Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1974 Page: 5 of 6
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Friday, March 22. 197-1
TEXAS GULF COAST C ATHOLIC
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COMICS COMBAT ALCOHOLISM
MONTREAL Montreal youngsters Pascal Cohen and Eric Andoney look over a comic book
pul out by ik' ~*»vernment of Canada's Norlhwesl Territories to combat liquor abuse.
The comic book locna, "vas chosen because it is a commonly read vehicle of information in
Canada's cold northern regions, where there is a higher rate of alcohol consumption on a
gallonage basis than in other areas of the country. Called "Captain Al Cohol.” the alcohol
education division of the Northwest Territories has distributed 32,000 free copies of the book
in an effort to combat the problem. (RNS)
One Mother’s Vlew^
Learning To Love In Lent
A young priest in our parish
preaches terrific homiles. He
spoke last Sunday about
Lenten obligations, and his
talk prompted thoughts for
Hays afterwards.
He reviewed the current
regulations regarding fast and
abstinence, then commented
that some people complain
that Lent was better the "old
'-Way” when you really knew
you were making sacrifices to
keep the fast. Many people
^ feel today's Lent is relaxed...
too easy ... watered down .. .
» He stressed that we now
Have the obligation to practice
some deliberate, positive
charity each day...and for
may this may be more dif-
ficult than the fasting.
He followed that comment
with an example. Suppose a
man has had a bitter
argument with his wife, and
they haven't spoken to each
other for days...or weeks... He
could perform a deliberate act
^ of charity by making the first
move, going to her and saying,
‘‘I’m sorry.”
; It wouldn't be easy...and he
might prefer Lent the "old
way" when he could have just
fasted, for it would be easier to
deny his appetite than his
gride,
' Bui then, the young priest
went cm with his example.
Suppose the wife had been at
fault. Shouldn’t she, the one
who started the argument in
*the ft t place, make the first
move i patch it up. The man
could feel it is HER respon-
sibility to say, “I’m wrong.”
Our young priest asked us to
compare that attitude with
Christ’s regarding WHO and
HOW we should forgive.
He went on to point out that
the husband could have so
perfected his art of feuding
that he -.eels most righteous
aboc*. 't. He is teaching his
By Mary Carson
wife a lesson. He is improving
ter! By withholding his love,
he is giving her an excellent
opportunity to correct HER
faults.
The priest made a com-
parison to how Christ acted.
He recommended that while
we are asked to give up very
little food, we should try
giving up our feuds, our
pettiness, our righteousness
about others’ errors.
After listening to that
homily I had some thoughts of
my own.
If every Catholic
scrupulously abstained,..from
the unkind world, the biting
remark, the sharp answer, the
hurting reply...we might start
being identified as Catholics
again not because we are in
line at a fish counter, but
because of our imitation of
Christ.
If every Catholic fasted
from pride disguised as
righteousness, anger
disguised as authority, and
hatred disguised as defense of
the Fatih, maybe we would
emprge from Lent as
recognizable Christians.
Is it possible that the rigid
fast appeals to us because it
was lft\SIER?
We k'.ew whether or not we
were keeping it.
It didn’t curb our pride as
charity does.
And we feel so noble
knowing how we were
religiously keeping the
fast., and passing judgment
on others who we knew were
not.
Since we’re well into Lent,
maybe it's a good time to
reflect on how we’re doing.
Possibly we can pull in a few
notches on the belt around our
pride.
Maybe, if we’re honest with
ourselves, the girth of our
pride is bigger than before. If
that belt is pinching, it’s not
too late to start.
And if you fail, you think you
can’t do it.,.DON’T GIVE UP,
TRY AGAIN.
SUNDAY. MARCH 24
CLEOPATRA (1963) Part I—
Bloated, extravagant
production, mildly offensive in
its atmosphere of heavy
sexual tension and innuendo,
with a huge, international cast
headed by Richard Burton as
Mark Anthony, Elizabeth
Taylor as Cleo, Rex Harrison
as Caesar. (B)
MONDAY, MARCH 25
8:00 PM. (ABC)
CLEOPATRA (1963), Part U-
See description for previous
night. (B)
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
7:30 P.M. (ABC) - MACHINE
GUN KELLY (1958)-Violent,
needlessly detailed
Depression-era account of
how the FBI bureau chief
Melvin Purvis (Dale
Robertson) relentlessly
tracked down and killed the
notorious kidnap-robbery
gang headed by the fellow who
liked automatic weapons. (B)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH tl
7:00 P.M. (NBC) - THE
ROCKFORD FILES AND A
GROWS IN BROOKLYN
--■THE ROCKFOR&
FILES concerns the super -
shooting of a private eye
(yawn) played by amiable
James Garner, who
specializes in cases on which
the police have given up. In
this pilot episode, Garner
checks out the death of a
young woman client’s father-
was it suicide or murder? A
TREE GROWS IN
BROOKLYN stars Cliff
Robertson, and shapes up as
somewhat more "relevant.”
Set in the 1940’s, the story
follows the hand-to-mouth
existence of a troubled
Brooklyn family; dad
Robertson is mostly unem-
ployed and often drunk; mom
Diane Baker tries to keep the
family togher; kids Pam
Ferdin and Michael Wixted
experience the various pains
and joys of being young during
hard times.
