Neglect of White Working Class Threatens Disaster
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WASHINGTON (NC) - ' A warning that "continued neglect of the white ethnic working class is bo\md to bring disastrous results" marked publication of the 1970 Labor Day statement by the U.S. Catholic Conference's An Anchor of the Soul, Sure ,and Firm - ST. PAUL urban life division. Prepared by Msgrs. George G. Higgins, division director, and Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970 -Geno C. Baroni, director of program development, the statePRICE 10¢ ment is a plea and a plan for Vol. 14, No. 36 © 1970 The Anchor $4.00 per year increased cooperation among elements of America's working class. The statement pointed out that most public imd private aid efforts have' been aimed at racial minority groups, charging that: "Public and private agencies
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devoted to the restoration of urban America have largely ignored working class whites in deSIgning programs to eliminate povery, substandard housing, racial discord, declining schools and physical decay." Yet, the statement continued, "it is difficult to rationalize neglect of these citizens, given their number and their strategic location in our urban areas ... they are the backbone of' our labor force in most of our industrial cities, mining towns and manufacturing centers." These people, many of them Catholic, share many of the
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WASHINGTON (NC)-It used to be that 65 Catholic schools in a diocese meant 65 independently run educational systems. But 104 Catholic education offidals were told at a five-day workshop here the direction of the future is "total diocesan planning" ,-an organizational catch-all which ideally' includes centrally managed Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and adult education programs, as well as Catholic schools. - Attending the Georgetown University workshop-eo-directed by Father Raymond Lucker, director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Education Department, and Father C. Albert Koob, O. Praem., National Caih-
olic Educational Association president-were teachers, diocesan superintendents, heads of religious communities, principals, supervisors and board of education members from all over the country. Workshop participants heard that more than structural changes are involved in Catholic education's "getting itself toTurn to Page Six
Priests' Senate The first meeting of the newly elected Semite of Priesfsol the Fall River Diocese will be held at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, on Friday afternoon, Sept. II, at 1:30.
Air Forc~' Chaplain To Commemorate Jubilee
School Opening Means Stress For Parents It's here again, the most fun time of the year in the life of a family. Instead of active play, children tend to settle on the front porch to discuss the merits and demerits of school, as if they really had a choice. , , Little ones who haven't looked at a calendar' for n'early three months begin to count the days, complaining vocally that the ••• i
tary careers prior to retirement will be: Rev. Thomas F. Daley, Army; Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty, Navy; Rev. Msgr. Bernard J. Fenton, Army; and Rev. Msgr. HenrI' A. Hamel, Air Force. The five will represent 125 Turn to 'Page Six
Summer is almost over but still saying, "Only three more weeks." They've lived in tennis shoes all Sum'mer. Even so, school shoes that didn't look bad in June seem shabby as Fall approaches. And so begins the cry that parents dread: "I can't wear these shoes. I've grown two Turn to Page Thirteen
Na~e Rev. Armand Proulx
La Salette Provincial Rev. Armand M. Proulx, M.S., Provincial Councillor of the Province of the Immaculate Heart of Mary has been named the new Provincial of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette. Father Proulx has held many
administrative posts during his 15 years as a member of the La SaleUe Order. The new provincial has served as superior of the junior seminary in East Brewster and was the first superior of the house established near the campus of Assumption College in an experimental gesture to bring future La Salette Turn to Page Six
CATHOLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SCHOOL CALENDAR 1970 ~ 1971 SEPTEMBER T W 9 14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30 M
1970 T F 10 11 17 18 24 25
16 Days M
JANUARY 1971 T T W
F (l)
4
11 18 25
M 3 10 17 24 (3ll
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This is the fourth in a series of articles which will discuss the purpose and plight of Catholic School education and its future prospects.
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Rev. Msgr. John F. Denehy, Colonel in the Chaplains Corps of the U. S. Air Force will commemorate his silver jubilee in the priesthood with a concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving at 3:30 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 27 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Bishop Connolly will preside and four retired military chaplains of the diocese will concelebrate with Msgr. Denehy as the chief concelebrant. The four concelebrating chaplains who have served full mili-
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problems of their nonwhite neighbors, the statement said. By government standards, their median income is not quite adequate. Rising real estate costs are barring them from buying homes. And their real salary is declining while prices are rising. Moreover, the statement noted that members of the white ethnic groups have been barred by mutual suspicion and fear from allying with their nonwhite but problem-sharing neighbors. This fear' and hostility, the statement added, has led to open conflict between the races and to repeated charges of "racism," leveled at members of white ethnic groups in racially mixed cities. The Labor Day statement rejected "the widespread accusation that these people are the primary exponents of racism in our society, although we do not deny that racism exists in their ranks." Because business and professional leaders no longer live in the cities, the statement added, "it is obvious . . .that if there is to be a resolution of the racial crisis which currently grips our society, a critical role will be played by white ethnic working class communities." In an effort to prevent "demagogues of hate" from filling the leadership vacuum among the white working class, the statement suggested: A major effort to sensitize American institutions to the Turn to Page Six
7 6 5 12 1131 14 19 20 21 26 27 28 20 Days MAY 1971 T W T 4 5 16 11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27 18 Days
8 15 22* 29
OCTOBER 1970 F T W T I 2 9 6 -[7] 8 5 (12) 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 21 Days M
M 1 8 (15 22
FEBRUARY 1971 T W T F 2 [31 4 5 9 10 11 12 19) 16 17 18 23 24 25 26 15 Days
F 71b 14 21 28
M 7 14 21
JUNE 1971 T W T 1 2 3 8 9 19 15 16 17 22 23 24 1~
Days
F 4
11 18 25*
M 2 9 16 23 30
NOVEMBER W T 3 [41 10 (11) 17 18 25 24
1970 T F 5 6* 12 13 19 29 . (26 27)
M 7 14 21 28
18 Days M 1 8 15 22 29
MARCH 1971 W T T 3 4 2 .9 [101 11 16 17 18 23 24 25 30 31 23 Days
F 5' 12 19 26
M 5 12 (19 26
DECEMBER 1970 W T F T 4 1 2 3 8. [91 10 11 15 16 17 18 22 23 (24 25 29 30 31) 17 Days APRIL 1971 W T T 1 6' [7] 8 13 14 15 21 22 20 27 28 29 16 Days
F 2 (9)a* 16 23) 30
()= Holiday or vacation; no school session [ I = Professional day; schools close at end of morning for staff in·service program. . = End session of Quarter. Examination,s given during this week; report cards issued within week following. a = Good Friday b = Catholic Teachers Convention
Rev. Armand M. Proulx