Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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Spanish-Speaking Group
Sets Officials' Meeting
A meeting of diocesan directors and
chairmen will be held at St. Elizabeth
School in Alice on February 12, at 7:30
p.m. under the auspices of Father Seamus
McGowan, diocesan director of the Bish-
op’s Committee for the Spanish speaking.
"The purpose of the meeting is to ac-
quaint those present of the Committee’s
function in promoting the general welfare
of the Spanish speaking,” Father Mc-
Gowan said.
Father R. S. Flores, O.F.M., Regional
Director, Mr. Antonio Tinajero, National
Executive Director, Sister Dolores Gi-
rault, nutrition specialist and Miss Har-
riet Hunter, research specialist, will ad-
dress the group.
Beeville Priest To
Father Martin McGuill, who has been
assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s Church,
Beeville, for several years, left for Chica-
go recently. He is now enrolled at Loyola
University taking Special Education
Courses in mental health and mental
retardation.
Bom in Refugio, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. McGuill, he was graduated from col-
lege at Assumption Seminary, San Anto-
rn io. After graduating in theology from
St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis.,
he was ordained a priest on June 6,
1964, in Corpus Christi Cathedral. HiB
first assignment was as assistant pastor
of Blessed Sacrament Church, Laredo. He
also attended Woodstock College, Wash-
ington, D.C., and Loyola University, Chi-
cago. In December, he completed the
Clinical Pastoral Training Institute of the
Texas Catholic Conference, conducted at
Spohn Hospital.
Father McGowan outlined a threefold
purpose and program for the meeting: (1)
to present the structure and service of
the Div. of the Spanish-Speaking and its
relationship to the United States Catholic
Conference____ how the Regional Offices
relate to the individual dioceses and to
the secular communities; (2) presentation
of pilot projects that the National Office
has worked out in consultation with the
Regional Offices and how such projects
might be implemented in the Diocese;
and (3) to examine ways by which priests
can be of greater help to the Spanish-
speaking.
"All iriterested priests, sisters, and lay
pel sons are welcome to come to this
meeting,” Father McGowan said.
Study at Loyola U.
Father McGuill
Women's Lenten Retreat Feb. 21-23
Scheduled at Incarnate Word Academy
Corpus Christi — The Laywomen’s
Retreat Association has set its annual
Lenten retreat for Feb. 21-23 at Incar-
nate Word Academy.
"Worshipping Christ in Our Neighbor”
is the theme of the retreat, which is open
to all women in the diocese.
Retreat masters will be the Rev.
Thomas French, a professor of theology at
Incarnate Word College in San Antonio,
OFFICIAL
His Excellency, Most Rev. Thomas J.
Drury, is pleased to announce the follow-
ing Clergy appointments:
Reception into the Diocese of:
Rev. Alexander Di Taddeo, presently
assigned as Military Chaplain at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina.
Assignment of Rev. Martin McGuill
for special studies, Loyola University,
Chicago.
APPOINTMENTS
(effective 1 February, 1969)
Rev. Edward Darcy, Assistant, St. Jo-
seph’s, Beeville, Texas;
Rev. Brendan. McDaid, Assistant, St.
Elizabeth’s, Alice, Texas;
Rev. Thomas Buergler, O.S.B., of New
Subiaco Abbey, Arkansas, Assistant,
Immaculate Conception, Goliad, Texas,
with residence at La Bahia.
RL Rev. Msgr.
William T. Thompson
Chancellor
and the Rev. John Lazarsky, OMI, of San
Antonio. Fr. Lazarsky conducted the sem-
inar for priests held here this fall.
The fee for the retreat will be $2.50.
No advance registration is needed. Lunch-
es Saturday and Sunday will be catered
and may be ordered at the time of regis-
tration.
Registration will be held at 7p.m. Fri-
day, Feb. 21, followed by Mass at 8 p.m.
The next day’s program begins at 9
a.m. and will include Mass at 5 p.m.
That night at 8 o’clock, a film, "A Dry
Commitment” will be shown. This will be
followed by small group discussions. This
part of the retreat is open to both men
and women. • —
Sunday’s schedule starts at 9 a.m.
with Mass at 11:45 a.m. and will end
with a Bible service at 4 p.m.
For further information, contact Mrs.
Lanny Mclver, 5721 Kerry, president of
the organization.
