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PAGE 6 — January 1,1970
By Bill Ring
(NC News Service)
The biggest Catholic news
of the year was the Synod of
Bishops held in Rome in
October. The synod,
history-making in itself, led
to the establishment of a
permanent synod, and is
expected to have a profound
influence on the structure of
the Church in the future.
It was a year of numerous
important Catholic news
stories many of them highly
encouraging, but some of
them carrying a discouraging
note.
There were, for example,
Pope Paul Vi’s visits to
Switzerland and to Uganda;
the expansion of the Church
in the United States through
the addition of three new
dioceses; the canonization of
St. Julie Billiart, 19th-century
foundress of the Sisters of
Notre Dame de Namur;
establishment of Canada-Holy
See diplomatic relations; the
semi-annual meetings of the
U.S. bishops in Houston,
Tex., and Washington, D.C.;
the amiable meeting between
churchmen from Soviet
Russia and the U.S. in St.
Louis.
, A survey showing an
all-time high of 47,873,238
Catholics in the U.S., marked
a decline in the number of
converts, priests and those in
religious life. At the year’s
end, Pope Paul, speaking to
cardinals at the Vatican,
characterized defections from
the priesthood and religious
life as “our crown of thorns.”
It was the year, too, that
saw the deaths of such heroic
figures as former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Josef
Cardinal Beran of Prague,
Czechoslovakia, and retired
Bishop Thomas Wade, S.M.,
who defied Japanese invaders
during the dark World War II
days in the Pacific. It was the
year the astronauts of Apollo
11 and Apollo 12 landed on
the moon.
Here are some of the 1969
events:
JANUARY
Review Of 1969 Church Events
American problems aired by
1,000 delegates at sixth
annual Catholic
Inter-American Cooperation
Program (CICOP) meeting in
New York . . . Playright
Tennessee Williams received
into Catholic Church in Key
West, Fla.
FEBRUARY
Unrest flared in Newark,
Washington, Chicago,
Cleveland, as small groups of
priests and laity leveled
“racism” charges against
heads of the Sees... Wash
ington’s Patrick Cardinal
O’Boyle and New York’s
Archbishop Terence J. Cooke
participated in religious rites
at inauguration of President
Nixon, Vice President
Agnew ... Dr. Clarence C.
Walton, 53, a Columbia U.
dean appointed first lay
president of Catholic
University of America,
Washington . . . Father
Robert J. Henle, S.J.,
appointed president
Georgetown U.,
Washington . . . Deaths;
Bishop William A. Scully, 74,
Albany, N.Y.; Father
Dominique, O.P., 58, Nobel
Prize winner of 1958, in
Louvain, Belgium ... Catho-
lics, other churchmen
throughout world deplored
public hangings of 14 men,
including nine Jews, accused
' of spying, subversion, in
Iraq . . . Auxiliary Bishop
James P. Shannon of St. Paul
and Minneapolis, given
4-month leave of absence to
teach at nondemoninational
St. John’s College, Santa Fe,
N.M. ... Father James M.
Keller, M.M., founder-direct
or of the Christophers, retired
succeeded by Father Richard
Armstrong, M.M. ... Bishop
Edward Fitzgerald, 75,
Winona, Minn., retired, and
Auxiliary Bishop Loras
Watters of Dubique, named
successor ... Pope Paul VI
consecrated 12 bishops,
including four Americans-
Archbishop Raymond E.
Etteldorf, apostolic delegate
to New Zealand-Pacific isles;
Bishop Paul Marcinkus,
secretary, Holy See’s Institute
for Works of Religion;
Auxiliary Bishop Andrew
Schierhof of La Paz, Bolivia,
and Auxiliary Bishop Bernard
J. McLaughlin of Buffalo,
N.Y. .... Father Vincent R.
Capodanno, 36, M.M., Navy
chaplain killed in Vietnam h.
1967, posthumously awarded
Medal of Honor, nation’s
highest heroism award ...
