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Installation
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was among scores of prelates in at tendance Wednesday at ceremo nies at whioh Archbishop Jo seph L. IBernardin was installed as archbishop of Chicago. The 54-year-old former arch bishop of Cincinnati now heads the nation's ,largest archdiocese, succeeding the late Cardinal John Cody, who died AprH 25. Wednesday's ceremony fol-' lowed a round of farewell events in the Cincinnati archdiocese, where Archbishop Bernardin had served since 1972 and where he was an immensely popular public figure. The Chicago archdiocese, num bering 2.4 million Catholics, wel comed its new leaderenthusias tically, beginning last Sunday with an airport reception at tended by hundreds of ~oheering church and civic officia,ls. "I 'feel so welcome, I only bought a one-way ticket," said the grinning archbishop as Mayor
Jane M. Byrne presented him with a document proclaiming the start of Archbishop Bernardin Week in Chicago. On Tuesday, prior to Wednes day's installation ceremony, the archbishop officiaUy assumed leadership of his new arcJ:1dio cese. Prior to his appointment as leader of the Cincinnati see, Archbishop Bernardin had been from 1968 to 1972 general secre tary of the National Conference of Catholic ,Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference, a position now held by Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, a Taunton native and priest of the Fall River diocese. In 1974 Archbishop Bernardin was elected NCCB/USCC presi dent for a three-year term. He is currently chairman of an ad 'hoc bishops' 'Committee pre paring a pastoral ,letter on the moral and religious dimensions of war and peace.
Debate
By Jim Lackey
VERY REV. EDWARD C. DUFFY, pastor (left), and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin greet parishioners and summer visitors at Sunday Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. (Rosa Photo)
'Taste and see that the Lord is sweet'
Giving a year to God By Pat McGowan
"Taste and see that the Lord is sweet." That was last Sun day's responsorial psalm, recited in all diocesan parishes. It had special meaning for two young Tauntonians. Ted Pirozzi,20, and Jim Perry, 27, are preparing to give a year of service to lay volunteer min istries: Pirozzi to the Young People Who Care Mission in the Pennsylvania Appalachians; Perry to the Mercy Corps in Miami, Fla. Over the past few years, both young men have been actively associated with youth programs at Sacred Heart parish in Taun ton. Sister Peggy Fromm,. SUSC, Sacred Heart's director of reli gious education, feels their stor ies are worth telling "to give
other young people ideas about What to do with their lives." "I think,'" she says, "it is very important for young people to be open to the possibility of giv ing their lives or a portion of them to service of other people. "Lay volunteer ministry, such as what Ted and Jim are doing, is a wonderful opportunity to not only help others but to also learn about oneself, to grow and perhaps even discover the direc tion of one's life. . "I've met too many young peo ple," she continued, "18, 19 and older who panic. because they find themselves at the end of high school or somewhere in college and do not know what they want to do with their lives. "Unfortunately, kids. today pick up the idea that they have
to know what they are going to do the rest of their lives at high school graduation. That's a very, high expectation for an 18-year 61d. . "Maybe Ted and Jim might serve as inspiration for others who might want or need to take time out of their present lifestyle, career, studies, etc., to serve, others' needs. Many volunteer programs are available." Pirozzi, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pirozzi, is a 1980 gradu ate of Taunton High School. He completed two years at South eastern' Massachusetts Univer ity as a philosophy major and has been employed as a super market clerk/supervisor. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil ,bert Perry, holds a bachelor's Turn to Page Two
14th Amendment to the Constitu tion. WASHINGTON (NC) - Mired But the new proposal, which in a filibuster, the Senate has argues that the U.S. Supreme made little progress in its long Court "erred" in its 1973 abor awaited abortion debate, but has tion rulings, also would give set the stage for at least one and states the right to appeal direct perhaps two key votes on. abor ly to the high court whenever tion shortly after it returns Sept. a lower court invalidates state 8 from a Labor Day recess. laws which restrict or prohibit Before recessing the Senate abortion. agreed to vote Sept. 9 - the day Helms admitted that the per after it returns - on a motion sonhood section of his bill was to shut off the abortion filibuster. dropped because it appeared it Sixty votes are needed for the could not pass. motion to pass. ,Even if the Senate agrees At the same time Senate Ma Sept. 9 to end the Packwood ority Leader Howard H. Baker Weicker filibuster, it still could Jr. (R-Tenn.) told the Senate he be a long time before the Senate still 'intends, on the Senate's first votes on Helms' school prayer day back, to open debate on the and abortion proposals. Hatch constitutional amendment Helms offered his abortion on abortion. Baker said he hopes measure as an amendment to his the Senate will agree to a'n eight school prayer measure, which in hour debate on the Hatch pro posal with a vote also to take turn is being offered as an amendment to an unrelated bill place Sept. 9. raising the federal debt ceiling. The Senate filibuster was aim Technically, then, the Sept. 9 ed at a proposal by sen. Jesse Helms (R·N.C.) linking together vote to shut off the filibuster will the abortion and school praye,r be only on Helms' abortion pro posal, leaving a separate fili issues. buster on the school prayer por Helm's proposal would per manently restrict federal funding tion of his amendment a distinct of abortion and would prohibit possibility. The debt ceiiing bill to which federal courts from ruling on. Helms is attempting to attach his school prayer cases. Dropped from the new human abortion and school prayer pro life proposal was a section ex-, posals must be approved by Con gress on or before Sept. 30 to tending to the unborn the pro - Turn to page thirteen tection of "personhood" in the