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ools. Tfe i the.lfce|t loliecom- -two^srt r apoutire^ p soon. that the rbach to it their and be- contribu- lsinesses Id be in- ,*. i-be'-in*- and in- nal cost, ideas-on problem ie pulpit S^ Rochester. tsed j selfish- yfaen an aeross-^a— ;ss, then, irirtue of o say a ier John ncis, Au- rancis in • ordina- outdoor .. sincere of Fath- me unto to poor in immi- his own and com- lleinner Qt^and Education / By FATHER RICHARD TORMEY Boohesterians-^have-begn- reading._ about a dispute between the FIGHT organization representing many black citizens and the City Board of Educa- >n. ' ' ' ' Twice in redent weeks FIGHT lead- ers\ were \unable to get the floor as they wished at public* meetings of the School Board; The—issues they intended to. air -i- grievances about the quality of education in some in- ner-city schools and a request for authority by the black community over the educational process in their own neighborhoods — were not pub- licly hqwd by school^ authorities^ ack-peaple^_and_a_large-number- of white supporters, 1 claimed that the rigid agenda and impersonal ground rules atthe Board meeting arbitrarily silenced them. • The excuse that \the conditions of ghetto life\ mate it impossible for. ^the-Board-to-upgrade-the-schools-for the black children or Puerto Ricans is unacceptable. ' • Changes in school structures, such as the junior high proposal for West High and Jefferson, should not be made without consulting the pupils' parents in* the neighborhood. Documentation of these complaints from a small segment of the inner- city cominufiify\ and treatment of an - an overall demand for decentraliza- tion of school authority as demanded by black leaders of FIGHT will be printed, her'e next week. / (To be continued) N \ Requiem Mass Held Fer-Fr. O'Dorm The \more subtle\ poverty of a Santiago middleclass block is in back alleys like this one, near the house where Mercy Sisters Jane Kenrick and Janet Caufield live. Helping Peot^JJveJiamanly aufKella, By MARGARET CONNOLLY Where Sister Jane Kenrick lives now, summer comes in wintertime, and \middle class' 1 means \poor by U.S. standards. The Mercy nun took her summer vacation up here in the snow. She Mra TanTeVTCeiUTck 6T Tthaca, tra- veled around visiting other relatives and has been staying for several weeks with her sister, the school principal at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Sister-Mary Karen, R.S:M. She'll be glad, \except for the goodbyes,\ to go back to Santiago, Chile, on April 14. She hopes she can still get along in teenage-slang Chilean Spanish, the languagebTTier work. News coverage on the Board's meet- ings by Rochester's daily papers stressed the disruptive -tactics used by the Rev* MK Franklin Florence and other FIGHT leaders, and have not given puzzled readers a clear ex- position of the issues at stake. The COURIEIWOURNAL, believ-v ing that procedural rules should gov- ern blacks as well as whites in any democratic community meeting, holds that the growing concern of Roches- ter's black community for their chil- - „dren!s^ducation_should„b£J^cognlze4,„, by the entire city. L Dansville — Funeral Mass for Fa- ttier John C, O'Donnell, pastor emeri- tus of Sacred Heart Church. Perkins- ville, was concelebrated Monday noon in St. Mary's Church here. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was principal cele- brant and delivered the eulogy: Bishop Sheen termed Father O'Donnell \a man of ideals, a lover of the poor and sick... never one to think of himself when someone was in need.\ Father O'Donnell, 70, died Thurs- day, March 27, 1969. in Dansville Hos- pital. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme- *,tergE=heEe.= people settle in shanty-towns and the .roads are made of mud. \Our poverty in S. Andres parish is ^much more subtle,\ said Sister Jane. \It's behind walls, in back alleys and hidden courtyards.