Gov. George Romney,
Michigan, leaving office to
become U.S. Secretary of
Housing, Urban
Development, urged closing
parochial schools, leaving
secular education to
state . . . U.S. - Latin
Firm stand by Notre Dame
U. president Father Theodore
Hesburgh, C.S.C., threatening
suspension, expulsion, civil
prosecution against students,
faculty members for
disruptive campus
demonstrations praised by
President Nixon .,. Survey
by New York firm among
231 priests indicated
obligatory celibacy major
cause of priesthood
defections . . . Pope Paul
accepted resignation for
health reasons of Bishop
Joseph P. Dougherty of
Yakima, Wash.; named Msgr.
Cornelius Power, Seattle, to
succeed him, and appointed
Father Joseph A. McNicholas
as auxiliary bishop of St.
Louis . . . Nationwide NC
News Service survey reflected
numerous Catholic school
closings, mergers because of
financial crises; showed
agreement state aid is crucial
for continued operations...
Bishop Francis F-. Reh of
Saginaw, Mich.,
installed . . . Catholics,
Protestants, Orthodox
formed statewide Texas
Conference of Churches...
Pope’s Ash Wednesday radio
address opened U.S. school
students phase of 1969 U.S.
Catholic Overseas Aid Fund
Appeal.... Moon orbiting
U.S. astronaut Frank Borman
visited Pope ... Father James
Groppi, Milwaukee civil rights
activitist, fined $500, given
2-year probation in lieu of
6-month jail sentence on
resisting arrest charge in
August, 1967, open housing
demonstration... Dr. John
Bowen, 72, National Council
of Catholic Men business
manager, retired after 30-year
career... Catholic Directory
placed England-Wales
Catholic population at
4,143,854, a year’s increase
of 56,000 ... Pope Paul said
some student demonstrations
concern “real problems.” ...
Gustavo Cardinal Testa, 82,
former prefect of
Congregation for the Eastern
Church, died in Vatican City.
MARCH
Pope Paul named 35 new
cardinals, including
Archbishops John F.
Dearden, Detroit; Terence J.
Cooke, New York; John J.
Carberry, St. Louis, and
Bishop John J. Wright,
Pittsburgh . . . President
Nixon visited Pope
Paul . . . Anglican Primate
Archbishop H. H. Clark of
Canada said he saw no
objection in proposed
Canada-Vatican diplomatic
ties . . . Pope accepted
resignation of Jose Cardinal
Garibi y Rivera, 80, of
Mexico City . , . Retired
Joseph Cardinal Frings was
succeeded by Archbishop
Joseph Hoeffner in Cologne,
Germany . . . Associate
Justice William J. Brennan,
Jr., of U.S. Supreme Court,
named for University of
Notre Dame’s 1969 Laetare
Medal... Pope Paul mourned
death of former President
Dwight D.Eisenhower...
Appointed: Auxiliary
Bishops Alfred M. Watson,
bishop of Erie, Pa., and
Edwin B. Broderick of New
York, bishop of Albany;
Msgr. Lawrence P. Graves,
vice chancellor, auxiliary
bishop of Little Rock, Ark.;
Msgr. George R. Evans,
chancellor, auxiliary bishop
of Denver; Auxiliary Bishop
James A. Hickey, Saginaw,
Mich., rector, North
American College,
Rome ... Auxiliary Bishop
Joseph A. McNicholas of St.
Louis, consecrated, and
Archbishop John F. Whealon
of Hartford, Conn.,
installed ... Msgr. Giovanni
Musante, 52, stationed at
Vatican, left priesthood,
married 38-year-old widow,
and Auxiliary. Bishop Mario
Cornejo Radavero of Lima,
Peru, resigned and married
34-year-old model.... Francis
X. Kennelly, Red Bank, N.J.,
elected chairman at first
meeting 50-member Lay
Advisory council of U.S.
Catholic Conference in
Washington ... Four priests,
nun, among 9 arrested in
anti-war demonstration at
Dow Chemical Co. office,
Washington, D.C... Deaths:
Edward J. MacDonald, 68,
British Catholic journalist, in
London, and Church-reconcil
ed Leander H. Perez, 77,
Louisiana politician,
excommunicated for
opposing Catholic school
integration in 1962, in New
Orleans ... 30,000 Miami,
Fla., teenagers touched off
nationwide movement with
rally for decency in Orange
Bowl, Miami.
