Hyannis Parish Building Center
'Whe design of the new Parish Center at St. Francis 1t;lvier, Hyannis, was dictated by the needs of usage, the wish to have a pleasing esthetic result without being extravagant, and the constriction of a small aWl, Rt. Rev. Magr. William ]I). Thomson a.nnounces. The choice of structural elements, the pastor's an DOuncement continues, was based on moderate cost and low maintenance In the future. The Center consists of two basic elements: a large gymnasium 94 by 110 feet, and a two-story wing con !listing of 12 classrooms. I The gymnasium is approached through a generous :rDbby from which all other areas, including offices and classrooms, may also be reached. The gym in cludes a main contest basketball court with collap l'Iible bleacher capacity of 558, plus two practice ~urts. It is designed to permit future use for such aetivities as volleyball, badminton, tennis, large dinner meetings, and Masses accommodating III minimum of 00l) people.
Monsignor ,Thomson
Plans Opening'
For Feb·rua.ry
. The classrooms will be used primarily for C{mfra ternity of Christian Doctrine classes. Three of Ulese rooms· are separated by folding partitions so that they may be combined into one larger room for small gatherings up to about 75 people. There are a number of other smaller rooms as fol lows: Coat room, Credit Union office, director's and sec retary's' offices, toilet facilities, a generous kitchen
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Pope Issu.es Awaited Letter
IThe Transmission 'of Life'
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the use of the "pill" to avoid pregnancy is excluded by the papal document, according to Msgr. Fernand ~ambruschlni of
· ' PHILADELPHIA (NC)-John Cardinal Krot of Phila-' delphia has issued a strong statement of support :Cw Pope Paul VI's encyclical, Of Hurnam Life, reaffirming the , .t}hurch's teaching on the evil of oont'l'aception ·and called · un all Catholics to follow it. ~rdinal Krol said the of the crowd," he stated. Cardinal Krol said the Church 'Church "must proclaim, pro must proclaim the troth even at ~ote, interpret and defend the risk of losing some ~embeJl's. He said that at no time was there a vacuum in Mle official teaching of the Church Oil con traception. Even during the Pope's period of' reflection, he made .It clear that the traditionlllll Turn to Page Twenty .
GILBERT J. COSTA
Costa .to H~ad Serra District
Gilbert J.' Costa, 185 Milford! Street, New Bedfor~, has been elected distriCt governor of I Serra International, a world wide organization of Catholic laymen who encourage voca to the priesthood. . Bishop Jame.!J L. Connony bas appooled fOl!' personaU \..~tions Costa has been active in tM backing of Pope Paul VI "exemplifying in his perSOilll 13,000 member organization foil:'
complete dedication to the cause of Ohrist." Recalling many years. He will serve a
~e month CYf August as the tradhbional time of the ye&ll' two year term as governor for
Serra International District 44J) for the usual Peter's Pence which encompasses the Diocese lI»lleotiJon, BishiOJ!> Connolly City bas grown with t1lle passi~ of Fall River and the Diocese ciE eenturies. One of our priests, IJl .rote: Providence with local clubs in ~nner chaplain, witnessing III Beloved in Christ, Attleboro, Fall River, Kem The month of August brings missionary's work in tine F&" County, New Bedford, Newport, East, 2Sked where his chj.ef sup.. Providence, and Taunton. \!lIS our traditional testimony of po!I't originated. 'l'lne mlssiOXllo' ~ve and loyalty to the Holsr Serra's 30th anniversary oon !Father. We remember him aR"Y'a answer WlIlS, "PeterI'Q vention recently concluded illD. Pence; where else?" Such 2Jllll Portland, Oregon, where more prayerfully. As devoted chil dren, we make our offerings, eu.perience speaks eloquen~ than 1400 laymen f~om 324 clubs hrge or small, as tokens of pero enou~ for tbe' importance o&l .fum 20 nations adopted a change this alms that we place in!. Yw full tine object and purposes 0Jt oonal devotion. Peter's Pence, as we know, De hano'ls of Pope Paul VI. Serra International to conform lInterestingly, he wlll1 be going? more adequately to the mind X€ l ancient origin in the Church, fGut its impact in the mission to Bogota before the end of Illle~ QWii mood of the Church in Une
