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Nomination of Bishops

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Planning Changes In Naming System The National Conference of Catholic Bishops followed the strong plea made' by John Cardinal Dearden of Detroit in the opening session on Monday for "a mutual accountability in the Church for its ministry" by voting on Tuesday to set up a Committee for the Nomination of Bishops to give them a united voice and possible new influence regarding the Vatican's choice of American Bishops. Pope's. The precise relation of new committee, both to the There was also unanimous the delegate and to the Archbishops, agreement to establish a Na- had yet to be determined.

Cereals Could Wipe Out World Hunger in Decade ROME (NC)-New varieties of cereals yielding three times the normal grain harvest could "wipe out" hunger in the world within the next decade, an official of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared Proper introduction of such high-yielding from 5 million to 47 million acres. But he warned that such varieties could "wipe out yields can be gained only if a undernutrition, and even number of requirements are fulhunger, that have been among the most permanent features of the history of man," said Dr. Otto Ernst Fischnich, assistant general director of FAO. Making his statement before FAO's biennial governing conference opened here, Fishnich, a Wt>st German, said that the performance of the new varieties has been "outstandingly promising." "A 15 per cent increase in yield can be a very worthwhile advance. But when yields are doubled and tripled there is no doubt from' when the crops start ripening that something unusual is going on," he said. Hs claimed that the new highyielding rice could be increased from 10 million acres to 100 million acres over the next 17 years. Wheat could be expanded from 10 milion to 40 million acres, and maize, millet and sorghum

filled. "Production of pure seed must be recognized as a first priority. Yet in almost all developing countries seed production is one step behind in terms of development," he said. Fertilizers, adequate water supply, land levelling, better land drainage systems, pests and disease were among other problems Fishnich cited. He said that where sharecropping is widely practiced, tenure arrangements must frequently be changed "to give the cultivator a higher share of the profits' and the landowner a higher share of the costs." Fishnich said that credit must also be made more available to farmers and extra facilities provided for drying, milling, processing and storing the increased yields.

REV. FRANCIS L. MAHONEY

Father Mahoney To Fall River As Assistant Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, .assistant at St. Margaret's Church, Buzzards Bay, since his ordination in '1960, has

been appointed assistant at Immaculate Conception Parish in Fall River. Father Mahoney, son of Mrs. Lucy (Leonard) Mahoney and the late Francis C. Mahoney, is a native of St. Lawrence Parish in New Bedford and was educated at Holy Family elementary school and Holy Family High School where he was an outstanding basketball star. He attended Providence College and then studied philosophy and theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained on April 2, 1960, in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River,. by Bishop Connolly. Father Mahoney was then assigned as assistant at Buzzards The program was first sug- Bay and has also served during gested in May 1968 by NCCM in this period as chaplain at the the diocese and was accepted Massachusetts Maritime Acadand endorsed by the diocesan emy and chaplain of the Cape council, representing priests, Re- Cod Area Boy Scouts of Amerligious and laity of the diocese. ica. Ten specific goals were listed He holds a Master of Educain the report for which specific tion degree from Bridgewater findings were sought. Among State College. these goals were: th~ organizaand management of demographic, educational and financial resources, as well as communications, social and planning sources. Rev. Charles J. Watters, a The principal findings and rec- priest of the Newark, N. J .. Archommendations include plans to diocese, and a cousin of Frank involve all sectors and groups of J. Devine of Holy Name parish, the diocese in the decision- Fall River, was posthumously making process through diocesan awarded the Congressional Medand regional pastoral councils. al of Honor at Washington cereThese councils will receive as- monies last week. Father Watsistance in the planning process ters was honored for heroism in Turn to Page Six an engagement at Dak To, Vietnam two years. ago. He died when a misdirected U. S. bomb hit a group of wounded soldiers At 3 Thursday afternoon, Nov. for whom he was caring. He 20, there will be a meeting of had brought four of the men lay people employed by parishes from a position under enemy fire and the diocese (excluding teach- immediately before his own ers) at Connolly High School, death. The chaplain's father was Ii Fall River, for an explanation of the lay retirement plan. Turn to Page Two

