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& t t- u (• 1. '' ' \_ ! - i ! \ - '. .:..'- ':.-'• —It, -^ „ '- * \ -\J' . J ~-- _. ga4^-§t5 'Father Nicholas P. Alletto, pastor of St Anthony of Padua Church, con- tinued a fight for life yesterday against carbon monoxide poisoning which earlier had taken the life of the rectory housekeeper and over- come Father James S. Russell, as- sistant-pastor. The three were found about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Bectory aFW LorimerSt ..,\„._\\ Mrs. Pauline Clarke, 62, the house- keeper, was lying dead at the en- trance of the upstairs living room where she apparently fell while try- ing to reach the priests to warn them. \Father TUletto\~^wa5\-found~uncon on. the .living, joonv jQoor, and Father Russell in his bedroom. Fire- men and ambulance attendants ad- Tmnisteredroxygen to^the two priests before they were taken to hospitals. I try— -*$ -\-^ Nun to Help Biafraife Stater Vivian Votruba examines an Indian boy in Peru's high Andes. Soon the Maryknoll nun-doctor wffl concentrate.her efforts on the starving children of Biafra. Sister Vivian, who has two brothers IlvingJn_St. Paul, Minn., Is a pioneer in medical work for more than 20 years. For the last 10 years ^Y? 1 ^ b * m -0P eMflB « * *Hnte 1ft Pern amJiheheadquarters for the rel^dWcdnmumlty to Mary- MWrM<**, said that this experience will be put to use in starvation relief camps for Biafran chil- drenestablished in the Ivory Coast. (RNS) -*fe utions tnsionqF p or Housing Foundation Investigators discovered that mon- oxide fumes apparently seeped into the <rectory from the attached rear garage. They said- Father Alletto's car was found with the keys in it, the ignition^on and the gas tank empty. It apparently had been left running the night before. Fa%er— -Mtettor -4jh—was—listed Thursday as critical \ at\ Xtenesee HospitaC where a spokesman\ said \he has not yet responded to treat- ment\ _ Father Russell, 35, was described at St Mary's Hospital as \beginning to respond.\ Wet napkins, apparently used by Mrs. Clarke to fend off effects of the gas, were found on the stairway leading to the priests' quarters, lend- ing' weight to the conclusion that she had died while endeavoring to reach them. —The-three—were found after pa- h risbloner&^ecamfr^anned-wnen-the priests failed to appear for the 7 and 8 aJn. Masses in th« adjoining church. Clifford Destouet, a caretaker, en- tered the rectory and found the three. Lights were on, and a television was ori\Th~the liviiignpffomrlHa-lElarke's- television also was on in her down- stairs room. FATHER AUiETFTO — Father Eugene R. Weds, asssistaant at nearby Holy^ Apostles Churerh saad • the two priests were uncooEisdomis when he reached\ thte ! rec*ory a»nd aji- nointed them at a*out 8:30 a.m. _ Police, fire and laboratory officials —said they—were-unable-feo-defc«rmLKie when the victims were felled l»y tfce tasteless and odorless gas. . It appeared that th& monoxide from the wjajing car motor prob- ably was force*! through an opening in the garage to a sink in tbxe com mttnlty room above. FATHER RUSSELL Father AUetto was said to have returned to- the reetory ^approxi- mately 5 p.m. It was^concludLed that if he had been in a hurry, or was distracted, he might not hate noticed that the car motor was still running over the noise\T>f _ w \exhaust fan which runs while the garage door is open. The door closes electrically. The two priests, Sister Ajiceline, SSJ„ principal of St. Anthony's School, a Trinitarian Sister ' and about 16 lay men and women, had at- (Contlnued on Page 2> *i_3 $?$ . g. J&i S: _.\ f--»te-v«K-vilM •^•fSlI nmnain •'-•;-.. \^ \•i.».y Peaee-Httfe Vatican City — (RNS) — The ex~ pansion of Vietnamese peace negoti- ations in Paris may be \the first happy symptom\ of an ending of the war there, Pope Paul VI said in his regular Sunday noon address from the window of his private study. Nearly $10,000 have been contrib- uted to the Bishop Sheen \Housing Foundation since New Year's Day, the Pastoral Office announced this week. Previous gifts sent to the Bishop since the project was begun in mid-1967 had totalled only $4,000. The Bishop's proposal to raise Briefly addressing a large, crowd in St Peter's Square before he led in the recitation of the Angelus, the Pope said that peace in Vietnam is \the wishn)f-the whole worldTTTWislr\ for a common good which might be the prelude to the end of the old and dogf-ryM^Vp w B y ^f -ffqftUng fry ygj-. Bishop Sfaeen Back at Work the internal and external relations between peoples and nations.\ Bishop Sheen was released from St Mary's Hospital on Saturday, Jan. 18. following a 4-day stay after frac- Sut,JuB_added, .