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w r f •feourter-Journals— Friday, March 22< 1968 ^^S^gj Father Meng ,^ Relief Money Hitting Target \ J€b¥tlau1eTfromHPage 1) weaken their general stamina, so that even milder diseases, like measles, can be fatal. * Largely an agricultural \ nation, Dahomey has not yet been able to raise enough food to feed, its own people. \Many people eat once a day, very few eat three meals,\ noted Fa- ther Meng. Parents are loath to. let their chil- dren go to school, because aa soon a% they are able, to work^ in the fields, 5 they can be a help. One of the strongest incentives the mission schools can offer parents-is free lunch for the children at school. In the north, many of the children stay at the mission centers, of neces- sity, since they live too far away* to travel to school each. day. These are the luckiest students, because they are on a three-meals-a-day program. Catholic Relief Services last year handled distribution of four million pounds of food. This was parceled out through some»250 centers, in- cluding Catholic and Protestant mis- sions, government hospitals and so- cial centers. \We-recently:received 22 tons.of medical supplies from the Catholic Medical Mission Board,\ Father ~S0D76$u pounds of usable wearing ap- parel. \Many people go barefoot, not be- cause they prefer it, but because they simply- lack shoes,\ he said~T»f the Dahomese. \Others get pneumonia because they aren't dressed warmly enough, and- with their frail health, often die of _it\ ' ' \ The CRS program tries to reach beyond immediate needs, he pointed out, in an effort to help the infant nation develop its resources. \We try to utilize the supplies we have as in- centives for local initiative\ he ex- plained. FATHER MENG Meng told the Courier-Journal, \and this was worth $95,000.\ The Rochester priest had an en-' —fcouraglng word about the value of the Thanksgiving Clothing Collec- tion too, which in the Rochester Dio- cese annually brings in more than „\If we know a town is planning a craft school, for example, »ve will offer to provide lunches for the stu- dents,\ he continued. This way, the CRS help moves away from the \dole\ principal, in the direction of building a self-supporting Dahomey economy. Father Meng, whose last home as- signment was assistant pastor at Corpus Chrrsti Church, is staying at his old parish during his leave. Next Sunday, he'll be heading for Africa again. He plans to stay until he has completed two years in the assign- ment, which will be in June. Then he'll be homeward bound for re-as- signment in the diocese. For Catholics Survey Seeks Riot Roots . Newark, N.J.—(RNS)—A door-to-door- survey was undertaken in Newark, N.J., designed to get at the roots of race riots and to pre- vent future violence on city streets. The campaign was organized by the Rev. James Wade, pastor of Greater First Timothy Baptist church, Newark. Here Negroes are interviewed. Defends Church Fight For Racial Justice Mason Membership Still Banned Vatican City—(RNS)—No change has, been made in. Roman Catholic Canon Law banning membership in Masonry societies at the risk of ex- communication, according to official Vatican sources. \•> They said earlier press reports that the Vatican has quietly informed bTshops\tHat r Catholics could~=bew>me Masons without being excommunicat- ed were \without foundation.\ - \No document of this kind has been Issued by the Sacred Congregation I for the Doctrine of the Faith,\ the Vatican spokesman said! According to some-Canon Law ex- perts here, withdrawal of the excom- munication penalty for joining the Masons is-not the same thing as_ abolishing the prohibition against membership. However, reports that some changes will be made in the Church's official position on Masonry are regarded in -some- circles—as -very—possibler-but— premature—for the present. „ With- drawal of the excommunication, they say, would be in line with other Church relaxations In accordance with Vatican CounctTreforms. the Catholic Church is now revising its Code of Canon Law imH there will— probably be some modification of the Catholic Church stand regarding Ma- sonry in the new laws. The 'Catholic prohibition against Mason societies has been in existence since 1739 when Pope Clement XII ' condemned \Freemasonry. This - for- bade Catholics to join the Freemasons ' under pain of excommunication. This condemnation and\ prohibition were repeated by Benedict XIV and by later Popes. In some countries, especially the United States, there has been a grow- ing increase in contacts between Cath- olics and Masons. These improved relations have seen bishops and priests address meetings of Masonic societies. Last February national leaders of the Seottisrf~R|te Masons and the Knights of, Columbus issued, from South Bend, Ind. a joint plea for social and fraternal cooperation of their organizations. Priest Urges New Confession Procedures It has been pointed out, also, that (Continued from Page 1) of Penance was celebrated \publicly joyfully and in a Biblical frame- work.