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a t la s t the sec> y e a r s , [rs. A lec A Few Miles Can Mean a Big Difference tnd Mrs. at, Den- By Stephen Leonard learned the lesson of a cials are worried about the Family Movement, the The Milliken project and ics. as well as the standard, Only 25 miles separates Emman- few miles. breakdown of communica­ -Knights o f Columbus, the others similar to it in reading, mathematics, and neham. St. Vincent de Paul’s par­ They came from parishes tions between police and ACCW, the Legion of Mary, northern Colorado have in­ English courses are being ish in Denver from St. throughout the Denver migrants. At Fort Lupton, and other groups — has spired education beyond the taught. an em- William’s in Fort Lupton. metropolitan area — from center of migrant housing, attempted and succeeded in borders of the state, school .More than 100 mile.s and }ter, and Notre Dame, Presentation, tour members took their bringing Christ into the officials explained. Texas, seven hours later weary jn io r in **I never realized what Our Lady of Sorrows, St. first look, both inside and lives of thousands. taking a cue from the Col­ visitors returned to their iber of a such a short distance Francis de Sales, All Souls, outside the clas.sroom, at From Fort Lupton the orado program, has set up homes. They had not. as ’ in his could mean until I began and St. Vincent de Paul’s. the m igrant problem and tour takers proceeded north special migrant schools. one migrant apostolate working on the migrant The women took a day the efforts being made to — some riding in one of worker noted, seen the program,” said Mrs. Roy away from home and ofTice meet it. the Ford Econoline buses THE STORY was re­ whole picture — that, he Johnson, of the Archdio­ in an effort to learn of purchased for the apostolate peated in Greeley, where said, "would take weeks.” cesan Council of Catho­ migrant workers and their The teachers were Fa­ by the CFM. They drove by the tour paused at East BUT TH E Y had, insisted l i c W o m e n ’ s m ig r a n t problems. ther James Overman, fields, some filled with men M e m o ria l School, an ul­ committee. This summer one Denverite, learned director of the Denver and women pickers, others tra-modern facility, which is much. They returned to as organizer and con­ FROM DENVER, high­ Archdiocesan Migrant being harvested by ma­ being devoted to migrant ductor of four ACCW their home parishes aware way 85 goes north through Apo.stolate; Father Her­ chines which replace men. education during the sum­ of the differences a few tours to areas in north­ Brighton, where charges of bert Hanigan of the ar­ They by-passed Platteville mer. There, as elsewhere, e r n C o lo r a d o w ith a miles can make — aware hospital discrimination chdiocesan migrant com­ where Sisters of Loretto arts, crafts, health, and civ- of the lesson of distance. high concentration of against migrants have re­ mittee, and the various and lay volunteers make transient agricultural cently been made, to Fort seminarians and Sisters, their summer migrant w o rk ers she and others Lupton, where local offl- who give up their sum­ headquarters. They skirted mers to bring Christ and Fort Vesquez, reconstructed A NEW DRESS for Maria Lopez, right, of bread to the disadvan­ reminder of the Spanish Eagle Pass, Tex., is the concern of migrant com­ taged. Occasionally heritage of the Southwest. mittee members. Here, left to right, are Mrs. John their efforts were Paviakovich, Mrs. Cecelia Powell of St. Vincent supplemented by lec­ Fields and miles later de Paul parish, Denver, and Mrs. Joe Medina, tures from such experts they reached Milliken for community action chairman of the north district in the field of Spanish- lunch, but, more impor­ ACCW and a member of the Latin American Edu­ American culture as tantly, to tour the Millik­ cational Foundation. John Garcia, executive en m igrant summer director of the Latin school — one of the vital American Research and links in the state-federal Service Association, effort to overcome the Denver. difficulties Inherent in In an improvised cla.ss- migrancy. room at St. William’s they Ihere, prin.cipal Paul told of the burden of mig- Knight was the teacher rancy, of the problems aided by more than 100 transients encounter in re­ migrant children who ceiving an adaquate educa­ proudly .sang of their coun­ tion, o f poor pay, housing, try, their hopes, and "Mr. health, o f strained commu­ Well Bee,” who keeps them nity relations. healthy. "Education is the answer T H E Y A L S O recounted to their problems and will the private and governmen­ lead to a better life for tal efforts to ease the lot of them,” said Mrs. Joseph the farm workers. They Medina, community action LOOKING OVER a program of activities are noted the extensive work chairman of north district Mrs. John Dopier, executive .secretary of the Ar- . chdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, and the being done by non-Catholic ACCW and a member of Rev. James L. Overman, director of the Archdio­ religious groups. They the Latin American Educa­ ENJOYING LUNCH is Mary Rita Garcia, left, a pointed with pride to the tional Foundation. cesan Migrant Committee. migrant school student at Milliken. W'ith her are OUTFITTING a migrant boy is Sister Ellen archdiocesan effort. But Mrs. John Paviakovich, president of the north Maura, who worked on the archdiocesan migrant they lamented that much district Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, committee program this summer. At right is Shir­ remained to be done. and Paul Knight, principal of Milliken migrant ley Stradford, a volunteer worker from St. Mary’s Garcia told the visitors school. high school, Colorado Springs. that the problem o f poverty and strained cultural rela­ Boys, Girls, tions was not only one in­ Clubs, Teachers, Schools volving migrants. The plight of the Spanish- Am ericans, he noted, was one requiring full-time OF 7?^£-^/KS rP /?O M W £/^ £^/7 E fil^/S £S 0A/0&S7P^/<£fi//A/ attention. Distance to Gar­ You Can Win in cia did not mean the 25 9 0 CO/LOPAOO BIF a!/U£/S/CAA/S lAFIS TAJF^OQO'AiOCr/M/A/PaPCaUP/f/Vy^ A £ue-&Ar£0?/MS ae64A//ZA7XF/ SyGSV- UMIMAA AS/B£y. miles which separates St. W/7f/£/A1 C 4M £ A GPCK/POG yPope Paul VI ! Vatican City suffering o f those persons tormented by Cat Famine Faces Millions South Vietnam recently conveyed its thanks to Pope Paul VI with a personal For his part, the Pope "renewed — in visit at the Wtican. General Nguyen Huu Co, Vice Prime conform ity w ith his assiduous work to Minister of ^uth Vietnam, met for 30 re-establish peace wherever it is violated For minutes in a private audience with the or threatened — for the people o f Viet­ In 9 African Countries nam his most ardent wishes for a rapid Pope. He expressed "profound gratitude” for the support given by the Catholic overcoming o f the sad adversities o f the present hour and for the arrival o f a just C ath "In a normal year,” he said, "it is Church and the Holy See in the cause of W D r ld e N e w York peace and for "th e generous assistance understanding which would assure serene estimated that perhaps one fourth of prosperity for the entire nation.” nation-v Register Special sent by the Holy Father to