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Il DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER Vol. 57 No. 21 Thursday, May 20,1976 Single Copy Price —15 Cents 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) (3. m NE IT 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. # . * r ; 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.