APRIL
Pope Paul installed 33 new
cardinals, bringing college to
record high of 134 members,
and established three new
Vatican offices . . . U.S.
bishops’ spring meeting in
Houston, Tex., reaffirmed
priestly celibacy, discussed
marriage court problems,
Catholic education crisis, race
relations, and decision
making process ... Pope
announced he would attend
50th anniversary
International Labor
Organization meeting, visit
World Council of Churches
headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland, in June...
Bishop Raymond J.
Gallagher, Lafayette, Ind.,
elected president general at
National Catholic
Educational Association
convention in Detroit...
Canadian bishops spring
meeting in Ottawa, Ont.,
studied Canon Law Society’s
recommendations on
marriage law procedures,
decided on joint
bishops-priests meeting on
problems of priesthood...
Newark, N.J., Catholic high
school teachers staged
week-long strike before
settling contract
dispute ... National Council
of Catholic Men convention
in St. Louis elected Daniel M.
McCormick, Newark, N.J.,
president; heard address by
Maurice Cardinal Roy of
Quebec ... National Black
Catholic Clergy Caucus
meeting in New Orleans voted
establishment of a national
office as No. 1 aim Pope
Paul established Byzantine
Ruthenian diocese of Parma,
Ohio, named Father Emil
Mihalik, Rahway, N.J., its
first bishop, raised Pittsburgh
diocese to archepiscopal
status with See city in
. Munhall, Pa., and Bishop
Stephen J. Kocisko as first
archbishop; named Msgr.
Anthony L. Deksnys, East St.
Louis, Ill., bishop to aid
Lithuanians in western
Europe; accepted resignation
for health reasons of Bishop
Francis J. Schenk, 68,
Duluth, Minn., who was
succeeded by Coadjutor
Bishop Paul Anderson,
57 . . . Father James M.
Darby, S.M., 52, executive
director, Center for Applied
Research in Apostolate
(CARA) died in Washington.
MAY
Bishop James P. Shannon
resigned as auxiliary bishop
of St. Paul and Minneapolis
... 1969 Official Catholic
Directory reported 47,
873,238 U.S. Catholics,
year’s increase of
404,905... John Cardinal
Wright named prefect of
Congregation for the Clergy,
third American named to
head a top Vatican
congregation ... Deaths:
Josef Cardinal Beran, 80, Red
exiled archbishop of Prague,
Czechoslovakia, in Rome; Dr.
Bella V. Dodd, 65, once
leading U.S. communist who
returned to Church in 1952,
in New York; Wilbert J.
O’Neill, 84, attorney and
former National Council of
Catholic Men president, in
Cleveland ... Joseph A.
Gelin, Cleveland, elected
president Catholic Press
Association at Joint
convention with Associated
Church Press in
Atlanta... Installed: Bishop
Cornelius M. Powers of
Yakima, after consecration in
Seattle, Wash.; Bishop Edwin
B. Broderick of Albany, N.Y.;
Bishop Alfred M. Watson,
Erie, Pa. .. Floyd Anderson
resigns as NC News Service
director to become editor,
July 1, of the New World,
Chicago ... Bishop John J.
Dougherty resigns as
president Seton Hall
University, South Orange,
N.J. . . . Removal . of Sts.
.Christopher, Ursula, Nicholas,
George, Barbara and others
from the universal liturgical
calendar causes wide
furor . . . Catholic
Association for International
Peace dissolved after 41
years.... National Catholic
Office for Motion Pictures,
scoring sex, violence in
movies, reported only 11
general audience films among
111 produced since
KWASHIORKOR, a disease affecting thousands of people in Biafra is shown in an advanced stage
in these boys, ages 12 to 14 years. Kwashiorkor is due to a lack or protein in the diet;
unfortunately a general lack of food is prevalent in Biafra, with disastrous results, despite the
constant battle by Religious Reliefs agencies during 1969. (NC Photo)
January ... St. Bonaventure
(N.Y.) University banned
from campus militant
Students for Democratic
Society .. Disorder broke out
in Milwaukee court when
12-five priests, a Brother, six
laymen-of “Milwaukee 14”
found guilty of charges in
September, 1968, raid on
draft office ... Four priests
jailed with Dr. Ralph
Abernathy, Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference head, in
Charleston, S.C., while
demonstrating in hospital
workers strike.