Council of Catholic MIen Gives Diocesan Analysis DAVENPORT (NC) - The results of a study designed to utilize the fullest manpower, resources and facilities of a diocese were disclosed to Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe of Davenport, Iowa. Carried out by the NCCM Study Team, the report was described by NCCM as "one of the most ambitious and exhaustive self-analysis studies ever undertaken by an American Catholic diocese." It will now become a planning process at all levels of the diocese. It was called the "Iowa Southeast Evaluation" to identify it as a study of the total community, not only the Catholic population. The total community was studied so ecumenism could be developed fUlly through the project.

Lay Retirem·ent Plan At 3 Monday afternoon, Nov. 17, there will be a meeting at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, of all pastors, administrators and institutional administrators for discussion of the lay retirement plan.

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tional Central Office for Catholics that will mean more influence for Negro priests and laymen over the activities of the Church in Negro areas. The new committee for the Nomination of Bishops will be headed by the president of the Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Dearden, and include one additional Bishop from each of seven sections of the country. Under current procedures the Bishops of each diocese suggest likely episcopal candidates to their Archbishop, who passes them onto the apostolic delegate, or papal representative in Washington, for forwarding to the Vatican. The final choice is the

The National Office for Black Catholics will be established by the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, which represents a third of the 165 Negro priests and 800 Negro Sisters in the country. The caucus had requested the support of the Bi.shops and $5,000 to finance the election of a 21-member of the board of directors by Negro priests, laymen, nuns and brothers. The Bishops did not specify this precise sum but agreed to finance the election and provide additional operating funds in the future. Rev. Donald Clark, leader of Turn to Page Two

Cardinal Cushing Clarifies Role of Catholic Hospital BOSTON (NC)-What is the Church doing in the hospital business? Richarrd Cardinal Cushing of Boston answered this question during an address at a banquet commemorating the lOOth anniversary of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in suburban Brighton. "I think that an occasion Supreme Court like this one might be an opportunity to clarify certain To Review Smut aspects of this apostolate and make more comprehensible for our times the position of the Church in ministering to the needs of the sick and the suffering," Cardinal Cushing said. He cited occasions in the Old Testament and many occurences in the New Testament where there are "examples of those who have turned to God in an extremity of trial or suffering and found themselves released from their illness." The··prelate described how the apostles became involved in caring for the sick and said the tradition was continued in the early centuries by deacons, who eventually established small hospitals in Rome. Local bishops in many places were sponsoring hospitals by the sixth century, Cardinal Cushing explained. Meanwhile, he continued, "a variety of religious orders had emerged for this special work with whatever skills and training the learning of the time allowed." . The last 500 years have seen governments become more active in operating hospitals. "But, through all of this the continued interest of the Church has insured her involvement in all aspects of human healing and health," Cardinal Cushing said. "I have recalled all of this tonight to demonstrate how from our very Christian origins we are involved in what has come to be called hospital work," he said. "Not only does it spring from the pages of the Gospel itself, but it has a long history in the life of the institutional Church as it was lived by our fathers in the faith."

Mailing Law WASHINGTON (NC) The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review a federal law that requires mailers to stop sending "obscene advertisements to people who do not want to .receive them. The court granted a plea by a group of mailers for a hearing, and later this term will review an April 30 decision by" a threejudge panel in California that the law is constitutional. The court also agreed to hear its third draft case this term, this time an examination of the validity of the Selective Service System's delinquency regulations. The Supreme Court started a two-week recess without ruling on the government request for more time to prepare and carry out desegregation plans in 30 Mississippi counties. The recess extends to Nov. 10, but the court could rule on the matter before then. The suit was brought by the Legal' Defense and Education Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Nixon Administration backed the. school districts in asking that integration be delayed from Sept. 1 to Dec. on grounds tha.t further time was needed to deal with administrative problems. The Fund had asked the court to rule immediately in the case . and give the districts no more than eight days from the time of the ruling to desegregate.