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Attendances of Mass; problems and solutions
The principal effect of the current Mass count should be to stimulate discussion and to have parishes themselves come up with suggestions for any action that is needed, according to the archbishop's secretory, Father P. G. J. O'Reilly. "Figures in themselves attendance at Mass," he of the diocese can be made. do not prove anything and said. The first count was taken cannot make corrective deArchbishop Goody has at Christmas in order to secisions, but they will indi- asked that a count be taken cure the figure of maximum cate trends that are becom- of people attending Mass so attendance during the year. ing obvious in the matter of that a pastoral evaluation A second
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count will be taken in mid -Lent. This will indicate the average Sunday attendance and will be the more important figure from a pastoral point
of view. The last such Mass count
was taken in 1973. Father O'Reilly said that a number of points needed Father P. G. J. O'REILLY, secretory to A to be studied. rcfibishop Goody, is pictured this week colThere was said to be lating results of the Mass count held at Christmas. an apparent falling off in Mass attendance. especially among youth. Most people travelled to church by car, even for short distances, and were not restricted to attending Mass in their own locality. VATICAN CITY Addressing 33 cardinals, less terrorism, which multi- ing their Priests were saying degrading thirst for Mass much more frequent- (NC). In his Christ- Pope l'aul also pledged to plies hate and destruction in money and shameless exly on weekends than formwork ha 'd for restoration of its utopian plans for a reploitation of the human mas meeting with the human rights, and especiall) birth rising out of the erly was the case, and the ashes person as 'artistic' in intent." number of available clergy College of Cardinals, religious liberty. of global destruction," said was not keeping pace with Pope The Pope blaimed "hidden He told the cardinals, who the Pope. Paul VI has apthe rise in Catholic populaand organised" forces of He also deplored "the inpealed to Christians were presenting Christmas tion. vice and hatred for "undergreetings to him, that he crease in crime, discrimina"Even thirty years ago, especially in wealthy hoped the new Middle East tion mining and drying up the and injustice on an inmuch of the Catholic pop- countries to "hold the peace talks would finally ternational scale, denial of fresh creative energies" of ulation walked to Mass each to a permanent settle- religious liberty, the ideol- youth. while there is lead Sunday or travelled on pub- line . ment. "A tiny minority working ogy of hate. and the unlic transport," Father still time" against corIn a strongly worded ap- bridled justification of the in the shadows and abusing O'Reilly said. rosion of moral values peal for moral regeneration, worst instincts through mass the costly gift of freedom cannot go without being CONTINUED PAGE 3) Pope Paul summoned all media pornography." d violence. punished for attacking the Christians "to hold the line Pornography distributors, 004411,4 through timely initiatives said Pope Paul, "are mask SEE ALSO PAGE 3) against the forces that disrupt the moral order, tO isolate the violent, and to banish exploiters and to offer a dignified and civil WASHINGTON (NC) fugees, many of them resistance to everything that The head of the US. "boat people", "humaniis contrary to man', innate Catholic Conference tarian", but added: "It's dignity." (USCC) migration de- still inadequate for the "Timid lack of consistpartment has called Pre- need." ency:: said the Pope. "could sident Carter's decision Many boats filled with have fatal results. to admit another 7,000 refugees have been pass"Let's act while there is Indochinese refugees in- ed by ships and rejected still time." to the United States my countries. The "humanitarian, but InPontiff lamented that Officials of volunteer moral corruption "is unforadequate." agencies active in reJohn McCarthy, direc- settling refugees estimate tunately the inheritance of tor of Migration and Re- that about 13,000 "boat peoples with the highest ecofugee Services, estimated people" have landed nomic developments." that refugees were leav- and just as many have He catalogued a long list ing Vietnam and other drowned. of threats to moral and civic South East Asian counLast summer, the Uniorder, including abortion tries in small boats at a ted States and pornography. accepted rate of 1,500 a month. 15,000 "boat people" "Dark shadows are thickHe called the Admin- mostly Vietnamese and ening about mankind's desistration's intention to Laotians. tiny-blind violence, threats admit another 7,000 re- (fa SEE ALSO PAGE 4) to human life even in the 1308 Albany Hwy, Cannington mother's womb and merci4305 PhCfl 451.23713 wt. oeti I
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