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t The Southern Cross DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER Vol. 55 No. 40 Thursday, November 14,1974 Single Copy Price — 15 Cents AN EDITORIAL The Campaign for Human Development We hear constantly of evil: hypocricy, lies, manipulation, oppression, cynicism. One might almost come to wonder if the whole world was made up of selfish and unfeeling people -- tearing at each other, despising each other, fearing each other. The temptation is to wonder if you’re being foolish to believe that the meek will really inherit the earth, that integrity has such value, that trying to live as Jesus taught is something anybody else is willing to risk in actual life. But this isn’t fair to ourselves, to people or to the Lord. Surely, there IS grave injustice and great evil in the world and in our society. But there is also great GOODNESS -- and great good. It’s quiet, unnoticed for the most part. We’ve grown so accustomed to discouraging things that we might not even look at a thousand lives of integrity and fidelity because of the strident impossibility to miss cruelty or greed of a few. The Campaign for Human Development is a Symbol of what great good could be done if we continually re-evaluate our priorities as a People to be sure that the basic rights of all, the dignity of each individual and the unity of man in the Body of Christ comes before a few more luxuries, a needless surplus of wealth, things that could be forgone or postponed. It is also a Symbol of the great good that IS in the world - the quiet, uncredited good that exists in the lives of poor and non-poor alike. It is the story of what poor people do without ever receiving a headline - and the story of the brotherhood of NON-poor people who receive no public credit for what they do. The Campaign is four years old now. Thirty million dollars has been contributed to this program of: - helping us all to KNOW the poor -- who they are, where they live, what it IS to be poor - particularly in an economy with rising prices for everything. -- the largest single group of poor people: people over the age of 65 - white, black, brown, red, yellow; people on fixed and limited incomes who barely could afford to heat their room or go shopping BEFORE the prices soared. - 60% of the 36,000,000 poor people in our country have never received any form of public assistance - or of welfare. - half of America’s poor live in rural areas or small communities. - four out of five of those who DO receive some minimal public assistance are children under the age of 18 or people over the age of 65 -- or they are blind or disabled. - only 1% of those who receive public help are men who are physically able to work -- but who hires them with a high unemployment rate? Unlike the day in which St. Paul lived, not everybody CAN earn their food by working with their hands. Today there are machines that replace people. Please be part once again of this really GOOD, very real though quiet and perhaps unnoticed facet of our nation today. Give generously to the Campaign for Human Development in the special collection to be taken up in the Diocese of Savannah on November 24th. YOU make the difference. YOU have ALREADY made the difference for tens of thousands. Together, we will make the difference that was the dream, the vision and the victory of the Lord. POPE TELLS CONFEREES Food Crisis Is Result of Bad Distribution DICK GREGORY COMMENTS ~ Surrounded by newsmen, humorist and human rights advocate Dick Gregory talks about his fast to spotlight world hunger. Gregory, attending the World Food Conference in SAVANNAH AREA CHURCHES Rome, praised Pope Paul’s “very beautiful statement” on food. Gregory said that population is not the problem because the earth could feed many millions more if all its arable land was cultivated. (NC Photo) BY JOHN MUTHIG VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI told World Food Conference participants that the global food crisis stems from unwillingness to correct maldistribution of the world’s resources and from the overconfidence which nations place in industrialization. Pope Paul also warned Nov. 9 the approximately 3,000 participants in the conference that the issue of population growth can become an “alibi” used to sidestep the real issues behind the food crisis. The Pope called efforts to impose restrictive population policies on nations “a new form of warfare.” He said such efforts are designed to deprive some countries of their “just share of the earth’s goods.” In the papal audience hall, the Pope told the delegates and observers to the United Nations-sponsored food conference that the world is undergoing a “crisis of civilization and of method which shows itself when only the model of society that leads to an industrialized society is considered.” He warned against placing too much confidence in the “automatic nature of purely technical solutions, while fundamental human values are forgotten.” Speaking in French, the Pope cautioned against “the quest for mere Self-Study Group Clarifies Purpose BY PAUL ROMEE The Self-Study Committee for the Catholic Church in Savannah held its last meeting at Sacred Heart Rectory, 1707 Bull Street, on November 7. The INSIDE STORY Serrans Pg. 2 'Know Your Faith' Pg. 5 National Office Pg. 7 DCF Workshops Pg. 8 Self-Study Committee has chosen for its general goal: “For the honor and glory of God, that the Church of the Savannah Deanery approach its mission as a total community effort in the areas of worship, teaching, love, service, and witness.” In terms of this general goal the Self-Study Committee is considering the following categories: A. Love and Worship. To encourage through the liturgy a sense of community within the Deanery and to promote good, vital worship in the deanery. To unite all the people in the Deanery in the peace and truth of Christ. To these ends the Committee may examine such areas as: Parish consolidation, parish boundaries, and physical properties of the Church. B. Service. To collaborate with all people of good will in creating a liberating and healing social order. The Social Apostolate, decent housing, improved lving