relieve the jo in tly 1 Catholic Relief Services is mars^’ niling the population will eat one full meal faiths. its resources in West Africa to m ett de­ every other day for a period of three CRS mands for food in the wake o f a drought m onths." Classified Ads b e h a lf ' that threatens to bring famine to several ClissIfitS n i tl»rti|k all ItfiiU r Ultlin. GOD LOVE YOU shortage million p>eople. CRS deals with this situation annually, Tfe« rata is 15c n r tar issaa. Mlalaia 12 ap p eal ■trSt. II laar ar aara caasacitiva Isuts ara Most R everen d Fulton J. Sheen press. Father Roger Bisson, director o f CRS in he said, interrupting its food distribution ■sN. tka rata I* Me par a«ra par issaa. fa^ Upper Volta, said he had been contacted in June o r early July when rains nor­ •a tt aast actaaspaap all arPart. Ms racaitil as here by C ardinal Paul Zoungrana and m ally force the closing o f all but main MaaPap •ill appear la tka Issaa prlalal Iks ial- " If my neighbor Is stronger than I, l fear him; If T h e ta«ia| nak. asked to "double my efforts” in behalf of highways until mid-October. he is weaker than \, I despise him ." Such is the the A c t! modern judgement of the psychiatrist. Dr. Jean de m ittee U the area. F ath er Bisson said the situation has w ill w o r Father Bisson said the drought is now been complicated recently by the return MONBY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES Rougemont. Earlier, the Psalmist speaks of the " a r­ rogance of those who have much and the despisal of duction in progress. Although the "rainy season” to Upper Volta of large numbers of "ref­ TYPE MANUSCRIPTS for authors projects type for companies, etc. Pleasant, is well along, the rains have not come. ugees” who had moved out to settle in those who are proud." How can the rich avoid feel­ in g on well-paying homework. Complete In­ ing superior to the poor? The corn and bean crops virtually have the neighboring nation o f Mali 15 to 20 structions SI (refundable). Reiss. sources. Oept. C-2. Lock Box 94. Bronx. N. Y. How can the poor avoid been wiped out, and the harvest o f millet, years ago. He indicated political unrest, KM52. staple food of the area, has suffered se­ prompted the return o f an undetermined being humiliated? The O thei vere damage. Insect damage also has numl^r, estimated as high as 20,000. answer Is that the strong with the INSTRUCTIONS must see their weakness Indo-G ei been heavy. Charities "Some of it could be saved, if the rains Father Bisson said a recent report Insurance-Accident. Investigators and the rich must see U r g e n tly N eed ed. K e e p present iob their poverty. How really Council come by the end of the month,” Father from Ouagadougou, saying "no Catho­ until ready to switch. Age-education Agency, Bisson said, “but most of the crop is lic relief is now reaching West Afri­ No Barrier. Top Pay. Write: Adjus­ strong are the strong? ters School. Dept. C. 1872 N.W . 7 St. Serial Im gone. ca," was misleading and apparently M iami. Florida. 33125. They may avoid great A t th< The famine would hit hardest late this the result o f the normal suspension of vices, but can they give World Se up cigarettes for a week year and early in 1967, he said. food distribution during the late sum­ HOME STU D Y Council 0 to help the poor? Are ate a cr mer and early fall months. SWEDISH Massage and Physical cul­ Father Bisson estimated about 2 ture pays big profits. Learn at home. they such masters of menL million people would suffer the effects Diploma. Free Catalog. National In­ themselves that they can In Oi stitute. Dept. R.. 3.07 North Michigan. in Upper Volta alone. The population turn down the third cock­ ravaged Argentine Teachers Rap Chicago. country, of the country is about 5 million. In tail (or give up the first) 100,000 Appeals for Aid addition, the drought has hit the State Univ. Shutdown OF INTEREST TO WOMEN and use the money In­ tons o f V neighboring and nearby nation.s of S200.00 M O N T H L Y Possible. Sewing Buenos Aires stead to buy sulfone for a table oil. Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, Arch­ Ivory Coast, Niger, Cameroons, Cen­ Babywear at home. Write: Cutles, leper? How rich are the The July 19 closing by the Argentine W arsaw . 70. Indiana 4658a In an bishop of Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, tral African Republic, Chad, Togo, rich? Let them look in­ government of the Buenos Aires univer­ tion, 14,0< has called on Catholic relief organiza­ Ghana, and Dahomey. side themselves. In what are being sity, designed to weed out Communists SONGWRITERS tions for aid for the needy people liv­ virtue are they rich? in food ( ing in poverty in the several West Af­ Father Bisson said transportation and from the faculty and student body, has POEMS WANTED lor musical setting Rich In chastity? Rich In charity? Rich In faith? struction resulted in a flood of resignations. and recording by America's largest protection rican states within his ecclesiastical distribution are the major problems CRS, studio. Send poems, free examination. nanced v jurisdiction. He said that, because of overseas relief agency of the National Teachers at Argentine Catholic uni­ Five Star Music Masters. 6-V Beacon. Boston. Mass. 02108. States’ Fo weather conditions^ Catholic relief is Catholic Welfare Conference, faces in versity, unaffected by the closing down of state universities, wrote of their "deep Once tjie mighty see themselves as nothing and Th e \ not now reaching West Africa and the getting food to the people who will suffer. CUT YOUR OWN HAIR people are faced with famines because He said government help would be need­ concern” at the violence used by military the rich see themselves as impoverished, then they help in tl CUT Your own hair, save S40 yearly, will love the weak as their brothers and the poor as of ruined crops. Cardinal Zoungrana ed for effective distribution. personnel in enforcing the close-down. no g a d g e ts to s ell, lust Instructions Pope Pau Actual stocking and receiving o f food at Their letter affirmed that to supply the and d ia gra m s . SOc. A b b ott Studios. th e ir fellow beggars for the grace of God. If the nations to •is the second native African Pnnee of P.O . Box 1895. Indianapolis. Indiana. Ouagadougou, capital of the landlocked country’s needed scientists and techni­ strong love themselves despite all their weakness, problem, the Church in modem times and his tinues to jurisdiction includes more than a mil­ nation, probably w ill involve no serious cians, there must be freedom of thought then why not love weaknesses in others? If the rich and opinion, as a right; also student au­ love themselves despite their inner nakedness, then The Pop( lion Catholics in Upper Volta, Ivory difficulty, he said. rice for th tonomy, and racial, ideological, political, why not love a lesser poverty in others? That is why Coast, Niger, Camcroons, Central Af­ When he returns to Upper Volta late in IN YOUR SIZE Other rican- Republic, Chad, Togo, Ghana, October, Father Bisson said, he w ill trav­ and religious freedom. O ur Lord told us to love our neighbor as ourself. 