Courier-Journal — Friday, Dec. 20, .1969 '-11 CHILE: GUATEMALA: m MAY SANTA I 'Pomp,* Wealth Downgraded Bishop Tells of 'Great Task' LAND LIGHTLY ON YOUR ROOF Santiago, Chile — <NC) — Sunday collections are small. Also spurring the new at­ Guatemala City— (NC) — intense search by police and become an obsession to the The Church's efforts in Chile State subsidies and fees for titude of the ordinary Cath­ Guatemalan Catholics were the army. point of diminishing Christian uierru. Chridtt to shift the emphasis in its religious services 'have spread olic is the publication of urged to use zeal and imagi­ spirituality." financing procedures from the belief among average periodical accounts on Church nation in efforts to correct The pastoral letter, quoted fees and stipends as sources Catholics that they have lit­ income and expenses. When the country's social inequi­ heavily from Second Vatican "Overemphasis on material That's the of' income to direct, regular tle obligation to support their the Santiago archdiocese pub­ ties by Archbishop Mario Council documents. issues ... is a deformed ap­ contributions by the faithful Church., , lished Its first account, the Casariego, C.R.S., of Guate­ proach to Christian living" he wish of are making progress. With an eye to the difficult Chilean Senate ordered 20 mala City, victim of a kid­ task of the Church in a so­ said. "It leads to a quest for 1 The success of the new copies, and several dailies naping earlier this year. ciety torn by two extremist social and economic reforms Some dioceses are showing system, however, is attribu­ commented on the figures, without the foundations of cR . J. FINNEGAN CO .' substantial increases in in­ groups and social injustice, ted by Church officials to a showing surprise at the mea­ In a pastoral letter on "The the archbishop said that the sanctity, God's grace and the "Roof Raising" SPECIALISTS come as a result of the drive change in the substance and ger resources. Now the dio­ Christian of Today," Arch­ spiritual good of the people." for greater participation by action of Catholic priests and the image of ecclesiastical ceses of Talca, Valparaiso bishop Casariego told his laymen must be guided by the and GENERAL REMODELING the faithful in providing "wealth and pomp." It start­ This temptation, the pas­ and Concepcion publish an­ priests and faithful that a teaching authority of the We've been WILDING a fine REPUTATION slue. 194* church operating funds. ed in Chile in 1963 when nual financial reports. toral declared, is particularly "great task is awaiting them Church, and yet be free from harmful in the case "of In Santiago, the amount col­ Bishop Manuel Larrain of in their "vocation as Chris­ "clericalism." 2485 DEWEY Al Talca gave the church lands In all of them, and in San­ priests who all over the world lected this year was 65 per tians" to "contribute to a are being shaken by such cent greater than the previ­ to the tenant farmers. Soon tiago, laymen have been call­ kingdom of peace, justce and Lijy people "can contribute Call 865-3IS0, this example and his renun­ ed upon to participate in the with great efficacy to the overemphasis on material ous year. The national office charity in Guatemala." things, when they feel that 865-9594 in charge of the new system, ciation of pomp were follow­ administration of church Christian involvement in the ed elsewhere in Chile and finances. The Santiago office Archbishop Casariego was temporal world," he said. the priesthood has placed operating from the chancery them outside the mainstream building here, said that more other countries of Latin is encouraging the parishes kidnaped on March 16 in this America. Several bishops to do likewise, in order "to violence-ridden city by right­ He also counseled against of social change." people, about 23 per cent, "letting the just concern of are contributing. have moved from impressive free the priest from eco­ ist terrorists who held him-at structures they inherited as nomic concerns and shift the Quezaltenango. He and his the Christian for the world rift Raul Cardinal Silva Henri- episcopal residences to mod­ responsibility of supporting chauffeur were set free four quez of Santiago said he est homes in average neigh­ the Christian community to days later, following the ar­ hopes to sell all church in­ borhoods. the faithful." rest of the kidnapers in an Seasons pmtings from Maplecrest Pop-Open Hots come • producing properties World Lutherans once the Catholics in the area can cover the total operating To Meet In Brazil budget. The 1968 budget amounts to about $337,500. Porto Alegre, Brazil—(NC)— The church properties are The Catholic Church in Brazil mostly buildings the arch­ welcomes the Lutheran World diocese rents out. Farm lands Federation's fifth assembly, to held in the past were distri­ be held here in 1970, Archbish­ buted to small farmers in Church in Latin America op Alfredo Scherer of Porto 196?. Alegre told Dr. Andre Appel, general secretary of the Luth­ In most of Latin America, eran organization. HOLIDAYS IN PUERTO RICO URUGUAY: San Juan, P.R. — (N.C. — A Puerto Rican attorney proposed here that Thanksgiving Day be transferred to the Day of Dis­ covery of Puerto Rico, thus sep­ Social Action on Increase arating it from the history and culture of the United States. Montevideo, Uruguay — He also asked that the day be inflation and political unrest. olic Relief Services (CRS) is The missionaries have suc­ observed as a full holiday. Spurred by the worsening being increased and reorient­ ceeded in bringing modern socio-economic conditions in They issued a series of ed. A recent agreement be­ Uruguay, the Church is be­ recommendations stress­ techniques to farming and tween the government and cattle raising in the area. coming more deeply involved ing the need for greater par­ CRS calls for total exemp­ in development work through ticipation of the people in tion of taxes and duties for the efforts of 8,000 Catholics civic affairs, pressure for so­ Communities there have participating in social action cial and tax reforms, and all donations brought by the also been spurred to build groupa greater productivity. agency into Uruguay and in­ schools and roads, to start sures government coopera­ cooperative efforts in market­ These efforts started a year Catholic lawyers, economists tion in warehousing and dis­ ing their agricultural prod­ ago after Archbishop Carlos and social scientists, as well tribution. ucts, and to open health cen­ Parteli, apostolic administra­ as other lay leaders, had a ters. This CRS operation began tor of-Montevideo, issued a major share in the effort Catholic involvement is letter denouncing the steady Protestant and Jewish groups in 1959 during emergency re­ lief in the aftermath of severe further highlighted by the A Superb Gift deterioration of living condi­ also participated. growing efforts to provide tions among the poor because floods. Since that time a housing for low-income of "a system incompatible The session dealing with committee attached to the groups. Former Catholic Ac­ with Christian tenets." the state of the nation heard ministry of health has coordi­ tion leader Horacio Terra an outline from Auxiliary nated the flow of food, medi­ Arocena, an architect, for (But you'd never know it from the price.) About 450 delegates from Bishop AndTes Rubio of cal supplies and clothing. parishes throughout greater several years has headed the Montevideo on a 1969 National Institute of Housing Montevideo met here in the Church renewal program One of the first groups to first week in December to re­ benefit from the aid is the (NIH), which is now build­ geared to the civic and social ing 2,300 low-cost homes in view the findings of these action of Catholics. Northern Uruguay Mission­ Catholic social action groups ary Organization, which con­ this city and in 25 other popu­ centrates on development of lation centers, with the co­ on underdevelopment and The supply of foreign aid operation of "neighborhood human problems in agricul­ coming through such agen­ the poorer sections of the crews" of prospective owners. ture, industry, foreign trade, cies as CARE and U.S. Cath­ country. UaOKHMMMMaiGroiWHiM^^ ] •*.» & May the simple dreams that make the season joyous, become realities for the world . 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