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Wide -Ranging Agenda Faces Nation's Bishops WASHINGTON (NC) - More Church in the United States. A report by the Ad Hoc Com. than 250 Roman Catholic bishops are expected to attend the mittee on School Aid. A statement on the Missions. semi-annual meetings of the National Conference of Catholic A proposal that the bishops Bishops (NCCB) and the United support and encourage the efStates Catholic Conference forts now underway to organize - (USCC) Nov. 15-19 in Washing- a National Conference of Spirton From the' Diocese of Fall itual Directors. River will go Most Rev. Daniel ' . A progress report by the Ad' A. Cronin, Bishop of the Diocese, Hoc Committee on Diocesan Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Financial Statements. Auxiliary to the Bishop of Fall A proposal to request the River, and Most Rev. James L. Connolly, formerly Bishop of Fall River. A main item. on the agenda is the election of a new President and Vice President of the two conferences. John Cardinal Dearden of Detroit and John Cardinal VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Krol of Philadelphia have com_ Paul VI hailed the Third Synod pleted their term of office. . of Bishops, terminated Sunday, Among the issues on the Nov. 7, as "certainly destined to agenda for the two meetings' are: have great impact on the life of A report to the bishops on the the Church and also on that of. conclusions reached at the the world." Synod of Bishops in Rome. However, many of the world'~ A report of the Ad Hoc Com- prelates who had taken part in mittee recently established for the synodal discussions disagreed the pastoral implementation' of as to the Synod's future impact. the priesthood study. For five weeks, more than 200 A proposed code of medical bishops, curia officials and reliethics. gious order heads discussed the The recommendations of the priesthood and world justice. The 'Synod reaffirmed the traUSCC Advisory Council concerning the establishment of a Na- ditional sacramental role of the tional .Pastoral Council for the priest and made it clear that the
Holy See to restudy a provision of the Ecumenical Directory which prohibits Catholics from preaching or reading the Scriptures at Protestant Sunday services. . A proposed formal statement of response by the NCCB to the recent United Methodist Resolution of Intent, as it pertains to the Roman Catholic Church. A proposal that the NCCB exTurn to Page Fifteen
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bishops had no intention of permitting priests to marry.. In such a. discussion the bishops backed Pope Paul's many statements on priestly celibacy. They also agreed with past discipline which :'grants him' the right ~o permit ma~ried men to be or. dained priests. . The bishops scored the identification of the Church with the world's wealthy instead of with the poor in some situations. They also urged the formation of a special commission to study the rights of women in the Church. Ecumenical activity Turn to Page Fifteen
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CLERGY CONFERtNCE:AspontaQeOUS'~iSC1iS~idti,:b.k;,-·.,'; ;·,:-;B.ishops' Anti;" Poverty Collection Nov. 21 th.e state of th~ dioces~ is conducte~ by BIShop' .Cr~nm WASHINGTON (NC) _ Don't the next town and the. job-train- opportunities to poor people, the Wl,th several pnests dunng Thursday s clergy conferen~e. be surprised if, one day a few ing program or food cooperative Campaign' is giving something
Bishop and Priests Disc~ss Diocese's Pastoral Iss.ues The priesthood of Jesus Christ, as it ministers to the people of the Diocese of Fall River, came under prayerful study this past week as the clergy of the Dio~ cese concelebrated Mass with the Most Reverend Bishop and discussed various needs of the Diocese with him. The meeting was spread over three days to accommodate all
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the priests, divided according to years of ordination. The Fall conference was held this year at St MarY Parish Center, South Dartmouth. There were no startling new announcements,' no dramatic plans to unveil. It was simply a meeting of the Bishop with his priests so that all might better know each other and cooperate more closely in meeting the pastoral needs of the Diocese. Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, D.D., Bishop of, Fall River, spoke on the priesthood to each group-pastors, senior ' assistants, younger assistants. Each priest, the Most Reverend Bishop explained, willingly' acceptl:!d-'-after a long period of preparation and reflection - to share in Christ's salvific mission now entrusted to the Church. Each man had to'overcome personal difficulties in order to consecrate himself body and soul . to the priesthood 'of Je~us Christ. In years past, the Bishop pointed out, participation in the Church's mission, might have been somewhat easier. The Church was better accepted; the Church's influence had a stabllizing influence on society and evoked greater respect from it.
months from now, your kids come home from school and instead of reading, writing and arithmetic, start talking about the problems' of Chicanos, urban black families, migrant workers, old people on small fixed incomes and workers who receive only the minimum wage. Like the day-care center in
in the next county, your children will be beneficiaries of the Campaign for Human Develop-' ment, the U.S. Catholic bishops' anti-poverty program which amassed over $8.5 million in a nationwide collection last Nov. 22 and hopes to do even better this Nov. 21. While it is giving hope and
equally needed, information, to Ordinary non-poor citizens. Most of the Campaign's" revenues about 85 per cent, are going directly into programs of assistance to the poor. But a national, education and information program is a key part of the Campaign's objecTUl1l; to Page Six
The CCD directors in the' New Bedford Parishes have scheduled a four-week program in' adult education for New Bedford and the surrounding area. At 7:30 on four consecutive Monday nights from Nov.' 22 to Dec. 12, iriclusively, Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Diocesan Director of the' Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, will conduct four lecture-discussion periods with the intention of clarifying the ever eternal teachings of the Church. The director will begin with _ lecture and discussion on the TARGET FOR AID: Schoolrooms such as these are the target for aid by dynamics of change and then paign for Human Development. However, more affluent school children will trace the history of the Church aware of the plight of the more unfortunate through an education program Turn to Page Fifteen' '\\\h"":·A~/~''';:Pdm/.tO:page(':TeI1.'.\.:')':'.'Iby.the campaign along with the" aitl to the poor. Ne·Photo." "'.-,1,,. , ' I
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