Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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Bishop, City Pastors
Discuss Problems of
Area Catholic Schools
Corpus Christi — Bishop Thomas J.
Drury called a meeting of the Pastors of
the Corpus Christi area last week to dis-
cuss the financial problems besetting the
Catholic school system.
All the pastors of the city and the pas-
tor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Port-
land, Texas, attended the meeting.
After discussing the current ris^s in
Catholic education throughout the coun-
try and particularly in the Diocese of
Corpus Christi, the pastors advised the
Bishop that they could not relinquish
their responsibility toward the financial
operation of their parish schools.
At a previous meeting of the pas-
tors a committee had been formed to
study this problem and to recommend
solutions. The committee members,
were the RL Rev. Msgr. Albert H.
Schmitt, Rt. Rev. Msgr. William C.
Kinlough and Very Rev. Elmer J.
Toups, C.Ss.R. The committee present-
ed their recommendations for fiscal
policies to go into effect in September,
1969.
After lengthy deliberation, the pastors
voted to adopt the recommendations of
the committee with some modifications.
These recommendations received the ap-
probation of the Bishop:
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
High School - 9 through 12 - $5
per semester
Catholic High Schools accepting
Catholic boys and girls in 9-10-11*12
grades from any parish in which
they are registered shall receive a
subsidy of $5 per semester from
that parish.
The Elementary or High School
shall bill the proper pastor in Octo-
ber and February of each school
year, and at the same time furnish
the pastor with a lis.‘ of names and
addresses of these students.
4. Parents registered »n a parish
which has a parochial school may
send their children to a parochial
school of another parish but with-
out the benefits of subsidy from
that parish.
5. If a family, registered in a parish
with a parochial school, wishes to
register all their children in anoth-
er parochial school, because their
own parish cannot provide for all
their pre-high school children, may
do so, but without benefit of subsi-
dy.
Corpus Christi
Teachers Set
1. All parochial schools shall collect
all fees and tuition from the par-
ents of the students regardless of
where they come from.
2. Children living outside the parish
of the parochial school in which
they enroll shall present a letter of
permission from the pastor of the
parish where they are registered.
Should the school accept their
enrollment without such a letter, the
school waives all rights to subsidy
from that parish.
3. A parochial school accepting au-
thorized students from outside its
parish shall receive a subsidy from
each student’s proper pastor at the
following rate per student:
Elementary students — 1 through 8
— 810 per semester
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Bishop’s
Appointments
April 13, 11:30 a.m. — Offer Mass —
annual Cursillo Ultreya, Knights of
Columbus Hall, Alice
3:30 p.m. — Preside at ceremonies
for unveiling of historical marker
honoring Peter Bluntzer, Meyersville,
Texas.
April 15-17 — Attend Bishops’ Meeting,
Houston, Texas.
April 18, 10:00 a.m. — Attend Meeting
of Priebts’ Senate, St. Joseph’s parish
hall, Beeville.
April 19, 10:00 a.m. — Attend Annual
Meeting of the Advisory Board of
Corpus Christi Minor Seminary.
April 20, 3:00 p.m. - Offer Mass for
World Day of Vocations, Corpus
Christi Minor Seminary.
6:00 p.m. — Offer Mass; Bless St.
James Catechetical Center, Driscoll.
April 26, 5:00 p.m. — Confer Tonsure —
Corpus Christi Minor Seminary.
April 27, 5:00 p.m. — Offer Mass; Confer
, Minor Orders and Subdiaconate —
Corpus Christi M’nor Seminary.
April 30, 10:00 a.m. — Attend Meeting
of Texas Catholic Conference, Austin.
May 3, 6:30 p.m. — Attend dinner honor-
ing Sisters of St. Joseph, Lubbock.
May 4, 4:00 p.m. — Offer Mass; bless
new parish church of Christ the
King, Lubbock.
May 5-8 — Attend annual priests’ re-
treat, Houston.
May 11-14 — Attend annual priests’ re-
treat, Houston.
May 18, 5:30 p.m. — Mass,* Confirmation
— Most Precious Blood Church, Cor-
pus Christi.
May 19, 5:00 p.m. - Concelebrate Mass
— 65th Annual State Convention of
the Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph’s
Church, San Antonio.
May 19-21 — Attend State Convention of
Knights of Columbus, Hilton Palacio
del Rio, San Antonio.
