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Pope Paul BOGOTA P'aul VI has
(NC) Pope served notice on COlombians and the rest of the world thM: he intends to Use the 39th International Eu charistic Congress' forcefully to urge governments, legislators 'and private leadership to make radical changes that will broad en the access of the poor to the benefits of modern civilization. At the opening ceremonies Sunday a message from Pope PaUl-his official brief appoint ing Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, former archbishop ox Bologna, It3ly, as his legate to the con gress-exhor.ted all men to draw from the Eucharist the strength and the conviction to correct through social aeMon the appall';' ins social injustices of today. In his speech at tbe opening Cardinal Lercaro cbastized IOnian's perennial temptation t() avpid the demands of the king dom of God and His Justice, and instead to throw himself into personal and colleen ve selfish ness." He criticized those who try "to legalize and justify the ap pearances of a constituted order
while really covering conditions of injustice and hate."
It has become known here that Pope Paul is insisting on kl~ep ing the ceremonies simple anell oriented toward the poor. Obvi ous indications of this are his planned visit to the poor parish of St. Cecilia and to the farmers
at San Jose; plus a stop at a hos pital which primarily serves the poor. The Colombian press, radio and television, whose wrioting staffs come from a struggling middle class, have quickly grasped the situation and, are trying to put preSSU1'e on the
rich and on governmental struc tures to improve their policies and open greater horizons for the poor. Re~atedto ,this is the criticism of some organizational aspects of the congress-although recog nition abounds for its orderly structure, Buch as security, traf-
Chancellor Attending Congress
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BOGOTA-The chancellor of the, Fall River Diocese in United States' and one of his predecessors .in office are among' the hundreds of clergy in aVtend'a:n.ce here in Colombia for the 39th IDit~rnatio.nal Eucharistic Congress which opens here today. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Reginald M. Barrette of Fall River arrived here via airplane for 'the Congress. Most Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, is the rep resentative for the Latin Amer ican Commission of the U.S. Hierarchy. . The Azoreim-born prelate also served as Chancellor to Most Rev. James L. Connolly, BISHOP MEDEIROS Bishop of Fall River.
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Bishop Medeiros is one of the most adept linguists among the more than, 200 American ordinaries. He speaks seven languages. , Welcoming the Holy Father ~ his first visit South America since his coronation are 20 Cardinals, 300 Bishops iogether with thousands Df the monsignori, priests and religious.
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Seventy-six year old Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro of Italy open':' ed The Congress on Sunday last. He is the retired Archbishop of Bologna in Italy. Preparations for the Papal visit have been underway for more than' a year. Because of the enthusiasm which The Con 'gress has evoked, this Colom Turn to Page Twenty-eight
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fic, protocol and accommoda tions, as well as the gigantic ef fort to spruce up Bogota physi cally and culturally. Editorials and columns, however, find "an aristocratic air in the distribu tion of seating at the congress site, with the closer seats re served for the elite, while the rest of the people are separated by high fences a good hundred yards away from the main altar. Also, the "temple" with the main altar has attached to it steel platforms for the press and TV, and a long row of radi() booths are behind the maiR throne. All of these factors-the distance and the obstructions make many feel that they are separated from the event. "Within the new spirit of the Church, which seeks a greater participation in liturgical func tions, it is not good that the ,people be separated and as if they are absent," said El Espec tador, a Bogota daily. Another point of criticism is the predominant role of the military. Soldiers police the traffic and the grounds, most of them well armed. Security measures seem extreme to some.