JUNE
dissident priests Catholic-
Protestant violence in
Northern Ireland flared
anew ... Pope said he faces
two “serious dangers” -
weakening of doctrinal
orthodox liturgy and
widespread distrust of
hierarchy . . . Archbishop
Stephen J. Kocisko installed
as head of new Byzantine
archdiocese of Munhall in
Pittsburgh . . . Bishop
Anthony L. Deksnys
consecrated in Belleville, Ill.
to minister to Lithuanian
exiles in Western Europe.
JULY
Pope Paul visited Geneva,
Switzerland, addressed
International Labor
Organization, visited World
Council of Churches
headquarters... French-bom
Julie Billiart, foundress in
1803 of Sisters of Notre
Dame de Namur, raised to
sainthood .. Bishop James P.
Shannon confirmed he
submitted resignation as St.
Paul and Minneapolis
auxiliary bishop to Pope last
November, accepted vice
presidency of interdenomina
tional St. John’s College,
Santa Fe, N.M.,.. Michael
G. Cole, 34, former Anglican
priest, father of four,
ordained first U.S. permanent
Catholic deacon in Buffalo,
N.Y.... Pope Paul accepted
resignation of Archbishop
Robert E. Lucey, 78, of San
Antonio, named Bishop
Francis J. Furey of San
Diego, his successor;
appointed retired Bishop
Joseph P. Dougherty of
Yakima, Wash., auxiliary
bishop of Los Angeles; named
Auxiliary Bishop Vincent M.
Leonard as bishop of
Pittsburgh; appointed Bishop
Timothy Manning of Fresno,
Calif., coadjutor archbishop
of Los Angeles with right of
succession to James Francis
Cardinal McIntyre; named
Msgr. Francis J. Dunn,
chancellor, auxiliary bishop
of Dubuque, Iowa; accepted
resignation of Archbishop
Gerald T. Bergan, 77, of
Omaha, Neb., named
Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E.
Sheehan his successor...
Deaths: Bishop Allen J.
Babcock of Grand Rapids,
Mich.; retired Bishop Thomas
J. Wade, S.M., 75, hero of
World War II in Pacific, in
Daley City, Calif.; Auxiliary
Bishop Roman R. Atkielski,
70, of Milwaukee ... Raul
Cardinal Silva Henriquez
confirmed that 20% of priests
in Santiago, Chile,
archdiocese, petitioned
laicization . . . After
three-month dispute
Archbishop Guillermo Bolatti
of Rosario, Argentina,
accepted resignations of 28
Pope Paul arrived (July
31) at Kampala, beginning a
four-day visit to
Uganda ... Auxiliary Bishop
Matthias Defregger of Munich
admitted he was German
captain involved in World War
II reprisal shooting of 17
Italians in Filetto di
Camarada in 1944, and asked
forgiveness ... Survey by
Vatican office showed in
1963-68 period 7,137 priests
petitioned laicization, 5,652
requests granted ... Pope
hailed the U.S. Apollo 11
astronauts as “conquerors of
the moon.” President
Nixon decided against formal
U.S. - Holy See diplomatic
ties, said “close
communications” will be
maintained ... Richard M.
Guilderson, Jr., assistant
editor Long Island Catholic,
named director of NC News
Service . ..Pope accepted
resignations of Cincinnati’s
Archbishop Karl J. Alter, 83,
because of age, named Bishop
Paul F. Leibold of Evansville,
Ind., to succeed ... Deaths:
Msgr. Joseph C. Fenton, 65,
former Catholic University of
America theology school
dean and past editor of
American Ecclesiastical
Review, in Chicopee Falls,
Mass.; Father Thomas T.
