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NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 79 No. 51 18 Pages 1868 tOOth ANNIVERSARY ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Rochester, New York Price: 15tf Friday, Sept. 20, 1968 Neither Saigon, VC Want Peace, Vietnam Legislator Says Saigon—Neither the Viet Cong nor the South Vietnamese government wants peace in that Southeast Asia country, a member of the Vietnamese House of Representatives said re- cently. Speaking of his nation's leaders, Nguyen Huu Chung said \manyof them are exploiting the war to make personal fortunes . ... and will be sorely disappointed if it ever ends.\ Chung had equal criticism for the Viet Cong: \The people do not like commu- nism, the NLF knows it That is why the Communists want the war to con- tinue; the war is easier than the peace.\ N. Y. Bishops Back Pope On Encyclical New York — (NC) — The 27 bish- ops of New York State, which include* the New York archdiocese and seven dioceses in the state, have assured Pope Paul VI in a cablegram they \totally accept\ his encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae. They accept it, they said, \not only as obedient children of a spiritual fa- ther, bat also as humans who are ao deeply distressed as our fellowmen ' at the dangers to bar civilhatlon and the decay of our national and domes- tic life.\ The cablegram was signed by Arch- bishop Terence J. Cooke of New York; Coadjutor Archbishop John J. Maguire of New York; Bishop Ed- ward J. Maginn, apostolic administra- tor of Albany; Bishop Francis J. Hugavero of Brooklyn; Bishop James A. McNutty of Buffalo; Bishop Stanis- laus /J. Bnana of Ogdensburg; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen of Rochester; Bishop Waltler P. Kellenberg of Bockville Centre; Bishop Walter A Foery of 8yt***U», and the auafllatr biafcot* of the state's eight dioceses. New- - York Stale has a Catholic population of 6.5 mniioh,, - Following is the text ef Ike cable- gram:. \Your Holiness has stated mat never before in history did the teach- ing authority of the Church receive so much approval from the bishops as for the encyclical TOumanae Vitae'. \All the bishops of New York State without exception, gathered today in conference in New York Cits, Join this assembly of bishops in support- ing your reaffirmation of the sacred- ness of life and the sublimity of mar- ried love. \We see around us two attacks against the sacredness of life through violence, wars and the closing of the portals of life. The other attack is against the sublimity of love, through lust, carnality and perversion. \As shepherds ef the people of God we accept totally the encyclical, not only as obedient children of a spiri- tual fattier, but also as humans who are as deeply distressed as our fel lowmen at the dangers to our drill- xatlon and the decay of our national. and domestic life. \We know that the Lord has \chosen us out of the world' (John 15/19) and that as a 'separated people' we are called to be bearers of the Cross and to lead a life of sacrifice. We know also that we are summoned to that compassion which distinguishes the sinner and the sin, ever trusting in Divine Mercy.\ Father Michael Gannon of the University of Florida, Gainesville, spent his vacation in Vietnam, helping out as a chaplain and gathering material for a book. His travels took him'from the DMZ in the north to the Mekong Delta in the south. ONTHfrtMSIDE Around the Country 4 Around the World 5 Commentary 17 Diocesan 7 Editorial « Entertainment 12 Interracial 16 Pat Answers 7 IF YOU MOVE... let us know about it so. we can keep your Courier coming to you on time. Phone of mail us notice of your change of ad- dress. Include your old address and new address and thejiame of your parish. Courier-Journal, 35 Scio St., Rochester, N.Y. 14604. Phone 716-454-7050. — Chung made these and other obser- vations in an exclusive interview with Father Michael V. Gannon. Father Gannon wanted to interview some- one who wouldn't simply repeat hawk- ish or dovish language and Chung was recommended by Saigon friends. \I am not a politician,\ Chung told Father Gannon. \I do politics, but I am not a politician. I do it as the reaction of a man before the situa- tion of his country.\ \Chung is by profession an agricul- tural engineer, Father Gannon wrote. For several years he worked for the U.S. Information Service at the Joint U.S. Public Affairs office, not far from the National Assembly building where we sit He was elected a mem- ber of the Constituent Assembly which drafted South Vietnam's pres- ent constitution, and later was elected to the first House of Representatives under that constitution. Aged 29, he is one of the younger members of the lower house and classifies himself as \anti-Communist but realistic.\ Father Gannon's questions and Chung's replies: \What do you mean by \anti-Com- munist but realistic.