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Heal Wounds Bishops Ask
El Salvador - Honduras
GUATEMALA CITY (NC)
— The bishops of Central
America have appealed to
their 12 million Catholics to
heal the spiritual and
temporal wounds left on the
region by the July, 1969, war
between El Salvador and
Honduras.
The leaders of the bishops’
conferences in El Salvador,
Honduras, Costa Rica,
Guatemala and Nicaragua
ANTI-WAR HOMILY
‘Walk-Out’
In Atlanta
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ATLANTA (NC) - A
priest whose controversial
homily on war caused some
members of the congregation
to walk out of church praised
Archbishop Thomas A.
Donnellan of Atlanta for the
“very fair” approach he
adopted to the ensuing
controversy.
Father John Stathas,
assistant at St. Thomas More
parish here, said he was called
in by the archbishop after a
delegation of the parishioners
visited the prelate to express
their concern over the
homily.
“He called me in to hear
both sides and was very fair,”
Father Stathas stated.
The priest said his homily
traced the teaching of the
Church on war through
history and showed “the
Church always has and always
WISCONSIN
should address itself to the
morality of war.”
He mentioned his view
that the Vietnam war is
immoral but called this an
“addendum” to the main
body of the homily.
Some 20 persons walked
out of the two Masses at
which Father Stathas
preached.
Father Stathas quoted
Archbishop Donnellan as
telling him a priest has every
right to speak out on
questions of moral concern
but that it should be made
clear the priest is speaking as
an individual and not as the
official voice of the Church,
when the Church has not
spoken out on a particular
issue.
Archbishop Donnellan
could not be reached for
comment.
41 Schools
Might Close
MADISON, Wis. (NC)-
The likelihood of 41 Catholic
schools in Wisconsin closing
before the start of the
1970-71 school year next
September was underscored
here following a meeting of
the Wisconsin Catholic
Conference.
The conference is
composed of the bishops and
officials of five Sees in the
state.
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The critical financial
situation facing Catholic
schools were cited as the
chief reason for the likely
closings. Charles M. Phillips,
conference executive
secretary, said three high
schools and 38 elementary
schools probably would close,
but added he could not say at
this time which schools
would close.
Phillips estimated that
some 13,200 students would
be affected by the proposed
closings, 8,000 in the
Milwaukee archdiocese alone.
The other dioceses in the
state are Green Bay, La
Crosse, Madison and
Superior.
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issued their call for prayer
and work while civic efforts
to revive Central American
unity and its common market
seem to have failed.
The bishops were spurred
to an overall peace offensive
by words Pope Paul VI
addressed to them at their
special meeting here.
“The Church in Central
America once more wants to
revive her unifying action,”
the bishops stated, and they
quoted the following from
Pope Paul’s message:
“You shall direct your
efforts and initiative toward
the eventual solution of the
problems of development and
population, of an economic
and social nature, and toward
solving the difficulties and
controversies that may arise
from the present events.”
The armed conflict in
mid-July, which was
shortened through the efforts
of the Organization of
American States, of which,
the United States is a
member, cost an estimated
3,000 lives and millions of
dollars in m il i tary
expenditures and in property
destroyed. It also led to
desecration of churches in the
border areas.
The bishops stated that
they wanted to make Pope
Paul’s World Day of Peace
(Jan. 1) the occasion for
launching an effort “that will
overcome all the rivalries and
adverse consequences of the
conflict between El Salvador
and Honduras.”
“We are following renewed
calls from Paul VI, who
anxiously seeks the total
establishment of peace in
Central America,” their
statement said.
Joining in the appeal was
Archbishop Mark G.
McGrath, C.S.C., of Panama
City. Although Panama is not
yet a member of the Central
American Market, its bishops
belong to the Central
American Conference of
Bishops. Other signers were
Mario Cardinal Casariego of
Guatemala City, Archbishops
Luis Chavez Gonzalez of San
Salvador, Carlos H. Rodriguez
of San Jose, Costa Rica;
Hector Enrique Santos of
Tegucigalpa, Honduras;
Bishop Pedro A. Aparicio
Quintanilla of San Vicente, El
Salvador, and Auxiliary
Bishop Donaldo Chavez
Nunez of Managua,
Nicaragua.
