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Vocation gloom dispelled at meet By FRANK HALL High School, Hollywood, or form, and prayer—we do a Voice Features Editor State Serra convention speaking on a panel, "Parish lot of praying for vocations. FORT LAUDERDALE- Vocations Clubs," revealed "WE BEGAN about three "As the diocese grows it will obligations that we as priests no defeatist attitude but rather that of the five recent vocations years ago with eight members need more priests," declared have." one of, "what can we do to from Florida to his community, and our first project on Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll Emphasis at the three-day increase vocations." two were from Nativity parish, Vocation Sunday was to hold to Serrans at their district convention of Serra In- SUGGESTIONS were Hollywood, which has a strong an open house at the parish convention. "Archbishop ternational, District 30, focused varied and many and most had parish vocation committee. convent. This proved very McCarthy would agree with on the ever-increasing need for already been implemented with Frank Honyak, secretary successful." me," Abp. Carroll continued, additional priests, Brothers and different degrees of success. In of Nativity's vocation com- Since that time, the parish "that we could use again the Sisters throughout the Church. almost every case, statistics mittee, speaking on the same has had several poster, essay or number of priests we have at Avoiding a gloom and doom and reports were greeted as a the present time and then we panel, said: poetry contests to promote attitude, the days were op- challenge. "We have two major interest in vocations, additional would not reach all corners of timistic, positive, and con- Brother Walter Obster, the diocese to fulfill the goals: to expose young people open houses, slide presen- structive. There appeared to be guidance director at Chaminade to religion in some way, shape (Cont. on page '4) ^VOICE VOL. XVII No. 31 25c OCTOBER 8, 1976 Florida Catholic women urged to be involved ByJANE QUINN Carroll was the principal Horkan, Jr., executive director (Special to The Voice) celebrant of a concelebrated of the Florida Catholic Con- Mass. Concelebrating with him ference. He reminded more than ORLANDO - Florida's were Archbishop Edward A. .250 delegates from the Arch- Catholic women were urged to McCarthy; Bishop Paul diocese of Miami and be aware of their impact on Tanner, St. Augustine; Bishop Florida's other four dioceses legislation and of what Charles McLaughlin of St. that, "No longer can political motivates legislators to act as Petersburg; and Bishop power structures deliver votes they do, during sessions of the Thomas J. Grady of Orlando as they used to; the media second biennial conference of who preached the homily. brings the candidates to the the Florida Council of Catholic Members of the Councils of masses of the voters. This is the Women. Catholic Women in the state day of direct voter appeal," "Unity" was the theme of should be vitally involved in Horkan declared. "It is the the two-day conference during the whole legislative process image the candidate projects which Archbishop Coleman F. emphasized, Thomas A. that is important." HORKAN pointed out that Common Cause and the feminist movement are two examples of united popular activism and told the women, "Your program is impressive. The Church, through the bishops, has begun to speak directly to vital legislative issues, as shown in their reflections during this election year. Further, the 1971 Synod of Bishops said action on behalf of justice is required when it relates to the political order." He explained that when the bishops stated that such action was a "constitutive dimension" of Catholic religion, they were saying "that we cannot be complete Catholics without taking this As if waiting to be knighted, into account." a young boy stands stiffly He pointed out that there while Archbishop Edward are many issues as the U.S. McCarthy jokingly places Bishops have stressed, despite his mitre on his youth's the fact that the secular media head after celebrating Mass have "tried to make it sound as at St. Francis Xavier Church if the bishops have only one in Miami. Onlookers find the Classified 24 issue—abortion. Editorial 6 gesture amusing as they file Know Your "You will have to look at out the front door of the Faith 13 all the issues and then insist church. Movies 8- TV.. .11 that they cannot be ignored," Prayers 16 An official wreath laying ceremony at the monument to he said, adding that there is no Mystery ? It's a Date 18 the Discovery of America on Watson Island will be held way to pass the human life Walsh 7 Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. As the nation celebrates amendment without changing See Know Youth 20 Christopher Columbus Day, most banks and public the attitude of the masses. service offices will be closed in commemoration of the Mrs. Arthur Harlan, Your