'Restore Sense of God to World' Program for Year of Foifh Outlined for Archdiocese Archbishop James V. a world-wide Year of Faith ing the urgency of the "1 am calling upon all Creed, or any other prayer Casey announced this week to begin Thursday, June Year of Faith and pro­ candidates for this sacra­ of faith, between June 29, a comprehensive program 29 — the date celebrated claiming it in the arch­ ment who are 16 years of 1967, and June 29. 1968.” for observance of the Year as the 1,900th anniversary diocese. age or above to delay its In his pastoral letter, the of Faith, opening with spe­ of the Martyrdom of Sts. reception for a special Archbishop pointed out the cial Masses Sunday, July Peter and Paul. "A primary goal of this class, tentatively scheduled Pope's apostolic letter pro­ 2 , and featuring an arch­ Year of Faith is the res­ for the afternoon of Pente­ claiming the Year of Faith diocesan adult Confirma­ P O P E PA U L said last toration of a sense of cost Sunday, 1968 (June 2),” "is characterized by an tion class on Pentecost week he called for the God to a world which the Archbishop said. entirely positive tone and Sunday, 1968. Year of Faith because of seems headed to an af­ Accordingly, pastors are by a sense of serenity.” "the great dilTiculties men firmation of nothingness asked to invite and to en­ The program also in­ today encounter in main­ and despair,” the letter courage all adults to parti­ "It does not undertake a cludes tentative plans for a taining their faith intact says. cipate in this Year of Faith witch hunt,” the Archbish­ mass Year of Faith rally and sincere” and the ''tre­ adult Confirmation class op writes. "It contains no "for a climactic profession of mendous trials" of religion In setting forth the spe­ ... I am hopeful that large anathemas or condemna­ faith" by "large numbers” that can be expected dur­ cial observances, specifical­ numbers of adults will pre­ tions of error. Without ever o f priests, Religious, and ing the next jcneration. ly requested by the Pope, fer to come together in entering the arena of con­ laymen. Blessing for the Blind to be held in the arch­ this special observance.” troversy, the Holy Father The archdiocesan pro­ A pastoral letter from diocese, the Archbishop The Archbishop asked simply separates the area Paralyzed and blind, Antonia Llamas lies on a stretcher in St. Peter’s gram was planned in re­ Archbishop Casey will be asked that the feast of Sts. priests to help in planning o f our unchanging faith Basilica as Pope Paul VI places his fingers over her eyes in a blessing sponse to exhortation of read at all Masses next Peter and Paul be trans­ for an archdiocesan rally. leaving the theologians during a recent general audience — (NC photo) Pope Paul V I proclaiming Sunday. June 25, explain- ferred to July 2. and experts the utmost It is to be celebrated He said his "tentative liberty for study and opi­ that date with a special ’hopes” are for a rally nion.” Special Year Begins June 29 Mass in honor of the mar­ "which would bring to­ tyred Apostles in every gether in large numbers THE Archbishop also church and chap>el, "and our priests. Religious, emphasized the "more real­ buy. highlighted by a corporate and faithful at some istic practice of our Chris­ )0 or Must Strengthen Faith—Pope profession of faith.” suitable place and time tian Faith which bids us to Pastors and parish for a climactic profes­ love our neighbor as our­ Vatican City — Pope "Is darkness, after all, crises of faith.” he said, "is a diffidence as it w’ere w ill not endure sound doc­ priests also were asked to sion of" faith,” and selves, and to recognize Paul VI has revealed that the goal o f human thought the .severance of modern toward the magisterium trine . but do thou be establish special parish revealed "some laymen” that our neighbor is any he proclaimed the Year of and of man’s unquenchable thought, even in certain (teaching authority) of the watchful in all things’ (II observances throughout the already are working on human being in need of Faith that begins June 29 thirst for truth and for an quarters of Catholic educa­ Church . (St. Paul) Tim . 