FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER
t eanc 0 VOL. 26, NO. 16
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Church and Education." Father Hesburgh praised Rea gan, saying that every president had to find his own set of priori ties and he thought it was high time for tuition lEjX credits to be considered in the whole politica! process. Futurist Robert Theobald quizzed Catholic educators on NCEA officials estimated that whether education today is pre nearly 15,000 people attended paring young people for tomor the 79th annual convention row. A majority indicated that which had as its theme "Values it was not. and Vision." "Our educational system was They included Father George designed to turn out people who W. COleman, director of educa would take orders," Theobold tion, who headed a delegation said. "Now, nobody can survive of some 12 school principals unless they can think for them from the Fall River diocese. selves. Holy Cross Father Theodore M. "If we were to treat children Hesburgh tOld the delegates that as twice as bright as we think "most of us can trace our own they are we would solve half of religious and cultural allililnce to our educational problems tomor that of our family but, in larger row morning,". Theobold con· measure, it has been weakened tinued. "We must understand or strengthened by our educa that the whole system of educa tion." tion is obsolete· - we divide Without Christian education, everything into nice tiny .little pieces. We have to learn to "it is highly unlike'1y. that suffi cient people wilf be formed in think in new ways." He encouraged the educators the manner that will insure the continua') growth and expression to trust the children they work of the kingdom of God," Father. with and said it was easy if they looked at what they were doing Hesburgh, president of the Uni enabling people, with God's versity of Notre Dame, said in his address on "The Catholic Turn to Page Ten
By NC News Service CHICAGO (NC)-Catholic edu cators at their annual convention here last week extolled the spir itual vision of parochial schools while President Reagan addressed the financial burden of parents who send their chi:ldren to such schools. (Reagan story below.)
AT THE ANNUAL kickoff meeting for the Catholic Charities Appeal, from left, Or lando D. Souza, lay chairman; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Joseph Dupont, OUf Lady of Angels parish, Fall River; Mrs. Louise Regan St. Patrick's, Fall River; Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo) ,
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'Before over 800 clergy, reli gious and laity of the diocese, Bisho'p Daniel A. Cronin last week listed accomplishments made possible by the proceeds of the 1981 Catholic Charities Ap peal and urged cooperation with the 1982 campaign. "Since the apostles and disci ples first experienced the joy of the Lord's Resurrection, the Pas cha'i Season has been a time of particular delight for faithfuil Christians," said the bishop. "Characteristic of this blessed time of year has been a desire on the part of joyfu1 'Easter people,' as Saint Augustine has described us, to translate our Faith into good and kindly deeds, and to do so with enthusiasm and generos ity." . "The need is very great," the prelate told the Bishop Connolly High School gathering. "Our slo gan this year reminds everyone,
'Your gift can do so much for so many." -'Let's examine this little phrase. I suggest that we first look back to the 1981 Catholic Charities Appeal when your gifts did do so much for so many. "After deducting modest ex penses from our record-setting Appeal a year ago, we found that $11,4 mi'llJion was made avaH able, through the generosity of contributors, for diocesan works of charity: our social service apostolates, our educationa1 en deavors, our programs for young sters, for the retarded, for sick folks, our pastoral activities. "We are proud of the lovely Family Life Center opened dur ing the year in Nol'th Dartmouth, serving folks from every area of the Diocese. This attractive and efficient facility is the focal point for our new, growing outreach to
families, hurting families and healthy families, engaged couples, newlyweds, parents, chHdren, golden agers, to all who populate that blessed unit of society, the family. . "We feel that we have im proved our social service aposto late in the Attleboro area with the refurbished regional office. Here Catholic counseling is avail CHICAGO (NC)-To the cheers able to troubled souls, gentle as sistance is provided for unwed of Catholic educators President mothers, and our agencies have Reagan unveiled his proposal for tuition tax credits April 15, say helped in the settlement of refu gees from war-weary Southeast ing the credits were "a matter of tax' equity" for working class Asia.. "Funding for our Nazareth families. Aposto'late for scholarship grants Reagan's proposal, st;1I in draft for pupfils has been at a record form and to be sent to Congress 'level. The St. Vincent de Paul in "a few weeks, would give par Camp, serving underprivileged ents tax credits for half the tui youngsters and retarded boys tion paid for each child in a non and girls, has required unprece pub'lic grade or high school. dented subsidies to maintain its The credits woUld be phased . in over a three-year period, with Turn to Page Thirteen
'Matter of equity'
maximum credits of $100 per student in 1983, $300 per student in 1984 and $500 per student in 1985 and beyond, Reagan told the annual convention of the Na ,tional Catholic Edut:ational As sociation. The proposal "marks a major development in the effort to ob tain justice for thousands of fam ilies struggling to defend their right to freedom of choice in education," said Father Daniel F. Hoye, general secretary of the Turn to Page Ten