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Newspaper Page Text1 PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, October 24, 1963 Anglican Bishop Observer Against Secretariat For N on-Christians (By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.) ROME (NC)—The establish ment of a secretariat for rela tions with non-Christian reli gious bodies envisaged by Pope Paul VI might be prejudical to efforts toward Christian unity, in the opinion of the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Moorman, Anglican Bishop of Ripon, England. Bishop Moorman is here as an official delegate-observer of the ecumenical council on behalf of the Anglican Commun ion. “To my mind,” said Bishop Moorman in an interview, “it would be a mistake to let our selves be diverted from our principal objective which is Christian unity. This task is difficult enough, and I do not see what could be gained at this stage by widening the scope of interfaith relations beyond the realm of those who believe in Christ. “Speaking only for myself, I must say that I would see no useful purpose in my remaining here, were we to be engaged in contacts and conversations not directly pertinent to the objec tive we pursue in the ecumeni cal movement. . “Let us concentrate on this immediate challenge all Chris tians face. No greater progress could be achieved in our rela tions with other religious bodies than by first realizing a unity at least of purpose within our own ranks as Christians. This is our preeminent task. If eventually, by the grace of God, it can be accomplished, the impact of Christian unity upon other faiths, by itself would help im mensely toward a better under standing among believers of all creeds as well.’’ Bishop Moorman was asked about his impressions of the present council’ session. “The draft proposals now de bated in the council,” he re plied, ' ‘certainly are more ac ceptable to us than those sub mitted at the first session. The work done by the committees during the intermittent period has borne great fruit. We Anglicans, of course, still have reservations. ' ‘We feel that Christian Bap tism should bje accepted as the mark of unity even though it does not imply actual member ship in the Catholic Church. In a sense Anglicans and Roman Catholics already are united, for we have the same creeds and practice a similar liturgy.” * ‘Could you then,” I interject ed, “accept the primacy of the pope?” “We are not averse to recognizing a supreme head of a united Christian Church,” Bishop Moorman said, "pro vided there were unity without uniformity. The draft proposal now under consideration would seem to pave the way toward a new understandihg of infalli bility as an attribute of the Church as a whole which would dispose of some fundamental relevant misapprehensions on our part. “At the same time we must insist on the validity of our holy orders, and I think some way might be found to revise or reinterpret the decree of Pope Leo XIII of 1896, which termed them defective in intention. This is a sore point with us because it amounted to our being * ‘un churched,’ if you will. It is difficult to understand why our holy orders should be consid ered invalid while those of the Orthodox Churches are ac- cpeted as perfectly acceptable. * ‘Then take the veneration of the Blessed Virgin. In the An glican calendar we have five Marian feasts, which shows we are not opposing Mariological theology, provided it avoids concessions to a popular type piety alien to our mentality. This is why we cannot subscribe to certain papal pronounce ments on Mary which to us ap pear as not truly Christologi- cal. If Mary were conceived more properly as a symbol of all humanity, the area of dis agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and ourselves would be narrowed down con siderably, without compro mising the integrity of our com mon creed.” “Is not,” I asked, “the issue of clerical celibacy also a stum bling block between us?” “Not if in matters not doc trinal, freedom is mutually granted,” replied Bishop Moor man. “We seem to agree that celibacy of the clergy is not rooted in divine law, and the Orthodox Church has a married clergy just as we have it. As a matter of fact, when confronted with problems such as birth- control I think that married clerics have a better under standing of them then celibates. Differing views on this score should not stand in the way of Christian unity.” “In this as in other re spects,” Bishop Moorman said in concluding the interview, * ‘it would be helpful if the draft proposals discussed in the council did not only present the Catholic point of view, but also gave some consideration to the views of other Christians. “Did not Pope Paul in his opening address to the present council session express 'rev erence for the true religious patrimony we share in com mon’? If this sentiment is re flected in the council delibera tions, we may indeed have high hopes that Christian unity per haps will not be as distant a goal as it now appears.” OUTLINES SOCIAL REFORMS—The Minister of Foreign Rela tions for Peru, Dr. Fernando Schwalb (at microphone), one of Peru’s practicing Catholics