• *i 5s r = g : f ^"^ ~^ '* '^^^^ .^^:^ftt ?^V;?'^"\V'"•''. ^m^mrn^y^^mm Turn to page 10. Slip out the special Mission Su nday r 23rd Mission Tabloid for separate reading;. m The Catholic 7r_ THE NEWSPAPER OF THE ROCHESTER DIOCESE Journal 78th Year ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1966 Price 15 cents 'Closer to the People1 St. Ambrose Mission in Homes in Parish St. Ambrose parish will "We want to demonstrate," what they would like to dis­ them," comments the pastor. be the locale of a unique he said, "that the Church is cuss," he explained. During the five weeks, trae four-week spiritual crusade anxious to come closer to her Open communication between four Holy Cross priests hope from Oct. 23 to Nov. 20. people, understand their needs priests and people is one of to contact via these neighbor­ Four Holy Cross priests and serve them, better." the big aims of the St. Am- hood visitations about 2.50O peo­ will spearhead the effort, broso venture. ple. The parish will be divided using approaches which are into four areas, to ensure a Parishioners who have been The initial program.Jtonslg- completely new to the more thorough coverage. Each approached to be hosts for the nor Ratigan hopes, will be fol­ Rochester area. evening, except Saturday, A neighborhood—Mass—and—discus­ lowed by a long-range effort, family in each area will be host sion sessions, have been vocal centering on small neighbor­ Lutheran Pastor Norbcrt E. Kabelitz of Oklahoma City made a hard-hitting appeal for Evening Masses offered in to "a living room Mass" (or in their enthuslam: "Mass right hood discussion groups, meet­ parishioners' homes (four dif­ dining room, adds Monsignor here — in our own home? ing once a month in parishion­ justice to all American school children in a talk at Aquinas Institute. He is shown with ferent homes each night) and Ratigan) to which 8 to 10 cou­ Wonderful!" has been a typical ers' homes. Basilian Father Leon Bart, principal. followed by open end discus­ response according to the par­ ples in the neighborhood will Aimrng"-to~ trrtng the basir- sions for those gathered there be invited. ish priests. 1 will be the primary means used, ideas of the Vatican II Coun­ according to Monsignor Arthur Following the Mass, the priest After Mass is over, the altar cil to his people in this way, 'Greatest Bargain in History Ratigan, pastor of St. Ambrose. who offered it, will be ready will be cleared, vestments will Monsignor Ratigan talks in for an informal dialog with be put away and priest and peo­ terms of an "aggiomamenbo" In this intensive phase of a those present. Topics? Anything ple will open up a discussion. (up-dating) on the parish level. long range program of parish and everything, according to renewal in the spirit of the Monsignor Ratigan. "We know that people have The hosts will provide cof­ Equity for Pupils in Sight Vatican Council the aim will be many questions in these days of fee and cookies, nothing mo>re "to make religion relevant to "We have already polled our rapid changes in the Church, elaborate. Non-Catholic friends the daily lives of our people," parishioners through a ques- and we welcome the opportun­ in the neighborhood will be wel­ The march toward jus­ benefits to parochial school a candidate for the convention the pastor stated. tionaire however, to find out ity to talk things over with come. tice for pupils in all schools pupils "is a grave threat to the for Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, public school system on which Seneca, Wayne and Yates coun­ ties, told the Courier this week of New^ York State bumped our democracy rests." lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllW up againsFsorne forntiidafcle" it is only by eliminating the W. Stanley Rycroft of the Blaine amendment that we can roadblocks this week — but Presbyterian Commission on actually "preserve the doctrine victory still seems to be> in Ecumenical Mission and Rela­ of complete separation of sight. tions, also in New York City;- -ehupeh-and-stater" He said-the— charged that President John­ constitution in its present form son and Governor Rockefeller, is "discriminatory." Quigley Jewish spokesmen, and a also said, "The entire education­ Presbyterian ecumenical offi­ both Protestants, had acted Zap! al system in New York State is cial voiced opposition In New "politically" by "aiding religi­ ous chools." based upon the premise that York City to current efforts to 'each child shall have an equal revise the Blaine amendment The "child-benefit theory," opportunity for education," and A Novena of the state's constitution at Rycroft said in a letter to the the Blaine legislation is a con­ next spring's constitutional New York Times," circumvents" stant threat to such "equal op­ convention. both the federal and state con­ portunity." At the Edge stitutions and he termed such The