North Easton Parish Set's Pace
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All-Out Effort for Complete Family Coverage
1m macul ate Conception pish in North Easton ~Jtich has always either met ~ exceeded its est.:1.blished l
!i!Mota-is making a determined GEfO\·t this year to achieve com i,?'.oote family coverage, Rev. i:\I\DhR J. Casey, pastor, has in ~rined our Circulation Depart ~nt.
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by everyone in our parish who gets it' weekly," said. Father Casey. "Exposure is/what: The Anchor needs, that is, exposure to those families who have been missing a splendid diocesan paper," the Immaculate Con ception pastor added. "I am certain that some who have not been getting The Anchor regularly will be among its most avid readers once they
are exposed week after week," Father Casey opined. The complete family coverage attempt is even more note worthy in view of the fact that Immaculate Conception lost many families when Holy Cross parish was established in South Easton. . "You can be certain we will exceed our quota notwithstand ing diminished' parish size," Father Casey commented. "But, like so many other parishes, we are no longer satisfied with quota -:- it's complete family coverage from now on. There is no reason in the world why ,we can't gain our goal.' Other parishes have. We can if they can."
A number of suburban par ishes have advised our Circula tion Department that they have decided upon a plan of an an nual increase until thE!y, too, have achieved complete family coverage. "I would like complete fam ily coverage," observed one pastor "but it would be most difficult to accomplish in one year. ,I have, decided upon a self-imposed annual :increase until we send a paper into every parish home every week~ "Our step-by-step, year-by year increase means complete family coverage within a com paratively few years," he con cluded.
Additional impetus is being given the 1968 circulation drive by parish councils which are eager to see their parishes in the elite complete coverage bracket. "I was both surprised and shocked when I saw our parish subscription list," a member of one parish council commented. "The names of many that should be on the list are missing. And, frankly, I was surprised to see other names as paid-up annual subscribers. It's the old story: 'You can't judge a book by its cover.'" Subscription envelopes - new and renewal-should be depos ited in the oollection basket at Mass on Sunday, Feb. 18.
Conn. Bishop :. Cites, Church Press Value BRIDGEPORT (NC) - A Connecticut B ish 0 p has counseled here that persons who cut themselves off from
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Catholic publications because they are disturbed by some things they' r~ad are making "a great mistake," . Bishop Walfer W. Curtis of Bridgeport emphasized it would be a h'agedy" not to keep in touch with the Catholic press 011 a regular basis because '~there is no other means of communication bringing us the full picture of Cliristian think ing and reaction." Bishop Curtis, in a letter marking Catholic Press Month, urged Catholics to subscri'be to their diocesan newspaper "as . pat·t of the overall' adult educa Turn to Page Fifteen
Calls Advances In Ecumerroism Fall River, MllJss. o Thursday, February 8, ]968 'A Mir,ac~~' PRiCE IOc Vol. 12, No. 6 . © 1968 The Anchor $4.00 per Year
Eulogist Says Msgr. HlUlr~~y Anticipated Council Declree The late Rt. Rev. Patrick pastor of" St. Jo seph's Parish, Taunton, for file past sixteen years, was
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~ogized Monday as a priest YW'ho anticipated by many dec Mdeli, the Second Vatican Coun eil's Decreee on the Ministry lIDd Life' of Priests 0 Co (> "all Ctriests are united among them .-elves in a sacramental brother Itood. Consequently, older priests ~ould receive younger priests lllS true priestS.' They should likewise try to understand the O1entality of younger priests, even though,it be different from tbeir own, and should follow ~eir projects with good will III e ¢ Inspired by a fraternal G¢rit, priests will not neglect hospitality ¢ Q 0" lRev. Joseph L. Powers, Dioc esan Dit'ector of the CCD and lrormer assistant to the late Monsignor Hurley. emphasized CDe recognition that the Taunton ~relate gave to the younger members of the clergy. The eulogist said, "Monsignor lIIu\'ley recognized and received! aill priests young and old, as Jarothers. Priests were always 'I'W"41 to Page Fourteen
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DAYTON (NC) Rela tions among religious groups have progressed "from dia tribe to dialogue" an official
of the international Grail move ment has told 1,200 women at the annual interfaith program of Temple Israel here in Ohio. Janet Kalven, a member of the Grail's national staff with headquarters at Loveland, Ohio, and a convert, from Judaism, called current ecumenical prog res "a kind of miracle,. marked not only by i,ts gre'atness but by its ~nexpectedn,ess." , "The model of the' change is Abraham," she said, "because he set out not knowing where he .was to go, but knowing that God was lead'fng hiIn. "This is the character to which we are called now," she asserted, "There is need for dialogue between all reli gions and the unity of believers must strengthen our commit ment to stand shoulder-to shoulder in action for the devel opment of people everywhere." ~iss Kalven said women have "an important role" to play in ecumenical ac~ivity, citing their availability for "grass-roots en Counters." Commenting that' "we have barely scratched the surface," she declared: . "There are many more ways of creative cooperation-in civil rights, housing,' equal education al opportunities, .for example,"
BE MY VALENTINE: Mark Fine got out his folk guitar to serenade Nancy Layne, who seems to be receptive to the idea-If Mark can find the right chord. NC Photo.
Asks -National Commission Study.: Catholic' Education
PONCE~ (NC)--Father C. Albert Koob, O. Praem., pledged help of the National Catholic Educational AssoCia tion (NCEA) to help in creation of a national commission which would"study the problems and potential of Americ¥, Catholic education. The com mission would function as' a . NCEA - sponsored symposium permanent instrument for held in Washington last Fall. He said the symposium. re the exchang~ of ideas and in sulted in a useful dialogue sights related to Catholic edu cation, Father Koob said.··It would also serve to identify the most pressing problems of Cath olic education and finance the research studies needed to solve them. "Above all, it would help to unclog the lines of communica tion and make it possible for all those concerned with Cath olic education to speak with one another," said Father Koob, NCEA executive secretary, in a lecture at the Catholic Univer sity of Puerto Rico. Father Koob said the idea for a national commission on Cath olic education originated in an
among persons from a wide range of professions and disci plines, proving there are "tre mendous _reserves of good will and competence" on which Catholic education can draw to solve such problems as shortages of teachers, money and facilities. Symposium participants in cluded bishops, educators, bus inessmen, journalists and gov~ ernment officials. "I for one hope that such a commission becomes a reality in the immediate future," Father Koob state. "I can assure yoI.'! that the National Catholic Edu cational Association, while unTurn to Page Fifteen