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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER
Vol. 57 No. 21
Thursday, May 20,1976
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POPE PAUL VI
Sees New Reasons For Hope
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul
VI expressed great confidence that
speedy and effective help to the people
of the Third World of underdeveloped
nations will give mankind new reasons
for hope in his message to the United
Nations Conference on Trade and
Development in Nairobi, Kenya.
Writing in French to Gamani Corea,
secretary of the conference, the Pope
said: “Especially the very poorest await
decisions which will bring speedy and
effecitve remedies to their most pressing
needs, decisions which will bring about
new relations among nations, both in
outlook and in structures, which will
enable all to contribute actively to a
more united international life.”
He also expressed hope that the work
of the conference will bring new reasons
for hope that the evils of famine,
unemployment, inflation and
indebtedness will be overcome.
The Pope said he finds reason for
encouragement in the awakening of the
world’s conscience to these evils and in
the greater knowledge of their causes
that the UN group has achieved.
“Courageous decisions are both
necessary and possible,” he continued,
“founded on worldwide unity and the
realization that all are called to
participate.”
The Pope found encouragement in
the fact that “the youngest and the
weakest of people show themselves
more and more dedicated to mobilize
their own resources, both human and
material” to enter responsibly into the
struggle for human betterment.
Observing that the task of the
conference centers on trade and
development, he said that it is a
legitimate desire to establish commercial
relations which assure prices for goods
which are stable, justly profitable and
equitable for all, particularly for the
poor.
The Pope recalled that it is God’s Will
that the human family be united in
treating each other as brothers, and that
the riches of creation were made to
serve the just needs of all.
“Religious Must Live The Word Of God”
MONTH OF MAY - The Annual May Procession
and Crowning of Our Lady which took place at Blessed
Sacrament Church, on May 2nd, was typical of many
held throughout the diocese. Pictured from left to
right -- Ann Lloyd, Lane Middleton, Margaret Howard
as May Queen, Jean Farmer - Joseph Gulotta and Jeff
Farmer as pages. Absent when the picture was taken,
Gina Iocovozzi as crownbearer.
CRS Sends Gifts To Quake Victims
TREVINO, Italy (NC) - Eighteen
hours after they left New York, 10,000
wool blankets provided by Catholic
Relief Services (CRS), were being
distributed to quake victims in this
stricken area of northeast Italy.
“It was one of the fastest deliveries
we ever made,” said Msgr. Joseph
Harnett, the U.S. Catholic overseas aid
agency’s regional director for Europe,
Asia and Africa.
In a phone interview with NC News,
Msgr. Harnett, who personally
supervised the CRS delivery, said,
“Alitalia brought them over (to Rome)
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Special Mission
VATICAN CITY (NC) -- Pope Paul VI has sent a special mission in Friuli in
northeastern Italy as a sign of his concern for the victims of the disastrous earthquake
which hit the region May 6. The pontifical mission, led by Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli,
left Rome for Friuli May 11. It was planning to visit the 22 villages devastated by the
quakes and inspect hospitals and tent cities which are providing temporary housing for
the homeless.
Bishops Offer Help
QUITO, Ecuador (NC) - Ecuador’s bishops have offered to help its military rulers
make peace with the civilian opposition if the government will support freedom of
education and liberation for Indians. “Ecuador indeed needs a united effort toward
freedom, justice, progress and peace,” the Ecuadprean Bishops’ Conference said in a
statement at the close ot its meetings here. But the bishops added that better
Church-state relations are hindered by unfavorable legislation on marriage and
Baptism, freedom for Catholic schools and social justice.
Condemns Violation
ROME (NC) - Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits, has condemned
as a violation of basic human rights Paraguay’s deportation of several Jesuits in the
past three months. Just three weeks earlier, on April 22, the Paraguayan government
had expelled Jesuit Fathers Jose Gelpi and Jose Miguel Munarriz without giving any
reasons. The two priests were involved in pastoral planning and economic affairs work
with the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference.
free of charge. The customs people
waved them through. Then the Italian
Air Force loaded them aboard a plane
for the disaster area.”