in the new regime there, told members of the press in Washington that social reforms in his country have been blueprinted and are carried out in close coalition with the Christian Democrats there. He is shown at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington with Antonio Lulli, Minister Counselor of the embassy. (NC Photos) Await Council Statement ROME (NC) — A spokesman for B’naiB’rith’s Anti-Defama tion League has said that the league is awaiting with inter est a statement on Catholic - Jewish relations by the ecu menical council. Joseph L. Lichten, director of the department of intercul- tural affairs for the Jewish organization, said in a state ment issued here that, after having talked with various of ficials, he has “reasonable as surance that such a statement will be presented to the ecu menical council, hopefully to be adopted by the council Fath ers.” Lichten declined to give spe cific details of his conversa tions in Rome, but he said: “A constructive statement, ad opted by the council Fathers, suggesting closer cooperation among Catholics and Jews, will make a deep positive impact upon all, Catholics and Jews alike, who have deep at heart a desire for closer Catholic - Jewish friendly cooperation. We have finally arrived at a point where we have discovered the old truth, that our common Christian-Jewish heritage re presents a major reason for intensification of our common work for the common good.” Lichten returned to New York (Oct. 19) after three weeks in Rome. During his stay, he was Saint Michael’s Home & School SAVANNAH BEACH—St. Mi chaels Home and School Asso ciation, held the first meeting of the school year, October 17. F ather Herbert Wellmeier, pastor, gave a welcoming ad dress, commenting on the fine co-operation that exists be tween home and school. Many new folks were in evi dence in the large crowd, at testing to the fact that our school is growing by leaps and bounds. Plans are progressing rapid ly for the annual Halloween carnival, under the able chair manship of Mrs. Dorothy Hosti. Much favorable comment has been received on the excellent lunch program at St.Michael’s. Study Protestantism SALAMANCA, Spain (NC)— The theology faculty of the Pon tifical University of Salamanca has set up new chairs of ecu- m e n i s m and Protestant theology. recieved by Pope Paul VI who gave him a copy of a book, “Their Brothers’ Keepers,” which pays tribute to many Christians who saved Jewish lives in World War II. In 1958, Lichten published an article saying that Pope Pius XII was instrumental in organizing help and relief for persecuted Jews. He said that he has finished an “extensive study” on the same subject which he is publishing on his return to the U.S. God’s World— (Continued from Page 4) job. He becomes the impov erished parent of another gen eration of slum children who in turn are uneducated and unem ployed—and the vicious circle goes on and on. How can the circle be broken? First of all we can make it a reality for the Negro, as for everyone else, that America is the land of opportunity, with no door closed to anyone who has the necessary qualifications (of which a white skin will not be one). If a Colored child can see the vision of an unlimited future (which he now cannot) he will have more motivation for remaining in school. Secondly, we can provide the Negro child with the same first class educational facilities which white children enjoy— which only will be when Negroes and Whites share the same schools and the same teachers. Also, because of his greater present need, we can provide the Negro child with intensive guidance and even with financial help in order to keep him in school. Jobs and education. These will break the vicious circle. That is, provided we Whites can achieve the color-blindness which should characterize a Christian. Warner Robins Ladies Guild Views Slides WARNER ROfelNS—The Sac red Heart Ladies Guild of War ner Robins held their October meeting on Thursday the 17th. Guests were Fr. Thomas Mur phy, new assistant pastor, from Cork, Ireland, Rev. Mother M Lilia, Superior of North Pre sentation Convent, Cork City, Ireland. Several nuns from Sac red Heart School. Mother M. DeSales, principal of Sacred Heart School was guest speaker. She showed col orful slides of Ireland, and gave an interesting and infor mative history of the foundress of the Presentation Order. The success of a Rummage Sale and Bake Sale was reportec by committees. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Betty Smith and Mrs. Marge Egolf. See Church In New View Baptist Urges RALEIGH, N. C. (NC)—A Baptist pastor here said that the non-Catholic Christian who responds today to Catholicism as he regarded it yesterday is no longer responding to reality. In a letter addressed to all Southern Baptist Convention editors, the Rev. W. W. Finla- tor, pastor, Pullen Memorial Baptist church, wrote of fast changing attitudes of openness among Catholics. “Some of us have been run ning fast just to keep up,” he said. “In my own community, there has taken place almost overnight an openness and ac ceptance among the Catholic leadership beyond the dreams of any of us a year or so ago. He also said that “the non- Roman communion which fails to experience a similar “ag- giornamento’ has forsaken its own Protestant principle of a continuing Reformation and can therefore have no appreciation of the tremendous spiritual fer ment within the Roman Church.” Birth Control Product Campaign ST LOUIS (NC)—The Emkc Company here has begun an advertising campaign in 19 na tional magazines for its aero sol birth control product. The advertisements, which offer to send free samples, are expected to reach an estimated 30 million readers. The com pany began to use another post office when the St. Louis post office refused to let Emko into the mails. The Emko Company is own ed by Sunnen Products Com pany of which Joseph Sunnen is president. Stevenson— (Continued from Page 2) marriage, child rearing and family size.” --“Advise countries, upon request, on how to transmit information on family planning consistant with the cultural and religious values of their people — so that individual parents will have free access to the growing fund of knowledge in this field.” Stevenson said “our know ledge of the basic life process es involved in human reproduc tion needs to be enlarged, so that parents can have the know ledge they need to overcome both involuntary parenthood and involuntary childlessness.” “The World Health Organi zation has been enabled to make a small start in this direction,” he added, “by the pledge of the U.S. last May of $500,000 to initiate research on human re production.” Stevenson said the U.N. also can help less developed coun tries build effective institutions for health and social services,” adding that these are desirable not only for their own sake but are essential to the success of family planning policies at the village level.” ‘The common element in all these activities is the develop ment and dissemination of knowledge,” he said. “It should be made unequivocally clear that in this field, as in others, the United Nations and its re lated agencies will not engage in propaganda, and will not seek to influence the policies of member countries. “THE CHRISTIAN REVOLUTION”—was the title of the first face-to-face transoceanic television broadcast beamed to both the United States and Europe via the Telstar II communications satellite, October 15. It was telecast in the U. S. by CBS-TV network, Town Meeting of the World program. Photo shows how it looked to stateside viewers. Among the participants were Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa of Tanganyika (right) speaking from Rome to Dr. Franklin Clark Fry (left) President of the Lutheran Church of America, at Princeton, N. J., Theological Seminary. Moderator Eric Sevaried watches from the New York studio. (NC Photos) “But the United Nations sys tem can and must provide in ternational mechanisms for making knowledge available to all countires who desire it for the purpose of finding solutions to their population problems, and for expanding and deep ening that knowledge. To this effort the United States has pledged its wholehearted sup port.” (By Herbert J. Wellmeier) Confraternity Sunday brought a reflection to mind about the teenagers spending money. As far as I know, not a single one has ever sacrificed a dol lar, or even a dime for the Confraternity fund. Their Sun day offering from short pants days on is from their parent’s pockets just before Mass, not a savings from their allowance. This is an alarming trend in the philosophy and training of church giving. From personal experience I know that the attitude of most youth was and is — give to the church the smallest coin possi ble as that will still look respectable. Any little bit left over after the weekend spend ing spree for entertainment. In a research project, it was discovered that 17 million teenagers between age 12 and 20 spend $9 billion a year. Where did they get all this money? Over half of them re ceived it from their parents without any work in return. Ano ther 20 per cent did work at home for their money, and 30 per cent worked for their money away from home. The breakdown on how they spend this $9 billion is start ling. The biggest portion was Business Meeting, Reception Ceremony St. Anne’s Holy Name COLUMBUS — The regular monthly business meeting of St. Anne’s Holy Name Society was held on Sunday morning, October 13, in St. Anne’s Ca- fetorium, Trinity Drive and Kay Circle. Guest speaker was Father George C. James, moderator of Pacelli High School, who pre sented a most enlightening and interesting talk on certain as pects of The Ecumenical Coun cil , currently in session in Rome. An official reception cere mony was held Sunday evening at St. Anne’s Church for ad mittance into the Society of the following new members: L. Arrington, C. Bonner, J. Burns, E. Chaisson, H. Eckstein, A. Harrison, W. Kennedy, D. Now- atski, and G. Stephens. Spiri tual Director, Rt. Rev. Msgr. H. J. Deimel, Pastor of St. Anne’s , conducted the ser vices. Urges Equal Role For Laity spent on snacks, school lunch-, es and their recreation. Then in order, comes savings, clo thes, supplies for school, acti vities at school, hobbies, and