In their effort to gather
“the positive contribution of
all toward the unity and the
prompt reestablishment of
the relations needed for
development and progress of
our countries,” the bishops
asked that:
--A prayer crusade by all
Catholics be initatied in
January “for lasting peace,”
with 1970 to “be known as
the Year of Peace.”
--All communications
media orient their reporting
toward peace.
--The governments
concerned lift travel
restrictions and allow the free
transit through El Salvador
and Honduras of bishops,
priests, Religious and others
“engaged in creating a climate
of reconciliation between the
two countries.”
--Teachers in both
countries join in the effort
“as true agents of peace
before the driving force of
youth.”
Travel restrictions against
all traffic and their impact on
trade have been the worst
aftermath of this summer’s
war. El Salvador, a small
nation on the Pacific coast,
has been cut off from other
neighbors in the south and
many of its industries are on
the brink of bankruptcy.
One of the mainstays of
the Central American
Common Market, launched
10 years ago, is a free system
to expand a planned set of
interrelated industries.
PAGE 7 — The Southern Cross, January 8, 1970
RICHARD ESKELI, when he was actor Kevin Kelly, in one of many TV commericals he
appeared in.
SURVEY SHOWS
Extensive
Segregation
WASHINGTON (NC)- A
government survey of racial
isolation in the nation’s
public grade and high schools
shows that in some respects
segregation is almost as
extensive in northern states as
in southern ones.
According to a
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare
compilation, 27.6% of Negro
pupils in 32 northern and
western states attended
predominantly white,
desegregated schools in the
1968-69 school year.
The figure in 11 southern
states was a not-too-far
behind 18.4%. The
nationwide one was 23.4%
The regions differed
markedly, however, in the
percentage of Negores
attending all-black schools.
The statistic for the 32
northern and western states is
12.3%; for 11 southern states,
68%; and for the five deep
south states of Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi and South
Carolina, 81.9%.
Racial isolation was found
to be far less for Spanish
Americans, Orientals and
American Indians than for
Negroes.
Some 45.3% of
Spanish-sumamed students
were in predominantly
“Anglo” schools; 72.2% of
Orientals, and 61.7% of
Indians. The Indian figure
excludes students at federally
administered schools.
4 Poor Man’’s’ 1
Congress
MELBOURNE, Australia (NC)— The International
Eucharistic Congress to be held in Melbourne in 1973
will be known as the “Poor Man’s Congress.”
Archbishop James R. Knox of Melbourne told the
St. Vincent de Paul Society here that the idea
represented by this designation will underlie all
phases of the preparations for the congress and the
congress itself.
Later at the annual. Christmas Mass for the
Catholic Deaf Association, Archbishop Knox said he
feels confident that “if there is a three-year term of
spiritual preparation in Melbourne, the International
Echaristic Congress to be held in 1973 will have a
lasting effect.”
THE SAME RICHARD ESKELI, as Brother Christopher, reciting his final vows as a Dominican
Brother before the Very Rev. Paul Scanlon, Provincial of the Western Dominican Province.
From Actor To Director
-- Of Vocations, That Is
MAKE IT
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A BETTER
WORLD
IN 1970
THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH
KENTFIELD, Cal. (CPF)
— Many actors dream about
becoming a director some
day, and you can’t say
Brother Christopher didn’t
make it. The former actor is
director of Brothers’
vocations for the Dominican
Order’s West Coast Province.
Instead of selling various
products-as he did in many
TV commercials---Brother
Christopher Eskeli, O.P., is
selling the merits of the
Religious life, a life he turned
to after a successful career as
an actor in commercials and
on a variety of TV
shows--from Phil Silvers’
“You’ll Never Get Rich” to
“Your Hit Parade” — and in
many touring musical
productions.
