News Scrapbook 1969-1971

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THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSOAY, AP.RIL 1, 1971 Pa11e 5 Answer Please! Question: What is the law about receiving Communion in the hand? Paul VI has permitted YOUR QUESTIONS on Church doctrine , morals, history, theology - terreligious affairs of the American Jewish Committee, and a leading Jewish ecumenist, expressed some alarm. He said he regards the Christian ecumenical movement as among "the most significant religious develop-

SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE By STEVE KARMAN The faculty senate has again voted in favor of mid-year disqualification of academi<.:ally deficient students. Traditionally, students were disqualified for academic defi• c1ency only at the end of the spring semester. In the past two years probationary students were dropped at midyear as well, at the recommendation of the faculty senate's academic policy and planning committee. The action was taken to combat "the enrollment crunch" according to Dr. David Farris, senate sec- retary. He explained that it was the committee's aim to open

any subject raised in matters of faith - are welcomed. Questions submitted to Answer Please ! are an- swered by individual mem- bers of the Reli,ious Studies De art o e nivers1ty of San Diego, Ms&r - Johh R. Por!m~n. chairman. The answers should not be interpretecj as a con - sensus of opinion within the department but the reply of the writer whose name appears. Address questions to: Answer Please!, The Southern Cross, Diocesan Office, Alcala Park, San Diego, 92110 . the hazards a priest undergoes a t Communion time: first, a good number of people do not extend their tongues at all, and trying to place the host in their mou th bec omes a ma j or problem . Then there are the people who " lunge" at the priest a t the last moment._ F inally, in ca rpeted churches people flave a way of shuffling up the aisle, picking up enor- mous amounts of static elec- tricity , the shock for both priest and layman is mutual and harr owing . Warren J . Rouse, OFM Question : I have read somewhere that the Jews rega r d Christian ecumenism as a threat. Is this so? In a recent state nt on this point Ra bb.i Marc H ; a nen- baum, nationa l direc tor of in-

national conferences of bishops to decide this matter. F ra nce, Canada, Germany and Belgium now have Communion in the hand as a matter of course. The American bishops voted 115 in favor and 107 against this on an optional basis. But the Roman document required a 2/3 majority I So the bishops will probably take up this matter a t another meeting soon. Certainly the reception of the host in the hand was the com- mon practice for at least nine centuries and is in keeping with article 14 of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy : "In the restoration and promotion of the sacred liturgy, this full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all else ... " Add to this the instruction that altar breads should have the appearance of bread, tha t by baptism the whole body (not just the tongue> is consecrated, and we have theological and historical foundation for a return to this practice. Where it has been introduced, the people mus t be given freedom to receive in the " traditional" way. Moreover, communion in the hand is not a " help yourself" matter : either the minister places the host in the com• municant's hand, or holds the ciborium (container > while the person reaches in. In both cases the minister of the sacrament says "The Body· of Christ" and the person an- swers, "Amen." Probably the main objection to communion in the hand is the thought of " irreverence." Actually, this practice is safer and more sanitary than placing the host on the tongue. The layman doesn ' t realize

ments of the 20th century. But some of the directions in which it has been steering, or drifting, have begun to stir considerable uneasiness among Jews. " If the choice is intra- Christian hatred and conflict, or love and unity , clearly most Jews would prefer the latter. " Christian ecumenism in certain of its present in- stitutional arrangements threatens to undermine 'the three major faiths ' formula of American society, with the possibility of reducing Judaism and the Jewish community to second-class status • the cha- racteristic status of Jews throughout much of their history in the Christian West. " The Va tican has a special 'Secretariat on Catholic-Jewish Relations ' and the U.S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops has established an American version of this secretariat. No American mainline Protestant denomination has any such . . . comm1ss10n. "Many Jews feel today that they have not only a right to confront their Christian neigh- bors and friends with such critical questions , but in fact have a moral responsibility to do so, while there is still time to change." !This is only an extract from his statement. - Ed.)

more spaces f~r new students by more frequent elimmation of those who were unqualified to handle college work. Difficulties in adminis- tering the new policy agai n forced the issue before the senate last week fo r reconsid- eration. The student council is con- ducting an investigat ion of state's Police Community Re- lations Training Institute (POST). The investi gation was prompted by what coun- cil member Rudy Sanchez de- scribed as a failure of POST to meet the qualifications that the council has placed on it since it has been on

EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE - ,Msffir. I. Brent Eagen , diocesan chancellor, ac- cepts National Conference of Christians ·and Jews citation for "extraordinary service and leadership" in human relations. The award was presented at the NCCJ San Diego Region's 43rd annual dinner by Murray D. Goodrich,. national board member. - Staff photo

STEVE KARMAN campus. The Institute was set up on campus to meet the needs of blacks, Chicanos, and others who are daily affected by com- munity relations with the pohce. UNIVERSI TY OF SAN DIEGO By OSCAR RODRIGUEZ The USD Opera workshop will present two evenings of Mo- zart's operas, Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Giovanni, at 8: 15 p,m, Friday and Saturday at Camino Hall Theater. Guest artists will be Berta Long, soprano; Richard Schass- berger, tenor; Anthony Guerra, baritone, and Robert Caruso, bass baritone. Jlana Mysior, director of the opera workshop, and B. Jeffrey Brown, duo-pianists, will accompany the per- formances. Two artists, Patrick X. N1dorf and Conchita Vesco, whose works are pervaded by a mystic vision are on exhibit at the USD library until the end of April. Nidorf's transient figures

T,vo Mozart O}le as set h)T JLS~~\ror.}~~~1011 cast The Univer.s1 lv of San Die- prano. Dei,pina.. Sdiassberg· o- 0 Opera Workshop \\ Jlt"pfe· er, Fera~do. )Ti<:hacl Stcph- ~ nt two e,·cnings of ::llozart ens. baritone. Gu~helmo and ~pera5, "Cosi Fan Tutte" and Raymond E3sl, bass bari tone, "Don Gio, ann i,'' April 23 and Don Alfonso. 24; . , , . The title role in "Doh Gio- D1c per fmmances will be annf' will be ~uni:: bv Caru- gi, en ii: Cammo Hal_! Thea_ler ~o. Other members 0 of the a~ 8:1..> P m. Ilana 11 Y;~ 10 :• · cast are East as Lcporello: director of the opera \I o~k- Linda lirsino \oratura ~o- shop._ and B. ~effrey Bro,rn; prano, Donna Eh ira; Eliza- duoprnnists, will accompany beth Rickefellcr, soprano, the pcrform_ances._ Zerlina· Guerra :ITasetto: Guest .arti,ts will be Berta :\lrs. Long. Donna .\nna. and Long, soprano, R I ch a rd scJ,as.sbergel', Don Ottavio. Schassbergel', tenor: Anthony . . . Guerra. baritone. and Rober t 1 he l:SD Opera Workshop Caru. o bass baritone. Caruso Chorus will also accompany is also a member of the 1·sn the performances. 1\Jembers music faculty or the chorus are :\larguenle Performer:~ 111 ''Cost Fan Deegan. D horah Cu:i1er, A · Tutte·• will bl' Jean Karlan, nettc Foster, _;\\.ll y Kenned, soprano, as Fiordellgi: :\1ary :\Ian .Jane Ol1ve1 ~larv .\na Jane Oliver, mezw, Dora• Kapps, Richard n~1ch . an bella· Kathleen Fleming so- )!isscs Karlan and F lem1ng. .

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are captured in timeless, lim.- itless space with a spiritual and moral theme. "They por- tray life as it exists, with hunger, pain and Jove in man's soul," he says. The Vesco works, on the other hand, weave such sub- jects as old people, buildings, birds. and flowers, into rhyth- mic compositions with philo- sophical and metaphysical implications. Otto Lang, Hollywood di- rector and producer of "Tora! Tora! Tora!", will present a communica!Ion arts course during the USD summer session.

