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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 9,1968
POPE SAYS
‘Work Not Most
Important Thing 9
VATICAN CITY (NC) -
On the feast of St. Joseph the
Worker (May 1) Pope Paul VI
praised work as an expression
of the physical and spiritual
faculties of man but warned
against exalting it into the
most important thing in life.
He also asserted that the
answer to the unjust
exploitation of labor is “to
claim better working
conditions.” He admitted,
however, that “the
theoretical answer is easy, if
in practice it is often difficult
enough.”
The Pope was speaking to
crowds of Italian workers and
pilgrims from other countries
at a Mass in St. Peter’s
basilica.
“This is a new feast that
has found its place in the
religious calendar in recent
times,” Pope Paul said,
referring to the creation of
the feast of St. Joseph the
Worker by Pope Pius
XII.
“And is a new feast that
has found its place in the
religious calendar in recent
times,”
“And it is clear that, by
introducing this feast into its
sacred celebrations, the
Church shows a redemptive
intention, almost a desire, of
salvage and certainly a
sanctifying purpose.
“In recent centuries a split
has developed between the
psychology of work and that
of religion. This cleavage has
had big social repercussions.
It still separates from the
faith so many men and
women who make of work
not only their profession but
likewise their spiritual
designation, the expression of
their supreme conception of
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life, in opposition to the
Christian conception of life.”
Pope Paul described this
outlook as “one of the
biggest misconceptions of
modem society.”
On the Christian outlook
toward work, the Pope said:
“Christian thought, and by
that fact the Church,
considers it as an expression
of the human faculties, and
not only of the physical
faculties but also of the
spiritual faculties. .. ”
Work is not a yoke of
punishment but an expression
of man’s natural need to
exercise his forces and
measure them against the
difficulties inherent in nature,
he said.
“But here two questions
among many halt the easy
course of these thoughts,” he
said. The first question is:
“What must we say of work
when it is heavy, oppressive,
unable to achieve its primary
effect, which is bread and
economic sufficiency for life?
When it serves it increase the
riches of others by its own
hardship?”
Here he described his
answer as easy in theory but
hard in practice, and
continued: “But it is a reply
strong in human suffering,
which is a strength victorious
in the end. It is necessary to
claim progressively better
conditions for work. It is
necessary to assure work its
own justice. . . .”
The second question, Pope
Paul said, “concerns the new
form modern work has
assumed: the industrial form,
that of the machine, that of
mass production, that which
has transformed our society
and marked the distinction
and the opposition of the
social classes.”
The Pope commented:
“So much has been written
and elaborated upon this
point that we do not want to
seem simplistic in our reply.
But you understand the basic
simplicity of this talk. The
first reply is this: The Church
admires and encourages this
powerful expression of
modern work because it tends
to multiply economic goods
in such a way that all can in
sufficient measure enjoy
them. And also because,
made more powerful by
machines, work has become
less burdensome to man.”
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ST. JAMES FIRST COMMUNICANTS - Formal First Holy
Communion was received by children of St. James, Savannah,
on Sunday, April 21st. They are pictured with their pastor,
Monsignor John D. Toomey, Mrs. Dell O’Neill and Sister Estelle,
I.H.M. The children actually received their First Holy
Communion with their families during the month of March.
(Photo by Bob Ward.)
Miami Raised To Archdiocese
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priests.
The diocese of St.
Petersburg will include the
following counties: Citrus,
Hernando, Hillsborough,
Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas,
Sarasota (from the diocese of
St. Augustine) and Charlotte,
De Soto, Hardee and Lee
(from the diocese of Miami).
The cathedral will be the
Church of St. Jude the
Apostle. The new diocese has
a total population of
1,066,960 and a Catholic
population of 103,394 in an
area of 7,169 square miles. It
has 74 diocesan and 98
religious priests serving in 57
parishes.
