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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, July 22, 1971
LIBERTY
PRIESTS AT WORK
TIMELY MESSAGE: This “Sign of the Times” graphically conveys the nation’s parish school
problem. It was erected in tront of St. Francis Xavier parish, Burbank, Ca. It can be used to
illustrate the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on aid to private schools. (NC PHOTO by A1
Antczak.)
TRAILER COMMITTEE’
Congressmen Sell
Cattish To Aid Elderly
By Fr. WILIIn M P DOW LI NC
Most priests work hard, at
least as hard as the average
layman, but I think we need
to take a second look at the
kinds of work priests are
doing. Most priests probably
feel that their various
activities are unquestionably
part of their priestly
obligation.
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Unlike several state legislators
and the U.S. Supreme Court,
many European countries
have few qualms about aiding
their nonpublic schools.
In Ireland, the government
pays teacher salaries and most
other educational costs -
including bills for books and
EAGLE SCOUT - Paul
Rakel, Troop 3 of Chehaw
Council, sponsored by St.
Teresa’s Church, has been
awarded the rank of Eagle
Scout. Paul is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Rakel of
Albany.
Perhaps in many, or even
in most, cases this is true and
these works are necessary;
but what I am proposing is
that we take a good look to
make sure.
A priest is called upon to
do a multitudinous variety of
learning materials -- for the
country’s primary schools.
The schools are usually
managed by local clergymen
who appoint teachers - some
of whom are Religious.
In Britain, the government
makes direct financial grants
to its “voluntary schools” -
most of which are
denominational. For the
1968-69 school year, the
grants amounted to $24.6
million for primary voluntary
schools and $11.8 million for
secondary schools.
In France, however, the
amount of government
financial aid a church-related
school receives depends on
the amount of government
control. The French National
Assembly renewed this year a
law allowing religious schools
to enter into different
contracutal relationships with
the state.
If a religious school is
completely independent, it
receives no government aid; if
it agrees to offer some classes
which are identical to public
school c lasses, t he
government pays half the
costs for these classes; and if
it conforms completely to
public school curriculum and
standards, the government
makes no distinction between
that school and a public
school when it pays the bills.
things, to name a few: count
the collection, fill out
records, keep parish books,
take census, give all kinds of
counseling, prepare sermons,
preach, attend meeting, give
instructions, visit the
hospitals, administer the
sacraments, console, conduct
funerals, form organizations,
preside at the liturgy, study,
pray, administer parish
business, and just plain be
available to talk. We need to
assign some sort of priority to
all these demands.
Starting with the ultimate
objective of the priesthood:
that of the unification of
mankind, we should
scrutinize every other
objective and every other
activity to see if it leads to, or
away from, our ultimate
objective.
All activities are not
compatible. In some types of
civilian work, especially
political, there may be the
possibility of conflicts of
interest. So, too, in the
priesthood not all works are
compatible with the ultimate
objective of the priesthood,
unity.
At times an activity
somewhat at odds with the
ultimate objective may
become necessary because of
someones need. If a need is
great enough, and if it is not
being filled properly, a priest
may very well find it his
obligation, not only to preach
about the moral obligation of
people to help their neighbor,
but to lead the way by
starting to do it himself. In
other words, his obligation as
a priest does not release him
from his obligations as a
human being. He must
function in both worlds.
However, there are certain
dangers and certain activities
that seem to me to be so
incompatible with the
essential work of a priest as
to generally exclude these
activities from priestly
participation except in rare
cases. For example: partisan
politics, or partisan
administration of public or
church affairs.
I think pastors, bishops,
and others in charge of
administering church affairs
should be especially wary of
the ease with which church
goods can be administered in
favor of a privileged part of
mankind.
Administration is one
occupational area that can
most easily become
incompatible with the
priesthood. Just as the
administration of public
property for privileged self
interest groups is wrong, so, I
feel, the administration of
church resources for the
benefit of “members only” is
wrong.
It seems to me that church
property, somewhat like
public property, should be
administered for all people,
and most expecially in favor
of the poor, and the
materially and spiritually
disavantaged.
Perhaps some way can be
found to get priests out of
the business of administration
so they can devote more of
their energies to bringing the
unity of Christ to all people.
By Carolyn Sherman
WASHINGTON
(NC)-“ Arkansas Farm-Grown
Catfish” read the sign, and
beneath it thronged 2,000
young people, old people,
black people, white people,
waiting for their helpings of
hush puppies, beer,
watermelon, and, of course,
catfish.
Elderly Americans were
the reason for this historic
catfish fry, probably the first
ever held in Washington,”
according to Rep. David
Pryor (D-Ark.), sponsor of
the fund-raising event.
