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Vol. 12, No. 37
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Cardinal Replies,to Ques~ions
On Human Vilae En(yc~i(al
WASHINGl'ON (NC)-Patdck Oardinal O'Boyle of Washington has published a 40-pa~e, 14,000-word response fro "questions asked since the encyclical Humanae Vitae" in 2 booklet entitled "Sex in ,Mardage: Love-Giving, Life Giving," explaining the en of tlie Washington arch eyclical's condemnation of 'priests diocese who issued a statement eontraception and offering taking issue with the encycli pastoral advice on itS imple- ,cal's condemnation of contra mentation. . Copies of the booklet were distributed at Sunday Masses throughout the Washington srchdiocese Sunday, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. . "I 'want to give as best I can ine clear and honest answers that the faithful of this archdio cese are seeking," Cardinal O'Boyle said in an accompany nng letter. "That is why I 'have i!>repared this booklet (with con aiden'lble help, of course). In it you will find what I have to say f-n reply' to many of the ques tions that, have been ra/sed." Written in question and an awer form, the booklet covern ~8 questions. about the encycli ceal. !talso contains documenta tion from papal and conciliar @ocuments. It makes no direct reference to the controversy between Car
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ception imlpedhitely after it ap peared. The cardinal has sus pended one of the priests, Father T. Joseph O'Donoghue, an as sistant pastor at St. Franc)s de Sales church. The booklet's first question is "Why can't a Catholic form his own conscience on the subject of contraception?" "As a matter of fact," the an swer says, ,"each individual Catholic can and does form his owil conscience on this and' every other SUDject." But, it adds, a Catholic's for mation' of conscience "bt~gins at an earlier stage" than deciding about particular issues like Con traception. "At the most fundamental level," it says, "a Catholic forms his conscience about the mean ing of life, and in doing so he reaches the decision that he Turn to Page Eigh teen
See City Native Is At Ma ryknoml Superior Meet
CCD SUNDAY: God Lives spelled out in montage style, is the message in ful
color on the cover of 'the Cat~hetical issue of Out Sunday Visitor, national Catholi®
weekly, commemorating CCD Sunday, Sept, 15. Ne Photo.
Launch Biggest Program
Of Religious' ~Educa'ion
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, The largest Religoua Education effort in the Diocese begins anew this week with Catechetical Sunday and the' reopening of many CCD Schools of Religion. The parishes o{the Fall River Diocese are preparing to enroll more than forty-thousand.CCD studen~ this year, who will be taught by over, 2000 dedicated c,atechists, both lay and religio\llSo While CCD students repre sent the largest single cate of many CCD personnel that ef we are concerned to provide tM preparation possible' for oW' gory of persons benefiting fective instruction of children best young people for getting the ~ the Faith is a task that be by this wide-spread program in longs primarily to' parents. "If most out of life. So doing, we !Yf instruction, 1'e<;ent ye'ars have . that is. the case," says Father
seen a shift in emphasis in CCO from the child to the adult. The coming Catechetical eyear con tinues this trend, and Adult Re Rev. John M. Breen, M.M., a ligious Education Courses have Fall River native, will be one of been scheduled for all areas of tile Mary'knoll mission regional the Diocese beginning the week superiors who will attend ~the of October 7th. two-week meeting of the Cath The shift towards an adult olic Foreign Mission Society of centered Religiol,ls 'Education America superiors at Maryknoll., program mirrors the conviction '"starting next Monday. , Father Breen entered .Mary- ... ~ III knoll in' 1944, from Holy Name ~oYlle parish, Fall River. He is the Ison of, the late Mr. and Mrs. .~ M, Michael J. Breen. Father Breen, 45, .was ordain ~lm $@~~ ed in 1951, a~d. assigned to the Coyle High School in Taunton Maryknoll missions of Guate is the scene of this week's work mal~ at that tiJ?e. He has bl7n shop for teachers and parents of, ~eglO~al Superior of. the mls children enrolled in CeD ele slons In Guatemala smce Feb mentary 'classes. It will be held ruary of 19~7.· . on Saturday, Septemb~r 14th, . Twe?ty-elght society pn~ and is the second of five such Includmg the heads of domestIc, worksho s to be held through departments ~re expected to at out the pDiocese. , tend the sessIOns. Very'Rev. John J. McConnack, . The one-~ay re~gious edu~aM.M., superior general of the tlOn event 18 qeslgned to give society, is the chai-rrnan. parenu: ~nd :eachers of the Two business executives will young mSlghts 111to the new con add,ress Society members: John cepts that are being employed P. Jones corporate vice-presi in CCD elementary classes this dent of 'Federated Department year. It consists of a series of Stores, Inc., and John R. Quinn, seminars covering the topics of manager of Federated's manage-- Prayer, Teaching, the Trinity. !Dent dev!opmem aeJ:\'!ceo, Tum to Page Fifteelll
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Joseph Powers, Diocesan CCD Director, "then it is vital that parents have an adequate un derstanding of their Religion and its consequences for the World~"
The Adult Education p'rograml' organ,ized by the Fall River Di ocesan Office are but a part of the expanded effort to reach more adults. Many parishes are, introducing CCD programs this year which involve the parent
in the religious education proc
ess. This is accomplished through
parent-teacher meetings which
give the parents a definite role as the chief agent of the child's
education. Sister Alice O'Brien of the
Diocesan CCD staff sees this as a healthy trend. "Our CCO Schools of Religion are going to get bigger and better," says Sister Alice, "but the crucial area is in the home, and every thing we do in the CCO schools should build on a Christian en vironment that begins at home." In the following letter read
at all Masses' throughout the Diocese last Sunday the Bishop points up the essential work of the CCO program and the partic il?ation and cooperation nee~ed to make it effective: Beloved in Christ: As the new school year begins,
think of the demands of our day. but also of God's Holy Will f~ everyone growing up. A wise man in France has said: "Mall does not go into the world f;@ lose his soul, but rather to give a soul to the world." In thia spirit, we want our youth to have something 19 give, not the cheapest, but the best, to make this a better place in which to live. That's the reason for oW' Turn to Page Six
] 1 More StudyBng ,for P!T~e$teuc@d
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The Most Reverend Bish~ op has assigned eleven new candidates for the diocesan priesthood to various semi naries in this country and inn Canada. In addition to these new semi·· narians, 26 men are continuinll. their studies in theology and W ,in philosophy.
The new candidates and theil1' assignments:
Mr. Horace J. Travassos of St.
Patrick's Parish in Fall River
is assigned to the. Theological
College in Washington, D.C.
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