\ But these material circumstances e—incidentalp—like tho fleas—that- bile everybody. What matters is th_e hospitable, co- operative attitude of the neighbors, the way they taka to religious in- struction and community action en- terprises. That's why Sister Jane is glad to go back. Seven Mercy nuns from the Roch- ester Diocese are living in three 'SantiaT0~'pTrriSh^s7\w'6rkTng w\itfTC<>\ lumban Fathers from various parts. Sister Jane and Sister Janet' Cau- field Uve In a \white collar\ neigh- borhood of run-down row-houses, where 60 to 70 dollars a month is the average family income, against a costoMh'tag-lllrerouTS. Five other Rochester Mercy nuns live in worse places in Santiago — In a suburban i_ slum, for Instance, where country -of-the-worrdT-A^^O-ininute-walk from' St. Andxea is S^. Catalina,. a middle- . class settlement of 70,000, where the living has been improved by govern- ment housing. The first Mercy outpost, establish- ed four years ago, is in a \slum of TW,0O(J~peopTe~ uiat has/ |rOWn\\Trp- around S. Luis Church, nine miles out from the center of the city. That's where the rural poor crowd in, driv- en from the land by the drought, hopeful of finding work in the city. Mother Marv Bride, lately back from a three-week visit to Santiago, spoke of the material progress she said had been made there since her -lasL -Visit^^^r-year£_agQ.. She \spoke of the schools and aparaments that had been built and the rapport the \Ststers had made with the poor Chilenos. She stressed that the sisters' work was \evangelization more than so- cial services. \They are helping people to live humanly,\ she said. Sister Jane described an elaborate -structure of that hrings together all the local and international clergy and religi- ous in continuing discussions of their activities. In the city, there arc five vicars with the power of bishop, yet a Roman collar is a rare sight, she went ori; — \The priest's collar is like the Sis- ter's veil, a real barrier that in the minds ot the people separates the church from the world, from reality. \So we don't year veils down there. People avoid nuns that wear habits. There is a memory of childhood. \One young man told me he had been to Mass so much as a child that it should last him the rest of If there is a case of racial .injus- tice to be proven by facts, or school renovation which can and should be authorized for the benefit of all in- ner-city children, the black leaders' charges deserve to be heard. Poor people understand their tactics, but the whole community-should listen \tS^effi^oj^l^^^G^R^^HlPWrttn-- ruly they may seem to others with- in or outside 4>f a—School—Board- meeting. Just what are the issues? What are the main areas-in which Inner-city residents believe they have a Justifi- able complaint? We asked these ques- tions of black and white parents this week. Here is~~their consensus, with- out documentation: • The majority of children being taught in five inner-city schools are ^^loTrTh^rr-grade i revel--as-c^mipared-- with pupils in other schools and in other parts of the country. • Inner-city students are being poorly prepared for higher educa- tion. Because they, do not learn ade- —quately, there are -almost as many -discouraged dropouts from the ele- mentary-schools as from the high __scJip_ols J .. ~^e~1rad~served five years as an as- sistant pastor, 17 years as a teacher at Aquinas Institute and St. Andrew's Seminary, and 20 years as a pastor before his retirement Aug. 30, 1965. Born Dec. 4, 1898, in Auburn, the son of the late Terrence and Mary Smyth O'Donnell, he attended St. Mary's School there .and Auburn FATHER O'DONNELL Geclc of St. Ann's Home; Rochester; Father Raymond Wuest, pastor' of St. AcademieHTgrTBehool. He pursued - priesthood studies at St. Andrew's \\and - SC Bernard's Seminaries, and~ was ordained June 9, 1923, in St. Pat- trick's Cathedral by Bishop John Gregory Murray. Father O'Donnell served as assist- ant at Sacred Heart Church, Roches- ter, until September, 1923; at St John the Evangelist's Church, Clyde, until August, 1926, and at St. Patrick's Church, Elmira, until October, 1928. He taught mathematics at Aquinas -Institute- fronr^>ctober, 1928, until- June, 1937, and at St. Andrew's Sem- inary from September, 1937, to Feb- ruary, 1945. He was appointed pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Dansville, in Febru- ary, 1945,, serving until June, 1959, when St PairicPs wa¥ combined\ with nearby St. Mary's Church. Father O'Donnell then served as pastor at -^ary^s-^ansvlHeT-FatheF-F-rane-is-Hes— ter, pastor of \St. John the Evange- lists-, Spencerport, and Father Mich- ael Conboy, assistant at St. Margaret Mary's Irondequoit Monsignor Duffy and Father Geek were classmates of Father O'Donnell. Auxiliary Bishop Dennis W. Hickey officiated at the last blessing in the cemetery. Priests' Council '_ • The culturally-deprived child, the under-achiever, the slow-starter, -both-black-and while, — who nped when grandmother insisted on his. De m remedial attention — are being neg- lected in many schools. • Incompetency of some innercity school principals and teachers to deal —Sserea Heart ChTmh7~PeTklnsviilcr until his retirement. Father O'Donnell was a nephew of ^llre late Father Patrick Smyth—ana- of the late Sisters M. Pauline and Rose Miriam of the Sisters of St Jo- seph. Mass concelebrants included Msgr. Tofinia:. TSuffy, i^tor-eme|Jt30ig-ot:St 3faHr— Ba«ks Sex Program---=• At the April 1st meeting of the Priests' Council of the Dio- cese of Rochester the following statement was approved: 1) We firmly support the concept that parents have the primary right to educate their children, and also {he concept and' necessity frrthe-pres- ent day of a program of sex educa- tion in. diocesan elementary schools. -TTT Au!gttsturtft <Jft JHftStO lurch; TaW 2) We commend tne diocesan pro- gram for its emphasis on the sanctity of human sexuality, and urge the co- operation of parents in the imple- mentation and on-goirig-effort of re- ^-yisiom injsuch-a conunon endeavor -o£ ftfiiWp^ati attending three Masses every Sun- day. A mother I had just met con- <l<L-that shft harin't gnnp .to W?KR Religious training of youngsters begins with their parents, in the Santiago Mercy Sister's course. Here, Sister Janet Caufield sits in IZ*~jffj\ neighborhood class run by thejnothcr at herjeft, in five years; she had faith, she wanted to come back.\ These are the people who are form- ing discussion groups and CCD classes, to learn how to teach their children. The SafiffolrFfeftle^filfnlB-hall con- ' -cept of-catecnfsm is on the way out. Children that play together gather around somebody's kitchen table for for religious instruction any day but HSantrday, ~amt somebodyV mother is the teacher. This is what Mother Bride meant by living- \humanly.\ Her sisters -are-in a- \very -positive frame of mind, very hopeful,\ she found, ''even though they are aware that they may never see the real ^faiils^o4Jheir--labQrs^; . ._. ^ Sex Education: An Objective View Who will irriage js! ipeathoiic~ one trap- ;s what is ' prayers, s the chil- T;Krother\ not hope I will roll ; possible; the holy it was no the prob- ;r happen:- • «what -we 1 ' afed often This is the third and final article In a series on the diocesan sex edu- cation syllabus used in parochial ele- mentary schools. The COURIER- JOURNAL hopes that this objective analysis of the goals of the material uged_ln_the jBrogram.may clear up misunderstandings of the purposeTnd the content of the sex instruction which has provoked wide controversy hr\several -congnnnlttes of the dh> cese. \\ \\ The syllabus states that \the act of reproduction is an act of love\ and that \husb>and and wife express ffieif love by a physical union.\ The teacher is cxpe^cd to show that- be- cause the marital union can result in conception, \it is a thing of beau- iywhen performed—wfifr love- and- irr the context of marriage.\ Presentation of the wonder of Emphasis in this section is not on physical processes of intercourse but on the fact than a man and a woman, united by love and marriage, are the \instruments of God 4 s creation\ and that their bodies function to comple- ment one another as God planned it. lostello- Hr^ctor \T The authors of the diocesan sex education syllabus — a committee of doctors, parents, nuns and priests headed by Dr. Gerard Guerinot, ~RochT3ster\physician- 3 «'\said--cleariy'' -in—thcH—text—feat—sex—-instruction- should be given through a sequence ef 1, miaerstehdmgT7~bTffl ally from one grade to the next. Beginning with grade one the teacher is assigned responsibility for ~ commTInlcatiYIg\\ a\f ew~1rasic- -under« standings per year- a minimum of one, a maximum of five. The program is not to be consid- _cred a '!course^_„The•.. teacteLJs charged to \build gradually from fundamental concepts of growth and family to a reasonable grasp of hu- man sexuality and the serious respon- _-sibJUitles__God attaches to it.