40 truck: and Dahomey. el extensively—covering upwards o f 3,000 The teachers later commented on the Why not more than self? Because, if I love myself ~- first shipii m iles in three to four weeks—to assess governm ent’s establishment o f a higher GIFT BOXED $1.00 knowing myself as I do, knowing how utterly weak I Some ( the extent and severity of the situation. education council, pointing out that the am — then I have the measure of how I am to pour' the Holy Methodist, Catholic responsibilities that go with these rights, T h is is a strikinf; (Ive-way medal out love to others. follows: $: with a cross in the center end a He pointed out hunger is not a rar­ include obedience to law and the removal ernment com bination Scapular. Miraculous. million co ity in the nation. of elem ents obstructing genuine educa­ St. Joseph and Sl Christopher on Leaders Seek Unity the projections of the cruciform. per; $3 n: tion. London We live in a world divided between the rich and $1 millioE A leading Methodist official and a Fine lU lian stainless steel, rhodium the poor. We live in that kind of a church — poor A t Sung Masses plsted chains, available in 4 lengths. T h e fc Catholic Cardinal have appealed here for Enclose your money for the medals parishes and rich parishes. Even bishops and priests Christian unity. Pope Accepts and chains. cal In sp: Contemporary Rhythms speak of a parish being "good" when they mean it is L u th e ra r The Methodist Church opened a World economically rich. Somehow or other, we have to get Council meetiM with calls from its pres­ Haiti Bishops' d ried mil ident, Bishop ^ e d Pierce Corson of Phil­ Approved in Cuernavaca out of this slavish standard of affluence which is so opposed to the cross of Christ. To that end, we make adelphia, for steady and careful progress Cuernavaca, Mexico Resignations the following proposal: that you, or your parish, toward a universal church. Sung Masses to be celebrated with His appeal was echoed immediately by Vatican City club, school or office, undertake the sponsorship of Cardinal John Heenan of Westminster. contemporary Latin American music has been approved by Bishop Sergio Mendez The resignations of Archbishop Fran­ one of the poor areas of the world which has been Appearing for the first time at a investigated by the Apostolic delegate. Write to us World Methodist Council, Cardinal Heen­ Arceo o f Cuernavaca. cois Poirier o f Port-au-Prince and Bishop an suggested that talks should begin be­ The Bishop him self celebrated Mass in Paul Sanson Jean Marie Robert o f Los and we will send you the name of this diocese, its tween Catholics and Methodists and that his Cathedral using the new musical set­ Gonaives h ave been accepted by Pope location, the number of priests, catechists and faith­ Chur^ leaders should drop the word ecu­ ting. Drawn from various Latin American Paul VI. ful it has. Thus, you will be sure that you have a menism and talk instead o f Christian un- traditions, the music contains elements o f The two were expelled from Haiti, needy object for sacrifice and service and not one based on a haphazard appeal from an uninvestigated The council, held every five years, has Mexican, Brazilian, and Chilean folk Archbishop Poirier in 1960, and Bishop rhythms. Robert in 1961. source. The Church will not allow you to sponsor this brought together more than 1,800 dele- diocese for more than one year because there are so ates from more than 50 countries to John LcClerc, a French Canadian, Both prelates have been transferred to THE I entral Hall, Methodism’s London head­ wove the music into the Mass texts and CATHOLIC many poor dioceses in the world. Look Into your the titular Sees and, as a mark of his BOOKSHOP, INC. gquarters. orchestrated the final ceremony. He also personal esteem, the Pope has conferred weakness and you will love the weakness of others. BROTHE IM). Box ii(MM) NO COD MICHAE The great majority o f the delegates — used modem Latin American music. on them the Papal honor o f Assistant to Look Into your poverty stricken soul and you will more than 1,400 — are from the U.S.- Wichita. Kans. B72U1 serve stricken bodies. Write to me. God Love You! REYNOLD! Churches that have used the Mass re­ the Pontifical Throne. FROI rcflecting the Church’s preponderance of port good pastoral results, despite mixed E n c l o s t d s ...... l o r American members. The council is con­ The resignations clear the way for the which send me postpaid PROVIDENCI sultative and its decisions, therefore, are critical reactions. Attendance at Mass is appointment o f new Bishops to fill the ....3201 I N I with 27" Cham R.l ....3201 1147 With 24" Cham GOD LOVE YOU to S.M.L. for $5. .. to A.R.C. for not formally binding on member church- higher, participation much greater, and sees, thus regularizing relations of the ....3211 114* with I I " Cham REPORT more people receive the Eucharist. Church and State in Haiti. ...3211 IMS with IS " Cham $50. " F o r your mission work. I can't help everyone FROI Bishop Corson said in his presidential and you know those in must need." . . . to J.M .H. for ADD! N a m e ...... address that the five years now ending $20. . . to Anon, for $1,000 sent with a column. ABAB had been the most significant from a Address ...... relimous standpoint since the reformation r the 16th centuty. Grenade-Tossing Kooks State ...... 2 i p ...... The GOD LOVE YOU medal, a lovely cameo med­ From the platform also shared by the C i t y ...... Methodist leader, Cardinal Heenan said: al of the Madonna of the world is one you would be T notice that your president. Bishop Cor­ proud to give or delighted to receive. Designed by son, was m trouble recently because he Keep Saigon Pot Boiling Shrinks Hemorrhoids the worid-renowed lev^ler, Harry Winston, and was alleged to have said that unity talks blessed by Bishop Sheen, the GOD LOVE YOU med­ are in prospect between Methodists and al is available in classic Florentine gold finish or Cong, he is likely to listen. The prospects Without Surgery Catholics. By Father Patrick O’Connor, S.S.C. pure sterling silver and may be obtained by sending "I don’t know whether or not he said SAIGON are alluring to a frustrated, inexperienced this, but I’m quite sure that he ought not Stops Itch—Relieves Pain your request and corresponding offering to The Soci­ Four youths hurled grenades into lad. He is promised training in Zone D, ety for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth to have been in trouble if he did say it. a police station some 400 yards from with all his wants supplied. For the Rr»t ttme science has found a Of course, we want unity talks with new healing substance with the aaton- Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10001. $2 small sterling Methodists,” the Cardinal enthusieistically where this is written. They wounded 13 If his family is now dependent on his lahmg ability to shnnk hemorrhoids and silver; $3 small 10k gold filled; $5 large sterling persons, all Vietnamese, two of them ci­ earnings, the Viet Cong will take care of to relieve pam-without surgery. In case add^. a fte r case, while gently relieving pain. silver; $10 large 10k gold filled. vilians. them. When he is trained, he w ill come a «u a i reduction 'shrinkage) took place. An hour or so after a press conference back to Saigon to play a glamorous role Most amazing of all-reaulu were so held by six