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. JSortJ) Carolina Catfjolic Edition of Our Sunday Visitor n 9(l0r Subscription $4.00 lOf per copy Volume LV April 9, 1967 No. 50 RALEIGH, N.C. fcr ^ r. I WELCOME SIGNS abounded when an estimated 20,000 Catholic educators gathered in Atlantic City, N.J., for the an nual convention (March 28-31) of the National Catholic Edu cational Association. (NC Photos)__ Pope Asks 'Concrete Action' To Aid Emerging Nations VATICAN CITY — (NC) — Pope Paul VI has appealed for “concrete action” to foster man’s development and the de velopment of all mankind to combat the growing imbalance between richer and poorer na tions. In an 18-000-word encyclical made public March 28, the Pope has taken the Catholic Church’s social thought another step for ward. The encyclical letter, Pop ulorum Progressio (Development of Peoples), in its very title cap tures the Pope’s central con cern since it deals precisely with the development of peoples and countries. The letter is addressed both to Catholics and to all men of good will. In effect, it is an appeal to the world’s community of na tions to meet the urgent social, cultural and economic prolems of the day in the developing countries. The alternative, he warned, is the “grave tempta tion” to violence and revolution. No Commitment Despite some press interpreta tions of the text of the letter, the Pope did not seem to com mit himself on the subject of birth control or family limita tion any further than the Second Vatican Council’s stand taken in its Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. The Pope devoted a lengthy paragraph to the subject of demography but based it on the council’s consti tution. Following is the full text of the paragraph: “If it is true that too fre quently an accelerated demo graphic increase adds its own difficulties to the problems of development: the size of the population increases more rap idly than available resources and things are found to have reached an apparent impasse: From that moment the temptation is great to check the demographic in crease by means of radical meas ures. It is certain that public au thorities can intervene, within See Pope Asks, page 8A Bishops' Conference Hierarchy to Meet WASHINGTON — (NC) — Members of the hierarchy in the United States will assemble in Chicago beginning April 10 for the first semi-annual meeting of the National Conference of Cath olic Bishops. More than 200 car dinals, archbishops and bishops are expected to be present. It will be the first time that the American prelates have come together as the NCCB. They met in Washington last November as the National Cath olic Welfare Conference, and at that meeting formed the NCCB, Editor's Desk “Apropos” was a column fea ture of this newspaper back in 1954. The word, it was said, means “to the point.” The last we heard from “G. O’Vanney,” who wrote it, was 10 years ago , ''this month. j Perhaps the editorial columns can sufficiently “make the point” in the weekly dosage. However the editor has a notion that a weekly spot devoted to the lighter side would be ap preciated. In a travel feature he once wrote weekly from Rome, the story was told of a columnist’s reply as to how you go about writing a weekly article, and the answer was frankly, “It’s not the original cost. It’s the upkeep!” We would like to give it a try anyway and so the first trial bal loon rises from the Editor’s Desk. . . . THIS ISSUE of the NCC high lights topics of promoting inter est in a religious vocation for « our young people and news of the National Catholic Educa tional Association convention at Atlantic City. Six years ago the Bishop sent us there as a member of a com mittee of two. The experience of seeing the magnitude of it all has become a part of our over all appreciation of the efforts put into Catholic education. We would enjoy hearing from Fa ther Frank Smith of Wilson on his reactions to this latest con vention. Two years ago the delegates took a conservative, reactionary stand after Mary Perkins Ryan’s book and now her point seems to have been made before the flood. Twenty years ago the lead NCC story told of the two “brave” priests who safely re moved the Blessed Sacrament from the burning St. Paul's Church at New Bern . ., Fathers O’Mara and “things go better with you know who.” At Annual Convention Challenges Offered Educators ATLANTIC CITY — (NC) — Challenges were strewn about like confetti at the 64th annual convention of the National Cath olic Educational Association, but bouquets were in short supply. Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, N.H., president gen eral of NCEA, identified him self as an optimist on Catholic education, then proceeded to say his optimism would fast evapo rate unless the educators came up with answers to some rather pointed questions. First ques tion: “Why should the Church be operating schools at all?” '“Please note that the simple asking of the question in no way implies the answer, ‘the Church should not be operating schools,’” Bishop Primeau said. Convention-goers applauded Msgr. James C. Donohue, the ma jor challenge-maker of the day, when he reassured them that Catholic schools would not be phased out or curtailed. Their enthusiasm was more subdued Asks One Rite For Baptisms NEW YORK — (NC) — The president of the American Lu theran Church has proposed that the Christian communions, in cluding the Catholic Church, adopt a common Baptismal rite. Writing in the