McAvoy, C.S.C., 65, historian
and archivist at U. of Notre
Dame, and Father George F.
Heinzmann, 65, retired
director of F ides,
Rome-based mission news
service, in Union City,
N.J U.S. Court in St.
Louis issued injunction
against militant civil rights
groups, prohibiting disruption
of services in St. Louis
cathedral . . . Father Earl
Skwor, S.D.S., of Milwaukee,
became first American
superior general of
Salvatorian Fathers at
election in Rome ... Presi
dent Nixon in message to
Congress asked expanded
birth control and family
planning program in U.S. and
abroad.
excommunication, Dr. James
P. Shannon, resigned
auxiliary bishop of St. Paul
and Minneapolis, married
thrice-wed Mrs. Ruth C.
Wilkinson in a Protestant
service in Endicott,
N. Y. . . Pope Paul ended
peace mission to Uganda
where he ordained 12
bishops, strove vainly to end
Nigeria-Biafra civil war.. The
Pope appealed to rebellious
factions in Northern Ireland
to avoid civil war Puerto
Rican hierarchy suspended
Father Salvador Freixedo for
writing controversial book
“My Church Sleeps”...
Bernadette Devlin, 22,
member North Ireland
Parliament, visited U.S.,
seeking $1 million to aid
Catholic-Protestant victims of
disorders . . . Pope Paul
accepted resignation of
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of
Dallas-Fort Worth, divided
See into Dallas diocese with
Bishop Thomas Tschoepe of
San Angelo, Tex., as head,
and Fort Worth diocese with
Auxiliary Bishop John J.
Cassata of Dallas-Fort Worth,
as head; named Stockton’s
Bishop Hugh S. Donohoe
bishop of Fresno, Calif.,
Bishop Leo T. Maher of Santa
Rosa, bishop of Santa Diego,
Calif., Msgr. Leo T. Brust,
chancellor, auxiliary bishop
of Milwaukee, and Msgr.
Alphonse A. Sowada, 36,
Avon, Minn., first bishop of
Agats diocese, Indonesia...
Hurricane Camille left death,
vast destruction in Mississippi
and Virginia . . . Deaths:
Nicolas Cardinal Fasolino, 83,
of • Santa Fe, Argentina;
Mother Mary Alexander, 72,
an American, superior of
Felician Sisters, in Rome;
Auxiliary Bishop Eric F.
MacKenzie, 75, of Boston;
Father William J. Kelley,
O. M.I., 64, veteran “labor”
priest, in Lowell, Mass., and
Dr. Roy F. Ferrari, 79,
official for 40 years at
Catholic University of
America, in Hyattsville,
Md.... Archbishops Francis
J. Furey of San Antonio and
Daniel E. Sheehan of Omaha
were installed; Bishop
Michael F. McAuliffe of
Jefferson City, Mo., and
Auxiliary Bishop Francis J.
Dunn of Dubuque were
consecrated . . . 1969
Liturgical Week held in
Milwaukee, disavowed by
archdiocese officials...
Labor Day Statement of
USCC Division of Urban Life
urged Church confront causes
of poverty, not merely affect,
while Canadian bishops’
statement lauded “new
Power” of erstwhile deprived,
forgotten, powerless.
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Incurring automatic
Pope Paul established new
Phoenix, Ariz., diocese,
CARDINAL COOKE IN VIETNAM - Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York and
Military Vicar of the U.S. Armed Forces, talks with wounded American soldiers in a field hospital
at Cam Ranh Bay during his Christmas visit to Vietnam. (NC Kioto)
named Auxiliary Bishop
Edward A. McCarthy of
Cincinnati, its first
head ... In other actions
affecting U.S. Church the
Pope: accepted resignations
of Bishop Bernard T.
Espelage, O.F.M., 71, Gallup,
N.M., named Auxiliary
Bishop Jerome J. Hastrich of
Madison, Wis., successor; of
Archbishop Edward J.
