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Designated to Assist Apostolic Delegate in Canada
WASHINGTON (NC) 1J'.!lJther James A. Clark of New Bedford, assistant di l\.."CtOl' of the Latin American Burc.atl of 'lihe National Confer (¥rtce of Catholic Bishops here, -has received the approval of Bishop Connolly to serve as spe t't-tl'l assistant to the Apostolic Delegate in Canada, effective luly 1 next. Father Ciark win be staff as Ilstant to Archbishop Emanuele Olarizio, Apostolic Delegate to Canada. The New Bedford na tive, who previ'ous;ly worked wLth the Arohbishop in the Dominican Republic, wHo! assi9t 1ft relationships wi'!.'h the En IlWh-speaking Church in Can-
ada. in April, 1965, a week after Clark spent tlhree months there, revolution broke out in the beginning in January 1965, as Dominican Republic, the Fall a liaison officer representing River diocesan pl'iest was asked the U. S. Church at the Interna to take leave from the Latin tional Marian Congress where American bureau to assist in Marian . theologians examined relief programs conducted by and explained the roots of the Archbishop Clarizio, a.t that· title "Mary, Mother of th~ time apostolic nuncio to the ChurCh," bestowed by Va·tioon Council II. Dominioan Republic. F<atther Clark was in charge Fa>ther~ Clark, 38,came to the in helping provide food, cloth Latin America Bureau in June ing and ·medicines from the 1963, from St. Mary's parish in United States to the Ca,tholic New Bedford where he was as Relief services. He also assisted .sistant pastor. prisoners and families separated A na,tive of New Bedfuro, because of the revolution. He Father C1ark is an alumnus of 9pent four months there before Providence College and st. returning to Washington. . John's Seminary, Brighton. He Previous to his relief work in was ordained in 1955 and later the Dominican Republic, Fa,ther became active in diocesan work
The ANCHOR Pall River, Mass., Thursday, June 13, ~968
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Emphasizes Urban-Problem Roots A~e in Rural Areas ST. PAUL (NC)-The problems of urban America; manifested by the Poor People's March on Washington and numerous riots, have their roots in troubled rural America, ~ording to the social action committee of the Priests' Senate af the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese. In Small towns can help themselves, tbe statement said, by making a statement released here, efforts to attract industry and the committee supported the Turn to Page Eleven
right of the farmer to seek high through collecti ve bar gaining, and caUed for govern ment action to restrict corpora tion farming.
on beha,lf of lay missionaries.
While with the Latin Ameri
can bureau, Father Clark made studies on the Church's use of credi,t unions, cooperatives, ex perimental farms and parish social serV'ice centers to aid needy people. Aside from his regular duties, F,ather Clark also was the La1iin American bureau's regional di reotor in Eastern United States fur the Papal Volunteers fur La,tin America. . Early in 1964, Father Clark went on a 20,000-mile tour of Latin America for PAVLA. His mother, Mrs. James Clark, now resides at 722 Locust St., Fall River.
FR. JAMES A. CLARK
High Court Approves "Loan of Text Books
WASHINGTON (NC)-The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a New York law under which textbooks are loaned by the state to students in .religious schools. At the same time, the Court gave legal "standing"w a group of New York City taxpayers seeking to challenge federal aid to pupils in religious schools. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that in pro question in 1923--on the viding secular textbooks to ruled that a federal taxpayer's under "interest in the moneys of the pocketbook of Louise Frothing children in non - pub 1i c T,reasury oco co >II is comparatively ham, the woman who brought schools, New York State was minute and indeterminable.". In sui,t, would be too small to give
exercising a legitimate concern for the education of all its chil dren. "We are unable to hold co co • that this statute results in un constitutional involvemen.t of .the state wi,th religious instruc tion or that (the law), for this or the. other reasons urged, is a law respecting the establish ment of religion within the meaning of the First Amend ment." In permi,tting the New York City. taxpayers to challenge provisions of the federal Ele 'mentary and Secondary Educa tion Act, the Court in an 8-1 opinion altered-but did not re verse - a 1923 opinion which had effectively barred all tax payer suitS from federal courts. In tha,t opinion, the Couri
other words, the effect of the Child Welfare Act - the law
Boa rds Explore Mutual Aims Planning in mutual inter est areas has been initiated jointly by the Diocesan School Board and the Dioce san Executive Board of ·the Con fraternity of Chri'stian Doctrine. The areas include financing, staffing and future enrollment levels. An agreement has been rea.ched on a joint program to fomer Adult Christian Educa tion. Tentative plans were made Turn to Page Fourteen
her a sufficient interest in the outcome of her case. This time, however, the Court in an opinion written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, est'ablished two new criteria: The federal expenditure-not the taxpayer's share of it-must be sufficiently large; The taxpayer must raise the ohallenge based on specific constitutional restrictions on the federal government. The New York Ci,ty case, said Warren, met both criteria: the ESEA involved a significant federa,l expenddiliurlJl, and the constitutional issue was specific - the First Amendment's re·· striction on state spending in support of religion. The opinion in the school Turn to Page Ten
er prices
Three New Bedford Brothers Mark Golden Jubilees
"The right of the farmer to Three Brothers of the seek higher prices by collective Sacred Heart Oider, original bargaining must be recognized," ly from New 'Bedford, mark the statement said, "and this needs the wholehearted support ed golden jubilees in religion this month at Msgr. McClancy of urban dwellers." Memorial HIgh School, East Government "will demon Elmhurst, N. Y. They are Broth strate its sincere interest in the er Romuald Robf.taille, Brother rural problem by making laws to Dominic Leblanc and Brother ~gulate cOI1poration farming ·Edgar Gagnon. and ... prevent big business from Their jubilee Mass was cele purchasing farms for tax write brated by Rev. Pierre Lachance, off purposes. a.p., Brother Romuald's nephew. "Vertical integration whereby Father Lachance is sta\.ioned at Cl company owns the production, St. Anne's Priory, Fall Rivet. processing and distribution must He and Brother Romuald re be curbed," the statement said. cently returned from a seven week tour of Europe and the Along with this, it stated, trade Holy Land. schools and other institutions of Immediately upon completing hIgher learning should be estab his own religious training, lished in key rural centers, to Brother Romuald was assigned "give more young people an to teach novices and to give opportunity to advance their ed violin lessons. This was follow ucation" and "keep them in the ed by teaching assignments in area where they hopefully can New Orleans, Bay St. Louis, find employment." Miss. and Washirtgton, Ind. '!'he priest group urged the de Brother Romuald's' first love eentralization of industry to pro was music, however, and for 25 ~de jobs in the rural areas. years he organized and direoted.
dance and marching groups, all Clancy High School in a main . tenance position. consistent awaro winners. Now at Sacred Heart Provin For eight years Brother Rom uald has been assignl.'<i to Mc- ci,al House in Belvidere, N. J. as secretary to the provinCial su perior of the communi,ty, Broth er Dominic was for nine years librarian at McClancy High School. Additionally he handled typing and mimeographing as signments fur the school office and faculty as 'well as typing many term papers and theses for "hard-pressed teaching Brothers trying to keep up with graduate work a,t colleges in' . the vicinity." Brother Edgar had for a pu pil the present principal of McClancy High School, as well as his immediate predecessor. Also among his former students are the present Bishops of Natchez and Oklahoma City. The religious was superior in various houses of the Brothers over a period of 20 years. He is treasurer of the E'ast Elm CORPUS CHRISTI, JUNE 13: This feas,t emphasizes now hurst high school and also joyful aspects of the institution of the Eucharist, finds time 'to operate the stu chief channel of divine life. NC Photo. dents' stationery store.
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