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t 4 > \lLL£Hr\ (Nathalie rfic&ctioce&c s4tt<mta Vol. 12 No. 28 Thursday, August 15, 1974 $5 PER YEAR Black Sisters’ Conference Holds National Meet Here BY CHRIS STARR ATLANTA - The National Black Sister’s Conference (NBSC), a coalition of black nuns, convened here to discuss the emerging role of black women in the Catholic Church and the problems encountered by poor blacks in the United States. Sister Mary Shawn Copeland, O.P., executive director of the NBSC, spoke about the new attempts at “self determination for black Catholics” and the organization’s efforts to help educate the black nun about the issue of being black and Catholic. “Over-all,” she said, “religious women are protected from the reality of women who are in oppressive situations and the amount of emotional and psychic pressure they undergo.” The Conference, whose membership includes nuns dispensed from their vows, began in August, 1968, with a membership of 164 black sisters. Concentrating on the uniqueness of being black, Catholic and American the Conference helped promote black vocations to the religious life and urged the redistribution of black sisters to black schools, communities and other institutions of the Church. Dr. Mazetta Klanigan, a research analyst working on prison reform, spoke to the 30 women present at Atlanta’s PAROLE CHAPLAIN Sheraton Biltmore on the “explosive situation” in U.S. prisons. She emphasized that the waiting process for people awaiting trial in prison is “a crucial period” that can drag on for months and urged the sisters to work for speedy and fair trials. The NBSC, representing over 200 black sisters in the United States, is currently studying ways for their organization to develop regional programs that will investigate and help alleviate conditions of injustice for the imprisoned and those on welfare. Dr. Klanigan said she hasn’t seen “a happy person in prison yet,” and asked the sisters, how the prison system “could have gotten so bad, if we still have Christian men and women populating this country.” Carolina Priest Murdered COLUMBIA - Father Jarman B. Casey, 38, was buried Aug. 5 after being discovered by police to be a murder victim. The police arrested Francis Lewis Fr. Casey Atlanta Families Host Visiting South Americans BY JOLAINE KINGERY Forty four South American students arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 30, to spend three days in homes with Atlanta families to learn more about the American way of living and American culture. Quito, Ecuador, is where most of these young Catholics come from although one was from Chile and one was from Paraguay. Ranging in age from 16 to 21, they are part of the Cardinal Spellman Student Exchange which has been in operation for 13 years. Father John Porter, Salesian Director of Vocations at Don Bosco College in Quito is director of the program. Arriving in Atlanta from Miami, the students will also visit Louisville, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Disney World before returning to Ecuador in October. In each of these cities, the students will stay with Catholic families, mostly those with teenagers, who feel they also benefit from the exchange. Herb Farnsworth, Christ the King, and Carol Martin, Immaculate Heart of Mary, were in charge of arranging the host families in Atlanta. These included Barbara and A1 Purdy, Judy and Bill Caman, Sharon and Paul Lang, Jean and Dave Guinee, Anna Mae and Nick Castricone, Murice and Avery Grainger, Gini and Nick Belluso, Jean and Joe Ryan, Jean Dawkins, Jolaine and Bill Kingery, Bernice and Ed Trotochaud, Mrs. James Weeks, Mary and William Faber, Phyllis and Don Gareis, Mary and Bob Callahan, Carol and Dave Martin, Charlotte Brown, Flore and Roland Fredette, Rita and Gordon Nash, and Janet and Gordon Wadsworth. Ms. Clara Maria Galarraga, chaperone for the young people this year, wishes to thank the families in Atlanta for the kindness and friendship received. WATER IS VALUABLE - Water is so valuable in Upper Volta that there is always plenty of action around communal wells such as this one which can still provide safe drinking water. The country, one of those in the drought-stricken Sahelian zone, is among recipients of aid from UNICEF which is conducting a relief drive. Catholic Relief Services is one of the agencies helping to distribute food in Sahelian countries. Franklin, 31, a parolee from the South Carolina Correctional Institute (CCI) where Fr. Casey served as chaplain. Franklin had been staying at the priest’s apartment. Officers went to Casey’s apartment following a telephone call from a New Hampshire police department. That department had been contacted by a New Hampshire woman who said Franklin had called her and told her he was going to kill a priest in Columbia. Police contacted every priest in the area, but Fr. Casey could not be reached at first. When they finally arrived at his apartment, they found him dead. He had been stabbed twice in the back with a large knife and severely beaten with a pipe, causing skull fractures, according to police reports. Franklin was found packing his belongings and preparing to leave the apartment. Funeral services for Fr. Casey were held at St. Joseph’s church here where he had been ordained 12 years ago. The Mass was con-celebrated by Bishop E.L. Unterkoefler and many of the priests of the Charleston diocese. DEADLY DROUGHT -- Skulls of animals which died in the Sub-Sahara drought lay beside branches of a dead thorn tree in Upper Volta, one of a half-dozen African nations plagued by a severe shortage of water for six years. Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has urged fellow bishops to hold special collections for drought victims. Official Appointment Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan has announced the appointment of Reverend Colman Haggerty, C.P. as Pastor of the Parish of Saint Paul of the Cross to succeed Reverend Austin McKenna, C.P. The appointment became effective August 1, 1974. AUGUST 18 Second Collection Set To Aid Drought Victims In a letter sent to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Donnellan has suggested that a second collection to aid the victims of drought in Africa and India be offered on Sunday, August 18. Explaining that the bishops of the United States have been invited to take up special collections to aid the victims of famine, especially in Sub-Sahara Africa, Archbishop Donnellan wrote, “This seems to me to be a most worthy appeal. You are, therefore, invited to take up such a second collection on Sunday, August 18, and forward the returns to the Chancery during the following week.” All funds from the collection will be sent to the United States Catholic Conference’s Catholic Relief Services (CRS) division. CRS has estimated that each day in the countries of Sub-Sahara Africa tens of thousands of children, weakened after long months of malnutrition, succumb to the ravages of disease. “In Niger and Chad, particularly, pitiful refugee camps now dot the countryside as thousands upon thousands of nomads, deprived of both livelihood and sustenance by the death of their cattle, plead for shelter and food,” a CRS newsletter states. Among the items most needed to help the victims of the drought are milk, baby foods, medical supplies, blankets, shelter materials, cotton cloths, transport facilities and tools and equipment for well drilling, building earthen dams, irrigation systems and other projects to make more water available. Since June 1973, CRS has received contributions for African drought relief totalling almost $1,150,000. This amount, which is now nearly exhausted, has helped an estimated 245,000 drought suffers. Another $3 million is needed as soon as possible if the present CRS relief effort in Senegal, Mauritania and Upper Volta is to be continued. CRS has sent three of its most experienced American overseas relief directors from neighboring African countries into Ethiopia, Niger and Chad where they are now arranging duty-free entry for gifts contributions will make possible. Transportation for the necessary items is also being arranged. Bulletins VISITORS FROM ECUADOR were in Atlanta for a short stay with local families. They came to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church were they met their hosts. Korean Bishop Sentenced to 15 Years SEOUL, South Korea (NC) - A military court has found Bishop Daneil Tji Hak Soun of Won Ju guilty of inciting rebellion against the government of President Park Chung Hee, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Former South Korean President Yun Po-Sun was convicted on the same charge but received a three-year suspended sentence. Protestant minister Park Hyun-Kyoo and Kim Dong-Gil, a history professor at Yonsei University, also were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Dr. Kim Chan-Kook, dean of Yonsei University’s theological college, received a 10-year sentence. Reports from Seoul say Bishop Tji was transferred from a hospital to a prison upon his conviction. Resignation Reaction WASHINGTON (NC) - Religious leaders around the country reacted soberly and sadly to the resignation of Richard M. Nixon from the presidency of the United States. But they also expressed a strong belief that Americans have learned the lessons of Watergate and will now move toward reconciliation and a new tone of justice and morality in government. Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, president of the U.S. Catholic Conference, noted that the political profession is “one that must always be based on ethical and moral principles.” Bishop Blasts IRA LONGFORD, Ireland (NC) - A Catholic bishop has branded the violence of the Irish Republican Army counterproductive, harming the Northern Irish Catholics the IRA professes to protect. Bishop Cahal Daly of Ardagh and Clonmachios conceded that the leadership of the IRA “cannot be defeated.” He added: “For every year in which they are militarily undefeated, the welfare of the very people they claim to be liberating is set back perhaps 10 years.” Northern Irish Catholics, he added, may be forced by the violence into emigrating. Bishop for Baton Rouge WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope Paul has named Auxiliary Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan, 54, of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., bishop of Baton Rouge, La. He has also named Msgr. Kenneth A. Angell, 44, chancellor of the Providence, R.I., diocese to be auxiliary bishop of that See. Bishop Sullivan succeeds retired Bishop E. Tracy in the Baton Rouge diocese. The appointments were announced here by Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States. New Sacramentary Ready WASHINGTON (NC) - The new sacramentary, or altar missal for priests, is now available at Catholic book stores across the country, it was announced here by the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy. The sacramentary, the result of 10 years of gradual reform of the Mass, provides the official English translation of the Latin Roman Missal published in 1970 by the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship. It contains all of the official prayer texts needed by the priest celebrant at Mass. 11,000 Norway Catholics OSLO, Norway (NC) - Latest figures show that there are 11,100 Catholics in Norway. They constitute 9.4 percent of Norway’s so-called dissenters, that is, those who do not belong to the Lutheran state church. Norway’s total population is about four million.