May 22, 8:00 p.m. — Confer diplomas -
~ St. John’s High School Graduation
Ceremonies, Robs town.
May 23, 5:00 p.m. — Confer diplomas -
Corpus Christi Minor Seminary Grad-
uation ceremonies, Most Precious
Blood Church, Corpus Christi.
8:00 p.m. — Confer diplomas — In-
carnate Word High School Gradua-
tion Ceremonies, Del Mar Audito-
rium, Corpus Christi.
May 24, 10:30 a.m. - Confer diaconate
and priesthood, Corpus Christi Cathe-
dral.
May 26, 8:00 a.m. - Offer Pontifical
Mass at Corpus Christi Cathedral.
4:00 p.m. — Offer Mass; Adult Con-
firmation, Corpus Christi Cathedral.
12:00 noon — Preside at First Mass
of Reverend Michael Chilen, St. Ger-
trude’s Church, Kingsville.
For Seminar
Corpus Christi — Teachers of the Cor-
pus Christi Diocesan school system will
be attending a Seminar on Linguistics,
which the Office of Catholic Schools is
sponsoring next week in conjunction with
the American Book Company.
Two sessions have been arranged: one
on April 16 at Ursuline Academy in Lar-
edo; the other on April 17 at Incarnate
Word Academy in Corpus Christi. Hours
for the seminar are from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Conducting the program will be
Sister Emiliana, S.S.N.D., teacher of
English and Latin at St. Gerard’s
High School in San Antonio and a
member of the Texas Catholic Confer-
ence committee that will be preparing
Guides for the teaching of English for
Grades five through eight this coming
summer. She will be assisted by Mr.
Ted Overgard, representative from the
Catholic School Department of the
American Book Company.
Sister Emiliana will discuss "Linguis-
tics and the Teaching of English” and
"Viewpoints from a Teacher-User of Mod-
em English.” Mr. Overgard’s demonstra-
tion will center on "Using Test Results to
Improve Instructions."
Teachers from Alice, Beeville, Corpus
Christi, Gregory, Kingsville, Robstowr.,
Refugio and Sinton will convene at Incar-
nate Word Academy. Those in Hebbron-
ville and Laredo will meet at Ursuline
Academy.
Sister Timothy, O.S.U., teacher of En-
glish and science at Ursuline Academy is
in charge of the Laredo session. Mrs.
Chester Malins, Administrative assistant
at the Office of Catholic Schools, nego-
tiated the general arrangements.
NOT FIRED - PROMOTED
Vatican City
Officials denied reports that two eccle-
siastical investigators involved in the
hearing of former Monsignor Ivan Illich
were "fired” from their posts. Calling the
reports "arbitral*)' in the extreme,” the
Vatican officials said the two in question
had been promoted, not removed. They
are Monsignor Sebastiano Masala, former-
ly a promoter of justice for the Congrega-
tion for the Doctrine of the Faith, who is
now auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota,
and Msgr. Luigi de Magistris, a former
staff member of the doctrinal congrega
tion, who has been made a minutant of
the Secretariat of State.
| Author Addresses
| Clergy in Texas
!v v!
£• The Reverend Anthony Padovano, £
£: author and lecturer, and currently a
£ professor of dogmatic theology at £
£: Immaculate Conception Seminary in
£: the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jer- £
sey, utilized the Seminary holidays of :£
% Easter week to visit four areas in £
£: Texas where he addressed the clergy £
£: on the topi;*, "The Priesthood and $
j* Faith.” £
£ Many priests, both religious and &
£ diocesan, availed themselves of one of £
£. four area meetings to hear Father £
:£ Padovano. £
•£ His schedule began April 7 in Alice £
£ and took him to Lubbock on April 11. £
£ Father Padovano arrived in Corpus £
£ Christi on the evening of Easter Sun- £
£ day and was the guest of Bishop Dru- £
£: ry who took him to Alice on Easter £
£ Monday and arranged for his trans - :£
£ portation to San Antonio that same £
£ afternoon. £
texas gulf coast
REGISTER
Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Corpus Christi
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1969
VOL. IV NO. 1
Annual
Barbecue
Planned
Inspect Grounds at Seminary
Inspecting the grounds of the Corpus Christi Minor Seminary where the
Youth Vocational Mass will be held are members of the Diocesan Vocational
Board — from left to right — Sister Maria Lourdes, O.P.; Sr. Rose Duchesne,
M.C.D.P.; Sr. Mitchelle Marie I.W.B.S.; Sister M. Hugh, S.S.N.D.; Mr. Jim Devine,
Serra club representative; Mrs. Joe Dilger Theresian representative; and Rt,
Rev. Msgr. Alvin J. Tengler.
