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Bishop -in. Warni路ng On Belittling Sin SAN DIEGO (NC) The greatest wrong man can do is "belittle the horror of sin," Bishop Leo T. Maher of San Diego told a charismatic renewal conference here. Bishop Maher urged Catholics to "enjoy the harvest of the Spirit among us" by dedicating their lives as good Christians. He also urged Catholics "to make the spirit of the Holy Ghost dynamic in your lives." Catholics "must renounce the inflation of evil and sin," he said, "because the greatest wrong man can do is to belittle the horrqr of sin." There were more than 1,500 registered participants from 27 states and five foreign .countries, but the number doubled at the two general sessions of the three-day' conference. The keynote speaker, auxiliary Bishop Joseph McKinney of Grand Rapids, Mich., told a general assembly that charismatics
must not "underestimate the' power of the Holy Spirit among us." He said that they should "make this power operative in the world today." "We have problems because we pussyfoot about sin. We avoid the issue. Until we put our hearts on the line and empty them for Jesus, we cannot be liberated from the things. that make us prisoners," Bis1).op McKinney said. "When you've got everything together in the material world, you haven't got it all together unless you have Jesus Christ," he said. "The pow~r of the Holy Spirit among us becomes real only when we say to Christ, 'Yes, Lord.' The Holy Spirit must be in the center of our lives before you can make anything happen." Bishop McKinney said that' "the strategy of Jesus Christ is. the only way to go. You love Tum to Page Thr,ee
N.E. Religion Educators .Convene This Weekend About 300 Religious Education teachers from the Diocese of Fall River will attend the 27th Annual New England Congress of Religious Education to be held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham on August 24, 25 and 26. Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will lead the Fall River delegation. Reverend Patrick J. O'Neill, Director of Education, will preside at the Friday evening session for the Fall River diocesan group. This informal meeting is scheduled to be held in the Hubbard Lounge. Sister Rita Pelletier, Director of Religious Education, Sister Theresa Sparrow, Assistant Director, and Reverend
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Michel G. Methot, Director of Adult Education will speak at the meeting on Friday 'evening. According to registration, almost every parish in the diocese will have representation. Parish Coordinators with groups of volunteer teachers plan to attend the weekend session. The program is a challenging one with over 100 guest speakers offering their views on a wide variety of religious topics. Speakers for general sessions include: Dr. Monika Hellwig, Dr.
Stanley Idzerda, Dr. William Lawlor and Donald Thorman. Several diQcesan representatives will take ~n active part in the weekend program, serving as session chairmen. Sister M. Roger Mills, RSM will talk on "What is involved in setting up a parish religious education program for the Retarded." Sister Roger will be a member of the Nazareth Hall faculty in Fall River this coming year. The Congress opens Friday morning at 10:30.
D'iocesan TV Priest Urges Vocation Aid
Basing his remarks on the text for an increase of vocations to 'trom the Gospel of Saint Mark, the priesthood. In speaking of vocations, "He has done all things well," His Excellency, Most Rev. the Reverend John F. Hogan, Father Hogan mentidned the Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop Pastor of Saint Julie's Church in continuing interest which the of Fall River, will be the guest North Dartmouth and Coordina- Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, of honor tonight at a reception tor for the Diocese of Fall River Bishop of Fall River, has in the to be held at the Oyster Harbor of the Television Mass broadcast work of promoting vocations. each Sunday morning on Chan- Father John J. Smith, of Saint Club, Osterville. The reception organized by nel 6, WTEV, New Bedford, James Rectory in New Bedford, summer and' year-round res- spoke on vocations to the priest- is Diocesan Director of Vocaidents of the Cape will begin at hood on Sunday, August 19, -tions. The' school year will soon be5:30 this evening and last until 1973. Father Hogan called upon the aged, sick and shut-in view- gin for high school and college 7:30. ers of the televised Mass to offer students. At this time of year, their prayers and their sufferings Tum to Page Ten 111111111111III1111!IIII111111111111111111III1111III111111111111111111
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NEW CAMP .POOL: Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, with St. Vincent de Paul Summer Camp Director Rev. Edmond R. Levesque, left, and Episcopal Secretary Rev. John R. Oliveira, right, blesses recently-installed camp pool at Westport Camp in which hundreds of youngsters each Summer will learn how to swim and life-saving techniques.
Pope Eases Funeral Rules For Divorced Catholics VATICAN CITY (NC) - Divorced Catholics who have remarried outside the Church may be buried .with a Catholic funeral under certain circumstances, the Vatican's Doctrinal Congregation has ruled. The congregation has also informed tlie world's bishops, in a separate notification, that they must be on guard against "new opinions which deny or seek to cast doubt on the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage." In a letter dated May 29, the congregation stated that numerous conferences of bishops had asked if there has been a change in Church law which in the past has denied a Catholic funeral and burial to Catholics who have died while married irregularly in the eyes of the Church. .The congregation, which deals with matters of faith and morals, said the question was studied by the plenary session of the congregation in 1972, which decided "with the approval of the Supreme Pontiff, to make it easier to celebrate Church funerals for Catholics who were not permitted such under canon law 1240." The Church's Code of Canon Law is undergoing a total revision .at the present time but the revision has not yet been issued, the letter noted. Therefore, the congregation issued a new regulation which provides that "celebration of religious funerals will no longer be forbidden for faithful who, . although finding themselves be-
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NAMED: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has named Rev. Ernest E. Blais, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, as Faithful Friar of Bishop Cassidy Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He succeeds Rev. William E. Collard, now serving as chaplain at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River.