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The Denver Catholic Register WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,1978 - VOL. Lll Colorado's Largest Weekly NO. 31 25 CENTS PER COPY 48 PAG ES Let Us AGclalm C hrist Again Indians Help U s O b s e rv e Palm Sunday By Jam es Fiedler Register Staff When you’re getting palms this Sunday to take home from church, or marching in a procession with th?m, remember the Seminole Indians near Lake O'ceechobee in Florida. What do those Indians have to do with the celebra tion of Palm Sunday in Denver? That’s where most of the palms used in Denver Catholic churches come from. For Most Catholic Churches Ray Gerken of the John P. Daleiden religious goods store in Denver said that the store furnishes palms for about three-fourths of the Catholic churches in Denver. The company, which gets the palms originally from the Florida Indians, also supplies some Protes tant churches in Metro Denver, as well as churches in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nebraska. While he, his brother Joe, and an employee, Ry Do (in this country from Saigon about two and a half years now), were unloading a truckload, Ray explained that this year’s shipment would be enough for about 137,000 persons. Grow ‘In the Wild’ Ray and the truckdriver, Leon Tillman, both said that the palms grow “in the wild” — they are not grown in groves specifically for Palm Sunday sales — and the Indians “harvest” them on their reservation by simply cutting off the tops of the trees. The Indians then sell them to a nearby company, which distributes them to stores such as L'aleiden’s throughout the country. The palms usually arrive about a week before Palm Sunday, but this year the truck was delayed by snowstorms back east, the driver explained. Individual Pieces The palms arrive at Daleiden’s wrapped in burlap in bundles of about 25 “heads.” The bundles are then (Continued on Page 5) n e ;w M' • lal ill Majority Views Can’t ’ e- Change Church Doctrine By Tony Staley Since the Second Vatican Council, the role of PORTLAND, Ore. (NC) — Evidence that a ma bishops in evangelization has been increasingly stress jority of American Catholics favor artificial con ed, Archbishop Jadot said. “The bishop is to be the traception and allowing the divorced to remarry in the chief preacher of the diocese,” he said. “We are look church “will have no impact on church doctrine,” said ing more on the pastoral side than on the ad Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the ministrative side” in choosing priests to be bishops, he United States. added. The archbishop, who was in Portland for the or Generosity is the greatest strength of both dination and installation of Auxiliary Bishops Kenneth Americans and the American church, the apostolic Steiner and Paul Waldschmidt, was commenting on a delegate said, while pragmatism is the greatest Gallup survey commissioned by the CathoUc Press weakness. Association. This generosity is not just one of finances and help It showed that 73 percent of the 1,405 Catholics in ing others but includes a moral generosity — a lie terviewed favor some form of artificial contraception willingness to fight for liberty and to rescue the poor, and 69 percent support allowing divorced persons to he said. remarry in the Catholic Church. The tension between liberals and conservatives in the United States “is because they are so genuinely Will of God Remains committed to their faith,” the archbishop added. “I see very little bitterness between people. Both have But, the apostolic delegate said, “Our doctrine is the same concern, the reign of God, the welfare of not man-made. Our doctrine comes from the revela humankind. The approach is different, and you see on tion of the will of God. And even if the majority of the both sides the same generosity.” ChfiSl'ans do not follow the will of God, the will of God remains.” Pragmatism Is Weakness Die survey showed that American Catholics have Pragmatism is American’s number one weakness attitudes similar to Catholics in Western Europe and because “you don’t study problems deeply,” some parts of Africa, Archbishop Jadot said. Archbishop Jadot said. “ It is the dark side of your The Gallup findings indicate a need for evangeliza generosity. You are so generous that you jump in im tion among Christians, he said, noting that the U.S. mediately and you start doing things. This, too, is true bishops recently formed an Ad Hoc Committee on of the church.” Evangelization which will study “not only the problem The danger of pragmatism, he said, is that of “go of evangelization of the non-believers, but...the ing too far too fast. And then there’s a problem of drop problem of evangelization of the Christians ping it after six months because it doesn’t work.” But themselves.” (Continued on Page 5) S t Patrick See Special Section page 13 — I nE t^cn vcn I nv«.iv* riEuio i En/ivwu./mEVuìi oV I V>'«~ Paga 2 — THE DENVER CATHOUC REQISTER, Wad^ Mareh 1S, 1»7I fashion in miniature BOY'S SUITABLE 3-PIECE SEPARATES FROM FARAH® It's a scaled down edition of the popular 3-piece casual suit, with solid sportcoat/talazer and slacks, coor dinating reversible solid/check vest! Or mix the slacks with sweaters or sport shirts, the jacket with a variety of slacks and shirts to expand his wardrobe. Of VISA* texturized polyester — long wearing, with soil release finish. 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( > - i » li « - 1 • J Ì V f : i . 1 J I r i » J I *. j fi • 3 ) L ^ • J I i V r ill' I Til r I > 'I ) i I ' C 1 » D I • « S ( 0 J \ J J.fi i .l . l<t THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER, W*d., March 15.1Í7É — Paga 3 Chrism Mass W o r l d Campaign Renewal of ^ ^ Nearly at N e w s Commitment (Compiled from NC News Service) A Million St. Francis’ Remains Examined Prospects of the Archbishop’s Annual Campaign By Priests for Progress passing the $1 million mark by St. The bones of “the little poor man of Assisi,” St. Patrick’s Day looked good at noon on March 10, when Francis, were placed in a new vacuum-sealed plex Archbishop James V. Casey has asked priests of the 23,268 pledges for $918,114 had been received. iglás urn in the huge Franciscan Basilica at Assisi, Ita archdiocese to join him in the Chrism Mass to be Nedra Cudmore, general chairman, said: “We are ly, March 4. celebrated in Immaculate Conception Cathedral March 21 pleased to have moved a half step ahead of 1977 when The new urn was then placed within a brass encase at 11 a.m. 22,870 for $866,958 were recorded on a similar date ment dating from 1824 and finally within the stone In a letter to priests Archbishop Casey said; “I ask (March 25). sepulchre provided for the saint’s body by his friend. you to reserve this day to join me and our brother priests, “However, results to date indicate that there may Brother Elias, in 1230. prepared to make a public re-commitment to the priestly be a decrease in pledges this year. A number of The bones are “in a fair state. I would say even a service ot our people.” parishes that have made goal have done so with less good state of conservation,” Cardinal Silvio Uddi said. He also asked the priests to invite and encourage the pledges than last year. A technical commission of doctors, scientists and people of their parishes to join in celebrating the Chrism “On the positive side, we are pleased that the Franciscan priests studied the bones of St. Francis and Mass liturgy. average pledge of $39.46 is ahead of last year’s $37.12.