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'^m^m^s^^^f^^j^^^^^^^smmmammmm^mmms^^mss^mm^mm. NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 81 No. 16 14 Pages i7&swfm$xm*Smimm -JOURNAL Rochester, New York Price: 'l5tf Friday, Jan. 16, 1970 Time Factor In Repeal Of Blaine (Special to the Courier-Journal) Albany — Gov. Rockefeller's state- ment to the Legislature that help is necessary for the state's parochial schools is a hopeful step, hut many of the beleagured parochial school systems may be phased out by the seriousness! of their financial distress before the three years needed to re- move the restrictive Blaine Amend- ment, That's how Father Patrick E. Shanahan, president of the New York State Council of Diocesan School Superintendents, commented on the governor's request for repeal of the 76-year-old law which bars state aid to nonpublic schools. \In view of the gravity of today's financial problems' for the supporters of these schools, aid two years or more away could very well be too late for many (parochial schools),\ he said. Father Shanahan. noted that repeal of Blaine •— reason for a bitter de- bate in 1967 during consideration of a new state constitution — could not be accomplished in less than two years. Repeal of Blaine needs passage by the current legislature, approval by the next legislature, and then accept- ance by a state referendum the fol- lowing Fall. Father Shanahan said the parents of more than three quarters of a million non-public school children, who represent 20 per cent of the state's enrollment, face an immediate financial crisis. \The fiscal crisis is here now, it's not just developing for some future solution.\ He called for significant legisla- tion from the present legislative ses- sion \which would meet the require- ments of both the state and federal constitutions.\\ Gov. Rockefeller in his 12th annual State of the State message called for repeal of Blaine .and directed a State commission studying the educational system to include consideration of the plight of the non-public schools. The governor's call for Blaine's repeal found support from one of the leading Republicans in the legis- lature, Sen. Majority Leader Earl W. Brydges, who renewed his sup- port for Blaine's repeal and suggest- ed that attempts to provide some fonn of assistance to private schools may come out of the 1970 session. An attempt was made in 1967 to repeal the Blaine Amendment. This came in a proposed revamping of the entire state constitution by a consti- tutional commission, The revamping called for repeal of the Blaine Amendment, but a number of other controversial issues were part of the package. In a referendum in No- vember, 1967, the voters rejected the recommendations to revamp the con- stitution. Opponents of state aid to nonpub- lic schools repeatedly have pointed to the 3 to 1 margin, 1967 vote as a rejection of the jproposal to repeal the Blaine Amendment. But support- ers of aid to non-public schools just as consistently have- pointed out it was not a clear-cut vote on the Blaine Amendment alone, but involv- ed a number of other controversial issues. Gov. Rockefeller's request for re- peal came in a section of his address on education in which he proposed an increase in the ceiling on state aid to public schools from $760 to $900 a'pupil. ON THE INSIDE Diocesan' 7 Editorial 6 Entertainment 8 Sports 10 The Mass 9 .Commentary ....,., 13 Latin America 3 IF YOU MOVE . .. let us know about it so we can keep your Courier coming to you on time. Phone or mail us ,riotice 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. Governor and the 'State of the State'. What Rockefeller Said ... on Blaine Amendment I recommend that, at this session, there be a first passage of a constitutional amendment to repeal the Blaine Amendment to the State Constitution and to substitute the less restrictive language of the federal Constitution on separation of church and state. 1 am confident the latter provisions will amply safeguard the rights of all the people while affording greater flexibility in meeting the educational needs ol all the people, By giving first passage this year to a constitutional amendment to repeal the Blaine Amendment, you will avoid a possible three-year delay in implement- ing recommendations for State aid to non-public schools, Failure to act this year would result in postponing the opportunity for the people to .consider this issue until 1973, at the earliest. ... on Abortion Reform I continue to believe very strongly that the state's archaic abortion law must be changed. Two years ago, I appointed a panel of distinguished citizens to review the law and to make recommendations. The special commission's report and hearings by the Joint legislative Com- mittee on the Problems of Public Health have contributed greatly to public understanding of the present law's harmful and' often tragic consequences. Recently, the state's law and similar statutes in other jurisdictions have come under attack in state and federal courts across the nation, I urge you to resolve the differences of the past and to give favorable action to much-needed legislation on abortion reforms. Reaction to Message Varied Across State Albany — Reaction to the 1970 State of the State message by New York's Gov. Rockefeller was swift and varied. Some topics of special interest to the Catholic p'eople of the state in the message are: • Universal Health Insurance •which will benefit the state because it will require every employer to have it for his employes. It will bring hundreds of thousands of additional workers under protection. It should also reduce medicaid costs. Those now without health insurance protec- tion who are almost entirely depend- ent on medicaid because of their low income would find their insurance covering a part of their medical bills and reducing their claims for assist- ance on the state, Both the business community and organized labor have been opposed to the plan in the past Business be- cause it would represent another cost to them; labor because they want greater benefits than, those suggested by the program. • Welfare restoration will help some. The Catholic Committee sup- ports the governor's proposal to re- store some of the welfare aid cut out by the 1969 legislature. However, this represents barely a beginning in meeting present needs. It merely (Continued 6S Page 2) New Role for King's Prep: Pioneer in Experimentation By ARTHUR P. FARREN Bishop Hogan this week proposed that \new dimensions be added\ to King's Prep, a diocesan high school on Buffalo Road, to make it \an institution for pioneering in the field of educational experimentation.