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PAGE 2 — The Southern Cross, December 5, 1968
NEW DEPARTMENT
USCC Appoints Director
For Christian Formation
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Father Raymond A. Lucker,
a priest of the archdiocese of
St. Paul and Minneapolis, has
been named the first director
of the Department of
Christian Formation of the
United States Catholic
Conference, Bishop Joseph L.
Bernardin, general secretary
of USCC, announced here.
Father Lucker has been
superintendent of schools and
director of the Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine in his
archdiocese. In his new post
he will be the top executive
officer in this USCC
department. The department
already has functioning
divisions for elementary and
secondary schools, the
Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine, the Newman
Apostolate, and youth
activities. To be added are
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divisions of religious
education, higher education
(which will include Newman
work), and continuing (adult)
education.
The appointment is to be
effective Jan. 1.
“The reorganization of the
U nited States Catholic
Conference has taken a
significent step forward with
the appointment of Father
Raymond A. Lucker as the
first director of the
Department of Christian
Formation,” Bishop
Bernardin said in making the
announcement.
“The board field of
education, for which this
department is responsible, is
surely of prime concern to
the Church today. The
establishment of the new
department gives assurance
that the excellent leadership
and service which the USCC
has given in this field will not
only be continued but also
strengthened and expanded.
“The change taking place
in the church and in society
generally will present many
new challenges to the
department, I am confident
that, because of his talent and
experience, Father Lucker,
with the help and
cooperation of his dedicated
staff, will meet these
challenges successfully.”
The department functions
under the Departmental
Committee on Christian
Formation, of which Bishop
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the committee includes
bishops, priests, Religious and
laity.
This department is
concerned with he Christian
formation (education and
training) of young people and
adults in parish life and in
schools, colleges and
universities. Its task is to
provide leadership and
program assistance to
dioceses, institutions, and
individuals in order to achieve
this end.
To fulfill its mission, the
department will have the
responsibility of preparing
and sponsoring the
publication of educational
materials, conducting and
stimulating research and
experiments related to the
staffing and financing of
church-related education, and
developing and maintaining
liaison with government and
groups interested in Christian
education. In particular this
department and its divisions
are expected o work closely
with the National Catholic
Educational Association
(NCEA).
Father Lucker was born in
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 24,
1927, and was ordained for
the archdiocese of St. Paul on
June 7, 1952. He holds a
master’s degree from St. Paul
Seminary, and a licentiate
and doctorate in theology
from he University of St.
Thomas in Rome. He is
currently completing his
thesis for a doctorate at the
University of Minnesota.
He has been active in the
field of catechetics. He has
taught at grade school,
secondary and college levels,
is a member of the executive
committee of the Elementary
School Department of the
Nat ional Catholic
Educational Association, and
has served as an advisor to the
St. Paul Association for
Exceptional Children.
DESERTERS IN SWEDEN — In the headquarters of the American Deserters Committee in
Stockholm one will find a library, an editorial desk, some revolutionary posters-and homesickness.
A leader of the committee said that Sweden is not the heaven for deserters that many an American
believes; many of them are depressed over their self-imposed exile and are longing to return home.
Of about 200 American deserters, a total of more than 100 have been granted asylum in Sweden
on humanitarian grounds. (NC Photos)
OVER BIAFRA POLICY
Is US Starvation Task
Force Signal Of Split?
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retreats for high school
students and young adults.
He is the author of Aims of
Religious Education in the
Early Church and in the
American Catechetical
Movement.
BY JOHN R. SULLIVAN
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Under Secretary of State
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,
with a strong push from the
White House, has opened an
emergency task force on
Biafra within the walls of the
U.S. State Department.
The Task Force may also
signal the opening of a breach
within the State Department
over U.S. policy on the
war-and perhaps policy
toward all of Africa.
The Task Force began
operations more than a week
ago under the direction of C.
Robert Moore, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for
African Affairs. But just what
it is doing so furiously-it
works round the
clock-remains something of a
mystery.
Its formation reflects the
fact that growing pressure has
forced the nation’s top
foreign policy makers to take
a hard look at the effects of
the nation’s policy toward
Biafra in the light of the
soaring risk of massive
starvation.
And the fact that it was
started Under Secretary
Katzenbach and not Assistant
Secretary for African Affairs
Joseph Palmer, has led some
Africanists to the conclusion
that the policy may be
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Palmer, a former U.S.
Ambassador to Nigeria, and
now head of the State
Department’s Department of
African Affairs, has long
agreed with the U.S. Embassy
in Lagos, the Nigerian
government and the British
that the most effective way
to solve the problem of
starvation is through a quick
victory by the federal
Nigerian forces.
That conclusion has not
altogether been one of cool
rationality. Most of those
who hold the view have
strong emotional
commitment to the concept
of a unified Nigeria-a
“commitment which was
threatened when Biafra
declared its independence 18
monts ago.
