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Among Catholics CHICAGO (NC) - Self-criticism of Catholic intellectual life must take facts as they are today - not 20 or 30 years ago - and a new survey shows increased scholarship, a Chicago priest-writer says. Father Andrew Greeley, who has written numerous Cautioning that the survey is books and ,articles on the not meant to create "something Church in contemporary of a derby between members of America, cites a study of the three religious groups," he June, 1961, college graduates. Of the 1961 graduates, he reports, 48 per cent of the Jews, 33 per cent of the Catholics and 28 per cent of the Protestants planned to attend graduate schools. Father Greeley said that 46 per cent of the Catholics, 43 per per cent of the Protestants and 39 per cent of the Jews planned studies in the liberal arts rather than the traditional professions, . such as law and medicine.
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,Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston; will preach at the Solemn Pontifical Mass to be offered by Bishop-elect Joseph W. Regan M.M., of Fairhaven at 10 Saturday morning, May 19, in St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford. Bishop-elect Regan, recently named by the Holy See to become Prelate Nullius of the newly - created Prelature Nullius of Tagum in the Philippines, will be conse(ill crated in Tagum on Wednesday, April 25, by Most Rev. Salo vatore Sino, Titular Archbishop of Perge and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. , Cardinal Cushing will be assisted by Rt. Rev. James H. Doyle of Roxbury; assistant priest; Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Gallagher and Rt. Rev. Raymond T. Gonsidine, chaplains; Rt. Rev. Francis S. Rossiter, master of ceremonies; Rev. Columba Moran, SS.CC., metropolitan cross bearer; Rev. James A. Dury, candle bearer, and Rev.
observes: "What is extremely significant is that there is no sign of a reluctance on the part of young Catholics to go to graduate school or to choose the arts and sciences as their graduate interest." Confirmed critics of Catholic higher education, he writes, might charge that Catholics going to graduate school are from non-Catholic schools, not CathCllic _colleges or universities. Turn to Page Eighteen
sented by Arcadio Cardinal Lar- better light the nature and aona, C.M.F., head of the coun- significance of the words, g~ cil's Prepartory Commission for tures and rites." The press service alSO notr.d Sacred Liturgy, and included the nature of the liturgy, the devel- that "The liturgical movemeM opment of the liturgical move- of this our age, with its studilll9 ment, and liturgical books them- - concerning the origins and eVI)lUtion of. various parts of the selves. Although little can be stated Mass, has certainly favored Q at this time concerning specific more precise awareness of theRe matters considered by the com- additions which over the cenmission, it is generally under- turies have obfuscated the clarstood in Vatican circles that ity and encum'bered the simplitamong the suggestions debated ity of the original rite." Turn to Page Eighteen was a proposal that the Mass be changed in its nonessential characteristics so that Catholics of all levels could better partici_ pate in it and understand its full significance. Among changes said to have been under consideration is that the Mass end at the "He Missa Est" instead of with the reading Following upon an execuof the Last Gospel, as at present. Other possibilities include the tive board meeting of the reorganization of the Lessuons, Diocesan Ret rea t League Epistles and Gospels to give held Sunday at Our Lady of them greater significance in Gooe' Counsel Retreat House in modern circumstances. No offiFreetown, Rev. Wiliam J. cial information on these possi- McMahon, Spiritual Director, anbilities, however, was immedi- nou:lced the dates of the Spring ately available. Retreats as follows: In connection with these reApril 27-29 Sodality Union. ports, Vatican circles cite that May 4-6 Vocation Retreat for the press service of the prepara- Boys, sponsored by Serra Clubs. tory commission, commenting on May 11-13 High School Girls, possible matters under discus- Juniors and Seniors. sion during the sessions devoted May 18-20 Laywomen to the liturgy, called attention May 25-27 Student Nurses. to the goal that the largest posMay 27-29 Student Nurses. sible number of Catholics be able June 1-3 High School Girls, to assist at Mass more fully and Freshmen and Sophomores. devoutly. Under the direction of the The commission press service League President, Mrs. Emmett said of this goal that "it is indis- P. Almond, plans were made for pensable that an instruction a .tea to be held on Sunday, suitable to the capacity of intel- April 15, for District Directors ligence and piety of individual and all Parish chairmen.
