News Scrapbook 1969-1971

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THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1970 BJ M~ A/t/Q,,., Silence for Those Golden Years VJ, !:up

In all the discussion about changes in the Church, I suppose nothing causes more comment than the changes in the Mass it.self. Correspondence reaching The Southern Cross indicates that many of those in the "golden years" hanker for the old ways, while the younger set like the movement and rhythm which the folk type Mass provides. That was to be expected. There is a great core somewhere in between - the younger middle aged - who ~ppear to ~e most con- servative, based on my entirely unsc1enttf1c personal survey. Brought up in a regimented, orde~ly faith, they find the relaxation of order not only worrymg but almost treason. A letter in "Opinion Forum" last week called for a "silent Mass" where there would be no announcements, no prayers aloud, no homily, just a silent "performance" and that sleepers could be excused for dozmg off. It's just as well Peter and the rest didn't doze off at the Last Supper. From Gunner to Monk In these days when a large proportion of our )'.OUn~ men do a stint in the defense forces the leap from f1ghtmg an part of his religious training _ Proud mother ~nd monk son Fred Tinker became Fr. Andrew before a crowd of friends and relatives at the Priory of St. Charles. Oceanside. Bearing an extraordinary likeness to his mother, the boy born in Los Angeles became the young monk on whom the brown habit fell with ease. He will continue his studies at the University of San Diego , You1ip; People Can Do It One of the most enjoyable evenings I have spent in a long time was a concert given by young, talented but amateur performers at Sherwood Hall, La Jolla, recently. It was called the Lyn Deems benefit concert because Lyn was their friend, and she died tragically from heart disease a few months ago. The teenagers - mostly from La Jolla High School - wanted to commemorate their friend by contributing to the Heart Fund. So they staged a concert. It proved for me that, given the i~spiration and the motivation our young people can do 1t. Leaders of the grc:ip happened to be two young Catholic brothers, Dick and George Lingenfelter, whose talent.s show tremendous potential. I not only enjoyed the concert thoroughly, but was most impressed by the sincerity and dedicati?n of_ the 20 youngsters who put it together. Lyn used to smg with them in th school Madrigal group - and this was "their thing" m return. And to think that the last time I was in Sherwood Hall it was to listen to a plausible charlatan dressed like a Catholic priest, complete with black and collar, who ex- pounded the "virtues" of Scientology. This d~ngerous psuedo-scientific, pseudo-religious cult has its own "hooked" generation unfortunately. enemy in battle to witness- ing for Christ in the world may not seem too great. It is always rather start- ling, however, to find that a young man, newly profess- ing vows to be a Benedictine monk, was a gunner in a helicopter two years ago. Now he is Frater Andrew, OSB. Then he was just plam Fred Tinker. Having completed the first

Those Catholic Legislators and Leaders My appeal for names of more Catholic legislators has so far produced small returns. How~ver,. Mrs.. l!oward Younglove (delightful name) of R1vers1de, d1ffldently offers her own name. She is welcome to the Club, beinE, a member of California's Air Resources Board. This board, with smog menacing our very existence ' here could well be one of the most important in the state. Bob Cozens, whom I mentioned before, is also on the board. Mrs. Younglove gives some practical advice on our in- dividual efforts to combat smog: use public transport, buy unleaded gas, know your car's pollution control, keep engines well'tuned. "Make the bicycle a status symbol," she says. "Must our sons and daughters clutter up our school parking lots with second-hand emission-spewing vehicles?'' Baptism in Cologne? Latest gimmick in a world already too full of them is "Holyland Blossom." It is "family cologne made from the waters of the Jordan River," according to the manufac- turers. Quite unrelated, but this reminds me of my own special "miracle" water - from Lourdes, the famous French shrine. I've been carrying around a quart of it for 15 years, and it has crossed the equator with me at least three times. Yet today it is still as clear as the day I filled the bottle on that hot summer day during the Lourdes centennial. Other Southern Cross More than 20 years ago I first came across that other Southern Cross - also a Catholic newspaper. It is truly a Southern Cross because it is published in Capetown, South Africa, and serves the whole of southern Africa for about 1 500 miles north and across the same area east and west. Our distribution problems with The Southern Cross in the San Diego diocese, widespread though it is, pale by com- parison. I said "truly" a Southern Cross because, as most people know, you don't see the constellation southern cross until you get a few degrees south of the equator In fact, search- ing the night sky for its first signs is one of the pleasant occupations to pass the time on a ship heading south under tropical skies. The cross moves through a complete arc across the sky each night, forever pointing with its lead stars towards the South Pole. It's about the only con- stellation I find easy to recognize. Too Dense to Sin Some of the question and answer columns in newspapers are pallid and oth~rs are vigorous. I liked the punchy, straight stuff which came from a Catholic column recently by Msgr. Ray Bosler. Here is the exchange, as printed: Q. Am I correct in thinking that a married couple may practice birth control by the rhythm method without committing sin? If so, why cannot a single fellow get relief from masturbation if he observes the same number of days of denial as the married couple making use of the rhythm method'? A. What the married couple performs is an act of love, a mutual giving of self. Masturbation is an act of selfishness, a turning in on self. If you can't distinguish the difference, you are too dense to be capable of sin.