Billed as Kevin Kelly, the
actor-singer was doing very
well in his budding
show-business career until the
Fall of 1961, when:
“One day I was singing in
a night club. The next day I
was a Dominican.”
As he tells hundreds of
young men in his speaking
engagements up and down
the West Coast:
“There was no unhappy
love affair, nor was I
disillusioned with the
professional life. I was not
running away from anything,
but I ran to Something.
“I felt dissatisfied with
myself. I didn’t feel I was
doing anything for my fellow
man or for Christ. I decided
there was something more to
PAVLA Post To Quigley
WASHINGTON (NC)-
Thomas Quigley, 39 veteran
in the lay volunteer
movement work, took office
(Jan. 1) as executive secretary
of the Papal Volunteers for
Latin America (PAVLA).
Bishop Joseph L.
Bernardin, U.S. Catholic
Conference general secretary',
said Quigley takes over the
duties formerly performed by
Father Raymond A. Kevane,
who resigned as PAVLA
national director last August
and returned to the Sioux
City, Iowa, diocese.
Quigley has been director
of the USCC foreign visitors
division since 1963. PAVLA,
which recruits, trains and
assigns North American lay
volunteers to mission service
in Latin America, is part of
the USCC Latin American
division, directed by Father
Louis M. Colonnese.
Bishop Joseph H. Hodges
of Wheeling, W. Va.,
episcopal advisor for PAVLA,
lauded the selection of
Quigley. He said he is
impressed by Quigley’s
“ability, interest, initiative
and expeience.”
Quigley, a native of
Geneva, N.Y., did graduate
work in languages and
linguistics at Fordham
University, the University of
Syracuse and the University
of Michigan. He became
a ssociated with the
Association for International
Development, a lay
missionary group with
headquarters in Paterson,
N.J., in 1958 and pioneered
with the Newman
international student program
at the University of Michigan.
Since 1962 he has been
executive secretary of the
Council of International Lay
Organizations.
ONLY
life. When you take Christ at YOU
face value, you have to CAN
commit yourself in one way do
or another. I chose the THIS
Dominican commitment.”
Brother Christopher, born
Richard Eskeli in Duluth,
Minn., converted to
Catholicism during his senior
year in high school, but the
religious life held very little
attraction for him while he
embarked on a career that
saw him performing in MONTH
touring musicals such as “Li’l BY
Abner,” “Bells are Ringing” MONTH
and the first national YOU
company of ‘‘The CAN
Fantasticks,” in which he HELP
sang the lead role of “El in
Gallo,” the bandit. 1970
The new Dominican
vocations director, who
pronounced his fianl vows
last May, has not found his
show-business experience
wasted. While teaching
English in a Catholic high
school in California, he
directed school plays and
musicals at various schools in
the San Francisco
archdiocese.
How can you make this troubled world a better
place? Pray for our native priests and Sisters
each day, and do all you can to give them what
they need. They are your ambassadors to the
poor, and they get lonely, hungry, tired. Month
by month, have a share in all the good they do!
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Holy Father to take care of the countless num
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□ Give a child a chance. In India, Ethiopia, and
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□ Send us your Mass intentions. The offering
you make, when a missionary priest offers Mass
for your intention, supports him for one day.
Mass intentions are his only means of support.
□ Feed a refugee family for a month. It cost?
only $10. We’ll send you an Olive Wood Rosary
from the Holy Land.
In addition to his vocation
work, Brother Christopher
puts in two nights a week at a
hippie coffee house and also
serves at “Huckleberry
House,” a San Francisco
“halfway house” for runaway
teenagers.
Brother Christopher is
certain that “young people
are just as idealistic as ever.
Perhaps they are more
sophisticated than before, but
the idealism is there and I
want to tap it.”
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Of his new role as a
Religious, the former actor
simply observes:
“I am doing my thing. If I
had known I would Find so
much happiness and peace of
mind in the religious life, I
would have started doing my
thing much sooner.”
(Catholic Press Features)
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