°14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, October 22, 1963 Montreal Faces Priest Shortage «MONTREAL (CP)--The Ro- 'man Catholic archdiocese of 'Montreal is faced with a serious shortage of priests. Although it is a universal problem, Montreal's shortage is »athe worst in North America. "It is our No. 1 problem," says Very Rev. Roger Marien, "director of |'Oeuvre des Voca- tions. "'We have 860 priests for the diocese's 204 French-speak- as parishes, If we had twice . t number we would just berely have enough." The ideal priest - parishioner ratio is 1 to 800. In Montreal the ratio for French-speaking Catholics is one priest for every 2,051 and for the English-speak- ing community one for every 1,500. *' The seminary situation is «even graver, with one student * of theology to every 11,416 Cath- olics. Boston, with roughly the same Catholic population as Montreal, ordains an average of 60:priests a year. In Montreal the average for both French and English is slightly more than 20, HANDLE EXTRA WORK The result of the shortage is *"that Montreal parishes are un- derstaffed and priests over- worked. Many double as preachers and teachers. The situation is bad for the 1,156,641 French-speaking Cath- olics and not much better for the diocese's 120,000 English- speaking Catholics. There are 80 diocesan priests for the 32 English-speaking par- ishes and the four missions at- "tached to these parishes. "We should have at least twice the number of priests we have now," says. Rev. Dominic McCormack, director of the Di- ocesan Priesthood Guilds of Montreal. The over-all Canadian aver- age is one priest for every 516 Catholics. Older Women Like Exercise VANCOUVER (CP) -- With hardly a grunt, 12 women aged 55 or over are doing knee bends, arms stretch and toe- touching at a weekly class. The oldest member of the group is a spry 78. The women are members of a@ YWCA physical fitness class now in its second year, Six women attended last year. Saija Sarkinen, their instruc- tor, says the exercises are de- signed to help relaxation, to in- crease mobility and flexibility of joints and to improve cir- culation. "These classes are extremely beneficial to women in this age group," he says, "not only be- cause they improve their health, but because they pro- vide them with an outside in- terest and an .opportunity to make friends." : The women agree, saying . they feel on top of the world because of the classes. Half the hour-long classes are pent in a gymnasium. The other half is spent doing exer- cises in a pool. Mr. Sarkinen says the buoy- =ency of the body makes doing =» exercises in water easier. + 'It makes them feel they are ""not working so hard." "This is one of the best ratios in the world," says Father Mc- C rmack, 'although it is pretty hard to best Ireland." GETTING WORSE Msgr. Marien says the situa-| t@ tion is becoming worse. "Fewer priests are ordained each year than die or retire. At the same time Montreal's pov- ulation continues to increase and the priest-parishioner rat:o deteriorates continually." The root of. the problem lies in the shortage of candidates forthe priesthool, The two priests say there are a variety of reasons for this. "A search for pleasure, love of an easy life, the many temp- tations offered in a fast-expend- ing and increasingly materiatist society, the habit of going steady at a young age, the urge to make money, are all con- tributing factors," says Msgr. Marien. Father McCormack says '"'the social pressures of our time and of a big city make it difficult for a young man to decide in LATER SHE'LL CHEW HIM OUT AZUSA, Calif. (AP)--Com- ing of age in Azusa is high- lighted nowadays by a new- teen-age ritual that should bring joy to the hearts of anthropologists everywhere. In this fast-spreading mys- tic rite, a girl who wants to show her love for a boy does so by weaving a garland that is as long as her beloved is Il. She then offers the fruit of her labors to the boy, who burns the garland to signify his acceptance of the love token, Observers and participants feel it is a touching, beautiful ceremony. But one is most touched when one notes that the gar- lands are woven of old gum wrappers, that the girl has to chew all that gum by herself --144 pieces for a six-foot boy friend, for instance. If he rejects the token, all that wear and tear on the mouth was for naught and the girl must wait for love to bloom anew. 'f the new boy is shorter than the last, she can lop a few links off the garland. If he's taller? An- other chew or two. Thatch Theft ee ee ines to send for a man in Fife. ore than 100 miles away, to make repairs. grated from Glasgow to Toronto seven years ago, was visiting scnevapoint Chrrlie at the Berlin Angers Court GLASGOW, Scotland (CP) -- A man who took two reeds from the thatch roof of Bobby Burns's cottage as souvenirs for relatives visiting from Vancou- ver got off with a tongue-lash- ing from the magistrate. James' Nicol, 62-year-old man- er of a steel plant, was charged with 'wilfully and ma- liciously" removing the reeds. Berlin Border Romantic Spot LONDON (CP)--A romance Scottish Highlands for two young Canadians. Shannen Berry, who emi- He declined to identify the Ca- nadian visitors but claimed they were distant relatives of Scot- land's bard. The prosecutor said that usu- ally a reprimand from the cot- tage curater, Thomas McMynn, was enough but that Nicol was "extremely arrogant." Nicol told the magistrate that he felt "it was the type of thing the bard would have looked on leniently." 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