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ihe Southern Cross, February 10, 1966—PAGE 3
‘Treat Nuns As
Human Beings’
DAVENPORT, Iowa (NC)—
A nun-veteran of inner city
problems campaigns appealed
here to the public to treat
nuns “as individual human
beings” and help them become
involved in today’s social pro
blems. Benedictine Sister
Mary Benet, stationed in Chi
cago, speaking to the Daven
port Catholic Interracial
Council, pleaded: “Give us a
chance to do what we can (in
fighting social problems).
Give us a chance to make
mistakes and pick us up when
we fall down.”
She asked the laity “to look
upon us as individual human
beings with the unique capa
city of woman to love, moti
vate and to give of ourselves.”
The nun, who is the prin
cipal of St. Joseph’s school
in Chicago, is chairman of the
Urban Apostolate of the
Sisters, a voluntary organiza
tion of some 800 nuns from
almost every sisterhood in
the Chicago archdiocese.
She explained that the Sis
ters in the apostolate “become
aware of the human needs of
the people they serve.” She
stressed that the organization
is action-oriented. “Some
thing must be done about social
problems,” she said.
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Projects sponsored by the
Urban Apostolate include a
referral system with the
courts.
“When a girl is paroled or
probationed, she not only gets
a parole or probation officer,
but she is assigned a Sister
as well. The Sister relates to
the girl and her family and
tries to find reasons for the
girl’s delinquency,” Sister
Benet noted.
She said Sisters from eight
convents staff a “hangout”
for teenage girls. The “hang
out” serves as a recreation
center and a place to study.
One hospital provides a home
nursing course for Sisters.
Advocating a role for Sis
ters in community organiza
tions, Sister Benet said: “Sis
ters want to be informed.”
She admitted that Sisters are
often “sheltered behind con
vent walls,” but added, “the
laity has often helped keep
Sisters sheltered.”
“I often hear lay people
criticize Sisters because they
don’t understand problems.
Inform the Sisters, relate to
them and encourage them,”
she urged.
Sister Benet said nuns
* ‘ must become acquainted with
actual problems” before they
can act effectively. She cited
as an example a neighbor
hood in Chicago which is now
populated by almost 74%
Spanish-speaking. Local su
periors in eight convents in
the neighborhood were asked
what they thought the percent
age of Spanish-speaking
people to be. Answers ranged
from 16 to 27%, Sister Benet
said.
Differences between the
roles of the laity and
Religious are diminishing ac
cording to Sister Benet. She
noted; ‘ ‘Selma proved once and
for all that you can no longer
say certain things are for Re
ligious and others are not.”
She participated in the Selma,
Ala., demonstrations.
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IQREI CIS AID MESSAGE
President Johnson Asks Attack
On ‘Root Causes Of Poverty’
WASHINGTON (NC)—Pre
sident Johnson called in his
foreign aid message to Con
gress for an attack on “the
root causes of poverty”
throughout the world—hunger,
ignorance, disease and excess
population growth.
In a message setting major
new orientations, the Presi
dent said (Feb. 1) he plans
“the basic changes the times
demand” in the U. S. foreign
aid program.
Among the changes are new
emphasis on agricultural de
velopment in poor nations,
major new proposals for in
ternational health and educa
tion, and efforts to control
population expansion.
On population, an issue of
particular sensitivity to Ca
tholics, Mr. Johnson said de
veloping countries themselves
have the main responsibility
for facing their problems
“squarely and realistically.”
But he also said the United
States is “ready to help” other
countries. He said:
“The United States cannot
and should not force any coun
try to adopt any particular
approach to this problem. It
is first a matter of individual
and national conscience, in
which we will not interfere.
“But population growth now
consumes about two-thirds of
economic growth in the less-
developed world. As death
rates are steadily driven
down, the individual miracle
of birth becomes a collective
tragedy of want.
“In all cases our help will
be given only upon request,
and only to finance advisors,
training, transportation, edu
cational equipment, and local
currency needs.
“Population policy remains
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a question for each family and
each nation to decide. But we
must be prepared to help when
decisions are made.”
The U. S. Agency for In
ternational Development is al
ready financing population
programs in a number of coun
tries, and several new re
quests for assistance are
pending with AID. However,
the President’s new proposal
marks the first time that
specific legislative authoriza
tion has been sought from Con
gress.
Mr. Johnson was slated to
follow up his general foreign
aid message with additional
detailed messages on inter
national education, interna
tional health—including popu
lation control—and food.
Declaring that the people of
many poor nations today “walk
in the shadow of misery,” the
President cited such problems
as these:
—Half the adults of such
countries have never been to
school.
—Over half their people are
“hungry or malnourished.”
—Per capita food produc
tion is falling.
—“At present rates of
growth,” world population will
double before the year 2000.
Mr. Johnson gave special
attention to the world food
problem. Lately a number of
economists have stressed
agriculture as the key to de
velopment in the poor nations.
They contend that too much at
tention has been given to pre
mature efforts at industriali
zation and not enough to
modernizing and increasing
food production.
The President said that even
if it were desirable to do so,
the United States * ‘cannot meet
the world food needs of the
future.” Instead, he said, the
emphasis must be on “an all-
out effort to enable the
VARIETY SHOW
Seminarians
At Little Sisters
Saturday, February 5, a
group of students of St. John’s
Seminary produced the first
of a number of variety shows
intended for various institu
tions in the Savannah area.