7:30 P.M. (ABC) - FEMALE
ARTILLERY -Rebroadcast
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By Father Louis Joseph
We’re still growing! Our
latest "Welcome to the Club"
goes out to Father Alphonse
Coenders, M.S.F. and the
following members of Sacred
Heart unit in Corpus Christi:
KNIGHTS. Albert Cortez,
Ray Ortiz; SQUIRES: Rudy
Landa, Noe Saldana, Vince
Ortiz, Vince Cortez, Frank
Mendez, Ray Ramirez, David
Gomez, Hector Tienda, David
Acuna, Steve Acuna,
Sylvester Gonzalez: SER-
VERS: Manuel Apusen, Joe
Bermudez, Richard Garza,
Ruben Garza, Jesse Baitazar,
Jim Hernandez, Roger
Garcia, Andres Leal, Roland
Munguia, Dan Puente,
Melchor Puente, Henry
Reyes, Robert Ruiz, Marin
Sanchez and Javier
Rodriquez. This now brings us
to 30 units and well over 700
members. 1 lost count
somewhere after 700 mem-
bers. We hope to see this group
at the Seminary on April 7th
and we do have a plaque for
their outstanding server. At
the time of this writing
(March 11th) nine units have
given us the names of their
outstanding servers and the
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of a TV feature starring
Dennis Weaver and Ida
Lupino. If escaped outlaw
Weaver thinks he’s having
problems keeping one jump
ahead of the law and the gang
he doublecrossed, wait until
he meets up with a wagon
train owned and operated by a
bunch of bawdy frontier girls!
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
8:00 P.M. (NBC) - THE
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE
■ PRAIRIE -This is a premiere
offering of a drama about
homesteading in the Kansas
plains during the 1870’s, and
it’s based on the nicely-turned
book by Laura Ingalls
Wagner. Michael Landon (of
BONANZA fame) stars as the
head of the homesteadhold;
Karen Grassle plays his wife.
Vatican Committee Looks
Into Family Problems
..VATICAN CITY (NO-The
Vatican’s Committee for the
Family gathered information
on sex education, abortion,
divorce, birth control and
other problems facing modern
families during its second
plenary meeting, March 9 to
13, in the Vatican.
The committee by Papal
mandate acts as a
clearinghouse for family
matters and makes its report
directly to Pope Paul through
its president, Canadian Bishop
Edouard Gagnon, rector of the
Candian College in Rome.
A participant in the recent
session said there was
“widespread acceptance by
the committee to see sex
education provided in the
home as a remote preparation
for marriage."
If the controversies over sex
education in schools as en-
countered in the United States
were discussed in the small
group as a whole, the par-
ticipant said.
The international com-
mittee agreed unanimously
that the Church should take
the lead in expressing greater
confidence in the young,
asking them to respond to the
moral issues of the day.
Avoiding discussion of
specific problems of in-
dividual nations, the com-
mittee recommended as an
antidote to divorce a "much
number of people to expect at
the Seminary on April 7th.
From the nine alone we can
expect over two hundred
people. Imagine what the
number will be when the other
21 units report in!
The following boys received
the Eucharistic Cross at St.
Anthony’s Church in Rob-
stown on March 8th
before a huge crowd;
Raul Medina, Peter Saiz,
Manuel G., Willie Nerio,
ASdam Chapa, Ramiro
Medina, Marcelo Ysaguirre
and Robert H. Gonzalez, Jr.
They were honored with a
reception in their parish hall
afterwards. Our sincere
congratulations go out to these
boys, to their directress Sister
Vicente and their pastor
Father McGowan.
better premarriage education
worldwide and a special
catechesis for those entering
mixed marriages.”
The committee showed
great interest in some of the
more successful natural
family planning methods and
concluded, as a result of their
discussions, that most nations
have some form of pregnancy
counseling services as a
counter-measure to outright
abortion.
Regarding abortion, the
committee emphasized that
human development begins
with conception.
Some committee members
had been strongly urged by
therapists and others who
work with deformed children
to speak up for their
usefulness and ability to find
a rightful place in this world,
the participant said.
Speaking of evangelization,
the theme of the meeting of
the world Synod of Bishops in
September 1974, the com-
mittee said that the family is
the basic unit which the
Gospel can be divulged in-
ternally, preparing the family
members to express it ex-
ternally.
The committee also said it
feels that one of the themes for
the 1975 Holy Year--
reconciliation-is ideally
applicable to the family, to
help members overcome their
difficulties with each other.
The committee expressed a
keen awareness of the 1974
United Nations-sponsored
World Population Year
conference in Bucharest,
Rumania, this August and
said it should make a strong
presentation at that gathering
for natural family planning.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Peggy Williams helps Father William Wendt, pastor of St. Stephen
and Incarnation Episcopal church in Washington.D.C. don a down costume for a special
service at which Mias Williams preached. One of Ringling Bros, and Barnum St Haney
Circus’ "ladies of laughter,” Miss Williams is serious a boat clowning around. As a speech
pathology major at the University of Wisconsin, she learned to use her hands and face to
communicate with denf children. "Their natural language is pantoroine.” she explains. She
has carried this learning into the circus ring, where she communicates with children of all
ages. The theme of her sermon was appropriat for a clown—happiness and hope. (RNS)
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