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Says New Morality Is Overlooked
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CINCINNATI (NC)-Too often overlooked" as a cause • of lawle~sness and disord.er ,is, the neY\' emphasis 'Olll de cision making· that "minimizes or even completely, eliminates , objective, universal 9tanoords of ..!igltt ,and wrong,~ -, ' , , , , ·F-ather ,:R:obert L.Ha'gedom, protess9r 'of moral theology at ·Mt. st. M~ry seminary, Norwood, Ohio, made this charge in a ser Mc;in' at the ·annual Red Mass for jUdges, lawyerS 'a'nd 'other civic: officials, held on Tuesday, in the ,Fenv,:ick Chapel the Holy Spir:it; Cincinnati:: " , , ~hbishop 'Karl Z. Alter of' Cir;clntlati .ceiebra1ed the Mass, o~e~.~ach 'at. the open ing o~ .the fall term of the courts. , "Father ,Hagedol'l) :said that the neW morality; or "situaWm eth ics," is' "playing ,an: impor,tant role i~ undermining 'the values of the kind of society we, cherish." ! He described the new morality as' "the growing emphasis upon the right of the' indivi~tnal to
make his own moral judgment, independent of any objective, absolute norms of morality," and said it 'was "based upon a phil osophy of subjectivism; pragma tism, positivism and relativism/' Father Hagedorn acknowl-
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edged that the proponents of this moral philosophy are not proposing lawlessness or disor der. "Quite the contrar~" he said. '~hey are proposing love and concern for others . But who is to determine what
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ANCHOR 'If.ol 12, No. 40, 'Il'ice 10c
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CCD Workshop On Saturday In Attleboro The last in a series of five llteligious Education work s,hops will be held Saturday for parents and teachers of
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MOTHER OF MERCY AND OF LOVE: The month' , ~f October'jg' dedi~at~dtOOur' Lady m the Rosary who· reigIls in splenQor, with her son; Jesus Christ, our 80Verign King and Redeemer., NC Photo.
is the loving thing to do in a given situation? Who is to de termine wha't' will bring about the greatest good for the great est number?, How can the indi . Vidual know what is best for aIll the members of society?" "" "It is my:contention," Father , Hagedorn' added, ''that he can-' " not unless be be guided by ob
jeCtive norms or laws."
, ,"It' is : the, {unction' and the
duty of civil authority to deter
mine 'by law what is best foll'
society,'! he.. continued. "It can:'
'not be left to the judgment of
the ind~vidual. Moreover, Al-
mighty God has established IlIl
order to guide -and help us know ,what is right 'and what is beSt
for everyone an~ i'I;" is the duty
of the. i,ndiyidual to ;conform to
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"The' most. general and inviol
able claims of natural moral!
, law." Father Hagedorn ,said, "are'
,based on the essential nature of man. This human nature was al 80 taken on in the real humanity Turn to Page Two'
College Day at' Stonehill
,Stonehili Coilege in ·No. Easton, in cooperation with' the Diocesan School Depart ment, will host a College Day
Colleges represented are: ,COLLEGES FOR WOMEN
Albertus Magnus, Alvernla, on its can~pus on Columbus Day, Anna Maria, Annhurst, Cardinal Cushing, Mt. St. Vincent, New Saturday, Oct. 12. Junior and senior high school stuaents, whether from diocesan, parochial, privatI,:! or public high schools, who are interested in ill rther college study for, com petitive-world success,' will do themselves, their parents and communities a' great favor by 11 t ten din g the well-planneQ\ event.', ' Rev. Edmund Haughey, C.S.C., Dean of Admissions at Stonehill College, announced that reore sentatives of 98 Catholic colleges from the Mid-west to the Atlan tic seaboard will be present at the No. Easton campus to meet with and answer the quesiions of students and parents. College Day has proved to be an immense success in the past.' An ever increasing number of colleges~25 more this year~ will be represented at the an nual two-hour affair followed by an open house. From 9:30 to 11:30 in the morniIig, parents and students will take part in. four thirty minute sessions, formal discus sion on' college, and a free ex cbange period in classrooms, the lFR. E. J., HAUG.HEY. esc gymnasium and the Haft.
