Tells Dutch Change Celibacy Stand Pope Paul Emphasizes dJThel Celibacy Rule Responsibility of Whole Church ANCHOR
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Dr. Corrigan Memorial" The late Dr. John C. Corrigan of Holy Name parish, Fall River. will be 'honored by establishment of a memorial fund which will have as its first project a daylong seminar Wednesday, March 18. Dr. William .J. Grace, cardiologist and director of medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, will be professor pro tempore for the event, which will be open to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession. A banquet at The Coachmen restaurant will climax hte day. It will be open to former friends and associates of Dr. Corrigan, who practiced in Fall River for 32 years, specializing in cardiology. Organizers of the project plan to make the semiar an annual affair. Co-chairmen for this year are Dr. Thomas F. Higgins and Dr. Frederick J. Sullivan. Among subcommittee chairmen and members are Sister .Tean Marie, O.P., Sister Marie Ascension, O.P., Sisters Beatrice, O.P. and Msgr. Raymond T. Considine who heads a religious liaison committee.
VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope Paul VI has said no, publicly and unmistakably, to the Dutch bishops' equally public request for a new look at priestly celibacy. Following his statement given to the people during his public blessing on Sunday, the Pope in an unusual form-a letter to the Vatican's secretary of state -clarified his stand. To allowing priests to marry, the Pope clearly said "no". To allowing married men to be ordained priests, the Pope hinted "with grave reservations" that he would discuss it with the . bishops of the world. He clearly reminded' the Dutch bishops of their responsibilities not alone at home but in the universal Church. He wondered "with humility and sincerity" whether he too--as Pope-had "some part in the responsibility" in bringing about the present tension in the Church. The Pontiff's clear decision terminated his letter: "With a \ decision taken after mature ex-' amination, we clearly affirm our duty not to allow that the priestly ministry may be practiced by those who after having set their hand to the plow, have turned back." The Pope said that to his knowledge only "a small number" of priests want to marry. His solution, he said, is to grant them dispensation from the obli- . gation of celibacy but to forbid
Revised Liturgy Calendar Key to New Mass 'Order WASHINGTON (NC)-A key to the proper use of the new Order of Mass is the revised liturgical calendar, which became effective Jan. 1. Especially in the prepara-. tion of weekday Masses, the new calendar provides for more variety in choices. The years of 1970 and 1971 will its translation into the vernacular, and the revised Breviary is allow for a transition from completed. the old liturgical calendar to In the new calendar, a rethe new. The complete reform of the Roman calendar will not go into effect until the entire reform of the Roman Missal (the New Order of Mass), including
F'r. D. E. Messier In New Position The Chancery Office announced today the transfer of Rev. Donald E. Messier, assistant at Our Lady of Fatima Church in New Bedford, to be assistant at St. Patrick's Church in Fall River. The transfer is effective Wednesday. Feb. II.
Father Messier, who has served at St. Jean B~ptiste Church in Fall River as well as in the New Bedford parish, is the son of Elphege and Leona (Guillemette) Messier of Pawtucket, R. I. Educated at St. Raphael's Academy in Pawtucket, Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick, and Our Lady of Angels Seminary in Albany, New York, he was ordained May 18, 1968.
newed emphasis is given to the Paschal Mystery celebrated each Sunday and most solemnly in Holy Week and on. Easter. Fewer feasts displace the Sunday celebration. But there are some simplifications and changes. For example, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Sundays are dropped. Paschaltide extends from the Easter Vigil until Pentecost. The Octave of Pentecost is eliminated. The Feast of Christ the King is placed on the last Sunday before Advent. Advent is now a preparation for both the feast of Christmas and the Second Coming of Christ. For those who are familiar with the old calendar, new terminology has been introduced: Feast of I Class becomes Solemnity; there are 10. Feast of II Class becomes Feast; there are' 23. Feast of III Class becomes Obligatory Memorial, 63, or Optional Memorial, 95. Ferial remains unchanged. As is obvious, only on 96 weekdays, plus the 52 Sundays, Turn to Page Six
Pope Paul has called on all Bishops throughout the world to come' out openly in support of his celibacy stand. The Pope said: , "With a decision taken after mature examination, we clearly affirm our duty not to allow that the priestly mini~try may be practiced by those who after having set their hands to the plow, have turned back." ,.
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He suggested the only change he would be willing to consider would be to allow married men of mature age and good reputation to be ordained priests in some areas of the world where there are extreme shortages of priests. He stressed, however, "grave reservations" about making such a change and expressed worry over whether it would be possible to limit the change to local cases of extreme necessity.
