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ma NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 79 No. 41 20 Pages' Rochester, Nevr York Price: 150 Friday, July 12,1968 ;w V &i * list Be Geared to Neighborhoods, Bishop ^'•%sa lit, „<V^ «?i*rf*1 Eft* y-*ft« By ALEX MacDOMALD All-the future church building- to the Rochester Diocese must start with the principle that-worshitp and mission to thte neighborhood axe in- separable, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen declared today in publishing a for- mal statement on \The Shape of the Church to Ccwne.\ Setting down specific x-easons why the usage of parish church property in the future must tie radically changed from the pressent, Bishop Sheen decreed four guidelines for fu- ture parochial construction. \We humb>ly beg our priests and pex>ple to update their tliinklnsj, and in. all considerations about building to> keep ever before their eyes our duty to the poor,\ the Bishop -wrote. The guidelines are: ^-The rectory must not eiccwl~ In. cost that of the average bowse of \sh\. 2. \The type of churcht bulktlng to be erected will never depend, upon the financial ability of acny parish to pay for it,\ 3. \The ciiurch buildings will be erected not Just for Sunshy-CKtliollcs or as a place of worship generally one day a week, but »st a plawe for service, mission and caring for every- one who looks to the Church to pro- long the role of Christ the Shepherd.\ 4. \The right of the poor to have a decent home enjoys priority over our right to erect a tax-exempt structure which exceeds the bare minimum.\ The Bishop's statement, released simultaneously to Rochester and New York -City newspapers, repeated and clarified his sermon at St. Patrick's Church in Praftsburg on June 30 when he appealed for the broader use of church properties to rellove the poor. He said then that churches could be \used as depots for food and clothing distribution\ \cinemas\, and \dispensaries\. Parochial schools, also, could be adapted, the Bishop said in Pratts- burg, into \centers for teaching Christian formation, cooking, sewing, homemakihg, budgeting, all of which would give self-respect to> persons.\ His Prattsburg declaration: \In our larger cities I would like to see the church dispossess herself of some of her real property by giving some church property to the poor for hous- ing\ was the first statement on dis- posal of church buildings since last (Continued on Page 2) Pope's New 'Cre Weighed in Terms Of Uppsala Assembly siti^E ^^ii^«^^t^L^^«^ — _^j StftS tt. Kr-'**.-tBSSSSr4'V '•ii'Wii'- • » E¥¥.*ssss»v -^\£;'-5 •V'S?*>».t i >. ^raES£r«. W .** Texts on Inside The full text of the BisHiop't statement on the \Shape of tho Church to Come\ is ora Page 8. Excerpts of Pope Petal's \credo\ are on Pane 9. -% •*• Mt. CarrneJ Plans New- By FR JOHN B. SHEERIN, C.S.P. Religious News Service Special Correspondent Uppsala, Sweden - As the World Council of Churches' General Assembly opened at Uppsala, some~Roman Catholics present were un- easy. Pope Paul had reaffirmed the Nicene Creed almost on the eve Of the-^reftfe Wertri-GfMinpH- mP»Hhg Th»y ^ftaw*Mh^tj>w^tpnfr-^ n(r Orthodcx theologians at Uppsala wduld interpret the statement at a demand for \return to Borne\ as a basic requisite for Christian reunion. Such an uncompromising demand would of course amount to a renun- ciation of previous assurances by noted Catholic ecumenists that Chris- tian unity does not premrpptue a \re- .J-% few qs&ST'-- - -»., -a Program ^msmamm^ A Plea For Peace Lt. Richard Dalmaceda of Los Angeles implores Our Lady of Peace for success at the Paris talks on the Vietnam War. A member of the 9th Infantry Division,' Dalmaceda and his men are protecting the Saigon area from Viet Cong infiltration. (RIMS Photo) 2 'Baby' Parishes Flex Muscles By^MONICA REEVES Union Street and Buffalo Road in North Ohili. First Masses will be said -^An==auiused F ^ldV^Methodistr-chareh there-Aug, 4^atr8r*©^nn^lfc30=Tfcnu and a brand new medical center seem Other rooms in the same floor will like unusual birth places for new be used for parish organizational parishes. meetings. But such is the case with the two new parishes created early in June in the northwestern sector of the dioceses. Father Elmer McDonald reports that his parish, now being formed from border sections of St. John the Evangelist of Spencerport and St. Pius of Ohili, has leased the first floor of the Medical Arts Building at Father John Steger, pastor for the other new parish in the making, has been given permission to use the old Elmgrove Methodist Church in Gates, whose congregation has found a new site for worship, for their first Mass also on Aug. 4, at 8:30 and 10:30\ a.m. and 12:15 p.m. The new parish family will continue to use this site for Masses until a barn\ already on the parcel of land when it was pur- chased, can be renovated, hopefully by the end of October. Father Steger said that already tais new flock have pitched in to get the barn ready, a feat they irrtenek^e^aehleya without- enlisting any outside help. Meanwhile, both priests have been saying home Masses until a perma- nent set-up for worship is completed. Father Steger counted 60 heads at the Mass he offered June 25 at a parishioner's home. Approximately 40 peopJe^from 15 families have turned out for each of the home Masses that Father Mc- Donald has been saying. \For- our first couple of Masses, (Continued on Page 2) Our Lady of Mt. Caraiel's pastor, Father Gennaro Ventura, will present to hiaS^peopfee next Tuesday e-vening a program of \total p*arlsh educa- tion\ to bo «alled \Christian Family Formation.