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Brother Knights throughout the state should right now circle in
red the date of SATURDAY, APRIL 27 on their calendar, for this
marks the first time that our State Council has sponsored a STATE
SEMINAR. It will be held in Raleigh at Our Lady of Lourdes School
on Anderson Drive. Our State Catholic Activity Chairman KENNETH
E. STROUD has done an outstanding job in arranging a very interest
ing program. YOU SHOULD SUPPORT HIM BY YOUR ATTEND
ANCE!
This should be a ‘MUST’ for all Knights, and your ladies are also
welcome as well as your friends. It is something you should not miss
and you will gain a great spiritual benefit from the inspiring program
that Brother Stroud has arranged. Form car pools and come in groups
for, after all, the success of this new venture “depends upon you and
your Council,’’ says Brother Stroud. “Let us proclaim to everybody our
determination to implement the decrees of Vatican H.”
The Program calls for registration at 12:30 in the school auditor
ium. There will be a fee of 50 cents. FR. RAYMOND DONOHUE, our
State Chaplain, will give the opening prayer and Sir Knight and State
Deputy GEORGE E. LUND will give the address of welcome. Chair
man Stroud will introduce the speakers. There will be Discussion
Groups from 2:15 to 3:30 in the classrooms, then a coffee break,
followed by summaries by Recorders. The Seminar will conclude at
approximately 5 p.m.
Speakers and their subjects: “What Is The Priesthood of The
Laity?”, REV. J. PAUL BYRON, member of the National Liturgical
Commission; “Do We Need The Clergy and Religious?” (The need
for vocations) DR. DAVID YOUNG, North Carolina State University;
“Current Issues In Catholic Education,” FR. DONALD F. STAIB,
Superintendent of Diocesan Schools; “Is Communism A Menace?”
JORGE LAGAMASINO, former resident of Cuba; “War And Peace,”
REV. F. CHARLES MULHOLLAND, Newman Chaplain, North Car
olina State University.
To help the Raleigh Council make proper preparations, will you
please (Grand Knights) send a card to State Catholic Activities
Chairman Kenneth E. Stroud, 3005 HILLMER DRIVE, RALEIGH.
N.C. (27609) and indicate the number attending from your Council?
PLEASE DO THIS!
IT IS HOPED THAT BY NOW ALL COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS
COMMITTEES SHOULD HAVE SENT IN RESOLUTIONS TO BE
PRESENTED AT THE STATE CONVENTION IN WILMINGTON ON
MAY 17, 18, 19. IF NOT, DO SO AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVEN
IENCE — CERTAINLY NOT LATER THAN APRIL 21. MAIL THEM
TO STATE SECRETARY RODNEY L. BOOKER 3017 MARMION ST.,
WINSTON SALEM, (24107).
COMING EVENTS: SUNDAY, MAY 5TH IN RALEIGH THE
STATE TRACK MEET AND PICNIC WILL BE HELD (more on this
lext week) and of course, THE STATE CONTENTION AT WILM
INGTON ON MAY 17, 18,19. The opening session will be held aboard
he Battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA — A ‘FIRST AS FAR AS
STATE CONVENTIONS OF THE K OF C ARE CONCERNED!
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Tells Legion of Mary
They are Permanently
Involved in Services
Philadelphia — (NC) — “You
are a symbol of the unity of the
Church,” John Cardinal Krol, of
Philadelphia told 1,300 Legion
aries of Mary at rites in. SS. Pe
ter and Paul cathedral here.
Referring to the Legion’s re
lationship to the work of the
Second Vatican Council, Cardinal
Krol said, “You have heard this—
and there are some who would
try to give this impression—that
the highest legislative event of
the Church was held to destroy
the law of the Church; that the
authorities invoked this event
of the council to condemn them
selves out of existence; that the
bishops, with Pope John, partici
pated in this together — not,
as Pope John said, to preserve
unity, but to sow discord and
dissidence.
“Now there are those,” he
noted, “who try to give the im
pression that all forms of the
lay apostolate, including such
groups as the Legion of Mary,
were labeled out of date by the
council in the ‘aggiornamento.’
Be confident of the fact that
your Legion of Mlary is a world
wide, permanently assembled as
sociation of very faithful laity
who are ready to serve all the
needs of the Church. . . . The
council, far from outdating, re
affirms such organizations as the
Legion of Mary.”
fixpressing his thanks to the
Legionaries, the cardinal said, “I
am grateful, first of all, for what
you do for yourselves. Some
times, when we get perhaps a bit
disenchanted with the occu- -
pation of the materials of the
Church and schools and all that
goes with it, we look for com
fort and consolation to the
monthly report of your activ
ities. . . .
NEW HEAD
Vatican City — (NC) — Msgr.
Dominic Joseph Conway, rector
of the Irish Collfege in Rome, has
been appointed Secretary General
for the Pontifical Work for the
Propagation of the Faith.
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Defends Catholic Schools
Future; Should Reorganize,
In Positive, United Goals
Demurest, N.J. — (NC) —
“The American people can
not afford the tragedy of the
passing of an educational re
source as important as that of
the Catholic school,” a Catholic
educator declared here.
But at a time when those
schools are most needed, Catho
lics are engaged in a debate over
whether or not they should be
continued, according to Msgr.
William M. Roche.
Msgr. Roche, Rochester dioce
san superintendent of schools,
spoke at the annual spring sym
posium sponsored by the Bergen
County Catholic Education As
sociation at Holy Angels Acad
emy here.
“It would be imprudent in the
extreme to allow Catholic and
other non-public schools to be
forced out of existence,” he said.
As for the debate over Cath
olic schools, Msgr. Roche said
the chief trouble is that those
who oppose them “begin the de
bate with the fords, ‘Since we
can no longer afford Catholic
schools,’ as if this was already
a proven fact”
Reorganization Needed
What is needed, Msgr. Roche
said, is reorganization and
change within the Catholic
school system.
“As society changes, so must
parish and pastoral outlook,” he
said. “Those who devote them
selves to the preservation of ex
isting institutions which were
formed in years past for differ
ent purposes are doomed to fail
ure.
“Instead, we must direct the
change to give current meaning
to changing institutions.” He
added:
Positive Thinking
“Before we allow Catholic
schools to die by default we must
allow a positive program to in
stitute changes in their means of
support” He offered a six-point
program for such changes:
—Establish a diocesan school
system under central administra
tion.
—Create diocesan, regional
and parish school boards.
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—Clearly define relations and
responsibilities among pastors,
parents and school superintend
ents.
—Centralize services such as
recruitment of teachers and
planning at the diocesan level.
—'Develop more effective rela
tionships to other educational,
governmental and community
organizations.
—Develop financial policies
more consistent with a diocesan
system.
“If these steps are taken,”
Msgr. Roche said, “I believe that
evidence will mount that we can
afford Catholic schools.”
PREFECTURE NAMED
Vatican City — (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has named as head of the
new office of Prefect of the Apos
tolic Palace Msgr. Mario Nasalli
Rocca di Comeliano, former
Maestro di Camera until the of
fice was abolished less than a
week before.
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