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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, August 5, 1971
FR. NAGELE TRANS
FERRED - The transfer of
the Reverend Joseph Nagele
from Sunfish, Kentucky, to
Elkton, Kentucky has been
announced by the Glenmary
Home Missioners. Father
Nagele has been pastor of St.
John the Evangelist Parish in
Sunfish, Kentucky, since
1960, and previously served
as pastor of Our Lady of the
Assumption Parish in
Sylvania, Georgia.
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THE WORK OF THE CHURCH
By Fr. WILLIAM P DOWLING
Several years ago the
church, at the initiative of
Pope John, undertook a
program of updating.
Understandably things now
are in a pretty confused mess,
and are going to get much
worse before they get better.
At the time of spring
housecleaning many things
are pulled out of nooks and
crannies, dusted off, and
then, often as not, thrown
out.
In the midst of all the
turmoil no one feels
comfortable, especially if the
members cannot agree on
what to keep and what to
throw out.
/At the risk of adding to the
confusion I am going to
suggest the throwing out of
one cumbersome practice
that we have been carrying on
from days of old when it may
have been useful. This is the
practice of contributing
generously to the church as
long as it provides us with
material services worth the
amount we have contributed.
At one time the church,
through the direction of the
bishops and the pope, by
accepting gifts of land and
other property, undertook
the aiding of the poor.
Laudable as this was, the
practice now has so
degenerated that many
people want to see parish
money spent for the benefit
of the “members only.”
Some feel that they are
making a radical suggestion
when they propose the giving
of 10% of church income to
the poor.
I would like to suggest,
what I consider a much
needed renewal, bringing the
church to such a spirit of
poverty that members and
especially parishes would
share their goods with
maximum benefit to the
destitute and the poor, even
to the extent of doing
without hospitals and schools
for the non-poor. I propose
that money offered to the
church be administered by
the priests and bishops
mainly for the benefit of the
poor, after a frugal amount is
allowed for the support of
the priests and their work of
preaching and unifying God’s
people.
Support of the destitute is
not charity, it is a matter of
justice. The destitute have a
right to a fairly decent life,
and the better off have a duty
in justice to give support.
Works of charity for the
non-poor should be
drastically reduced. We have
no right to practice charity, if
we neglect our duty to
support the poor.
I hope there will come a
time when people will accept
this interpretation of
Christian poverty. I am
convinced that it will release
and redirect the enormous
energies of priests and
bishops so that soon we can
be busy about the things that
matter most and there will be
one fold and one shepherd.
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Sister Mary Concilia Moran
has been elected
Administrator General of the
Sisters of Mercy of the Union
in the United States of
America, Monday. She was
elected by seventy-nine
delegates gathered for the
Eighth General Chapter of
the Sisters of Mercy at the
Sisters of Mercy Generalate in
Bethesda, Maryland.
At the age of forty, Sister
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youngest woman to serve in
this capacity. Most recently,
she served as Provincial
Administrator of the
Scranton Province, with
residence in Dallas,
Pennsylvania. The major
portion of her professional
iife has been in hospital work,
but she has taught six years in
elementary grades.
In addition to electing
their Administrator General,
delegates to the Eighth
General Chapter face major
issues of religious renewal
affecting six thousand Sisters
of Mercy of the Union -
structure of government,
formulation of vows,
involvement in social action,
and relationship to the
Church.
Delegates to the Chapter
from the Baltimore Province
are:
Sisters Helen Amos, M„
Stella Maris Bergin, M.
Michelle Carroll, M. Baptist
Cleary, M. Cleophas Costello,
M. Faith McKean, Patricia
Smith, Charlene Walsh, Carol
Wheeler. Also representing
the Sisters from this area are
the following: Sisters Mary
Vera Duvall and Elizabeth
Ann Linehan.
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POPE PAUL PRAISES MOON FEAT: Apolla 15 Commander David R. Scott leads his crew
towards the launch pad from their living quarters early July 26th. James Irwin follows Scott as
Alfred Worden takes a minute out to shake hands for good luck with his father. Pope Paul praised
the astronauts for their intelligence, ability and daring in a talk Aug. 1. (NC PHOTO)
EXCHANGE MESSAGES
Pope Hails Achievements
Of Apollo 15 Astronauts
CASTELGANDOLFO,
Italy (NC) — Pope Paul VI
has hailed the intelligence,
ability and daring of the U„S.
Apollo 15 team and has
disclosed that he and the
astronauts exchanged private
messages about the latest
moon flight.
The Pope devoted most of
his usual noon Sunday talk
(Aug. 1) at his summer home
here to the Apollo 15 _
adventure. Papal aides said
the Pope often interrupts his
work to watch television
transmissions from the flight.
Pope Paul said that he was
following the flight “with our
admiration, our good wishes
and our prayers.” He said the
flight was an “incredible
effort of dominion” on the
part of man and added, “We
admire his intelligence, his
ability, his daring.”
Toward the end of his talk
the Pope revealed that he had
sent a private message of best
wishes and prayers to the
Apollo 15 team before take
off from Cape Kennedy and
had in return received a
message of thanks from the
three astronauts, Col. David
R. Scott, Maj. Alfred M.
Worden and Lt. Col. James B.
Irwin, which he read.
