Only for Dedicated Pries ts are ma:ture men ...... the price is the coinage of when they are ordained and pain." Msgr. Stanton said: Efh,t)uld realize fun well that tsheUIr lao()l"S in the Vineyard 'Wle life cd' a priest, contrary tD God are only {-or the dedi says Rt. Rev. Robert L. Stanton, rector of St. Mary's Ca ~,
fbedral in Fall River. ~peaking on Cape Cod at the 5th ordinatl9D anniversary mass of thanksgiving for Rev. <liarnes F. Kenney, pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption 'in Os ~vme ,the Fall River prelate asserted claimants "lie" when they say celibacy is impossible • he. emphasized that the "gift of Holy Orders anq the awesome powers which are a consequence Gl its possession have a price which must be paid oil • • (and)
tJo common opinion,' is hard and demanding. Only the dedicated and disciplined man can live it. The highest tribute that can be given 10 Father James Kenney is: tJbat he has lived this life fur 11 quarter century wi.thout ~ltering. Here is a man. All; age 25 he knelt before his bishop and gave himself to God!
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youngsters. They have had ad e qua te time to consider what the Catholic priesthood involves:-the step to Holy Orders is made with full knowl ed'ge and freedom. Hindsight ill both dishonest and cowardly. No one would be so rash as to claim that the observance of the vow of celibacy is easy. There are some who now claim it is impossible. They lie. The loyal lifelong fideHty to this priestly demand tells the world that love, generosity and cour
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and His Churoh. No more seri ous engagement can be made by mortal man. Like the v 0 cat ion of marriage, it carries with it lifelong obligations and re sponsibilities.These ~ ust be met, There is no honor able escape. Men whoenterthe ranks of Christ's priesthood a I' e . Monsignor not i m mat U re stanton
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T h r e e new eucharistic prayers, corresponding to the present R()man canon of the Mass, along wi·th a series ()f new prefaces that will be in troduced into the' Mass on Aug. 16, libould serve 10 enrich and enliven the celebration of Mass. Tbis stoep, taken by Pope Pallll VI at the recommendation of the Synod of Bishops last October, will a1so help to relieve the rig idity of the M'3SS text.
Even the fresh English trans lation of the traditional Roman eucharistic prayer, in use since last Fall in the United States, 'has become monotonous to many people. In 1967 Pope Paul re fused· the request of Iriany hundreds of bishops that the . Roman canon. be Father shortened, especiMcManus ally by reducinc
the iisb of saints. Besides this, the daily recitation of the Roman pra~rin English has' revealed the complexities of the Latin orj·ginal-with its peti tions scattered through the long text, with repetition of' certain themes (like the theme of of fering) and the neglect of others (6UO~ as the theme of praise and thanks). The old expression, "canon of the Mass," has deliberately given way to "eucharistic. prayer" for Tum to Page Six
age, reinforced by God's grace are' the shining armor which pr~t
the warrior for Christ. As a very young man, this re markable priest, with whom we rejoice today, was keenly aware of a truth which in this era is too often forgotten or ignored by those who indulge in novel, spectacular or' even bizarre methods of service to God. The exCitement, the glamor of lead ing demonstrations, sitting illl on TV panels or becoming in volved in matters in no way, to their own terminology, rel evant to Christ's mission and ~at of His Church, intrigue3
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But it is not enough to want the Faith to spill over into the market-place. The priest isJ called upon by His Divine Mas ter to shape the mal'ket-place itself into the image of the Faith. The priest with vision, the man who allows Divine Grace to help him see things as they are remembers well that the Churcll of God does not stoop to conquer; she elevates to save. The magnificent mind of thisJ good man who sits among \IS this morning embarrased for himself but proud for you, his people, pereeived, as all priests should, that the gift of Holy Orders and the atWcsome pow ers which are a consequence of Tum to Page Two
Regional CFM Meets June 28 lin Newton
Newly Ordained Diocesan Priest At Notre Dame
Mr. and Mrs. William. Growley ()f Aittleboro, chwir colJple of the Fall River Diocese Chr.istian Family
Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, among priests ordained last month for this Diocese, is one ()f 100 invited partici~
Movement (CFM) have an QOunced the second bi-annual In'ea convention of the CMF will be held June 28 and 29 at the Newton College of the Sacred &&3rt in Newton. MOI'e than 500 couples from 111 over New England are ex ~ to attend the two day Imleeting which will have as it's eteme "Up, Up, with Persons" and is based around Pope Paul's encyclical "On the development ei peoples." Mother Bessie Chambers, IUl ....oritative Scholar, lecturer ~ counselor in psychology fDom Boston CoI'lege will ad ~ the convention in the dig aity of people as individuals Irileyooting the convention theme -up, Up, with Persons". 'J!'uJrn to Page Eighteen
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be vrethe PROCLAIMS THE COMING OF THE LORD: The feast of St.John the Baptist, which will be observed on Monday next, June 24, procl'aims the coming of the Lord. Inspired by John's example and urged on by Christ's love for all, let. us not fear to be· witnesses for Him, making acts of kindness, love and justice an actual daily practice in OUt' lives. Three diocesan parishes are under the patronage of the Pre<::ursor of Ohrist.
