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National CCD Missi()n One Of Policy and Service WASHINGT9N (NC) - The director of the U. S. Catholic Conference's National Center for Religious Education-CCD has said that his division's "essential mission has become one of concern about policy and service, rather than service alone."
Catholic youths attending public schools. The bishops also declared adult education at diocesan and parish . levels "is not situated at the periphery of the church's educational mission but at its center." Because of the needs of the local CCD offices and the bishops' stress on CCD programs, particularly those for adults, the national CCD office has named Its first full-time staff member for adult education. He is BrothTurn to Page Two
Father Charles McDonald, who assumed his post last June, said the new emphasis on policy in Confraternity of Christian Doctrine affairs reflected the need for a "sense of direction" as local CCD units become more proficient in delivering their services. Father McDonald's office has instituted several changes- especia1ly in the area of adult education-to enable the national CCD office to provide that "sense of direction" for diocesan and parish CCD offices. . However, activity in the national CCD office seems not merely a response to increased proficiency on. the part of local CCD units. It also appears a recognition of the increased stress placed on CCD for young people and adults by the u.s. bishops in their recently published education pastoral, "To Teach as Jesus Did." In the document, the prelates acknowledged CCD programs "face serious challenges" in the future that should be met by placing "high priority" on religious education programs for
Senate Sets Proposals
Con fi rma tion
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At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Fall River Diocese Senate of Priests held at the Catholic Memor,ial Home on Ffliday, Feb. 9, the assembled senators discussed and passed unanimously .two major proposals for presentation to the .Ordinary of the Diocese. Under the direction of committee chairmen, Very Reverend Henry T. Munroe and Rev. Donald J. Bowen, the committee for priestly 'renewal comprised of Rev. John Smith, Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Rev. Edward J. Byington' and Rev. Robert J. Carter made the following proposal: Turn to Page Five
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I Cardinal Medeiros' First Consistory Combines Ancient, Modern, Future VATICAN CllY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has telescoped the customary four-day round of ceremonies for the creation of new cardinals into a single day. March 5 will be the "big day" in more than one way for 30 new .cardinals whose names were made public Feb. 2-:"among them three Americans: Archbishops Medeiros of Boston, Timothy Manning of Los Angeles and Luis Aponte Martines of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Vatican press spokesman Frederico Alessandrini said that the Pope's decision to compress the ceremonies to a single day is a break with past practice and signifies a "new style" in consistories for the future. Pope Paul, during the nine years he has been Pope, has striven in his past three cardinal-creating consistories to reduce the pomp and public display that in the past accompanied the conferral of the honor of the car-
Urges Redistribution of Population SEATTLE (NC) - The world needs a redistribution of population, not massive efforts at population control, an expert on agriculture and population said here.. "Create new, moderatesized cities with large recreational areas-little land will be needed for farming areas ..." Dr. Colin Clark said in an interview here. Clark, an Australian who formerly headed the Agricultural E-conomics Institute at Oxford, England, said that the maximum population of cities in the United States should be 500,000 persons. "Cities of that size are manage-
practical events and Christian teactions. They have laid the base for hopefully fruitful discus$ions, new points of view, inCreased endeavors. Highlighting the Diocesan Orc.1inary's work, appearances and programs, The Anchor has !itriven to unify the efforts of all <,liocesans in a common attempt to live, apply and spread the Christian Faith in the ordinary l;1nd extraordinary .events of dayto-day life. The Anchor is thus a twoedged-tool. Its use by the individ(lal can stimulaJte one's Christian influence, improve one's religious Turn to Page Two
able" while larger cities are not, Clark said that efforts toward Clark said. Crime is rising in all population zero were wrong. large cities, he said, and the "People power is world powtrend is likely to continue. er," he declared. "The three or Clark, the author of books four most powerful nations in "Population Growth and Land the world today are those with Use"and "Starvation or Plenty," the largest populations ... It's said that with present technol- not the large army that makes ogy it is possible to produce a nation strong; it's the number many times more food than can of taxpayers in the nation to be consumed and that this will support the military strength. continue. Take away the taxpayer and the With smaller cities and sophis- . nation has no fire-power." ticated farming methods, Clark said, "world population could Clark stopped here on a trip grow to 40 to 59 billion persons that took him first to Rome. His and there would be room and next stop was an ,agricultural conference i.n Hawaii. food for all."
<linalate. The most recent deci!lion, shortening the entire period to one day came as a surprise, however, even to veteran Vatic·an observers. The schedule for the March 5 ¢onsistory was announced Feb. ;,2 by the office of Msgr. Virgilio Noe, master of pontifical ceremonies. 9:30 A.M.-the so-called secret ¢onsistory is held during which the Pope ceremonially announces his new cardinals to the already ~xisting cardinals present in ~ome. This is immediately followed by a public consistory in which a number of ceremonies and formal announcements are made to the older cardinals and other prelates. While the public consistory is being held, the 30 new cardinals will be assembled in the papal nudience hall in Vatican City to I~eceive the official anouncement Of their appointment from officials of the papal secretariat of $tate. The audience hall can seat $,000 persons and may be $\vamped by the thousands of visitors and well-wishers who will accompany the cardinals to . )Rome. Turn to Page Three
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