\ He referred to the Lenten practice of the early Christians, when public sinners alone received ashes In other comments about confes- \slbn\ToT~cWMwm^FWlrer-eoT added: « Frequency of confession should be an individual matter — \I would leave a lot of latitude for individual preference here.\ ~ « The practice of having children go en masse to confession every month—(eg. in preparation for First Friday Communions) can \diminish the value\ of confession. \It can be- come too automatic that way,\ he explained. ested that children be given the option of going to confes- slon either via the regular confes- sional boothr—OF-simply in a lighted room in a \face to face\ situation with the priest \Many- children have found this a more natural and relax- ed situation,\ he noted. St. Paul, Minn. — (RNS) — John Cardinal Cody of .Chicago\ defended church involvement in the struggle for racial justice in a lecture here. The cardinal, noting that over the years he has been beaten, threatened with bombs and bombarded with mail because of his integration stand, said he and other bishops frequently had been exhorted by Catholics to remain sclent about human rights. \ These exhortations, he said,' .re- minded him of a similar situation 80 years ago when immigrants — large- ly Roman Catholics—were \exploit- ed in the most cruel fashion by a system of 'laissez Jaire' capitalism that demanded hours of back-break- ing labor but provided little financial recompense.\ The Chicago prelate implied that accusations made against Catholics 80 years ago were similar to those now being made against Negroes, not- ing that outbursts of violence accom- panied the strikes in which Catholics had then demanded their rights. 'They feel that the Cliurch has long been hesitant regarding the issue of race. They feel that their needs have not been understood. They feel- that their voice has not been heard.\. It is not sufficient, he said, for re- ligious leaders to speak out. Local parishes and congregations must \make their contribution to remov- ing the stain of racial discrimination -from our nation's honor.\ In a question and\ answer period following a lecture at St. Thomas Col- lege, the cardinal said some Chicago families \have moved twice to avoid the invasion.\ Cardinal Cody said busing of Negro children to largely white'public and parochial schools is \a step in the right direction, but won't solve all our problems.\ He said the Chicago archdiocese had been transporting Negro children to Chicago Catholic schools for the lasf two years \because we want to keep the schools integrated.\ TVegToinfrerfcaTiSTlir gruvviiig uum-- bers, he said, are \tired of being vic- timized,\ \tired of being reviled,\ and \tired of waiting for America to learn about their plight and permit social institutions to do the task that needs to be done. -The—archdiocese—tlhas too many empty schools,\ particularly in its ethnic parishes, the archbishop said. He said it would be difficult for some of these parishes to accept Negro children but said it can be done with goodwill and a Christian attitude. 2 Units Pledge Teamwork on Joint Projects \ Bethesda, Md. ^(HQ— \Wejiave ™ \\\\pledged that we will never undertake annla^oTTnTJTecttii^eHgious-eduption without first consulting the (other to see if it can become an ecumenical project valuable to both.