Priests of Diocese
During this past week Bishop Drury
announced the reception into the Diocese
of Father Alexander Di Taddeo who is
presently serving as military chaplain
in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The
diocese now has two of its 90 priests
serving with the armed forces, the other
being Father Patrick Sheeran. Of the
remaining 88, two are inactive, two are
retired and nine are working outside the
Diocese. This gives 75 priests who are
now serving the faithful throughout the
16-county area. In addition, nine religious
communities have 78 priests on active
duty, thus giving a total of 153 who are
dispensing religion to our people.
texas gulf coast
REGISTER
Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Corpus Christi
Friday, February 7, 1969 VOl. Ml No. 42
10,100 Families Pledged To HOPE
Seven Laymen Elected To Board
On Monday, Jan. 27, elections were
held throughout the Diocese of Corpus
Christi to elect Regional Hope Represen-
tatives. They were held in Regions A, B,
C, D, E, F and G. Every parish in the
Diocese was asked to participate; 61 of
the 69 Diocesan parishes did.
The purpose of the election was to se-
lect one of the regional parish representa-
tives as overall regional representative.
Those elected automatically became
members of the HOPE board. The overall
number of men on the board will be
eleven. Seven laymen and four priests,
who were also elected. Together, these 11
men will oversee the disbursement of
Campaign Hope Funds.
The following laymen were elected.
ELECTED
PARISH
REGION
AREA
Edgar Thierry
Holy Cross
Region A
Corpus Christi
Larry Smith
Holy Family
Region B
San Patricio
J. W. Bauer
Our Lady of Refuge
Region C
Refugio
David Ross
lmmac. Concept.
Region D
Beeville
John Cypher
St. Gertrude
Region E
Kingsville
James C. Dunn
St. Elizabeth
Region F
Alice
Mario Gonzalez
Christ the King
Region G
Laredo
OVERALL COMPOSITION OF HOPE BOARD
RT. REV. MSGR.
A. H. SCHMITT
RT. REV. MSGR.
JOHN C. JONES
REV.
T McGETTRICK
REV.
P. HIGGINS
A
B
C
D
E
F
MR. EDGAR
MR. LARRY
MR. J. W.
MR. DAVID
MR. JOHN
MR. JAMES
THIERRY
SMITH
BAUER
ROSS
CYPHER
C. DUNN
G
MR. MARIO
GONZALEZ
In all, 10,100 families have now
pledged to Campaign Hope. The overall
pledge total now stands at $2,882,000.
Since Dec. 20, an additional $15,000 has
been pledged to HOPE. More than $350,-
000 is on hand in the form of cash. Start-
ing in February, this money will start to
flow into all 11 Diocesan services. The
Hope Board will review, advise and assist
in the distribution of these funds.
Among the laymen elected to the Hope
Board is Mr. Mario Gonzalez of Christ
the King in Laredo. He will represent
Region G. Mr. Gonzalez was bom in Lare-
do 52 years ago. He served with the
United States Navy between 1943 and
1946.
Mr. Gonzalez was married in Laredo in
1940 and is the father of four children.
His oldest son :s an electronics .engineer
in Dallas and his daughter is a school
teacher. Two other children are still in
school. One at the University of A & I
and the other in the Laredo high school.
Mr. Gonzalez is a Supervisor at the Gua
jardo Motor Company of Laredo, and is a
member of the Laredo Independent School
District and Laredo Junior College Board.
Mario Gonzalez
Elected To Represent Laredo
Prelate Cites Role of Catholic Press
Rome Offers
‘Real Dialogue’
To Dutch
Amsterdam
Articles in the Vatican City daily
praising the Church in The Netherlands
offer "a rfe&l positive dialogue,* Cardinal
Bernard Alfrink of Utrecht Said on a tele-
vision program here.
The articles, he explained, are "impor-
tant ... an honest effort to understand
Dutch Catholicism,” and a "valuable cor-
rection” of publications about The Nether-
lands that have appeared in Italy in the
past few years.
CATHOLICS in The Netherlands are
well known for their liberal stand on
such issues as birth control, a married
clergy, and divorce, as well as for their
criticism of the institutional Church and
especially the Roman Curia, the Church’s
central administrative offices.
Cardinal Alfrink emphasized that the
article i represent more than simply "the
personal initiative of the writer. These
articles are a hand held out to the Dutch
community of. the faithful, and we must
g.asp this hand with both of our hands.”
The articles in L’Osaervatore Ro-
mano were written by its associate edi-
tor, Federico Alessandrini.
New Yo:k:
The following statement was issued
last week by Rt- Rev. Msgr. Terrence P.
McMahon, president of C.P.A., on the
occasion of Catholic Press Month:
"Each of us is concerned to meet his
responsibility as Christian. S,xch re-
sponsibility is both manifold and grave.
It is manifold because its aspects are
so numerous. There is, for example, our
Christian responsibility to the Church
and for the Church
We are not independent agents, but
members r>f Christ, and as such we have
a duty to the Church, which is His Body,
carefully structuied.
