New Charities Appeal Record Final 1969 Contributions Total $809,445 All-Time High Exceeds Previous Mark by $12,896
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In Special Fund For Seminarians During the past 10 years, 72 priests have been ordained for service in the Diocese of Fall River. However, the rise in population from 240,000 to well over 300,000 in the diocese manifests the need for more laborers in the vineyard of the Lord. lJishop Connolly stated in a letter read in all the parishes of the diocese on last Sunday that with the growth in population there is "need for new parishes Turn to Page Seven
The 1969 $809,445 final total represents a newall-time record high of giving for charity in the 27-year history of the diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal. Announcement of the most successful, just-completed r~cord breaking Appeal was made jointly today by Attorney James H. Smith of Falmouth, lay chairman, and Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director.
Plan Vietnam Post-War Rehabilitation Catholic Agency Hopes to Expand Organization SAIGON (NC) - The U. S. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is looking beyond the current war in Vietnam and thinking in terms of what the private relief agencies can do in post-war rehabilitation, a veteran CRS official said here. He is James J. Morris, assistant to Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of CRS, who was here to discuss with Vietnam Catholic charities officials the plans being made
Many·Films Highlight
Sex and Violence NEW YORK (NC)-Of III films reviewed by the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (NCOMP) since Jan. 1 of this year, almost one-third were severely criticized for gross exploitation of situations involving sex and violence. Less than 25 standing of himself and of his percent of the films were relationship to his fellow man found suitable for family and and to God." "How is this potential of the teenage viewing, and only 11 films received a "general audi~ ence" classification. These statistics were recounted in a report· on the condition of motion picture production and distribution in the United States contained in the May 15 issue of NCOMP's Catholic Film Newsletter. "If parents are concerned about current film fare," said Father Patrick J. Sullivan, S.J., NCOMP director, "these statistics should suggest that their complainl is amply justified. And they should also prompt exhibitors to ask some hardened questions of producers." The NCOMP report and analysis were tied to the observance of World Communications Day, May 18, an annual day of recognition by the Church of the importance of mass communications. "Readers familiar with the policy and work of NCOMP," the report said, "need no reminder that this office, even as the Church, has long affirmed that the motion picture deserves respect and support from the public because of the unmatched potential it possesses for helping a person reach a better under-
total of -$25,928 while St. Lawrence parish, in second place, finished first in the Greater New Bedford area with $23,921. St. John the Evangelist parish was first among the Greater Attleboro· parishes while the Immaculate Conception parish of North Easton led in the Greater Taunton section. The Attleboro parish contributed $15,391 and the Taunton leader, $8,184. St. 'Francis Xavier of Hyannis paced the Cape & Islands parishes with $15,677.
"The people of Southeastern Massachusetts are tremendous," said the Cape Cod lawyer as the final figures were tabulated. This year's final exceeds the previous high, achieved a year ago, by $12,896, Attorney Smith revealed. "The Fall River Diocese, always known for its' charity and concern for the needy, continues to be an example of the love of neighbor preached by Christ," declared Msgr. Gomes. Holy Name parish in Fall River has again topped the 113 diocesan' parishes with a final
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for the post-war period in this country. Norris said that CRS wants to inform Caritas International in Rome of wha,t planning is going on here and ask them to try to be of assistance to the people of Vietnam in their post-war rehabilitation effort. Caritas is a relief organization composed of national Catholic Charity agencies in many countries. . "We are l;lspecially interested in what thinking is going on in the use of the private sector in post-war rehabilitation," Norris said. "The private sector can have many aspects, but I am especially interested in what the social welfare agencies might be able to do as well as the kind of organizations we support and help, such as credit union~, co-
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K·ofCMarks 75th Jubilee In Fall River Fall River Council No. 86, Knights of Columbus, will ~~lebrate its diamond jubilee at a dinner-dance on Sunday night, June I, at White's Restaurant. Charles J. Ducey, deputy supreme knight of the organization, will be principal speaker at the affair. Mr. Ducey, a resident of Hamden, Conn., was named assistant . supreme secretary in 1964 and assumed his present post in 1966. Designated a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Paul VI in 1967, he was awarded the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Medal by the John Barry General Assembly of New Haven for Turn to Page Three
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operatives and others of this type." , Norris met officials and staff members of Vietnam Caritas and found that "Caritas is working under very difficult. circumstances and with very limited resources." "I have a preliminary conclusion that there should be some kind of project to assist with the development of a' stronger Caritas organization, both at the national and diocesan level," he said. . "A second conclusion, after talking to the Caritas people, isthe importance of trying to get some trained people in the field of social welfare and economic development. "The mobilization of such large numbers of men in the armed forces of South Vietnam (which ,now amount to one million men) is cutting deeply into the possibility of developing manpower for these types of activities and this is one of the handicaps. In training social welfare workers there would be women available' for this particular type of training."
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Sex Education Training Requires Moral Setting SAN ANTONIO (NC)-Sex education must be given in the context of moral education, according to Gerald Sanctuary, a representative of the Sex Information and Education Agency, of, the United States (SIECDS). In an in.terview here he declared that "Sex education is so much where there is an absence of more merely sex informa. responsible sex education in tion Itthan is not just a matter of the community, churches giving the facts to boys and should lead the way in its establishment. Sanctuary called upon "the responsible professional people" of local communities to "strive for sexual sanity in a world which is not free of sexual insanity." Discussing what should be done to bring sex education into proper perspective, Sanctuary said "the first thing we need is to deal in clear information about what is going on in this country. I think also that it is not a question of information alone.
girls. r would not pull out a box of matches and give it to a little boy and say, 'This makes fire.' Similarly we should not present sex facts to students and then bid them good afternoon." "Sex education must be given in the context of moral education," Sanctuary declared. "We need to persuade people .of this point while at the same time we must not run away from the need for sex education," Sanctuary said "responsible, professional people" in the community need to make parents Turn to Page Six