\ The comment by Msgr. Russell J. Neighbor, director of the National Center of the Confraternity of J Chris- tian Doctrine (CCD.), summed up the results of a consultation of Christian Education jointly sponsored here by CCD and the Department of Educa- tional Development of the National Council of Churches (NCC). The consultation, the first of its kind, marked an initial step by the Catholic and NCC agencies to work • together ^i^a variety of educational projects,\ ranging fronr joint training- of religious educators and prepara- tion of curriculum materials to a pooling of efforts to overcome white racism and help meet the urban crisis. Catholic agencies represented in- cluded the Youth Department of the United States Catholic Conference, the National Council of Catholic Men, the National Council of Catholic Women, the Center for Applied Re- search in the Apostolate, and the National Catholic Educational Associ- ation. Following are the chief cooperative ventures agreed on at the meeting: —Joint preparation of curriculum materials for use by local church groups. One first step will be the participation of Catholic educators in the preparation of the Audio- Visual Research Guide published by NCC, and the inclusion of Catholic materials in the guide. —Sharing of research findings - through joint meetings of Protestant and Catholic experts in religious edu- cation an dthe behavioral sciences. —Catholic co-sponsorship of the Laboratory on Sensibility Leadership Training which the NCC plans to hold in Green Lake, Wjs,,_next year. —Catholic participation in two forthcoming NCC consultations—one on leisure time and another on cur- riculum needs and the needs of mi- nority group.s —A major educational campaign to help reduce the potential of riots in the nation's cities. Eli F. Wismer, executive director of NCC's Department ofEducational Development commented at the con- clusion of the NCC-CCD meeting that the \pledge of intention is what is important\ \For the first time we see emerg- ing a clear picture of how to struc- ture relationships between the two bodies,\ he said. \This is a mandate to keep the lines of communication open.\ DRESSES WITH COATS: SPRING PLANNING FOR FORMAN GIRLS Costumes count in the young world, just as in grown-up Fashions for spring. Mere thcv come now, with double Forman flair! Navy dress and coat scalloped, in white. Orion\*' acrylic bonded with acetate. 4 to 6x, 23.00. 7 to 12, 25.00, Plaid outfit in muted yellow and grey. WooTlike -Orion bonded with acetate. Dress top, yellow knit. 4 to 6x, 25.00; 7 to 14, 30.00. Pale blue Orion knit costume with dirndl coat, white-paneled dress. 4 to 6x, 26.00; 7 lo 14, 32.0tt. Young World, Floor Three, Midtown; Pittsford, Brighton and Culver-Uidge. X Shop Formon's Pittsford, Culver-Ridge and Brighton tonight until 9 Still L Beirut — tftNS) — A sta nun strikes a similar po -was an outing for pupil Educatioi Model ( ForT ee Washington^ T=_(NC) __— C school officials should work wi resentatives of teachersf' uni create -a model code to guide tive.. bargsiaUjtg fox catholic. systems, a group \of Catholic - superintendents were told hen E. Riley Casey, general cou the National School Boards A tion, told the superintendent* all parts of the country to m< problem of teacher union \•head on.\ The creation of a model b ing code would be-desirable fi eral reasons, he said, becai would: - — Serve to regularize the p ly confused dealings of school intendents with teacher or; tions. — Help to jnake clear the sti members of religious orders in er organizations. — Help prepare superinte psychologically by giving th tool wUIT whichi To\ work and lines to work under. — Avoid animosity and fe recognizing the right of org&ni: to represent teachers. Casey spoke at the Conferei Collective Bargaining sponsor the education department of tt Catholic Conference. It was called at a time when ing numbers of teachers — Re Jesuit Tells Sympos Theolog Pittsburgh — (NC) — Father and Lonergan, Jesuit theol speaking in a symposium on \Tl ture of Belief\ sponsored he North American affiliate of PJ mana, international C a t h o 1 i dents' organization, s o u n d e theme that adaptation in th seems requifed in the confused But religion must steer cle \trash\ in contemporary thinki Father Lonergan, now at Reg lege in Ontario, shared the ph with Father Martin D'Arcy, J philosphef and author. Father Lonergan said that in of great social and cultural cl \beliefs too \are changing an< cause they are only beliefs, bi they are not personally ac< knowledge, such change leaves 1 ers at a loss. \They are disorientated. Th not know which way to turn, feel that all ^ they have take granted is menaced. They m: tempted to unbelief as a libe or, again, they may dread it < structive of truly human livinj said. He spoke of the stability of c ist culture, which he said, \h think of itself as^he one and culture for all time. But mode* . ture is culture on the move, y Father Lonergan said Catholi suffering more keenly from th< fusion of change because \\ Vatican H they were sheltered a the modern world and since V
