Pontiff Tells Palestinians Look Now to Future
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Fairhaven Priest Prepares For French Congress A Fairhaven priest is assisting in organization of an international clergy congress to be held in France Sept. 13 through 19. He is Rev. Francis Larkin, SS.CC., national director of the devotion of the enthronement of the ,Sacred Heart in homes, whose headquarters are at 3 Adams St., Fairhaven. He reports that 300 priests, including 11 Cardinals and 30 Bishops, have registered for the meeting, the first of its kind, which will have as its theme "The heart of Jesus in the life
of the priest and in the pastoral needs of our times." Sessions will be held at Paray-Ie-Monial, site of apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre, Paris. Speakers will include nine Cardinals, six Bishops and two laymen: Frank Sheed and Jean Guitton. John Cardinal Wright, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, which is backing the Congress, will speak on "The Sacred Heart-a persuasive symbol." Archbishop William Baum of Washington; D.C., will talk on' "The Heart of Jesus, hope for peace in the Church and in the world." The occasion for the Congress, which is being held in preparation for' the Holy Year, is the third centenary of the revelations made by Christ to' the Church requesting a special cult of His Sacred Heart, especially in the Eucharist. Discuss'ing American clergy participation in the congress, Father Larkin stated that, "The Eucharistic aspect of the revelations and requests made by Jesus at Paray make this congress a most significant and important one for priests, especially at this time' when priests. are seeking Turn to Page Two .
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The time has come for Palestinians, "who for years have been living under inhuman conditions," to look to the future, said Pope Paul VI in a letter to Msgr. John • G. Nolan, president of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, to mark the 25th anniversary of the mission's creation. Referring to the activities of the mission "established with admirable foresight and in a spirit of charity ... by Pius XII," Pope Paul said in his letter, dated July 16: "We have followed with personal interest this activity in the various forms which it has taken. to meet the grave and multiple needs of the refugees, often in coordination with the activity which other organizations, including those which are 'not Catholic, have commendably carried out.
Labor Statement Upholds Utility Of Unions WASHINGTON (NC) Although the labor movement has been attacked from both the right and the left during the past year, it has taken at least two significant steps during that time, Msgr. George G. Higgins, secretary for research of the U. S. Catholic Conference,' said here in a Labor Day statement. The labor movement, Msgr. Higgins said, "is being told, at one extreme, that it is too weak to survive and, at the. other extreme, that it has acquired such excessive power that it should not be permitted to survive in its present form." However, 'he said that he thought those views were too simplistic. The problems which brought the unions into existence, he added, will continue to be of concern to workers. One notable achievement of Turn to Page Four
"The work of the Mission for Palestine has been one of the clearest signs of the Holy See's concern for the welfare of the Palestinians; who are particularly dear to us because they are people of the Holy Land, because they. include followers of Christ and because they have been and are still being so tragically tried." Expressing his sympathy for the suffering of the Palestinians and his support for "their legit· imate.aspirations," the Pope continued. "May our paternal solicitude bring comfort and encouragement, especiaIly to the refugees, who for years have been living under inhuman conditions.
Rev. Joseph F. Hanna Dies, Founded Holy Cross Parish Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, will' preside at the Liturgy of Christian Burial this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Holy Cross Church, So. Easton, for the late Rev. Joseph F. Hanna, C.S.C. The former pastor and founder of Holy Cross Parish in So. Easton, Father Hanna died at Holy Cross Infirmary in South Bend, Ind. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Burial will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery at Stonehill College. Born in Pawtucket, R. I. on Sept. 22, 1912, the Holy Cross Father was the son of the late James and the late Anna Harma. He studied at the University of Notre, Dame and was ordained a priest there in 1939. He' then became a member of the Mission Band and preached in parishes throughout the country. In 1958, he was named to the Provincial Council of the Holy Cross Fathers' Eastern Province. In 1966, he was designated the founder and first pastor of Holy Cross Parish, So. Easton. Under his direction the parish church was built and opened in 1967. He was forced to resign his par-
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Clergymen Agree With Governor On School Aid WASHINGTON (NC) - Several Protestant and Jewish clergymen have expressed agreement with Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel's suggestion to them that the state would be better off providing aid to non public schools than risking the collapse of those schools. The governor spoke to about 15 Protestant and Jewish clergymen in suburban Kensington, Md., during a day of campaigning for reelection. Maryland's public schools could Tum to Page Three
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"Unfortunately su~h a state of affairs has produced in many Palestinians a sense of frustration and, in some, such anguish and desperation as to move them to acts of violent protest which with sorrow we have been constrained strenuously to deplore. "It seems to us, nevertheless, that this is the moment for all Palestinians to look to the future with a constructive, united and responsible attitude, as the hope becomes ever stronger that their particular problems will be discussed and that a solution to them wiU be found during the current general negotiations for peace in the Middle East."
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FATHER HANNA ish ministry in I 1970 due to ill hea.Jth. He is survived by three sisters in Rhode Island: Mrs. Margaret Carey (Cumberland), Mrs. Lucy Fullerton (Rumford), and Sister Mary Barbara, R.S.M. , (Warwick).
Anti.Abortion: More catholic Than Catholic DETROIT (NC)-Anti-abortion is an all-community effort, the 92nd Supreme Council Convention of the Knights of Columbus was/told here. In his talk to the delegates, Supreme Knight John W. McDevitt took issue with the notion that the anti-abortion fight is a strictly Catholic effort. Such tactics "should not trick zealous Catholic laymen into forsaking their crusade to preserve life," he said. Many pro-abortoinists, he continued, "try both to minimize and to discredit opposition to unrestrained killing of the unborn" 'by labeling such efforts as a Catholic concern. "The solution is not to ask Catholics to take a lower profile, but to encourage other religious and civic groups to set a higher one," he said.