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Demotion of Women Not Vatican Intent VATICAN CITY (NC)-Stung by protests from women, especially champions of women's rights, the Vatican ha!: pleaded innocent to the charge it demoted women in its recent rulings on minor orders. . Although the new motu proprio Ministeria Quaedem reserves to men the formal office of lector (that is, reader), an official clarification in the Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, said that women may still read the scriptural lessons at Mass. The Vatican's c1arifieation recalled that this point had been
To t4ark Cenlury AI Sacred Hearl In Fall River Members of Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, will celebrate the centenary of their parish at a reunion and dinner dance to be held at 6:30 Sunday night, Oct. 15 at Venus de Milo -restaurant, Swansea. Bishop Cronin and Bishop Gerrard will be guests of honor at the affair, at which John J. McAvoy will be principal speaker. All former Sacred Heart curates have been invited to attend. 'Dancing will follow t.he dinner from 9 until I, with the Bebe Alves orchestra supplying the music. Entertainment will also be offered by Kenneth Leger. Observance of the parish cenTum to Page Three
Announce CHD Grant to Celnter In Fan Rivelr CHICAGO (NC) - The U. S. bishops' antipoverty program opened. its 1972 fund raising campaign with an announcement of more than $1 million in grants funded by the 1971 campaign. Included in the grants is one of $~5,OOO to the Portuguese Youth Cultural Organization, Fall River, for an information and referral center for Portuguese immigrants. The 1972 fund raising effort of the Campaign for Human DevelTurn to Page Three
made expressly by a Vatican spokesman, Father Paolo Dezza, in presenting the motu proprio to the press Sept. 14. Many of the criticisms of the new regulations complained that they fail to pr:ovide for the formal admission of women into the various liturgical ministries. The Vatiean's clarification, however, said it would be "inopportune to anticipate or prejudice what mLght subsequently be established at the end of the study on women's participation in the Church's community life." This was the first public indication that the Vatican had accepted the request of several participants in the 1971 World Synod of Bishops for a serious' theological study of the possibility of ordaining women. The Vatican statement, however, did not make clear whether the study had already begun. Nor could the Vatican press office give more information immedi-' ately. A well-informed source, however, said the study commission had already been named, but he Turn to Page Two
Say Catholic School Role Vital Faith. Community PITISBURGH (NC)-Catholic the educational program to . directory based on the Vatican's schools should seek out the poor, . which they have entrusted their General Catechetical Directory. the disadvantaged and the diffi- child is, in design at least, cap- This, he said, should be of much cult as students-not as a result able of transmitting the Chris- help in solving the problems of teaching religion. ' of court orders or social pres- tian message." "Religion is the least taught sures, but in an effort to demonHe spoke of the problems arisstrate Christian values to the ing in attempting to teach reli- subject" in Catholic schools, gion while. making such study Bishop McDowell, diocesan vicar community. This view was expressed by revelant and true to Catholic for education, said. "Some refuse to teach it, some Msgr. Olin Murdick, secretary teaching. "The struggle over these two are afraid," he said. "Some feel of Education for the U. S. Catholic Conference, in a speech to the values, orthodoxy and relevance, if you create a vague kind of reannual convention of the Cath- has divided the Church, and thus ligious atmosphere, you've done olic Education Association of has disturbed and perhaps de- enough," Bishop McDowell said. Pennsylvania (CEAP) here. stroyed her capability in some But, he continued, a school with The Catholic school shOUld be- instances of mciunting and no formal religious instruction come a "vital faith community maintain.ing a formal educational program ·or commitment to Christ and His teachings is not and a place of Christian forma- program," he explained. Msgr. Murdick pointed out a Catholic school. tion," Msgr. Murdick said. Some people, disturbed by the Parents, he said, "have a right that the U. S. bishops plan to to require and to be satisfied that publish a national catechetic~l things being taught in Catholic schools. feel the Church should "go back to the Baltimore Catechism," he said. But this is no answer he counselled. It is not the religious instruction which makes a Catholic school different, Bishop McDowell said. Rather it is the "values found in teaching." Stating that no one can teach secular subjects without, making value judgments, he continued, "Can Turn to Page Two
To Hold Survey On Attendance ,This Sunday To provide great assistance in pastoral planning and determinatwn of goals;information regard· ing many facets of pastoral setvice provided in parishes must be available. One basic item of data certainly is the number of the faithful assisting as Masses of obligation. Therefore, a report will be made by each parish in the Diocese of Fall River this weekend Turn to Page Six
Bishop Cronin at New St. Vincent's Home, Fall River
Founder.Father Morris Reflects Happily As Korean Sisters Observe Anniversary The Anchor is grateful to Maryknoll for permission to use the following story by Rev. Morgan J. Vittengi, M.M. from Maryknoll magazine and for the Maryknoll Photos by John Padula. It will be a/ quiet affair as celebrations go, probably a_ slightly better dinner than usual at various convents, schools, parishes and hospitals through: out South Korea. Nevertheless, the founding of the Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help this month will be an event no less momentous for those concerned. It will certainly be an occasion of special joy for an 82-year-old sprightly and witty Maryknoll priest, Father. John Morris. from Fall River, who founded the Order. Only the crew-cut white hair gives any indication of the age of this veteran missioner to Korea as he speaks enthusiastically of those days in 1923 when he was one of the three pioneer
Maryknoll missioners to go to Korea. His eyes sparkle with good humor as he animatedly recalls the difficulties' of mission life in North Korea.
REV. JOHN MORRIS, M.M.
Father Morris dismisses with a laugh the primitive (by. American standards) living conditions; the lack of even the most elementary means of transportation; the harsh climate-long severe winters, floods and stifling heat· waves in summer-and the scant opportunities for even a minimal study of the language or adaptation to Korean culture. Despite. these obstacles by 1925 he had established a thriving mission center at Yen Yan, ringed by an additional 32 mission stations. Each station was an average distance of 30 miles from the center. As both the center and the mission stations continued to grow, the logistics of travel alone demanded the assistance of religious co-workers. But the need became even greater' in 1930 when Father Morris was named the first Apostolic Prefect of Pyongyang, with all the timeconsuming burdens and responsiTurn to Page Twelve
St. Mary Alumni Priests Gather The priest alumni of St. Mary's Seminary and St. Charles' College, both Sulpician Directed Seminaries, will have a reunion on Sunday, Nov. 19 at White's Restaurant in Westport. The Very Reverend William Lee, S.S., president of St. Mary's Seminary and University will be the main speaker of this unprecedented event. Invitations will be sent to all priests who have attended either St. Mary's Seminary or St. Charles' Colege. The committee, headed by Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, class of 1950 is comprised of the following: Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippenda'1e, class of '23; Rev. James F. Lyons, class of '44; Rev. John J. Smith, class of 1959; .Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, class of '62; Rev. John A. Oliveira, class of '67; Rev. Robert A. Carter, class of 1969. Both St. Mary's Seminary and St. Charles College, seats of learning for more than half of the priests of the Diocese of Fall River are now combined into one institution, St. Mary's Seminary and University.