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\' -'---it + . \ For The Inner City: \On the Spot\ Help Twelve Hoim a Day . — Se*Page 5 + . 79th Year The Catholic THE NEWSPAPER OF THE ROCHESTER DIOCESE ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1968 Journal Price 15 cents Writer Meditates on 'Time Far Being' '— A Series for Lent — See Page 6 + CaHiolic Agency Fasf Relief For ViefWar Victims By FATHER PATRICK I. BURE&S.iS.C. Saigon — CNC) — When the Viet Cong launched their sur- prise offensive in Saigon atTet (the lunar new year), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the over- seas relief agency of U.S. Cath- olics, -was able to respond im- mediately to the requests for emergency supplies of food and medicines. Father Robert L. Charlebois of Gary, Ind-, director of CRS in Vie-tnam, and his staff were- able to> send -food and medicines to the refugee centers establish- ed in the Saigon area on the first day of the emergency . (Jan. 31). During the three weeks coir- Truce Attack Unifies Civic Resistance By FATHER PATRICK O'CONNOR <NC News Service) Saigon — The shock of the communist \Tet truce\ offen- sive r»as produced what prom- ises to be Vietnam's most rep- resentative association of na- tionalist anti - communists. Im- portant persons seem to realize that factional rivalries, regional jealousy and chronic criticism are forms of intramural ath- letics too costly and dangerous for the present time. The committee for the Peo- ple's Save-The-Nation Congress has been formed to unite polit- ical, religious and other groups in resistance to communism. The decision to form it was reached by prominent politcal personalities, some of whom op- posed the present government during and after the elections of last September. \Thee communists have tried to capitalize on our divisions in the past,\ the statement said. \We want to strengthen the forces of anti-communism.\ ered by the report CRS helped over 280,500 poor and needy Vietnamese affected by the Viet Cong offensive with 200 tons of food valued at $217,774. In addition, four and one-half tons of soap and 34 tons of clothing were distributed dur- ing the same period to 248 refu- gee centers, institutions, organi- zations, schools, hospitals, lepro- saria and approved social agen- cies. Rochester Catholics will help the Catholic Relief Services described here by answering the 22nd annual Catholic Bishops' Overseas Aid Fund Appeal In tlieir parishes on Sunday, March 24. The national goal of the collection is $5 million, the minimum -required to main- tain the world-wide program of mercy sent to 70 countries. During the three-week period CRS gave medicines and medi- cal equipment to 307 emergency clinics set up for civilian casual- ties, hospitals, medical bealth teams, institutions and govern- ment agencies. In the first three days of the emergency, CItS in New York was able to air-lift penicillin and other antibiotics and drugs to Saigon. A big feature of CRS help during that time was the work of its 12 Sister-nurses who* staff- ed 23 emergency clinics ir* refu- gee centers in the Saigon area. They moved from center to cen- ter as their help was needed. Bishop Slated For Holy Hour Bishop Sheen will conduct a special Holy Hour for members of the Nocturnal Adoration So- ciety on Saturday, March 9 at 9 p.m. in Sacred Heart Cathe- dral. Members have been asfe'ed to be present by 8:45 p.m. accord- ing to Urban G. Kress, execu- tive secretary of the Nocturnal Adoration Group. Archbishop Agrees With Riot Report Saginaw, Mich. — (NC) — Archbishop John F. Dear- den of Detroit told an audi- ence here that the National Advisory Commission on Givil Disorders was correct in pinpointing \white rac-' ism\ as a major c a use of last summer's rioting. \The use of the ugly word ^racism' disturbs us,\ .he said, \and yet it is the right word. It disturbs us because it conjures up me- mories of Buchenwald and Dachau . ^ . and the deep wound of racisnithat is now weakening our own cQun- try.\ . The archbishop, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke on \The Role—of—the Church in the Urban Crisis\ to a standing- room-only crowd at St. Paul Seminary. The Church, he continued, must be in the forefront of the effort to \restore to our peo- ple confidence and 'hope and a strong desire to reestablish more solidly than ever before a spirit of unity and concord.\ He also said that the Church must teach \where man's re- sponsibilities to God and to man lie . . . and the message must be . . . clear . . . courageous . . . persistent, understanding and persuasive'* Archbishop Dearden warned against \slogan mentality.\ 'The white community hears an* expression, like *black pow- er 1 and immediately becomes apprehensive,\ he said. He pointed out that VtkcaeJi-much in the 'black power* movement that we must recognize as valid and good. It aims at achieving for the Negro a sense of self- identity and of pride of race . . . a.desire to make use.of his strength ... to achieve just goals.