Washingtonians of all ages
and occupations paid $5 each
to help raise money for the
House Trailler Committee of
the Aging.
Since February of 1970
Rep. Pryor has been trying to
establish a House Select
Committee on the Aging to
study the conditions of
elderly people all over the
United States. Unable to
secure either a hearing or
offices in the House itself, he
and several staff workers set
up shop in three trailers
parked in a filling station
across the street from the
House office buildings. From
these offices volunteers,
mostly young, have been
working all summer,
compiling a comprehensive
study of the conditions of the
elderly, federal and state
programs available to help
them, the programs’ impact,
and recommendations for
additional legislation and
reform.
The catfish fry was to
make all this possible and,
according to Pryor aide, it
was “a rruch bigger success
than we ever hoped for. We
thought we might have 1,000
people if we were lucky, but
this is just tremendous.”
The fry had all the air of a
country barn-raising, with
people donating everything
from the catfish (courtesy of
the Catfish Farriers of
Arkansas) to the use of the
parking lot near the Capitol
where the fry was held,
donated by the owner, and to
the Dixieland band that
played throughout the
evening, courtesy of the
musicians’ union. Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.), and
Sen. Frank Moss (D-Utah),
lent a hand frying the fish,
but Martha Mitchell’s offer to
serve as a waitress was
shortlived because she was
called away unexpectedly to
Europe to meet her husband,
Attorney General John
Mitchell, who was attending
the American Bar Association
Convention in London.
The evening was warm and
clear as Priest-Congressman
Robert F. Drinan (D-Mass.)
shook hands with old people,
blacks wearing Afros and
Dashikis, policemen and
children as they munched
watermelon and catfish.
Rep. James Symington
(D-Mo.) played the guitar and
sang the “Carwdad Song” and
“Frankie and Johnny.”
The Rev. Walter Fauntroy,
the District of Columbia’s
delegate in Congress,
introduced himself to the
crowd this way: “Some
people say I’ve been running
on the record of two dead
men, Martin Luther King and
Jesus. Tonight I’d like to
dedicate a song to each of
them and to the American
dream Dr. King died for.”
The huge audience was
almost hushed as Fauntroy
sang “The Impossible Dream”
and “A Land Where You’ll
Never Grow Old.”
After several hours of
singing and eating, guests
began drifting home. Mused
one sandaled girl to her
bearded companion, “I guess
maybe this is what Fourth of
July used to be like.”
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Brazil Priests Arrested
RECIFE, Brazil (NC) — Police entered Recife archdiocesan
offices here and arrested Father Carmil Vieira at about the same
time another Recife priest, Father Geraldo de Oliveira Lima,
was arrested at the Natal airport 150 miles north of here. Both
were charged with participating in “subversive activities.”
Father Vieira was later released for lack of evidence. But Father
de Oliveira was being held “as a dangerous person,” according to
an announcement made by military authorities. Both priests
work under Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife,
leader in a nationwide movement for social justice. The
newspaper Jornal do Brasil said in Rio de Janeiro that federal
agents did not have a warrant to enter the Recife chancery
office. The newspaper’s correspondent in Recife added that
Father de Oliveira had confessed during a summary trial there
and said the priest fainted twice “under nervous tension.”
Defend Refugee Program
WASHINGTON (NC) — The United States government has
ethical and economic reasons for accepting another 100,000
immigrants from Cuba, Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of
Miami told a Senate subcommittee here. The archbishop spoke
from a prepared text before the Senate Subcommittee on
Appropriations, defending government-sponsored “Freedom
Flights” of Cubans to Florida. The program is being criticized
by some members of Congress. At least one has attempted to
end the “Freedom Flights” this year. Archbishop Carroll first
described “the economic stimulation the Cubans have brought
to the lagging economy of south Florida during the sixties.” He
said Cuban refugees have rehabilitated 20,000 dwelling units,
thus saving government urban renewal money; contributed
2,200 medical doctors to this country; established nearly 3,000
businesses in Dade County, Florida, alone; and paid
“appropriate local, state and federal taxes amounting to millions
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College Aid Plan Proposed
TRENTON, N.J. (NC) — When the New Jersey Board of
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proposal to assist New Jersey’s private colleges and universities
through State payments of a specific amount of money for each
degree given. The board reportedly discussed the plan at a
meeting in June and decided to recommend it to the State
legislature for approval. A formal vote of the board is on the
Aug. 6 agenda. The tentative payment scale would be $300 for
an associate of arts degree from a two-year college; $800 for a
bachelor’s degree; $400 for a master’s, and $2,800 for a —
doctorate. The proposed payments are based on 15 percent of
the average cost for educating a student in the New Jersey
public college. At current degree-granting rates, the payments
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