The diocese of Orlando
will include these counties:
Brevard, Lake, Marion,
Orange, Osceola, Polk,
Seminole, Sumter and
Volusia (from the diocese of
St. Augustine), and
Highlands, Indiana River,
Okeechobee and St. Lucia
(from the diocese of Miami).
The cathedral will be the
Church of St. Charles
Borromeo in Orlando. The
diocese covers 12,684 square
miles with a total population
of 982,642 and a Catholic
population of 87,374. It has
55 diocesan priests and 15
religious priests in 47
parishes.
The following counties in
the State of Florida which
have been in the diocese of
Mobile-Birmingham, Ala.,
have been added to the
diocese of St. Augustine:
Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
Gulf, Holmes, Jackson,
Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton
and Washington. The See of
Mobile-Birmingham is now
coextensive with the State of
Alabama.
The redefined diocese of
St. Augustine will cover
23,651 square miles, with a
total population of 1,392,259
and a Catholic population of
68,322. It has 75 diocesan
priests and 17 religious priests
serving in 61 parishes.
Bishop McLaughlin was
born in New York City, Sept.
26, 1913, and attended
Cathedral College, New York;
St. Joseph’s Seminary,
Yonkers, N.Y., and St. John’s
Seminary, Little Rock, Ark.
He was ordained in St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, New
York, on June 6, 1941, and
served as director of youth in
the diocese of Raleigh prior
to being named titular bishop
of Risinium and auxiliary to
Bishop Vincent S. Waters of master’s degree in education.
Raleigh in January, 1964.
The bishop-elect was an
assistant pastor in Sacred
Heart parish, Baton Rouge,
from 1940 to 1942, and
served as a chaplain in the
United States Army from
1943 to 1946. He studied at
Notre Dame in 1946 and
1947, and was chaplain and
teacher of religion and
philosophy at the Catholic
Student Center at Louisiana
State University from 1948
to 1959, and again from 1961
to 1965. He has been pastor
of St. Joseph’s Cathedral and
rector of St. Joseph Cathedral
Prep since 1965.
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Bishop-elect Borders was
born Oct. 9, 1913, the son of
Thomas Martin and Zelpha
Ann (Queen) Borders. He
attended St. Simon’s
elementary school and
Washington Catholic High
School, Washington, Ind.; and
made his college and
seminary studies at St.
Meinrad, Ind., and at Notre
Dame Seminary, New
Orleans. He was ordained in
New Orleans on May 18,
1940. He made
post-ordination studies at the
University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Ind., taking a
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Participants in the third
consultation between the U.
S. Bishops’ Committee for
Ecumenical and Interreligious
Affairs and the Council of
Christian Unity of the
Christian Churches--also
known as the Disciples of
Christ--have urged their
respective communions “to
explore as rapidly as possible
the circumstances and
procedures for responsible
Eucharistic sharing.”
Representatives of the two
churches met here April 29 to
May 1 to discuss
“Responsible Theology for
Eucharistic Intercommunion
in a Divided Church.” After
hearing papers from members
of both churches and
discussions, they agreed on
six points:
-“The act given to the
Church by Our Lord Jesus
Christ and variously known as
the Eucharist, Communion
and the Lord’s Supper, is the
highest expression of unity
within the church.”
-Since all have been
baptized into thr
“community which God
pledges to mankind,” we have
a “given unity in the Lord
Jesus Christ which our
unhappy divisions have not
been able to destroy.”
--“Even when we celebrate
the Eucharist separately, we
are aware that we are in
communion with the same
Lord, and, therefore, in union
with one another.”
-Both churches gather
“around the Table of our
Lord” at least each Sunday,
and “we mutually recognize
that the bond of Christian
community and the power of
Christian life are centered
upon the Eucharistic
celebration. For both of us
the nature of the Church is
discernible principally in the
fellowship of the Lord’s
Supper.”
-“We have discovered that
our understandings of the
Lord’s Supper
similar than
expected.”
are more
we had
“We have found sufficient
theological justification in
principle for some Eucharistic
sharing. Furthermore, we
detect that urgent
theological, ecumenical and
especially pastoral reasons
exist in our country to make
some Eucharistic sharing
desirable.