The first plane had motor problems,
but another was found, and the
much-needed blankets were on their
way.
“We had a fund of $25,000,” said the
priest, “and it’s all spent in buying
urgently needed supplies wherever we
can get them.
“We bought tents, cots, plastic
tableware, plastic garbage bags and jerry
cans for water,” he added.
“Now we’re broke, and the needs
here are appalling. About 140,000 out
of 800,000 are homeless. We need
medical supplies, clothes, especially for
babies and children.”
Msgr. Harnett praised the spirit of
cooperation among various
governmental departments and relief
agencies. “I haven’t seen a single
instance of competition or
obstruction,” he said, “and you know
that’s a very unusual thing in these
disasters.”
The people are starting to clean up
and rebuild. Machinery is being repaired
and debris cleared.
“These people want to stay here,” he
said. “They don’t want any
prefabricated housing. They want
supplies and tools to rebuild the cities,
towns and homes they lost.”
CHICAGO (NC) - “Religious must
live the word of God before they can
give the word of God,” Mother Teresa
of Calcutta, foundress of the
Missionaries of Charity, told
participants in a symposium on the
religious life here.
The 65-year-old Mother Teresa,
whose work with the poor and the
dying in 13 countries has gained
worldwide attention, said she is not a
social worker but a contemplative. The
vocation of ? P^ligious is simply
belonging totally to Jesus, she said.
“It is a joy to be a Religious because
of the opportunities for Religious today
to do something beautiful for God,”
Mother Teresa said.
Stressing the importance of poverty,
chastity and obedience for religious life,
she said poverty frees Religious and
absolute dedication and love are
necessary to enliven that poverty.
More than 600 major superiors, either
provincials or heads of religious
communities of men and women,
diocesan vicars of Religious, bishops and
lay persons attended the one-day
symposium.
The symposium was sponsored by the
Institute on Religious Life, a national
service organization founded last year to
promote vocations and religious life in
accordance with the teachings of the
Church.
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Benedictine Archbishop Augustine
Mayer, secretary of the Vatican
Congregation for Religious and Secular
Institutes, rejected the notion that
religious life is not necessary and is
dying.
He told the symposium that four
elements should characterize Religious:
Fellowship of Christ according to the
Gospel; Faithfulness to the charism of
“Bad Doctrine Can Never
Produce Good Catechetics”
LOS ANGELES (NC) - “Bad
doctrine can never produce good
catechetics,” the coeditor of a recently
published catechism said here.
Father Donald Wuerl, coeditor of
“The Teaching of Christ: A Catholic
Catechism for Adults,” published earlier
this year, made that observation in The
Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocesan
newspaper in reply to criticisms of his
book.
In February, at a Washington, D.C.,
conference on religious education,
Father Thomas Kramer, representative
for religious education in the U.S.
Catholic Conference (USCC)
Department of Education, criticized
Father Wuerl’s book and three other
recent catechisms for adults.
A catechism, cannot provide all the
answers, Father Kramer said. “It
attempts to assist the reader to discern
in the light of the Catholic tradition and
in union with that tradition, the grace
and invitation of God operative in
his/her life today, with its joys and
sorrows, its problems, pains and
glories.”
Father Wuerl, secretary to Cardinal
John Wright, prefect of the Vatican
Congregation for the Clergy, told The
Tidings:
“The norm of catechetics is the faith
of the Church and her doctrine. Bad
doctrine can never produce good
catechetics. Good doctrine has to be the
basis of all true catechetics. And the
norm against which the Church sees
attempts at presenting her doctrine is
her magisterium - her teaching office.
“Father Kramer seems to have
forgotten this in his critique,” Father
Wuerl said.
their founder; A deep commitment to
the Church; Openness to the signs of the
times.
Benedictine Abbot Edmund F.
