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MARYGROvE COLLEGE LIBRAGčtober -November,1957DETROIT.MIC上IGAN  \nDEASE DO NOT REMOVE  \n# NOTE OFTHANKS\n\neC(  \nIt is appropriate that thisfirst issue of AID should beginwith a note of gratitude.Forthere is much about which tobe grateful.  \nThe Association for Inter-national Development has beenblessed with much encourage-ment in its short time of exis-tence.It owes its existence tothe experience,wisdom,andguidance of many persons.For  \nAID's Board of Trustees  \nthe concept of an organization for the recruiting,training andsupport of lay men for mission work has been the subject ofmuch discussion and prayer for the past decade.  \nFirst of all,we want to express our gratitude to his Excel-lency,the Most Rev.James A.McNulty,Bishop of Paterson,New Jersey,who has given us his episcopal blessing and hasoffered us a twenty room house for our headquarters and train-ing center.His fatherly guidance and learned understandinghas been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement.  \nOur special thanks also go out to our advisory board,con-sisting of Fr.Edward Murphy,S.J.,who is our devoted andzealous chaplain,Fr.Frederick McGuire,C.M.,and Fr.JohnConsidine,M.M.Without their persevering advice,AID wouldnot have been born.Thanks also must go out to the superiorsof the hundred and five male mission-sending societies of theMission Secretariat who have given their support to our ad-visory board.  \nWe are grateful to Abbot Coriston,0.S.B.,of St.Paul'sMission Abbey of Newton,New Jersey,and Fr.John Forest,  \n0.F.M.,of St.Anthony's Guild here in Paterson,who haveassisted us in so many ways.Also a loyal backer has been Fr.Franklin Ewing,S.J.,of the Fordham Institute of MissionStudies,who has never failed us with his ever ready ear.  \nToo many to list individually are the many other friends ofAID whose spiritual,material and moral support have neverfailed us.To them we want to express our most sincere appre-ciation for all that they have done in the past.And we are con-fident that AID will bear much fruit in Christ’s Vineyard over-seas with them behind us as we face the future.For we are butthe instruments of our benefactors,seeking to do God's Willin their name.  \n## The Holy Father And Lay Missionaries:\n\n\"Help to missionary dioceses assumes a form now dayswhich gives joy to Our heart:we refer to the effectivetask which lay apostles,acting principally within theframework of national and international Catholic move-nents,accept in performing a service to the young Chris-tian Communities.”  \n—PoPE Pius XII,Fidei Donum  \n## The Bishops And Lay Missionaries:\n\n\"Lay Mission Helpers are not only useful,they have be-come a necessity.”  \n—APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATORMbarara,Uganda,Africa  \n\"I personally have always been of the opinion that Lay Mis-sion Helpers could be of almost illimitable importance inthe work of the Foreign Missions.\"  \n—APOSTOLIC PREFECT  \nUdornthani,Thailand  \nQ.Do Lay Missionaries exist because priests are scarce?  \nA.No.They have their own job to do that only a layman can do.The shortage of priests makes this need more urgent,butthere still would be a lay missionary vocation even if therewere enough priests or religious.  \n## Q.What is the lay missionary's basic job?\n\nA.The main job of.a lay missionary is to help develop a hardcore of native lay leaders to enter the many new positions ingovernment,education,communications etc,that are openingup almost overnight in the tremendous progress that is takingplace in mission lands  \n## Q.What types of personnel are needed?\n\nA.Most urgently needed are hundreds of teachers,especiallyon the primary and secondary levels.Also needed are doc-tors,nurses,social workers,journalists,radio technicians,men with experience in agriculture,co-ops and credit unionwork,construction engineers,mechanics and men from otherrelated felds.  \n## Q.For what period of time does a person sign up?\n\nA.The 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Do Lay Missionaries exist because priests are scarce?\n## Q. What is the lay missionary's basic job?\n## Q. What types of personnel are needed?\n## Q. For what period of time does a person sign up?\n## Q. 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