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Christian Unity Prayer Week To Start Here Ch urches 'and other religious organizations here will observe the annual worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to- morrow through Jan. 25. A major event of the obser- vance here will be the first an- nual assembly of the San Diego Cow1ty Ecumenical Conference at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in More Hall at the University of San Diego. The closmg worship service will emphasize religious unity. Organized ·1ast Jan. 25, the Ecumenical Conference is pio- neering nationally in uniting denominations for Christian ac- tion. It has more than 100 Pro- testant and Catholic congrega- tions as members, with three Jewish and two other Protestant congregations as observers. WORLDWIDE MOVES Similar unifying movements are taking place throughout the I world, according to fhe Associ- ated Press. In this country. pro- posed unification of nine deno- minations is under study at the grass-roots level under the Con- sultation on Christian Unity (COCUJ. Af.ter the exploration period, previously set to end next Dec. 31 but recently extended to June 1, 1972, the plan will go before denominational conventions for ratification or rejection Negotiations on similar unifi- cation plans are u.nder way in 19 different countrie Co1 oli- dations have been completed in North India (emulatin a pio- neering union 23 years ago in South India), Pakistan, Japan, the Philippines, Belgium, Ja- maica and Madagascar. Since the stirrings of the ecumenical movement early in this century, a total of 80 deno- minational mergers have been accomplished througho11t the world. -COUNCILS ORGANIZED Meanwhile. interdenomina- tional councils - such as the San Diego County Ecumenical Conference, which replaced the former County Council of Churches here - have been or- ganized in many cities of the world. The Roman Catholic Vatican Council II in 1962-65 has given impetus to that denomina- tion's participation in such orga- nizations. Theme of the Ecumenical

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Pastor Disagrees With Fr. Wieser To Opinion Forum: Father , iser's article "Premarital ex - A Modern Term, Today's Problem," though well written, will do more harm than good. There is already plenty of permissiveness in our society, especially among the young people. This article, to a superficial reader, will open more avenues to sin, per- missiveness and free love as advocated today by many. There is already plenty of confusion today in our Catholic moral and theological issues. This article will create more confusion. The conclusion to permissiveness and confusion is more than a problem, more than a modern term . Anyone creating directly or indirectly permissiveness and confusion is not helping the unity of our Catholic faith and the proper interpretation of our moral theology. We, as priests, have a serious duty to stand firm against the evil forces undermining our Catholic faith, even the very structure of our Catholic church: permissiveness and confusion. Rev. Tullio Andreatta Pastor Our Lady of Mt. Carmel San Ysidro Level of Giving Hasn't Kept Pace To Opinion Forum: Your editorial of Dec . 3, 1970, (on Church finance ) compels me to comment. I will give you a few examples of why my level of giving has not kept pace in the last 10 years. One of our recent monthly diocesan collections was for the youth of the diocese, the ad- vertisements proclaiming that the money would be divided

Your Page Letters intende 1 for pub- lication (not morE than 200 words please) should be addressed to: Opinion Forum, The Southern Cross, Diocesan Office, Alcala Park, San Diego, 92110. Letters will be subject to editing where required. Names will be omitted by request. remember how many times they had committed this or that particular mortal or venial sin. Some priests would reprimand you if you ·couldn't. Now the way to the sacrament seems easier - for as Father Rouse says, go to Confession whenever you feel in a state of mortal sin. But I wish he had carried that a step further. With all these church reforms and long absences from Con- fes~ion, some of us are not clear when we are committing a mortal sin . If he had cited.some examples, it would have helped. When in doubt, we can always visit the confessional box. But then we might ask, "Is this trip necessary?" Good Catholics have some of these answers, of course. Why not spell them out for those who don 't? S.B. San Diego r Father William J. Bau.sch in his book " It is the Lord" says: "Real mortal sin (is) the act or persistent series of serious acts that weave a pattern of unlove and selfish- ness that ultimately exclude God. It should be obvious that mortal sin is relatively rare in the life of a good Christian." Father Rouse re- ferred to this and other books for Catholics to read in an effort to inform themselves 1n Confession. - Ed) s.~ l•II·?/ Roundtable On Radio A better understanding those who to Confession should encourage hesitated going because they couldn't

