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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 t 1964 BERNSTEIN FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE SERVICE ESTABLISHED 1911 TELEPHONE LI 6-7373 ATHENS, GEORGIA DEBATE NEED FOR NUNCIOS WHITMIRE PHONE LI 3-2417 FURNITURE COMPANY, Inc. 465 E. CLAYTON STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA PHONE FOR FAST, // ONE- DAY SERVICE 1st and 2nd Mortgages FURNITURE . AUTO . Consolidate Your Debts SIGNATURE Sensible Monthly Payments Quick, Fr endly Service JmkHCt COW.DIAL LIBERTY 8-4221 154 E. Clayton £oeCoope*& orman J?12> funeral ^Jl< ome 220 PRINCE AVENUE Athens, Qeoryia ance J ir (Condition* d JLLL -Air Condition» d CL,J REAL ESTATE LOANS TO * Buy 4 Build *4" Remodel 34" Refinance CONVENIENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS ATHENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION CORNER LUMPKIN & HANCOCK ATHENS, GA. Layman’s Role Leading Topic During Council’s Third Week VATICAN CITY (NC)—The role of laymen in the Church became a major topic for the first time at an ecumenical council during the third week of the Second Vatican Coun cil’s second session. During that week the coun cil Fathers ended discussion of the second chapter of the draft proposal—or schema—“On the Nature of the Church,” deal ing with the hierarchy, and be gan debate on Chapter III, which concerns the laity. MAJOR TOPICS in the dis cussion of the second chapter were the colleglality of the bishops and restoration of the permanent diaconate. The chap ter on the laity stresses that laymen share in the Church's mission to sanctify the world. During the week the Fathers also heard a claim that sepa ration of Church and State of ten serves the Church's best interests and a statement ques tioning the need for papal nun cios. As debate on the schema on the Church went on, the Fathers also continued to vote on amend ments to the liturgy schema, ap proving the amendments to Chapter III. The necessity for papal nun cios was called into question by Archbishop Joachim Am- ipahn, O.S.B., former head of the Independent Abbey of Ndan- da, Tanganyika. He said that the concept of the bishops’ col- legiality and of their depen dence on the Holy See requires efforts to maintain and tighten the bonds uniting the world’s bishops with the Roman pon tiff. He asked if such efforts require presence of papal dip lomatic represent a- tives throughout the world. He said: “MANY PERSONS think that such officials as apostolic nun cios, internuncios and delegates are shadows hiding the genuine face of the Church. Their pre sence in a country seems to create the impression that the Church is imitating die secular powers, and the false impres sion is encouraged that, in one way or another, the Church Is mixing in international politics. “It is time to put the repre sentation of the Holy See in va rious countries in the hands of patriarchs and bishps designat ed by their respective national conferences. These people know their own country traditions and thus are in a much better posi tion to evaluate problems and decide on appropriate solutions. “WHY WOULD IT not be pos sible, if the diplomatic repre sentatives are to be maintained, to appoint outstanding laymen instead of clerics?” A similar proposal was made by Auxiliary Bishop Lius Hen- riquez of Caracas, Benezuela, speaking in the name of the Episcopal Conference of Vene zuela. The idea of creating an epis copal college to assist the pope in the government of the Church was brought up, as several times before, by Coadjutor Bis hop Thomas Holland of Ports mouth, England. The impor tance of the repeated idea here THE ATHE BANNER HE DAILY—(Eveniag) NS RALD SUNDAY—(Morning) Member Audit Bureau of Circulation S T R a N c Little-Know GE BUT TRU n Facts for Catholic ;E By M. J. MURRAY Copyrtfht, IMS, N.C.W.C Kiwi tervU* | 7ke Reverend Mother Agatha of the Australian Sisters of MERCY /s a qualified LOCOMOTIVE DRIVER/ Hefore hihnq charge of the hoi water boilers ■ | in her orphanage in — MELBOURNE, Mother Agatha, passed a test for a combined boiler -attendant, steam, -locomotive ORDER'S CERTIFICATE. sr Peter is one or -me most tfcPUL/Ut PATRONS IN THE WOULD - Bakers, Butchers, CHIROPODISTS, CLOCK MAKERS, Fishermen, glaziers, KWSONS, NET-MAKERS, Fcttters, STATIONERS irSHiP WRlGHTS ALL CLAIM MiM. TXmNO FROHi 1650, THIS REMARKABLE topiary garden near Birmingham, England, REPRESENTS THE MULITUDE LISTENING TO OuR LORDS SERMON ON THE MOUNT- A i»».m . Mow Parish Rfiisr of A quiet SCOTTISH TOWM, Canon Sydney * Mac Ewan won INTtRNlAtlONAl FAME AS A TENOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AGO . He tourso Europe, Australia and the U S before abandoning music FOR THE CHURCH - was that he was speaking in the name of all the Bishops of England and Wales. AUXILIARY BISHOP Josep Drzazga of Gniezno, Poland, speaking in the name of the Bis hops of Poland, opposed resto ration of the permanent dia conate, saying that * *the spiri tual needs of the faithful are such that they can be met only through the priestly ministry strictly socalled.” Two bishops from priest- short areas favored a perma nent diaconate. Bishop Peter Carretto, Apostolic Vicar of Rayaburi, speaking in the name of the Bishops of Thailand and Laos, said that in mission coun tries the scarcity of priests is such that they are not able even to preserve what the Church has already accomplished, let alone engage in any activity at spreading the faith. ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO Mosquera Corral of Guayaquil, speaking in the name of the Bishops of Ecuador, said that “areas suffering from a scar city of priests, will be best served by restoration of the permanent diaconate.” Discussion of the second chapter of the schema was then ended and debate begun on the chapter dealing with the laity THE CHAPTER proclaims the laymen’s participation in the priesthood of Christ. It states that he too is sanctified through Baptism and Confirmation. Hence, in his own way, the lay man shares In the threefold of fice of Christ: priestly, by par ticipation in the sacramental life of the Church; prophetic, in his witness to Christ and the preaching of CH preaching of Chri3t In his mi lieu, particularly in his fami ly; kingly, In his bond with the victory of Christ over sin through the sanctification of his life and his surroundings. The duties of the layman de riving from his special place in the Mystical Body are ennu- merated. He is obliged, the schema declares to make his contribution to the sanctifica tion of his life and his surround ings. The duties of the layman de riving from his special place in the Mystical Body are ennu- merated. He is obliged, the schema declares to make his contribution to the sanctifica tion and growth of the Body of Christ, for he has his own pro per share in the Church’s mis sion for the salvation of the world. PART OF THE mission of the layman, according to the sche ma, is his coresponsibility in preaching the Christian mes sage. The Christian cannot de vote himself exclusively to his own profession in the world. He has clearcut religious du ties as well. Finally, the schema treats of the layman’s relationship with the hierarchy. The lay man, it states, has a right to expect all due care and as sistance from the pastors of the Church. On the other hand, he is also bound to respectful obedience towards ecclesias tical authority. He must refrain from unjust criticism and he must pray for his ecclesiasti cal superiors. THE PEOPLE OF God and the hierarchy, the schema de clares, constitute one body, en gaged in the common mission of Christ and sharing undivided responsibility before the world. First to speak on the chap ter was Ernesto Cardinal Ruf- fini of Palermo, Italy, who said that no one denies the exalted function and duties of the lai ty in the Church. But, he add ed, this does not authorize one to speak of a ‘'mission” of the laity. They do not share In the mission conferred by Christ on the Apostles. He urged precise terminology here lest the laity, feeling it has a juridical right to share in the mission of the Church, could lead to a weaken ing of the position of the hier archy. Observations made by An tonio Cardinal Baccl of the Ro man curia were in much the same vein. JOSE CARDINAL Bueno y Monreal of Seville, Spain, ex pressed pleasure that for the first time a council document made special mention of the lai ty, thus representing an official appreciation by the Church of the importance of the laity. Fernando Cardinal Cento, Major Penitentiary who is also president of the council Com mission on the Lay Apostolate, thanked the theological com mission for inserting a chapter BEST vVISHES St. Joseph’s Parish & Athen’s Newman Club COLONIAL HOTEL Located in the heart of Athens opposite University of Georgia campus 179 E. Broad Athens, Ga. LI 3-9091 BEST WISHES S.H. KRESS 5 & 10< STORE 153 E. CLAYTON ST. ATHENS, GA. on the laity in their schema on the Church, DISCUSSION OF the chapter on the laity continued the next day. Among the speakers was Bishop John J. Wright of Pitts burgh. Since he is one of three Americans who are members of the theological commission of the council, he presumably had an active part in composing the schema. He said the chapter will “lay a solid foundation for authentic Catholic Action and will dissi pate the prevailing erroneous impression that the Church is exclusively ‘clerical.’ ” AUXILIARY BISHOP Philip M. Hannan of Washington ob served that the council Fath ers' exhortations to the laity people were urged to be gen uine witnesses to the Faith in their domestic, business, so cial and civic organizations. He continued: ’The laity should be urged to join orga nizations which can influence daily life—associations of pa rents interested in educational activities, and organizations with professional, charitable and civic aims, not excluding participation in politics. Men cannot be led to Christ unless associations of this kind are marked with the spirit of Christ. 'THE BISHOPS should setup special organizations to elicit the opinions of the laity. . . ‘The laity are often hesi tant to come forward as indivi duals with their suggestions but would gladly offer them if a specially organized unit ser ved as a channel of approach to authority.” First of the next day’s (Pet. 18) speakers was Jaime Car dinal De Barros Camara of Rio de Janeiro. Speaking in the name of all Brazilian* Bishops, he said that the text of the chapter was substantially ac ceptable, but asked for a clear er explanation of how the laity share in the priesthood of Christ through Baptism and Confirmation. VALERIAN CARDINAL Gra cias of Bombay said: “Some members of the hier archy neither seek nor want the collaboration of the laity...We must remember that the laity not only have a call and an in vitation, but also a right to share in the mission of the Church. This does not mean a share in the mission of the hierarchy, which must always be distinguished from the work of the laity.” Bishop Michal Klepacz of Lodz, Poland, Introduced the topic of separation of Church and State. His talk stimulated great discussion among the council Fathers privately out side the council hall. Bishop Kelpacz said: "MORE ATTENTION should be devoted to the relationship between Church and State. This is particularly important be cause the encroachments of to talitarian states on human rights. It is important also be cause the Church cannot remain silent when moral values are ignored dr even rejected. “Finally, it is important be cause the interests of the Church are often best ser ved by actual separation of Church and State. 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