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The course, titled "Film Analysis: An insight into motion picture making," will be offered during the regular six-week session, June 21 to July 30. U.S. INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY By MARY ROBBINS A number of changes in campus living will take place on the Cal Western campus at the beginning of the fall quarter. Some of the changes were instigated by the United Halls Council, a group of representatives from the eight dormitories on_ the cam~us. The council was organized in late January to brmg the views of the student body to the attention of the student council. They developed a questionnaire dealing with

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current issues and problems concerning resident students and circulated it among about one-third of the student body to gather a sampling of op1mon. The new rulings which came out of the student coun- cil meeting earlier this month dealt with hours and the sign- out system. The survey indicated that the majority of students op- posed enforced hours for all but first quarter freshmen women. The new system adopted by the council calls for enforced hours for all freshmen women, but re- lieves sophomore women of

MAIN SPEAKER was Rev. Richard D. Jones of Toronto, a Methodist minister and president of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, who said today's society with its high standard of living is like a "bright light surrounded by the shadows of social ills." Such shadows as discrimina- tion, crime and poverty in the midst of plenty must be elim- inated, he said. "People in a country founded on Judea-Christian prin- ciples ," he emphasized, " should unite their efforts for the good of California, the United States and the world." THE INVOCATION was delivered by Rev. Melvin Harter of Pioneer United Church of Christ, executive director, San Diego County Ecumenical Conference. Rab- bi Joel Goor of Temple Beth Israel gave the benediction. In accepting his citation, Msgr. Eagen shared his award with his parents, who were present, for setting an early example of Christian Jove and brotherhood in the home and ·among neighbors. He also pointed to the presence of Bishop Maher and a large number of priests as another example of the growing ecumenical spirit in the com- munity. MSGR. EAGEN was cited particularly for his "ex- traordinary service and leadership" in the NCCJ's Interreligious Committee, the San Diego County Ecumenical Conference, community affairs and the Catholic Church.

SAN DIEGO - A man of faith works for peace, affirms human freedom and loves God and man, Bishop Leo T. Maher told the National Conference of Christians and Jews' annual citation dinner Tuesday. He also called on all believers in God to work together for a . community united in bonds of charity and faith . The NCCJ 's San Diego region presented citations to a priest and two laymen for outstanding contributions to better human relations. CITED WERE Msgr. I. Brent Eagen, chancellor of the San Diego diocese; Dr. Herbert York , acting chancellor, University of California at San Diego, and Richard T. Silber- man, vice chairman, board of directors , Southern California First National Bank. " Men of faith," $aid Bishop Maher, "know that no one has ever really spoken about God who has not habitually spoken to him. A good test for genuine theology is whether it creates a desire and a need for prayer. "It is prayer, in intellectual debate, which is the first con- dition of preserving the faith. The very purpose of theology is prayer and contemplation.'

MARY ROBBINS the need to observe hours. Under the new system the sophomore women will be issued keys to the residence halls as are juniors and seniors under the present system. . The council approved a United Hall Councils recommenda- tion to abolish the current sign-out system for women. Next year Just those s_tudents y;ith hours (freshmen) will be ex- pected to provide mformahon of their whereabouts. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA By SUSAN GRAVES A series of poe~ry readi_ngs and theater presentations spon- sored by the Umted Native Americans, a student group on ca~pus, will be present~d in the UCSD Art Gallery beginning Fnday. Poet Simon Ortiz will be the first guest in the series and will speak at 1: 30 p.m. Further information on the series may he obtained by calling the campus pro<>ramming board The Bakersfield High School Symphony" and Chamber Or- chestras_ will give a free concert in UCSD's gymnasium at 10 a ._m., Friday. The g_roups also will play at San Diego State and will tour the educational facilities of both UCSD and San Diego

State and discuss college and career plans with their hosts. The concert at UCSD will in- clude works by Handel Mo- zart,' Hindemith and Stravinsky, as well as "pop" selections from "Hair" and ' 'Oliver." A fund-raising concert fea- turing jazz pianist Herbie Hancock will be presmtcd Saturday at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. The concert will raise money for UCSD's stu- dent emergency loan fu nd. Ticket info rmation is a vail- able through the program- ming board. Graduate students in music will give an informal concert

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The cross rising above the palms foreshadows the events of the coming week from Palm Sunday to the glory of Easter, following the Crucifixion. Scene cap- tured on USD campus where the cross on the lmrnacu- lata chapel rises above the palm trees outside dio- cesan office. - Staff photo

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SUSAN GRAVES of new cornpos11ions Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, build ing 409, Matthews Campus. The compo~itions range from instrumental pieces through electromc and tape-manipulated music to a piece per• formed by members of UCSD's chamber chorus.