“We urge our communions
to explore as rapidly as
possible the circumstances
and procedures for
responsible Eucharistic
sharing.”
Ordinations
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at 3:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s
on-the-Hill, Augusta. Pastors
of the Augusta area have been
invited to concelebrate. The
Rev. George C. James will
deliver the sermon, with
con celebrants, other than
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke
and Augusta priests, being
Father Lawrence A. Lucree,
Father James, Father Stuart
Miller, Father Michael Smith
and Father Francis Nelson.
Lector at the first Mass will
be Mr. John Myers and lector
at the ordination Mass will be
Mr. George Champion.
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The Rev. Mr. Mattingly is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey B. Mattingly of
Sarasota, Fla. He attended
McKinley High School in
Washington, D. C., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Duns
Scotus College, Detroit, Our
Lady of the Angels, Albany,
N. Y. and St. Mary’s
Serminary, Baltimore.
He earned an A.B. Degree
at Niagara University and
S.T.B. from St. Mary’s.
The newly ordained priest
will offer his first Solemn
Mass at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday,
May 19th, at St. Anthony’s
Church, Washington, D. C.
Concelebrants at the Mass
will be the Very Rev. John R.
Sullivan, S. S., Very Rev.
Pascal Kinsel, O.F.M., Father
John Bailey. Rev. Mr. Fred
Nijem will be Deacon of the
Mass. The Very Rev. John R.
Sullivan will preach.
The Rev. Mr. Mattingly is
presently working on a
Medical degree at Loyola
University.
CCD PROGRAM FINALE
Day For Youth
At St. Anne’s
Sunday, April 28th, the
final day of St. Anne’s
(Columbus) High School
C.C.D. program, was given
over to the youth of the
parish. Father Stanislaus
Pach, M.S.SS.T. conducted a
meeting in “Christian
Searching.”
Father Pach began the day
with a talk on “Witness,” the
need for Christian action in
the milieu in which the young
person is immersed and
swamped. Discussion groups
were formed with priests and
teachers as leaders.
Confession, Mass, the
Sacraments, God and youth,
the C.C.D. - its merits and
demerits were questioned and
explored.
Collages were created
IN GERMANY
based on Father Pach’s
address, and group
discussions developed from
the message of Clarence
Jordan and The Cotton Patch
Gospels, and the challenge of
Simon and Garfunkel. The
collages were an inter
pretation of how life is,
how it should be, how it
shouldn’t be, with themes
such as “Many questions, any
answer?” “Insanity - the
world today.” and “Love,
peace, war and happiness.”
The collages were hung on
the wall behind the altar in
the auditorium where the
activities of the day took
place. Following confession,
all gathered at the altar for
Mass. Supper closed the day’s
activities.
Five Permanent
Deacons Ordained
COLOGNE (NC)—The
revival of the permanent
diaconate in Germany
became a reality when five
married men were ordained
ieacons in the cathedral here
(April 28) by Auxiliary
Bishop Augustin Frotz of
Cologne.
The five new deacons are
between the ages of 35 and
47 and are all employed.
They will retain their jobs
while performing their new
pastoral duties.
The new deacons were
prepared for ordination in
what is called a “diaconate
circle” of the Cologne
archdiocese, set up eight
yearsago.
In His sermon at the
ordination Joseph Cardinal
Frings of Cologne said that
deacons are representatives of
Christ, the servant of
mankind. The deacons, he
said, are a shining example
for today’s world.
In his sermon Cardinal
Frings cited the following as
tasks the new deacons will
undertake:
-Assist in the sanctuary at
the celebration of Mass;
-Administer baptism;
-Visit the sick;
-Officiate at burials;
--In exceptional cases,
officiate at marriages;
-Preach sermons and teach
catechetics;
-Perform charitable
works;
-Assist in church social
activities;
--Assist in church
administration.
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