pants in the Third Annual Na tional Faith and Order Collo quium, now meeting at the Kel log Center for Continuing Ed ucation at the University of Notre Dame. The Colloquium, spon90red by the National Council of Ohurehes, Depart ment of F-aith and Order, pro vides a forum for the churches of America for Faith and Order issues. The topic for tbe sessions is "Salvation and Man's Hopes." After the editing of this year's papers and discussiollB, an In ter-disc.iplinary colloquium wlU be convened in ll969, wi,th psy chologists, sociologists, anthro pologists and theologians par ticipating. . Father Tripp presented a paper on ''The Liturgical Celc ,Turn to Page Nineteen
Diocese to Host Regional CYO Conclave Catholic School Population Shows Considerable Drop
June 28 Session Includes Young Adult .ProgrCllffi
More than 250 officers of WASHINGTON (NC)-Some 60,000 students were Catholic Youth Orsranizations Wt'lrlOO away from Catholic elementary and high schools dur from a six-state area will ling the past two years because ()f dropped grades and strin gather in Fall River next g'ent new policies on class size. At 1eMt 313 Catholic s(~hools weekend, June 29-30 for the' 16th Annual Congress of the closed completely Bind more through ~e office of Msgr. New England Council of Cath 'l!iha'll1l 300 others have been James C. Donohue, director of olic Youth, (CYO), and 'the 9th merged with othell schools tate department of edl!cation, Annual Congress of Catholic Young Adults, (CYAO). mJllce :1..966. Moroover, there United States Catholic Confer were a:t least 216,000 fewer stu dents En Ca11holic ~hools in the
year just ended than there were only two years ago. '!'hese findings emerged from lrePlies 00 a questionnaire ini tiG'ted by Ne News Service and ~t 00 each 02 the nation's ~1)lic ecllool BU,!}erin:tenden.w
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ence. The survey was undel"taken because of a flood of reported school clos.ings, dropping of grades and consolidatiolllS. Responses came from HI of the ll56 U. S. dioceses. Had the otIher .~-5 dioceses responded, ~ 'lI'Ulllflm to Page EighteeJlll
The affair will mark the first time in the history of the dio cese that the Fall River Dioc esan CYO has hosted a duat congress. In 1959, prior to the establishment of the . CYAO, F·all River's Diocesan CYO Council was chosen to host n Turn to Page Sixteen
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Wisconsin' Prelate Scores Critics of Renewal Pat':e CHICAGO (NC)-"The flesh is ever so much easier'
to touch and to work with than the soul," said Bishop Aloysius J. WY'cislo of Green Bay, referring to post-Vatican Council II critics of the U.S. Church who see it being led too hesitantly into the fields Vlleology purports to accom of social reform. Bishop Wy plish." cislo said these critics hold Bishop Wycislo, who spent that "too many bishops re years in social service work as fuse to join the crowd who. af firm the primacy of social ser vice, and these bishops contin ue in their obstinacy to persist in the primacy of the spiritual sanctification of souls: some thing more subtle, less obvious, and certainly less immediately satisfying !:han the new social
a director of American Catholic overseas relief activities, said that instead of failing in leader~ ship, the U. S. bishops have pro vided the kind of dedicated di rection that "were it not for the critical editorializing and writ ing of so many so-called Cath Turn to Page Nineteem