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!t v '<• y'yi ^ f,\- M - / * B 1 - J r t>0 i V } < it NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 11 No. 12 2p Poges * • \ V \ ,„' J \;-:5?s?$iii - .- »AWs*Sl II #1 Rochester, New York Christmas Means Lo » .. Christmas, 1969. Mj^iat people— ^v rflifr' H©iy ; SeasoMhrosts upon our consciousness the validity of timeless and tested truths. May the grace of this Christmas make them the realities by which we live each day. ' ;.-V The first lesson of Christmas is that God loves lis, This becomes * H$lf£ P# 1*W *w le »ni to pay daily: \God loves; me personally —so much so that were I the only one in need of redemption, there, would htve been a Christmas for He would have entered into my world in the helplessness of Infancy to give me new hope and courage.\ The second truth is this—man needs this love of God. It is a sad fact that despite almost 2,000 years since His first coming, the world ve in a time of 1970 is distraught. It sadly reproduces the prophet's scroll — \full of lamentation and mourning and woe.\ For men still have a hunger in their hearts and a search within their lives. And the hunger will never be satisfied nor the search ended, until man finds the Loving God who emptied himself and made our weak flesh His own so that we might find the riches of the Christmas promise — peace and joy to «U who will make the effort to go over to Bethlehem. May all of ypu experience the vitality of the truth of Christmas. Your devoted Shepherd in Christ, Pu^Auks Don't Forget the Unfortunate ee or • • .New. York—-Representatives of the state's Big Six city Boards of Edu- cation met with Catholic school rep- resentatives Monday to discuss \the need for all efforts, including those of the New York State Education Department, ,to explore legal and constitutional avenues of assistance to non-public schools.'' . All but the New York City board committed themselves to support of such' efforts in a statement issued jointly with the New York State Council of Catholic School Superin- tendents. The meeting was held at LaGuirdia Airport. (Attending the meeting from Koch- . ester were' Father Daniel Brent, dio- cesan superintendent of schools; Mr*. Dorothy Phillips, of the city's Board of Education, and Herman Goldberg, superintendent of the city school dis- trict.) Following is the Joint statement issued, at the conclusion of the meeting; \The representatives ofpublic and Catholic school organizations have a clear realisation of the need to refer ^litaPK|V « CnlldSte^jrewTVolWfe,-- particu-' lariy those in the larger cities. 'In the days ahead both systems face severe financial crises. - The failure of either system to support its, educational program would seri- ously affect the other system. To- gether the systems have a combined enrollment of approximately two mil- lion ptipils or roughly half the school enrollment in New York State. \The New York State Council of Catholic School Superintendents ex- pressed the need for wholehearted commitment of the Catholic commun- ify'to the financial support of public education. \In turn, public school officials recognized the need for all efforts, including those of the New York State Education Department to ex- plore legal and constitutional avenues of assistance to non-public schools. is Receive Rearerits Scholarships _ news of college scholarships came to about 409 Catholic homes in the diocese this, week as the. annual New York State Regents awards were announced.-Nearly every parish had senior prixe-winaers in public or Catholic schools. See Page 8 for the list of the 384 scholarship winners in the 12 Catholic high schools of the diocese. ON THE INSIDE .Commentary 18 Diocesan 7 Editorial ..„.. 6 -Entertainment . . — 12 Sports 15 News Review 4 Music Bag 14 L let us kno^tr about it so we ca!n The Christmas story tells us how , much Almighty God has loved the human race. He sent His Son to earth because He knew mankind's helplessness. Christians of 1969 wishing to re- flect that spirit which marked the first coming of the Infant Christ can make gifts of love to the unfortunate and the helpless by looking, for a family where poverty, loneliness and sickness have killed happiness. Today we print a large number of stories of misfortune found in our diocese. These people are real — men and women, old and young, who need the love of a Christmas gift to awak- en some hope that they are not for- gotten. Their identity has been disguised but we have verified each situation $ described. Any gift that you send — money, food or clothing, a toy for the children, an offer of medical help, a promise of future concern — can be directed personally to the family you choose through the organization or individual listed under each case. Will you please look over these family stories and move at once to help one of them? Do It right now — you may forget over the weekend. Christmas is close and the mails are '•' • slow. jfr\T0^:rtnB\HcowjMnj^ NAL. Contact the specific interme- diary listed under the case you wish to help - - ; :'&&&<*<' 1. Mrs. T., a deserted mother of nine children, lives in Rochester in a cdndemned house with no plumbing.? There is an immediate and desper- ate need here for food, clothing for children, ages 1-11, and most of all for housing for the large family. Case feeing; cared for by Catholic Family Center. Address them directly al CO Chestnut St.. Rochester. N.Y. 14604 2. Mrs. I. lives with her 11 chil- dren in eight rooms of a house which she and her husband bought a year and a half ago. Six months ago her husband deserted her leaving her with many debts, including two mort- gages on the house r Mrs. X. was work- ing but due to a recurring physical problem has been unable to work and has been .receiving Public Assistance along with help from her eldest son. Can being eared (or by Inner City Service*. Catholic Family Center. Address than directly at 60 Chestnut St.. Rochester, N.Y. 14*04. 