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No. 2681. PERTH. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1974
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Use communications to preach the Gospel: Pope VATICAN CITY (NC). — Preaching the Gospel to the world "must in our time be carried out by means of the instruments of social communications," Pope Paul said in his message marking World Communications Day (Sunday, May 26). The message linked the role of Christians in the social communications field with the Church's ministry of spreading the Gospel to all men. The theme of the day is "Social Communications and Evangelisation in Today's World," and is tied in with the meeting this (northern) autumn of the World Synod of Bishops, which has evangelisation as its theme. In fulfilling the duty t o spread the Gospel, Christians were conditioned by the particular circumstances of each period in history and thus it must in our time be carried out by means of the instruments of social communications," the Pope declared. The Pope stressed that all Christian living in the world had the duty of giving witness to the Gospel and of contributing a "Christian leaven. a Christian influence" within his society.
DEMANDS In the world of social communications, "this Christian influence finds • To reach the readers of The Record each week, requires more a vast perspective and than four miles of newsprint, a mere fraction of the material required assumes an enormous for all the communication media each day. The Catholic Press more importance(" he said. than ever has to stay alive if the Pope's exhortation on Catholic comcommuniChristian munication is to be implemented. Pictured is Willem De Smedt, factory cators and Christians engaged in the communiforeman at The Record, placing one of the four-mile reels of newsprint into position at the newspaper's press. His and other work done at The cations field needed to Record is only partially effective if The Record is not on sale in ade- pay attention to a number of pressing demands quate quantity at every Mass at every church every Sunday. in fulfilment of the mandate of Christ to spread the Gospel, the Pope said. He cited, for example, the need "to set the contemporary vehicles of information and allied services along a line of development which will facilitate the diffusion of the Good News and create a favourable climate for the strengthenNEW YORK, ( NC)— ing of concepts such as The Catholic Church is the dignity of the human not the only religious person, justice and uniorganization that dis- versal brotherhood." trusted newspapers unThose values, the Pope til recently, the religion declared "made it easier editor of a daily news- for a man to understand paper told 75 partici- his own true vocation pants at a bishops' and at the same time meeting at Fargo, North open the way to a conDakota. structive dialogue with Willmar Thorkelson of others and to-union with the Minneapolis Star, God." told the group, "it's hard to believe now that METHODS about a century ago The Pope said that when a New York daily there was also a need newspaper began to print to search for new and news of the churches improved methods of the there were protests from apostolate that applied almost every religious A LBANY HIGHWAY body against this deseC ANNINGTON cration." ON INSIDE PAGES Today, he said, there Calendar 4 has been a complete reversal of that attitude. Education File 8 Bernard Casserly, editor Classified DEALER of the Catholic Bulletin, Advertising 10 St. Paul-Minneapolis ar- Letters 7 newspaper, Music chdiocesan 7 participants the warned Pars In News 4 not to forqet that dio7 cesan newspapers were Our Historic Link still the least expensive Sister Philomena Earle 7 means of communicatT ELEPHONE 68 1826 10, 12 ing with and educating Sport TV, Radio Catholics.
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the new audio-visual and related instruments to "catechists, to educational work in many forms, to the presentation of the Church's life, her liturgy, her aims, her difficulties, but above all to the witness of faith and charity that ani
mates and ever renews her." Lastly, said the Pope, Christians should study how best to use the new means of communications to reach areas where Christ's message had not or could not penetrate, to reach coun-
tries, societies and persons to whom the apostolate of the Word could not be brought directly because of particular situations, or scarcity of ministers, or because the Church was "unable to exercise mission her freely."
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DALLAS (NC). — An example of one way in which Pope Paul's exhortation to use modern communications methods to bring about a "Christian influence in society" is being carried out, is to be seen in Dallas.
The more than 100.000 drivers travellint: south on the Dallas North Central Expressway every month are regularly reminded that there_ are alternatives to abortion, and are told where to find out about them by a large black and ellow billboard. The eye-catching sign is the result of the determination of a young Dallas priest to do something about the fact that many young unmarried women who are pregnant are completely unaware of available alternatives that would save the life of their unborn child. Father Donald Zimmerman. assistant pastor of Christ the King parish in North Dallas, told the "Texas Catholic," the Dallas diocese newspaper that he and other -local priests had counselled a number of unmarried expectant mothers during the past year who felt that abortion was their only solution. "For every one who seeks out a priest there are many who do not." Father Zimmerman said. "They are the ones we hope to reach." Everyone seemed to know the pro-abortion story, the young priest explained. -There are large billboards in five prime locations throughout the Dallas area with the word "Abortion?" and a telephone number where callers are referred to doctors or clinics who perform abortions." he said. His. determination to tell the pro-life story as effectively as the proabortion story led Father Zimmerman to collaborate with his brother-in-law, artist Ed Kogut, in preparing a billboard -that frankly is patterned after the proabortion signs. The word "Abortion?" is crossed out with a large red X and beneath it in equally large print is the word "Alternatives!" followed by the telephone number of the locol Birthright office. Father Zimmerman
did his homework on the outdoor advertising business and learnt where signs should be placed for the greatest number of viewers. The Catholic Foundation agreed to provide him with enough seed money to erect the first sign. His hope is that he
will be able to raise enough money to erect at least five other similar signs on major arteries in the Dallas area. Billboards in prime traffic areas do not come cheap. The rent is $500 to $600 a month with a minimum of one year's lease required.
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