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4 > l DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER Vol. 56 No. 20 Thursday, May 15, 1975 Single Copy Price — 15 Cents SENIOR RECOGNITION MONTH Contributions of Nation’s Elderly Cited ■»»»: '**» ■■■«*»: ■*#» ■#*» mm-wm **>* **** m*m MMV vS*v '.MV* ***** *M*» ■ '**■ *9#K :»*»< *»*- Mi# *•* M ■:* 9SMMV : *#» MfM- 99S*9» *999# MSMS> *9#*# X# <:>**» :*>*<* WflJKft 3»WS ‘ :*#e> •*»» **#« *•**■ <**# *■<*■» <*x«> 4*m M*m ^omooc >:w» Wqgy -SfttfHc M*SV *w* «wi SS*Kv M99SV99999# *MM SMMM9SMMV *M# *M*9:vSMM SMS** mm vs .mam,. :««* » WS :W8«: -swaiw .Wtos? *B&K. :•:*:* £*»*:««» »*•:■*• «i(# *» Wr» » *991*9 <¥* :«»«? >*#■*: **** 9M9SV, SMvsv MvSo* Mwsv 4W»: *xv-> *9999# <•*««• a» *s»-r M>M MS** MS* , SS99SV MS*?'. MS*». 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" x:> *** ** ** GOD’S YEAR BRINGS TOURISTS - If you remember Godspell, you won’t be able to forget “Godyear.” What looks like it may be a new name for the Holy Year is actually a typo on a tire store in Fort Dodge, la. A U.S. sign of another kind makes a special Holy Year impression in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. The American flag flutters above a crowd of Holy Year pilgrims from Wilmington, Del. The flag was flown by the Bishop Kearney Marching Kings High School Band from Rochester, N.Y. Pope Paul told an audience that he is happy with the increasing crowds which have marked the Holy Year. (NC Photos by T. Coppinger, Kathleen Graham) Propagation of Faith Collection The Birthday of the Church is Pentecost, when thousands were received by the Apostles, who had received the Holy Spirit. Catholics in the diocese have an opportunity, today, to Proclaim This Mystery of Faith by making a Sacrifice in thanksgiving for their blessings to the Propagation of The Faith. The annual collection for this international mission work of the Church is set for May 18, Pentecost Sunday, this year in our Diocese. Formerly it was placed between the Confraternity of the Laity and the Collection for Human Development. It is hoped that it will not be a burden but r ather an inspiration on Pentecost Sunday. Pope Paul is the one world leader. r INSIDE STORY Pope and President Pg. 2 Refugees Pg. 3 SODA Pg. 7 Medalists Pg. 8 s with knowledge from all its parts and sincere concern for all its people. He is the supreme Father who asks help for his less fortunate children in the collection for the Propagation of the Faith. In this universal collection, Pope Paul asks all to help reconcile the differences in his family between those who starve and those who have overabundance, the homeless in over 3,000 Orphanages and Aged Homes helped by the Propagation: the sick in over a thousand Hospitals and Leprosaria, the unlettered in over 100,000 schools, the needy in clinics at every Mission: all these and many more are helped by the Propagation of the Faith, which today is dispensing help through the established Missions to Refugees from South Vietnam. The One Priesthood of Christ, which began to teach and to sanctify on the first Pentecost still reaches out over the world for a new Pentecost, training native sons as bridges to bring to God His people and to bring them God’s blessings. Should you help prepare one of these sons for the Holy Priesthood you will share in the blessings of his Priesthood. The Propagation helps in the training of over 43,000 future priests in Seminaries in mission countries, and helps to support 138,000 missionaries. We are the ones who will bring medicine to the clinics, healing to hospitals, light to the schools, homes to the orphan and the Refugee if we help in the world-wide effort of the Propagation of the Faith. We will help to bring the New Pentecost as our care for those in need may prompt others to recognize the Spirit of God in the goodness they see. Our Lord instructed us, “You will be witnesses for me.” The annual offering from he Diocese of Savannah to the Propagation of the Faith is about $5,000.00. Since we are a mission area, outside the larger cities, we receive each year over $50,000.00 from the Propagation of the Faith, which helps in education, and maintaining a number of small missions in our area. WASHINGTON - The health affairs representative of the U.S. Catholic Conference has called for greater public awareness of the contributions being made today by the elderly of the nation, as well as greater concern for their well-being. “During this month especially,” Sister Virginia Schwager said in a statement, “we must recommit ourselves to ensuring that all older Americans enjoy a dignity and quality of life sufficient to make their lives rewarding and meaningful.” May has been designated by President Ford as Senior Recognition Month. The USCC health official pointed to the fact that there are approximately 20 million senior citizens in the United States today, and that between 18 and 20 percent have incomes below the poverty level. Statistics published by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare indicate that within a few years there will be over 30 million people aged 65 years or older in the U.S. “These people can and must have the chance to contribute their experience and energy to the betterment of society,” Sister Virginia continued. “Already, they freely serve America -- they become part-time foster parents, counselors to struggling small businesses, providers of a wide range of services to society’s underprivileged, and pursue other worthwhile ventures.” “Life isn’t always a rewarding experience for the elderly - for the poverty-strickened, the homebound, or those in nursing homes,” commented the USCC health coordinator. The past year has been a time of inflationary and recessionary pressures, hitting hardest key items in the budgets of older Americans - food, utilities, and housing, she said. Even news from Washington has been disturbing for our nation’s senior citizens, she said. Earlier in the year, they were informed of Administration attempts to limit the automatic cost-of-living increase in social security benefits, to raise the Medicare patient’s share of medical expenses, and up the cost of food stamps. These attempts seem “particularly insensitive” to the elderly’s needs, according to the Catholic health official. “Older Americans