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CHRISTOPHERS HEAR
Seminaries Must
Take Initiative
NEW YORK (RNS) — "The
seminary should not be a place
where the candidate waits. .
sometimes with passivity, fora
mission,” a French missionary
told seminary heads here at the
second annual Christopher
Study Week.
commitment, faith spontaneo
usly overflows into action. Man,
being an incarnate spirit, ful
fills himself by a bodily and
social existence in which his
inner dispositions both come to
maturity and express themsel
ves.”
Father Maurice Queguiner,
M. E. P,, superior general
of the Paris Foreign Mission
Society, called for a thorough
seminary education— like that
of the Apostles — involved
with the real world.
THE STUDY Week saw 21
theologians and seminary lea
ders, from as far away as
Columbia and Japan, submit
papers detailing how apostolic
dynamism can more effectively
enliven seminary studies,
Changing times can affect the
continuing renewal of moral
continuing renewal of moral
theology, Father Bernard Har
ing, C. SS,R«, a moral theo
logian from Rome’s Alfonsie-
num Institute, said in his
paper.
“St. Thomas Aquinas, a man
truly open to the needs of his
own day, attempted a new pre
sentation, a new systematic mo
ral,'* said Father Haring. “The
same needs to be done today
and always.”
THE SEMINARY should
teach future priests that a vital
parish is open to the needs
of the world, the secretary
general of studies of the Dom
inican Order in Rome stressed
in another address.
Father Jerome Hamer, 0. P„
said “the openness or univer
sality of a parish would stre
ngthen its unity, augment its
sanctity and give a strong lm-
THE REASON for priest and
parish to be responsive to the
world was seen by a Jesuit
theologian in the world's need
formaterial expression of spi
ritual drives.
"FAITH therefore achieves
itself as witness,” he said.
"The convinced believer can
scarcely fall to he something
of an apostle.”
Father James Keller, M, M„
director of the Christophers,
hoped that future Study Weeks
would prepare seminary for
mulas and textbooka since
"particularly needed are sound,
specific suggestions that can be
Incorporated into the pre-
aent seminary coursea.”
The Christopher objective,
Father Keller has stated, la "to
encourage individuals in all
walka of life to show a per
sonal and practical reaponsl-
bility in reatorlng the love and
truth of Christ to the market
place, especially in govern
ment, education, literature, en
tertainment and labor rela
tions."
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BERLIN (NC) — A new Church-
state agreement to end conflict
between Poland's Catholics and
its communist government has
been called for by the Cracow
Catholic weekly, Tygodnik
Powszechny, it has been re
ported here.
Reports said the weekly urged
that the new agreement be
based on coexistence and ob
jectivity and not on emotion.
The weekly also said that al
though no one in Poland thinks
of overthrowing the communist
government, many Poles, in
cluding communists, would
like to improve it.
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of Woodstock )cfc) College,
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MEETINGS NOT ENOUGH
Cardinal Calls For Faith
Unity Among Christians
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
NO THOU’S OR THEE’S
Intelligibility Stressed
In New Bible Versions
WASHINGTON (NC) — Bernard
Cardinal Alfrlnk declared here
that anything less than the unity
of faith among Christians could
lead eventually to religious ln-
differentism and “sham unity,"
The Archbishop of Utrecht
warned delegates and observers
at the Interfederal Assembly of
Pax Romano, international
Catholic students' and intel
lectuals’ organization, being
held at Georgetown University,
that Christian bodies must not
be content with friendly
meetings or a "federal con
nection" of churches.
"MANY TIMES we hear
voices—-impatient voices — of
people for whom (the thologlcal)
way to unity is too tedious and
too protracted," he saidJJuLy.
24). "They should like to find
unity by the way of meeting
each other in love for the Lord,
apart from the question about
one's precise creed.
'There is no denying that
this 'ecumene of love,’ as it
is called, is extremely im
portant and equally as the in
dispensable as the labor of the
theologians," he continued,
"But when we think really
ecumenically, we may never--
in my opinion — be able to
forget that in the end the unity
of faith is at stake,"
CARDINAL Alfrink, a noted
Scripture scholar, said men
must seek for the unity Christ
wanted among men.
"Must He not have meant
more than a mere bond of love
between all who believe in Him,
or more than a federal con
nection of the communities who
believe in Him, without stress
on what we believe about Him
and His redemption?" the
Cardinal asked.
The Cardinal told the stu
dents that in a real ecumenical
effort "the goal is not a vague
Christianity in which everyone
is content with what he him
self believes about Christ."