American pacifists here last as a revolutionary and he w ill be paid. If thorough that sufTerera made astonishing Beatification Pushed au tem enu like "Piles have ceased to be April, a youth tossed a grenade at a local he is arrested, the government w ill not a problem!" The secret is a new healing Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and U.S. enlisted men’s billet. It exploded in dare to execute him. substance 'Bio-DyneE>-discovcry of a mail it to Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen, National For Therese Neumann an alley, wounding a Vietnamese woman If he accepts the invitation, he is in­ famous research institute. This substance Director of The Society for the Propagation of the WHAT IS now available in luppotitorv or oi/iF ELSE Konnersrouth, Germany and her two children but no Americans. structed to take a bus to some town out­ m ent farm called Prtparation Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10001. The opening of investigations for the FOR These are tjrpical small-scale terrorist side Saigon. There he will be met, to be ETHIOPIA: beatification of Therese Neumann is acts by the Communist Viet Cong in this conducted by stages into the woods and being more insistently sought in letters city. A few occur every week, most of marshes until he arrives in a hidden Viet and pilgrims’ pleas to the Bishop of Re=^ them tosa-and-run operations, carried out Cong training camp. gensburg. by young civilians on motonycles. He will join a class o f 15 or 20 others INVEST for LIFE and ETERNITY Church authorities have made no pro­ They serve two purposes: To keep the and for six or eight weeks w ill receive nouncement concerning the validity of her terror campaign alive and to let newly intensive tra in in g in spying, sabotage, through our Mission Contract stigmata and have treated evidence and enrolled terrorists prove themselves. From and killing. Like the others, he will be pleas for her beatification with great cau­ these the leaders select members o f teams given a number. His fellow students are You will have an aiturad incoma from your money, and your tion. for large-scale operations, such as an att-. to know him by it, not by his name. good dood will aiiial noody ttudanta to Iho Priotlhood. MAKING The famed possessor o f the wounds of empt on an important U.S. installation. For the present he will not be taken A Christ, who died in 1962 following a These teams are called Dac Con — spe­ into the Communist party (called the WILL? heart attack, has been cited as the inter­ cial activity units — by the Communists. People’s Revolutionary party in South If you Invotl monoy through our LIFE INCOME MISSION cessor in a number of miracles. Case histories, from interrogation of Vietnam) but he will get some rudimen­ (AN ANNUITY) you will havo . . . prisoners and seized documents, show tary Communist indoctrination. CONTRACT what kind of persons make up these On his return to Saigon, he will join a . No worry about the stock market. An interest check every month Primate Says Reds teams and how they work. Dac Cong team. Probably within the as long as you live. Dear A team may consist of seven or eight team there are the usual three-man cells, Monslgnor Stopped U.S. Trip members, including one or two women. according to standard Communist prac­ • A remembrance in the prayers and Masses of our S.V.D. mission­ Nolan: The leader and perhaps his deputy may tice. aries throughout the world. Czestochowa, Poland Please be in their SOs. Operations are planned with precision, return coupon Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Primate of • The consolation of aiding the Apostolic work o f the Church. A typical young terrorist is about 18 after careful reconnaissance. The human w ith y o u r Poland, confirmed here that the Commu­ years old, non-Christian, living in a targets are American and Vietnamese o ffe rin g nist government had denied him a visa to densely populated district of Saigon. He military and officials, but the Commu­ visit the United States in August. belongs to a poor family, perhaps a bro­ nists show complete disregard for Viet­ IllHMtiM M il Stud m InfomatiM m m r lift iKan HiniM Cwitnct The prelate had intended to spend ken one. His father may be dead or may namese civ ilia n s who may be on the Ttrict toifidnct. Name______about two months in the U.S. and Cana­ have abandoned the mother and children. scene. .Ag«. da vis itin g major cities for observances The youth grew up on the streets, When they bombed the U.S. embassy, miTE Address. marking the 1,000th anniversary of with three or four years of elementary they killed two Americans and wounded Christianity in Poland. education and little or no parental super­ 45. while killing 18 Vietnamese and TODAY TO C ity_____ . Zone___ State. N eith er the Polish Communist press vision. He has a job now as a laborer or wounding about 100. nor radio has commented on Cardinal a mechanic in some small workshop. In the My Canh restaurant explosions W yszynski’s disclosure that the govern­ When a fellow worker or a relative — the second being timed to catch rescu- REV. FATHER RALPH S.V.D. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES ment refused to grant him a visa. cautiously suggests that he join the Viet ers after the first -■ the killed were 27 316 N. MICHIGAN / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601 ★ ★ Vietnamese, 12 Americans, two Filipinos, one Frenchman, and one German.

J' ited by Catholics, Protestants Unite Builedings 'Sin,' Says Pastor d — in I Houston, Tex. habit it,” said the pastor. He scored the vork to Modern architecture frequently sins shortsightedness that has neglected "to violated For Indian Food Proaram against the handicapped, the aged and make our structures fully accessible and >f Viet- other infirm members o f society, accord­ usable to the whole of our society.” % rapid ing to a pastor who spoke at the annual of the N ew Y ork eration’s Commission on World Serv­ He outlined his Ideas for the construo C ath olic Relief Services and Church ice’s givin g $200,000 for m ilk p ow d er convention of the Catholic Art association f a just here. tion of churches with the following aids serene World Service have launched the first and water resources development, and for handicapped persons, especially those nation-wide food appeal ever conducted Monsignor Bernard Murray, pastor o f the German, Bishops Agency’s forming in wheelchairs: jo in tly by the Catholic and Protestant of a project to send funds, provide St. Leo’s church in St. Paul, Minn., told faiths. technicians, and found an agricultural the gathering that he was making a plea — Level or ramped access from CRS and CWS will work together on training program. for "justice in architecture.” street or parking areas. behalf of the victims of India’s food — Minimum door widths of 36 shortage and w ill make their national "Builders o f our age have forgotten inches, ample aisle space, access to appeal via radio, television, and the that any but the active and the agile in­ the confessionals, and no steps. n press. Asked for Opinions, h im ; if The two units combined to form is th e the Action for Food Production Com­ Priests Not Bashful Pope Paul Sends Letter to Editors ean de