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Bishops Hold Regional
Meeting in Charleston
BY ROBERT P. STOCKTON
CHARLESTON (NC) - Birth control
divorce, sex education and other
matters of concern to Catholic families
require a “positive” and “realistic”
approach, according to churchmen and
lay leaders meeting here.
The two words, “positive” and
“realistic” occurred frequently in *
group report and general discussion at
the Region IV meeting (April 24-26) of
the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops in this historic city.
Approximately 80 bishops, priests,
nuns and lay persons took part in the
meeting, one of 12 regional meetings
being held in April and May in lieu of
the former annual spring general
meeting of the U.S. bishops. NCCB’s
Region IV includes Delaware, Maryland,
District of Columbia, Virginia, West
Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, and the Virgin Islands.
Participants in the Charleston
meeting were divided into four groups
for discussion of questions related to
Christian marriage and family life, then
recorded their observations and
recommendations at a general session.
The group reports will be used as the
region’s input to the NCCB executive
committee for further discussion at the
NCCB general meeting in November in
Washington.
Mrs. Andrew G. Favret of
Washington, reporting for her group,
said its recommendation was that the
Church “be sympathetic to divorced
people and sympathetic to those who
are using birth control. We certainly
uphold the Church’s teaching, but we
should reach out and be sympathetic to
those who are not at the present time
living up to it.”
The consensus of all groups was that
parents, as well as teachers should be
trained in sex education, so that they
can present it in a positive way and feel
“comfortable” in talking about the
subject.
Other recommendations included
establishment of family counseling
centers and training seminarians,, priests,
nuns and lay persons in family
counseling.
Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of
Miami noted that the Church in the
South must be especially concerned
with meeting the pastoral needs of
elderly persons, because of large
numbers of retired persons moving into
the region. The aging, Archbishop
Carroll said, are “the most neglected
and the most lonesome” of all groups
and should be an “increasing matter of
concern” to the Church.
Others, including Auxiliary Bishop F.
Joseph Gossman of Baltimore,
recommended that the Church begin
planning to cope wth future
developments in technology and human
relations.
Developments in genetics and
bio-medical engineering, Bishop
Gossman said, are “frightening people,
and ... should frighten us.”
“We haven’t begun to consider the
moral issues involved,” he said. “We do
tend to drift as an institution.”
Some participants expressed concern
that the U.S. bishops’ statement next
November might be “too rigid in tone,”
A few, including Father Liam Tuffy of
Atlanta, suggested that an evangelical
tone might be used, with a “call to
holiness on an individual . . .basis.”
Father Tuffy also suggested that
“instead of isolating particular things
like abortion we should perhpas deal
with evaluating our entire approach.”
According to the meeting’s agenda,
which is the same for all 12 regional
meetings, abortion is to be a separate
topic of discussion, on which a separate
statement will be made.
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