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'Announce Transfers Teaching Assignments Are Effective For Sisters of Mercy in Sept. Mother Mary Kiernan lFlvnn, R.S.M., provincial of
Sistel' M. Francella Feeney to St. Mary Cathedral School, Fall oJ River, Grade 6. tlhe Sisters of Mercy, has Sister Frances Mary Thomas announced' the following list to St. Joseph Convent and of appointments in the Province School, Fall River, Grade 8; Sis of Providence affecting sister terM. Harriet Felton to St. novices of the order. Mary Convent and School, PawFrom Holy Name Convent, tucket, Grade 8; Sister Lois New Bedford: Sister Anne Mau- Marie Duon to St. Mary Convent reen McCoy to St. John Baptist and School, North ,AUleboro, Convent and School, New Bed- Grade 8; Sister Marialyn Riley ford, Grade 8. St. Kilian Convent and School, From Holy Trinity Coiwent, ,New Bedford, Grade 3. ' Vlest Harwich: Sister Donald Sister M. Stephen Joseph 'Marie Kerr to Our Lady cd Moore to St. Mary Cathedral Lourdes Convent and School, School, Fall River, Principal; 'l'aunton, Grade 1. Sister Susan Marie, Carignan to F.rom Immaculate Conceptioo Salve Re'gina College, Newport, Convent, Westerly: Sister Mary BU$iness Office; Sister Patricia Eva Lall() to St. John Baptist Marie C!3nsidine to St. Louis Convent and School, New Bed- School, Fall River, Grade 8. ford, as Community Coordinator From Mount St. Rita Convent, and Principal. Cumberland: Sister M. Rosellen From Mount st, Mary, F. R. Gallogly to Regina Pacis, New Sister Barbara Marian to st. Bedford, Coordinator cf Illlller Patrick Convent and School, City Formation' Program. Fall River, Grade 2; Sister M. From Nazareth Ball, F. R. Bernadette O'Brien to St. VinSister M,' Jessica Agwar to \tent Home, Fall River; Sister M. Mount st. Mary Convent, Fall Cecile Harrington to Our Lady River, Superior and Procurator; of Lourdes Convent and School, Sister M. Joan Cox to St. Aloy 'il'aunton, Grade 6; Sister lMI. sius Home, Greenville, and St. Florian O'Donnell to St. Aloyo Peter School, Grade 2. sius Home, Greenville, R. 1I.. lFrom Nazareth HaU, JH[yallllllUs Group Supervisor and OrBanistl:; Tum w Page Nineteen G
'l'he New England Con gress of Religious Education, being held this weekend in Bridgeport, Connecticut, will have at least 245 delegates from the Fall River Diocese in attend ance. The priests, religious and laity of the Diocese will be led by Most Rev. James'L. Connolly, and will join others' from as far away as Texas, Michigan and the British West Indies. In all, more- than five thou sand persons will attend the Congress wl1ich features nation ally-known speak.ers and more than' 25 seminars, covering a wide range of religious educa tion topics. Several members of the Fall River Diocesan Executive· Board of the CCD have been chosen to serve as moderators and chair men of various Congress semi nar sessioilS. They are Janet Barbelle of, Swansea; Elmer Cunningham of New Bedford; Francis, Waring of Fall River and Mrs. Cha,des Fuller of Buz zards'Bay, Diocesan Board Pres ident. Mr. Edward McDonagh, CCD Lay Coordinator for' the Fall River Diocese, is slated t'O par ticipate in a seminar ' on CCD and Renewal during the Con" gress. Sharing' the panel with Mr. McDonagh are'Rt. Rev. Leo Desclos, CCD Director for New
Hampshire, Rev. Robert McIn tyre, Providence Diocesan CCD Director and Mr, Frank. Coffey, Assistant CCD Director for the Archdiocese of Hartford. . Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Fall Ri,ver Diocesan CCD Director, has completed plans for a series of night discussion meetings for delegates from the Diocese. These will take place in a lounge on the campus of the University of Bridgeport, site of this year's Congress. During the evening sessions, delegates will be able to hear resumes of all the sem inar sessions and d-iscuss con temporary Christian questions in, an informal atmosphere, De tails of the Fall River delega tion's meeting place will be available at a special informa tion Center operated by Con gress officials at the University. Despite the crowds anticipated at the Congress, steps have been taken to insure that participants have access' to those sessions which interest them, Many sem inars are sheduled to be repeat ed, on all three days of the Con gress; and several covering top
ics of unusual interest will be capable of being viewed ,by a remote closed-circuit television system operated by, the Univer
sity of Bridgeport. The innovations' planned for the 'Congress extend to the art which will be displayed there.
Rev. Nicholas V. Grieco, Cona gress Director, said that "a vital area of new thinking within re ligions today is the place in it for art." For this reason a com mittee from the Diocese of Bridgeport is working to present a great variety of rellgious art that has been especially created for the "World in our Hands" Congress, Fathel' Grieco said. In addition, he noted, vest ments to be llsed at Masses during the Congress are being designed by Rev. John B. Giu liani, chaplain at Sacred Heart
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Ministers Uphold Right of Police To Self-Defense
WASHINGTON (NC)
The Committee of One Hun
dred Ministers, a group com
posed of Negro clergymen, has issued a statement support ing. a policeman's righ't to de- , fend himself. The statement made no refer. , ence to a recent assertion by r.(;;=========================:;==:~the Black United Front, a group of Washington black leaders, that killing a policeman may be "justified homicide," but it seemed to be a direct refutation oft~e BUF' assertion. , COMMUNICA'l'IONS The clergyman's statemeni said: 119. "The faithful should be advised of th~ l'We defend the policeman'. right to defend 'his person and necessity of reading and circulating the Catholic life when attacked in the proc Press if they are to make, Christian evaluations of ess of performing his duty to the aU that happeus." (Decree on Communications, community whose servant he No. 14). To fulfill this, to bring the people of the is." "On the other hand we are diocese closer together in fraternal awareness and willing to wage legal battle to love, and, to amplify the work of preaching the prove the innocent guiltless be Word of God, the diocesan newspaper The fore the lavy." ANCHOR, should be received into every home. "We are opposed, tp unprOoo voked attacks on policemen." Turn to Page Six
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