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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1965 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
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BISHOP CARROLL ADDRESSES PARTICIPANTS.
LESLIE DUNBAR SPEAKS ON "THE NEW SOUTH,'
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MAYOR IVAN ALLEN, JR., WELCOMES GROUP TO ATLANTA.
EDWIN SCHEIBNER, ATLANTA, REGISTERS.
ONE OF THE CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS.
A CONFERENCE CLINIC.
A COKE FOR THE SISTERS.
THE FIVE BISHOPS ATTENDING THE CONVENTION.
BISHOP CARROLL OF MIAMI
Says Clergy Must Teach Catholics To Fight Injustice
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BY GERARD E. SHERRY
ATLANTA, Ga.—Bishops and
priests have an obligation "to
educate our people in their re
sponsibilities in human rela
tions," Bishop Coleman F,
Carroll of Miami told the Sou
thern Catholic Leaders Confer
ence here.
This obligation, he added,
"can be fulfilled in no more
significant area than in the
schools and in Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine classes,"
"IT MUST be our steady con
cern," he said, "to make sure
that the 1 mincls and hearts of
; children are not formed merely
^^Vito'-Vaiffo^kbstAri'informa
tion regarding their duties to
others. They must be helped
to make the practical applica
tion of Christian truth to the
conditions of their neighbor
hoods,
'They must learn from us
that love of neighbor involves a
struggle against discrimina
tion, injustice and inequality.
It will always be our respon
sibility to teach them how to see
Christ in others and to make the
law of love appear a reasonable
and necessary expression of
God’s will.”
DIOCESAN newspapers should
help in this task, he added,
through "news stories which
inform and not merely inflame,
editorials which clarify our
convictions and emphasize fun
damental Christian trust re
garding all God's children, pic
tures which illustrate the prob
lem as well as intensify the need
of a remedy."
But education is not all that is
necessary, he said. ‘The bis
hop and the diocese have the
further obligation to correct in
justices in Catholic institu
tions." And even more, "we
ought to urge middle class Ne
groes who have had the benefit
of a good education and some
success in business to work
more intensively for the bet
terment of the less fortunate
of their race.
'The influence of the able
Negroes in a community in en
couraging others to persevere
in education, to vote in every
election, to take advantage of
every opportunity to develop
their native talents, to over
come listlessness and a lack of
raijib^tiomcan be ajgrfactor t
in awakening many of them op— -■
pressed to the new challenge
and opportunity which awaits
them.”
BISHOP CARROLL empha
sized that labor unions can play
a tremendous role in the pursuit
of justice for the Negro, but
pointed out that many unions to
day "are not giving a fair
chance to Negroes to learn and
practice a trade or to obtain a
responsible position.’’
"Diocesan and religious lead
ers need to emphasize the mor
al obligation of the union to give
equal opportunity to Negroes for
job training and apprentice pro
grams,” the Miami prelate
said.
Discussion participation of
priests and Religious in dem
onstrations, Bishop Carroll
said: "I believe peaceful
marches seeking to emphasize
the nonviolent approach may
be helpful to the cause in cer
tain instances.
"When done in conformity
with the law and in respect for
right order, such demonstra
tions can be an effective agent
in arousing the .conscience of
the people and in persuading
them of the seriousness of the
struggle for justice," he added.
"OTHER PUBLIC demonstra
tions which involve conflictwith
the law and incite violent acts
or interfere with the rights of
other citizens take on the na
ture of coercion rather than
persuasion, and usually do not
accomplish the desired re
sults,” Bishop Carroll said.
He also quoted Pope Paul VI
as deploring the increasing lack
,of respect, for authority in the
Church,
LESLIE DUNBAR
Another speaker , the mother
general of the Sisters of Mercy
of the Union, told the confer
ence that Religious must be
"alert to the demands of jus
tice."
MOTHER MARY Regina Cun
ningham said Religious "should
be prepared to participate ac
tively in programs that aim to
protect the human rights of
those deprived of such rights,
but always within 'the frame
work of charity and justice.”
Those in the field of action
must, she said, "realize that
the heart of the race question
is moral and religious. Indi
viduals have been denied human
irights, fl and this^ i§ contrary to. -
all the principles of Christiani
ty. We might well say that
Christianity is on trial and
we are the defendants. . .
“Racial discrimination must
be abolished. The in-service
training of Religious for a bet
ter understanding of the grave
social problems facing us to
day demands a new focus on
the individual as a person and
a shift of emphasis from 'me*
to ‘we.’ "
FATHER George F. O'Dea,
S.S.J., superior general of the
Josephite Fathers, declared
that if the Negro is to fully un
derstand the role of the Church,
* ‘ 'he must see the ofChrist;
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the charity of Christ at work
in every area of the Church’s
life. Specifically, the Negro
must have access in nondis-
criminatory terms to all Cath
olic institutions—to the chur
ches , the schools, the hospi
tals, the parish and diocesan
organizations; to the full par
ticipation in the life of the
Church, not only in the inner life
of grace, but also in the so
cietal aspects of that life.”
Father O’Dea said this ul
timately means "inclusion in
the normal administrative
structure of the Church through
the development of territorial
parishes. Furthermore, the
social copditions which inhibit
portnai Christian. growth must
be the object of the Church’s
concern and action as pan of
our total spiritual commitment.
Father O’Dea emphasized
that separation of the races
has developed patterns of think
ing which have clouded the
Christian ideal. The very prac
tical problems resulting from
the existence of the dual parish
system have to be faced; the
question of real estate, build
ings, the going concern, over
lapping territories, entrenched
emotional commitment by both
white and Negroes.”
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life and to quest lovingly for
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By the burdens and privileges
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western world ever since the
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Because you are the Catholic
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