\ If tile pajlshioners wotc for the proposal, &Et. Carrael school will probably not be a grammar school next Fall. If approve>d by democratic vote of the community meeting En the church, whole families of the p*arish, rather tban staply children wi!! benefit from a major revision of the educa- tional prograun presently In force, ac- cording to Father Ventura. In addition to classes of religious instruction, -there will toe classes In home economics, cooking: and ssewing, both at home and in the -parish school building and classes in English for adults as well as for the children. Social action by the Sisters, and the volunteerrs they rearuit, wrill In- crude opening a used-clothing- store to the poor every weekday and the establishmerrt of a food depot For_the needy. *\% Father Ventura, inviting all pa- rishioners to> express thtelr views at (Coattaed «• Page S) turn to Home.\ --Actually, tiie Pope's new \croed\ did not prove to be a bombshell. It has not stirred up any considerable controversy. Nor is lt likely that lt will do so in view of the fact that the Assembly's chief concern is not ecclesiology but the relation between tho ciiirrch and the world. The pro- gram of the Assembly focuses on problems such- as war and hunger rather than on papal Infalliblltiy. The prevailing impression among the deleptes seems to be that-they regret &t very conservative tone of the Pope's statement but consider the whole episode quite outside the •cope of Assembly concerns, In a press release distributed on July 4, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general aecretary_of the World Coun- that the Pope might have had In mind not the Catholic ecumenists but Catholic progressives 'who, in the Pope's estimation, had gone well be- yond—ttie—limits—of—the—traditionaL teaching of the Church. In discussing the \one flock and one shepherd\ concept, Dr, Blake fainted that there is In tho Catholic Church an interpretation that is a permissible alternative to the con- servative position. He referred interested persons to the talk given by Father Roberto Tucci to the Assembly on July 9. In his address, Father Tucci said that Christian unity wllfnot mean a re- turn of the separated brethren. Catholic theologians, he declared, are now beginning to adult thai Christian unity should respect the autonomy of sister Churches. In fact, the documents of Vatican II, according to Father Tucci, no longer speak of \return\ but of restoratton nf unity\ .Mld_af_Jig_ eil r stated==ttert*edhadJieea_asiEed=4o=^==^^ comment on the Pope's statement, especially in relation to his allusion to \the -one flock and one shepherd.\ Dr. Blake saw In this allusion no de- mand for all separated brethren to \return\ to Borne, at least the de- mand was not explicit in the text. Aiked why the Pope made the statement at a time so close to the opening of the Uppsala Assembly, Dr.. Blake suggested that he might have made It to discourage romantic ecumenism which imagines that mere friendly tolerance will bring about Christian unity. He suggested, on the other hand, These expressions \imply a dynamic concept of the Joint movement toward unity whereby our common search will enable us to grow together to- ward the plenitude of the Church of Christ\ The theme of the Assembly is \Be- hold, I make all things new' The at- tention of the delegates is therefore not focussed on classical controversies on church government but on the church's obligation to meet the agonizing problems of the modern world. It is this, not papal infallibil- ity, that has the center of the stage at Uppsala. ON THE INSIDE Around the Country 5 Around the World 4 Commentary 19 Diocesan 7 Editorial 8 Entertainment 14 Pat Answers 7 Youth 12 IF YOU MOVE ... let us know about it so we can SWEDEN : Where Catholicism Is a Minority \keep\ your Counef ncoming^to you on time. Phone or mail us notice of your change of ad- dress. Include your old address and new address and the name of your parish. ^ „. Courier-Journal, 33 Scio St, Rochester, N.Y. 14604. Phone 716-454-7050. By_RIJNE THURINGER (NC News ServlceJ Uppsala, Sweden — The Catholic Church in Sweden, where the World Council of Churches is holding its convention, can be described as a minority church, slowly growing un- der difficult conditions in a highly secularized society, which for a long time has had a Protestant and anti- Catholic character. Three Catholic beginnings have been made during the centuries: the first in the 9th century with, the ar- rival of Ansgar, a French Benedictine -monkL then the return following 250^ years of exile after the Re*orrnatlonr made possible by the edict of King Gnstavus III in 1781 granting free- dom of worship