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TEXAS GULF COAST REGISTER
Friday, September 20, 1968
British Bishops Map
Policy on Encyclical
Kingsville - St. Ger-
trude’s Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine met
Sunday evening, September
8 at St. Gertrude’s Hall.
The president, Mr. Bob
Richards introduced the
board members. The board
members are as follows:
Mrs. M. G. Owens, vice
president; Mrs. R. F. Ley,
secretary; Mrs. Fred Boyer,
chairman of teachers; Mrs.
Jim Geary, chairman of
helpers and fishers; and
Mrs. A. J. Winkler, chair-
man of adult education.
This board was formed
through the efforts of the
Diocesan CCD Office on
the previous Wednesday.
Father Charles Doherty
with the assistance of Sis-
ter Lucia met with a num-
ber of those interested in
CCD work on the previous
Wednesday. On Sunday,
Father Doherty preached
at all the Masses at St.
Gertrude’s asking for
volunteers to help in the
new CCD program. Sunday
evening over 50 persons
came to give of their time
and aid. Father Doherty
gave a talk on the func-
tions of C.C.D. and Sister
Lucia told the members of
the literature available for
the programs.
All children from grades
1 through 12 were regis-
tered in Religion Classes
on Sunday, Sept. 15, dur-
ing the Masses. Religion
classes will be held for
grades 1 through 8 after
the 9 o’clock Mass on each
Sunday. The date on which
grades 9 through 12 will
meet will be announced
later. All classes of Reli-
gion will begin the first
week of October.
Sunday, Sept. 15, was
designated as Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine Day.
~<pecia: booklets and papers
telling c- :-e importance of
tr- C' will be given to
u ■ ;:s attending
h ■
Sister Lucia from the
Diocesan Office will be
available to help all those
who are taking part in the
CCD program. She will
hold intraining courses for
all teachers.
London
Although only some dozen priests have
been suspended or censured for opposition
to Pope Paul’s encyclical on birth control
the Bishops of England and Wales saw
the need for a common policy on the
question and discussed it at a meeting
called by Cardinal John Heenan of West-
minster.
The 24 Archbishops and Bishops met
in private to discuss the teaching and its
application to both priests and laity.
It was hoped that the Bishops would
assent to a more modified policy in the
future, and that "rebel” priests already
uspended would be reinstated.
IT HAS ALSO been suggested that
the Bishops might agree to setting up a
fund to help dissenting priests who sud-
denly find themselves without a perma-
nent home or adequate funds.
A group of some 400 intellectuals who
have been campaigning against the birth
control encyclical here, claim that more
than 100 priests are known to them as
opponents of the teaching it contains.
One of the organizers, sociologist and lec-
turer Anthony Spencer, told the press
here: "We fear they may be victimized, —
forced to resign, or suspended.”
The Newman Association arranged a
big "teach-in” on the encyclical Sept. 13
in central London.
A 37-year-old priest. Father Patrick
Cronin of Coventry, who resigned volun-
tarily because of opposition to the birth
control document, said he had been con-
sidering this step for some time, but his
decision in conscience was brought to a
head by the encyclical.
HIS ORDINARY, Archbishop George
Dwyer of Birmingham, in an interview,
told Father Cronin, he thought "it would
never be possible within the present
teaching for a priest to give as his advice
that it would be right before God for a
Catholic to use any form of contracep-
tion.”
Archbishop Andrew Beck, A.A.. of
Liverpool, in a letter to the see's 5,000
teachers, asked them to show tolerance
toward those with conflicting views on
the encyclical. "Discussion will continue
and should not be repressed,” he wrote,
"in the meantime I would urge teachers
to respect the conscience of all, even of
those'who disagree with them profoundly.
In the present circumstances it would be
unwise to take up too rigid a position on
either side, until the implications of the
Holy Father's teaching have been clari-
fied.”
The controversy was featured in a
sermon by Auxiliary Bishop Thomas B.
Pearson of Lancaster before delegates to
the Trades Union Congress annual meet-
ing at Blackpool, in which he said more
dialogue was needed between Bishops and
laity and not only on the topic of birth
control.