3. Mr; and Mrs. S-^are a middle aged couple — did before their time — who are afflicted by extremes of poverty and illness. Mr. K. is a dia- betic with a severe heart condition following open heart surgery. He should again have heart surgery but is neither physically nor emotionally able to endure it. His wife has sev- eral chronic diseases, is recovering from an operation, and is extremely depressed. Because of their high pre- scriptive medical costs, they often have no money for food CM* batnar eared for by Catholic Family Center. Address them directly at SO Cbaatmit St.. Boeheeter. K.Y. 14W4. 4. Elderly Mr. K. works only sporadically because of recurring sickness brought about by overuse of 'alcohol and iSlhutrition, often sleeps \out\ under expressway bridge or in vacant houses for lack of room rent, jailed often, frequent visitor at House of Hospitality where' he obtains food and clothing. Typical of many who come dally to the House. Case being oared for by St. Joseph's House of Hospitality, South Avenue. Address thorn directly nt P. O. Box 3043. Federal Station, Rochester, N. Y. 14614. 5. Mrs. S., mother of nine at-home children ranging in age from 2 to 17, is married to an inveterate drifter. The eldest daughter, a recent arrival from the South, has moved in with husband and two children, for lack of other housing they can afford. Fourteen persons occupy the four rooms, recently furnished with elec- tricity but still without plumbing. Address Father Sebastian Falcone, OFM.. 2230 Lake Ave., Rochester. N.Y. 6. Mr. M. and his wife live in a .three-room apartment with their son where they pay a Very high rent. Fa- ther has a heart condition which limits his capacity for work. Mother has had her own physical problems and son has spent quite a bit of time, off and on, in the hospital for tests, disease, etc. This strains the family budget Caso be-ins cared for by Inner City Services, Catholic Family Center. Address them directly at 50 Chestnut St.. Rochester, N.Y. 14604. 7. Consists of six children and the mother and father. The oldest child is 7 and the family lives In a com- pletely deteriorated house with no <Contmued on Page X) Vatican Emphasizes Respect for Israel Baltimore, Md. — (RNS) — A Vati- can document of far-reaching im- port in Jewish-Christian relations, .which calls upon Christians \to re- spect the religious significance of the state of Israel,\ was made public here by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, Arch- bishop of Baltimore. -IteepTyour-Goittieirconimp^io 1 -- you on time. Phone or rriail us notice of your change of ad- dress Include your old address and fiew address and th* name ^och$stdr, KV.) J4604. Phon* 7WH454-705O. vi V U \/ \S\ '•;' Bishop H^c^ri Will make two d^oce- san-wide radio broadcasts in the holi-, day season, speaking on Christmas \Eive^andMNew x^r^Eve^tbTspecill^ messages to^ people of every ^parish — Speaking directly from his study at the Pastoral Office on facilities in- stalled, for periodic radio-visits, the Bishop will be heard at t o'clock oh Christmas Eve and ll f 15 p m. on New Year's 'Eve. The diocesan hookup will Include radio stations WSAY, of Rochester, WENY dl(,Ehhira, WMBO-FH for fhl x Auburn,area\ and the audio-channel* of the TV-csbte services in the areas of Elmira, Hornell, Cording and Au- burn. ,i * * K i Theoretically the Blsjhop will be able to be heard in SO per c*nUof %y Bishop the homes of the diocese at one time on these broadcasts His Christmas Eve greetings will T>e part of the Family Kosary for\ Approved early in December at a plenary session in Rome of the Sec- retariat for Christian Unity, the docu- ment sets forth principles and guide- lines for Catholics to improve their understanding of, and relations with, \their Jewish brethren.\ Its stated purpose is \to offer con- crete suggestions\ that will help to achieve the aims of the precedent- making \Declaration of Vatican Coun- cil II on Non-Christian Religions of 1965.\ Noting that \still too often Chris- tians do not know what Jews are,\ or \do hot see them as they are in themselves and as they define them- selves ... as the people of the Bible living in our midst,\ the document reminds Christians that Jews are \a pTgople~whiclr ifl its history .has en- countered the living and true God, the one God who established with that people a covenant, of which cireum- cision is the sign.\ t,U /, it'i \ \\ iW I / Peftce prdgram from 7 to 7 30 p m It - will be a spiritual niessage keyed to the Nativity 6f Christ Bishop Hogan intends to speak on New Year'* Eve about his hopes and intentions for diocesan programs in the months ahead This 15-minute tajk will be part of a Holy Hour Broadcast originating in St .Francis of Assist Church, Rochester ^ \ . Auxiliary Bishop Dennis IV Hickey, Msgn 'Joseph A: Cirrincione, pastor jind^ Father Pilchard Tditney of the Courier-Journal will speak the pray- ers ahd, meditations in 1 the remainder ., of the eotorinute devotional program beginning at HIS pm i Fidelity to this covenant', the docu- ment adds, \was linked to the gift of land, which in the Jewish soul has endured as the object of an aspira- tion that Christians should strive to understand and respect.\ That is why, the document con- tinues) \the existence of the state of v Israel should, not be separated from this terspeetive; whichj$oes not in; it- sself jm^ry'any vjudgment pjn- historical „ concurrences or on $ecis1ohsA of a ..^pureiy-pjiticai ordejs|- fT:'? : ' i The^document emphasises that it was \within Judaism that ChMstiahity Was, horn and wherein it foiind essen- tial elements of its faith anrculU' f \ v \ J! i Hi, •vK( A \ 4 A ••// ,S-.l ,S,i 1 ':V •:A A'/ !V \ I y At
