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1 Editor's
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lease read “Letters” on page
iefore continuing in this col
?Bn. “Open Letter”
Tom Farah
on, N.C.
Mr. Farah:
mank you for your letter of
lent date, a copy of which ap
— on page 3 of this newspa
editor I value your con
ive criticism as a valid one.
assured that your point made
been a constant concern of
editor during my past and
mt affiliation with this
[y, and I feel certain that it
plagued the production ef
of every other editor as
ited with it.
One of the primary purposes
the diocesan press is that it
e as a communications
edia; intended to unite the
ergy, religious and laity of the
ocese in efforts proposed by
Bishop for its spiritual and
iporal welfare. Also, as you
iicated, Catholics of one parish
also interested in what oth
parishioners are attempting
accomplishing to promote the
jod of their Catholic Faith in
own parishes and commu
tes.
XEWS ITEMS of interest are
dally “straight news report
” or a type of feature article,
lich highlights a person, place
thing of general interest.
Repeatedly we have solicited
" from parish correspond
kts. Judgment has t6 be made
tween routine items of local
rish bulletin value and news
tries which have a twist of in
;t fra: those outside the par
A program or activity cited
a notice in the diocesan press
»y encourage people of anoth
«r parish to attempt a similar
•stivity.
As editor, we prepare the copy,
rewrite it if necessary, compose
tutorials and columns, select
ftotos, headlines, well design
See Editor’s Desk, page 3A
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‘CHECKPOINT BROWNSVILLE’ was set up to maintain order as
students returned to classes (Sept. 30) at Junior High School 271
in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., with police standing
by while a Board of Education official (hand, lower right) waves
youngsters through the checkpoint. However, classes were again
suspended as protesters tried to storm police barricades. Involved
is a dispute over teachers at the school whom residents of the area
do not want on the faculty. (NC Photos)
Atlanta Archbishop
To Visit Raleigh
Raleigh — The Most Rev.
Thomas A. Donnellan, D.D.,
Archbishop of Atlanta and of the
Ecclesiastical Province which in
cludes the Diocese of Raleigh,
will celebrate the 11 o’clock Mass
on Sunday, Oct. 13, at Sacred
Heart Cathedral here.
The Most Rev. Vincent S.
Waters, D.D., will attend the
Mass and welcome the Archbish
op to the diocese.
A public reception will be
given for Archbishop Donnellan
by the Diocese of Raleigh at 5
p.m. in the social hall of the new
St. Joseph’s Chureh located at
624 Peachtree Lane in this city.
The public is cordially-invited to
attend.
It will be the first visit of
the Archbishop to North Caro
lina since his installation as
Archbishop of Atlanta in July of
this year. As Bishop of his for
mer diocese of Ogdensburg, N.Y.,
he attended the consecration of
Bishop Charles B. McLaughlin,
D.D., in Greensboro on April 15,
1964. Bishop McLaughlin and the
Archbishop attended some years
of seminary together.
Archbishop Donnellan, who was
transferred to Atlanta in May of
this year, succeeding the late
Archbishop Hallinan, was bom
Mission Appeal
Is Announced
By Bishop Waters
Raleigh — As Pope Paul VI has
designated Sunday, Oct. 20, as
“Mission Sunday” for the Catholic
laymen’s interest and support, the
Mbst Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D.D.,
Bishop of Raleigh, has asked the
clergy to make the mission ap
peal through the message of His
Holiness.
Mission Sunday is the annual
occasion of a collection to be
made in all the parishes for the
support of the missionary efforts
presently being made over the
world for the promotion of and
instruction in the Roman Catholic
Faith.
Bishop Waters in his letter to
the pastors of the diocese said:
“On Sunday, October 20th, Mis
sion Sunday, we have the privi
lege of hearing, instead of the
homily usually given at Mass, a
special message from His Holi
ness, Pope Paul VI, written to the
Priests and the Laity of the world,
See Mission, page 8A
Is Appointed
ty Historical Society
Raleigh — Sister M. Annette,
R.S.M., a member of the board
of directors of the Catholic His
torical Society of North Carolina
is the archivist of the society.
The appointment was made re
cently during a meeting of the
hoard held here to promote
Membership throughout the
State in the society.
Sister Annette, head librarian
of the Sacred Heart Senior Col
lege for women at Belmont, in
vites correspondence on matters
lating to the location of his
*****, literature and objects
which have a Catholic connota
tion.
A native of Fayetteville, Sister
5 the daughter of the late Pat
dck Jos. McBennett and Mary
Elizabeth O’Keefe McBennett,
*010 were for many years
oneer parishioners of St. Pat
“k’s Church there.
GRANDPARENTS
ved as custodians of the early
aon chapel here and led a
Sunday prayer service when no
missionary priest was available.
See Archivist, page 8A
Sister *. Annette
Coal of $22 Million
For V/orld Missions
New York — (NC) — An ex
panded fund-raising program to
meet the increased needs of
world missions was announced
here by the national director of
the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith — the Church’s cen
tral agency in the United States
for the missions.
