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THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2-4, 1970 PIii 7

THE ~OUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1970

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That Kiss of Peace Problem

Last week she left for Rome by a roundabout route, to represent this region of the Religious of the Sacred Heart at their general chapter, and a very impor tant meeting indeed. In these days of changing habits, literally and meta- phorically, among nuns, there is much to be dis- cussed about the future and all its portents. Sister Furay is not going. direct but will take in a very large proportion of th Order's worldwide activ1 ties, from South America,

Is it a commentary on how far we've moved away from the true Christian spirit when many congregations find problems with the new "sign of peace" at Mass? There's no doubt about it, in some churches I've seen an almost total absence of the spirit, in others a broad and truly joyful celebration of the sign that we are brothers and sisters. Perhaps the old title of "kiss" of peace is worrying. It is obvious that some people - even among families - do not find it easy to demonstrate affection in public; it is not a usual part of the American temperament. Perhaps we have been taught for too many centuries that we have to behave ourselves in church and are not sup- posed to smile, let alone talk and shake hands. Such frivolity almost feels like a mortal sin to some people. Many pastors now find it is better to save the all- encompassing "sign of peace" for special feast days and Sundays if there are any resistance problems. For me, it is one of the most rewarding parts of the new liturgy. However, I found the most unrewarding attempt at it yet in a church in a neighboring diocese a few Sundays ago, when the lector, at the appropriate time, stepped to the microphone and said, in a flat, hectoring tone: "At this time you may turn to your neighbor and give the kiss of peace by shaking hands and saying 'The Lord be with you' to which the reply should be 'And with your spirit'." Needless to say, there were few responses among the people. The priest did not even say anything or start the "kiss" and went on with Mass without a pause By such methods are the most beautiful intentions wrecked. Those Higney Boys The one Rigney spent "Four Years in Red Hell," as his book tells. The other Rigney has spent 16 years at the Jlnjyersjty of San Diego. Both are priests and both celebrated concelebrated - their 40th year as priests last Sunday in Chicago. Father Francis - Modern History Pieping. The Chinese communists kept him incarcerated for four years, which accounts for the title of the book he wrote about it He is now president of Epworth College. Brother Francis is much better known around here in the San Diego diocese where he follows his teaching career. He was studying in Berlin, Germany, at the time of the rise of Hitler and later had several teaching spells across the United States and parish work among Hopi Indians and Mexican American families around Flagstaff, Ariz. As a professor of historv. for some reason he has had the duty of hearing students' confessions at the midday campus Mass. Modern history, no doubt. Sister Sally Furay, academic dean at USD's women's college,1s surely one of the most energetic adimmsfrators. l once said to her, I thought jokingly: "Sister, you must w k all through the 24 hours to accomplish what you do. · And she startled me by saying: "As a matter of fact I haven't been to bed for the past 36 hours. I just kept on working through the night." Fathers Harold Rigney, S\'D, and Francis Rigney of USD, are well into their sixties now, but their long service to the Church must surely rank as a record in some way. The author, Fa• ther Harold, has had a wide variety of overseas posts as chaplain and be• came rector of Fu Jen Catholic University in

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USO Alum Host To Presidents CORONADO The president or the USD Law School alumni association, Robin Goodenough is also mayor of Coronado. And in this capacity he will be of- ficial host to two presidents today - President Richard Nixon of the United States and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico. Tonigl\t there will be a formal state dinner at the historic Hotel Del Coronado following a day of events which will attract thousands. Spanish and English greetings - "Bien Venidos" and "Welcome" - will be displayed. There also will be a big parade and even the cost of crossing the bridge has been lowered for today.

Sister Sally in Civvies through Europe and Africa and the East, so that - as she puts it - she will be much better informed about the proolems around their various communities after she has seen them. One of the last to change from the regitlar habit of the Order, Sister Sally recently blossomed out as an attractive brunette to whom the regular habit had never done justice. (I'm not suggesting that nun's habits are intended to do justice to anyone's natural attributes. Perhaps even the opposite). She is traveling to Rome in her white habit. The nun with the longest continuous record on the hill at Alcala Park, Sister Furay has seen the growth and changes over the past 18 years, and has been at the very heart of every move to coordinate the colleges. We shall ee her back in time for Christmas - if the RSCJ don't gi vc he a high office in Rome ... Don't Shoot the Speaker Public :.peaking ha its hazards, as those of u who find ourselves caught up in its inexorable demands know lo our cost. But a new senso of local realism was produced for me when I spoke at Our Lady of Angels on 24th Street, San Diego, recently It is difficult enough to keep the attention of an audience, however well intentioned, on a mid-summer night, but when the air outside is punctuated by the sounds of murder and mayhem, then you are at a decided disadvantage as the speaker. Screams and shouts cut the night air of this older San Diego area and the atmoshpere of the hall at OLA, a form of competition for attention I had not found before. For- tunately it came my time to stop, while the yelling per- sisted. Father Douglas Regin, who was running the meeting, stepped outside to see what all the fighting was about. We followed him, at a distance, while he inspected the one combatant badly damaged on the ground while his assailant sped off in a car with a scream of tires. Minutes later the police arrived to carry off the still "lifeless" loser, who evidently was involved in a domes- tic triangle which I was told is typical of the area. White Lies at the Rectory We have all come up against the over-protective housekeeper who regards her priestly charges in the rectory as her brood, to be protected from the outside world. But it should stop short of lying, surely? I called at a rectory last week somewhere in this diocese and a center grill opened in the front door, the housekeeper's face peered out and asked my business. "Is Father --------- in?" I asked. "No, he is not," was the reply. Flat, determined, pro tective. "Tell him the editor of The Southern Cross is here to see him, " I persisted. Two minutes later Father appeared - not ~xactl dressed for visitors, but alive and certainly in the flesh- in swimming trunks.

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