He said the Bishops were doing their
utmost for constant and regular dialogue
with the laity, but noted that response to
the Pope’s Credo at the close of the Year
of Faith, and to the encyclical on contra-
ception had "shown unmistakably that
the self-discipline and readiness to pre-
pare ourselves for a harder road were not
immediately evident.”
BISHOP FRANCIS THOMSON of
Motherwell, Scotland, in a pastoral letter,
urged loyal Catholics not to take in the
cases of those who had rebelled against
the Papa! ruling on birth control, to avoid
bitterness, and to pray for "the unity of
the Church now threatened even from
within.”
His pastoral said that even loyal Cath-
olics who were dismayed that an easier
solution had not been found for personal
problems would give ready assent to Pope
Paul’s ruling on birth control.
He noted that euthanasia (mercy kill-
ing!. voluntary suicide, the murder of the
physically deformed or of the mentally
afflicted, and abortion, all have their
upholders.
"If plausible arguments can in certain
cases be adduced in favor of destroying
already existing life, even more readily
available are arguments for the preven-
tion of the very conception of human life.
"The Catholic who fully accepts the
Catholic Church with its authority to
teach through the Pope and the Bishops,
will have no crisis of conscience,” Bishop
Thomson declared.
Spohn Rates High
In Labs. Survey
to Serve Diocese
Father Patrick Campbell, C.S.Sp. of the Irish
Province of the Holy Ghost Fathers has come to
serve in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. He was
ordained in 1946 and taught philosophy in the
Major Seminary in Tanzania, East Africa, and
also worked on the missions there. He then
taught languages and speech in the Irish high
schools of his Congregation and English in
French-Speaking Senegal, West Africa. Since then,
he has been engaged in parish work in Britain
and the U.S. Father Campbell will be stationed at
San Luis Rey parish, Laredo. (Staff photo)
Corpus Christi — The
Clinical Laboratory of
Spohn hospital has recent-
ly completed the National
Comprehensive Laboratory
Survey sponsored by the
College of American Path-
ologists. This survey exa-
mines the methods used by
the Hospital Laboratory
and compares results ob-
tained in a variety of tests
in all phases of laboratory
work including, hematolo-
gy, urinalysis, blood coagu-
lation, blood banking, bac-
teriology, parsitology and
chemistry. The Spohn labo-
ratory scored in the high-
est range in 86 out of 88
tests.
Under the direction of
the standards committee of
the College of American
Pathologists, the goal of
the survey program is the
development and mainte-
nance of the highest possi-
ble technical standards in
the field of clinical pathol-
ogy. Out of 88 determina-
tions of Spohn laboratory
techniques, all but two
scored in the highest range
of good performance. These
two results were in chemi-
cal determinations, with
only a slight error, and the
deficiencies which were
pointed up in the two
procedures have subse-
quently been corrected.
This record in the survey
is an exceptional one, and
one with which the labora-
tory is exceedingly pleased
and justifiably proud.
As far back as 1949, the
standards committee of the
College of American Path-
ologists began conducting
small specialized surveys
with a limited number of,
participants. The first
comprehensive survey was
begun in 1963 to obtain
information concerning
precision and accuracy on
laboratory procedures in
chemistry, hematology,
blood bank, bacteriology,
parsitology, and clinical
microscopy. Since that time
the number of specimens
has been increased as well
as the number of partici-
pants in the program. En-
rollment in the 1968 pro-
gram for both the compre-
hensive and basic surveys
total over 4,000 partici-*
pants. This personalized
analysis of each laboratory
has been found to be of
such value that state
health agencies have be-
gun using the college’s
surveys for fulfilling Medi-
care requirements and
proficiency testing.
Playwright, Columnist To Deliver
Fall Lectures at Our Lady College
‘Second Good Friday’
Author Harry Golden suggested
that organized Christianity establish a
"second Good Friday’’ to mourn the
Jews murdered during the Nazi holo-
caust. Golden made his suggestion at
a workshop session during the Inter-
national Conference of Christians and
Jews in Toronto. (RNS Photo)
San Antonio — Play-
wright Edward Albee and
columnist Carl Rowan will
highlight the artist-lecture
series at Our Lady of the
Lake college during the
first semester of this aca-
demic year.
