Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1974 Page: 1 of 6
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From the Bishop's Desk
Fink Says Catholic Press
Deadline Extended For Use of
New Annointing of Sick Rite
U.S. OFFICIAL RECEIVED BY PONTIFF
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Because of some
difficulties in translating from Latin into
vernacular languages, the Vatican has
extended the Jan. 1,1974, date set for use of
the new rite for the sacrament of the
Annointing of the Sit-k, formerly called
Extreme Unction.
The Congregation for Divine Worship
announced Jan. 22 that because several
bishops’ conferences had requested more
time to complete translations oi the new Latin
text into modem languages the Jan. l date
has been suspended.
Bishops’ conferences, however, are urged
to complete the translations as soon as
possible and to establish, after the
translations are approved and confirmed by
the Vatican, the date on which the new
sacramental rite becomes effective.
The English text of the new rite for use in
the United States has been approved and
confirmed by the Vatican. That text has been
given to interested publishers and the
effective date for using the new rite will be
announced later.
Clergy Appointment
Reverend Monsignor William T. Thompson.
Diocesan Director for Continuing Education
of the Clergy, effective January 12, 1974.
The. Most Reverend Thomas J. Drury,
Bishop of Corpus Christ! has made the
following clergy appointment:
By order of
Bishop Thomas J. Drury
Rev. Richard Shirley
Asst’t. Chancellor
In recent years, the Holy See has expressed
a great deal of concern as to ways and means
of reaching the faithful with the message of
the Gospel. In the developing African and
Asian nations, the transistor radio has
become a very reliable instrument for this
purpose. In scattered villages that are not
connected with the outside world, by means of
electrical and telephonic apparatus, the
transistor radio plays a large part in bringing
God’s message to the people. Most of these
places cannot be reached with postal
facilities; and even if this were possible, there
is too much illiteracy, hence, the great value
of the radio.
But even in the highly developed nations
such as our own, the Holy Father is insistent
that we keep close contact with our people,
not only through the pulpit, but also by way of
the mail, the radio and television.
In our own country, we are receiving
reports that there is a decline in Sunday Mass
attendance. This should impel us to double
our efforts to reach our people through the
“media." We must have concern for the
sheep that stray: we must return them to the
fold.
In the Diocese of Corpus Christi, we have
some local television programs. We also have
a network „.c religious information that comes
to our people by means of some 27 Radio
Stations. The Pau'ist Fathers sponsor these
programs. They are paid for through our
Diocesan Development Fund.
In addition to this, we have our own
Diocesan weekly, the Texas GiFf Coast
Catholic, which is assembled and printd here
and which is designed to be placed, by mail, in
every Catholic home in our Diocese. By
means of both the Spanish and English
languages, our paper carries international,
national and local news of special interest to
our faithful. Our weekly also contains quite a
bit of information dealing with the authentic
teaching of the Church.
February has been designated as Catholic
Press month. It is a time for renewal of our
annual subscription or an application for a
new subscription. As pastors, we must ne
sensitive to the feelings of others and par-
ticularly to the need which they have to read
and hear the word of God. This is especially
true if, for some reason, a family has given up
the practice of Sunday Mass.
By cooperation and kindness, we can help
each other and thus assure ourselves of God’s
love for us.
Director Appointed For Education of Priests
Bishop Thomas J. Drury has appointed
Msgr. William T. Thompson to head the
Dioceses department for the Continuing
Education of Clergy.
Bishop Drury made the appointment
following the Senate of Priests meeting last
week. At the meeting the priests Senators
asked the Bishop to look into the feasability of
an organized program of study that might be
^ made available to interested priests. The
Sena?': of Priests recommended that the
financing for these studies be included in the
Diocesan Budget; and that priests undertak-
ing these studies finance their own education
at least partially.
Msgr. Thompson, as Chancellor of the
Diocese and as a Pastor, is well qualified to
Msgr. William T. Thompson
make the necessary judgements regarding a
program for the continuing education of
priests.
Has Gained In Importance
NEW YORK (NC) — In the struggle to
make known the Church and its answers to
the problems of the world, the Catholic press
is more important than ever, according to
John F. Fink, president of the Catholic Press
Association.
Fink expressed this sentiment in a
statement for the February observance of
Catholic Press Month.
“Today emphasis is being placed on adult
religious education. No source can do this job
better and with such regularity as our
Catholic newspapers,’’ Fink said. ‘‘They
become a channel for teaching and explaining
Christian doctrine, and for correcting
occasional misinterpretations by secular
news media.
Fink said the Catholic newspapers serve as
a vital means of communication between the
bishop and his people. “In fact, there is no
other means by which a bishop can reach his
people as effectively, quickly and at the
lowest possible cost.”
Fink pointed out there are 425 Catholic
periodicals published in the United States and
Canada which have a combined circulation in
excess of 22.5 million copies.
"Yet the Catholic press is beset with
numerous problems, largely financial in
nature. Publishing costs continue their rise
while circulation and advertising revenues
either remain stable or decline," Fink said.
Despite these problems, Fink said, Catholic
periodicals continue to be “one of the greatest
bargains’’ in the publishing field. “People
have always recognized the need for Catholic
periodicals, and in our fast-moving, changing
times, that need is greater than ever.”
Fink said Catholic editors are constantly
examining themselves to make sure they
present an accurate picture of the Church in
the world.
He said the editors wish to present Catholic
doctrine in a way that will make their readers
know their faith fully and make that faith an
important part of their lives.