If such a change were to come, the Pontiff added, it would have to be done by the decision of the bishops throughout the world acting in union with him. He called on all bishops to openly back him in this regard. The Pope ordered the bishops of Holland under Cardinal AIfrink to revise their stand against the celibacy rule for priests. He said it was indispensable for the Dutch bishops, priests and laymen to change "such a grave attitude cQntrary to the holy laws. in effect in our Latin Church." The Pope reaffirmed "what we have already declared and many times repeated" and stated he found the Dutch bishops' arguments "not convincing." He bid them reconsider "in prayer and charity." Furthermore, the Pope Turn to Page Two
ICatholic Schools' Greatest Tax Saver The Fall River School Committee will meet with Massachusetts State Commissioner of Education, Dr. Neil V. Sullivan on the plan proposed by Fall River Diocesan Superin-
Former Acushl'llet Priest Readies Trek to Texas
tendent of Schools, Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Ed.D. for shared resources as a solution to overcoming the problems presented by the closing of Catholic schools in the Diocese. The plan proposes that students would spend part of their time under Catholic auspices learning subjects with a religious orientation and the other part of their time under public school auspices learning secular subjects. The present crisis has been
brought about by the inability of ~ri~~ ~ wwort ~ri~ schools without some form of outside aid. The Federal Constitution makes no provisions for an "official" system of education in the country so any school system-路public or parochial or private-that serves the function of educating has validity. However,only the public schOOl system is presently supported by tax money. Turn to Page Twenty
A Sacred Hearts Father, formerly a curate at St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet, will begin a 2000 mile odyssey Tuesday when he drives a rented truck to Harlingen. Tex. to deliver statues of Our Lady Queen of Peace and the Sacred Heart NEW YORK (NC)-Initial phase of the 25th annual to Queen of Peace parish there. Father Rene Gaudin, SS.CC., American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund Appeal will begin explains that the statues are Feb. 11, Ash Wednesday, with a radio message from Pope from Queen of Peace Seminary, Jaffrey, N. H. which was recent- Paul beamed to more than 5 million students in U. S. ly closed by the Sacred Hearts Catholic elementary and Fathers when they moved their high .schools. The second Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, operations to Washington. D. C. phase, directed to adults, executive director, has reported the agency made available $100,Rev. Regis Kwiatkowski, SS. will be conducted generally 000 in cash, plus $2-million ce, former director of Regina March 1 to 8 in Catholic parishe!l worth of clothing and $25,000 Pacis Spanish Center "in New Bedford is pastor of the Harlin- throughout the country, climaxed worth of blood plasma to aid 'gen parish, aided by Rev. by the traditional Laetare Sun- victims of the Nigerian civil war. Michael Annunziato, SS.CC. of day collection, March 8. The Nigerian aid program, The annual fund appeal is the Taunton. Providing a further operated since 1959, aided vicprincipal source of revenue for link to the Fall River Diocese is operations of Catholic Relief tims on both sides in the 30the fact that Harlingen is in the Service, worldwide relief agency month Nigerian-Biafra civil war. During the conflict, CRS proBrownsville Diocese of Bishop of U. S. Catholics. vided than 56 million Humberto Medeiros, formerly of In addition to food, medicines, pounds more of food, medicines and Fall River. clothing and other relief mateFather Gaudin notes that after rials for the hungry and home- other materials, valued at $4.7 the statues from New Hampshire less, CRS conducts helf-help and million. are loaded into the truck, there social welfare projects in more Bishop Swanstrom said CRS will be space remaining. He has than 70 countries. will eontinue aiding the war vicrequested Jaffrey area residents The Ash Wednesday message tims in cooperation with the to donate food, clothing and of Pope Paul to students will be Nigerian Rehabilitation Commisblankets to fill the truck. "The broadcast nationwide by the ma- sion, the Nigerian Red Cross and Harlingen people are very poor. jor radio networks. Contributions the Nigerian Catholic Secretariat. They need everything," he said. made during the Lenten season, Reports from the war-torn area, From other areas he is hoping by Catholic students, in recent h<; noted, indicate there "will be for cash donations to cover the years, have totalled more than n tremendous need over a long period of time." cost of the trip, estimated at" $1 million annually. about $1000. He states that any The Bishop said he had been The appeal, conducted under contributions received above the auspices of the U. S. Cath- advised that at least 80 of the costs will be given to the Texas olic Bishops, enabled CRS to ex- Hi5 missionaries in the war afparish. tend aid, without regard to race, fected areas will be permitted to While in Harlingen, Father religion or color, to more than 40 continue their work by the NigeGaudin will take a series of pic- million impoverished persons last rian government. The missiontures and slides for future publi- year, particularly in Asia, Africa aries will work principally in cation and use in lectures. He and Latin America. refugee resettlement and rehabilmay be reached at Queen of CRS, founded in 1943, is now itation. The status of the other Peace Seminary, Jaffrey Center, the largest private relief organi- missioners who had been workN. H. 03454. zation in the world. ing in the area still is in doubt.
Appeal to Aid World Needy Begins on Ash Wednesday