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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has confirmed .the trad·itional teaching of the Catholic Church of family regulation and has reaffirmed the rejection of everY form . IY.f 'artificial birth control. In 'an encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae, from the two Latin opening words, meaning Of Human Life, Pope P'aul'j.nsisted on the norm of natural law that "each of every marriage . . act must remain open to the Rome's Lateran University, who duty of transmitting human life. transmission of life." Though presented the encyclical at a for which married persons aJl'e not specifically mentioned press conference at the Vatican the free and responsiblecollabo
Church Does Not Seek After Favor
Cbe law of God. 'I'he Church is · aot a mere echo of religious con ~iousness of the community, 001' an expression of the, opin Mons of the faithful." 9I4, can never distort the truth 61) wrry the favor or judgment
and a storage room. There Is a small basement at the rear of the building which houses boys' and girls' locker rooms and another large storage area. .. The .framework, suspended floors, and roof are made of prestressed concrete. Most of this is exposed on t~e interior of the building for its architectur:nX effect. The exterior architectural character is made interesting by the exposed concrete columns and Tee .beams which frame the translucent aluminum anell plastic Kalwall panels which let light into the gym nasium. The front of the building, which faces Cross Stree't at the corner of High School Road, Is faced' witlm. gray Colorlith panels and an ample amount of glass. The -balance of the exterior is composed of painte411 cement block with Arcadia insulated windows. , The Center will be heated by a gas-fired warm aill' system. The lobby and offices will be air-conditioned; however, the system is designed so that the entirG building may be cooled in the future.
press hall last Monday. Pope Paul acknowledged that "it can be foreseen that this teaching wiJ:l perhaps not be easily ,received by 'all:too nu merous are those voices-ampli fied by modern means of propa ganda-which are contrary tn> the voice of. the Church." However, he answered: "To tell the truth the Ohurch is not· surprised 00 be made, like her Divine Founder, a 'sign of con- . tradiction'; yet because of this she does not cease to proclaim wHh humble fi'rmness the en tire moral law, both natural and evangelical." Msgr. Lambruschini said: "F·rom a human point of view the pontifical decision, which makes no concession to popular ity, is an act of grea~ courage an<t an example of perfect serenity." Msgr. Lambruschini' added that "human aspects for tha·t nllit tel', however' important, cannot relegate the supernatural to second place," , . The encyclical was Issued July 29, although' i·t was dated four, days earlier. The letter was ad dressed to patriarchs, archbish ops and· bishops, other' local' Or dinaries "in peace and commu nion with the Apos~olic See, as well as .to priests, the faithful and to all men of gOod will." The letter' begins. with ~e stQ~ment: "T·he most 'Seriow
rators of God the Creator, hM always been a source of great joys to them even if sometim~ accompanied by not a few difi.a ficulties and by distress.'; . The letter took brief note of various problems which have been advanced' by those whG. support artfical birth conWoi methods. Among them, the Pope noted the world populatlolmo which, he said, is "growing more rapidly than the available re so,urees, with growing distress to many families and developin~ ClOuntries." He also referred to argument. regarding the need to better 000 ucate children today and the change that has come about iA woman's place in modern societl1 and lastly that man who haa made so many advances in domo inating and organizing naturali forces .!}Ow "tends to extend; this dominion to his own total being: to the body, to physicail life, to social life and even to the laws which, regulate the tra.nsmission of life." The question asked today, the encyclical "stated, is "whether. illl vjew of the' increased sense of responsibility oi'modern man" the moment has not come for him to entrust to his reason and his will, rather than to the bie ological rhythms of his organis~ the task of regulating birth." Turn. to Page Six .