amendment prohibits tax- action "shocking." One of the most elequent paid benefits — such as text­ statements on the subject this Of the Cliff books — which may aid "direct­ Other voices, however, were week came from Dennis J. Hollywood — (CPF) — ly or indirectly" churd-related lifted in defense of the ehfr Llvadas, a member of the Greek Whenever Gotham City's police institutions. dren,—and these voices Includ­ Orthodox Church, and a candi' commissioner needs help, as ed thoM of a Lutheran min­ date for Rochester city court millions of television Viewers Theodore Ellenoff of the ister and several candidates for Judge. know, the call immediately goes American Jewish Committee political office. out to Batman — and before told a preliminary convention His statement Is as follows: you can say POW! and ZAP! commission he thought erven Lutheran minister P a s t or "I support repeal of the and CRUNCH!, the Caped Cru­ tax-paid bus rides should be de­ Norbert E. Kabelitz of Okla­ Blaine Amendment without res­ sader has once again thwarted nied pupils who attend other homa City told an audience of ervation. Free textbooks to all the dastardly villains than public schools. 700 at Aquinas Institute last children in private and paro­ But even though Neil Hamil­ Opening the door to addi­ week that the organization Citi­ chial schools is both right and zens for Educational Freedom legal. ton has been portraying Police , tional services for pnipils in has grown tremendously in Commissioner Gordon for al- ' parochial schools, tao said, membership in recent months "This program does not vio­ most a year now, when assist­ would be a "tragic mLstake." as parents across the nation are late the principle of separation ance is really needed he pre­ fers to rely on someone else: Murray A. Gordon, speafeing increasingly dissatisfied with of Church and State. Public discrimination against pupils in funds now provide buses, milk, St. John Bosco, better known for the American Jewish Con­ as Don Bosco. gress, made a similar statement other than public schools. lunches, physical education, at a hearing on the coostlturiiqn etc., for the health and safety of parochial children. Federal The dramatic story of the 67- held by the state Democratic The nineteen Monroe County year - old actor's "friendship" Party. He said "any attempt to candidates for the spring con­ funds are paying for research, technical facilities, scholarships, with the patron saint of young tamper" with the controversial stitutional convention went on people is told at length by 1894 Blaine amendment "would unanimous record at a public grants, and school buildings. All of these programs are con­ Hamilton in the current issue be a tragic step back-ward to- meeting at the Eastridge High of The Salesian Bulletin,- pub- School Wednesday evening as stitutional • ward' destruction of th< princl- - __ik;bjed-.by_Jhe_Sja.lesJlans_ oX_SL pie of separation of chairch and favoring revisToTToT"TrTe~BtaifIe "The private and parochial John-Bosco, an order dedicated state." amendment. school system represents bill­ to working with youth. "Gordon also said tax-paid Robert M. Quigley of Phelps, ions of dollars of investment "Wherever you may see me— and more billions annually in either on the street, on the operations, at no cost to the stage, the screen or television," State. The parochial parents wrote Hamilton, "you may say sacrifice, of their own free - - -without 4car—of -contradiction, choice to. makeTKIsTsystem pos- That man has in his pocket a sible. This gives greater variety Don Bosco Novena.'" to our education, ' preserving many diverse cultures to enrich Hamilton, who began his our common society. The result­ career as an extra in silent ant competition strengthens all films and .became a matinee our schools—public as well as idol in the late 1920's and early private—thus preventing State 1930's, dates his friendship monopoly of education and safe­ with Don Bosco from the "love­ guarding academic freedom. ly, bright and warm" day some 25 years ago when he started "Plus: The Roman Catholic out for "a spot high in the Schools are strong teachers of mountains over Santa Monica" the classical respect for law — where he planned to kill A job for Don Bosco? Neil Hamilton as Police Commissioner Gordon, flanked by Bat­ and authority, strict personal himself. —moraffly-^neV-diseiplinc, religi— man and Police Chief O'Hara. ous reverence, love of country, "LOOKING BACK on it now family stability. God.is not dead it seems like utter madness," there. We never needed these he explained, "and yet at the lost his position and friends us that I was prayed out. There day of his first novena to Don attitudes more than today. The same time I was convinced it well as his money. At the was not a prayer left; of this Bosco — when he went to Uni­ State cannot survive without was the only thing to do.