\ Chung: \By that I mean that I seek some kind of political accommodation between the forces of left and right in our society. \On the left you have the Commu- nists, representing the National Lib- eration Front (Viet Cong), North Vietnam, Russia, and China. On the right you have the nationalists repre- senting the government of Vietnam and the United States. You have two T^le1rj»'Start VI projector. Planetarium Will Open Sunday With the aim of helping to meet the challenge of Space Age science and its ramifications, the Strasen- burgh Planetarium will open Sunday, Sept 22. \Journey from Infinity\ is the first show at the planetarum, 657 East Ave. near Goodman Street It will be «hown^Pomptly-it^i-3rVand-8-p5in^ no one will be allowed into the show- ing after it begins. The display area is open from 1 to 10 p.m. A part of the Rochester Museum and Science Center, the planetarium's $2.3 million building is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Strasenburgh. Operating costs come from gifts, mem- bers' dues, and grants from the City of Rochester and Monroe County. The planetarium will place empha- sis on education, of the young. Under the guidance of Donald S. Hall, its education director, it will offer special daytime programs for class groups each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day during the school year. Beginning science students will be introduced to astnroomy with a pro- gram titled \Earth Sun and Moon.\ Intermediate students will see \All About Planed' 'and advanced students \Exploring the Universe.'\ Two more shows, \Sky Scanning\ and \Man in Space\ are designed for general stu- dent interest. \The programs were planned with the aid of area teachers\ and admini- strators and are coordinated with the various curricula of the schools,\ Hall said. Kingpin of the computer-controlled complex optical and photographic equipment at the planetarium's Star Theater is the $250,000 Zeiss Model 6 projector. Also utilized in the 240- seat plush theater are 24 panorama projectors, d peripheral projectors. and 200 special effects projectors. After \Journey from Infinity\ the planetarium will show \The Star of Christmas\ Dec. 2 through Jan. 2 featuring the astronomical events of the first Christmas. '^Holiday in Rio\ will begin Jan. 3. On weekdays there will only be one show a day at 8 p.m. Admission is adults, $1.25; chil- dren from kindergarten to sixth grade. 50 cents lno_childrjen.nnderJSL admitted); students from seventh grade through college, 75 cents. Special student class rates are available. A Religious Experience By CARMEN VIGLUCCI Icarus, who always was an impetu- ous youngster, flubbed his cue dur- ing dress rehearsal and went darting across the heavens to be consumed by the sun at the wrong time but the star-studded show at the spark- ling, new Strasenburgh Planetarium still is one of the most thrilling and educational packages ever presented here. Unless one Is a veteran Viewer of planetariums, lie will be surprised to find himself in a kind of wonderland where the real, through computer-con- trolled duplication, becomes even more real. As one steps from the lobby, still unfinished at the time of the press preview, into the planetarium proper he finds himself under a sky which duplicates a September late after- noon. As the sky nightens a starry panoply unfolds which can be seen in reality only under the most ideal con- ditions. During the next 45 minutes the mind is bombarded with scientific facts of the universe with talk of —counties? Tn^lions\oTTniIes measured by hundreds of millions of light years. Ian MacLennan, the director, draws one in from the boundless realm of infinity to our own Milky Way galaxy to pinpoint a tiny speck of light which is our own sun, dim in <Continued on Page 2) opposing forces. Each says that it is the sole political representative of the people of my country. If there is to be any kind of peace those two forces must come to the middle. I don't like communism any more than you do but somehow we must make an accommodation with the Commu- nists. They must be given participa- tion in the political life of the peo- ple.\ Q. \You say arms are medicine?\ Chung: \For the moment only. And it did not have to be arms. Suppose the United States had helped France in 1954 to restore the situation here. Suppose your country had helped then to build a free, prosperous so- ciety, things would have been differ- ent. Medicinal arms would not have been necessary. The deaths of your men would not have been necessary. \Suppose the U.S.-sponsored pacifi- cation program had been started in 1954 — well In 1954 many Viet Cong were six years old. What did they know? If they had grown up in a healthy democracy, would they be fighting against us now?