conditions, improved health, educational and recreational facilities, and the enrichment of social life are\among the considerations in this area. C. Witness. To seek a sense of community with ail religious groups and indeed with all men. To present our faith to the young in terms they cannot fail to understand and to present our faith to the aged in terms they recognize and are comfortable with. D. Teaching. To Consider the role of the Deanery in providing Catholic education to its people. This will include self-study of such subjects as existing Catholic School systems, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), for school age persons not enrolled in Catholic Schools, and adult education programs. Reports on Committee’s deliberations will be published in the future. The Self-Study Committee is striving to keep the Catholic Community apprised of the course of its work. A verbal report of the Committee’s work was made at the October meeting of the Deanery Council. Members of the Deanery Council were invited to attend the November Committee meeting, and several did appear. The Committee has invited members of all Parish Councils of the Deanery as well as the members of the Deanery Pastoral Council to attend as observers its next meeting which will be held at St. James Church on Thursday, November 21, at 7:30 p.m. It is anticipated that future meetings will be held . at various locations throughout the Deanery in order to facilitate attendance by interested individuals. The following prayer, composed by Bishop Raymond W. Lessard, has been adopted by the committee. “Heavenly Father, in the name of your son Jesus Christ, you sent your spirit to be with your Church. Pour forth on your people the fullness of His gifts, so that as we gather in your name, we may be guided by the light and power of your gospel. “Strengthen our minds and hearts in the truth and lead us in the way of charity. “Renew in our day your wonders, as in a new pentecost, so that this community of your children, prayerfully gathered with Mary, the mother of Jesus, may bring to pass your kingdon of truth and justice, of love and peace. Amen. economic success deriving from the large profits of industry with a consequent virtual abandonment of the agricultural sector, and the accompanying neglect of its highest human and spiritual values.” The Pope spoke forcefully against “an irrational and one-sided campaign against demographic growth,” which he said could be used as an alibi to avoid real issues in the food crisis. The Pope said: “It is inadmissible that those who have control of the wealth and resources of mankind should try to resolve the problem of hunger by forbidding the poor to be bom or by leaving to die of hunger children whose parents do not fit into the framework of theoretical plans based on pure hypotheses about the future of mankind.” The Pope asked rhetorically: “Is it not a new form of warfare to impose a restricitive demographic policy on nations, to ensure that they will not claim their just share of the earth’s goods?” The Pope, who was greeted with subdued applause before and after the speech, made several other major points. Among them were: - A world fund, drawn mainly from reduced arms expenditures, should be (Continued on Page 2) HEADLINE HOPSCOTCH Orlando Bishop Named WASHINGTON (NC) -- Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Grady of Chicago has been named to head the diocese of Orlando, Fla. The appointment was announced here Nov. 9 by Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States. When he moves to Orlando, Bishop Grady, 60, will take over the See left vacant in June when Archbishop William Borders was transferred to Baltimore to succeed retired Cardinal Lawrence Shehan. A native of Chicago, Bishop Grady was named an auxiliary bishop there in 1967. In November 1973 he was elected chairman of the then-new permanent committee of the U.S. bishops on priestly life and ministry. Vatican-Poland Consultation VATICAN CITY (NC) -- The Vatican has named Archbishop Luigi Boggi to head its delegation for “permanent work contacts” with Poland’s communist government and stated that Archbishop Boggi’s group would be in contact with its Polish counterpart continually “if not daily.” A Vatican spokesman said Nov. 8 the new head of the Polish delegation, Kazimierz Szablewski, would arrive in Rome to take up his position “within the next few days.” Creation of these permanent work groups had been agreed upon in a protocol last July. Synod Film on TV NEW YORK (NC) - A report filmed in Rome during the fourth world Synod of Bishops will be presented on “Look Up and Live” Sunday, Nov. 17, on the CBS Television Network. The synod met in October to discuss Evangelization in the Modern World. Distinguished guests who comment on insights that the bishops brought with them to the synod include Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops; Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati; and Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro of Karachi, Pakistan. Anglican Synod Backs Statements LONDON (NC) -- Two statements on the Eucharist and on ministry and ordination drawn up by the Anglican and Roman Catholic International Commission of Bishops and theologians have received the firm backing of the General Synod of the Church of England, the democratically elected assembly that is the Church’s “parliament.” The synod welcomed the two statements without dissenting votes. It commended them to the study of the Church at large, “particularly at parochial level, in the hope that such study will help forward the cause of the Christian unity.” Investigation Questioned WASHINGTON (NC) - A government investigation of whether a California grape grower is hiring illegal aliens has been termed inadequate by a priest and three nuns. They made the charge after the Immigration and Naturalization Service checked workers at the B.J. Gallo ranch, which is being struck by the United Farm Workers of America. Earlier charges said that the Gallo ranch was hiring illegal aliens to break the strike. The U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating the INS investigation to determine if it was done properly.