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And as the war drags on
the theory’s rationality is
becoming increasingly suspect
among higher policy-makers.
The federal Nigerians are
receiving massive military and
economic aid, the dissent
says, so why doesn’t it win?
They are losing hope that
the federal government either
can or will win a quick
victory.
Therefore, as the public
protests mount-every day
brings more petitions and
letters demanding U.S. aid to
the relief agencies sending
supplies to Biafra-they have
begun exploring other ways
to stave off starvation.
They have also been
spurred by reports from
Catholic Relief Services, the
International Red Cross and
their own Agency for
International Development
that the current rate of death
is rising-and will leap toward
the 25,000-per day mark by
the end of the year.
AID recently estimated
that half of the people of
Biafra-who total between
seven and nine million-are
“in jeopardy” of death from
starvation.
“It’s far worse than anyone
realizes,” said one official.
The private agencies, such
as CRS and European
religious agencies are running
short of funds. The Red Cross
has repeatedly appealed for
money to ship food which it
already has in storage.
They estimate the daily
food need at 40,000 tons. At
present a good night will see
one-teeth that arrive at
Biafra’s lone airstrip.
The consequences of direct
U.S. aid to Biafra-the only
thing, the relief experts say,
which would help-could well
be alienation of the federal
Nigerian government at a
time when it is drawing closer
to the Soviet Union.
The two recently signed a
$140 million long term loan
agreement, and the USSR has
supplied more than a score of
jet fighters and bombers as
well as technicians and arms,
to federal forces.
Within the State
Department the consequences
are hard to predict during the
closing days of the Johnson
administration. Should a new
policy evolve before Richard
Nixon moves into the White
House Jan. 20, it would be up
to him to either affirm it or
reverse it. His few statements
on African policy give no
indication what that action
might be.
For the Nigerian federal
government, the
consequences could be
disastrous. To them, direct
aid to Biafra would appear to
mean that the United States
has started to abandon their
sinking ship. An angry
reaction, however, could only
hasten a policy shift away
from the federal government.
Should that occur, it
would undoubtedly influence
British policy-which is
already under heavy attack at
home, the loss of such
diplomatic props could well
precipitate a further break-up
of the federal government.
Already Nigeria’s Western
Region has been the scene of
demonstrations protesting
new taxes to pay for the war.
Observers of Nigerian
politics say that these are not
isolated events, but are
symptomatic of a
long-standing Western
dissatisfaction with he
federation.
In fact, some theorists
suspect that Nigeria has
deliberately dragged out the
war in the hopes that it will
help solidify the feeling of
Nigerian unity which showed
early in the conflict.
Should that tactic fail,
many believe the federation
would crumble, regardless of
the outcome of the war with
Biafra.
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Bl. Sacrament PCCW
St. Vincent’s Corale presented a Holiday program at the
December meeting of Blessed Sacrament’s (Savannah) P.C.C.W.
A covered dish supper preceeded the business meeting.
Catholic Women’s Club
The monthly meeting of The Catholic Women’s Club is
scheduled for Tuesday evening, December 10th at 8:15 P.M. in
the Cathedral meeting room. The annual exchange of Christmas
gifts will take place after which there will be Christmas Carols
featuring Father Lawrence Lucree at the piano.
Bl. Sacrament Supper
The Blessed Sacrament Home and School Association will
hol 4 d its annual Chicken Supper and Bazaar on Saturday,
December 7th from 5 P.M. until 8 P.M. Tickets for the supper
will be $1.25 for adults and seventy-five cents for children.
Take-outs will be available. Booths will feature handmade
Christmas decorations and beautifully dressed dolls. Proceeds
from the annual benefit are used for the school.
Deanery Variety Show
A benefit Holiday Variety Show will be sponsored by the
Savannah Deanery Council of Catholic Women on Friday,
December 13, 1968 at 8 P.M. in the Blessed Sacrament School
Auditorium. Pupils from all the parochial schools in the
Savannah area under the direction of the school principals will
present a variety of entertainment and the Rev. Michael Smith
will serve as master of ceremonies. The Deanery President, Mrs.
William P. Schneider, will be assisted in this project by the
following committee: Refreshments: Mrs. Eugene R. Walker and
Mrs. Ira E. Smith. Tickets: Mrs. Gordon Whelan, Jr. and Mrs.
James Head. Arrangements: Mrs. J. Harry Persse, Mrs. L. H.
Bazemore, Mrs. James S. Flynn, Mrs. James M. Anderson, Jr.,
Mrs. John H. Gallagher, Mrs. Katherine Sheppard, Mrs. Claudia
Bryan and Mrs. Catherine Cleveland. Tickets are priced at $1 for
adults and 50c for children and may be secured from parish
council presidents and at the door. The public is invited.
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