\ Presenting his suggestion at a meet- ing of high school principals of the diocese Tuesday afternoon at Cardi- nal Mooney High School in Greece, he asked the principals to study his proposal and to give him reactions. In effect, the Bishop's proposal would remove King's Prep from the diocesan seminary structure. It would ,be supported in part from other diocesan funds than the seminaries' budget Presently the school, although co- educational, is financially part of the seminary structure with Becket Hall and St. Bernard's Seminary. Could not King's Prep, he asked, \serve as a catalytic agent in the edu- cational community? Could it not be Catholics Urged To Take Part In Unity Week ' Washington — (NC) — The coun- try's Catholics were urged to join with other Christians \in the holy task of restoring the unity of the fol- lowers of the Lord.\ The call was issued by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in heralding the 1970 observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from Jan. 18 to 25. Acting through its Committee for Ecumenical and Interreliglous Af- fairs, the NCCB reminded that the Second Vatican Council mapped four major routes on the path toward unity. They are: • \Through the work of dialogue whereby everyone gains a truer knowledge and more just appreci- ation of the religious life of the dif- ferent Christian communions. • \Through cooperation between Christians in the duties demanded by the Christian conscience for the com- mon good of humanity. • \Through prayer in common with one another. • \Through undertaking with vigor that task of renewal and re- form of which the Church is always in need and without which there can be no ecumenism worthy of the name.\ The NCCB said since Hie Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumen- ism was issued five years ago, great strides have been made in the work toward Christian unity. \In all this our goal remains that voiced in the Decree oa Ecumenism, namely, that little by little, as the obstacles to perfect ecclesiastical communion are overcome, all Chris- tians will be gathered in a common celebration of the Eucharist in that unity which from the beginning Christ has willed for His Church,\ the NCCB statement said. Pope Pleads for Mercy to Biafr By PATRICK KILEY (NC News Service) Vatican City — While Nigerian federal troops tightened the noose around the expiring Republic of Biafra, Pope Paul VI moved on sev- eral fronts to forestall anything like the slaughter Biafrans have, declared would follow their defeat 'as night follows day. Shortly after speaking publicly of \the terror-filled possibility of re- prisals and slaughter,\ the Pope dis- patched his apostolic nuncio in West Africa back to the Nigerian capital with a personal message to Gen. Yakubu Gowon, head of federal Ni- geria's military government. The nuncio, Archbishop Amelio Poggi, flew out of Rome for Lagos Jan. 12 with the Pope's message the same day Biafra surrendered. It was not revealed what the message con- tained, but the Pope's publicly ex- pressed fears and the swiftness of his action indicated that it was an appeal to Gowon, as a Christian, to do all in his power -to prevent the feared massacre of Ibos. Ibo tribes- men constituted the vast majority of the Biafran population. Tribal hatreds and economic rival- ries between the Ibos and other sec- tions of the Nigerian population, especially the Hausas of the North- ern Region, played a principal role' in the' decision of Ibos of Nigeria's Eastern Region to declare the inde- pendent Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967. \ The very day Archbishop Poggi carried the Pope's message to Lagos, Pope Paul addressed another appeal to diplomats accredited to the Holy See. He asked therii to urge their governments to send observers to the battle-devastated region. He made it clear that he hoped the presence of such official observers would act as a deterrent to possible excesses on the part of the conquer- ing troops. To the crowds gathered the previ- ous day Jan. 11 in St Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing, Pope Paul said the war in Africa \seems to be reaching its ( conclusion, with the ter- ror-filled possibility of reprisals and of slaughter of a defenseless popula- tion worn out by hardships, by hun- ger and by the loss of everything.\ \But a fear torments public opin- ion that the victory of arms may bring with it the killing of innumerable persons. Some fear even a species of genocide, although we want to ex- clude such a horrible hypothesis for the honor of the African people and of the authorities who themselves have ruled it out With many explicit assurances.\ A spokeswoman for Caritas Iiiter- nationalis, the international Catholic relief organization that has been one of the principal suppliers of food and other necessities to the people of Biafra, described the situation there as \an apocalypse.\ She said that 1.5 million civilians had died in Biafra from starvation and bombings, \and it is sure thfc* a great many more will starve now She said all communications had been broken between Biafra and Joint Church Aid, the interchurch re- lief organization that includes Caritas Internationalis, when Biafra sur- rendered. \But even if we succeed in re-estab- a lishing an airbridge and a food dis- tribution system, the people will stay in hiding in the bush. We would be unable to get the food to them. Many will starve rather than expose them- selves to what they think is sure slaughter.