are constantly in fear of a breakdown in their health, financial problems, loss of stability as a contributing member of society, and a haunting feeling of becoming dependent,” Sister Virginia said. She spoke of a confidence that the needs of the elderly will not be forgetten. On the government level, measures for improving health care of the elderly, for raising their income levels, and for affording senior citizens their due legal and human rights have been introduced. “It is the How Did It Start? In 1822, Marie Pauline Jaricot, a young working girl in Lyons, France, asked a few friends to assist her in helping a missionary 7 from their city. Interest grew and other groups were formed to help missions in other lands Marie Pauline Jaricot and soon a large national mission group was centered in Lyons. Pauline insisted that it was not to be a French organization only, and it spread to other countries, to become a world-wide mission helpers society 7 . About 53 years ago Msgr. Angelo Roncalli, the late Pope John, brought together many national groups with a central office for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome. This once small group of working girls, is now a world wide support group for Catholic missions. It was from Lyons, France that the Lyonese African Missions, sent priests to many parishes in the Diocese of Savannah. These Mission Priests were later known as the S.M.A. Fathers whose heroic sacrifice began parishes in Macon, Augusta, and Savannah. responsibility of each and every citizen - including the elderly themselves - to push for enactment of this legislation as soon as possible,” she said. “But legislation alone will not relieve the entire burden on the elderly,” Sister Schwager noted. “The costs of drugs, medical care, hearing aids, eyeglasses and housing can be met by such measures. But the elderly person’s psychological and spiritual needs are extremely personal and important. “When considering the concerns of the aging, we must direct ourselves to the development of the whole person,” she said. “A change in attitude toward the elderly must occur and a positive self-image and self-esteem must develop among the aged in order for them to develop to their full potential. “Progress has been made in providing for some of the special needs of the elderly,” he said, “but much remains to be done.” ST. VINCENT’S GOLDEN JUBILARIANS - Pictured above are four members of the Class of 1925 who were honored at the annual Communion Dinner at St. Vincent’s Hall last week. The class members are: Margaret Sheehan, Sister Regina Mary 7 Elwell, a Sister of Charity of Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson, Clara McDonough and Mary Summerlin. Sister M. Corita Leech, R.S.M., was unable to attend but sent greetings from Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. tiaiiu HEADLINE HOPSCOTCH It- Committee Reports on Cardinal PARIS (NC) -- Cardinal Jean Danielou, who died of a stroke in a woman’s apartment here May 20, 1974, has been cleared of all alleged wrong-doing by an unofficial investigating committee. The committee’s report on the Jesuit cardinal’s death was signed by Father Andre Costes, provincial of the French Jesuits, and by Prof. Henri-Irenee Marrou, French historian and member of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences. The report traces the late cardinal’s actions during the last two days of his life and asserts that rumors of illicit behavior are “denied by the facts.” Warning on Birth Control SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (NC) -- Once more the bishops of Puerto Rico have warned that a massive government birth control program, including sterilization of women, is not voluntary as officials claim. Cardinal Luis Aponte of San Juan told NC News Service that the situation Church leaders denounced a year ago “has deteriorated considerably and is worse than ever.” He was criticizing a government campaign in the communications media for family planning and “voluntary” birth control practices. Issue Food Statement TOPEKA, Kan. (NC) -- The Kansas Catholic Conference (KCC) has denounced treating food production as a “solely individualistic concern whose primary purpose was personal financial gain or collective support of the economic position of the United States in world trade.” In a statement signed by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker of Kansas City, KCC chairman, and issued at the end of the conference’s quarterly meeting here, the KCC said: “The right to life implies the right to eat. The right to eat is a right prior to the right to financial profit. The right to eat is not merely an individual right; it is a universal human right. The right to eat has a direct relationship to acquire, own, control, use and dispose of land.” Condemn 'Deliberate-Abortion’ DUBLIN (NC) - The Irish Catholic bishops have restated the Church’s condemnation of “deliberate abortion” and pleaded with Christians to work to remedy the circumstances that lead people to resort to abortion. In a pastoral letter entitled “Human Life is Sacred,” the bishops cited figures showing that more than 2,200 Irish girls, more than half of them from the Republic of Ireland, are officially registered as having abortions in Britain each year. The girls could not do this without advice and encouragement, the bishops said. “Those who advise or arrange abortions for girls and women who consult them bear a great, if not a greater degree of guilt than the girls and women themselves,” the bishops said. Farm Labor Bill SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NC) -- A compromise farm labor bill supported by California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., received the backing of Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA), and major grower organizations as legislative hearings got under way here. Representatives of the Teamsters Union, which now holds most of the farm labor contracts in California, were closeted for several hours with Brown in his office May 7, but refused to comment. Brown said afterwards, “We don’t expect unanimity around here and the Teamsters are meeting and discussing the issue.” On the same day the state Senate Industrial Relations Committee approved the measure on a bipartisan vote of 5-1.