\we realize at.once ThatT peace,~lBrH& peace which re- specta-the freedom and honor of the conflicting parties, will be attained with difficulty r calling almost for-a- miracle for its achievement \For it requires, in the hearts of the author- ities and in the peoples Themselves, T -great^and ' magnanlmrnur virtitrei: wisdom, clemency, moderation -and above all, love. OM THE INSIDE- turing his upper left arm. we was at his desk in the Pastoral Office on ~ Bfonday-but-will-lrave a somewhat limited work schedule for a while. The Bishop broke his arm in a fall on the sidewalk outside the Sisters •—-of-Sfc=Joseph Motherhouse on East Avenue on the evening of Jan. 14. Spared from a iiaavy-piaster cast, the ^Bishop's, ana, is immobilized --- tightly against his body in an elasti- cized shirt and his wrist is supported by a sling. Therapy exercises to re- gain lull use of the arm will not ,. begin .for perhaps a month. $72,800 toward Rochester's inner- city housing needs had been made -on June 18, 1967 in a sermon at In- \ terracial Sunday observances at Im- . maculate Conception. Church, .L . He had called for \7Q persons to donate $10> a week for 24~months\. The \10-24r70 Club\ as he styleof it, would provide the funds required as -a \credit base ? *-^r-^edmT—money- - for -housing.. The Foundation idea came into the. news again recently when the Bishop told newspaper interviewers op Dec. 31: \There las been an inability to arouse the whole Catholic population to the needs of inner cityr\ He pub- licly regretted thai his housing plan had received only $4,000. Donations had languished after a strong beginning because publicity for the project had been asked to wait until the Foundation was grant- ed -JNew York State letters ^>f incor- poration. Such incorporation was not obtained until July, 1968. The-Bishop^s-office announced that Later investigation disclosed that Father Alletto's 1969-model car, driven only 1,088 miles, showed the rator and oil Pope Paul Sends Best Wishes to President Nixon Vatican City—(RNS)—Pope Paul VI cabled Richard M. Nixon assur- contributions to the non-profit Foun- dation are tax exempt Gifts may be sent ^directly to the Bishop or the Foundation at the Pastoral Office, 50 Chestnut Street \ '-•'' '• ance of his prayers for God's protec- tion and guidance-as-President—of the United States. The Pope's telegram, published on Inauguration Day (Jan. 20), read: \As you solemnly undertake the responsibilities—of-your- high—office^ we ask God to protect and guide Baptism for Kennedy Child _you, to grant success to your efforts fdr unity and peace, and to bestow copious blessings upon you, your . family, and the beloved people of tfte~ United States of America.\ . TulcBael jund Kerry KenneagraTe the go^jpwentsr for Ihelrtofaartr sister, Rujy Elfoabxstli Katnterirterat-hcT christcning-4n McLean, Va., conducted by ArcMbisliop Teferice J. Cooke of New York, Rory is tfe 11th chili 'of Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Eob-crt r. Kennedy. (RNS) _9idiop-Sheen..'....»..... ,... 8 Around the Cknintry .- 5 Coaunentary 17 Bjoceian • — J ^.^^.^_^._^.^-.—3L Editorials .... 6 Ent«taffianaent\~.:77............ 12 Womefl^sTPage — 8 '\ Sports .. i * % - 15 Z E^ .• . They Come in Many Varieties United Church. .'. Thought-Provoking Midtotpx New Twist By MARCELLA ENN1S the service held last Sunday evening IF YQUMOVE. . . let usiatow about it i5a/we;can ISe^your Courier corning to you i^i time. Phone orliml us notice of -yourCchange of ad- By this time many Catholics have probably attended one ori.more^ecu- menical services; they're-no longer a \\THWrelty. A few years ago, just after . Vatican-H; we were present at^>ne of the first OJF these services in the coun- try, at trondequoit's United Church of Christ The overflow crowd which came from many- parts of the munity was receptive but cautious. . After all7 this was perhaps th.e first time Catholics had descended/ on ^ Protestant • church, and each fl side\ wifh%d^c?lvertly for^he reactibh of the, other. Not that the atmosphere was\ unfriendly — on tiie'contrary, tHemtoistersof the;host church were very gj^cionsMjut \the service itself was formal and restrained. The only at Bethany Presbyterian Church on Dewey Ave. near Stone Rd. Sponsored by the Greece Pastors Association, a closely-knit group of area clergy whose association is per- ' sonal as well as professional, this' event was something new. It wasn't new in being the first ecumenical? athering-^n-Greece-—-this town has ^'hymns\ are, not the old familiars, the. congregation swung into them with zestful unison. ArJerTfie cjSstomary ^Call to Wor- ship\ J and -readings from Scripture jvitb the. congregation responding,, we were treated tp the first of the inno- vations. An \interpretive dance\ to the music of the spiritual \Precious Lord fake My Hand\ was performed probably had a greater and more varied number of these than any other — but new in its approach to community-worship. by Miss Gf etchen Glover.