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PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, February 8,1973
TRIBUTE IN STAINED GLASS - A tribute to
American history has been depicted in seven stained
glass windows in Mt. Carmel Parish in Lyndhurst, N. J.
Artist Frank Mass of Pequannock and Father Edward
Hayes, pastor, talk about one of the windows. It shows
Apollo 8 Astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders, who
read scripture as they circled the moon in 1968.
Windows at left illustrate “Religious Liberty” --
including pilgrims, a menorah, and New York City
which has a heavily Jewish community, and
“Catholicism in America”- Pope Paul in New York
and the National Shrine in Washington.
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“Four More Years”
For American Nuns
DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - The life expectancy of an
American nun is four years longer than that of the
average American woman, and she has less chance of
dying from cancer than her lay counterpart, according
to a new study.
“Environment and Cancer,” a study of the relation
of cancer incidence to the way of life of Catholic nuns,
was edited by Dr. Con J. Fecher of the University of
Dayton, who has spent over 40 years in research on the
health of American priests and religious.
The data gathered from five years of study covering
an average of 110,000 nuns, showed that:
- There is “almost a
complete absence of
infectious disease” among
American Sisters.
-Nuns have a life
expectancy four years longer
than the average white
American woman.
-Nuns have a significantly
lower rate of lung, cervical
and skin cancer than other
women, and a significantly
higher rate of cancer of the
breast.
Dr. Fecher attributed the
low incidence of cancer
among nuns to a number of
factors. Generally, he said,
their more regular habits, and
greater freedom from
emotional upsets, and
abstinence from cigarettes
and alcohol make them
healthier and more resistant
to cancer.
In particular, he attributed
the low incidence of lung
cancer to the fact that nuns
do not smoke; of cervical
cancer to the fact that they
are celibate; and of skin
cancer to the fact their style
of dress diminishes the
chance of overexposure to
the sun’s rays.
The increased incidence of
some other types of cancer,
he said, could be due to a
“principle of inverse
association,” by which
“reduction of cancer-relevant
activity in an organ
diminishes cancer frequency
in other organs, as indeed
demonstrated by the Sisters
in the uterus, ovary, breast
and colon.”
Dr. Fecher also pointed
out that the increased
longevity of nuns-14 years
more than in 1900-has
contributed to a radical
change in the age distribution
in religious communities of
women.
“The age group in 1964-68
under age 45 years are only
43.5 percent strong,” he said,
“while in 1905 that age group
contained 72.6 percent of all
Sisters. On the other hand,
the age-group above 60 years
has increased from 7.7
percent to 33.2 percent of all.”
Young Blood Pumped
Into Sacred College
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI, in making
cardinals of 30 comparatively young men from all
parts of world, has effectively declared his faith in the
college of cardinals as an organ of Church government
and his determination to invigorate that ancient
institution with young blood.
He has made it bigger than
ever before, with 145
members. He had made it
more representative of the
world’s peoples, including for
the first time bishops from
Polynesia, from Pakistan and
from the Antilles.
And he has made it
younger: the median age of
the new cardinals is 60, and
only two of them are above
70 years of age. In the
consistories of 1965 and
1967, septuagenarians
abounded and there was a
sprinkling of octogenarians.
The Pope’s action spelled
an end to speculation that
arose toward the end of the
Second Vatican Council -
when he created the Synod of
Bishops - that the college of
cardinals would fossilize and
its ancient functions be
replaced by elected
representatives of the world’s
bishops.
In fact, the Pope has taken
several steps since the end of
the council to invigorate the
college of Cardinals. He has
progressively made it more
representative of the world,
geographically and ethnically.
He has excluded cardinals
over 80 from participating in
papal elections (though not
from the possibility of being
elected). He has laid down a
retirement age of 75 for
cardinals who direct offices
of the Roman Curia, the
Church’s central
administration, and he has
ruled that the dean of the
college of cardinals is to be
elected and not simply
assume that office by virtue
of seniority.
The consistory, or formal
ceremony for creation of the
cardinals, is scheduled for
March 5.
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Pointing The Way
SALINAS, Calif. -- United Farm Workers leader
Cesar Chavez motions during a Salinas, Calif., news
conference as he announces that his union will set up
picket lines around the nation’s supermarkets and
lettuce fields to force lettuce growers to sign union
contracts. Chavez made his announcement after the
California Supreme Court lifted an injunction
prohibiting striking and picketing by the UFW union.
At left is UFW counsel Jerry Cohen who disclosed that
the union is seeking damages of SI 13 million in two
suits against the Teamsters Union and lettuce growers.
In the decision, the court said that lettuce growers in
1970 entered into a five-year “union shop” agreement
with the Teamsters without trying to determine if the
workers supported the Teamsters Union. Therefore,
the court ruled the UFW has no jurisdictional dispute
with the Teamsters and UFW is free to carry out
organizing activities.
Lettuce Boycott Comes to Head
By Marie Mulvenna
The long brewing storm
over unionization of
California farm workers,
spawned in the grape dispute
of 1970 and currently raging
around the heated lettuce
controversy, has reached
hurricane proportions.