the financial statement of our Council, Spanish Trails , we do not receive any money from the San Diego diocese, although there are Girl Scouts in Upland, Ontario, Montclair, Alta Loma, Cucamonga, and Etiwanda. A drive was conducted at our school a year or so ago to benefit the Biafrans. A notice was sent home about the suc- cess of the candy sale, noting that 47 per cent of the total went to the Biafrans, a scandalously low figure in my opinion. Now, according to newspaper reports, the Bishops are mounting a fund-raising campaign of some proportion to combat poverty and injustice. It seems to me that with the experience in failure that both the Federal Government and the Episcopal Church, to name just two, have had in dealing with these problems by doling out funds, that people should not really be willing to contribute. When a parishioner inquired of a pastor if the pastor might give us a financial report on our parish, he replied in effect that finances were really none of the parishioners' business and he could take care of it. Catholics are not keeping pace with their contributions? Small wonder! Mrs. John W. Eagle, Jr.

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Priestly Voices in Song

The World Campus Afloat has carried about 4,500 students in the past six years, and in the picture Father Carrier is seen talking to two of them from USD - Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fox of Orange. I see the college has now been given the Queen

It's time we had an adjunct to the Society for the Pre s erva tion of Barbershop Quartets, known as SPOBBQ. The newcomer could be the SPOBBQPP and would be for the preservation of barbershop quartets of pastors and priests. In these days when we don't get so much chance to hear p riest s singing solo at Mass it has been a great pleasure to hear them sing on other, more social oc- casions. I've heard so many fine Irish, and non-Irish priestly tenors recently that it seems a pity to waste the talent. Am ong the monsignors it is a matter for debate as to the best, but it's pretty close running between Msgr. Thomas Moloney of Our Lady of Grace, Msgr. Edward Cr ei ghton of All Hallows or that great king of Coronado, Msgr . John Purcell, whose voice is still true and pleas ureable . They tell me that 30 years ago he was unbeatable . Then there's the president of the University of San Dieg_o , Msgr. J ohn Bae r , who has a voice which evokes i'i'rnmories of his e1gbt years of musical study . He knows a diminished fifth from a minor sixth - if you know what I mean . And if we we r e to try to find a pair of singers to represent USD we could pair Msgr . Baer with lay trustee Franc isco (P a ncho) Marty . He swept everyone off their foet, m etaphorically at least, with his magnificent rend- ering of "Grenada" a t the reception for Msgr . William Spa in . Pancho was the first student body president at the former College for Men. Tilt' Rt'l" eption Circuit Talking of r eceptions reminds me of something Bishop P a trick F lores told me when he was here. He said that since he ha d becom e Bishop last August he has put on 30 pounds. " It's all this food we get at receptions and other oc- casions," he said, indic a ting the growing bulk around the belt. Rac k with a Beard? If Bishops c an put on weight, can priests be far behind? My picture of Father Ben Carrier does not indicate any growth in weigh t , but certarnly some growth on the chin. The pictur e, a s you can see, was taken on board the SS Ryndam, the floating campus on which the USD chaplain has been ser ving a s chaplain during its tour to the Mediterrane an and South American ports. He s hould be home in February and I am wondering ....

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The usual raised eyebrows gathered like storm clouds over the news that Nancy Sinatra married Hugh Lam- bert in St. Louis Church, Cathedral City last month. Letters and calls came in query and complaint, par- ticularly to Father Joseph Leissler, the pastor. The fact that the two had previously been married and divorced caused the consternation. How could they be married in church now - the church near Frank Sinatra 's desert home? The answer: although both profess Catholicism, neither had previously been married in church. Therefore there was no previous marriage in terms of Canon law. There was no "special permission from Rome" as some wilder news accounts related. None was necessary . Procession for Prelate Mariachis and the flower girls and boys are a heart- warming sight anywhere. My picture shows how they greeted Bishop Maher

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'Is This Trip Necessary?' To Opinion Forum:

After reading Father Rouse's article on Contess10n m The Southern Cross, Dec. 3, the question which came to mind was, " Is this trip necessary?" Of course his article helps to clear away confusion about the sacrament in the minds of some of us .