Hunkeler, 75, Kansas City,
Kan., named Bishop Ignatius
J. Strecker of Springfield-
Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
successor; of Bishop William
L. Adrian, 86, Nashville,
Tenn., automatically
succeeded by Coadjutor
Bishop Joseph A. Durick; of
Bishop William T. McCarty,
C.SS.R., 80, Rapid City, S.D.,
appointed Msgr. Harold J.
Dimmerling, Little Falls,
S.D., pastor, successor...
Father James E. Groppi,
Milwaukee civil rights activist,
arrested after leading 1,000 in
March to state capitol,
Madison, Wis., seizing
Assembly chambers,
protesting cuts in state
welfare budget Catholic
Biblical Association
convention in East Aurora,
N.Y., urged U.S. bishops
adopt equitable due process,
procedures . . . Deaths:
Giovanni Cardinal Urbani, 69,
of Venice, Italy; retired
Archbishop Bernard J. Sheil,
83, founder of CYO, in
Tusson, Ariz.; Father Harold
C. Gardiner, S.J., 65,
longtime literary figure, in
Denver; Bishop Daniel J.
Feeney, 75, Portland, Maine,
and Brother Thomas
Matthew, F.S.C., 53 head of
Christian Brothers Midwest
province, in plane crash at
Indianapolis... Poll of U.S.
bishops disclosed majority
believe collegial authority,
increased laity participation
in Church-major problems of
immediate future ... Karol
Cardinal Wojtyla of Krakow,
Poland, visited U.S
Father J. Joseph Gallagher,
Baltimore journalist-editor
who resigned as monsignor,
took leave from active
priesthood to make advance
studies, take government job.
OCTOBER
Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall pending
appeal.
NOVEMBER
Among major actions
taken at semi-annual U.S.
bishops meeting in
Washington . were:
reendorsement of compulsory
celibacy for Latin rite priests;
approval of pioneering set of
due process proposals;
Establishment of National
Office for Black Catholicism;
agreement to raise $50
million for national crusade
against poverty;
recommendation of uniform
financial accounting system
for dioceses; protest against
expanding government role in
birth control programs..
Maj. Charles J. Wotter, Army
chaplain, killed in Vietnam in
1967, became fourth
chaplain, all Catholic priests,
in U.S. history to receive
Congressional Medal of
Honor... Father Richard A.
McCormick, S.J., North
Aurora, HI., honored by
Catholic Theological Society
with Cardinal Spellman
Award as outstanding
theologian of year... Some
250,000 persons, mostly
youth, staged orderly march
on Washington, protesting
Vietnam war.. U.S. Apollo
12 astronauts commanded by
Richard Gordon, Jr., onetime
altar boy, landed on
moon . . . Pope appointed
Father Martin J. Neylon, S.J.,
Buffalo, N.Y., coadjutor
Pope Paul approved three
proposals of 140-member
Synod of Bishops held in
Rome-to consider possibility
of bishops suggesting topics
to be discussed; calling a
synod every two years;
extending function, role of
synod secretariat Pope
Paul accepted resignations: of
Archbishop Thomas J.
Toolen, bishop of
Mobile-Birmingham, divided
See into Mobile diocese with
Auxiliary Bishop John L.
May, Chicago, as head, and
Birmingham diocese with
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph G.
Vath, Mobile-Birmingham, as
head; of Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen, Rochester, N.Y.,
promoted him to titular
archbishop, named Msgr.
Joseph L. Hogan, Rochester
pastor, bishop; appointed
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A.
Leven of San Antonio, bishop
of San Angelo, Tex., Msgr.
George E. Lynch, vicar
general, auxiliary bishop of
Raleigh, N.C., and
Archbishop Joseph Tavil,
Damascus, Syria, apostolic
exarch to U.S. Melkite-rite
Catholics . . . Canada and
Holy See^ established
diplomatic relations .... Viet
nam Moratorium Day (Oct.
15) widely commemorated in
cities, colleges across
nation . . . USCC World
Justice and Peace division
backs conscientious objection
stand taken by Catholics
against war . . . Pope
condemned widespread
modern eroticism . . .