at the end of the list compiled, phonograph records. Nowhere on the list was there even a mention that they made donations to the various church es. No gifts to charitable in stitutions, nothing for home or foreign missions worth record ing. Indeed, this is startling. No surprising—just startling,, is the fact that so little impression has been made of their debt to God, the necessity of giving of themselves and their substance of an acknow ledgement of dependence and gratitude. It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing. Can they not recognize the needs of the Church? Even more important can they not see the underlying fact of the need to give, a self- expression of the obligation to return a portion of God-given goods. ’Nuff said! ★ * * This Sunday opens Catholic Youth Week throughout our na tion. Some places celebrate with diocesan activities, other states organize on city-wide basis, but most have ac tivities in their own parish, their basic CYO unit. Every pa rish in our diocese is undoubt edly having corporate com munion, perhaps followed by breakfast, maybe a Holy Hour followed by a dance. The feast of Christ the King is a natural as Youth Day with their love of a hero and idealism Augusta Parents Hear Director Of Vocations (By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.) ROME (NC)—The strongest plea made so far in connection with the ecumenical council in favor of an equal status for the laity in the Church came (Oct. 16) from Father Victor Klos- termann. Father Klostermann is a member of the faculty of theo logy of the University of Vi enna, Austria, and a council ex pert. He spoke here at a press conference under the auspices of the German Hierarchy. Referring to the present council debate on the position of the laity, Father Klostermann said that Holy Scripture knows no distinction among the people of God. “All believers,” he said, “are called by God to follow Christ no matter in what capa city. Being a lay person in the world is just as much a divine calling as being a priest or Religious. “Lay people,” Father Klos termann went on, “absolutely share this calling with the cler gy and Religious. All without distinction are supposed to have a part in the responsibility for the Church as a whole which certainly is not only made up of the clerical state. All, there fore, have tasks to accomplish when it comes to making the light of Christ shine in the world. “We must,” said Father Klostermann, “find new means to apply the evangelical coun- Anti-Christian— (Continued from Page 1) the large Tamil minority in the pouulation). In Afghanistan, a predomi nantly Muslim kingdom, no Christian missionary is allowed to work. The only Catholic church permitted in the country is a chapel attended by Catho lic foreign diplomats in the Ita lian embassy, where a priest is employed as a member of the embassy staff. Morocco is also predomi nantly Muslim. Missionaries are allowed in the country, but a Moroccan who would become a Christian would suffer social and economic disabilities. The Christians in Morocco are mainly French and Spanish set tlers. Hinduism and Buddhism pre vail in the kingdom of Nepal. Christian schools are allowed and encouraged but no direct missionary work is possible, Brazil, where most of the people are at least nominally Catholic, has no state religion. Its population includes about 200,000 Buddhists, mostly Ja panese settlers, who enjoy full freedom. In Costa Rica Catholicism is the state religion but the law assures religious freedom to all. Dahomey has no state re ligion and follows the French official pattern in allowing re ligious freedom. sels in the world, means more appealing to the modern mind. This is the challenge lay peo ple face no less than clerics. ‘ ‘The customary distinction between clerics, Religious and laity no longer is justified, for their functions in this day and age overlap, just as do the func tions of the diocesan and reli- -gious clergy.” Speaking of marriage, Father Klostermann said that it is as much a divine calling as a Re ligious vocation. On the other hand, he said, a religious voca tion should be understood not as an opportunity to rule, but as one to serve. The bishops and all clerics and Religious are as much subject to God as lay people are, he stated. * ‘All who sincerely want to be a part of God’s people should realize they are called to sanc tity, all who follow Christ as ‘saints’ in the terminology of the New Testament, and all,’ share in the priesthood as 'priests and kings’ although in different ways,” he said. “It is to be hoped,” Father Klostermann concluded, “that the council, by defining anew the function of the laity in the Church, will help everyone to gain a better understanding of it and overcome the prevalent no tion that the laity is only a passive rather than a dynamic element in the Church.” AUGUSTA—St. Mary’s-on- the-Hill Home and School As sociation met Tuesday, October 15th. The meeting was con ducted by Mrs. A. Joseph Green, President, reports were given by the Committee Chairmen. Mrs. J. S. Stevenot introduced the guest speaker. 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