Sole Lea-dership of Schools B'y' Clergy, 'Nuns Scored
THE ANCHOR- , ,Thurs., Feb.' 2, 1967
Catholics lead In Attendance ,:' ~ At Church
BOMBAY (NC}-Valerian Oardinal Gracias of Bambay hB been criticized in his own newspaper, The Examiner, ~ claiming that priests and nuns are more suitable than !bymen as heads of the Church's educational institutions in ifitis country. The criticism, ieatl,lred in a page-long let eign ones, would 'not condescend to work under the headship of ~r written to the weekly's a lay person.'" ~itor by G. L. Lobo, a Jre .ed deputy director of public wtruction in Madras, followed Ql!ll article in which the cardinal Qrld that the Catholic and moral e;tmosphere necessary in Church C2hools will be more securely ~served by keeping them un ~ the management of priests Oillld nuns. He also claimed that ~n-Catholics in India readily Q-limit their children to Church GChools if they are headed by IDJdests and nuns. ' Lobo said Catholics cannot ii!lionestly say that Christian at mosphere is not preserved in the tu-ge number of Protestant 1ICh00is and colleges in India ~ich are entirely under the headship of the laity. He added that n'on-Catholic pupils flock in "ual or larger numbers to well _nducted Protestant or Hindu _ools. Listing the "real reasons" why priests and nuns insist on head lihip of schools, Lobo declared: "Headship means prestige, power and pride. Our priests, ad nuns, particularly. the for-
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WINNIPEG (NC)-The apos tolic delegate iIi Canada has praised the Canadian govern ment as a member of the United Nations for its role in endeav oring to secure world peace. Archbishop Sergio Pigendoli said at a reception, for· priests here: "Canada is in the best possible position to be of service to the Holy See in respect to the na tions of the world, and, although it has no diplomatic relations with the Vatican, it actually acts in a comD;lon mind with th.e Catholic Church in the latter's efforts to maintain peace' in all parts of the world." "It is the mission of the Catli:. oUc clergy to give itself to the whole world, not onlY,r:estricting itself to serve· a particular dio 'cese," he 'added dliriOg an offi cial visit here.
New York Prelate Discusses Freedom, 'Authority Conflict WASHINGTON (NC)-A bishsaid here conflict between flreedom and authority causes :flrightening situations. The problem perplexes courts, eoncerns theologians and philos0P h ers, agitates universities and GO cia l' institutions, Auxiliary Bishop George H.. Guilfoyle of New York declared. Preaching at the annual Red @II)
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ing with all other men' one human family. "In this family God wills that one person treat another in a spirit of true brotherhood. The dignity and the rights of each human person have become daily more evident arid .their "fulfill ment more urgent, but so also has human interdependence. "Acceptance of human interde
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the proper roles of freedom and kind in our time."
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aries. peCia ,e mence Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle Bishop Guilfoyle said "the presided at the Mass which Watil central thoughts of the Secorid offered by Auxiliary Bishop Vati~an Council have special ~hn S. Spence of Washington. pertmence not, only for you who The Second Vatican Council, are members of the .bench and Bishop Guilfoyle stated "stressed bar, but for those of you whose freedom - the individual free- responsibility it is to enact and cIom vital to each man's person administer our laws co 0 '" IIDd dignity. "While the council spoke to "It is 'in freedom," he· said, mankind-so much of which ex lIiIhat man properly directs hlm- periences bitter SUfferings and (jI!I£ toward goodness." strife-its message is pertinent "Indeed," he added", "authen- to our own beloved country," he tie freedom is an exceptional said. "For, despite all that has IIign of the divine image within been accomplished by the U. S. m.an." in achievi':lg the goals of oQr Man's Dignity Constitution and Declaration" of "In recent years," Bishop Independence, there is still much ftkJilfoyle told jurists, diplomats, to be done." , bwyers and government officials "Reverence ,for mankind is at the Mass, "increasing stress urgently necessary - necessary l'las been placed on the exalted everywhere," the bishop de ltignity of the human person- elared, "in the Near East and ooery human person." Far East, in Africa, in Russia, "This heightened wareness of in the U. S. Everyone must take man's dignity is evident in the into serious account his neigh ~urtroom and in the legislative bor's rights and his needs for sbamber as it was in the delib- a life with dignity." <i!l'ations of' the ,council," the lldshop said. "And yet the individual man Daven pOll't Diocese
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Plans Nuns' Council :very nature, a social being, form\. IOWA CITY (NC) - Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe has approved Laymen on Boa,~d plans for a Council of Sisters NEWARK (NC)-Six,laymen, to represent the 500 nuns'in the • null- and a Brother 'have been Davenport diocese.