The show, presented at the
Little Sisters of the Poor
Home for the Aged, began with
a drum solo by Joe Herzberg,
and followed With We Three
Plus One; Roddy Carnes,
Bruce Bailey, Steve Deyerle,
and Alex Von Plinsky, play
ing “Pipeline”.
Bill Cramer was next sing
ing the theme from * ‘The Sound
of Music.” Steve Seyfried
followed with a discourse on
the New York subways, and
the songs “To Morrow” and
“El Matador”.
A Hawaiian sword dance
was next on the program, per
formed by Frank candalisa
who was followed by MikeMc-
Krell and Bobby McCormick,
playing and singing “Three
Jolly Coachmen” and “Where
Have All the Flowers Gone.”
“Bimbo, the Baboon Faced
Idiot” finished the festivities,
done by Chip Boyett, Joe D’-
Astoli, and Steve Seyfried.
SEMINARIANS from St. John Vianney Minor Sem
inary who presented Variety Show at Little Sisters
of the Poor, Savannah, kneeling: (1. to r.) Bruce
Bailey, Steve Seifried, Roddy Carnes. Standing:
(1. to r.) Steve Deyerle, Bobby McCormick, Joe
D’Astoli, Frank Candalisa, Alexander Von Plinsky,
Bill Cramer, Mike McKrell and Chip Boyett. Seat
ed: Joe Herzberg.
developing countries to supply
their own food needs, through
their own production or
through improved capacity to
buy in the world market.”
He urged legislation to “re
direct and strengthen” U. S.
food aid programs by foster
ing more “self-help” in de
veloping nations and making
food aid a “more integrated”
part of general economic co
operation programs.
The legislation authorizing
the U. S. Food for Peace
program, the major Ameri
can food aid program for more
than a decade, expires at the
end of this year. The Presi
dent’s proposals thus coincide
with the anticipated congres
sional debate on extension and
expansion of Food for Peace.
The President proposed that
the Agency for International
Development increase its pro
grams in the field of agricul
ture by more than one-third
to a total of $500 million.
One-third of this total would
go to finance imports of fer
tilizer from the U. S., he
said. The rest would be for
such things as improved farm
ing techniques; better roads,
marketing and irrigation fa
cilities; establishment of ex
tension services, coopera
tives and credit facilities;
purchase of farm equipment;
and agriculture research.
On the subject of education
Mr. Johnson said his Inter
national Education Act would
provide for a 50% increase
in AID education activities
to a total of more than $200
million.
In the area of health, he
said he would propose AID
support of health programs
totaling more than $150 mil
lion. He said the programs
would focus on such things as
eradicating epidemic dis
eases, fighting malnutrition,
improving water supplies,
training doctors and nurses,
and providing health facilities.
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Cardinal Calls
For Just Peace
PHILADELPHIA (NC)—Any
peaceful settlement of the war
in Vietnam must also be a just
settlement, Francis Cardinal
Spellman of New York
declared here.
The cardinal had high praise
for American servicemen, and
warned against the “tragedy
of ingratitude” of forgetting
their sacrifices.
Cardinal Spellman made the
remarks at the 25th an
niversary dinner of United
Service Organizations, Inc.
(USO), where he was cited for
outstanding leadership and
distinguished service to the U.
S. armed forces (Feb.3).
The cardinal, who is also
Military Vicar to Catholics in
the U. S. armed forces, said
he came to the dinner not to
receive an award but “to pay
a tribute of honor to those who
are fighting a war-which is
terribly unpopular.” ,
“There is a real danger,”
he warned, “that the longing
for peace and the voices which
call out for it on every side
may cause us to forget their
sacrifices, and if this ever
happened it would be a tragedy
of ingratitude.”
He said “no maninhis right
mind wants war,” and added:
“Every true American joins
them (American servicemen)
in the longing for a peaceful
settlement of this frightful
conflict—a just settlement
which honors the God-given
rights of all concerned. . .
“But there is a vast dif
ference between honest ne
gotiation and the abject sur
render of the finest values of
freedom and of human dig
nity which remain in the world,
and until we can set the stage
for negotiation ^without a
shameful compromise of
others’ freedom, someone
must stand and make a de
fense with arms.
“This is the harsh reality
our men in Vietnam are fac
ing with almost unbelievable
courage and devotion.”
Cardinal Spellman said he
hoped his statements would
not be taken as “beating the
drums of war, because more
and more in this modern world
of ours, war becomes mad
ness.
“More and more we all see
clearly the necessity of settl
ing conflicts at the conference
table. More and more we must
strive for peace and pray for
it desperately—as only men
pray who are in desperate
need.
“Let us all strive by every
honorable means to achieve
peace. Let us dream of it
and not be afraid to hope for
it. Indeed the day may not'
be far off when at last men
may ‘beat their swords into
ploughshares’ and direct their
finest efforts to fashioning not
the weapons of warfare but
the tools of peace.”
But until this day, he said,
“let us pray also for the great
and good men of America who,
not from choice but from
necessity, wage war. Let us
appreciate them and shower
upon them the accolades of
praise which they deserve...
“To forget them for a mo
ment or to disparage what
from a genuine sense of pa
triotism they are doing, would
be an act of ingratitude almost
too terrible to forgive.”
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