\ \We need to judge the issues that are involved,\ he said, \not the words in which they are put nor our reaction to the persons who put them.** Si Bridget's Property nMHimflimiiu^^ Pope Paul Pleads For Needy Children New York— (NC)-Pppe Paul VI urged the more than six mil- lion Catholic school children in the United States \to do every- thing you can to help ail those boys and girls who live in coun- tries where there is hunger, suffering and siefcness.\ The Pope's plea was made in his annual Ash Wednesday mes- sage to American Catholic school children which opens the Catholic Bishops' Overseas Aid Fund_ Appeal. The Pope's ad- dress was brdoadcast by the nation's major radio networks. The annual Lenten campaign ln~U.S. Catholic schools is the initial phase, of the 22nd annual Blshoiw' Overseas Aid Fund Ap- peal. The second phase Is con- ducted in the Catholic parishes across .the country, scheduled this y*»r from Starch 17 to 24, and climaxed by the traditional Lietaxe Sunday collection (March 24). In his five-minute plea, re- corded in Vatican City, Pope Paul reminded American chil- dren that \through no fault of theirs, these young people do not have enough to eat, many of them have no hoxnee and only rags to wear, some have lost their fathers and mothers, even tlieir whole -famiriesrthtey grow up ignorant and uneducated be- cause they have no schools, and when they get sick, as they often do, there are 4 no doctors or hospitals or medicine to make them well again. \If you could see them, If you IF YOU IAOVE ... Ht UM know about it so we ©on kexp your Courier -oming to you Tn time. Phoitv or mail us notice of your change of address. Include your old address end new address and the nam* of yegr^parish. - Courier Journal, 35 Scio St., ltochtst«r,N.Y. 14604. Phon«-716-454-705O,- could see, the. misery and pov- erty in which they live, we know that you would do every- thing possible *to help them,\ he continued. \Duririg Lent, you can re- lieve the suffering of these boys and girls . . . you can put aside what you would spend on your own pleasures' and enjoyment to make an offering to the collection which your bishops hold each year la order to. sendlfood,.clothing and jnedi- cine to these poor children,^ Pope Paul said. —Proceeds from the campaign support the global programs of Catholic Relief Services, over- seas aid and development agency of American Catholics. —Of the $5 million national goal set each year for the appeal, approximately SI million-is- real- ized from the children's dona- tions. Gift is Rescinded, Hut Benefits Remain See Pa; The gift that could not be given may become a bless- ing in disguise. True, the property of St. Bridget's parish will not go to the federal government as a housing site for the poor. Nonetheless, the sacri- ficial spirit which drove Bishop Sheen to make the original offer touched the . hearts of people across the nation. \ Those who lacked -decent housing could take heart know- Editorial: \The Happening at St. Bridget's\ ing their plight was not forgot- ten The very willingness to> make the offer set a standard of Christian generosity and con- cern for Uie_ poor ttiat will en- courage \\similar \largeness oT~ heart. \We of St. Bridget's want to thank Bisho*p Sheen,\ stated Fa- ther F\rancLs H. Vogt, pastor of the parish Last Sunday, and \we pay tribute to his zeal and his concern for the poor.\ ' Even the furore which fol- lowed the first announcement on Ash WednesdryTffid^rts side benefits, while simultaneously causing the Bishop to recon- sider, then to rescind the un- usual donation. Those most directly affected by the proposed gaft did not overlook that spirit that shaped it: For St. Bridget's parish, the —events which followed the origi- —nal—annountcement triggered a flood of loyal affection that flowed far and wide. The pa- rishioners sthowed in a hundred ways that *helr worn but still vital churcri and school played a. great part, in their ltves^ \We hav« been given a ter- rific lift by tho response of the --people of the neighborhood,\ Father Vogct noted. \It is reas- suring to Ixnow that the very ST. BRIDGET'S CHURCH, a landmark in Rochester's 7th ward, will con- tinue to Tie so, after a decision to donate it to the government fo-T federal housing was rescinded this week. [iirrriFiii]]:r[U!iitu^^iJiM!iJJiiJii'i:tii''T'f , M'Hiiri [!ni;|{t!iii!j<irfnriif'i^'ri'iirjiiTtii'iiiULii^iirif Tirri ncti'iTMi 111 n - 3U Mir iLr^i;i'T'i'iiiiniit ^i iiriiiriiiFfTiiiiiiiuiriiri r;sniri:i:i irK~uniin rusMit^f iiiifnEit'-iiiiisjjiiiiiiiijn ^tiii i^ Single Press Service For Vatican Ncrw Vatican City — (NC) — The Holy See has closed down the press service of the Vatican __City_ daily, L'Osservatore Ro- mano, which has supplied the bulk of Vatican news for the past three decades. It has merged it with a sep- arate Press Office of the Holy, See-that grew out of an official press Service created for the Second Vatican Council. Journalists specializing in coverage of Vatican affairs have always used the press service of L'Osservatore Rtomarto, the Vatican City .daily--. They got virtually all official communis cations through the paper's ser- vice and put most o*f thei r ques- tions to Vatican authorities through the head of that press service, Dr. Luciano Casimlrri. The official announcement said: ~Tho press office will get its information directly from the Papal Secretariat of State. Such news wiii be \distrlbuted- impartinlly among all accredited journalists.