's French province. In the Brownsville Diocese she will be a staff nurse at the 25 bed Raymondville Memorial Hospital. Sister Therese Joseph, at St. Anne's for 15 years, and also from the French Province, has worked in the hospital admitting room and business office. In Texas she will work with Sister Paul Denis, third member of the
TEXAS BOU"~D: Sr. Camille, Sr. Therese Joseph and Sr. Paul Denis leave tomorrow for service in the ·Diocese of Brownsville. trio, in setting up a home health and home care service for the many migrant workers in the Raymondville area. "If I'm working with children, I'll be happy," she said. Sister Paul Denis, of St. Louis de France parish, Swansea, has been in the St. Anne's commu-
nity nearly five years. Last June she graduated from Boston College with a bachelor of science degree and since then she has been on duty in St. Anne's operating room. Working in the Brownsville Diocese is a new step for the Fall River vice-province of the
Propose Sh r d Resource Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, superintendent of diocesan schools, will meet with the Fall River School Committee
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tomorrow night to propose a shared resources plan in an ef· fort to overcome the closing of two parish schools and, at the same time, to solve the munici· third Fall River parochial school pal problem of unavailable ac- -St. Patrick's-is currently in c-ommodations for children leav- doubt. Father O'Neill will tell the ing the two schools. public school system board: The head of the diocesan edu"The concept of shared time cation system, will offer the best plan which,has been devised thus or dual enrollment provides that far in the United States, with the students would spend part of particular thought in mind as it their time under Catholic school affects children now in the St. auspices learning subjects with a religious orientation, and the Louis and St. Joseph schools. other part of their time under The school boards in both public school auspices learning parishes have announced that secular subjects. When this type they will close their respective of program is discussed, it is schools next June. . usually assumed that the stuMeanwhile, the future of a dents will spend part of the day o
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~t a Catholic school building, and the other part of the day in a nearby public school building." "This 'concept has been generally endorsed thro\Jghout the country, has been encouraged by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and has been ruled to be constitutional by the Attorney General of Massachu· sets." "The main reason that it is not more commonly put into use is that most public school systems are already short of facilities, and are not in a position to take Cahtolic school students for part of the. school day." "Another difficulty is that unle~s the two schools are located near each other and have coor· dinated schedules, it is practically impossible because of administrative problems to implement such a program." Father O'Neill will also say: "Recently Dr. Neil V. Sullivan, Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts, advised that if a Catholic school was about to close in a given community, the local public school authorities
'.'Everything by themselves, nothing without the priest" is an axiom in the lay apostolate that could very well be applied to the celebration of the Eucharist. The axiom Three Assistants stresses the importance of priest and people in liturgical In New Posts celebrations. Certainly, what The Chancery Office anThe Mass is not a private might be called "presidential nounced today the re-assignprayer but a public function; the ,style" is all important in , words are a vocal expression of ,ment of two parish assistcelebrating the Eucharist ac- inner feelings. Priest and people ants. cording to the new Order of the are banded together in this Mass. Most of the changes per- "summit of worship." tain to the priest. Since the language of liturgy The style, that is the leader- is the language of signs, the ship, of the celebrant is abso- building, the artistic forms used, lutely indispensable to a success- the variety and quality of the ful liturgy, no matter. how much music, the arrangement of the participation there is on the part place of worship-all the things of the Christian assembly. that affect the senses-must be It is the celebrant's task, as carefully chosen if they are to the one presiding over the Chris- . express the meaning of the littian community, to help the urgy and lead to an awareness people be aware of and respon- of God's presence among us. sive to God's presence in the It is a fact that some priests liturgy. It is he who must take are indifferent to the new special care that his words and actions express the reality about changes in the celebration of the which he speaks. He must take Eucharist, or may even resist Turn to Page Fifteen the initiative in communicating.
Also, the Chancery announced the assignment of one assistant. .' They are: Rev. Arthur L. Flynn to St. Ann's Parish,. Raynham, as assistant. Rev. Norman J. Ferris, assistant at St. Mary's Parish, Taunton to St. Margaret's Parish, Buzzards Bay, as assistant. Rev. George E. Harrison, assistant at St. Joseph's Parish, Taunton, to St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, as assistant. They will report to their new assignments on Thursday, Feb. 5. Turn to Page Two
Dominicans of the Presentation. Under the leadership of Mother Pierre Marie of St. Anne's, the vice-province has included foundations in Washington, D. C. and Puerto Rico. Now it will add Brownsville. Most of the adults in RayTurn to Page Six
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leasing of Catholic school facilities and making them in effect public school facilities for the purpose of shared time." "The Catholic school and public school would operate in the same building in cooperation . with one another, but under' completely independent control. should consider renting the It has already been proven in school facilities and hiring the practice that this arrangement teachers of that Catholic school. can work, since the public He has further indicated that he school department in a number sees no legal obstacle to leasing of communities, such as Fall a school for part of the day." River, already rents classrooms "In fact, many communities in Catholic schools and has opthroughout the state are present- erated a completely independent ly leasing rooms in Catholic program with no conflict with schools and other church facili· the on·going Catholic school proties to help meet their classroom gram in the building." shortage." The proposal of the Diocesan "The shared resources plan Superintendent of Schools will be takes the well accepted concept that, "The public school sector of shared time and solves the would be under the direct policy problem of lack of public school control of the School Committee facilities by providing for the Turn to Page Fourteen
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Urges Parental Politocal Activity Dealing With Public Education DES MOINES (NC)-A political scientist counseled parents of non-public school children to become involved in politics dealing with education, then tacked an important "but" on to 'his advice. "But be careful what type of legislation you propose and supTalking with those who favo'r port," said Father Virgil some aid-state or federal-to Blum, S.J., head of Mar- non public school students, quette University's political, Father Blum recalled that almost science department. "Let's be careful that we don't merely create another public school system for our non-public school students." The Milwaukee educator told 1,000 at the annual Citizens for Educational Freedom rally here: "We are all ·fighting for .educational freedom. Let's be cautious that we don't give it away." Father Blum, .who has been associated with CEF since it began in 1959, favors a tuition grant concept of ai~ to nonpub· lic school students as opposed to purchase of services or salary grants.
all of the recommendations he has received, including one from Dr. Milton Eisenhower, University of Chicago economist, now one of President Nixon's aides, has been for tuition grants to parents of non-public school students. Citing some statistics for Iowa, he said from 1966 to 1969, 20,675 non-public school students switched to public schools. Using a cost figure of $775 per student, the amount public school officials use to educate a child, the expenditure comes to almost $16 million. If Iowa gave every non-public Turn to Page Seventeen