HE SAID this could lead to
Christian indifferentism, "one
of the greatest dangers of pre
sent-day ecumenical striving."
Or, he said, it might result
in a levelling "in which each
party should abandon part of its
New Georgetown
President Named
WASHINGTON (NC)— Pather
Gerard J. Campbell, S. J., ex
ecutive vice ^president of
Georgetown University, has
been named president of
the 175-year-old university ef
fective Dec. 3.
Father Campbell, 44, will
succeed Father Edward B.
Bunn, S. J., 68, George
town's president for the past
12 years. Father Bunn will con
tinue as chancellor of the Uni
versity. He will also be pesl-
dent at the time Georgetown
concludes its current 175th
anniversary program.
own religious conviction to be
able to find each other on a
common basis acceptable to
every one.
"We shall never be permit
ted to content ourselves with a
sort of greatest common di
visor with which every party
has to be satisfied. That would
be a sham-unity, suited to satis
fy people. It is not a question
what man could or would ac
cept, but what the Lord has in
tended.”
THE DUTCH prelate praised
the growing number of friend
ly contacts among Christian
churches. But he said only the
joint study of Scripture and the
preaching of the ancient Church
can lead eventually to a true
unity of faith.
In this study, said Cardinal
Alfrink, both sides must be
careful of the other's Chris
tian conscience, and must not
expect them to surrender any
deeply held belief. The first
duty of every Christian, he
said, is to be true to his per
sonal faith.
"WHOEVER in conscience
feels obliged to understand the
word of God in such and such a
way, cannot and may not under
stand it otherwise,”
The theological discussions
among Christian bodies are
having some positive results,
said Cardinal Alfrink. He men
tioned that Catholics have a new
reverence and respect for the
Scriptures, while Protestants
are giving more attention to the
sacraments. In other areas,
such as the Holy Eucharist, the
place of Mary in the Church
and the authority of bishops,
the churches are drawing to
gether.
HE ADDED, however, that as
long as there was no unity of
PANAMA CITY (NC) — The
Bishops of Panama have de
creed the elimination of all
class distinctions in church
ceremonies and have issued a
call to all Christians to study
and practice the social teaching
of the Church.
The Panamanian Bishops'
Conference at its ninth annual
meeting extended to the whole
country certain ceremonial re
forms prescribed for the Pana
ma City archdiocese last May by
Archbishop Tomas Clavel, in
cluding the simplification of
wedding and funeral rites.
At the conclusion of their
meeting, the Bishops madepul>-
lic 10 resolutions they adopted:
belief about the sacraments, he
saw nothing to be gained by in
tercommunion or taking part in
each other's sacraments.
He said the time has come
when churches can no longer
be concerned merely with their
internal unity, "It has become
clear to all of us that it is not
sufficient to strive after the
unity of all Catholics, or after
the unity of all Protestants,
or of all Orthodox Christians,”
he said.
"WHAT WE have to strive
after in the name of Christ is
the unity of all Christians, of
the whole Church, in order that
the One, Holy and Catholic
Church of the time - honored
creed may manifest itself to
the world unbroken and un
damaged."
"In an interview prior to his
talk, Cardinal Alfrink told the
N.C.W.C, News Service that
he expected the third session
of the Vatican council might be
the last in which the proposals
presented to the council Fa
thers would be debated.
BUT HE said even if this
were the case, a fourth council
session would be needed for the
bishops to vote on revised pro
posals or schemata.
He said he thought the re
vised schema on Revelation is
a "very good" one which
would be endorsed by nearly all
the council Fathers. The first
draft, he said, had been met
with some sharp differences
of opinion.
The Cardinal's schedule in
the United States calls for
visits in Washington and St.
Louis,
He said he would go to India
in November to attend the 38th
International Eucharistic Con
gress in Bombay,
That all Christians fulfill their
obligations regarding the social
doctrines of the Church.
The elimination of practices
that establish social distinc
tions in church ceremonies
(First, second and third class
marriages and funerals, based
on economic reasons). From
January 1, 1965, these cere
monies will be the same for
rich and poor, only one class,
with no elaborate excesses for
anyone.
The elimination of unneces
sary expenses in both private
and public high schools, in or*
der to avoid overtaxing the
means of ordinary families. (In
Panama almost all private
PORTLAND, Ore. (NC) —
Epistles and Gospels to be read
in English, Instead of Latin, in
Masses when the new liturgy
changes take effect in the United
States will be from a "new,
up-to-date translation designed
for intelligibility,*' one of the
translators said here.
"There will be no 'Bible Eng
lish’ in it—no thou's or
thee's,” Father Raymond E.