Rowan’s appearance is
set for Tuesday, Oct. 15,
and he will discuss the
presidential election (and
give a first-hand account of
the current political trends
in the nation. Albee will
discuss the state of theatre
today, and especially the
influence of his own works,
on Thursday, Oct. 31. Both
lectures are set for 8 p.m.
in Thiry auditorium and
are open to the public.
IN DISCUSSING poli-
tics, Rowan will speak
from an intimate knowledge
of the candidates and the
campaign gathered during
his travels, as well as from
the background of his own
political service. He was
first appointed by Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy as a
member of the U.S. delega-
tion to the United Nations.
He later served as Am-
bassador to Finland, then
succeeded Edward R. Mor-
row as Director of the U.S.
Information Agency.
Rowan currently writes a
syndicated column carried
by more than 100 newspa-
pers, among them the San
Antonio Evening News.
He is also chief news
commentator for the West-
inghouse Broadcasting
company. He attended Txrtlf'
political conventions and
has sipce followed the
campaigns of the two cam
didates across the nation*
His talk will give the San
Antonio audience his latest
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Corpus Christi — The
Governing Board of the
Sisters of Charity of the
Incarnate Word of San
Antonio, announces the
appointment of L. C. Ar-
nim, M.D., to the Board of
Trustees of Spohn hospital.
He has been a member of
the Spohn Medical Staff
since 1932, and has served
as President of the Staff
and as a member of the
Executive Committee.
Other members of the
Board of Trustees are B.
C. Garnett. Benjamin F.
Vaughan, Jr., and Robert
M. Jackson of Corpus
Christi; James H. Clement,
Kingsville; Sisters Angela
Clare Moran and Anto-
inette Courtney of San
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James Whalen of Fort
Worth; and Sisters Mary
Digna Lynch and Mary
Gabriel Dalton of Spohn
Hospital.
God's Grace
Talk's Theme
Corpus Christi - What
did Chri t mean when He
said that we must be born
again to enter the King-
dom of Heaven? How do
we obtain this life? These
are some of the questions
posed by Father John R.
Maguire of the St. Louis
Archdiocese in the first of
the new series entitled
"Graceful Living.”
In conclusion, Father
says God not only gave
His life for us, but He
made His own life avail-
able to us — to make us
members of His very own
family here on earth, and
thus heirs of heaven.
This program will be
seen over station KRIS
channel 6 in Corpus Chris-
ti on Sept. 21 at 7:00 a.m.
A copy of Father’s talk
may be secured by writing
to the Program at 3900
Westminster PI., St. Louis,
Mo. 63108. Ask for script
number 804.
Medellin, Colombia
"Economic dictatorship and the inter-
national imperialism of money” are re-
sponsible for the economic dependency of
Latin American countries, according to
the Latin American Bishops’ Council
(CELAM).
This is one of the many statements
found in the conclusions and recommen-
dations on pastoral work resulting from
the second general assembly of CELAM
which was held Aug. 26-Sept. 6.
Entitled "Message to the People of
Latin America” is an advanced summary
of the assembly’s action. The "message”
shows a predominant interest in socio-
economic, human welfare problems.
THE BISHOPS recommended a crash
program of Church renewal and social
justice for millions of the poor in their
countries.
In rather harsh language, the Bishops
condemned the armaments’ race between
the Latin American countries, the flight
of capital from their countries and certain
practices of some national and foreign
companies in business in their countries.
"Various foreign companies, and some
national ones as well, often evade the
established taxes with subterfuges . . .
Sometimes they send abroad their earn-
ings and dividends without investing to
contribute to the development of our na-
tions,” said the assembly of Bishops.
