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gram was agreed upon. Available
to clergy personal requests were
the Rt. Rev. Peter McNerney,
Rev. Gerald Kennedy* O.M.I. and
Rev. Charles Mulholland. A pro
gram to meet post-ordination ed
ucation by which a priest may
wish some further advancement
in the knowledge of a particular
field of study was agreed upon. A
committee was formed to assist
him, naming Fathers Donald
Staib, John Wall and Charles
Mulholland.
Format of Retreats
Suggestions were also made as
to the manner in which the for
mat for priest retreats could be
patterned. Some asked that
priests be given an option on the
place of retreat and that confer
ences be adapted to contemporary
needs.
Many expressed . their prefer
ence for the “workshop” type of
retreat held last year while study
ing the council decrees. Bishop
Waters said that the spiritual for
mation of the clergy was foremost
in the importance of the days’
considerations.
Of general interest to all were
the recommendations for the wel
fare of retired and infirmed
clergy as well as those tempo
rarily incapacitated from active
oastoral duty.
Clerical Subsidy
A presentation of recommen
dations urged that the present
Clerical Relief Fund now admin
istered by Monsignor Hugh Dolan
and Father Cletus Helfrich of
Salisbury be continued and the
funds be enlarged. Monsignor Ed
ward T. Gilbert presented these
recommendations — priests who
have spent most of their lives in
the diocese have in effect no
other home — so some fixed ar
rangement should be made with
a Catholic health caring institu
tion in the Diocese to receive
clergy who need temporary or
permanent medical care. He also
cited the need for better com
munications between the clergy
of informing one another of the
illness of a brother priest.
Clerical Retirement
On the subject of retirement
he made recommendations at an
age in which a priest may retire
if he so will, an age in which a
priest may resign from parishes
involving large responsibilities
and an age at which priests must
retire from active ministry. While
ages were definitely suggested it
was agreed that the committee
should make a further study on
the matter. Stuns of retirement
were suggested by Fathers Fred
erick Koch and Mulholland, com
mittee members. Msgr. Gilbert
presented the figures.
If a priest desires to retire in
a church sponsored facility he
would receive a monthly subsidy
of $330, living privately he would
be entitled to $550 a month.
These allotments would be made
from the present clerical fund
augmented by an increased an
nual sum by the diocesan clergy
and a 50 cents per capita tax of
every Catholic in all the parishes.
The good will of the laity, Mon
signor Gilbert said, would be as
sured in this fund. The parishes
of the diocese administered by
religious orders would give like
amounts to the community of the
clergy for their care of dependent
priests. The committee was asked
to re-evaluate the recommenda
tions and submit them in a more
definite form at the next senate
meeting which will take place on
Sept. 6.
School Discussions
The assembled clergy voted to
make the recommendations pro
posed by the Rev. J. Paul Byron,
Charlotte, for the merger of the
two Catholic high schools in that
city. The unification of the boys’
high school presently taught by
the Marianist Brothers and Our
Lady of Mercy High School for
girls conducted by the Sisters of
Mercy was seen as a conservation
method of faculty membership as
well as operational costs.
Bishop McLaughlin stated the
pressing for the replacement of
the present Notre Dame High
School facility at Greensboro.
Father Donald Staib, coordinator
at the school, said that a nearby
site was under consideration and
that an estimate for an all metal
building construction would be
received within a few days. Some
priests said that a concentrated
effort for a specialized CCD pro
gram would be sufficient. Bishop
Waters expressed his conviction
that only a fully accredited Cath
olic high school program would
fill the conscientious needs of
Catholics in that community.
Fathers Wall, Koch, Mulhol
land and Msgrs. Begley and Gable
were asked to form a social apos
tolate committee for future pro
grams of Priests Senate meetings.
A three-point program of
communications, the commending
priestly authority, pastoral coun
selling, the recognition of needs
of poverty, the drop-out, the re
tarded, were proposed by the
agenda committee for future
meetings of the Senate.
Serving on this subject are:
Msgrs. McNerney, Begley, Dolan
and Lynch and Fathers Kennedy
and Wall. The approaching time
for ajournment required the
tabling of these recommendations
to the study of the committee un
til the early September meeting.
MAY MEETING
Bogota, Colombia — (NC) —
The general secretariat of the
Latin American Bishops’ Coun
cil (CELAM), headquartered
here, will hold a general meeting
May 13-20. Members of
CELAM’s departments and spe
cialized institutes will report on
their individual programs, with
the aim of coordinating these
programs.
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Pictured are clergy of the Diocese of Raleigh who are members of the Senate of Prie
and who were called into their first session on April 6 at the Bishops residence in Ralei(
The assembled clergy are (front row, 1. to r.) the Rt. Rev. Peter McNerney, Rev. Charles Mi
holland, Rt. Rev. Charles J. Gable, Rt. Rev. Michael J. Begley, Rt. Rev. Frank J. Howard, a
Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Dolan; (second row) Rev. Edward O’Doherty, a visitor, assistant at Hendi
sonville who delivered a spiritual conference to the group, Rev. Donald A. Staib, Very R<
Charles J. O’Connor, Rev. John Wall, Very Rev. Michael A. Carey and Rev. Gerald Kennei
O.M.I.; (third row) Rev. Frederick A. Koch, Rt. Rev. George E. Lynch, Rev. J. Paul Byron, ]
Rev. Edward T. Gilbert, Most Rev. Charles B. McLaughlin, Auxiliary Bishop, and Most R<
Vincent S. Waters, Ordinary of the Diocese.
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but an affected, stem windward
eye was kept for deficiencies in
“effort” or “application.” And
when high grades of arithmetic,
spelling, grammar and science
would laugh at low ones in his
tory and geography, there was
always a comment about too much
“Bat Man and Robin” and not
enough home study.
As they would singularly ap
proach the desk you would re
member your pastor 40 years
ago who would give you your
card with a paternal smile, re
gardless of what progress or lack
of it was indicated and remark,
“Fred Koch has a good card.”
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