“It is for these reasons that our Catholic
press deserves the continued and full support
of the Catholic faithful. It is only by this
support that the purpose of the Catholic press
can be fulfilled,” Fink said. (Fink’s complete
statement is on Page 2.)
Budget Board Asks
Reduction In Spending
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February 3 is
Catholic Press Sunday.
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At the recent meeting of the Diocesan
Budget Advisory Board, members recom-
mended ‘‘a large reduction in Diocesan
spending”. Msgr. William T. Thompson,
Chancellor of the Diocese and Chairman of
the Budget Advisory Board, indicated to
department heads that this would necesitate
curtailing programs and making serious
administrative cuts for 1974. He asked that
each department keep its expenditures at the
present level until the final budget is
completed.
Members of the committee were advised
that fundi available for Diocesan spending
have gre itly diminished since the completion
of Campaign Hope. The decrease in funds has
been attributed to the failure of many
parishes in meeting their obligations to the
Diocese. Msgr. Thompson said that “in brief
we cannot spend money we do not have, and
until new money is generated we will nave to
curtail eur expenditures”.
The Budget Committee issued "criteria for
eliminating or reducing current Diocesan
Programs”. A c py of the criteria mailed to
all Diocesan departments follows:
“Due to the fact that the Campaign Hope
money is no longer with us and due to the fact
that it is costing more and more each year to
have diocesan programs, it is necessary (hat
we carefully review each of the programs to
insure that they indeed are necessary and
worthy of funding on the diocesan level.
“When Campaign Hope was at its peak and
money was of little concern, it was nice to talk
about all of the great programs our diocese
could have. At that time, I felt we created
some programs for the sake of spending
money; and now we are left with these
programs and are faced with coming up with
monies. It may be that all the programs
currently fn existence are necessary and that
they will continue to be. However, I believe,
at this time, it is necessary to take a very
close and critical look at each of these.
I pressed that the criteria for determining
the necessity of these departments be as
follows:
(1) TTiey must be diocesan in scope.
(2) They should affect a substantial number
of people.
(3) It must be asked actually how many and
in what way will the people be affected if the
program were discontinued.
(4) Could the program not just as well be
carried out on the parish level?
(5) Could we not have a reorientation of the
program, so that rather than a strong
diocesan - level program, we could have
strong parish programs and the diocesan
moderator go out into the parishes to
encourage and support such programs”.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Paul VI greets U.S. Treasury Secretary George Schultz during a private audience at the Vatican. (RNS Photo)
Nine Bishops Named to Priestly Life and Ministry Committee
WASHINGTON (NC) - Nine bishops have
been named members of the U. S. bishops’
Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry, and
0 a search was announced for selection of a
priest as executive director of its office.
Bishop Thomas J. Grady, committee
chairman, made these announcements in
letters to all U. S. bishops and presidents of
priests’ senates in the country.
The Committee on Priestly Life and
Ministry was activated by the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops at its meeting
in November, 1973.
Bishop Grady said there will be a broad
consultation among bishops and priests to
identify candidates to be named priest -
advisors and to select a priest to serve as
executive director of the Office of Priestly
Life and Ministry.
* “Tlie bishops’ Committee on Priestly Life
™ and Ministry has the potential to make an
important contribution to the life of the
Church in the United States," he told the
bishops. “We would like to make a good
beginning. We appreciate your help and the
help of your priests.”
Following are the bishops named to the
committee:
Archbishop Ignatius Strecker of Kansas
City, Kan.; Bishop Paul Anderson of Duluth,
Minn.; Bishop Gerard Frey of Lafayette, La.;
Bishop George Guilfoyle of Camden, N.J.;
Bishop Joseph Hogan of Rochester, N.Y.;
Bishop Raymond Hunthausen of Helena,
Mont.; Bishop Thomas Mardaga of
Wilmington, Del.; Bishop Edward McCarthy
of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Bishop Francis Shea of
Evansville, Ind.
In November, 1972, when the U.S. bishops
determined to establish a permanent
Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry,
they also voted that priests be added to the
committee as consultants and advisors.
The present plan is to select 10 priest
consultants, representing both diocesan and
Religious priests from every geographical
section of the country, as well as priests from
different organizations.
The ad hoc committee which was the
predecessor of the present committee
recommended that, before making the choice
of the executive director, every senate or
council of priests in the United States be
consulted, so that the executive director
would have the support of the priests.
Since the executive director will be working
for and representing the bishops, the
committee is also consulting bishops so that
the director will also feel that he has their
support.
Msgr. Colin A. MacDonald has served for
two years as executive director of the
bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Priestly Life
and Ministry. Until the process of selection is
completed, he serves as acting director of the
office.
With his letters, Bishop Grady enclosed the
tentative goals and objectives of the
committee, along with the qualities the
executive director of its office is expected to
possess and the requirements that the
committee feels are necessary for the priest
advisors.
At its first meeting in March, the
committee will consider the suggestions that
have been made. They will choose the 10
advisors at that time from the candidates
presented. They will also select some names
to be recommended as candidates for the
position of executive director.
These candidates will be interviewed In
consultation with the chairman, Bishop
Grady, and Bishop James S. Rausch, NCCB
general secretary, will make the final
appointment. In order to facilitate the process
Bishop Grady asked that all suggestions for
these positions be submitted by February 22.
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Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Corpus Christi
Friday, February 1, 1974
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