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~rving in the Diocese "this lummer have revealed to the hithful prole in, the Church tltat the majority of, the people ~re never before aware of. Though diaconate is a vital Rep to the priesthood and it has been usuaU~' seen: only in $his light, the increased burdens <if the p'riestho~d has given the deacons proper powers and duties - even fl'Om Apostolic Times. ' . ~ As soon as Christ's assigned work had been translated' into the ,practical, the Apostles them-
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se-Ives had to face certain diffi- new, permanent order would culties. The apostolic ministry of - care for the administrate and preaching and leaning worship charitable tasks of the Church. was somewhat hindered with the Thus, from eal'liest times, as other many tasks that confront explained in the Bible itself, deacons not only assisted the ed the missionary. Soon a solution h:id to be priest (or prepared for the worked out and one of the first Priesthood) but lived their, own tasks of the Apostolic' College .role .and responsibility in the was to decide that the' Priest Church. , hood would specialize in the Vatican II 'found that a re preaching, teaching and presid turn to this biblical practice ing at worship. ' , rilight very well relieve the unIt was thus decided· that a 'believable· burdens of today's
Church as well. It recognized that even froin Apostolic Times, the deacon had the power to bap' tize solemnly, dispense the Eu charist, bring Viaticum to the sick and dying, read the Sacred Scriptures to the faithful, in struct and exhort the people,. assist the ce.lebrant' in w'orship and prayer of the faithful and' administer the sacramentals. . This they could do legitimate ly because their own role in the Church. is that, of possessing
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itself a~d thr Until Vatican II, the. usual practice has been for ·.men to be 'ordained deacons simply as a step to the Pri.csthood. This was done abqut a year before the end of their seminary studies and, they were' permitted to perform the duties of thedia conate in but a limited way and within the framework of the seminary. Now there has been a renewed emphasis on the diacopate. This is' due to the new look taken Turn to Page Two
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~eligio'us Life ~ of Parents
Mokes Schools Effective CHICAGO (NC)-Father Andrew. M. Greeley 'said here that Catholic schools generally have the greatest impactoh the religious life 'and, behavior of students who rome from houses where parents manifest a devout reli DEACON DISTRIBUTES HOLY COMMUNION: Rev.
gious of their own. "Un istic alternative could be found .Mr. Richard L. Chretien, one of the seven deacons working
less there is considerable re to replace them. He. ad<:led that ~his Summer thrqughout the. Diocese, distributes Holy
ligious fel~vorreinforcrngthe no such alternative currently ,Communion at Mass in St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford.
work of the schools, then appears on 'the horizon. Father Greeley was comment they don't have much effect," the priest-sociologist told the ing on a' recently completed
])J,e.w,c, News Service. three-year sociological 'study of
~ He said, however, that it the effects on adult Catholics of
would be "silly" to phase out attendance at Catholic schools. ~I~W The study,' published as "The I~ Clatholic schools unless a real Education of American Catho lics," is the work' of Father WASHINGTON (NC)-Catholic schools must adopt Greeley and Peter H. Rossi of new,mor~ professional methods of financing or .face ex the National Opinion Research tinction, according to the executive secretary of the Na Center (NORC) here. Dr, Rossi. tional Catholic Eduoational Association. "Institutions of have . a non-Catholic, is 'director of higher learning * * NORC. Fp,ther Greeley is a study d I d I' h . when high school principals, and director.' . ., eve ope ' peope w 0 :are elementary -school administtil The report says 'thatresearch,' knowledgeable about grants; tors, too, ffiustgetinto thiskiiid CHICAGO (NC) - A co .proposals, , speciai programs,: ~f operation," say~Msgr. Fred,-. author of a sociological study . indicated a ~'moderate but statis " ~ of the effects of Catholic tically significant relationship". and a w~oie host of such niat-' t;rick~. ~och~alt. between. Catholic education and tel's. The hO)Jr Is now .upon .us ' ; fVIsgr. ;'Ho<:hwalt's 'comments' Schooling emphasized here adult, rEiligiousbehavior. ''The ' .. appea~ in a l}ew,NCEA booklet, . that the study did not .conclude ' association is strongest among . k~oll'O'p' e~·s. ':Support !?rogramsartd the Pri tbat Catholic schools have failed those' whc. come from very reli .vate Sch~ol!' It outlilles sources their purpose. gtiaOtUess. family backg~ounds,';"it" of financial aid and means of Father Andrew M. Greeley S obtaining' SUCh, aid from federai said he regretted that .a.story in "Apparently the' religiousne~s' ,MARYKNOLL (NC) ~ 'T h education programs~ foundation' Ute New York Times conveyed of the family·of-.o!'igio' predis-' .' Catholic Fo,r eig'D Missionary' grants, aild 'olisiness and private . false impression. . poses a child to influence by tlie .. Society· ',o£'; America, '-better gifts. . -. . . ..' .. . The New York Times story religious .. education he receive!? knowli as MaryKnoll, opened its In 'View' of .current :fi'naricial reported on ''The Education of in school. Only those having had genei'al chap'ter: here in New' problems' fa c i n g nonpUblic American Catholics," a study by at least one parent who went'to York Monday.with more thim 50 s.cliool~, ,tile .NCEA, officia.l.says, Father Greeley and Peter H. Communion 'every Sunday seem priests,., including prelates and ':the very ,existence of a dual Rossi of. the National 0pinion to show notable signs of improv regiona:' superiors from missions structure in' American elemen Research Center of the Univer ing their religious behavior ,as 1'1 in 15 countries around the tary and secondary education, sity of Chicago. The Times said result of Gatholic education. world, 111 attendance. which Catholic educators consid that the Greele~'-Rossi study Weekly Communion by at The chapter will see the elec er essential to our pluralistic showed that Catholic education least one parent is' not only III tion. of a superior general and society, may be at stake, was wasted on 75 per cent of 'breaking point' .for the effec . four-member .governing council. the students who received it. tiveness of Catholic education, The opening session was pre "When the phrase 'priced out In a letter to the Times, 'Father it also indicates the presence of sided over by Bishop John W. of existence' became 'somewhat Gl'eeley said: ,a 'multiplier effect,' ~ince .the 'Comber, M,M., wh0 has directed common several years ago, it was , "I feel it necessary to cali quarter .of the population com the 1,2DD-member society since rightly considered a harsh' but ~'tlne attention of your readers ing from this kinn of religious his election as superior at the llot - u'nrealistic description of Tu~n to Page Eleven, Turn to Page Eleven last general chapter 10 years ago. Turn to 'Page TwentJf
The second annual Roman Catholic - Protestant - Greek· Orthodox Dialogue will be held at Barnstable High School at 3 Sunday afternoon, Aug, 14 under the joint auspices of the Cape Cod Deanery of the Catholic Church and the Cape Cod 'Council of Churches.. Two of the nahon's leading speakers, both authorities on Vatican Council II, will come to the' Cape for the dialogue which drew standing-room only crowds a year ago when initiated, . Speaking for the Catholics willi be the Rev. Walter M. Abbott, S.J., associate editor of the na tional Catholic weekly, "Amer ica," who was recently appoint ed director of the North Amer Turn to Page Seven
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