\ Q. \Is there a healthy democracy in South Vietnam at the present time?:* Chung: \There is democracy of a sort but it is not yet healthy. We are still in the beginning stages of de- (Continued on Page 2) Seminaries Open With New Faculty, Social Field Work The throe-level seminary sys- tem of the Rochester Diocese began its academic year „ihis_. week with a total enrollment of 243 students, a roster of new professors-and an enlarged cur- riculum. Principal factors in the expanded training of 125 seminarians from six dlocesei at St, Bernard's will be elec- tive courses offered through collabor- ation with th new Theological Studies Center at Colgate-Rochester Bexley Hall and an expanded \field educa- tion program\ for practical pastoral formation ars, including 20 girls, and began as- similation of a broadened and deep- ened high school curriculum. Non- —graded—elassesi-a trl-mester year and nn integration of theology material with other disciplines distinguish the program- Bishop Fulton I. 8heen, offering Mass of the Holy 8ptrlt for the •**• dents in the schools this week ant addressing the faculty and itudeat bodies strewed the supernatural goals or their work and the wgnlflcaate before God of their preparation for (he priesthood. Last evening at St Bernard's., the Bishop preached ori-^What is a VoitV- tion to the Priesthood?\ applying the Rector, Fathr Louli J. Hohmin and new Spiritual Director, Father Law- rence Hurphy. On the Buffalo Road, the l*year old Mags Prep welcomed 139 diy-achol- seminary to leant that (MhMlr.l* know that you are unholy aal lata to change your tuuMlaeM t* keUaeaa through love of Christ eraelflod.\ (Continued en Page 2) Helping Migrants Father Timothy Welder takes part with Paul Sanchez in a demon- stration aimed at obtaining state protection for 15,000 upstate migrant farm workers. The pickcters confronted assemblyman Frank G. Rossetti, D-Manhattan, chairman of the Joint Legisla- tive Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions, with the work- ers' demands. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen has pledged all help possi- ble to the migrant farm workers in the diocese in the event they go on strike in the Fall. 'Black Neighbor' Preaches at Cathedral By MARGARET CONNOLLY Sacred Heart Cathedral, as a parish — church, is the center of a \lilyrwhite\ community: no one seems to know of anyone who has a black neighbor. A \black neighbor\ came in last Sunday — a Baptist preacher, who spoke at six Masses, to 5,000 people, , at least, from a pulpit never before lent to a Protestant ~^e~ waathe Rev. Marvin Chandler of tiie Rochester Council of Churches. Re talked about the meaning of love . . . \love risk* rejection, asks no re- turn.\ He spoke of the anomaly of racism in the Christian community. Re point- ed out tint Negroes are among \the people God loves,\ The news was not so much in what he said as in the fact that he -was there at all. \I think the people are pleased about this,\ the rector, Father John S. Hayes, said afterward. The next nlgat, the Rev. Mr. Chand- ler was back for an Informal ques- tion-aad-answer meeting, and tilings began to shape up. The Northwest Housing Taik_ Force, a religiously oriented neighborhood group, was out for signatures to a statement of Its goal: \a balanced, integrated com- munity.'' The signers \will welcome . . . anyone, regardHess-of-race; -creed or color,\ the statement says. neighborhood to a shambles, creating a new ghetto. As for the churches as organiza- tions, they could invest money in in- ner-city business, to help create \a circular movement of money within the ghetto,\ Mr. Chandler said. The people need the \symbols of stability that ownership control\ provides, but now there is nothing but \outflow of capital.\ \We pledge ourselves to be good neighbors.\ On Sunday, Mr, Chandler had said, of rich and poor, black and white, ' \The alienation that exists in Roches- ter today Is a luxury we cannot af- ford.\ His answers Monday suggested ac- tion. Stick together, work for open housing and hold firm against \block- busting,\ he advised. Study and fight the \blockbusting\ process, which be- gins, he said, with the sale of un- wanted property~to~people who can't afford the upkeep, and reduces a ~*Tianitr leave much money with brothers,\ he pointed out, \because they don't sell what 1 -want and they don't get to keep what they take In.\ The churches should realize also that their interest in public affairs carries considerable weight with elect- ed officials, Mr. Chandler went-on. Adequate policing of ghetto areas and trash collectfon service equal to that of better neighborhoods were goals he mentioned for political action. Ten- sions between police and black com- munity are inescapable, he observed, because they come together only in time of trouble. Mr. Chandler Is an easygoing con- versationalist, stringing his answers together with anecdotes and maintain- ing a sweet reasonableness even in the face of evident hostility. He told about himself, that he grew up. in a ghetto in a large, very pooY family, that his ancestry is \French- Canadian, Irish, German, Negro,\ and mat he can expect summary neglect in some local restaurants. But-'he—think* racist feeling is on the wane. The Northwest open housing peo- ple think so, too, judging from their experience in canvassing public opin- ion. They say the old 10th 'Ward has been a bugaboo to agencienhatr work on integrated housing: nobody has known quite what to do. There seemed to be a general feel- ing among them Monday night that after countless meetings and endless talk, maybe at last they were putting the show on the road. REV. MR. CHANDLER W • J m\ .<--</h
