The ANCHOR
Environmental Conference Has Theology Dimension
STOCKHOLM (NC) - The tions of the world come together United Nations Conference on on a specific issue in the interest the Human Environment "may of our planet earth and mankind. turn out to be one of the im- I find it even more gratifying portant theological meetings of that the Church is participating modern times," according to Dr. actively at this meeting. As an Eugene Carson Blake, secretary- African from a country in the general of the World Council of developing Third World, I see Churches. . our priorities from a definite ,Discussion at the conference, perspective. , An Anchor 01 the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul he said "provokes a reconsider"For me the present _concern ation of the most fundamental is for the continued material deof human existence: velopment of the Third World. Fall River, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 1972 questions what is man's chief aim on From all over the wor.ld, we must mobilize love for our felVol. 16, No. 23 漏 1972 The Anchor $4.0::;\~o:r earth?" About 1,200 delegates repre- low man and for our planet. senting more than 100 nations- The Church can and should be a including Vatican representatives crucial agent in this process, to -are attending the conference help , guide and save the world which has the aim of producing from becoming dehumanized and guidelines for international ac- to insure the right of every tion to halt- the deterioration of being and nation to a good life." the environment and to preserve Lutheran Bishop Ingmar VATICAN CITY (NC)--:Pope lating into practical teaching the the resources of the earth. Stroem of Stockholm welcomed Maurice Strong, a Canadian the conference participants to Paul VI appealed to the "moral right . ethical and Christian and secretary-general of the the religious service in the sensitivity" of the world's doc- norms?" conference, said that a new Lutheran Cathedr:al on Sunday, tors to join the Church in its The doctors were also asked world organization to stop the campaign for the right to life. to act in the Pope's behalf "in The Pope also asked "men of the urgency of raising a defense earth's self-destruction could be functioning early in 1973 if the medicine" to act on his behalf against the spread of indifferent environment conference is a sucin teaching that social diseases, and permissive hedonism that cess. drugs and torture, as well as threatens the dignity and integStrong said that the confercontraception, abortion and eu- rity of human life by violating ence participants seek the guidthanasia, offend the "dignity and the moral law." ance and blessing of God. If the Workshops designed to assist integrity of human life." Referring to the moral prob- conference is to succeed, he said, priests, sisters and laymen in The Pope's appeal came in a lems thilt today affect the rela- we are in need of ,wisdom and meeting the religious challenges sermon he gave at a Mass in the tions between men of medicine power far greater than our own. of the 1970s will highlight "SumSistine Chapel June 1 for about and men of the Church, the Pope Let us admit that doomsday is mer Happenings-1972". at the 1,000 delegates of the 18th world said: possible-even probable-if we La Salette Center for Christian congress of the Internation~l "More often we find ourselves continue on our 'present course. Living, Attleboro. College of Surgeons. 'consulted ... on contraception, If the world is to change, this Three workshops are to be "Could we not ask you today, abortion, responsible parenthood, means that Christians must held during August on the subdoctors and surgeons," the Pope social diseases, torture, drugs change. Dr. Letitia E. Obeng, director jects of prayer, religious educasaid, "to act on our behalf in the and euthanasia. of the institute of Aquatic Biol- tion and vows. midst of the confusion of current "Certainly we are not able to ogy at Achimote,Ghana, stated: The first workshop, "Prayer opinions (in the medical-moral discuss these problems in their and the 1970s," will be held "It is wonderful to see the nafield), in the challenge of transspecific scientific terms. But by Aug. 11-13. It will be directed by virtue of our mission as guardian Brother David F.K. Steindl-Rast and interpreter of the law of of Mount Saviour Monastery, God, we are able to discuss Pine City, N. Y., who will lead them, from beginning to end, rean in-depth search for a modern 1972-1913 Calendar and garding the entire range of derelevant spirituality, looking fending life." toward new horizons for prayer. Diocesan Schools He will also take a look at leiThe Pope included in the sure and the practical aspects of BROOKLYN (NC)-Parents of Church's prerogative the defense praying together.. more than 50,000 Catholic school of life, "each individual life, both Page Four students in this two-county dio- in its bodily aspect and in its' The second workshop, schedcese have obtained the applica- moral and spiritual aspects." uled for Aug. 18-20, is planned tions路 needed to transfer their f children into local public schools. In a related action, 50,000 Catholic parents and children from the Brookfyn diocese held a rally in front of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's office, supporting Rockefeller's pledge to find a constitutional method of aiding the state's nonpublic schools. The move-intended to dramatize the severe strain which would be placed on public schools if nonpublic schools close for lack of public financial aid-was qrganized by the Parents' Association of Secondary Schools (PASS) here. PASS iIicludes parents of students enrolled in diocesan high schools. Thomas W. Bohan, PASS executive secretary, said preliminary estimates indicate that parents of 20,500 Catholic students went to local public high and junior high 'Schools asking for the necessary application forms to FIRST COMMENCEMENT: Among the 172 se,niors receiving diplomas at the first transfer their children, commencement exercises for Coyle and Cassidy Diocesan High School, Taunton, were; Parents of 30,000 other Catholic students did the same to pub- William F. Powers, III, Taunton; Kathleen Louise MacDonald, Bridgewater; Lynn Marie Berube, Taunton; Robert S. Smith, Somerset. lic grade schools, he said.
Po'pe Asks Doctors Join Right-to-Life
June 4, the day before the conference opened. He told the participants that God not only gave man dominion over nature bu.t also told him to cultivate and care for it. Discussions at the conference have been divided into six subject areas: Problems of human settlements Natural resources Pollution National development A future international environment organizatio:l Public environmental education and informntion In welcoming delegates to the conference. UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim called armaments "the ugliest of all pollutions." Although the arms question was not on the conference's agenda, Waldheim urged the world to "actively reduce and ultimately suppress ... the armaments pollution.'"
Publish Summer Schedule At La Salette Center
Plan to Transfer 50,000 Catholic School Pupils
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for those engaged in religious education. Its 1mbject will be "Value Clarification-New Mission for Religious Education." Robert C. Hawley, a doctoral candidate at the Ur.iversity of Massachusetts and an associate of Dr. Sidney B. Simon, will help participants gain new insights into their own values, and suggest ways. of he'iping people to identify their strengths and build on these strengths. The concluding workshop, to be held Aug. 28-30, is entitled "A Look at Vows." Joe Wise of Louisville, Ky., nationally known lecturer and c(,mposer of religious folk musk, will direct this program. Baptismal, marriage and 'religious vows will be reviewed at this workshop, described as "a time to evaluate, a time to renew, a time to create community, a time to celebrate in praise of fidelity." Registration forms or information concerning the workshops may be obtainE!d by writing to: Spmmer Happenings-1972, La Salette Center for Christian Living, Attlebo:ro, Mass. 02703.
Church Structure Change Opposed VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul defended the traditional structure of the Church. The Pope's main theme in his 'audience talk was the foundation of the Church w.ith the coming of the Holy Spirit at the first Pentecost. Commenting on the implications of this for the Church today, the POPEl said that many oppose an institutional and hierarchical Church, preferring a Church run democratically. "All of us :'mow most of the terminology of this attitude of criticism," thE! Pope said. "We believe th'at tl:.is question, raised within the C,lthol:ic Church, is an attempt against the very existence of the Church,"