4:3-5). And it is this year, and to use the Year the project. our help.” to ward ofT "tremendous encounter with the living tion, from so-called 'peren­ seems to give us the right vigilance, for the integrity of Faith theme in sermons trials” that face religion by and true God? nial philosophy,’ that is to words here when he writes and vitality of your faith, and instructions. School Finally, the Archbishop the next generation if faith "The religious life may say. from the natural norm to Timothy: 'There will that we today urge upon administrators also were reminded that all the all o f you.” asked to use the Year of faithful were urged by the is not strengthened. be exposed to tremendous of human rationality, and come a time when (men) Official He also strongly defend­ trials during the next ge­ Faith as a theme for ac­ Pope "to renew our profes­ tivities during the year. ed members of the Church neration unless it is sus­ sion of faith frequently, Schedule whose "souls are serene tained by a genuine and whenever we gather, in and simple,” invoking the strong faith. That is why TH E sacrament o f Con­ our homes and schools, in ACTION PROMISED firm ation w ill play an our churches and chapels, Saturday, June 24, 6:30 Lord’s protection for them. we call on everyone to strengthen it and to live important part in the arch­ by the recitation of the p.m. — Denver, Pre- WARNING that a large diocesan observance. Apostle’s Creed, the Nicene Cana Conference Dinner. part of the apologetic liter­ it. "We must confess that ature of the past "has to­ TO AID HISPANOS this proposal of ours does day become less efTective not ignore the great diffi­ Austin. Tex. — (Special) — Action director o f the agency for International Development in Archdiocese or perhaps even lost its culties men today encoun­ programs, not sociological studies, will be Development there. He previously served efficacy,” he noted with ter in maintaining their a high-powered new government commit­ a year as a "trouble shooter” for Shriver satisfaction that a "new* faith intact and sincere. tee’s solution to the poverty of Mexican- with the OEO, and three years as an defense of the faith is be­ economist with A ID in Ecuador. "Indeed our invitation to Americans from the ghettos of Los An­ Gilcrest To Get New ginning* to make itself felt geles to the backwoods of northern New Ximenes was willing, however, to dis­ observe the Year of Faith with new studies, new Mexico. cuss the problems o f Spanish Americans was conceived precisely in books, and new methods. That’s the promise o f Vicente T. Xi- in northern N ew Mexico because of his order that these difilculties "Today doubts are raised menes, chairman of the committee ap­ background in the state. He maintains Church Building Soon may be more thoroughly about everything in the pointed by President Johnson to attack his legal residence in Albuquerque, and There are four bare cin­ not, thus far. done harm to segment of God’s People studied, better understood, the problem.s of the largest ethnic minori­ once served on the economics faculty of world of thought, and, der block walls standing in the crop. Only some few* and the new feeling of resolved, and overcome. ty in the Southwest. the University o f New Mexico. therefore, about religion the little farm community men from this area make community unity and devo­ "It is well to realize, "That’s what the President wants from "The people there have been left be­ too. And it seems as if the of Gilcrest which give the 50-mile trip south dai­ tion will be a blessing to this committee.” Ximenes said. hind by the social and industrial revolu­ mind of modern man finds most beloved sons, that strong witness to the need ly to go to work in Den­ the whole archdioce.se. tion.” he said. "There is a great need for no rest except in total today the practice of the for the Archdiocesan Deve­ ver. H IS PR O M ISE O F action commands evolving education. negation, the abandonment virtue of faith is not lopment Fund Drive. Because of the economic Gilcrest’s Catholics attention, for serving with him on the of any certitude, o f any easy. Let us praise and This sugar beet farming situation in Gilcrest the w ere able to use their committee are five o f the most highly "I even talk about land resettle­ faith — like one who suf­ protect those of our area about 10 miles south whole project of building previous wood frame placed members of the administration. ment for that area. .It wouldn’t be a fers an afiliction of the faithful whose souls are of Greeley is getting its this mission church would mission for about 40 Four are Cabinet members — Secretar­ drastic step. We’ve done it in the past serene and simple and first solidly built Catholic have been unthinkable years. It is hoped that eyes and can find no rest ies W.