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ae editorial stands taken by, the '29 members; There are 19 Sister
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KIEV. T. ,IF. HARRINGTON
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T'ransfers .Affect Hyannis And Fall River Parishes Bishop Connolly has announced new assignments of two parish assistants, effective yesterday. Rev. Paul G. Connolly, assigned to Immaculate Con ception, Fall River, since his ordination in March, 1956, has' been transferred to St. ation from Walpole High School Francis Xavier, Hyannis. he studied philosophy at Mary Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, knoll Seminary and theology at who has served at St. Fran St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.
He was ordained March 17, cis Xavier since ,Tune, 1964, has been assigned to, Immaculate' 1956 by Bishop Connolly in the ,Cathedral. ~e is priests' choir Conception. A native of Norwood, Father director and a member of the Connolly, ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Diocesan Music Commission. Michael J. Connolly, was born Father Harrington, son of Ed Oct. 17, 1929. Following gradu- ward J. Harrington and the late Mrs, Esther F. (Yates) Harring ton, was born July 28, 1938 in New, Bedford. He is a graduate of Holy Family grammar and C[}u~o~~OatJ1 high schools and of Holy Cross College, Worcester. WASHINGTON (NC)-Chris tianity's bond to the Jews, its He completed his studies for spiritual renew.al and a re-em the priesthood at Catholic Uni phasis of the religious meaning versity and was ordained May of social action were stressed by 301 1964 by. Bishop Connolly. He speakers during the Week of has served as Cape Cod CYO Prayer for Christian Unity ob Director since June 4, 1964. served here at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Con ception. . Father Edward Flannery, for mer editor of the Providence Visitor and now a member of the Seton Hall University Insti tute for Judaeo - Christian Studies, spoke on the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Non Christian Religions. ''The declaration," he said, "puts aright the mistakes and injustices of some 2,000 years' standing. In brief but crystal clear words a program is set up for bringing about the harmo nious relations that should exist between the two faiths (Chris tianity ard Juda~sm)." The early' Church, he noted, was a Jewish church, and the modern Church must now be taught this again 'and recognize "the bond that spirituality ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham's stock." , "To do this," he said, -!!all of our media of communication in the Church must be employed the pulpit, tp.e press, the school room." Scholarly studies must be undertaken, texthooks must be examined, stereotypes and false images must' be identified and rooted out and social-political tensions must be explored, said Father, Flannery.
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WASHINGTON (NC) Catholics lead the country in church attendance, with Lu therans heading the list of
Protestant church-goers, accord ing to the 1966 Gallup Poll audit on church attendance. ' Forty-four per cent of the na tion's adults attended church in a typical week this year, the same proportion as in 1965. The figure indicates a halt in the 10 year decline in church attend ance reported in Gallup Poll audits from 1955 to 1965. In 1940, only 37 per cent of the nation's adults went to church during the period surveyed. By 1955 the proportion had climbed to 55 per cent. Since that year, the percentage of church-goers has been steadily declining. The The 1966 survey results mark the first deviation from the pat tern of decline. 49 Million Attend Gallup Poll has conducted an. audit of church attendance every year since 1955. The 1966 audit involved surveys, of representa tive samples of the adult popu lation made in eight selected weeks during the year. Over 12,000 persons were asked: "Did you, yourself, happen to' attend church in the last seven days?" Translating the '1966 figure into millions of adults indicates that approximately 49 million adults attended church in a typ- , ical week during 1966.
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Home' for Aged BALTIMORE (NC)-Lawrence Cardinal ,Shehan of Baltimore ,presided Tuesday at ground breaking ceremonies here for the new St. Martin Home' for the Aged, to be condu<;ted by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The home will accommodate 250 res idents. -
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