mittee (AFPRO). The new organization Tokyo —Pope Paul V I has pushing a campaign for the will work for an increase in food pro­ ne " a r - Youngstown, O. sent a letter of congratula- betterment of youths in >isai o f duction through technical agricultural Ride into fall, projects and especially by concentrat­ tions and encouragement to Japan. The papers are the id fe e i- ing on the development of water re­ The church image in this diocese two Japanese daily news- T o k y o Shimbun and the p o o r? :r sources. would be greatly altered, if suggestions papers that have been Chunichi Shimbun. conj&dently a v o id from among the sees 262 priests are fol­ ? T h e O th er units working in combination lowed. Priests would retire at 65, Forty This summer, you learned how easy s tro n g with the two religious groups include the Hours Eucharistic devotions would disap­ Suppose We Send it is to ride a horse! Isn’t it time you a kn e ss Indo-German Social Service, Catholic pear, or at least be changed, and the learned how easy it is to use Tampax St s e e Charities o f India, the National Christian same might happen to vigil lights. tampons? Council o f India, the Germeui Bishops’ A Check for a Change? r e a iiy Among other suggestions coming from The silken-smooth applicator makes r o n g ? Agency, and the Jesuit-sponsored Indian S<^ial Institute of Bangalore. the ranks of the clergy were that bingo proper insertion comfonably easy. g r e a t A t the initial meeting AFPRO Church and other fund raising "gimmicks** be Center of Controversy Dainty and hygienic to use. hands / g iv e World Service and the National Christian elim inated for Catholic schools, and ti­ • We'll do it every year of your life If you estab­ never touch the tampon itself. w e e k Council o f India pledged $70,000 to initi­ thing introduced. A ll diocesan and non­ This cross atop a hill on city- lish an Extension Annuity. Tampax tampons are the modern, ? A r e ate a crash program for water develop­ diocesan collections would be taken from owned park land has stirred a contro­ • Sample returns on Extension Annuities: easy way to complete protection. r s o f ment. the tithing proceeds. versy in Eugene, Ore. Ten residents . Aren’t you a modern young woman? iy c a n In Orissa, one of the most fiercely The ideas also concerned changes of are suing Mayor Edwin E. Cone, the c o c k - ravaged areas of the drought-stricken the priestly vestments, '’a return to holy eight members of the City Council, country, a CRS task force has aided Age Men Women f ir s t ) and (Signified liturgical music and elim i­ and three private contractors in Lane TAMPAX, 100,000 persons with more than 1,360 50 4.8% 4.3% sy In - nation o f folk songs and modem swing County Circuit court. They hold the 55 5.3% 4.8% SANtTARY PROTECTtON WORN INTERNALLY tons o f wheat, powdered milk, and vege­ placement of the cross on public MAOcoHLr ar TAMPAX iMccRroiUTeo.rAt.KeR. MASS. : fo r a table oil. music,’* possible group confessions, in 60 6.0% 5.3% •e th e which penitents attend a Bible servi<», go propet^ "constitutes an establishme^A 65 7.0% 6.0% In another project under CRS direc­ of religion” and is thus unconstitu­ ok in - tion, 14,000 persons in the Ranchi district to Confession and receive absolution pri­ 70 8.3% 7.0% tional. The plaintiffs asked removal of 75 w h a t are being aided to become self-sufficient vately and then perform a community 10.0% 8.3% the cross and a permanent injunction 80 12.5% 10.0% r ic h ? in food output. Well-digging, dam (in­ penance. barring city officials from a future struction, and the fencing o f farms for The ideas came at the request of display of "religious symbols.’* protection of crops is being partially fi­ Bishop James W. Malone, Apostolic Ad­ nanced w ith $15,000 from the United ministrator. • Designed especially for "Senior Citizens" States’ Food for Peace Program. One priest, noting that the answers • The ideal way to ensure life income and to help 3 and T h e Vatican has also pitched in to were to be sent to the office o f the Dioc­ Rights Unit Protests the home missions besides. t they help in the Indian food crisis. Following esan Bureau of Information, wrote: *T tor as Pope Paul’s appeal last February for all never heard of this bureau before. 1 Decision on Priest If the nations to help solve India’s food shortage would 1 ike the Bureau of Information to (ness, problem, millions of dollars in aid con­ send me some information on the Biireau Los Angeles, Calif. i rich tinues to flow into the stricken country. o f Information.” A mass demonstration was held by The Catholic Church Extension Society R then The Pope himself bought 2,000 tons of "Catholics United for Racial Equality” 1307 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illin o is 60605 rice for the Indiana. (CURE) at the offices of Cardinal James i why O ther aid from the Vatican includes Francis McIntyre, to protest the decision Dear Fathent rself. 40 trucks donated by the Pope in the Defense of Peace A Higher of the Roman Curia to upholci the C a^i- Please send your free booklet on Extension .Vnnuities. U1iat elf ~ first shipment of a planned 70 vehicles. nal’s suspension of the Rev. William H. retvim could you offer me on an im estiiient of eak I Some o f the contributions inspired by Good, Say German Lutherans DuBay from priestly duties and to order 8 ? My birth date is sex pour' the Holy Father’s February plea are as the si^pression of the priest’s recent follows: $14 million from the Italian ^ v - B erlin book, "The Human Church.” ernment and other Italian sources; $6.4 According to East Germany’s Lutheran Victor Patterson, 33-year-old Negro / inutcrihiiitl llmt thh liiiiiilry Im in Alrirh-Mt •'ttunih'iuc ninl million collected by the Vatican newspa­ Bishops, defense o f peace is a higher good postal worker, said Father DuBay had tclll fitttill no ohlitiiitiou per; $3 million from West Germany, and than defense o f a nation. So saying, they not been given a hearing. He said his group and the Compton Human Rights 1 and $1 million from Austria. have issued a paper supporting conscien­ Com m ittee had sent more than 10,000 .XtulrvMi p o o r tious objection to m ilitaiy service. The food aid program is ecumeni­ petitions to Pope Paul in 1964 asking rie s ts cal in spirit as indicated by Finland’s The Communist government has att­ to have the Cardinal removed for "gross a t v .. Z tn tr...... Stair ...... I it is Lutherans* pledging a shipment of acked the paper for giving religious sup­ malfeasance in office” over alleged inac­ o g e t dried milk; the Lutheran World Fed­ port to civil disobedience.. tion on the ra(dal issue. is SO n a k e Iris h , Vocatlons—Men ip Of been ETHIOPIAs Holy Cross Brothers ^0 u s S«rv* (rod in i , its • TMchIne • Missions THE • Social Work •Guldanc* 'a ith - • Trad** • Accounting v e a For Information and one NEW literature write: Brother Bartel, C.S.C. la te d St. Edward's U niversity th is Box>7 AmsHo, Taxes 7S704 •e so THE HOLY FATHER’S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH y o u r m ems OF CHinsr le rs . BROTHER What happens in Ethiopia when an American f—I kn Dsiy iktoei. Mi w ill MICHAEL Christian Brother (he could be your son, brother, I ol vkick is fitted tor REYNOLDS, nephew) is told to upgrade Catholic schools? He *—— jfDB es • Ffiicisess u! n— Brstkir dedicated Id as FROM borrows a jeep (or a mute), visits the schools acthr* ««tolate. iocMiii| » m ct to rootk. Com — PROVIDENCE, one by one, writes home for pencils and better V.