to , foreigners; and lastly the new beginning after the Second Vatican Council. About 1100 the country was di- vided into six dioceses. The 13th and the 14th centuries are characterized by the extensive work of the Cistercians,'the Francis- cans and the Dominicans. The Church was vigorous and St. Bridgid of Vad- stena meant a spiritual culmination of its activities. A great mauy churches were built, which well preserved and restored * are still today a conspicuous feature in the Swedish landscape. They now belong to the Lutheran State Church. In 1527 came the first rupture with Rome and a State Church was established In Sweden. In 1617 the Catholic faith was forbidden. Trans- gression Incurred a death penalty. It was a long time before the Cath- olic Church «ould return to Sweden. This was made possible by Gustavus IH, an cnlightcd monarch, whose edict of \toleration permitted only to foreigners probably granted for financial reasons, had far-reaching consequences. In 1809 religious lib- erty was laid down as a principle In the Constitution, even if this princi- ple could not be fully put in practice until the next century. As late as 1858 six Catholic lay people were exiled because of their faith, an event that attracted great attention throughout Europe. In 1860 Swedes were grarrted permission to become Catholics, ljut for almost an- other 100 years the Catholic Church remained a \Church for the ambas- sadors\ and counted a very small number of members and was look- ed upon with great suspicion. The State Church still counts the majority bf the citizens as members (97%). Membership Is granted by birth. Of th« Swedish people, 91% are married and 96% are burled, and 88% are baptized and confirmed ac- cording to trie State Churrch ritual. The situation of t*e CaHhollc Ciiurch in Sweden cannot be scald to hsive Improved daring later years. Two new waives of Immtigrantsi have riven It more members: In 195B Hun- garian refugees, between 196S and 1967 a considerable numaber of work- ers from Yugoslavia, Spain, Italy and other countries. The n, umber of Ciiurch memliers has rapidly risen to 48,000, an Increase Of «596 since 1*60. _JPjobabjy tiiere areaBaother 50,000 Caathollc ImmilgMntlTnTPwedenv, moiT or them without contact wltli any priest or parish. The year L962 was a tanning ..point la the history of the Catliolic Church in. Sweden. On Sept. 2i, father- jfohn E. Taylor, an American Oblate, was consecrated bishop of Stockholm, and on Oct 11 trae Second Vatican Coun- cil opened. The consecraation of the bishop, whlcla took place in the Town Hall since the Catholic chrurehe« were not spacious enough, wast the first In this country since the Eefornmatlon. Under the guidance of Bishop Tay- lor several important Initiatives; have been taken, particularly with regard to the Catholic press, the liturgcy and the ecumenical movement,, which up till then had been unexplored terri- tory for Protestants as well as Cath- olics in this country. The Lutheran bishops decided to open their churches to the Catholics for baptism and marriages, tbough not for the celebration of Mass. Also other communities, for example the Baptists at Tumba, have allowed the \homeless' Catholics to use their churches, although there is often still an mti-Catholic attitude among the non-Lutheran Protestants. The Isolation of Individual Catho- lics caas^ by the g^eat distances be: tween t*e parishes is a hard prob- lem to aolve for the Catholic Ciiurch in Sweden. The whole country, 173,- 748 •q.Bfl., am area more thin, fire timet IB large as Austria, has only 23 parishes. The corresponding num- ber of the State Church Is 1,131. Most of the Catholic parishes are situated In the large towns and have chapels and temporary places of warship In the suburbs and surrounding atreas. Many more priests art needed, and vacations are few. In northern Swe- den, the priest stationed at Lulea must travel three or four days in order to let 20 parishioners at Kiruna share in the sacraments and listen to a sermon. Bishop Taylor has worked hard and not without success to call in priests from the U.S. and western Europe. Above all he is trying to encourage the study of theology among young Swedes. - • In 1967 three Swedes-were ordain- ed, and more admissions are expect- ed. The number of priests Is now 90, 9 of whom are Swedes, To make the Church \Swedish\ la of vital importance for the future of Catholicism in this country. Closely related to this question la the prob- lem of the growing influence and commltmenLjuUhe-lay-peopJe. Aftw_ the Third World Congress for the Lay Apostolate in 1967, attempts to organize their activities have been made. Skane has now a~Layman'l Council. The Catholic Church in Sweden hal an intellectual as well as a pastoral task. It has to present, to a radically secularized society, Catholic ideas In a form that will make people set that they are both reasonable and in- dispensable. We are only Just now starting such a dialogue. But the re- quired conditions exist, and a very important factor i« the relatively great number of authors and artists that are to be found anions Catholics in Sweden. L--/ V*> ;
