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Reverend Jerome Am- old of St. Louis Church on Allen Street in Waterloo Priests will marry someday WINDMILI. SHOP For That Unusual Gift Visit The " King St. South , Wow Crystal-China Commits Cosmetics Cuckoo Clock and Canadian Food In response to the ques- tions raised in the com- munity in recent months as to whether there is a role for counselling as one of the alternative approach- es for dealing with shop- lifters. the Chairman of the KW Social Planning Coun- cil. Archdeacon Graham Lethbridge gave his affir- mative support He stated. "There are ob- viously many different kinds Looking back to the 1930's and comparing it with the way things are now, most older people would be quick to say "the good old days" were far better. But Rev. Arnold is confident there is nothing wrong with the way we are living today. Change, though obvious in most churches, has prob- ably hit the Catholic church- es harder in the past ten years than in any other. The Latin has disappeared, Catholics are eating meat on Fridays and most of all, Rev. Arnold thinks, the priest has been taken off his pedestal. The priest according to Rev. Arnold always used to have trouble getting close to his parishioners. The mass conducted in Latin with the priest speak- ing with his back to the people was part of the problem Rev. Arnold thinks, but years back he feels. society was more apt to put people above others. “There isn't as much placing on pedestals as before." Rev. Arnold said. “We just don't do that in our society as much. To- day a person is valid so far asheor she isaperson." Concerning priests being married. Rev. Arnold says there is a little different attitude developing towards that aspect in the church than there used to be. "The church thought it was essen- tial for a priest to remain unmarried thinking that it would be better for the con- gregation if he didn't have family cares. The church interpreted the Bible that way, but the Bible doesn't say a priest can't marry. believes it will be common some day, although prob- ably not in the next 10 or myears. Rev. Arnold celebrated his 40th anniversary as an ordained priest this month and he sees the changes in the church congruous with the changes in society and isn't the least bit disturbed by them all. "There are married priests in Europe. but people just never hear of it. The law is not the same for Catholics all over the world, in fact it "changes from diocese to diocese." Rev. Arnold feels the changes in the church brought Catholics and Non- Catholics closer together. “If a church wants to have some appeal. it has to change. The Catholic church as well as any other church has tried to be contemporary. There is much more attempt now to be closer to the people. .. Feels counselling could help shoplifters "There are of course exceptions," Rev. Arnold said, "but when people become affluent and their centre of interest turns to material things they lose sight of religion a little bit except in case of illness. " Rev. Arnold was born in Kitchener and spent most of his life teaching in this area. He has also spent considerable time studying in the United States and relieving in parishes there. Some churches have ex- perienced a falling off in attendance which Rev. Arnold attributes to peo- ple being more affluent and society being more ma- terially minded. Although the church is no longer the centre of the community as it once was, Rev. Arnold said the church is still trying to bring people together through social activities planned to appeal to young and old. St. Louis Parish Rev. Arnold says is in a very stable section of Waterloo, meaning there has not been as much mobility there and he feels he has few pmb- lems for a congregation of “families. Based on this. the Social Planning Council has re- quested the John Howard Reverend Jerome Arnold of St. Louis Catholic Church on Allen Street in Waterloo celebrated his 40th anniversary as an ordained priest. _ of shoplifters and many different approaches that should be employed for de'al- ing with them. Undoubtedly there is a group of persons participating in shoplifting who could benefit from coun- selling in dealing with the problems that have moti- vated or compelled them to shoplift .. The Council earlier con- vened a meeting of repre- sentatives from many of the counselling agencies in the community In which the bmad concern of counsel- ling and shoplifting was ex- Rev. Amold does not have to retire at a certain age but can continue until he feels he can no longer be useful to the church. Probably a seldom thought of problem connected with priesthood is what happens to priests once they do re- tire? Never having been al- lowed to marry and raise a family. Rev. Amold ad- mits it is a very lonely life for some. He is fortunate in having come from a Society of Kitchener-Wa- terloo to consider under- taking an experimental program to assess in what ways and for which groups counselling can have a pa sitive impact. The racial disturbances and social unrest in the US. Rev. Amold feels was caused by people being more interested in material things than in other people. "The standard of living in Canada," Rev. Arnold said "is perhaps a little lower and we're possibly not quite as material mind- ed as the U.S. Maybe we‘ll eventually have such problems. [hope not." He feels Canada so far has been fortunate not to have had the probleuis the US. has. Rev. Arnold attributes this to the fact of people being too depen- denton money in the US. big family and says he has his nieces and nephews as well as numerous friend- ships. The Social Planning Coun- cil therefore asked the John Howard Society to devise a plan and carry out some experimental programs to determine the effectiveness of counselling with select- ed groups of shoplifters, With that rationaiiza- tion, Rev. Arnold's phil- osophy of everything work- ing itself out appears again. He evokes the feeling to those around him that existing crisis always pass. If you have studied his- tory he says, you'll have seen they always do. Rev. .Arnold has also managed to avoid the prob- lem some priests might ex- perience in later life of not having any other interests outside the church. He keeps up to date on events, reads the new basic books in each field as they come out, golfs and listen music. 'ilgit He expressed a little doubt for a moment as to what would happen to the church when the present generation of priests did finally re- tire. “The percentage of young people going into the priesthood or the convent has gone down," he said "but then we are getting more help from lay peo- ple than ever before. " plored Graham Lethbridge point- ed to the general experience of the John Howard Society in dealing with persons in- volved with the law.