- Wle* Ue< Vtnti lor R.I., textbooks, and then begins.. . . “ This is the new iliistrita d broekarit to . for Africa,” Brother Michael Reynolds reports en­ * f VocatfM Dinctur, Dp. R. Frat* REPORTS ' e lu a i B n tk in st tko Hily ;one FROM thusiastically from Addis Ababa. "It can be a Crass. 7tk S Uaas. Rivtrtss, . for ADDIS peaceful, progressive, Christian Africa tomor­ UL &2SS1. ABABA row. Just give us schools, give us time, and with God's help the jo b w ill be done!” . . . The schools are for villages like Arossa, Aiga, Biera, Wartile, —which have no school. The youngsters know ned- that knowledge Is their only chance; they’ll go I be without food to learn.... What does It cost to b y build a school? "Only $2,950,” says Brother a n d Michael, "for the villagers and the children give led- their labor free*of-charge. We can train a cate­ I o r chist for only $40.” . . . In thanksgiving to God lin g for what you know, will you do what you can o c i- ($100, $75, $50, $25. $15, $10. $5, $2) to give these youngsters a chance? The school will be if t h named for your favorite saint, and the children TaVe lin g will pray for your loved ones daily, if you build it PHILLIPS’wiutoF MAGNESIA lin g all byyourself ($2,950). School will open late this when certain foods cause setd year—but better late than never—if you write to indigestion or constipation. us right now! AHWePMlIlpr for acldupsat A little mora ind for constipation. nal the WHAT Our priests there, who receive no other Income ELSE for food and clothing, will offer promptly the )1. 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Hundreds of girls have asked Through Red Sea permission to have their weddings in the Shrine o f the Immaculate Concep­ tion in Washington and have been re­ even though the outward gestures are By Rev. Joseph A. Hughes make religious practices more truly fused. Why was Luci Johnson allowed The purpose o f this section o f the and more thoroughly the fruit of marked by activity and order. to have hers there? Register is to help modem people grow choice and love and grace. . A. If she were merely a rich man’s in holiness. W e do not enter into contro­ When you give the privileges o f theo­ daughter, or a socialite, your complaint versy here just for the sake o f controver­ Som e o f the people o f God balk at . logical freedom and spiritual initiative to would have justification. Being the sy. It is not our intention to be conten­ this. They want to keep in force the old the common citizens o f the kingdom you daughter of the Chief Executive of the tious or haughty or indignant. structures and the old laws. They see the encourage immoderation and rebellion land, she is something o f a public perso­ against authority. Perhaps. Where did the It is necessary, nevertheless, to come problems o f unleashing the explosive and nage. Hence it was fitting that tho traditionalists of this post Vatican n into conflict at times with former moods disruptive powers of human freedom. church th at is more than any other a Council era get their strong will to resist in theology and with older systems of They prefer to have imiformity and con­ church o f the whole A m erican nation the unmistakable mind and mood of the spirituality. Our purpose is to explain formity, lock-step liturgy and a dictated should be the scene o f the wedding of one Church of John XXm and of Paul V I? Humor, what is deep in the heart o f the teaching apostolate. Their call is for peace — at who stands so closely to the man who Church at this touching moment o f histo­ any cost. The demands o f the s'*hool of sponta­ represents the nation. This must have ry and to motivate the faithful toward There are problems aplenty with the neity are more constant and more bur­ been som ething like the consideration deep study, honest prayer, and authentic prospective forms of Christian freedom. densome than those o f older systems. The that motivated ecclesiastical authority in Humility, necessity o f m aking frequent and labored charity, all, in fact, that will enrich the After a long reign of formalism and trad­ making this exception. choices can be terrifying to the timid and life of man with the life of God. itionalism there could be an interregnum trying even to the brave. True. Humanity o f uneasiness and uncertainty. We are passing through tho Red People became so accustomed to being Christ's Knowledge Sea again. There is the desert and the Solving this last problem will pro­ Miami Beach, Fla. "helped”, supported, directed that they got desolation and the trial of transition vide a key to the tremendous advan­ Q. Was Christ always aware of His I f the Christian is to participate in to view w i^ alarm the day they would tages of the way of fr'cedom. It is true ahead of us. This is a time when pil­ have to assume personal responsibility divine nature? m eaningful communication with today’s that there are difficulties involved in grimage becomes for some an exile of and to embark with only naked faith into A. Even as Man, Jesus Christ always world, he must develop a sense of humor, a spontaneous system of spiritual ad­ cold re a litie s of a hostile, secularistic knew that Ho was true God. Since from humility, and. humanity, besides his five sorts. T ediu m and frustration can ap­ vancement. You cannot have every­ pear — in the passage of man through world. tho first instant of His conception, natural senses. thing. Those who accept the penalties time toward the uncertain victories of Christ’s human nature was united to the Monsignor Theodore E. McCarrick, of spontaneity in good grace and rise Word of God, it follows that even accotd- eternity. A certain degree of emotional com­ rector of the Catholic University of Ponce, above the confusions produced in the ing to H is human knowledge He could s fort and external order will disappear Puerto Rico, made this observation at the very act of change will receive the en- not have been ignorant o f His divine I f anyone should bo wholly upset at when individuals put into active prac­ Knights of Columbus annual meeting ricUng fruits o f the new spirituality. mission and nature. His dignity as Head tho Church and deliberately angry with tice their full democratic rights as here. and Teacher of tho human race was in­ the Fathers of Vatican II Council and sons of God. With freedom can come He said today’s Catholic layman must Fortitude and constancy in the new consistent w ith ignorance o f anything thoroughly contemptuous of the vast body error, chaos, indolence. It may be be a "man of eight senses” if he is to. order will produce results far above com­ that belonged to His state. of the Church’s authentic theologians, it proper to recall, however, that no fu lfill his mission in the post Second mon expectation. In a succeeding chapter Christ had three kinds o f knowledge: would seem to be that that member of great heresy was ever launched by a Vatican Council age. w e hope to explore some of the new prom­ That of the beatific