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NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 79 No. 45 18 Pages tOOth . ANNIVERSARY ROMAN CATHOLIC OIOCESE ROCHESTER Rochester, New York Price: 15?! Friday, August 9, 1968 I 3. < •O c 3 o •? u 9. u •J o O God, which is poured forth ra the sacra- ment of penance. In this way they will be enabled to achieve the fullness of conjugal life described by the Apostle: \Husbands love your wives, as Christ loved the church. . . . Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ docs the church. . . . This is a great mys- tery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the church. However let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her hus- bdnd\ (37). APOSTOLATE IN HOMES 26. Among the fruits which ripen forth from a generous effort of fidelity to the divine law. one of the most preci- ous is that married couples themselves •not infrequently feel the desire to com- municate their experience to others. Thus there comes to be included in the vast pattern of the vocation of the laity a now and most noteworthy form of the apostolate of like to like: It is married rouplrs themselves who become apostles iml guides to other married couples. This is assuredly, among so many forms of apostolate. one of those which seem most opportune today (38). TO DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL 2? We hold those physicians and nit dii-ut personnel in the highest esteem tthti in the exercise of their profession, \.ilu.- above every human interest the Mipfi.nr demands of their Christian vo- i.iimn let them persevere, therefore, in promo! ing on every' occasion the discov- er v of solutions Inspired hy faith and ncht icason. let them strive to arouse Ihis i-onviction and this respect in their ,iv-\i uites Let them also consider as tlit-ir proper professional duty the task uf acquiring all the knowledge needed in this delicate sector, so as to be able tn uive those married persons who con- sult them wise counsel and healthy di- rection, such as they have a right to expect TO PRIESTS 2H Beloved priest sons, by vocation >ou are of the counselors and spiritual guides of individual persons and of faml- Ires We now turn to you with confi- dence Your first task — especially in the case of those who reach moral the- ology—is to expound the church's teach ing on marriage without ambiguity. Be the first to give, In the exercise of your ministry, the oxample of loyal internal and external obedience to the teaching authority of the church. That obedience, as you know well, obliges not only be- cause of the reasons adduced, but rath- er because of the light of the Holy Spirit, which Is given In a particular way to the pastors of the church in order that they may illustrate the truth (39). You know, too, that it is of the utmost im- portance, for peace of consciences and for the unity of the Christian people, that in the field of morals as well as in that of dogma, all should attend to the Magisterium -of the church, and all should speak the same language. Hence, with all our heartrwe renew to you the heartfelt plea of the-great Apostle Paul: \I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment\ (40). 29. To diminish in no way the saving teaching of Christ constitutes an emi- nent form of charity for souls. But this must ever be accompanied by patience and goodness, such as the Lord Himself gave example of in dealing with men. Having come •not to condemn but to save (41), he was indeed intransigent with evil, but merciful toward individu- als. In their difficulties, may married cou- ples always find, in the words and in the heart of a priest, the echo of the voice and the love of the Redeemer. TO BISHOPS 30. Beloved and venerable brothers in the episcopate, with whom we most intimately share th§ solicitude of the spiritual good of the people of God, at the conclusion of this encyclical our rev- erent and affectionate thoughts turn to you. To all of you we extend an urgent invitation. At the head of the priests, your collaborators, and of your faithful, work ardently and incessantly for the safeguarding und the holiness of mar- its entire human and Christian fullness. Consider this mission as one of your riage, so that it may always be lived in most urgent responsibilities at the pres- ent time. As you know, it implies con- certed pastoral action in all the fields of human activity, economic, cultural and social: for, in fact, only a simultaneous- improvement in these various sectors will make it possible to render trre~life of parents and