We also have a responsibility for the
Church, in that its welfare is, in some
measure, entrusted to each of us and
dependent on us.
Then there is our responsibility to
show forth Christian principles and
values, and to make these known, opera-
tive. and effective in our society.
Involved here are critical matters like
war and peace, racial justice, social order,
vindication of the rights of the poor, the
proper distribution of the earth’s re-
sources among all its peoples.
The gravity of both kinds of responsi-
bility is obvious. We cannot shirk either
and still be counted Christian. A heavy
obligation lies upon us, and there is no
way of escaping it without renunciation
of our Christian vocation.
But this obligation cannot be met un-
less, first, we know about it. and in some
detail. It is a prime function of the Cath-
olic Press to communicate this requisite
knowledge.
Nowhere else can we find it so regu-
larly and reliably conveyed. By reading
the Catholic Press we can be sure of ade-
quate acquaintanceship with Christian
fundamentals.
But the Catholic Press goes beyond the
presentation of Christian generalities.
Specific problems ere treated, actual and
trimblesome situations are explored, with
Christian solutions delineated.
It is here that difference of opinion
arises, and this is aired in the Catholic
Press, not to cause contention and divi-
sion, but to bring about gradual clarifica-
tion of the right course.
In both respects, informative and
provocative, the Catholic Press has a
unique place and role. All Catholics need
it as an aid to growth in Christian re-
sponsibility, and it, in turn, needs the
support of all Catholics if it is to advance
in professional competence, sound accom-
plishment, and fruitful service.”
Mardi Gras 'Court' Personages Listed
To Arouse Americans
Negro National
History Week
Corpus Christi — Escorts for the du-
chesses in the 14th annual Mardi Gras
Ball and Coronation were honored by Les
Hommes Du Mardi Gras Feb. 1 at the
home of Bishop Thomas J. Drury, 4109
Ocean Drive.
The 14th annual pageant will be held
Feb. 15 in Memorial Coliseum, beginning
at 8 p.m.
Members of Les Hommes du Mardi
Gras and their wives served as hosts and
hostesses for a reception, which serves as
the official introduction of the escorts for
the coronation and ball.
Les Hommes du Mardi Gras is the
organization of men who have served in
Mardi Gras coronations as chamberlain or
king. The immediate past king serves as
chairman and the immediate past cham-
berlain as co-chairman. Dr. William F.
Bartosh is escort master.
Tr .able centerpiece was the King of
Mardi Gras’ crown with arrangements of
spring flowers throughout the house.
In addition to the escorts, their par-
ents, the duchesses and chairmen of an-
nual committees composed the guest list
of about 120.
Also announced last week were the
children of the court who will participate
in the event.
Following are the lists of duchesses,
escorts and children- of the court, with
their parents and home address:
DUCHESSES - Dianna Bemsen, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Bemsen, Rt. 2; Janet
Burney, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mahoney,
4875 Ocean Drive; Linda Caldwell, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Caldwell, 6022 Killamey;
Ann Fitzgerald, Dt. and Mrs. T. F. Fitz-
gerald, 4130 Ocean Drive; Terri Green,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Green Jr., 1038 Shep-
pard; Diane Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Ches-
ter L. Ingersoll, 609 Sam; Jill Kronke,
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Kronke, 2650 Linn
Drive; Barbara Laudadio, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Laudadio, 1466 Maryland; Cynthia
Ann McHugh, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Hugh, 311 Montclair;
Sylvia Mir, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mir,
1045 Sorrell; Mary Adelaide Mireur, Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Mireur, 1001 Catalina;
Barbara Pall, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Pall,
614 Gulf Shore PL; Yolanda Perez, Mr.
and Mrs. Gustavo Perez, 4233 Belfast;
Brigid Ann Prendergast, Mr. and Mrs. H,
J. Prendergast, 310 Pasadena; Debbie
Snapka, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Snapka, 829
Lantana; Judy Schwirtlich, Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Schwirtlich, Rt. 1, Robstown;
Cheryl Ann Trial, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Trial, 533 Belleview; Theresa Mary
Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Walsh,
1829 Keys; and Mary Westergren, Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Westergren, 234 Rossiter.
ESCORTS — David Eugene Auer, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Auer, 9418 Paula; Wil-
liam Frank Bartosh, Jr., Dr. and Mrs.
Wm. F. Bartosh, 263 Circle Drive; Mark
Bentley, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P Bentley,
Rt. 2; Michael Robert Conwell, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert E. Conwell, 405 Poenisch;
Joseph Bruce Craine, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
D. Craine, 340 Barracuda; David Thomas
DeLeon, Mr. and Mrs. Armando DeLeon,
5638 Fresno; Chalmer Dor Dixon, Mrs. C.
D. Dixon and the late Dr. Dixon, 6059
Rio Vista; Edwin Bein Groner Jr., Dr.
and Mrs. E. B. Groner, 501 Driftwood;
Michael Haas, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J.
