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Evangel ization Plans Detailed Detailed plans for tHe Saturday, Oct. 13 Congress on Evangelization announced last week by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin have been released by F.ather Horace J. Travassos, diocesan liaison to the American bishops' ad hoc committee on evangelization. The all-day congress, int~nded specifically for laypersons, is expected to draw representatives from every parish in the diocese. It will be held at Bishop Gerrard High School, 1017 Middle St., Fall River, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with registration. Through the day, five presentations on evangelization and techniques of carrying it out on the parish level will be given by Father Alvin A. Illig, CSP, executive director of the bishops' historical committee. At 5 p.m. congressgoers will adjourn to nearby St. Mary's Cathedral for a closing Mass with Bishop Cronin as principal concelebrant. Father Travassos said a hot lunch will be available at the high school, as well as morning coffee and danish and afternoon coffee and soft drinks. He noted that parking in _the vicinity of Bishop Gerrard High School is limited and that those in attendance are requested to park in St. Mary's Cathedral schoolyard. Shuttle buses will transport them to and from the high school.
'September Pope' Is Remembered VATICAN CITY (NC) - "He passed as a meteor which unexpectedly lights up the heavens and then disappears, leaving us amazed and astonished." With these words, Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, dean of the College of Cardiqals, summed up the feelings of the shocked and mourning Catholic world at the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul I. He was elected to the papacy Aug. 26, .1978, and served for 34 days. One year after his election, much of the amazement and astonishment has faded, replaced by such questions as: How did John Paul L change the face of the Roman Catholic Church? What effect did he have on his successor, Pope John Paul n. What legacy did he leave? The former Cardinal Albino Luciani, patriarch of Venice, Italy, "the smiling pope," issued - no encyclicals, approved no major statements by Vatican congregations, made no major Turn to Page Seven
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Hope for China CA:STELGANDOLFO, Italy (NCr - Pope John Paul II expressed hope last Sunday about "a new respect for religion" in China. But his optimistic words were almost immediately clouded by an anti~Vatican statement from an association of Chinese Catholics. Ad.dressing thousands of people at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, the pope said that "some news of recent events, which lead us to hope for a new respect for religion, permit us to express new confidence." In China, however, the National Association of Patriotic Catholics publicly rejected a re- cent Vatican statement that the group's "election" of Father Michael Fu Tieshan as bishop of Beijing (Peking) was invalid in TILL WE MEET AGAIN might be what Pope John Paul II and U.S. Secretary of State the eyes of the church. Cyrus Vance are saying to each other at a recent Vatican audience. Vance is likely to be "We deem the Vatican stateamong officials greeting the pontiff when he concludes his U.S. trip with a visit to the ment preposterous and totally erroneous," said a spokesman nation's capital. (NC Photo) for the association in Beijing. "The Vatican has no right to interfere in the affairs of churches of other countries." Formation of the National The United States is far from - who could not be accommodated the- heads of the 151 delegations Association of Patriotic Catha strange country to Pope John in the General Assembly hall. and other visiting dignitaries: olics was fostered by the comPaul U. On two previous trips The pope will then go to yet From New York the pontiff munist government after it he has spent a total of seven another chamber to address the will go to Philadelphia and Chic- came to power in 1949. weeks here, visiting 19 cities. international staff of the United ago, concluding his itinerary in During his Sunday Angelus Washington, D.C. talk, Pope John Paul did not In October his travels will be- Nations. Early in the evening, the secNo matter where he goes, gin in Boston, where it is Turn to Page Seven thought the Boston Common retary general will give a recep- however, he is likely to find may be the site for an outdoor tion in honor of the pontiff for old friends and familiar scenes. While still Cardinal Karol Mass expected to draw upwards Wojtla of Cracow, Poland, he of half a million attendants. visited the United States twice, The next day the United Naspending a total of about seven tions has a full and hectic proDENVER (NC) Vocation weeks here and seeing 19 cities. gram planned for him. directors in times of vocation In September 1969, he travelPlans are nearing completion From Boston, the pope is excrisis should not lower their ed to 12 cities in 12 days, going for a Vocation Awareness Day, pected to arrive at Kennedy Instandards for accepting candito Buffalo, N.Y., Boston, Baltiternational Airport around 10 to be held Sunay, Oct. 7 -as part dates to the priesthood and rela.m. and proceed ~irectly to of the year long observance of more, Washington, Cleveland, gious life, the pope's represenU.N. headquarters. He will be the 75th anniversary of the Fall Chicago, Hartford and New Brit- tative to the church in the United ain, Conn., Detroit, St. Louis, given a short guided tour by River diocese. New York, and Doylestown, Pa., _ States said in Denver last week. Sister Mary Evangela McAlSecretary General - Kurt Wald"Do not succumb to this heim, including a stopover at eer, RSM., general chairperson where he visited the National counterproductive temptation," for the day, announces that a Shrine of Our Lady of Czesto- said Archbishop Jean Jadot, the U.N. meditation room. liturgy centering on the theme chowa. apostolic delegate in the United The pope will address the U.N. On his second visit, in August of vocations to church service General Assembly at 3 p.m., the and September 1976, Cardinal States, about the pressure to sources said. He will be the will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Oct. - Wojtyla traveled to 13 cities, in- lower standards for vocations. Turn to Page Eleven In an address at an orientaonly speaker of the afternoon. cluding six he had visited in tion workshop for vocation perIt is regarded as certain that 1969. He went to Baltimore, sonnel sponsored by the Nationhis address will deal with the Washington, Detroit, Philadelal Catholic Vocation Council,_ global arms race, said Father J. phia, ,Boston, Buffalo and NiagArchbishop Jadot _said vocation Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conara Falls, N.Y., Chicago, Stevens work requires the cooperation ference Associate Secretary for Point, Wis.,. Los Angeles, Billof all elements of t!\e church, in- International Justice and Peace. ings and Great Falls, Mont., and cluding the family~ Cincinnati. "Every single pope since Quoting from the Second Vati~ World War II has had to deal In 1976, Cardinal Wojtyla at- can Council's "Dogmatic Constiwith the question (the arms tended the Eucharistic Congress tution on the Church," Archbishrace)," said Father Hehir. "It is in Philadelphia and lectured at op Jadot said parents should enguaranteed that Pope John Paul Harvard University and at the courage their children "in the II will deal with this at the U.N." Catholic University of America vocation which is proper to each in Washington. of them, fostering with special Following his major address 'In 1969 the cardinal was re- care any religious vocation. the pope will go to another chamber to address diplomats Turn to Page Seven Turn to Page Five
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