Pope Paul told his Sunday
visitors that the journey and
discoveries of Apollo 15
reconfirm his belief in a
supreme being behind the
mysteries and immensities
now being explored. As he
put it, “Let us learn to
admire and celebrate in
ourselves the speaking God in
the mute language of nature,
earth and sky.”
The test of the Pope’s talk
follows:
We, too, are closely
following the fascinating
undertaking of the Apollo 15
these days. It is impossible to
remain aloof.
We follow it with our
admiration, our best wishes
and our prayers. How many
thoughts spring from the
observation of such a fact,
even though strictly speaking,
it is not the first. But its
singularity and its nature are
such that we are compelled -
once more -- to render honor
to man even before rendering
honor to the event of which
he is the originator.
He appears to us engaged
and victorious in an
incredible effort of dominion.
We admire his intelligence, his
ability, his daring. He soars in
an apotheosis of science and
of technology. But he
appears, more than ever
before, as the inventor and
the discoverer, not as the
creator. The cosmos, being,
precedes him and allows him
an insight into its mysteries,
its immensities, its depths.
And the panorama of the
physical becomes
philosophical and theological.
There is also imposed on
us, citizens of the earth who
are accustomed to look upon
the scene of nature which
surrounds us, an imperious
sense of wonder and of
metaphysical curiosity. Nor
does there escape our mind
the alternative of two
answers: The material and
natural world is its own
beginning and the cause of its
being. This is the monistic,
pantheistic answer, which
checks the progress of the
transcendent understanding
of things and compels it to
renounce the enrapturing
dialogue with the living, wise,
all-powerful and loving
principle of the universe. Or
else the world is created, is
generated by a Thought, by a
Word, which expresses itself
mysteriously in the very
being of things and in their
descipherable intelligibility.
The world then appears to
us like a book that we must
read, by means of use, study
and science, which then
overflows in prayer and
religiousity. If then by a very
happy change, a direct word
were to come to us directly
from the very lips of the
Creator, we would have faith,
direct conversation, the
beatitude of a super-vision of
the universe.
We reconfirm, in any case,
our belief that the place of
religion in the immense and
astonishing framework of
reality when it becomes truth
is not mythical, abusive or
superfluous but central,
luminous and vital.
It was not in vain, even
though it is now remote, that
the precursor of modern
ORLANDO, Fla. (NC) -
What manner of man goes to
the moon, and in going at
once makes man a giant and a
midget?
This was a question posed
by the weekly Florida
Catholic while astronauts
David R. Scott and James B.
Irwin, Jr., were trecking
across the moon in their
Lunar Rover, and Alfred M.
Worden circled 70 miles
above in the Apollo 15 lunar
spacecraft.
Obviously, they are highly
skilled men -- men whose lives
have been dedicated to
science, technology and
service, said the Florida
Catholic. It went on to make
these observations:
Watching these
cumbersomely-suited men in
their spacecraft, hearing the
calm, professional crisp
repartees between Apollo 15
and Control in Houston, one
could easily forget they are
indeed men, men with
families (except, in this case,
for bachelor Worden), men
who were once boys.
At 39, Scott was set for a
military career from
boyhood. He is the son of an
Air Force general. He and
Neil Armstrong proved their
mettle when they brought the
tumbling Gemini 8 under
astronomy, Kepler, perceived
the analogies of innate
mathematical forms of the
human spirit with the
fundamental laws of the
cosmos.
Let us learn to admire and
celebrate in ourselves the
speaking God in the mute
language of nature, earth and
sky.
Here is now private news
of great and common
interest. It is the answer to a
confidential message of good
wishes which we sent them
before the departure of the
three cosmonauts. The
answer was addressed to our
apostolic delegation in
Washington:
“We of the Apollo 15 team
wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the thoughts
and prayers of His Holiness
Pope Paul VI and for your
consideration in sending us
the message as well as your
good wishes.
“We are embarking on the
voyage of the Apennine and
Hadley with the wish that the
knowledge we will obtain and
scientific discoveries derived
from this mission will make
progress in the life of man
throughout the world.
Our voyage is for all
mankind and we hope that
the talents which God gave us
will enable us to live up to
the expectations of all those
who have so kindly supported
control — and in 1969, Scott
was the First astronaut to fly
alone in an Apollo command
craft.
He is an Episcopalian, is
married to the former Ann
Lurton Ott of San Antonio,
Tex. They have two sons,
Tracy, 10, and Douglas, 7.
Irwin is 41 years old. His
father is a plumber. He, too,
is Episcopalian, and proved
his strength and dedication to
space with a tremendous
comeback after a near fatal
plane crash nine years ago.
Apollo 15 is the colonel’s
first space flight. He is
married to the former Mary
Ellen Monroe from Corvallis,
Oregon, and they have four
children, Joy, 12, Jill, 10,
James 8, Jan, 7.
The 39-year-old command
module pilot, Worden, is also
in his first space flight. He is a
Presbyterian who, it was
rumored, planned to leave a
shamrock on the moon — but
this report has not been
confirmed.
A bachelor, he is a music
buff and “dates television
stars, stewardesses and
secretaries” (as one release
reported). He is talkative and
a mod-dresser. His father is a
movie projectionist at a
theater in Jackson, Miss.
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