vision, whereby He the Church is placing himself outside tho layman, free or otherwise. And you In calling for a sense of humor, Mon­ ise given by the generous Lord to the * saw in God all that pertained to Him; pale of the kingdom and in opposition to can have interior, spiritual indolence. signor McCarrick said today there are generous of heart. infused knowledge, w hereb y He knew "too many in this world who take them­ the very forces o f sanctification which he pretends to protect. things by means of ideas immediately in­ selves too seriously, too many who give fused by God; and an experimental and their time to a pessimistic criticism both An interesting point in this respect is Ecumenism acquired knowledge, such as all of us o f the Church and o f their fellowmen.” the movement by which members of Christ’s Mystical Body use the new priv­ have. This acquired knowledge was al­ ways perfect according to H is age. These Christians, ho said, **soe ileges of freedom and spontaneity within themselves graced with a vocation of the Christian ranks in order to attack Triune God Source fault-finding, and they are never so and destroy this very phase o f the new happy as when they delicately expose spirituality. No Veronica? an open nerve and begin to pick at it The current trend within the life of Of Churches Unity Q. Was there a St. Veronica who with the hammers of narrow-minded­ the Church is to encourage personal wiped the face of Jesus on His way to By Rev. John A. O’Brien, Ph.D., The University of Notre Dame ness and the tongs of pessimism. initiative, creative thought, sponta­ the Cross? If not, why is the legend neous prayer, unstructured Christian cal nature of the Church and the impor­ In its epochal Decree oh Ecumenism still a prominent part o f the Stations action — all, in a word, that would Vatican Council II stresses tho hierarchi- tant role played by the Papa^ in pre­ "T h e trouble with them,” Monsignor of the Cross? McCarrick added, "is that in their preoc­ serving its unity. Christ wishes His A. There may well have been a wom­ cupation with saving the world tomorrow, people to increase, under the action o f the an — named Veronica or not — who they forget that it already has been saved H oly Spirit, through the faithful preach­ ing o f the Gospel b y priests and Bishops, performed the beautiful charity symbol­ by Jesus more than 1,900 years ago, and w ith PeteFs successor at their head. ized by wiping the face o f Jesus. We do that the Christian’s role in this economy This growth is furthered through their not know. T h o earliest version of the of salvation is to preach and practice His zealous administration of the sacraments Gospel of charity and joy. and through their governing with self-ef­ Veronica story is found in an addition to a fifth-century apocryphal work call^ "The, Church of God today is not facing devotion, kindness, and love. Th e served by the negative, thinker nor by the Lord Jesus perfects the fellowship o f H is ’The Acts of Pilate or the Gospel of Ni- chronic complainer, nor is His kingdom people in unity: In the profession o f one codemus.” Vernoica has been identified spread by pseudo-apostles wrapped in faitn, in the common cel^ration of divine with several women o f the Gospel. worship, and in the firatemal harmony of gloom.” St Veronica is not mentioned in any of the people of God. Speaking of the need for a sense of the earliest historical martyrologies, nor h u m ility. Monsignor McCarrick said "it in the present Roman Martyrology. Thus the Church, God’s united Doubts about her historicity are not new, ill befits us to build a facade o f sophisti­ flock, is like a standard lifted high for cation, pretending an understanding the nations to see as it makes it pil­ and four centuries ago St. Charles Borro- which we do not have.” grim way in hope towards the heaven­ meo ordered her feast and office removed ly fatherland. This is the sacred mys­ frrom his church in Milan. Today's Christian, he continued, "must tery of the unity of the Church, in The Stations o f the Cross do not pre­ be humble as befits a member of the Christ and through Christ, with the tend to be a precise historical tableau of Church which even now is developing a H oly Spirit energizing its various Christ’s advance toward Calvary. The in­ deeper realization of itself and of its role functions. clusion o f Veronica in the Sixth Station in the modem world and this at a mo­ is justified, because it fits in so well with ment o f evolution unmatched in the his­ Benedictine Scholars M eet The supreme exemplar and the m ighty the m editation which th e W ay of the tory o f mankind. source o f this mystery is the unity, in the Bishop Ernest J. Primean (ceater) of Manchester, N.H., delivered the Trinity of Persons, o f one (Sod:- The Fa­ Cross exists to excite. Since a Christian cannot stand alone keynote address at a meeting of the American Benedictine Academy at St. ther and the Son and the Holy Spirit. or ignore his brother, Monsignor McCar­ Anselm’s abbey, attended by 85 Benedictine scholars from 21 states. Ho From the earliest times ^ssensions rick declared, he needs a sense o f hu­ spoke on **Trends in Vatican II Concerning Catechesis and Liturgy.” broke out, but the Church always strove John as Good Pope manity. God, the priest-educator observed, Shown at the meeting are (from left) Father Edward Malone, O.S.B., of to quell thorn and to restore unity. "did not wish to sanctify and save man­ Mount Michael academy, Elkhom, Neb., president of the ABA; Abbot Warning against dissension, the Q. I have heard many bad things kind individually without any bond be­ Gerald F. McCarthy, O.S.B., o f St. Anselm’s abbey; Bishop Primeau; Abbot Apostle Paul wrote to the Ck>rinthians: "I said about Pope John: that he in­ tween on© another. He wished instead to Raphael Heider, O.S.B., of St. Martin’s abbey, Olympia, Wash.; and Father do not commend you in that you m eet spired a heresy in his modern atti­ not for the better but for the worse. For bring men together as one people who tudes, that ho was too simple to be a Placidus Riley, O.S.B., president of St. Anselm’s college, chairman of the first of all I boar that when you meet in o : would acknowledge H im in truth and sessions. Founded in 1947, the academy comprises scholars from about 40 good Pope, and that he loved the church there are divisions among you” (1 C)ommunists. Is this right? serve Him faithfully. Benedictine abbeys and 60 convents. Cor. 11:17-18). S A. Were those years when John Still more severe is the rebuke the reigned on the throne o f Peter a dream? O Apostle administered to those who Was it a mere dream that of a sudden were causing dissension and division tho Church met the world and the world • Ecumenical Perspective among the Galatians: "I marvel that met the Church? Was it the result of you are so quickly deserting Him who hcre^ that the world thought that called you to the grace of Christ, perhaps after all the Church was able to changing to another gospel; which is guide humanity through the frightful not another gospel, except in this re­ mess, toward the prevention o f war, the spect that there are some who trouble restoring of sanity, and the relief of Polite Forms you,^ and wish to p e rv e rt the