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fall River, M@$)$., Thursday, Dec. 14, 1967 Y~I.
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VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope Paul VI has urged Christians to avoid making Christmas too luxurious this
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Corpse_ C~rdia~ Transplant ~ Theologically Lawful VATICAN CITY (NC)-The Vatican City daily news paper, commep.ti~g on the transplantation of a human heart "m a cOlipse into a criticaUy ill patient in South Africa, ~ restated the teaching of Pope Pius XII on v,arious kinds " surgical tranSiJ)lantation. The front-page article in to a person in dire need of it. article continued: '~When SIOsservUitore Romano said Ii The transplant is made from a lbat, although there is "no corpse its lawfulness is univer
ADVENT SPIRI'l':· Lawrence Egan lights the second candle of the Advent Wreath at St. Vincent's Home, Fall Riy-er in the second week of preparing for the coming .of sally upheld C * • .Ohrist. . "Is the principle also·' valid
gliestion whatever" about trans,. lllants of self-regenerating 01' g8ftic matter, such as blood from IIII\e person to another, there regarding the replacement of a ' rpay be no licit transplantation diseased organ which is con~ ....,. the case of removals which sidered vital for the organism, as in the spe.cific cases of South . . not reparable and are re Aflica and the United States? oardcd as real mutilations seri We- believe we can find the an OUSly undermining the whole swer in the speech of pius XII lliess of the organism." of Sept. 30, 1956: ftc article, by Italian Fran ANAHEIM (NO) - The e&can Father Gino Concetti, ob "'In desperate cases, when It president of the American OOl'ved that those who maintain sick person is lost unless there the liccity of transplants seri is' an intervention, and when MediC<'l1 Association l)ave. ~d OUSly undcrmininglthe wholeness there exists a medication,. a vised doctors· to be active in Of the donor's organism "usu means, an operation which, their church and shoulder re-' IIIb' advance- as justification the . without excluding anJ' danger spOnsibHity to counteract moral . motive of .charity or of man decay in American life. still has some possibility of suc ItInd's unity." But he recalled cess, an upright and reflective Dr. Milford O. Rouse, an .at Pope Pius XII rejected this mind admits without further - eider in the. Bapti~t Church, ad JllDtion. ado that a doctor may proceed -dressing the National Federa However, in the case of twin with the application of such tion of Catholic PhysiCians
_ans, such as kidneys or eyes, -treatment with the, express or· Guilds, explored the role of the
.physician in the Church's lay
.. iil considered licit to give one tacit consent of the patient.'" apostolate. .-
Dr; Robin' E. Fredericks, West Los Angeies physician, keynoted this theme when he challenged delegates to "care more about our patients and others, beyond just caring for Bishop Oonn911y announced today the introduction of, them." ; "The familiar teaching-find (I' :new special Diocesan Lay Award for individuals who Christ in every man is the sim ~ve been dediOOlted to various:phases of youth work. The Turn to Page Twenty
Suggests Doctors Become Involved In Laity Roles
New Di'ocesan Lay ·Award Announced_ by Ordinary
__ard will be made to those who have also manifested in . 4ierested in preserving the Neals of :family life and the eare of the sick, age.d and ~edy. It will be recognition for distinguished and outstand ing service to their neighbor in Wle aspect or another. .The medal has a raised image @f Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal with the Latin inscrip @on "0 Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have re oourse to thee". Below the' stat 1llle is the date 1830 which des ignates the year of the appari tion to St. Catherine Laboure. The back of the medal has file seal of the Diocese of Fall lItiver.
, Appointment 'The
Most Reverend Bishop
lllQS approved the nomination by :\"ery Rev. George Roskwitalski, O.F.M. Conv., provincial, of 1l'tev. Ferdinand Zwolak, O.F.M. (:onv. as assistant at Holy Cross Church, Fall River. The ap pointment is effective immedi ~ely.
Father Zwolak replaces Rev. Matthew Kotkowski, O.F.M
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NEW DIOCESAN AWARD FOR LAITY
year and forgetting the needs of the poor. While appreciating the ex change of gifts "on this unique and great day of Christmas which marks the decisive date for the salvation of the world and for each one of us," the -Pope also called his listeners' _attention to other aspects of the feast day. "Permit us to recall to you," the Pope said, "two things most beloved SOIlS . and daughters: First, do not let Christmas be Turn to Page Twenty
Vatican .~Team' to Moscow Includes American Priests VATICAN CITY (NC)-A Vatican delegation, includ mg two U.S. pries'Ps, has visited Moscow for talks with officials of the Russian Orthodox Church on the "sociai teaching of the Catholic Ohurch." The delegation, led by Bishop Jan WiHebrands ()f _ . the Netherlands, secretary of ent) Orthodox churches," ex the Vatican" Secretariat for plained an official communique Promoting Christian Unity, of .the Osservatore Romano. included Msgr. George G. Hig.· Others in the delegation, gins, director of the social ac.. Msgr. Pietro Pavan, Italian spe tion department of the United cialist on the Church's social states Catholic Conference teachings and Mather Jean (formerly NCWC) and Father Calvez, Fr~:m'chJesuit special John ~. Long, S.J.,· of New York, ist in Marxism. an off~cial of the unity secre-The. communique stated that taria1. . . .. th~ d~legation "excl).ange views: The team was "m. the mter~st. WIth :professors of the theolo~': of the regular contacts whIch cal faculty of Leningrad inas- ar~ develop~ng between the Ro- mU~h. _liS they are theol~gians,', man CatholIc Church and each on the social teachings of the of:'the autocephalous, (independ- Catholic Church." .
Ecumenical Center In Whitinsville .For Faiths of Worcester Territory WORCESTER (NC)-A nonprofit, interfaith - corporation has been formed here to operate an ecumenical center in -nearby Whitinsville. Lasell House in Whitifolsville, n?w owned by the EpIscopal dIOcese .of Western Massachusetts, ~lll bec~m.e a center of e~um~mcal activIty under the ~iIrectlOn of. a board. representmg the EpIscopal dIOcese, the. Catholic diocese of Worcester,' and the Greater Worcester Area Council of Churches. . Morton C. JaqUith, a Worcestel' judge who is secretary of the standing committee of the Episcopal diocese said the purpose of the house ":"ill be "to promote morality and religion through the establishment maintenance and operation of an interdenominational ecumenical center for the promotion of Christian unity through study, conference, dialogue worship and fellowship." ' Lasell House was given to the Episcopal diocese in 1952 and has been used for conferences and o institutes. Under an arrangement agreed upon at the diocese's 6~th annual meeting
last June, the new corporation will lease the building and the 11 acres of land surrounding it for $1 a year for the next five years. The Episcopal diocese will also subsidize the new corpora tion up to $7,000 a year. During the five-year period, the cor poration hopes to acquire funds to operate the house independ~ ently. At th . .e end o~ the flv: years, the EpIscopal dIOcese ~Ill deed the property to the interfaith corporation for $1 and grant it a capital gift of $75 000 . J d . .,. u ge- .Jaqulth said the Epis copal dIOcese's decision was made after a year-long study cond~cted under the direction of BIShop Robert M. Hatch. Encouragement to proceed, he said, came from Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of Worcester and Dr. Robert E. Slaughter, execu tive director of the Greater Worcester Area Council of Churches. Judge Jaquith said the cor poration "is not closing any doors on possible use of the new facilities."