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Some More
Be
Proud
Of Mr Schools
Editor;
-Orchids (or more fittingly
prayers) f(ll Father Albert Shamon for lis article "What
Cath olic Schools DifferMakes
ent"
(Courtier-Journal)
I f was ojiost welcome especially coming from our dioc-
esan vicat : "or- education. As a
lay person,
I have been bugged
for some t i n e over our literally
"hiding our lights under a
bushel."
I receive^ only four years of
education, ages 8
Catholic
through 12l To quote Father
Shamon, c imenslon was added" to my/ life during those
four vulnepjable years. My phimeaning of life
iosophy
were fonriulated actually during .those ^ears.
I was not fortunate enough
to have r< tieived parochial education at ftigh- school and college levels but feel the "foundation" was(I firmly laid in four
years of dedicated guidance
and teaching in p a r o c h i a l '
school.
Surely QUI scjrools. need and
should rec$w e financial aid but
not at the cost of" dodging our
heritage, let us call a spade a
spade, standi up and be counted.
Thank yoj f a t h e r Shamon,
and God b! ;s you.
Kay Sullivan
Lilac Drive
Rochester
Parents Weak
On
Doctrine
Editor;
It is of
Jeep concern t o m e
that eathdl parents show such
\
iount of ignorance
a gross
their
faith and beregarding
p
|rents
cannot teach
liefs: children
If jJi
—i simple doctrines
their
such as preparation for
Of faith
Communion Confession a n d
Confirmation. why then does
the,
Church accept children
ffom such jamilies? Does it not
merely perpetuate future, indifferent and ignorant parents
of doctrine*'
'Some maly ask who can refuse a chile Jesus? My answer
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is a further question, who will ing God and neighbor and
assure u s that t h e child wiir working these out in practical
mature as a thinking; practice
ways.
!
ing Christian, if h e i s raised, in
In my opinion, the whole
meeting primarily concerned*
living where example speaks renewal and there • w a s an urlouder than words? Why are
we so sentimentally foolish
pie attending that seemed to
when we say "God- will look.
be at the point of an explosive
after them" and then sit back force, being controlled with
and do nothing t o insure a fu- great difficulty. This urgency
ture generation of earnest,
knowledgeable and s i n c e r e for renewal stemmed fromj a
recognition of realities of priest
Christians?
Our Bishop wonders and i s friends and sister friends apd
quite concerned about "early
lay people friends and youhg
marriages" and i l now request- people f r i e n d s leaving the
ing priests to make sure t h e
Church.
young people receive adequate
instruction b e f o r e allowing
Practical means of implementhem to be married in the
tation were suggested such as
Church. This is good. However,
immediate education of the
I think he should get at t h e clergy as to these matters.i a
source of the problem — the body sent from t h e pastoral ofparents and home life. Unless fice to meet with a minimum
we strengthen the f a m i l y
of 15 lay people and t h e pasthrough education- as a family, tor from each parish, recogfii- ,
we will continue to have A & P
. Catholics . . . Catholics who are tion of racism in the Church
and going about the ways to
unbelievably ignorant of the combat
i t and also to havei a
simplest doctrines of faith and
have remained frozen at about
an 8th grade level of Christian
would revive our Spirit for tihe
doctrine, if that. If you think I
week instead of it being a litam wrong-1 challenge, tge diocurgy that we have to work Up
esan office" to take a survey —
all our spirits, for t o go to Ijlie
a questionnaire of Catholics in Mass. This last suggestion jby
this diocese — questions at the the way was made by a priest
primary level of doctrine —
with much concurrence fr<>m
and I daresay 75% will have
t h e laity.
failed.
Margaret M. Joynt
Anne B. Christoff
Sandpiper Lane
Rochester
Pittsford
an indifferent family style of
geney expressed by the 80 pjo-
liturgy in each parish that
implies, to be precise, that
With Story
Editor:
I attended the meeting at
Becket Hall Oct. 16 and 17. The
Courier-Journal article stated
that it was t h e consensus that
parish councils should hot be
"mandated!'. I n m y opinion it
was the consensus that parish
councils were not advocated
which would be mere extensions of a, board of trustees but
they were insisted upon as not
only necessary but urgently necessary as bodies of true renewal in liturgy, social action
and the community life of the
parish.
I would just like t o add to
the report in the Courier that
renewal was defined uniformly
as getting back to the original
message of Christ to the
simple commandments of lovPOLITICAL ADVETISEMENT
whq was filled with remorse,
while he can rest, he'd better.
-who said . . . "I have sinned
His pace tm been far t w mush
, , , i nay? betrayed, innocent
for one man t o bear, a n d ML
Magdalene and h i s f r i t e n < i s
blood . . . » (Matthew. 2?.-94>.
Does n o t Superstar- show h i s
would keep toe world frlom Ms
agony most eloquently?
door for this little while that
he might sleep. To imply sexuality in this is over-reaching.
Does she not say . . :. '". . . so
forget all about us. tonight"
...?
Were not bread and wine
served at the Last Supper?
Though the music may agitate you, you can't close your
eyes to i t s merits. I t may b e ir-
reverent, hut weren't they then
and aren't w e now? It i s a stark
portrayal of Chri?t as human,
which he was as well. But it
isn't blasphemous. It h a s
Does this make drunkards, of
the Apostles because they sing
. of wine and woe?
Luke 22:41-44 shows Jesus as
wishing this cup to be taken
away, if God is willing, even as
in Superstar he says . . . "God,
they will i s hard . . . take me
now before I change m y mind."
And see John 17:12, referring
to Judas. Are not all things
-known to Qod, who yet allows
our free will to lead u s to
where ' He alone knows. So
Judas chose. The compassion
Superstar has for Judas is one
of its most beautiful features.
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reached many who are turned
off by formaUty, and turned
them on, through its realism
and compassion.
Mary Risewick
Sahara Drive
Rochester
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Control of Gates By One
Political Party means the
interests of the taxpayer
are often overlooked. Let
Superstar Seen
As Human
Disagrees
We,| who are taught not to
judge, c a n w e not-pity this man
his Soul Was troubled- (John
12:27). "Everything's Alright"
your voice b e heard.
VOTE ROW B
Editor:
By now y o u may be assailed
with the pros and cons of Superstar. Though not wishing to
undertake a personal vendetta
with Mrs/ Hober (Courier-Journal 10-20-71), I'd enjoy refuting
JAMES COPPINI
Gates Supervisor
Position 3 B
her objections.
Superstar, is a rock opera. If
you don't like rock (and you'd
find yourself in many a mujsic
critic's company), you'll have! t o
hoe harder to weed out the reasons foi? not liking ft. But music
aside, it still stands on its own
merits.' Superstar's idea is j tosee Jesus as the men of his day '
saw him . . . the crowds, t h e
Magdalenes, the Judases, the
friends, the Romans. Until the
Last Supper, surely even his
Apostles did not know his true .
identity (John 16:28-31).
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Scripture shows, h e admitted
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For
Effective. Positive
Responsive
Representation
Vote Row A
for
Judge Charles L.
f%
WILLIS
in
CITY
COURT
Vote Row 4A
or
Nicholas GaqHano
County Legislator 16th District
t
Courier-Jouitnal
Wednesday, October 27, 1971
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