D elementary school chil dren of the Attleboro area. Pre vious sessions in other locations of the Diocese have attracted hundreds. Sponsored by the Fall River Diocesan CCD, the one-day work Ghop is designed to provide a lJummary of the new religious education concepts now employ ed in CCD classes and the home. Seminars will be given on pray er, lformation of conscience, psy ehology and teaching the Trinity. The Attleboro area session is alated for Saturday, Oct. 5 at Bishop Feehan High School. It lls open to all parents and teach 01\'1 in the area. The prqgram will begin with registration at 9:30. lP'rom 10:00 to noon and from 11:00 to 3:00, registrants will par ticipate in seminars. Rev. Joseph Focus of the campaign will be NEWARK (NC)-The Newark Powers, Diocesan CCD Director, wiU celebrate a Mass concluding' arehdlocese, in cooperation with the'distribution of the Paulist Newman Press book, "Genera Paulist Press, will launch a vo t>lle workshop at 3:30.. Instructors for the seminars cation promotion campaign in tion of Opportunity;" to 200,000 mclude members of the Diocesan October as a prelude to similar families. .Each pastor in the CCD staff, the CCD Teaching campaigns in 26 other dioceses. archdiocese has been asked ,-to Sisters and Brothers Committee Details ·of the campaign were take sufficient copies for his Clllld the Diocesan Executive outlined here and at a meeting parishioners. Board of the CCD. of vocation direCtors in New Each parish is to name a Registration fee will be $1.00. York by Father William C. priest-vocation director. During Il1'tJaose attending should brin~ ,Clark, assistant director of; vo ,the week of Oct. 27, when the Tu.rn to Page Five cations for the archdiocese. campaign will be launched, the
Rochelle, Notre Dame of Mal'y land, Our Lady of the Elms. St. Elizabeth, 8t.- Rose, Dun barton,D'Youville, Emmanuel, Fontbonne, Georgian Court, Good Counsel, Gwynedd Mercy, Har riman, Holy Family, Immaculata. Immaculata College of Wash ington, Manha-ttanville, Manor Junior College, Maria Regina, Maryhurst, Marymount of New York, Marywood, Mercyhul.'st, Madonna, Mount Mercy, Mount St. Mary of New Hampshire, Mount St. Mary' of New York. Nazareth of Rochester, New ton College of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame of Ohio, Notre Dame of Stanten Island, Regis, Rivier, Rosary Hill, Sacred Heart of Alabama. Sacred Heart of North Caro lina, St. ~oseph, St. Joseph's of Maryland, St. Thomas Aquinas, Salve Regina, Seton Hill, Trin ity, Villa Maria. COLLEGES FOR MEN Biscayne, Holy Cross, Fair field University, King's College, LaSalle, Manhattan, Mount St. .Mary, Providence College. St. John Fisher, St., Joseph's of Pennsylcania, St. Michael, St. Vincent, Siena, University of' Scranton, Walsh, Xavier Uni "ersity. Turn to Page Two
Sees' Plan Vocation Promotion Campaign' b()()ks are to be distributed, vo cation ,sermons are to be given and 30 teams of five' members each are to fan out to all schools for vocation discussions. In addition, there will be a pastoral letter from Archbishop Thomas A. Boland, who has pro claimed the week as a "Week of Prayer for Vocations," and the vocation book is to be the focal Turn to Page Twenty
Governor Hughes Vetoes Silent Prayer Bill TRENTON (NC)-There won't be any period of silent meditation in New Jersey public schools this year after all- unless the teacher wants some peace and quiet himself. Gov. Richard J. l;Iughes has vetoed a bill which would have permitted any board of educa tion, or an individual teacher, to order a minute of silent medi tation at the start of the school day. Sponsors of the legislation admitted it was designed to cir cumvent the U. S. Supreme Court decision barring prayer im public scl!ools. Those who were opposed to religious practices could use the time to meditate on their studies, or what is more likely, to daydream, if they so wished, said the legislators who pushed the measure through. But Gov. Hughes will have none of it. "At best," he said in his veto message, "this bill would be a meaningless gesture without sufficient legal effect. At worst, it could be construed as an attempt at legislative u,surpation of the legitimate functions of the judiciary. , "If the brief period of silent prayer or meditation provided for in this bill is, indeed, not a religious service or exercise, there is no need for such legis . lation. No enabling legislation is required to permit individual teachers or local school authori~
ties to adopt the practice o!
holding moments of silence u
the classroom.
"To the extent, however, that
this bill may be designed to cir cumvent court decisions prohib iting religious exercises in the public schools, it represents'" an attempt to' usurp judicial au thority and is' unconstitutional as a violation of the 'Establish ment Clause' of the First Amendment."
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