\\ ' ~~ presence of the Church in the neighborhood. brings hope and comfort to so many.\ Then too, the respectful but dissenting letter of the 123 priests who urged Bishop Sheen to reconsider his decision was handled as humbly as men can, who feel impelled to advise their recognized superior on a vital matter.* Father Vogt summed up the views of countless people when he told his people: \We disagreed because we be lieved that the proposal would remove St. Bridget's (buildings) without accomplishing what he (Bishop Sheen) really wanted.\ He Iikewise\echoed the senti- ments of thousands when he Im- mediately added, \I think that Bishop Sheen's idea was basic- ally a . tremendous one.\ The sequence of events which followed in rapid order after the Bishop's dramatic announce- ment on Ash Wednesday- (Feb. 28) wero briefly these: Father Vogt stated the same evening that he felt the gift was a mistake, that he would urge the Bishop to reconsider his decision. A barrage of telephone calls began to inundate the Pastoral Office and St.' Bridget's rectory with a groundswell of public re- sponse, mostly supporting the rotention of the parish prop- erty. Newspaper accounts brought St. Bridget's suddenly into the public gaze. Father Vogt's 14 years of labor with the poor, the fine job being done in the school by devoted sisters and lay teachers, the warm-hearted volunteers who staff the par- lsho's various service programs —these were all described In detail. A contemporary note of stu- dent protest was briefly struck by half a dozen Monroe Com- munity , College coeds who graced the sidewalk before the Pastoral Office with signs sup- porting the retention of SU- Bridget's. A group of 22 Rochester priests drafted a letter., even- tually signed by more than a hundred other priests, to the bishop. Whilo its contents were not published, it was a plea for reconsideration and for a wider consultation of all concerned in such a decision. Late on Saturday (March 1), Father Vogt was notified by Monsignor Charles Boyle that the Bishop had rescinded the proposed donation. Monsignor Boyle, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church, had been one of a three man committee who had presented the priests' letter for the Bish- op's consideration. Father Gen- naro Ventura, Pastor of Mt. Carmei Church and. Father Ed- ward Llntz, pastor of Brock- -porTs Church of the Nativity were the other two—priest-rep- resentatives. Thus on Sunday morning. Father Vogt was able to tell his overjoyed congregation that St. Bridget's Church would \con- tinue to serve the people' r of its neighborhood, as it had for the past 114 years. So,* the gift\ remained utf- glven, but its benefits are still being felt. —father Robert Kanka |iPI#ilOTIffll|WIM^^ m% Pope Paul VI in Lenten Precession Rome — (RNS) — Pope Paul VI leads a LeHten proces; _ ~~ sion on Ash Wednesday at the Church of St SaJbina In Home. The pontiff was starting hii Lenten visits to Roman churches -where he joins clergy and parishioners at services. ONWilHSlOE Italian Bishops Make Display of Political Neutrality—Page 2 . 1 God Is Alive, But Hidden, Cardinal Avers—Pag^e 3 Face Facts of Racism, FIGHT Leader Urges—P&ge 5 Aquinas Feels Pinch, Seeks Funds^Page 5 Doctor Considers Psychiatric Angle In Abortion Debate—Paige 8 Around the World 2 Editorial Page 4 Probing the Word 3 Around the Country 3 Sports- -.13 and 14 Spectrum of Opinion 17 Classified Ads 16 Pope Encourages Priests . In Their Inner Trials . Vatican City — (RNS) — \We know haw much you need to be comforted,\ Pope Paul VI told a group of priests here, \and God knows how much we wish to comfort you.\ Addjresstjig parish priests of the Rome diocese, the Pope said that their need of comfort results not only from the ordinary difficulties of their ministry but also, in some cases, from \inner doubts\ which are afflictingttmany members of the younger clergy. \They feel their celibacy no longer as complete immola- tion-and 4ove but as an unnatural jysight. And above all they look at'the world, from which they live apart and are defend- ed in ordler to make it better and evangelize and serve it, no longer with an apostolic love but with nostalgia. A man who becomes a priest \no longer belongs to him- self,\ th« Pope said. He called on priests to convey the sanctity of Christ to all men, \not through an impersonal bureaucratic, purely canonical ministry but through a living ^ministry-\ '• ••>»>&£_ A fl /•..