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NEW YORK (NC)-Protestant and Jewish press officials will give their opinions on the Catholic pres's at the four-day 52nd annual national convention of the Catholic Press Association, starting Tuesday, May 15, in Boston. Bishop Robert J. Dwyer of Boston at the invitation of Rich_ Reno, Nev., columnist for the ard Cardinal Cushing, ArchbisAnchor, will serve as chair- hop of Boston, and the Pilot, man of the interfaith meet- newspaper of the archdioce'se. Cardinal Cushing Richard F. Norton of Plymouth, book bearer. Assisting Bishop-elect Regan will be Very Rev. William Condon, ,SS.CC., assistant priest; Rev. Bernard H. Unsworth, deacon; Rev. John J. Regan, a cousin of the Bishop-elect, subdeacon. Rt. Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros and' Rev. John H. Hackett will be masters of ceremonies; Rev. F. Gerard Shea, also a Turn to Page Eighteen
Nurses Plan Co~vention IF@[( M@'Y! ~ The Spring Plenary Meeting of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses will take place at St.
HONOR PLAYERS: Outstanding Attleboro area CYO basketball players receive trophies at ceremonies held in St. Mary's parish center, Norton. From left, Bob Crook, coach, St. Theresa's, South Attleboro; Robbie Poirier, most valuable junior player; Charlie Grochmal, most valuable senior player; Ray Cooney, area CYO director, St. John's, Attleboro.
VATICAN CITY (NC) Possible changes in the Mass, and contemporary problems facing missionaries in Asia and Africa were among many questions studied by' the fifth session of the Central Preparatory Commission of the ecumenical council. Early Christians" be issued and th~t meetings of this session also useful is "a revision whicl1, dealt mainly with liturgical while leaving intact the actull1 problems. They were pre- ordinary of the Mass, places \n
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ing on Thursday, May 17, The first Catholic Fund James A. Doyle, CPA executive Raising Conference will be held secretary, said here. during the convention, Doyle Another highlight of the con- said, under the chairmanship of vention, he said, will be an ad- James F. Kane, treasurer of dress by Bishop Leo A. Pursley . Spiritual Books Associates, New of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., York. president of Our Sunday Visitor. Be will speak on the convenOther highlights of the fourtion's theme, "The Catholic day meeting listed by Doyle inPress in Contemporary Affairs." elude: The association is meeting in Turn to Page Eighteen
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Anne's Hospital, Fall River, on Saturday, May 5 at 5 P.M. Sister Maureen, R.S.M., principal of Nazareth Hall in Fall River, diocesan school for exceptional children, will be the -guest speaker. The Most Reverend Bishop will preside at Benediction in the hospital Chapel and will also speak at the dinner which will follow. Rev. Cornelius J. Keliher, Diocesan Moderator, has announced t hat the National Council of Catholic Nurses will hold its convention in Boston from June 7 to 10.
Catholics, Score Lowest In Mental Disturbances NEW YORK (NC) - An eight-year psychiatric studt of a midtown Manhattan area has disclosed that four out of, five residents suffer from some degree of mental disturbance and that Catholics sCQred lowest and Jews highest in the mental health of New York and St. Vinpicture. The study, involving staff cent's Hospitals here and who a, cross-section of an East- teaches at Cornell medical colside residential neighbor- lege, said the report's findings hood of 175,000 and identified as "mid-town" in the report, was conducted by a team of social psychiatrists under the direction of the late Dr. Thomas A. C. Rennie of Cornell University medical college. Social scientists interviewed 1,660 residents whose homes ranged from "gold coast" apartments to "congested slum tene,ment" in an almost "all-white" neighborhood. Dr. Joseph D. Sullivan, a member of the executive committee of the Guild of Catholic Psychiatrists, described the authors of the report as a "very reliable group" and said he had no objection to their findings. Dr. Sullivan, who is on the
on the mental health of religious groups were supported by studies made in other parts of the country. The report, published Friday by McGraw-Hill as Volume I of "Mental Health In the Metropolis," has been long awaited by social psychiatrists, because the study represents one of the most intensive metropolitan surveys ever made in the field of mental health. "It was pointed out that the stUdy, with its census-treatment and home-interview surveys by expert interviewers, was one of the very few investigations attempting to focus on both the sick and the well, the treated and the untreated.