Word: lucey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...high school connected with a prizefight? The answer goes back to 1968, when San Antonio's parochial schools were in deep financial trouble -like others across the U.S.-and Archbishop Robert Lucey halted all diocesan subsidies for three of the city's twelve Catholic high schools. One of the three schools was located in a wealthy white neighborhood, and it easily survived by raising tuition. Another, situated in a lower-middle-class area, gave up and closed its doors. It is now a warehouse...
...fellowships throughout the state and fostering dialogue in the realm of faith and order." In the near future, the social-action programs of the Texas Catholic Conference will probably be merged with similar programs run by the council. Eventually, predicted San Antonio's Roman Catholic Archbishop Robert E. Lucey, the work of the new organization will extend into "the whole field of the church and society...
...unusual request was dispatched to Pope Paul seven weeks ago, and was made public by the senders because-perhaps understandably-it had not been answered by Rome. In their eight-page, 2,000-word letter, the priests charged that there was a "communications gap" between Lucey and his clerics, which had resulted in "an atmosphere of fear, alienation and dissatisfaction on the part of many priests." Citing a decree of the Second Vatican Council that urged bishops to discuss pastoral matters with their priests, the petitioners claimed that Lucey "has steadfastly refused even to acknowledge the existence...
Very few of the protesters have prior reputations as priestly radicals, and Lucey himself has long been considered one of the most progressive members of the American hierarchy. He pioneered the desegregation of Catholic schools in Texas and risked financial reprisal from wealthy businessmen when he blessed the formation of labor unions by Mexican American farm workers. But Lucey has also been a stern administrator, and last year he transferred several priests who had been involved in the Priests' Association to remote parishes in his 32-county see. A friend of Lyndon Johnson's, he has also supported...
Last week a chancery spokesman announced that the archbishop was "too grieved and heartsick over the matter to discuss it." Evidently, he has nothing to fear from Rome. Shortly after the priests' petition was mailed, Lucey received a letter from Pope Paul bestowing his "specific apostolic blessing" on the archbishop...