Colorful greeting for the Bishop recently on 5th Street, San Bernardino, when he was on his way to Our Lady of Guadalupe church. The procession formed a few hundreds yards from the church and friendly policemen diverted traffic for the occasion. Military Vicar of the We st Because of the preponderance of military bases in our diocese, the Bishop of San Diego is also the Military Vicar for Catholics in the Armed Forces for the West Coast. This position was certainly evident recently when Bishop Maher entertained 26 military chaplains at his home and was able to hear at first hand the state of the forces, both military and spiritual. It 's interesting to see where all these chaplains come from. Apart from one or two who are San Diego diocese priests, the others represent about 20 other dioceses. Among those serving in the many military establish- ments here are priests from dioceses as far apart as Albany, N.Y., Milwaukee, Louisville, Philadelphia and Dubuque, Iowa. The majority of the chaplains are, of course, at Navy or Marine bases, but as an old flyer I was pleased that a couple from March Air Force Base were among those " on parade" for the bishop's hospitality.

CUD News ~~ 'z-J- 7 1 Compiled by the Di~cesan CCD Office Family Life Series: Jan. 13-April 28, Wednesdays, 7:30.9 p.m., Serra Hall, Rm 226, USD. In';'.;ponse to the U.S. Bishops' pastoral letter, "H~man L~e in Our Day," this course is to prepare people to offer this Family Life Program in the parish to students and parents. The sixteen sessions, on such topics as social health education, Christian dimension of sex education and sexuality from a social, scriptural, psychological viewpoint_. and marital l~ve, will be conducted by experts in the fields of education, psychology, medicine, social work, and theology. 0,1e-Day Institute: "Youth and Unbelief' is the topic of Father Anthony Padovano, scheduled for Saturday, January 16, Aztec Center at San Diego State, 9:30 - 11 :45 a.m. From 2 to 4 p.m . there will be graded workshops on the following levels: grade school, junior high, high school and adult education. _ Reservations, $2 per pe rson , are now being taken by school of religion principals or the CCD Office. The event is for all adults and tickets may be purchased at the door. Adult Education Series: Thursday evenings beginning January 28 and running for eight weeks from 7 :30 - 9:30 p.m., adult sessions at the Five Centers (Marian High School, University of SD., Newman Center at San Diego State, Convent ol the Sacred Heart, San .Luis Rey Academy) on such topics as the Church Today, Morahty and our contemporary society, Christian Leadership, the Sacraments, Te ii hard de Chardin, Scripture, and Teacher-Student Rela- - tionships. . .Brochures for advanced registration have been sent to pastors, parish adult coordinators, CCD principals, and ca:n be obtained from our Office. Preschool Teacher Training: A five week preschool workshop for teacher preparation will begin Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7:30-10 p.m., All Hallow's Par- ish, La Jolla. Basic Methods: Jan.4 -Jan•. 25 (MWF), 7:30 - 10 p.m., St. Mary's, Escondido; Sister Alice Craig, 0 P. Jim. 12 - Feb. 11 (T,Th), 9:30 a.m.. - noon; St. Agnes, Point Lorna; Sister M. Cornelia, OP. 8asic Doctrine: Jan. 28-March 18 (Tuesdays); USD, Serra Hall, Rm 226; 7:30 10 p.m. (See page 6 for more information on lecture series.)

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Conference's assembly Jan. 24 will be that of the Week of Pray- er for Christian Unity, " Fellow- ship of the Holy Spirit." The Rev. Melvin H. Harter, execu- tive director, will present a col- J or slide filmed storv of the con- ference's founding and activities in five major areas - ecumenic- al relations, social concerns, Christian education , ~pecial ministries and public relations. Members of rommittees work- ing in those fields will meet sep- ralel, during the assembly to ~et goals I.or 1971. New confer- ~nce officers will be elected. 'I'he Rev. Msgr l Brent Eagen, phanccllor of the San Diego RO- man Catholic Diocese, wi II in- sta II the~ (. II, J/

Msgr. Henry Keane, pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Redlands, and Pat Boone, entertainer, are among the guests on Round- table this week on KFMB radio (760 AM). Roundtable is a program produced by The Southern Cross, aired at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. every Sunday. Msgr. Keane speaks on the future of the priesthood in a changing world. When sports pre-empts these times the program is broadcast at 9:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. Hosts on the program are Michael Newman, editor of The Southern Cross, and Father £harles Dollen, librarian 61 sb. - William George, a member of the San Diegp nty legal staff for the past four , has been elected president of the Univer- sity of San Diego School of""Eaw Alumni Association. Other new officers include Wes Harris, first vice president ; J ack McCabe, second vice presi- dent; Jim Boone, treasurer , and Ed Duggan, secretary. The board , which includes 11 new directors, will meet Jan. 25 to prepare plans for the associ- ation's coming year and also for the general meeting 'Of the State Bar of California, which will meet in San Diego this summer .