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Land Deal USD Subsidy E Southern Cross Reporter

Good News The signing ceremony at first did not seem very in- teresting. It formally transferred acreage on Alcala Park campus from the USO corporation to the diocese of San Diego. The lot split handed over the diocesan office and the beautiful lmmaculata Chapel to the diocese. In effect, however. the deal recognized for the first time the separate entity or the University of San Diego in a land deal which passes ownership for the remaining acreage of diocesan property at Alcala Park to the USD corporation - ubject to a note or indebtedness. This heralds the way for the completely independent USO corporation to stand on its own feet, hopefully before long lo be under a single college president and single governing board, after the two colleges officially merge. Bishop Maher hailed the step as giving San Diego a stronger consolidated in- dependent university. He said that with th loss of direct diocesan financial aid, USO must rely more on community and indl\"idual support In this connection Msgr. Baer said that the university benefits the entire com- munity and always has been opened to all qualified students regardless of creed. USD is no longer a drain on diocesan funds - which will be good news all around the diocese.

SA DIEGO - The University of San Diego took last week the first legal major action toward severing it corporate ties with the Diocese of San Diego which has developed and partially supported the university since it was started 21 year ago. The USO corporation transferred to the Bishop of San Diego title to 8 40 acres of the Alcala Park campus on which land the Diocesan Office for Apostolic Mini try and Immaculata Chapel. USO also gave the Bishop a note for $1,930,458 ecured by a tru t deed on the campus' remaining 31.85 acres . Excluded was the land at the Student Sports Center which was acquired from the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare. The note bear no interest and is payable by USD at $50,000 a year beginning June, 1972. TOW RD' I DEPENDE CE Sigrung of the legal forms on Aug. 28 in Bishop Leo T. Maher' office, marked a big step toward USD financial independence from diocesan support and its further development as an independent institution of higher learning. It also paves the way for the corporate unification of the USD College for Men and Law School and the College for Women, operated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The two undergraduate schools already have consolidated academic departments, classes, and bu iness admissions and other offices. While USO will maintain its link with the Church, the transfer means the diocese will no longer have to sub idize the university. This subsidy has continued to decrea e through the years as a result of the college consolidation, and other recent improvements in Two years ago the subsidy was more than $500,000 but last year's subsidy was only $191,000. This year no subsidy will be needed. The College for Women has received no aid from the diocese since it began apart from the original land. Transfer deeds were signed by Msgr. John E. Baer, USD corporation president, which includes the men's college and law school, and Msgr. I Brent Eagen, corporation secretary. Value of transferred land was placed at $3.8 million. Total USD campus value is about $27.6 million - two- thirds owned by USD and one-third by the women's college (RSCJ) The two colleges' Boards of Trustees have named a committee to search for a new university president who will be top administrator for the coordinate colleges and law school. Bishop Maher observed that many clergy and lay applicants from all over the country have applied for the job. This, he said, points up the lure of the USO campus as an intellectual community and is significant at a time when about 300 other colleges are seaching for presidents. Msgr. Baer and Sister Nancy Morris, president of the women's college, also praised the transfer as clarifying the position of the diocese and USD and as giving USD and the college a legal boost toward complete unification. administration. UBSIDY GOE

MAJOR STEP - Lecal papers sicnad for transfer of diocese office and lmmaculata Chapel Alcala Park portion from USO to Diocese. Seated from left, M111r. I. Brent Ea11an, chancellor, Bishop Leo T. Maher,

Sister Nancy Morris, president, College for Women. Standing, Msgr. John E. Baer, USO president. Ceremony took pl2~e in the Bishoi,'s office at Alcala Park. - Staff Photo