\ One of the missioners who flew out on that flight said there was \little immediate danger\ for the missioners still inside. He added: \But it could be a long time before communications are reopened.\ Italy Takes Action On Rome Slums After Papal Plea Rome — (RNS) — Shanty towns and slums in Rome's outskirts, re- cently brought to public attention by a Christmas visit from Pope Paul, will receive $100 million worth of construction aid from the Italian Pub- lic Works Ministry. According to Italian Radio, the ministry set aside the funds to rid Rome of its dilapidated shack areas. They are inhabitated by about 70,000 poor people from rural areas who, over the past few years, have occu- pied empty empty buildings. The Pope also received a New Year's delegation from the Rome slum area and made a strong plea that something be done for the shanty town dwellers. The pontiff reportedly met with Rome's mayor and city council, urg- ing them to do something for the slum dwellers. a pilot project, an experimental lab, an educational test-tube where new student and teacher techniques and programs might be prudently but boldly attempted to the ultimate benefit of Catholic secondary educa- tion in the Diocese of Rochester?\ Could it not, he continued, \serve in the role of educational leadership? This would not be a reversal of roles for the school. It would not be a de- parture from the original purpose of training for Catholic leadership — that purpose still would prevail.\ Bishop Hogan's proposal was the second major step he has undertaken in the educational field since his ordination, Nov. 28 as seventh Bishop of Rochester, The first was the re- cent appointment of Sister Patricia Donovan, RSM„ former principal of Notre Dame High School in Elmira, to conduct a six-month, intensive sur- vey of the entire diocesan school sys- tem. Terming himself \an optimist who would like to declare a moratorium on the downgrading of our Catholic school system,\ the Bishop noted that he has placed Catholic education high on his list of priorities, and stressed that \I truly believe we offer a priceless education — a plus in character formation and religious training which cannot have a price tag placed on it.\ In essence, Bishop Hogan's pro- posal for King's Prep was that it be a co-ed high school experimenting with.innovations in both teacher and student concepts expanding from \the personal to the institutional level.\ In asking for the principals' coun- sel, he said: \I would like to see King's Prep as a joint effort, capitalizing on the cor- porate wisdom of all our diocesan secondary school personnel. I would like to see it viewed by all our high BISHOP HOGAN .. . eyes on education schools as a laboratory in which they might test and try any programs and projects which ultimately might re- dound to the benefit of our entire secondary educational system. \There are a number of programs which could be tested,\ he suggested; \There could be curriculum pro- grams such as teaching courses in less time, adding completely new ones, following a different school year, getting students more involved with the world outside through field- service courses, using a more inter- disciplinary approach to the teaching of theology to got the message of Christ's teaching to today's teen- ager.\ (Continued on Page 2) Bp. Hogan Emphasizes New Changes in Liturgy By ALEX MacDONALD Thorough instruction of the entire diocese in the purpose and form of the latest revisions in the Sunday Eucharistic celebration is the pur- pose of seven regional meetings ar- ranged by the Diocesan Liturgical Commission which Bishop Hogan will address this week and next. Three sections of the Mass, un- touched in previous renewals of the liturgy, have been revised by Vati- can directive and will be used in all parishes of the diocese beginning Sunday, March 22. Discussion meetings for laity and for clergy, instructional leaflets dis- tributed at Masses, special homilies to be preached on the Sundays in Lent and publicity in news media of the diocese will prepare the parishes for the changeover, according to Msgr. William H. Shannon, of Naz- areth College, diocesan director of the Liturgical Commission. Bishop Hogan met with the Liturgy Committees of the Southern Tier in Elmira last Sunday evening, spoke to similar parish committees at three places in the Rochester area this week and will visit Auburn next Sunday evening and Geneva on Monday night for other area discussions. In a letter sent to all priests last week the Bishop gave \full endorse- ment\ to the work of the Liturgical Commission. He said he was \anxious to spend every effort to bring to reality in this diocese what Vatican II envisioned in liturgical reform: the full and active participation by all the people.\ Asking for the leadership of the priests In teaching parishioners about the liturgical modifications to come in March, the Bishop declared; \This will require a wholehearted support of the changes, a thorough under- standing and an enthusiastic presen- tation of them.\ Use of the new modifications, he told the priests \calls for a greater flexibility in the ordering of the liturgy and a willingness io use the many options which the revised rites make possible.\ The new structure of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission divides all the parishes of the Auburn area into three groups, all the Elmira area into five groups and the Rochester area into seven groups. These 15 groups have been hold- ing monthly \area meetings\ where priests and laity from every parish have been learning about the forth- coming revisions in the liturgy of the Mass, Baptism, Matrimony and Christian Burial. The monthly discussions, usually running for two hours, have given priests and laity interested in the parish liturgy opportunity to learn the liturgical developments and the reasons which have prompted them. Msgr. Shannon, explained the depth of the instructions, said: \We have been aiming at an extensive catechesis of all the people through (Continued on Page 2) A Visit with tlie Mayor Rochester Mayor Stephen May discusses such problems as the inner city and schools in an article by Courier-Journal staffer John Dash. (Story is on Page 7.)