Outdoor Youth Mass Set
Apr. 20 at Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi — Each year Good Shepherd Sunday is designated as a world day of
prayer for vocations, and an outdoor Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Drury on April
20 at 3 p.m.
Guitarists from Corpus Christi, Alice, and Refugio have tuned their guitars and are
learning hymns from the "Hymnal for Young Christians” which has been selected as the
song book for the Vocational Field Day Mass. "Whatsoever You Do” (page 81); "Forever
More” (page 64) and "Of My Hands” (page 79) a* just a few of the songs that will be
played and sung.
SISTER M. HUGH S.S.N.D.; president of the vocation board announced the follow-
ing: Dr. FitzGerald of the Serra Club will be the lay lector. Two altar boys from each
parish will be invited to participate in the procession.
A representative of the Junior and Senior Theresians,-Serra Club and a member from
the parishes of Beeville, Refugio, Sinton, and Skidmore have been asked to carry an ar-
ticle symbolizing religious vocations in the Offertory procession.
The Sisters of Christ the King school are making a hugh banner and two small-
er ones which will hang from the rear outside of the seminary chapel and will
provide the backdrop for the outside altar. The combined fashion of these banners
will be depicting the theme of the day, "Religious Vocations.”
New Formation Plans Set
For Incarnate Word Nuns
Corpus Christi — A new program of
introduction into the religious life has
been designed for the Sisters of the Incar-
nate Word and Blessed Sacrament of
Corpus Christi.
This program, Christian Commitment
in Community, will replace the present
postulancy period. Sister Catherine Bre-
hony, Directress of Formation, explained
the purpose of the change as an aid in
making the transition from lay life to re-
ligious life more gradual and realistic.
"Christian Commitment in Commu-
nity aims to adjust to the mentality of
the present generation of youth, to
modem living conditions, and to the
AID BILL DEFENDED
needs of the apostolate,” Sister Cathe-
rine said. It is designed to provide
opportunity for apostolic work within
the context of ordinary daily commu-
nity living.
One of the main features of the new
program is that the girls will live at one
of the small parish convents instead of
remaining as a group at the Mother-
house. They will follow the regular sched-
ule of the Sisters in the house and will
be under the direction of the Sister-in-
Charge or another Sister in the house.
They will engage in some apostolic work
and attend college on a part-time basis, if
necessary.
(See picture on page 2)
Corpus Christi — Corpus Christi Aca-
demy will hold its Silver Anniversary
Beef Barbecue and Festival on Sunday,
April 13, 1969, on the Academy school
campus, 1200 Lantana St. Dinner will be
served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a charge
of $1.25 a plate.
/ Games, refreshments and entertain-
ment will be available till 4 p.m. A teen-
time dance will be held in the Academy
gym from 3 to 7 p.m.; it will be a "sock
hop” with local bands playing. Admission
is 75 cents.
Conducted by the Cavalier Booster
Club, the proceeds from the barbecue
and festival are for scholarships to
deserving and needy boys and girls,
for school equipment and other im-
provements for the betterment of the
school. The Booster Club also recently
pledged $5,000.00 to the Academy Lay
Board to help keep the school open.
Pete Gesting, president of the Booster
Club, has asked all Academy friends,
boosters and alumni to help sell and buy
tickets. Additional tickets are availabe by
calling Mr. Gesting at 853-7612 or the
Academy at 884-1921.
Ticket chairmen on campus are Frank
Jurecko and Fred Castillo, assisted by
Mrs. Mike Mireur, Mrs. Delmas Gregory,
Mrs. Sam Menczer, Mrs. Laura Rodri-
guez, Mrs. J. Johnston, and Mrs. W. Whit-
worth.
PAUL WENDLAND and Guy West
are chairmen of the barbecue committee,
with 23 generous volunteer pit workers.
