Cardinal Tells Delegates
Church Committed To Total Education "We are not glvmg up," proclaimed Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York as he viewed the widespread closing of schools and the depletion of religious in schools for the National Catholic Educational Association in convention in New York. ' The 67th annual convention with 10,000 delegates heard the Cardinal state that the Church has a commitment to total education and that it would carry it out from pre-school to adult programs.
"It is not true to say that the policy of the American Church with regard to the Catholic School System is· in doubt. . "It is not true to say that we are gradually getting out of the' business of education. . "It is not true to say that the vocation of religious teachers in Catholic schools is less important or less relevant than work in other apostolates," the Cardinal emphasized. "It is the mission of the Church to teach, to educate, to create a community of love and the Catholic school is certainly
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one of the best means of achieving this," the prelate explained. He went on, "When the Catholic Church ceases to educate or ceases to try to develop a sense of community in her children, on that day she has become unfaithful to her Founder and unfaithful to the world' whose leaven and whose conscience she is appointed to be. "We recognize if we care to provide total education, there's a need for more efficient restructuring of resources and programs and for a more innovative use of personnel and facilities; for a more realistic system of research and planning. It can be done." The Cardinal warned against provincialism and isolationism as having "no place in the e<.!ucational world in the nineteen seventies. Provincialism could occur, the Cardinal stated, in the un'willingness "to share with parents their primary rights and obligations in the development and education of their youngsters." To help this, the Cardinal welcomed decentralization and community control. Is there isolation from public education? "Today the grave needs of all education in the nation," the prelate ,explained, "~all for a new, partnership of public and non-public educators throughout the United States." In reference to student demonstrations, the eminent New Yorker explained, "They may be trying to tell us something of their longing for oneness. It
Primary Job Education FR. DAIGLE
FR. GAUTHIER
To Nort~ A"leboro
To Fall River
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Bishop announced to-
day t.he transfer of one pastor, the appointment of an adminstrator and the transfer of two assistants. Rev. George Daigle; pastor of St. Roch Church in Fall River, becomes the new pastor of Sacred Heart Church, North Attleboro. Named administrator of St. Roch Church, Fall River, is Rev. Rene Gauthier, assistant at St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford. Rev. Maurice H. Jeffrey, assistant at St. Roch Church, Fall River, ~i11 go to St. Anthony of Padua
Church, New Bedford, as assistant, and Rev. Roland Deschenes, assistant at St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, will assume the same position at St. John the Baptist Church, Fall River. The Bishop also approved the nomination of Rev. Antonio P. Pinto, C.M. by Very· Rev. Fernando Veiga, Provincial of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), from Mount Car!'TIel Church, New Bedford, to St. Michael Church, Fall River, as assistant. Rev. George Daigle, son of the late Sanuste and Victoria (Jalbert) Daigle, was born in St. Turn to Page Six
FR. DESCHENES
FR. JEFFREY
To Fall River
To New Bedford
To Fall River FR•• PINTO
KINGSTON (NC) - Education is .the primary task of the Church in t.he vital work of development, Archbishop John J. McEleney, S.J.,. of Kingston, Jamaica, said here. And education is the Church's greatest achievement in Jamaica, the Boston-born archbishop told NC News. "The important achievements in education, and the association of the Chur~h in meeting social problems and in assisting the poor" are being undertaken with the collaboration of other churches and in cooperation with the government, especially since Jamaica's independence, he said, Independence, the archbishop said "automatically made all churches aware of doing their part to have independence succeed." The Archbishop described how Jamaica's churches are cooperating not only in education but also in solving other problems of national life. The churches, he noted, were the first sponsors of education and they are now working together in revising curricula in response to new trends. Secondary school curricula, he said, are being revised for students who are not going to college, vocational training is being emphasized and Christian churches are cooperating witl) , the Jewish community in estab:' Iishing basic schools to meet the needs of the disadvantaged. Turn to Page Six
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Suggest Retirem-ent Fund for Sisters COLUMBUS (NC)-A recjmmendation that each Catholic school in Ohio pay $400-per-year per working nun "for the benefit of the retired and infirm Sisters" has been made by a committee which comprises four of the state's Catholic Bishops, major religious superiors and diocesan school of. ficials here. Bishops Clarence Elwell of Columbus, John Mussio of Steubenville, John Donovan of Toledo and James Malone of Youngstown attended. Whether the $400-per-year and other recommendatio~s, are accepted as state policy, will be determined at a later meeting of all Ohio's bishops. The me~ting was the tl)ird between the bishops and.major superiors, sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Ohio. Recommendations made in December 1968 and March 1969 resulted in state standards for teaching Sisters' salaries. Under the plan, Sisters' sal-
Film on Eucharist Award Winner NEW YORK (NC) - A 10minute color film produced for American television has taken first place in the worldwide competition sponsored by the International Catholic Association (or Radio and Television. Meeting in Monte Carlo, a jury of broadcasters representing 15 countries voted the prize by unanimous acclamation to the film "Eucharist," produced by St. Francis Productions of Los Angeles. The film, part of a series on the Eucharist focuses on the sacraments through the use of symbolism. Prince Ranier of Monaco presented the award, a sculptured dove, to Charles Reilly, executive director of the United States National Catholic Office for Radio and Television and head of the American delegation to the 12th annual UNDA festival. Accepting the honor in behalf of the U. S., Reilly noted that the film "Eucharist speaks the language of teleVIsion in. the effective manner broadcasterslalways strive for and rarely achieve." The NCORT executive praised the Franciscan Fathers, calling them "the most creative group working for the Catholic Church . in religious programming today."
aries should be $1,800 this year; $2,200 during the 1970-71 school year and $2,500 for the 1971-72 school year. If the additional $400 per working Sister is put into effect by 1972 as recommended, a parish's cost per Sister will be $2,900. Mother M. Eileen Pentecost of Akron, a Dominican, chairman of the group's finance committee, explained the reasons for the $400 per year request this way: Conservative estimates show the average cost to support a working, non-wage earning Sister is $1,000 per year; to support an infirm Sister, $2,800 per year. "It is proposed that the basis of a solution is the wage earning Sisters in each diocese and parish," she said. . Bishop Malone said, if the proposal is accepted, "the money should be put in a formal retirement fund by each community," s'uggesting Sisters and "any other part of our Church" seeking funds must base their app,eal on a full, public accounting of their funds. ' Other recommendations included: rhat each diocesan superintendent of schools arrange small group meetings of all pastors and principals to determine responsibilities in operation of schools. That minimum standards for religion teachers, department chairmen and coordinators, be accepted. That religious communities supply parishes with persons trained in religious education and parishes finance training of Sisters in this field, with a guarantee that the parish will get a trained Sister for its money. That dioceses implement continued education of priests in the field of religious education. That there should be collaboration between clergy and religion teachers for the benefit of the children taught and as a means of furthering Ii,turgical renewal on the parish level.
HONORING BISHOP CONNOLLY FOR 25 SILVER YEARS
CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL MAY 3 - 13, 1970