Haas, 5015 Cape Ann; John Reynolds
Herrod, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Herrod,
Route 1; Joseph Luis Hernandez, Dr. and
Mrs. Antonio Hernandez, 4138 Meridian.
Meldin Raymond Kolodziej, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Kolodziq, 1146 Manchester;
George Lingenfelder, Dr. and Mrs. John
Lingenfelder, 142 Rossiter; Daniel Doug-
las Malek, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Malek,
Route 1, Robstown; Gregory Raymond
Montoya, Mrs. Marie A. Lozano, 1111
Agnes; James Milton Perry, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Per.-y, 314 Catalina; Donald
Stryk, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stryk, 610
Hoffman; Charles Edward Wetegrove, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Wetegrove, 409 Grant;
and Joseph Whitworth, Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace E. Whitworth, 1001 Peerman.
CHILDREN OF THE COURT - Ja-
mie Patricia Luby, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Luby, 202 Aberdeen; Mary Patricia
Mueller, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mueller,
206 Indiana; Kathy Kelly, Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. Kelly Jr., 4709 Congressional; Sam
Ferris III, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ferris Jr.,
6017 Broadmoore: Daniel Hernandez, Mr.
and Mrs. Julio D. Hernandez, 610 Naples;
Marcus Haas, Mr. and Mrs. John Haas,
325 Grant; Mark Roland Medina, Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Medina, 4017 Bray.
Trumpeteers: Patrick Lynn Dilger, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph H. Dilger, 622 Moray;
Glenn Philip Hoelscher, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hoelscher, 746 Avondale; Richard
Joseph Hatch Jr., 2802 Denver; Thomas
Louis Groner, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Groner, 605 DeLaine; David William
Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Walsh,
1250 Lantana; and Mark Stephen Grove,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Grove Jr., 467 Un-
iversity.
Table tickets for the coronation and
ball are priced at $7.50 each and reserva-
tions for 1-10 persons mdy be made by
calling telephone 852-2111. Presentation
seats at $3, which also includes dancing
privileges, may be obtained at the same
telephone number or at Cullen Mall Box
Office, 4839 S. Alameda.
(National Register Special)
WILL IT REALLY accomplish any-
thing?
That seems to be the question most
people are asking as they begin, Febru-
ary 9. National Negro History Week.
Negro History Week was inaugurated
by the Association for the Study of Negro
Life and History. Inc., in Washington,
D.C. This organization has been promot-
ing the project since 1915. As of last
year, the week was officially proclaimed
in 28 states.
According to the originators of the
idea, the purpose of setting aside a spe-
cial week to study Negro history is "to
arouse the American people to a keener
appreciation of the contributions of the
Negro to civilization.”
GAINING ATTENTION across the
country, in Catholic as well as public
schools, is the importance of including
Afro-American history courses into aca-
demic curricula.
The new concentration upon Afro-
American studies will not only provide a
badly neglected survey of Negro history,
but "will instill in Afro-American pupils
a feeling of pride and a sense of dignity.”
THE NFW COURSES will also "help
pupils evaluate the experiences of Afro-
Americans in terms of their limited and
prescribed role in American history and
use this knowledge as a standard against
which to measure American growth and
limitations during various historical per-
iods.”
Another purpose is "to nelp pupils un-
derstand that the Negro protest move-
ment is not a phenomenon peculiar to the
Negro struggle but has been common to
the experience of all men in their quest
for freedom."
Most of the proposed curricula sparkle
with episodes concerning the Negro’s per-
severcnce and determination, historical
anecdotes about Negro cowboys, and their
roles in moving west as hunters and
trappers and pioneers. Sections dealing
with Negro-Indian relationships during
che days of western expansion *are also
listed, as wcU as chapters exploding pop-
ular myths about Negroes.
MANY* TEXTBOOKS contain exten-
sive bibliographies detailing Negro litera-
ture as well as audio-visual recommenda-
tions geared to helping students better
understand Negro culture
Under "Black Profiles in Progress,” the
new textbooks wili list the many out-
standing personalities in American histo-
ry
Hit Injustice
Lima
The Catholic bishops of Peru, following
a plenary meeting here, issued a state-
ment holding "the imperialist internation-
al economic system and the Peruvian oli-
garchy responsible for social iqjuatice”.
Among factors inuring the Peruvian
economy they cited "extremes of wealth
and poverty” and lack of sufficient capi-
tal, complicated by a flight of national
capital abroad.
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