\ Criticism of the syllabus, flaring from the, contention of many parents that \too much information Is given too, soon,\ has broadened into charges -that-ehildren-«hoaW^ot-beJnstructed_ ' \God's prwide'ntce in\ atrangitig \that ! •- the sperm and the ovum could come together necessarily- involves infor- mation about such words as semen and intercourse and again brings up ~\—the-TM-opet-TTarates \for •-- male -and_£e=_™.,_ —~~~Tnale~~OTgaTis~spTJte^ — grades Their sexual union is as much a sign of their spiritual closeness to each -other as^JLJbeir mutual love and physical passion, the^ syllabusi says. The formation of new life in.the mother's body through the union of the sperm and the ovum leads to \a very complex aiid wonderful pro- '1cfss' > Tl>r'PTeignam?y7^the--^th-ffraders-- (Continued on Page 8) Issue StilLCxflitroversial Pro and con discussion on the mer- it of the sex education program in diocesan parochial schools continued --this -week™unabated\ly—ui—publie-foF— um, private debate, radio opinions, newspaper articles and editorials, and letters to editors. Highlighting recent meetings on t)ie topic was a gathering of nearly \ 800 persons Mar. 28 at Mercy High SchoTSlaudttoTiinffTvhlclrwas marked by little of the emotional outbursts of earlier information sessions. . program be devised for Catholic children attending public schools, to be included in the diocesan religious ~eduGation~-(.CGD-)—program — t^'i^trY-Mf-' -r—' ( •* • 111'* in such personal matters in a school setting and that only parents -should- teach the \facts of life\ because some elementary teachers, especially nunSi are not equipped tt>'convey 3 this material. . This article is intended* to discuss objectively the material in the sylla- bus for da^sWoni tsei for grades f ~±irand 4 -(The syllabus! forlgradgs % 1 hrough 5 ' was described-: in \ the-' Courier-Journal for 3/28/69.) .' ; the basic * uttdei standing consid- ered in the '6th grade is the mystery of Ufe-eonceptioiir.The special role of the man and th^woman in creating neV life in tonion with God;,receives quite detailed coverage.. . i • • \ \ Principal, speaker was Sister Ruth Agnes, SSJ., one of the authors of the sex education syllabus. Dr. Ger- ard T. Guerinot, Rochester gynecolo- gist and chairman of the xliocesan • committee on sex education and Father Daniel Brent, assistant Super- intendent of Schoolsr^tnswered -ques^ tioris. ^^usolrJnfethq^eetJng- was 'itie Rochester Association Of Catholic Laymen, whose members after the foruni adopted a ^resolution urging continuance of the° program \as now presented.\ ' ' \ l ' 11- ! The group, which has (nearly 500 members, also asked that a .similar :'V 1 The RACL under the chairmanship., .of Paul Brayeiv kept control of the meeting, in an effort to avoid verbal clashes, by ruling thaty,questions had to be /submitted in writing and select- ed foryanswers. As the period drew to a close, three women from Auburn left the auditor- -him—in—obvious~disagi\eenTent—with- •the format. They identified them- selves as Mrs. Yolanda de Rosa, Mrs. Carm Giannettino and Mrs. Jean Scala, members\ of St. Francis of Assisi Church where controversy oyer the sex syllabus first developed some weeks ago. < Also objecting was Mrs. , Richard Bemoni of ' Victor, chairman of a group called Parents Against Unac- ceptable Sex Ed^ieationt\ Father Brent perhaps allayed some feelings when he notod that there is a continuing re-examination of the syllabus. He said three changes prob- , ably will be <made at the close of the (Continued on Page 8) .-*«• . 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