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(N.C.W.C. News Service)
BOGOTA, Colombia — The
Latin American Bishops’ Coun
cil (CELAM) has begun an in
tensive campaign to spur the
organization of religious in
struction classes in the parish
es of Latin America.
The drive, which includes en
listing the full cooperation of
both clergy and laity, is part
of an all-out fight on relig
ious ignorance decided on at
CELAM’S third annual meeting,
held in Rome last November.
Announcement of the campaign
was made at CELAM’s head
quarters here following formal
approval by the Holy See of the
resolutions of the November
meeting.
The resolutions were seen
here as promising to influence
the 17,000 parishes in the 400
dioceses and other ecclesiasti
cal jurisdictions included in
CELAM.
In their resolutions, the Bish
ops cited the canon law pro
vision calling for establishment
of the Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine in every parish.
“CELAM points out the need
for the laity to cooperate in
bringing a solution to the prob
lem of lack of religious instruc
tion in Latin Americca,” the
statement said.
Alluding to the experience of
those parishes where the Con
fraternity does exist, the Bish
ops said that for religious in
struction in parishes to be ef
fective, diocesan catechetical
offices must first function prop
erly.
CELAM’s resolutions make
several other recommendations
to combat religious ignorance.
Among them are:
. —A single national catechism
text should be drafted by a
committee in each country;
—Use of proper teaching per
sonnel, materials and projects,
formulated by specialists in
catechetical instruction;
-—People of all classes and
ages should be reached by the
program, teaching should be
geared to different degrees of
intellectual ability and training
and priests should “take ad
vantage of the attendance of
the faithful at religious services
to give them religious instruc
tion;”
—Bookstores and other places
where instruction materials are
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paigns and other means should
be taken to interest all people
in the religious instruction.
The need for parochial relig
ious training takes on a greater
need, the Bishop’s resolution
said, because so many children
and young people do not receive
religious instruction in state
schools and, in fact, because so
many children do not attend
school.
(Recent statistics count more
than 200,000 schools and colleg
es, with 20 million students, in
Latin America. Catholics sup
port about 13,400 schools, which
have 2,250,000 students — a lit
tle more than 11 per cent of the
total, number.
(A few states allow some
form of religious instruction in
state schools, but religious
training in general rests on the
parish, or apostolic organiza
tions which also must be con
cerned with adult teaching.
(The illiteracy rate in South
America ranges from 12 per
cent to 90 per cent, compared
to the United States rate of 2.5
per cent. School attendance
ranges from 16.2 per cent to
73.2 per cent, compared to the
United States rate of 85.6 per
cent.)
In its resolution, CELAM of
ficially takes note and “express
es gratitude” for religious in
struction assistance given in the
part by the National Center of
the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine in Washington, D. C.
The CCD has made texts, per
sonnel and scholarships avail
able to Latin American areas.
CELAM’s secretariate here
has established a catechetical
section to aid in religious in
struction and the Bishops’ di
rective said that office should
be used where possible .in the
new campaign. A year ago, the
CELAM secretariate prepared a
manual on Christian Doctrine
as a prelude to a single cate
chism text.
Other programs and lit
erature to instruct priests and
seminarians in'catechism teach
ing are being prepared under
the direction of several com
mittees connected with CELAM.
CELAM was formed in 1955
American Bishops who met in
at the suggestion of the Latin
Brazil and was approved by the
Holy See. It aims to assist the
Latin Bishops to solve their
mutual problems.
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and Mr. Paul David McGaugh,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Camilla
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and Mrs. David B. Smith and
Neal Carter Peavy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Howard Peavy
were married April 4th at the
Cathedral of Christ the King,
Rev. John Mulroy officiating.
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LaGRANGE, Ga.—Miss Betty
Banks of Atlanta and LaGrange,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Franklin Jarrell of La
Grange and Mr. William Henry
Oetjen, III of Decatur and
Augusta, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Henry Oetjen, Jr., of
Decatur were married April 4th
at St. Peter’s Church, Rev. John
J. McDonough officiating.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Miss
Catherine Leonora Cetti, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick R.
Cetti, and James Lee Shippy,
son of Mrs. Frederick R. Cetti
were married April 4th at the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Rev. Herbert Wellmeier
officiating.
Archbishop, Senator's Assistant
Scoff At Fears That Catholics Are
Monolithic Power Bloc In America
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
DETROIT,—T h e Archbishop
of Detroit and the legislative
assistant of a U. S. Senator
scoffed at fears that Catholics
make up a monolithic power
blocking in unison on all issues.
In separate sessions of the
biennial convention of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men,
Archbishop John F. Dearden
and Emerson Hynes, legislative
assistant to Sen. Eugene Mc
Carthy of Minnesota, stressed
the diversity of thought that
exists among Catholics.
Archbishop Dearden conceded
that unity is an essential char
acteristic of Catholicism. But
just as typical, he added, is this
diversity.
The Archbishop cited the “ap
prehension” on the part of some
people that the Church is “a
rigid, monolithic structure” in
which the will of the leaders is
necessarily the will of all its
members.
“Truly, this is a distorted no
tion of the Church,” he told the
NCCM convention banquet, “a
parody on the institution Christ
has bequeathed to us.”
Mr. Hynes, participant in a
workshop on the layman’s duty
to take part in politics, pointed
out that, with the possibility
that a Catholic may be a can
didate in the 1960 presidental
election, Catholics are more fre
quently being questioned by
non-Catholic Americans about
their stand on Church-State re
lations.
“Unfortunately,” he continued,
“there is often an unjust over
tone to the question—as though
the answer is unnecessary since
the questioner does not really
believe that a Catholic can be
trusted.”
However, Mr. Hynes said,
Catholics for their part “must
be careful in our response not
to create the impression that
there is a Catholic political
block in this county, and that
Catholics will automatically sup
port a candidate for the presi
dency simply because he is of
the same religion.”
It is “questionable language”
to use the terms “a Catholic
senator” of “a Catholic presi
dent,” Mr. Hynes declared. He
pointed out that the Constitu
tion specifically bars any reli
gious test for office and added:
“If a citizen who is a Catholic
is elected president, he will not
be a ‘Catholic president.’ He will
simply be ‘President of the Unit
ed States.’ It is not wholly in
the spirit of the Constitution to
put a denominational adjective
in front of the title “President,”
The first Amendment to the
Constitution, forbidding Con
gress to make any “establish
ment” concerning religion, is
supported by Catholics “as a
political principle,” Mr. Hynes
said.
“It is not a theological princi
ple that one religion is as good
as another, nor is it a principle
that religion is unimportant or
a matter of indifference,” he
said.
Mr. Hynes pointed out that
in the United States, where
priests have made the “prudent
decision” to stay out of politics,
it is of necessity “a special re
sponsibility for the layman to
bring the insight of of a Chris
tian to the political arena.”
He said the layman’s duties
as a good citizen include:
1) “Obedience of the laws.”
2) “Patriotism,” which really
consists of “love of one’s own
people.”
3) “Support of government.”
4) “Participation i n govern
ment” by voting in an informed
manner, being willing to run
for public office or accept ap
pointment to public duties and
participating in the activities of
political parties.
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