Brown, S.S., said of the new ver
sion which will be used in the
liturgy.
FATHER Brown, professor
of New Testament at St. Mary's
Seminary in Baltimore, was
here to lecture at Maryhurst
College. He is a translator of
the Gospel of St. John for the
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine's New Testament trans
lation. The translation is di
rectly from the Greek and has
not yet been published.
"People will find it quite
different," Father Brown said.
"For instance, in St. John's
Gospel, when we have finished
the long speeches of Our Lord
will be set up in a form like
poetry—in a solemn, poetic
style of speech.”
HE SAD the translators had
tried to put the New Testament
into correct English, not col
loquial but reflecting what the
New Testament really was.
Conversational English will re
flect the spoken Greek of the
time the Scriptures were writ
ten.
Asked about a “common Bible"
for Catholics and Protestants,
Father Brown said a difficult
problem was to arrive at a com
mon version which everybody
would read. He pointed out that
most Protestants still prefer
to use the King James version
of the Bible.
“IF YOU mean by a ‘common
Bible’ one that official groups,
both Catholic and Protestant,
could recognize, that’s a pos
sibility," he said. "We could
really almost recognize exist
ing translations."
He said the "period when the
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Atlanta, has been appointed act
ing head of the biology depart
ment of Notre Dame Univer
sity, South Bend, Indiana.
i Dr. Gordon, a specialist in
animal Ecology and Herpe
tology, is an editor of The
America Midland Naturalist and
is executive secretary of the
Conference of Biological Edi
tors. He holds degrees from
Emory, the University of Geor
gia and Tulane University. He
and his wife and two daughters
will arrive in Atlanta this Satuiv
day for a visit with his parents
at their home at 29 Walker
Terrace, NE.
Rites
schools are Catholic).
Establishment of the Confra
ternity of Christian Doctrine in
all parishes
All Catholic parents are re
minded of their duty to educate
their children in a Christian
manner, and to teach them re
ligion.
Teachers in both private and
public schools are asked to ful
fill the constitutional precept to
teach the Catholic Faith to all
students. (The Panamanian
Constitution obliges the teach
ing of the Catholic Faith in all
schools of the country, except to
those children whose parents do
not desire such education).
Bible was translated slantedly
is over."
FATHER Brown rejected an
idea that a "common Bible"
could be arrived at by putting
“Catholic changes" in the Pro
testant Revised Standard Ver
sion.
"If you put changes in it, it
is not a common Bible,” he
said. “We should be able to
During
ROCHESTER, N. Y. (NC) —
About 35 nuns were quietly
evacuated from four different
convents in riot-stricken sec
tions of this city in the wake
of disturbances that have led
to four deaths and more than
700 arrests.
Officials stated that the Sis
ters were moved temporarily
to other quarters merely as a
precautionary measure, and
that there had been no villence
directed against the convents
or churches.
RIOTING and looting erupt
ed (July 24) when a group of
youths attacked police trying
to make an arrest. As the fight
ing spread, police were forced
to retreat from one section of
the city where the convents were
located.
The following morning, Sis
ters of St. Joseph peacefully
left their convents at St. Brid
get’s, St. Lucy's and St. Fran
cis Xavier parishes, and a
small group of Trinitarian Sis
ters left their residence at Im
maculate Conception parish.
They were housed temporarily
at convents outside the riot-
torn area.
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The Trinitarian convent was
only a few yards from a room
ing house into which a Civil
Defense helicopter crashed the
following day, killing three per
sons.
MOST CATHOLIC and Pro
testant clergy pleaded for peace
and an end to violence in ser-
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translate scientifically to eli
minate that problem.”
HE POINTED out that there
is exchange of information be
tween Catholic and Protestant
scholars who are using modem
methods of Scripture study.
"There is a kind of recogni
tion that scientific studies of
the Scriptures do not belong
to just one group," he said.
Rioting
mons on Sunday, two days after
the fighting broke out. Many
used the lesson of the Pharisee
and the Publican, from the
Gospel of the 10th Sunday after
Pentecost, to make the point
that persons should not feel
them sieves better than others,
Church leaders were working
with public and private offic
ials to restore harmony to the
tense community. Father
Robert Kreckel, chaplain of
Rochester’s Catholic Inter
racial Council, met with other
racial leaders Saturday and
Sunday, even as sporadic clas
hes with city and state police
and national guardsmen con
tinued.
Mrs. Constance Mitchell, a
Negro who holds the elective
post of supervisor in the city’s
third ward, made a radio ap
peal for law and order and an
end to violence. A Catholic,
she is a leader of the Negro
community.
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