A long list of additional men, women,
boys and girls are preparing the campus',
facilities, supplies, and all other materials
necessary for this huge fund-raising
barbecue and festival to benefit Catholic
education.
Of Special interest to old-timers at
this 25th annual barbecue will be the
presence on campus of Father Alcuin
Kubis, O.S.B., coach and athletic di-
rector of the Academy Cavaliers from
1941 to 1953, He is flying here from
Little Rock, Arkansas where he is
pastor of St Edward’s Church.
The Booster Club was organized by
Father Kubis on Feb. 8, 1945 when Har-
ry Stuth, Sr., was elected president, Tom
Quigley, vice-president, and the late John
W. Armstrong, secretary and treasurer.
WELFARE CUTS SCORED
Albany, N.Y.
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish lead-
ers have asked Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to
reconvene the state Legislature to consid-
er restoring $128 million in welfare aid
cut from the state budget. "Such legisla-
tion is an unbelieveable memorial to
commemorate the death of Martin Luther
King,” a telegram to the governor from
the Interfaith Legislative Advisory Com-
mittee stated. It said welfare cuts were
clear "evidence of our state’s rejection of
poor people.”
Constitutional Aspect Cited
Austin — Sections of Rep. David
Evans’ House Bill 949 which have caused
concern among Texas Catholics have been
declared necessary safe-guards for the
bill’s constitutionality.
However, Rep. Evans, a San Antonian,
told the Alamo Messenger he did not
believe these sections would adversely
affect Catholic schools and he would have
no objections to their deletion if they had
not been considered essential.
HB 949, introduced recently by
Rep. Evans, is designed to provide
state financial aid — via tuition
vouchers — to students attending non-
public schools.
While it has received wide general
support from Catholics and Catholic-
staffed institutions, concern has been
expressed over sections of the bill
which state;
Private schools seeking to redeem tui-
tion vouchers cannot have any policies
restricting admissions on the basis of race
or religion; schools cannot have any re-
quirements which compel students to re-
ceive religious instructions and such
schools cannot permit religion teachers to
conduct other courses in their curriculum.
AN ARTICLE in the March 29 Texas
Catholic, newspaper of the Dallas-Forv,
Worth diocese, said that although that
diocese’s chancery had approved the pro-
posed legislation, the section under ques-
tion "implies inherent dangers” - dan-
gers which, some people fear, "might do
away with the present Catholic school
system.”
Rep. Evans said, "This section was
included in the bill to avoid constitu-
tional prohibitions. It is my view that
Catholic schools would be able to
participate in such a program without
interruption of their religious instruc-
tions.
Alice - St. Elizabeth’s Altar Society is
planning a Day of Recollection for all
interested women in this area according
to Mrs. Wallace Newman, co-chairman
with Mrs. Ottis Winslow, of the project.
The Day of Recollection has been set
for Sunday, April 13, and will be held in
St. Elizabeth's parish hall and in the
church.
Registration will take place be-
tween 8:30 and 9 a.m. The first Con-
ference will start at 9 a.m. with Fa-
ther Ambrose of Corpus Christi Ab-
bey as Retreat Master,
Conferences and prayer will last until
12 noon. Lunch will be served at Reyes
Cafe from 12 until 2 p.m. Conferences
will follow from 2 until 4 p.m. Mas? and
Holy Communion will be at 4 and will
conclude the Day.
"However,” he pointed out, "I do not
think a school would qualify if that
school had, as a condition for enrollment,
the stipulation that a child be compelled
to take religious instruction.”
The Texas Constitution explicitly pro-
hibits the appropriation of state funds for
non-public schools.
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Confessions will be heard if desired,
Father Ambrose said.
Registration fee is 50 cents and the
luncheon is $1.50, stated the co-chairmen.
THE DAY OF Recollection is open to
all Catholic women in this area as well
as interested non-Catholics, said the
chairmen.
It is asked that those who plan on at-
tending the luncheon please contact ei-
ther Mrs. Newman at 664-4673 or 1004
Anderson Drive, Alice, or Mrs. Winslow
at 664-5359 or 1243 E. 5th St., Alice.
Advance reservations need to be made so
that the necessary preparation can be
made.
Mrs. Newman reminded all women
in the south Texas area that a cordial
invitation had been extended to them
to attend the Day of RecolU tion.
Alice Women's Retreat
Slated Sunday, April 13
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