of children within their families not only tolerable, but easier and more joyous, to render the living to- gether in human society more fraternal and peaceful, in faithfulness to God's de- sign for the world. Venerable brothers, most beloved sons and all men of good will, great indeed is the work of education, of progress and of love to which we call you. upon the foundation of the church's teaching, of which the successorof-PetBT is, together with his brothers in the episcopate, the depositary and interpreter. Truly a great work, as we are deeply convinced. Both for the world and for the church, since man cannot find true happiness — to- Pope Paul embraces crippled girl during a visit of children-pfl' grims to-the Vatican earlier this year. ward which he aspires with all his being —other than in respect of the laws writ- ten by God in His very nature, laws which he most observe with intelligence and love. Upon this work, and upon all of you, and especially upon married cou- ples, we invoke the abundant graces of the God of holiness and mercy, and in pledge thereof we impart to you all our apostolic blessing. Given at Rome, from St. Peter's, this twenty-fifth day of July, feast of St. James the Apostle, in the year nineteen hundred and stxty--eight, the sixth of our pontificate. PAULUS PP. VI. Europe Shows Its Opinions Paris — (RNS) — Reaction was —mixed in JSurope-to Pope Paul's en-— - cyclical HUmanae Vitae (\Of Human Life\) which repeated traditional Catholic condemnations of artificial birth control. Early statements by Church lead- ers and the press indicated that the strongest support was given in Spain. Portugal and Ireland, with almost equal endorsement In Italy. Public reactions were more mixed in France and Germany, with the most solid oppositions coming as had long been predicted, from the Nether- lands. Julius Cardinal Doepfner, Archbish- op of Munich and vice-president of a papal commission which had studied the question and made a majority re- port strikingly different from the en- cyclical's arguments, expressed pas- toral concern at possible results of the Pope's action. A strikingly different view was ex- pressed in Dublin by Archbishop John McQuaid, who welcomed the encyclical and said he was confident that this official teaching document would \find in the hearts and minds of the priests and faithful, an im- mediate renewal of their loyalty to the Church.\ Population Data: Economics, Not Religion, Determine Growth Rate Washington — (NC) — Do Roman Catholic countries tena to have the highest birth rates? No, according to a \World Popula- tion Data Sheet\ prepared here by the Population Reference Bureau, Inc. The bureau says the notion that the presence of a large Catholic popula- tion coincides with an expanding birth rate anywhere in the world is a com- plete misconception. \The widening gap between births and deaths is the direct cause of the world's accelerating population growth,\ the bureau said. \It can be seen in both Catholic and non-Catho- lic countries.** \United Nations figures show that birth rates are not soaring anywhere in the world. The Dig difference be- tween-\high and low birth rate na- tions ... is not whether they are Catholic or non-Catholic but whether they are economically underdevelop-_. ed or advanced,\ it said. The bureau European countries having a popula- tion of more than 50% Catholic — Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia, Hun- gary. Poland, Italy, Portugal and Spain — the average annual birth rate taken together is 18.1 per 1,000 people. The birth rate for 15 developed non-Roman Catholic countries aver- ages out to virtually the same: 18.0. \In short, there is no evidence in Europe for the widely held belief that Roman Catholicism exerts a buoyant force on overall birth rates.\ The report said even in heavily Ro- man Catholic Latin America there are \valid reasons\ for attributing high birth rates- less to religious beliefs than to economic levels of living. It said studies have shown that Latin American women who are regular church-goers have slightly fewer chil- dren, on the average, than thosewho are only nominally Catholic. Says Document Non-Infallible Vatican City — (RNS) — Pope Paul's encyclical letter condemning - birth control is not an—infallible statement, according to a Vatican spokesman who was a member-of the Pope's birth control commission. A limited number of copies of this reprint of Pope Paul's encyclical are available. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Dept. C. Courier- Journal, 35 Sclo St, Rochester, N.Y. 14604. Msgr. Ferdinando Lubruschini, an expert on moral theology in the Vati- can Curia, who announced publica- tion of the encyclical Huraani Vitae (Of Human Life) at a Vatican Press conference, called the pronouncement \an act of great courage.\ \From a theological viewpoint,\ the Vatican spokesman said, \the docu- ment was not to be considered In- fallible. It is an act of great courage In Its condemnation of spreading arti- ficial methods of birth control and an Important sign of pontifical con- tinuity in the tradition of Popes Pius XI and Plus XII.\ —Msgr. Lambruschini described the encyclical as a \warning against sex- ual abuse and immorality amongst the young and also against those who are responsible for abuse against the very fonts of life.\ Msgr. Lambruschini, a member of several papal commissions, is profes- sor of moral theolggy^jLJaie_Col- legium Romanum. mmw Sister Mary Clay, Religious of the Sacred Heart, comes every day from the Academy on Prince Street, to teach reading to inner-city boys at Ecumenical Summer School, held in Immaculate Conception school. Sisters of St. Joseph, Mercy Sisters, collegians, Jesuit and Basilian scholastics staff the school. (Courier-Journal photos by Pat Roesch) umenic alG rammar By MONICA REEVES Remember the old Catholic gram- mar school (in those days, only pub- lic schools used the term \elemen- tary education\) — with its massive exterior and worn, but carefully polished wooden floors? And remember the old wooden desks on runners with the ink well in the fight-hand corner? .Immaculate Conception School, on Plymouth Avenue South, may still have scarred desks and have the wooden floors and the massive ex- terior, but as far as silence and elder- ly nuns and catechism drills go this summer — forget It! For there's an ecumenical grammar school there this year — and creative noise and top-notch teachers have taken over. In its second summer, (last year's program was done on a limited scale with zero fundingi__the school has 140 youngsters registered, 120 of whom come regularly Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. till noon. The Im- maculate Summer School is one of three related inner-city projects, the others being based at St Michael's and St_ Bridget's parishes. The kids range from 7 to 14 years, all from the Third Ward neighbor- hood around Immaculate. The school is staffed by 8 Sisters of St Joseph, five Mercy Sisters, six Jesuit scholas- tics and two Basilian scholastics, two Jesuit priests, eight salaried Youth Corps workers and volunteers from just about every place. \One thing you have to understand first Is that we're not here to baby- sit,\ says Jim Fox emphatically. Fox, a Jesuit scholastic and principal of the school, added: \Our purpose Is to accomplish something by exposing these kids to creativity ... to give them help in the basics ... to help them realize that the academic experience can be fan.\ To accomplish this end, Fox and his staff, together - with those spon- soring the program (The Jewish Com- munity Council, the Board of Urban Ministry of the Council of Churches, ON THE INSIDE Around the Country 5 Around the World 4 Commentary 17 Diocesan 7 Editorial 6 Entertainment 15 Pat Answers 7 Women ••• 10 IF YOU MOVE . .. let us know about it so we can keep your Courier coming 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, 35 Scio St., Rochester, N.Y. 14604. Phone 716-454-7050. the Urban Ministry of the Rochester diocese) have worked out a viable program. Remedial reading and math are re- quired of all youngsters, and then they may choose among four electives: art, music, drama and science. Finding the right courses for 140 youngsters wasn't easy, Fox admits, but the' Immaculate summer school staff found a way around that one. \We spent the first week testing . . . teachers looked for interest, abil- ity and kept themselves open to in- numerable possibilities. Then it was just a matter of firming up the classes, and assigning the youngsters to their groups.\ Funding, a big problem for any pro- gram of this sort, could have easily stymied the staff, since Community Minister Larry Coppard got only $7,000 from the government-sponsor- ed Summer Youth Opportunities Pro- gram — a great deal less than he had appealed for. But as Mercy Sister Mary Pius, who teaches drama at Im- maculate says, \People are generous •— if they just know your needs.