Faith discovery of America. (Cont. on page 10) Pg. 13-16 Cooperation of migrant units 'desperately' needed ORLANDO— Msgr. John market and operation cost example based on an McMahon told the statewide which are all uncontrollable emergency food crisis in Second Annual Migrant Labor variables," said Msgr. Mc- Immokalee last month. He Conference here this week that Mahon. The farmer feels that outlined his activities in con- there is a "desperate need in any attempt to upgrade the tacting the local parish, finding every area of the state for more worker while the farmer's out their problem, meeting with cooperation between all problems remain variable just food stamp officials, hearing of agencies involved with the adds more risk to his business. their problems, the red tape and poor." Further, if improvements are slowness of responce likely, the Msgr. McMahon, director made he said, which help big contacting of a senator who of the Miami Archdiocesan agribusiness, they may be intervened to get more food Rural Life Bureau, addressed harmful or even fatal to the stamp personnel on the scene the meeting of officials from small farmer. quickly, developing of a per- U.S., state and local agencies Concerning the agencies manent plan, indirect discovery and members of private, providing assistance, he said, of a problem in communication nonprofit organizations, which they usually have limited by the state employment office was held Tuesday through budgets but unlimited clientele, of the need for sugar cane Thursday. so that guidelines for qualifying workers in another part of the He gave examples of the tend to be exclusive rather than state and subsequent efforts to complexity of obtaining social inclusive of the people needing acquire them and get the word Firemen working on burned out cathedral, Orlando, services and told the group, the help. out. Oct. 1. "The actual obtaining of social "THUS THE person in "WHAT I HAVE outlined assistance is becoming more need of social assistance stands for you is not my first en- and more a highly skilled art," a very good chance of en- counter in the need for inter- Orlando Cathedral making it more difficult for countering the bootstrap agency cooperation but merely people to get the services they philosophy of the community, my most recent," he added. are entitled to. the tension between dogmatic "What is desperately destroyed by fire HE CITED the Church's and social aspects of the Gospel needed in every area of the role as spokesman and catalyst in the churches, the dice rolling ORLANDO-St. Charles' Crime Lab, Lt. Charles Barrett^ state is direct communication Killarney Arson Division; for obtaining help to the needy economics of the growers, the and cooperation between all Cathedral here was totally but said state is responsible for exclusive guidelines of the destroyed Friday by fire which Capt. Julian Harvey of the groups and agencies involved Orlando Arson Division and the providing the bulk of services, agencies together with the with the poor, those in need, quickly swept through the sometimes in cooperation with frequent rhetoric of treating structure, built as a "tem- State Fire Marshal's office agricultural workers, govern- conducted the investigation. nonprofit groups. causes not symtoms, in- ment and private institutions. porary" church in 1957. stitutional change not Fireman from a station The Chief, also pointed Msgr. McMahon said the Every person and agency out that there was no evidence Church as teacher tries to paternalism, compassion not should take responsibility for less than a mile away brought dog-gooding. the blaze under control in about of arson and noted that it can "sensitize people to principles this," he said. 10 minutes, preventing it from be demonstrated that a of human dignity and then- Workshops were given by spreading to a rectory and a fluorescent light's mechanism application to concrete "Therefore, the actual government officials and parish school which flanked the can burn even if the power is situations." obtaining of social assistance is private individuals in other cathedral. off. But, he said, there were becoming more and more a areas such as Food and Orlando Bishop Thomas J. various things that make highly skilled art," he summed Nutrition, Manpower, Health, But by then, the entire Grady said the structure would success difficult. up. Labor Laws and Education and interior of the building was be rebuilt. The bishop arrived "The community on the Msgr. McMahon gave an Child Care. gutted. Father Richard at the scene while the flames one hand looks to those in need Steinkamp, cathedral rector, were being brought under to pull themselves up by their entered the ruined structure the control. bootstraps but they do not Mass will mark couple's following morning and found While attending the want the needy to place their the tabernacle doors still District 30 convention of Serra boots beside the community's!" golden anniversary operative.