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Bishop Sheen Emphasizes:
Mission of America
Is Pantry of World
LOS ANGELES (NC)-The world is moving into the Church and the Church is moving into the world, according to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen who sees the conjunction of these two currents evidenced in the Second Vatican Council. "In Vatican II," he explained, and anthropological. The divis M61 ~~ of the 2,600 Bishops ion today might be made on the participating come from Af basis of the 30th parallel," the rica, Asia~ America and New York Auxiliary Bishop as Oceania." The U.S. Propagation of the Faith head contrasted this with Vatican I in 1870 when "700 bishops attended and there was not one from Asia or Africa and only a few from America. The Church was completely Europ ean and completely Latin." 'Vatican II is really a world eouncil because it includes aU the world's civilizations and shows the world moving into the Church. "The division of the JFOrld today is social, economie
serted.. Above it, is wealth, below- it, is poverty, he commented. "Our per capita income in the U.S. is about $3000 a year. Last year, the per capita expenditure of Americans for cigarettes and alcohol was $136," said Bishop Sheen. "That is $36 more than the an.. nual income of two-thirds of the world. Can you see why they're jealous of us~" he ~ontinued. "In Calcutta,. there are 250,000 TUfn to Page Five
BISHOP CONNOLLY BLESSES FLEET: Bishop Connolly stands on' platform ai; MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown, and blesses the individual boats as they sailed by. This annual ceremony arranged by the fishing industry of the area has grown in popularity over the years.
Bis.hop Wright Answers Father 'Karl Rahner
Jesuit Over-Cautious on Moon Race
News Media Influences theologian PI1TSBURGH (NC)-Bishop John J. Wright of Pittsburgh has taken issue witlt "ather Karl Rahner, S.J., over .what :he called the German theologian's "chilly caution" toward current space projects. Bishop Wright suggested that Father Rahner's "unex pected melancholy" on the subject of space exploration might be eased by recalling that· "human culture has never . be "moral vulgarity of a loW' recently in America mag been a dvanced ••• b y. d"IS- . lished azine, voiced doubts abOut the order". to spend billions on space pirited civilizations." Father,' "moral implications" of the race flight while there is a world Rahner, in an interview pub- to the moon, and said it might wide problem of hunger.
. Bishop Wright, speaking at golden jubilee ceremonies for Msgr. Paul J. Campbell, long time Pittsburg educator, com mented that "one now suspects that it may not have been only 'conservative' theologians whit For 25 years the Fall River Diocese has welcomed missionaries -00 its pulpits. Dio took a dim view of Isabella the Catholic's using crown funck ~8an Catholics are accustomed to seeing and hearing' a representative of a missionary to finance Columbus' madcap community in their churches once a year. It may seem a casual arrangement, but ac and expensive dreams." "In the long view," he added, tually, behind a missionary's appearance in ·a particular pulpit lies a great deal of be t<t;he poor of Europe were well hind - the - scenes planning. il' served-far bet t e r than the parishes cooperating in the Di This planning is done at the rich, as it finally turned out ocesan plan, the number of 80-. Diocesan office of the So- il cieties requesting participation, as a result of the decisions of ciety for the Propagation of " and the number of the society's Isabella's advisors to go along the Faith, under the direction of ,r missionaries in the mission field. with Columbus' project and the Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, Communities to which members see min g direction of God's who explains that only societies ! of the Fall River Diocese belong Providence." approved by the Bishop parti The bishop said such con are given preferential treatment. cipate in the Missionary Cooper siderations make it "hard to Each parish receives a mis ation Plan, which is organized explain the reserve of Ger sionary once in the course of a .many's renowned theologian, to aid Home and Foreign Mis year, between June 1 and Oct. 1. sions. usually so 'positive, in the face The well-thought-out Mission of those American and Russian Diocesan parishes, says Msgr. ary Cooperation Plan began' 25 exploits which most others find Considine, are arranged in years ago this month, when the so exciting and so welcome." groups of large, medium and late Bishop Cassidy sent a ten He suggested that Father small parishes and national tative outline to all pastors, re Rahner might have been "over parishes are also grouped to questing their suggestions and exposed to,the selective news gether so that, if possible, mis comments. All were fInally in paper coverage of present daT sionary communities of their corporated into a printed leaflet poverty and population prob nationality may visit them. of explanation which has been lems." : The number of parishes allot updated twice in succeedinl "ilis normany progressive ani ted to • missionary societT' is 4let~rmineci b,. the AUmbe&' eli MONSIGNOR CONSIDIN& " %um • Pase Tb.il1eea ~m to Page' sevemeea
Diocesan Missionary Cooperatwn Plan Marks 25 Ye(lrs of Aid to Home, Foreign· Missions
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