\ Proof of this has been her success in \begging and borrowing\ as she puts it As a result, the youngsters got in at half price to see \Dr. Dolit- tle\ at a local theater, are provided with free doughnuts each day for a mid-morning snack, and took a day's jaunt to the Delaware Zoo in Buffalo. Competent teachers are one key to Immaculate's scheme, claims Fox. \The reading labs are a good exam- ple of this,\ he said. \Everyone seems to think that just anyone can teach reading . . . which isn't so. If you don't know what you're doing, you can do more harm than goad.\ Sister Pius added that these young- sters \Also need an extra touch of TLC.' \They're suspicious at first of any suggestions you offer. You really have to work at convincing them they're going to enjoy anything. It takes a lot of hugging and squeezing — and being consistently fair to get through to them.\ A tour of the school bore her out On the second floor, a group of three youngsters clustered around Sister Mary Clay to hear her rendition of a time honored fable. Downstairs, on the huge auditorium stage, Sister Pius cajoled one petulant 7-year-old into taking part in a dramatic relay race across the stage. Up the old worn , stairs, and across the hall, volunteer Terry Bruce carefully helped one member of her art class to mold a figure out of clay. Tour complete, Jim Fox looks down at the noisy, happy youngsters rend- ering a very loud \Winnie the Pooh\. song in the auditorium below. \You don't know when you're suc- ceeding. You just try to keep It free . . . and just hope that it is working.\ A small Third Warder works with modelling clay in a craft class for Rochester's inner city children at Immaculate. Cathedral Concert for Duke '• Newark—<NC)—The Catholic archdiocese of Newark has given the Episcopal diocese of Newark permission to use Sacred Heart Cathedral for a concert by Jluke .Ellington, ~. — .—= =— The program is scheduled for Oct 4 and will be sponsored by the Youth Consultation Service of the Episcopal diocese. Episcopal Bishop George E. Rath had asked Archbishop Thomas A. Boland of Newark for the use of the cathedral because it was the only suitable setting with sufficient capacity. This will be the first lime that Kllington's contort has been presented in a Catholic cathedral, although he has given similar programs in Episcopal cathe- drals in this country and England. Entitled \Praise God and Dance,\ Ellington's concert is based on the ex- hortation in the 150th Psalm \Let everything that hath breath praise- the Lord. Praise yc the Lord.\ Pope Paul Reiterates Stand On Birth Control Rejection From Courier-Journal News Services Castel Gandolfo, Italy — (NC) — Pope Paul VI has reiterated that his rejection of artificial means of birth control stems not from his personal decision but from \the very structure of life, of love and of human dignity.\ Speaking to crowds in the court- yard of his summer home at Castel Gandolfo, the Pope began by telling of the numerous letters and messages he had received thanking him for his encyclical, Humanae Vitae. \The voice of our encyclical has had many echoes and as far as we re member there have never been sent to the Pope so many spontaneous messages of thanks and agreement for a publication of a document as on this occasion from every part of the world and from every level of society. We mention this to cor- dially thank all those who have re ceived our encyclical and who have given witness of their adherence. May the Lord bless them.\ Then he turned to speak of those who are not in agreement with the document's teaching. \We know that there are also many who have not appreciated our teach- ing, and that not a few oppose it,\ he said. \We can in a certain sense understand this lack of understanding and even this opposition. \Our words are not-easy; they do not conform to a usage today which unfortunately is spreading, as con- venient and clearly favorable to love and family equilibrium. We wish again to recall that the norm which we have reaffirmed is not one of ours, but that it comes truly from the struc- ture of life, of love and of human dig- nity. And this is because it is deriv- ed from the law of God. \It is not a norm which ignores the sociological or demographical con- ditions of our time. It is not per se a contrary norm, as some would seem to maintain, to a reasonable limita- tion of births, nor to scientific re search and therapeutic care, nor even less to truly responsible parenthood, nor to peace and to family harmony. \It is only an existing and severe moral norm, valid today as always, which prohibits the use of means which intentionally impede procre- ation and which thus degrade the pur- ity of love and the mission of con- jugal life.