Msgr. Edward T. O’Meara said
at a press conference at the
Overseas Press Club here that
the special campaign is being
undertaken in the hope that this
country’s preoccupation with
other problems — poverty, the
racial and urban crisis, and the
Vietnam war — does not de
prive churches in developing
countries of badly needed help.
The opening date for the
drive is Oct. 20, which was
designated World Mission Sun
day by Pope Paul VI, Msgr.
O’Meara stated. It is set aside as
a day of prayer for the missions,
for sermons on the Church’s
role and the Christian’s respon
sibility toward world missions,
and is also the day for the so
ciety’s annual collection.
MSGK. O’MEARA said, “Last
year, we raised about $17 mil
lion from our year-long cam
paign, including $7 million from
the Mission Sunday collection.”
The mission society director
stressed that the $22 million is
the goal for the entire year, in
cluding, but not limited to, the
Mission Sunday collection. The
campaign will be conducted un
der the supervision of the so
ciety’s 151 directors in dioceses
throughout the country, and un
der the overall direction of its
national office, he said. The
Very Rev. Charles J. O’Connor
is the director of the Diocese of
Raleigh.
Msgr. O’Meara said the mission
society helped “over 300,000
missionaries, many of them edu
cators, medics, architects, agri
culturists — people with various
kinds of training — who work
to alleviate the suffering of the
poor, hungry, sick and unedu
cated.”
THE MONSIGNOR said there
are some 1,000 mission terri
tories in the world that receive
assistance from the society.
There are, he added, more
than 10,000 American Catholics
serving in the missions abroad,
including 4,500 priests; 500
Brothers; 5,000 Sisters, and 500
lay men and women.
Emphasizing the urgent needs,
of the missions today, Msgr.
O’Meara stated that during the
past five years, the society has
distributed more than $75 mil
lion to missions around the
world.
Encylical Dissent
Draws Reprimand
Vatican City — (NC) — Pericle
Cardinal Felice, president of the
Pontifical Commission for the Re
vision of the Code of Canon Law,
has reprimanded theologians and
individual bishops who continued
to express their own evaluations
and guidance on birth control and
contradict Pope Paul Vi’s teach
ings.
Writing in L’Osservatore Ro
mano, the Vatican City newspaper,
Cardinal Felice said that the
ologians exercise their office in
the Church through a mandate re
ceived from ecclesiastical author
ity, namely the Pope and the bish
ops. He stated that some are not
working within this structure.
“There are some today who try
to ‘isolate’ the teaching of the
Pope. We ask ourselves: do these
people act this way to diminish
the value of the papal decision
and therefore uphold their own
ideas which are contrary to the
encyclical, or is it because they
are not sufficiently informed on
the facts?”
CARDINAL FELICE said that,
if the aim is to diminish the value
of the encyclical, it is “not very
honest” of anyone who is sup
posed to believe in the supreme
magisterium of the Pope. He said
those who are uninformed have no
excuse. f
“In fact, during and after the
See lMUfcaht, page pA
in New York Jan. 24, 1914. He
studied at St. Joseph’s seminary
and the Catholic University of
America, where he received a
doctorate in canon law in 1942.
He was ordained in 1939.
Posts held in the archdiocese
of New York included vice
chancellor from 1947-50; synodal
judge of the marriage tribunal,
1950-58; chancellor, 1958-62; rec
tor of St. Joseph seminary, from
1962 until 1964 when he was
named Bishop of Ogdensburg,
N.Y., which post he held until
being appointed to the Atlanta
archdiocese.
Archbishop DonOellan
Pastoral Council
Is Given Report
On Education
Southern Pines — During the
e?rly part of their third meeting,
25 members of the Diocesan Pas
toral Advisory Council heard a
detailed report of the Educational
Committee studies and the inquiry
of the course of action was in
keeping with the intentions of the
council.
Dr. George J. Kriz of Cary,
temporary chairman of the com
mittee, presented some. of the
findings which were a result of
the recent meeting in Greensboro
of the principals of the parochial
schools of North Carolina.
Budget, uniform salaries, the
updating of the present guidelines
of diocesan school administration,
accreditation of schools and teach
ers were discussed. The board
voted to recommend the report to
Bishop Waters for his considera
tion on the matter.
Vincent C. Kopp also of Cary,
chairman of the Pastoral Council,
presided at the daylong sessions.
The Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters,
D.D., Bishop of Raleigh, attended.
Sister Mary Michel, R.S.M., secre
tary of the Council, took the
minutes of the meeting.
SAINT ANTHONY’S Parish
here was host to- the meeting
which met in the school audi
torium and later served luncheon
to the visitors. The Rev. John J.
Harper, pastor of the host parish,
is also a member of the council.
A report of each of the deanery
chairmen opened the business ses
sions. John Vickers of Charlotte
was appointed parliamentarian
and Sister Mary Andrew Ray,
R.S.M., assistant secretary.
The council adopted new by
laws and voted to submit them to
the Bishop for his consideration
and approval. Bishop Waters of
ficiated at a noon day Mass and
delivered the homily for the oc
casion. He expressed his apprecia
tion to the members of the
council, the formation of which is
recommended in the decrees of
, See Pastoral, page 8A