spring issue of Una Sancta, a theological quar terly, Dr. Frederik A. Schiotz of Minneapolis said there is little difference between the Roman Catholic and Lutheran services in the actual administration of Baptism. “If Baptism is commonly re garded as the door of entrance into the Church, the sacrament by which we are bom again and become members of the body of '■hrist, what should stand in the way,” he asked, “for finding a common rite of administration.” when the bishops’ chief educa tion spokesman told them to make war on de facto racial seg regation in the schools, a task which thus far has almost com pletely eluded their public school counterparts. Msgr. Don ohue is director of the Depart ment of Education, United States Catholic Conference. Noting that Catholic schools reflect segregated housing pat terns as much as do public schools, Msgr. Donohue com mented, “We cannot say we love our brother if there are only white children in our class rooms.” For the educator who came here thinking she had problems teaching geography, it must have been an eye-opener. She learned that the leadership of Catholic education confidently expects her to shoulder the whole globe. It was a sobering convention. Atlantic City's Boardwalk Turns to Black and White ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (NC) — Atlantic City sits near the head of a long sandy island, separated from the New Jersey mainland by seven miles of brackish swamps, 120 miles south of New York City and 55 miles southeast of Philadelphia. And for four days after Easter it was almost totally inhabited by 20,000 of the nuns who com prise the backbone of the vast American Catholic school enter prise. For the eighth time in 64 years, islanders prepared for the tidal wave of Religious attend ing the annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association. NCEA conventions here are exceptionally well at tended since one-third of the nation’s population lives within 500 miles; 40 million are within 300 miles; Nuns Everywhere Nuns were everywhere. Most, sound in body, scurried along the boardwalk faster than school children escaping for Christmas vacation. Others, confined to crutches, had to be content with* a mere brisk pace. A few of the more modern nuns sported some of the most stylish hairdos seen at the Shel burne Hotel since Lillian Bussell stayed there at the turn of the century. At dawn they soaked up the mist from the sea. At noon they could be heard arguing amiably with local innkeepers over the price of a bowl of fruit salad. For these Sisters, the NCEA convention was more than a chance to compare notes on Catholic education. It was an opportunity to review old ac See Atlantic City’s, page 8A a purely spiritual organization, and the USCC, a corporation to deal with matters touching the Church in the world today. Matters expected to be taken up include: —Establishment of interdioc esan offices, through which ap propriate resources in two or more dioceses would be pooled in order to deal more effectively with certain projects on regional and perhaps national levels. —Establishment of pastoral councils composed of priests, Religious and lay persons to assist responsible Church au thorities on parochial diocesan and national levels. Pastoral coun cils already have been estab lished in some parishes, and pre liminary development has begun in some dioceses, but the estab lishment of a national pastoral council is believed to be some way off. —Changes in diocesan and provincial boundaries. The Vati can council called upon national conferences of bishops around the world to enter into a study of this matter, with certain See Bishops’, page 3A Senate of Priests Called for Agenda By Bishop Waters RALEIGH — The first meet ing of the Senate of Priests of the Diocese was called last Thursday by His Excellency, The Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D.D. Bishop of Raleigh. The Senate is composed of the Diocesan Consultors, an ap pointed position by the Bishop and an elected seven clergy, so designated by the diocesan priests from among their num ber. Divided by subject, a ten min ute presentation of opinion was given on the following topics. The implementation of the dioc esan pastoral council; the spir itual apostolate of the priests; the retirement and care of aged and infirmed priests; the promo tion of Catholic High School ed ucation and the preparation of agenda for future meetings of the priests senate. Six-Point Approval Given For Offering of Masses RALEIGH — A six-point ap proval for immediate usage in volving the offering of Mass was received by the clergy in the Diocese last week from the Most Reverend Bishop. The directives affirmed the use of a Supplementary Week Day Lectionary for the newly ap proved list of readings which may be used as optional alterna tives as those already found in the Missals; copies of a new prose translations for the Sequences of the Masses for the Octave of Easter and Pentecost and the Feast of Corpus Christi; that the entire Canon of the Mass may be recited aloud or accord ing to the pattern for concele brated Masses, chanted. The Sequence (Dies Irae) of Requiem Masses is left to the choice of the celebrant in those Masses in which the present rub rics require its use. The Nicene Creed may be recited without chant in Masses which are other wise considered to be sung Masses. Lastly, the Apostles Creed See Six-Point, page 8A
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