\ \The knowledge of our grave re- sponsibility,\ he said, \caused us no small suffering. We well know of the heated discussions in the press. The anguish of those involved in the prob- lem touched us also.\ The Pope expressed the hope that the encyclical would be well received \in spite of the differing opinions so widespreid today and in spite of the difficulties the decision will bring Bishops Repeat Support of those who wish to observe it care- fully and those who have to teach it.\ He also said he hoped Christian couples would find in it a means to deepen their integrity and spiritual- ity in the modern family. \We studied and read all we could,\ the Pope continued. \We con- sulted eminent persons and we sought in prayer the aid of the Holy Spirit in interpreting the divine law which flows from the inner needs of human love, from the essential structure of marriage, and from the personal dig- nity of the wedded couple. \We received from all sides publi- cations inspired by particular scien- tific aspects of the problem or realis- tic considerations of many grave so- cial conditions, or again by the changes taking place in every sector of life today. \How many times have we felt overwhelmed by this mass of reports? How many times have we felt our human inadequacy to deal with the formidable apostolic duty of deciding the question? \How many times have we feared to give way to current opinion, to give a sentence that would be ill-ac- cepted by modern society or to be heavy and hard for married life?\ \We reflected on the stable ele- ments of traditional Church doctrines, on the teaching of the recent Council, we pondered the consequences of the possible decisions. \Then we had no doubt about our duty to make the decisions expressed in our encyclical.\ Inside: On the Encyclical An editorial on the confusion generated by some theologians. Page 6. The full text of statement by US. priests disputing encyclical. Page 6. Our readers write, pro and con, Page 6. Father Shamon says the Pope has spoken, Page 6. Roundups of those favoring, those opposed, Page 8. Father Haring's view, Page 8. Bishop Casey, formerly of Rochester, defends Pope's position, Page 8. Birth control encyclical upholds natural law, says Joseph Breig, Commentary Page. A Parable When Christ Made His Biggest 'Mistake' By BISHOP FULTON S. SHEEN Our souls are made not so much by the daily round of routine, but by meeting crises or moments of truth. Such crossroads of decision probably happen no more than two or three times in a life. So it is with our faith; a time of testing comes when we must take off our masks and reveal whether we really believed in the first place. But it may be asked should one ever test faith? Is not faith always reasonable? (Here it is hoped no one brings up God's command to Father Abraham to slay his son Isaac.) Our Lord made His greatest \mis- take\ from the worldly point of view when He made an announcement on the SacrcdnSss of Life. Up until thai time He was almost mobbed by the pressing throngs. (Mark 5/31; Luke 5/1) and the great crowds (John 6/2). Then He lost everything by talking about another Life than body-life. Ills followers wanted bread. Why then talk about Heavenly Bread? (John 6/54) Hnw \foolish\ can one he? To King! Throwing all that popularity to the winds! If Ho had only kept quiet about Life! Up to now they admitted He was different from the rest of men, aye, even a Moral Authority. Now they whittled Him down to size. Instead of being their Guide He became-Just like any other man who lived on a village street. (John 8/42) They murmured against Moses in the desert; they now murmured against Jesus on the plain. (John 6/43) Jesus was making extravagant claims! Real- ly, He was a \great disappointment.\ From that moment on He lost His rating; His Gallup poll tumbled! Pub- lic opinion and the communications with the people broke down. He would now have no more crowds ex- cept those who would \sit and watch\ His crucifixion. Papal Stand Washington, D.C. — (RNS) — Roman Catholics are obliged not only to \form their own consciences\ on birth control but also \to form a cor- rect conscience,\ Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bish- ops, said in a statement issued here. Bishop Bernardin's statement was made to clarify confusion over the intent of an earlier statement issued by the American bishops which called on Catholics to \receive (the encycli- cal Of Human Life) with sincerity, to study it carefully and to form their own consciences in its light.