\ / ft,: 4 \\\ - fry .. ft.*. <* dress. Include your old address. tndnew^ address and the name of ymfm^sr ^departure from this restraint came in the\hypn-slhging where thrTaStire N congregation responded with tre- mendous enthusiasm. In thfe whole- hearted singing alone, the Catholics there 1 ' taie^y they were ^niaking his-, tory. •..\ Since that time, a good inany such ; evente^have takenr^teceraKrmany in~ . fact that a\ 'fairly predictable program Colorful-posters, back of the altar, on the pulpit and in the rear of the churchy - Proclaimed the service's theme, ^fHe SplriflpFThe Loror is Freedom\. Four youth groups,' com- -plete with 'guitags-ana^tAerHEolk 4n- struB»ents r -were seated-at-each side of the altar. .The fact that all* were \ from Catholic-churches (Holy-Name, Our \\Lady of Mercy, St- John, the Evangelis\ and Mother of Sorrows) seemed to point up the fact that our brothers in Christ have evidently not yet been invaded by the little folk. has evolyed ^ the,opening prayer, the homily v the readings from Scrip- '£* Throughout the service these groups led .the i singing of \Here \We Come\ __ _ <'jLet there Be Peace\ \Come Away\ ture, eto'We'd'swlt *«^-««Bife^^^-4*dM^^'^'--'^ow We Are Chris- 6r W&SmStetft we hadn't ittended. • V tianB iff CrtTf Love.\ tm^m these ' ' .-V- 4 ; -'V'V-'M With hair severely coiffed and clad _/J_to_.htack. J!]Mm„!e^^ cape, Miss Glover demonstrated one of the newest, yet oldest, forms of worship. . ; _«:^-Jhmigh- it was carried out with reverence and decorum, we must con* fess that the idea of dancing in churcli will take some getting used to. During \the Prayers of the Faithful the' petitions' were spoken not by a clergyman but by various individuals in the congregation. - ^ As for x the Offertor^ 6r Collection, 7 there\was iffimnp newin-*tharpart- of the service. Regular church-gbers could feel right at home regardless of their church affiliation. Whatever ^Continued on:pige it '>* Religious unity was'iiBtyeile«d wrth \a new twistiaSt Sunday afterr«oon in Rochester's Miatowri Pl'ata maO when ^ some .2^0dJlaynaenJEroitL_f our .\float- ing\ Christian groups staged a \socrk- it-to-m^. unity\ celebratip>ri. 3ne of the gaoups was the 5*)-meEn- „^ <Somniunity of the Servants <rf God, Catholics- who are eMeav'oririg to step up the pace of lrtuvgical and church renewal. Existing witSwut a parish structune, ^hey meet regularly for worship at Our lady of Pearpettaal ^Selp-ehurch.-T_;_. Highlighting the demonstration . were folk, songs ledt by a gulfcar amd singing group, prayers led by Lay rep- resentattyes7.oB-the—partalclpatang &r- ganhatlons, a Kiss of P«ace,- a PE-O- cesslonenlivencd by ^onte 30«aode)rn- language signs carried by- both- adults and children, common recltaftion of tke Our Father, unison a-eclta^ion of \the Words of institution and conse- cration,\ and the consuming *y. many of bread, and wine in symbolic Communion. _eiK~^as--^^se«mlingly-l^>osel5Siorgaai-.. ized program •whibh drewr var-ied re actions from observers, and casaal mall visitors. The setting a»nd at- mosphere — with stresajihers;, ban- : ' nerv si£n» «a& battoon-estrrylsg clpak dren — was the antithesis of normal, sedate worship: Two priests were/present, tout-took— no oMciaT.part. One\ was Father Ray- mond Kenny, leader of the Servants of God. -Three Sisters- of Mercy-were in the guitar group, and five or six other Sisters Qi^Merey-and-Ststers-of- St Joseph participated in the pro- gram. Two students of St. Michael's Seminary carried identification signs. Strung above the mallV Clock of Nations was a large banner ]proctalEF~ fag: \Blow ;YQUT Mind on *tM^ Another sign contended: \Unity Now — Pray Later\ .. \ . Somewhat distractive 'throughout was the background musiG usually featured at the mall;— ,..' Four laymen and a lay woman were at the microphones at the table containing loaves of bread and paper- cups of wine. They \led prayers, Scripture readings, »ai directed uni- son recitation of the following \words « of institution and' consecration from Matthew 26: \26-28V : x \_ v \While they were eatings. Jesus took the bread*, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his •W, n • •' ; \ s -r -Si. . ! r V V '4.. '- 1 ' \>': \' s - ? •i> .) Y 'j . \ lw v •K-: Vu •}>•*/;$/\}• X Continued T on Page 2). #•' •*»«% ' V 11