gospel o f Christ. But even if we or an angel want? from heaven should preach a Gospel Maybe John was simple, and yet the to you other than that which we have years o f his reign are the years when Of Anti-Catholicism: II preached to you, let him be anathema! something wonderful started to happen, As we have said before, so now I say • when curialist Cardinals were called the again: If anyone preach a Gospel to "prophets o f doom,” and men were told By Jaroslav Pelikan by the "three-W” nations (\ ^ ite. W est­ question, whether the churches ought you other than that which you have that they had the right to worship as Lutheran Theologian and Professor of ern, and Wealthy) to express their anxie­ not to assume their fair share of the. received, let him b e anathema!” (1:6-9) their conscience dictated, and the N ew Church History at Yale University ties about the swelling nations o f A sia tax burden, easily becomes an attack York Times printed the whole of Pacom on the schools and convents of the In this stem , forceful, and eloquent Last w eek I discussed some of the and Africa. in Terris, and the Pope won a peace Roman Catholic Church. Many hospi­ plea for unity among a ll those who glory polite forms o f anti-Catholicism that have in the name of Christ, one catches an au­ prize. tals in America owe their origins to appeared in America’s past. Today I want And in religious discussions, snide thentic echo of the priestly prayer of Our Maybe John did love Communists, and to look at two current forms. By "polite remarks about population or who Protestant establishment, but have Lord at the pasch^ m e ^ in the upper maybe Christ loved Pharisees. ferms o f anti-Catholicism” I mean, as I practice a "fertility cult” by rearing now become non-sectarian; many col­ room: "Holy Father, keep in Thy name Did John stray from his proper place said last week, "an attack on the ^ m a n large families are often a polite form leges and universities began as Prot­ those whom Thou hast given Me, that within the Church’s framework? Or did Catholic Church which takes the form of o f anti-Catholicism. One of the most estant schools, but are now secular. they may be one as W e are. . .that they he perhaps move, and with him, the a concern about a profound and legi­ unfortunate results of this situation is Therefore it is relatively easy for also may be one in Us, that the world Chiuvh, into the streets and alleys and may believe that Thou has sent timate problem but cheapens that concern that it has permitted Roman Catho­ Protestants to argue that institutions boulevards o f the world? When John and Me. . .that they may be perfected in un­ for the sake of religious prejudice.” lics, including and especially certain under Church control should pay tax­ his Council went forth to meet the people es. ity” (Jn. 17:11-23). moral theologians and prelates, to The human mind cannot conceive a of God, was there not made present, vis­ One such form of anti-Catholicism dismiss the problem of the population closer unity than that which exists in the ibly so, leadership with love, challenge today cloaks itself in the respectabili­ explosion as an attack both on the A concrete step in the direction of m ost Holy Trinity, where three persons and Christ-ness? ty of a concern about the rapid ex­ Church and on sexual morality.' meeting this problem is the voluntary form one (jodhead. Y e t such a unity All this is by way o f saying that Pope pansion of world population. The se­ payment by the churches o f something the members of His Church, the ^tystical John inspired no heresy and that, as a riousness o f that problem is almost im­ One of the most recent polite forms o f like their share o f taxes. To be sure, that Body are called to approximate. This is matter of fact, he was simple enough to possible to exaggerate, especially if anti-Catholicism is expressing itself today is not easj' to determine. If, for example, the ideal that is to be kept forever before be a good Pope. one extrapolates the statistics into a in discussions about equity of taxation as a country estate becomes too burdensome the eyes of all Christians hoping, praying, reasonable prediction about conditions applied to church property. No one who for a family to carry and is presented to and working for unity. on this planet a hundred years from looks at the social and economic plight o f a religious order, should the order be Why Pray for Rain? now. It is morally irresponsible and the American city can deny the need for obliged to pay taxes as though it had it­ Priests' Pilot diabolically cruel for us to wave this scrupulous attention to our tax structure self erected a manor house and planned Q. I have been taught in Sunday problem aside, cither as a Church or and the removal o f inequities. Nor is it the elaborate grounds? Role Is Proposed school that God docs not break the as a nation or as a family. The possible to deny th at there have been laws of nature. Why, then, do we pray problem demands the best and wisest subtle (and not so subtle) evasions o f tax­ These and other details would have Lockport, III. for rain? Mother Nature says when minds we can find. es by supposedly non-profit agencies op­ to be considered, but some such step • A plane can be a useful tool "in apos­ and where it rains. erated under the auspices of the Church. seems likely. It would be both m orally tolic labor, especially in far-flung mis­ A . Indeed, God does not break the sionary fields,” one o f the 400 priests and But the irrepressible problem o f world The market value of the real estate sound and strategically prudent for laws of Nature; He makes them. "Mother Brotht rs in the U.S. who are pilots said Nature” is a term which replaces, a more population may often be manipulated to owned by all the churches in the United the churches themselves to take up here. express deep-seated prejudice. In the States, while undoubtedly exaggerated by this discussion, and if possib le to do accurate referral to the proc^^es of na­ The Rev. Richard E. Spellman, pastor ture as c.stablished by God Himself. Since United States, it is often the tool of ra­ th eir critics, nevertheless runs into the so in concert; for while Protestants of pur Lady of the Most Holy Rosary it is God who is Author- of the 'laws of cists, who mean by "the population ex­ billions. And most o f it is free of taxes, sometimes raise the question as a parish in Albuquerque, N. Mex., who was plosion” the growing percentage of Neg­ even to support the police and fire de­ polite form o f anti-Catholicism, it may here for the third annual National Asso­ nature, He may so alter and effect them as He chooses. One such instance o f al­ roes in the United States and who would ' partments. also be a form of anti-religion, as our ciation o f Priest Pilots convention, said tering His own law would be to answer be willing to support any "humane” brethren in other parts of tho world' that if ranchers in N ew Mexico can use the prayers o f the faithful. means o f restricting that percentage. On Most of it also happens to be Ro­ have learned. The cause is too impor­ planc-s, why can’t priests? a world scale, the problem is often used man Catholic. And so a legitimate tant to be left to the propagandists.