The growing fracas over
unionization of the
farmworker involves the
Teamsters Union and the
United Farm Workers Union
(UFWU) led by Cesar Chavez.
No sooner had Chavez filed
suit for $213 million against
the Teamsters and 200
California growers and
shippers than the Teamsters
responded with news they
were “renegotiating contracts
to improve wages and
working conditions of farm
workers,” a move
immediately denounced by
the UFWU as “fraud.”
According to UFWU officials
the Teamster move is a
“flagrant example of
collusion between the
Teamsters and the growers to
prevent farm workers from
getting the union of their
choice.”
The California Supreme
Court upheld the “collusion”
accusation of the UFWU,
contending that the
Teamsters had indeed
received “favored” treatment
by the growers in signing the
contracts without permitting
their workers a choice of
union. While upholding the
legality of the questionable
1970 contracts, the Supreme
Court did rule that previous
court decisions and
injunctions obtained in 1970
barring UFWU boycotts and
strikes, were invalid. Chavez’
reaction to the court decision
was that the UFWU would
take full advantage of the
right to boycott and strike.
“We are now ready to pick up
where we left off on
September 16,1970.” Chavez
stated.
The present tempest
had its beginnings some two
and a half years ago.
Following the settlement of
the grape dispute in June
1970, Chavez said he would
then organize the field
workers of the Salinas Valley
often referred to as the state’s
“lettuce bowl.” Teamster
officials were then involved
with Salinas growers,
negotiating for contracts for
packinghouse employees and
tractor drivers. Apparently
hoping to avoid Chavez, the
growers rapidly and quietly
signed contracts with the
Teamsters covering field
workers as well.
A strike then followed and
in August of 1970 the U. S.
Bishops’ Farm Labor
Committee was called in to
mediate the dispute, resulting
in a jurisdictional pact that
left the packing house
workers with the Teamsters.
Some large growers then
negotiated with the UFWU
but some 200 declined to do
so, refusing to cancel their
Teamster contracts. Chavez
then called a boycott of all
lettuce in the valley not
picked by his members. Once
again, the bishops’ committee
entered the picture and the
earlier agreement was again
confirmed. Chavez called a
moratorium on his boycott to
permit growers to work out
the situation with the
Teamsters. Locals of the
Teamsters group in Salinas
refused to abide by the pact
made by their Western
Conference headquarters.
Their stand was supported by
growers and once again the
lettuce boycott was on.
Several additional attempts
have been made by the
bishops’ committee but with
no result. Teamster officials
were adamant in their refusal
to heed the jurisdictional pact
and indicated they would
instead expand their efforts
among the field workers.
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William Grami, an official of
the Western Teamsters, said
his group would plan to
enforce the contracts. “We
had an agreement,” Grami
said, “that we would not
actively engage in organizing
activities among field
workers. But that decision
has been changed and we are
actively preparing to engage
in such activities.” Grami,
who is also director of
organizing for the Teamsters,
said the new contracts offer
more benefits for the workers
than those of the UFWU.
“We are also working to
organize disgruntled workers
currently under contracts
with the UFWU in both the
vegetable and grape
industries,” Grami stated,
adding they had found no
particular resistance to
signing up members in view
of the new contracts.
Chavez recently stated that
papal social encyclicals such
as RERUM NOVARUM “give
us a very good case for our
struggles.” Chavez contends
that the contract struggle is a
question of, social justice
commenting “we are willing
to do an honest day’s labor
and we expect the company
to treat us as workers,” he
stated. He added that the
“encyclicals have become
living documents for us...a
living reality.”
Chavez stated his
appreciation of support from
numerous Church groups,
including bishops, religious
and laity and related the help
derived when local church
conferences, senates etc.
support the lettuce boycott.
“People must understand that
our people come from a
Mexican culture,” adding the
Church played an important
role in the culture and
tradition of the Mexican
people.
Among the many Church
leaders supporting the lettuce
boycott is Cardinal John
Dearden of Detroit who
recently urged all people and
groups in the archdiocese to
boycott head (iceberg)
lettuce that was not marked
with the black Aztec eagle
label. Said Cardinal Dearden:
“The immediate issue is the
workers’ right to bargain
collectively, a right defended
in traditional Catholic
teaching and reaffirmed by
the Second Vatican Council.
The fundamental issue,
however, is the lettuce
workers’ right to a decent life
for themselves and their
families.” The Detroit
resolution noted that “the
quality of life for
farmworkers has been
significantly improved in
areas where the workers have
been able to organize and
negotiate through the United
Farm Workers.”
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— at the Monastery
Meanwhile, from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit at
Conyers, comes word from Father Anthony DiLisi that
the indoor garden at the monastery produces not only
the best lettuce in the state, but lettuce which may be
eaten with “good conscience.”
Father DiLisi, a Trappist, is aided by Father Dan
McCormick, a former archdiocesan priest who entered-
the community last year, in growing lettuce which is
picked, washed and packaged and sold to the public via
the monastery gift shop for 35 cents a head.
“We have no labor disputes here,” says Father
Anthony. “And anyone can eat our lettuce with a clear
conscience.”
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