McCaffrey who resigned last year as
abbot of Belmont Abbey in North
Carolina and is now priest-in-charge of
Garden City, Catholic Community,
pointed to interest in the religious life
on the part of the laity as a hopeful
sign.
“The laity quite clearly desire
Religious to be authentic arid u> oe signs
of Christ and the Gospel,” he said.
“They realize the necessity for
institutional commitment of religious
orders to their apostolates and they are
demanding that their institutions be
thoroughly Catholic and respect the
Church’s teaching.
“The laity are becoming the vanguard
of the Church calling for religious orders
to cease abandoning their institutions
which serve the common good of the
Church and peoples,” said Abbot
McCaffrey.
He announced that the institute is
planning another symposium to provide
the laity with an opportunity to express
their views on vocations and Religious
in the United States today.
Both Archbishop Mayer and
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, retired
bishop of Rochester, N.Y., and one-time
television celebrity who delivered the
homily at the concluding Mass,
emphasized that the religious life cannot
exist without the cross.
Religious must reflect the life of the
cross by their life style, Archbishop
Sheen said. The witness value of
consecrated signs is important, he said,
and Religious must bear this out in
everyday living and decor.
Sr. Mary Catherine Moore Honored
Justice Blackmun
NORFOLK, Va. (NC) -- The U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion in
the court’s 1973 ruling striking down most state laws restricting abortion denied here
that he is “a pro-abortionist.” Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun told a news
conference that “all of us have our personal ideas about abortion.” He added: “The
fact that I happened to write that opinion -- and we came out as we did after a long
struggle with it -- doesn’t mean that I am a pro-abortionist.”
To Study Affects
NEW YORK (NC) - The National Foundation-March of Dimes has announced
funding of a project to discover whether abortion affects a woman’s childbearing
capacity. The five year study will also attempt to establish whether subsequent
children of women who have undergone abortions are more likely to be born
deformed or suffer other birth defects.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sister Mary
Catherine Moore, of 439 E. Broad,
Savannah, the Coordinator of the Social
Apostolate of Savannah, was especially
honored by the Secretary of Labor at a
ceremony recognizing her assistance to
youth of the Job Corps.
In seven years of service as a
Volunteer Advisor of the organization
JACS, Joint Action in Community
Service, Sister Mary has helped 700
Corpsmen as they returned to Savannah
from Job Corps Centers and has
recruited 25 additional volunteers.
Georgian W.J. Usery, Jr., the new
Secretary of Labor presented the award
to Sister Mary at the annual JACS
award luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel
in the capital.
Sister Mary, of the Order of
Missionary Franciscan Sisters, a JACS
Advisor since 1969, has been selected as
the Volunteer of the Year from the
Southeastern States.
As Coordinator of the Social
Apostolate of Savannah, she is a leader
in many social fields.
Born in East St. Louis, Ill., 57 years
ago, Sister Mary was raised in County
Wexford, Ireland. She entered her order
in Ireland, was educated in Rome and
trained as a teacher in Boston. She
taught in Boston; New York; Rockford,
Ill.; Pittsburgh; and Augusta and
Savannah in Georgia.
Sister Mary is a member of the boards
of directors of Savannah’s Equal
Opportunity Administration, the
Epilepsy Foundation, the Advisory
Council on Mental Health, and the
Voluntary Action Center in Savannah.
She is a Counselor at the Chatham
Clinic for Alcoholism and a trainer for
the Laubach Literacy Tutoring Program.
INSTITUTE ON RELIGIOUS LIFE ~ Some 600 attendees from all
areas of the United States came to Chicago for a one-day symposium
sponsored by the Institute on Religious Life. Among the principal
participants were (from left to right): Mother Teresa of Calcutta,
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity; Abbot Edmund F. McCaffrey,
O.S.B., Executive Director, Institute on Religious Life & Priest-in Charge
of the Garden City Mission; Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, D.D., former
Bishop of Rochester.