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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
3
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson prepares for a new central church as Bishop Francis J. Green leads the project. The third San Agustin Cathedral rises on 208 Stone Ave with revised design features and a moved bishop's chair central to the west wall. Masses begin July 7.
The interior of New San Agustin will host Masses with priests presiding from the bishop's chair, now on a central platform. The historic high-back chair moved from the old cathedral will return from All Saints, replacing the south sanctuary seat. Bishop Green praises papal simplification of bishop ceremonies. The last pontifical Mass in San Agustin was Christmas Eve 1966 before the 1967 rebuild. Archbishop Salpointe's burial moved to Holy Hope Cemetery on Nov. 29, 1966.
In London the summer church assembly approved a plan to form a general synod of 543 elected and nominated members with equal clergy and laity representation. It will abolish the Convocations of Canterbury and York and the separate lay and clergy houses of the church assembly. Archbishops Canterbury and York discussed plans for reconciling the Church of England with the English Methodist Church and unity steps.
Methodist Bishop Fred Carson of Philadelphia says a summit council of Protestant and Catholic churchmen may occur within five years. The council would address doctrinal differences over the Holy Eucharist and the validity of holy orders and continue Vatican Council unity work. Carson is in Puerto Rico to discuss Methodist work there.
Pope Paul VI will not fill at least nine Spanish church posts as Spain and the Vatican spar over concordat terms. Madrid refuses to concede appointment rights, citing liberal-leaning priests and long-standing conservative clergy. Valencia and Tarragona archdioceses and Lerida Santander and Minorca dioceses remain vacant, with Tarragona vacant longest since 1966.
The Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Pilgrim Holiness Church merged to form the Wesleyan Church in Anderson Indiana. About 4,000 delegates attended a service at Anderson College and united in a communion rite. The two denominations had combined membership of 122340 and Sunday school enrollment of 300000 with Indiana headquarters in Marion and Frankfort.
St Andrews, Scotland awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity to Rev. William David Davies, research professor of New Testament at Duke University. Davies, British-born scholar, previously chaired New Testament studies at Princeton and taught Biblical theology at Union Theological Seminary while holding an adjunct post at Columbia University. He moved to the United States in 1950.
The Tucson Ecumenical Council task force on employment asks churches to add a local job appeal in their announcements. Businesses should submit a form listing current openings, with one church already citing 35 opportunities generated.
The Very Rev. Edward L. Daley, 45, named religious superior of the Augustinian Fathers in the United States. He heads the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, guiding about 500 priests and brothers who run 50 parishes in 15 dioceses, Villanova University and 15 schools serving nearly 60,000 students.
INDIANAPOLIS AP reports Contributions to the Christian Churches Disciples of Christ reached a record 109,631,006 dollars in 1967, even as church membership declined by one percent. The denomination released the figures noting growth in giving outpaced membership losses.
The Lutheran Church in America approved a stance supporting conscientious objectors by 426 votes to 146 with seven abstentions. The policy allows general or selective objection but requires objectors to be ready to face civil or criminal penalties. The body also approved a 1969 budget of 31.6 million and 32.5 million for 1970 plus a 3 percent annual rise and a $6.5 million push for urban slum work.
George Monroe, a Maine based theological student and Rincon High School graduate, will preach at Rincon Congregational Church at 9 30 a m tomorrow. The church at 122 N Craycroft Road will hold services Sundays at 9 30 a m through Labor Day while Rev Keenan Sheldon is on vacation.
Bethany Lutheran Church at 1130 E. Bitby Road will hold a summer Bible school from July 8 to July 19. The program runs weekdays 9 to 11 45 a.m. for children aged 3 through 12 with no registration required.
A religious group led by Rev. Patrick J. Berkery with 13 seminarians petitions the Vatican to recognize it as a religious institute within the Roman Catholic Church. The Montfort singers may become The Mission, a secular nonprofit, while continuing city outreach and music instruction.
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