"Principally responsible for the eco-
nomic dependency of our countries,”
charged the Bishops, "are those forces
that, moved by unchecked profits, lead to
economic dictatorship and tho 'interna-
tional imperialism of money.’ ”
ON THE LIST of subjects for which
profound changes were urged by the
Bishops were the following:
• Justice and Peace: They condemned
violence, both in its armed form of rural
and urban guerrillas, and in the "pas-
sive” form of violation of human rights,
such as the inhuman conditions prevail-
ing in many countries, and urgently
called for governments and private lead-
ers to increase production and distribute
wealth, both in industrial and agricultur-
al activities, and full Church support for
these moves.
• Family and Population: They urged
responsible parenthood following the en-
cyclical Humanae Vitae and expressed
opposition to government birth-control
programs. They also expressed Church
support of all efforts to educate the mass-
es on parental rights and duties and to
increase production by the better use of
human and natural resources.
• Education: "Institutional” education
(schools, colleges, universities), they said
must reform attitudes, programs and
methods to infuse a spirit of solidarity
and social justice and a drive for develop-
ment in the students’ "Pastoral” educa-
tion — the administration of the sacra-
ments, preaching, counseling, catechetical
instruction — they said, must enlighten
the traditional faith and religious spirit,
both at the grass-roots and elite levels, in
order to place it at the service of the
"Christian community” and individual
salvation.
• Training of Priests: Corrective meas-
ures to modernize teaching, to involve
seminary living in community problems,
and changes from large seminaries to
smaller "family-like” groups were sug-
gested.
• Lay Movements: They cited the need
to promote integration of lay persons into
pastoral work to provide good priest-
moderators, to charge the laity with deve-
lopment projects and the financial support
of parishes. They also urged the creation
of a Latin American Lay Council.
• Collegiality: Church renewal, they
said, is bound to internal commun'cation
and dialogue regarding diocesan and par-
ish work. Therefore, they explained, the
pastor must count on lay advice, the
Bishop on priest councils. National Bish-
ops’ conferences and the Latin American
Bishops’ Council (CELAM) must continue
their coordination, they said.
• Youth: The Bishops urged the es-
tablishment of pastoral programs and in-
stitutions addressed to the care of youth,
stressing cultural, social and economic
change and the future responsibilities of
youth in leadership and development.
They cited the need to understand ten-
sions created by youths protesting present
structures and the need to preserve vital
institutions and traditions. They said re-
cognition must be given to the aims of
youth - an outlook for the future.
• Poverty: The Church, they said,
must fully identify with the poor, as a
prophetic, missionary force in a new
world responding to the demands of the
Gospel. Clergy and laity, they added,
must be witnesses for simplicity and soli-
darity in daily living. They urged a re-
form of the stipend system to separate it
from the sacraments.
assessment of the cam-
paign.
Edward Albee, who will
be making his first San
Antonio appearance, will
discuss the movement of
"Theatre of the Absurd,”
and his own contributions
to drama today. Albee is
best known for Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf,
and as a speaker he is
considered as controversial
as his plays. In his writ-
ing, Albee seeks to offend
as well as to entertain,
viewing himself as a social
critic rather than a paci-
fier of audiences. Tennes-
see .Williams calls . Albee
”the only great playwright
we’ve ever had in
America,” and acclaims his
disdain of much of the
"realistic” theatre of today.
IN ADDITION to Virgi-
nia Woolf, Albee has also
written a number of other
plays, among them The
American Dream, The
Sandbox, The Zoo Story
and Tiny Alice. His most
recent works are two short
experimental plays, Box,
and Quotations from
Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
His list of awards includes
the New York Drama Crit-
ic award, Foreign Press
Association, the Tony, the
Vernon Rice Memorial
award, the Outer Circle
Critics awards, and the
American National Theater
and Academy (ANTA)
award.
Tickets for the two lec-
tures will go on sale Mon-
day, Sept. 16, and reserva-
tions can be made by writ-
ing the Publicity Office,
Our Lady of the Lake Col-
lege, 411 S.W. 24th Street,
San Antonio 78207. Admis-
sion prices for Rowan are
Adults $1.75, Students
$1.25, admission costs for
Albee are Adults $2.60,
Students $1.75. .
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