\ Two theologians who claim that birth control is a matter for private moral judgment by Catholics had said, at a press conference here, that the bishops' statement was compatible with their position. They were Father Charles E. Curran of Catholic Uni- versity of America here and Father Robert H. Springer, S.J., of Wood- stock (Md.) College. They were among the sponsors of a statement which claims that individual Catho- lics have a right to decide on this issue. The statement has been signed by 230 American Catholic theologians and has received widespread support outside the ranks of professional theologians. The American bishops' statement \is an endorsement of the Holy Fa- ther's encyclical letter on the regula- tion of birth,\ Bishop Bernardin said. \It is true that people must form their consciences, but it is equally true that they have the responsibility to form a correct conscience. \In doing so, however, the Holy -Father*s-teaching- is to be aeeepted in the way envisioned by the Second Vatican Council: '. . . religious sub- mission of will and mind must be shown in a special way to the authen- tic teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, even when he is not speaking ex cathedra. That is, it must be shown in such a way that his supreme magisterium is acknowledged with reverence, the judgments made by him are sincerely adhered to, accord- ing to his manifest mind and will.' (Constitution on the Church, 25).\ risk losing everything In one dis- course about Life and Love? Look at the ruins He made: 1. He lost the masses. 2. He caused some disciples and ecclesiastics to defect. 3. He split His embryonic Church wide open by causing apostasy In Ills apostolic \twelve\. 1. He lost the masses: The moment He made that fatal distinction be- tween the stomach and the soul, \life\ and \Life\, the crowds no longer fol- lowed. They wanted their gullets filled, but He plainly told them that they followed Him only as long as He pleased them. They wanted bio- logical life In their generation, not Eternal Life. What a chance He missed to be a Bishop Sheen At Two New The greatest \mistake\ Jesus made on earth was the subject of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's sermon last Sunday in North Chili. Our Lord \lost the masscss\ when he Introduced the difficult subject of the Eucharist, the bishop reminded the new congregation. \ He celebrated Mass and preached in the Medical Arts Building in North Chili where Father Elmer McDonald's new parish had its first Sunday schedule. He did the same at the former Elm- grove Methodist Church in Gates, for Father John Steger's parish. Neither of the new parishes has been named. Total first Sunday attendance at the two exceeded 1,800. The Bishop apparently found a text in circumstances at the Elmgrove site. Of the barn which is being made Into a church he remarked \This Is a ser- mon.'-' \What better place than this for 2. He created defection among His followers — and especially His theo- logians who up to this point agreed with Him. But now they united in saying that no Life comes down from heaven. So they met together and formulated their dissent opening with the words: \This Is hard teaching In- deed: who could accept that\. (John 6/60) They had to \obey their con- sciences\! And their reason told them that no Life was that sacred and holy! They were not only offended, they were scandalized to a point of rcvoltl \Jesus knowing Intuitively that His disciples were complaining about what He had just said, went on: \Is this too much for you?\ (John 6/61) Is this more than you can swallow? Because they had been \with Him from the beginning\. He tried to (Continued \n Pale 2) Preaches Parishes Christmas Mass?\ he asked the pas- tor. The worshippers, crowded into a little old church outgrown by a Methodist congregation, knew that nearly everything used on the first Sunday had been put together by pa- rishioners. The altar, tabernacle, lec- tern; even the vestments and altar cloths had been made, within the month, by the people. Bishop Sheen told them there were two kinds of church he did not like: the \unstructured\, in which the con- gregation lacked a home base, and the \secular\ modern churchwith Its \pretentious\ real estate. He spoke of the use of church funds, relating hunger in the world to the cost of elaborate building. The men of Father McDonald's parish also built their altar, which was placed halfway down the 80-foot length of the hired hall, with chairs for 350 fanning out in arcs. The three masses there drew 1U45 parishioner!. Father Steger's church was filled three times, for a total of 693. \W