Russian-U.S. churchmen
meeting in St. Louis agreed
arms control is No. 1 aim of
Christians . . . Installed:
Archbishop Ignatius J.
Strecker of Kansas City,.
Kan., Bishops Leo T. Maher,
San Diego, Calif., John J.
Cassata, Fort Worth, Tex.,
and Thomas A. Tschoepe,
Dallas, Tex... Deaths: retired
Bishop John B. McGinley, 98,
of Monterey-Fresno, Calif.,
oldest Catholic bishop, in
Killybegs, Ireland; retired
Bishop Francis J. Schenk,
Duluth, Minn., exiled Bishop
John A. O’Shea, C.M.,.
Kanchow, China, in
Washington, D.C... Auxiliary
Bishop Leo J. Burst of
Milwaukee consecrated...
Complaining of lack of
freedom in work Donald
Quinn resigned as managing
editor of St. Louis Review,
archdiocesan newspaper...
After 11 days in jail on
probation violation charge
Father James Groppi,
Milwaukee, was freed by
bishop with succession right'
to Bishop Vincent Kennally,
S.J., vicar apostolic,
Caroline-Marshall Islands; San
Francisco’s Auxiliary Bishops
Merlin J. Guilfoyle, bishop of
Stockton, Calif., and Mark J.
Hurley, bishop of Santa Rosa,
Calif... National Conference
of Diocesan Vocation
Directors in Detroit reported
sharp 1964 to 1968 decline in
vocations was slowing...
Father Bernard J. Cooke,
S.J., Marquette University
theologian, petitioned release
from priesthood ... Father
Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P.,
39, stationed in Rome,
elected president of
Paulists Reports disclose
17. '3 million refugees in
world, 1.5 million residing in
U.S.... Texas-born Bishop
Louis Morrow, 76, of
Krishnagar, India,
resigned ... Bishops Steven
A. Leven of San Angelo,
Tex., and Joseph L. Hogan,
Rochester, N.Y.,
installed ... Glenn R. Speiser,
18, U. of Wyoming freshman,
named 1969 Outstanding
Catholic Youth ... Joseph P.
Kennedy, 81, father of a
President and two U.S.
senators, died.;
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Making U.S. Church
history, the bishops of
Michigan adopted a due
process system for 2.3 million
Catholics in the state’s 4
Sees . . Three-judge federal
court in Philadelphia upheld
state’s aid to nonpublic
schools legislation ... Patrick
Cardinal O’Boyle denounced
as “murder” a proposed
relaxed abortion measure for
the nation’s capital .
.. Terence Cardinal Cooke,
military vicar of U.S. armed
forces, left on a
round-the-world Christmas
visit to U.S. troop bases
overseas . . . Installed:
Bishops Edward A. McCarthy
of Phoenix, Ariz., Jerome J.
Hastrich of Gallup, N.M., and
Joseph M. Breitenbeck of
Grand Rapids, Mich ... Msgr.
Francis R. Shea, Knoxville,
Tenn., pastor, appointed
bishop of Evansville,
Ind. . . . Pope Paul told
cardinals’ consistory
defections, from priesthood,.
religious life is “our crown of
thorns,” and earlier cautioned
all Catholics against “too
much dismay” over upheavals
in Church . . . National
Council of Churches assembly
in Detroit proposed new type
C atholic-Protestant-Orthodox
ecumenical countil... White
House Conference on Food,
Nutrition, Health broke up
after futile attempt favoring
an action-now program by
President Nixon against
hunger, poverty ... Archbis
hop Joseph A. Plourde of
Ottawa, Ont., took office as
president at end of
semi-annaul Canadian
Catholic Conference meeting
in Ottawa . . .Maximilian
Cardinal 4 e Buerstenberg,
prefect, Vatican Council for
Oriental Churches, came to
U.S. for two-week visit of
Eastern rite institutions...
Human Life Foundation,
financed by $800,000 grant
of U.S. bishops, opened in
Washington for research in
human reproduction.