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Ecumeni I, Bible Events Scheduled A Berlin-born Pennsvlvania theologian who served as a de- legate - observer al Vatican Cuncil II in Rome will conduct a series of Old Testament studies and lead a Lutheran-Roman Cathol ic discussion here next week. Dr . Hagen Staack, chairman or the religion department at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., will direct the ~tudy series at 7;30 p.m. tomorrow through Wednesday at Calvary Lutheran Church, 30~0 54th St. At noon Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Staack will lead dialogue on im- plica tions of Vatican Council II in Lutheran-Roman Catholic rela- tions at a luncheon meeting in DeSales Hall at the Unjyersit):' of San Die o, Alcala Park. Au or of five books, includ ing "Living Personalities of the Old Testament'' and "The Gospel of Genesis,'' he has been featured c>n the national television net- 1\ork program. •·Frontiers of Faith " lie wa, givPn he Gabriel Award by the American Associ- ation o Cat. 1r Broadcasters for the bes t Prote !ant TV pro- gram in 1964. The l{e 1 Ur. taack's appcar- a~rc at U D will he sponsored by the Diocesa n E('umcnical Cornm1ssio11 in it hrs! Lu ther- an -Roman Catholic dialogue.

there are frontiers of the mind to explore," he quickly added. Kirk also had hopeful words for the future of private schools and colleges, particularly those Catholic. Probably none have been as hard-hit financially as the parochial schools. During the three years 1967-70 the number of Catholic elementary and secondary schools has dropped from 12,777 to 11,771. Kirk believes the historic concept of an unbreachable wall between church and state has been eroded by time and events. In the past two years at least six states have passed laws providing substantial general aid to private schools and similar bills are pending in a dozen other states. The criteria states now use to give aid to private schools vary m scope and extent. Kirk favors the voucher system as a "sound plan." Under this method the parents would receive vouchers which would aid in paying a pupil's education in an approved school of the parents' choice. The .voucher system is being considered on an experimental basis.

P ychologists Open~ Sessio Here Friday Approximately 1,000 persons sitivity training and ted to attend the Ut.h lemmas face~ by psychologists annual convention of the Gati- w~o appear tn court as expert . witnesses. ~r~a St.ate Psychological Asso- Other topics will be the bat- c1ation Friday through next Sun- tered child syndrome, psy- day at Hotel del Coronado. chology in government, meth- Kenneth B. Clark, president of adone treatment and sex educa- the American Psychological As- lion. sociation, and Bertrum W. A symposium to be held is Griffis of the Department of "What's It Like to Feel Pow- l!ea!th, Education and Welfare erless : Blacks, Women, Stu- will be principal speakers. dents, Homosexuals, Con- !'hey will deliver their talks sumers, Ex-Mental Hospital Saturday. Patients and Ex-Convicts - Our Dr. Wallace W. Lockwood, a Growing AwarenCis." San Diego psychologist and pro- Maurice J.. 7,emlick, 11 San gram chairman for the event, Diego psychologist, will be in- said topics te be presented in- stalled Friday as the new presi- l·l.'(. 7/ the di- are exp

Wednesday, January 27, 1971 USD Cancer Fund Reaches $15,000 The University of San Diego has announced that donations to the Battelle-Livingston Fund have reached $15,000. USD said the total represents more than 195 individual contri- butions and memorial gifts to the fund, which supports one phase of cancer research being conducted by Dr. Virginia Liv- ingston, associate professor of biology in residence. Dr. Livingston has isolated and identified a microorganism closely associated with certain cancers.

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DIRECTORY ARRIVES - Father Alfred Geimer, left, director of the USD Law School library, and Father Roger Lechner, vice-chancellor and secretary to the bishop, present a special-bound copy of the 1971 diocesan directory to Bishop Leo T. Maher. The two priests compiled the directory which is available be- ginning today. Orders are being taken through The Southern Cross office. · - Staff photo

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