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SUBMITS STATEMENTS ON DISCRIMINATION ROLE OF WOMEN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
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ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN intervened twice this
week during a debate on the schema, titled The
Church In the World of Today. Because of the
earlier earmarking of speakers his remarks
were written rather than oral.
On October 11, his'council Statement covered
the schema’s references to racial discrimina
tion. On October 12, his written intervention
concerned the schema’s study of the role of
women in the church.
The following are pertinent extracts of both in
terventions.
Discrimination
Although racial discrimination is mentioned
several times in this Schema, it is not given the
clear and forceful treatment for which injustice
cries out today. Certainly the crises in disturbed
families and among warring nations require the
words and example of Christ, Our Lord, and of
His Church.
But even more urgently, the cries of racial
minorities for equal opportunity, of majorities
oppressed by hostile government, and indeed of
whole new nations for dignity, freedom and ad
vancement, regardless of color or race, cannot
continue to go unheard. This Church and this
Council must, like the prophet, cry out her pro
test without ceasing.
Some nations have indeed tried to curb this
discrimination by law, education and example.
Many churches and synagogues have met their high
obligations by leading their people along the high
road of truth and justice instead of following them
blindly into alleys of fear and hate. But if racial
discrimination is to be progressively eliminated,
every social force must work incessantly for the
complete acceptance by all men of the concept
of the equal dignity, as well as the rights and re
sponsibilities, of all the children of God.
It is appropriate that 95 African bishops spoke
last week through Bishop Ddungu of Uganda against
the inadequate treatment of racial discrimination
in this Schema. That continent was the major
victim of the scourge which cursed the Western
world for centuries although it is true that every
region of humanity has been soiled by some form
of slavery from the beginning of history.
Individual bishops and bodies of bishops have
frequently condemned the sin of racial discrimina
tion. But the universal Church, in a conciliar
document, must publicly declare our position, not
only against slavery, but against the evils it has
spawned. Such a statement would strengthen the
hands of bishops, priests, religious and laity as
they earnestly try' to remove this moral offense
from mankind’s catalog of sins. It would ennoble
the difficult efforts of those governments that
are concerned with the social evils in inequality.
With justice and compassion, this statement would
publicly accord to the victims of these evils the
dignity that is inalienably theirs. And finally,
it would assure the world that the Church will
constantly proclaim God’s law of justice and love,
constantly act upon it, and lead its members to
live in that true harmony that only equality and
fraternity can provide.
This form of discriminationleavesmankindwith
slavery, forced segregation, deprivation and de
gradation. These in turn give rise to the mon
strous inequalities in education, housing, jobs,
even in the right to vote. But the most miserable
irony is that racial minorities are even turned
away when they want to worship in a particular
church.
The Council should condemn all this as unworthy
Intervention At Vatican Council
of the human person. Christians should work for
racial justice always, justice motivated by love.
♦ ♦♦
Archbishop Hallinan’s interventionwas addres
sed to all Christians and other religious bodies,
to governments, and particularly to the victims
of “this degradation qf the human Spirit,’’
Role Of Women
The Schema, the Church in the World of Today,
cites three important points in the enlargement of
her teaching on the role of woman: the present
condition, the origin in Genesis 1, 27, and the
contemporary abuses (Section n. 9, n. 11 & n. 30).
But there is very little application of these points
to concrete "urgent problems’’ (Part II). This
application is needed to activate and extend this
vital factor in today’s society...the schema empha
sizes woman’s communion with society and in the
work of the church. This Communion must be
one of harmony, love, respect and responsibility,
and not a "Master-Subject’* union of subser
vience.
CERTAINLY, THE three statements are Chris
tian, noble and urgently needed. But the emer
gence of woman from the ancient role of slave or
concubine, through the Judaeo-Christian trans
formation to a person of dignity, rights and duties,
demands much more of us today. We must not
perpetuate the secondary place accorded to women
in the Church of the 20th century; we must not
continue to be late-comers in the social, political
and economic development that has today reached
climactic dimensions. Pope Pius XII clearly indi
cated the proper part to be taken in the Church
and society by women, both married and un
married. In Pacem in Terris, Pope John XXIII
stated the principle now incorporated by the Sec
ond Vatican Council in the Constitution, De Ecc-
lesia, (Ch. IV, n. 32): "There’is therefore in
Christ and in the Church no inequality on the
basis of race or nationality, social or sex,...For
you are all ‘one’ in Christ Jesus." (Gal. 3, 28)
In our society, however, women in many places
and in many respects still bear the marks of in
equality. This is evident in working conditions,
wages and hours of work; and in marriage and
property laws. Above all it is present in that
gradualism, bordering on in-action, which limits
their presence in the tremendous forces now
working fOr universal education, for peace, for
the rehabilitation of the deprived, the just and com
passionate care of the young, the aged and the
needy, the dispossessed and the victims of hu
man injustice and weakness. Certain nations have
led the way, but even in these the ideal and com
plementary role of man aqd woman has not yet
become the basis and norm of our social order.
Has the Church, in this respect, given the lead
ership that Christ, by word and example, clearly
showed that he expected of her? Her history, in
deed, has been a struggle to free womenfrom the
old place of inferiority. Her great womensaints,
and dedicated virgins, her defense of woman in
the family, a few women-theologians, but es
pecially in her defense of the unique honor given
to God’s only perfect creature, Mary our Lady,
--all these are part of that history.
But the Church has been slow in denouncing the
degradation of women in slavery, and in claiming
for them the right of suffrage and economic
equality. Particularly, the Church has been slow
to offer to women, in the selection of their voca
tion, any choice but that of mother or nun. In
fact, among her saints, there are only three
groups: martyrs, virgins, and a vague, negative
category called "nec virgines, nec martyres."
It is proposed, in order to clarify and strengthen
the principles stated in Part I, that these emen-
dationes be inserted into the present Schema:
That the Church define the liturgical functions
of women so that they could serve as lectors and
acolytes, and, when properly prepared, also as
they once did in the apostolic office of deaconess.
They could thus, as deacons do, administer certain
sacraments.
That the Schema should include them in the in
struments to be set up after the Council to further
the Lay Apostolate.
That women religious should have representa
tion in those matters which concern their in
terests, especially in the present and past Con
ciliar agencies.
That every opportunity should be given to
women, both as Sisters and as Lay,women,, to of
fer their special talents to the Ministry of the
Church. Mention should also be made of women
who are not married. Because of the universal
call to women (inDeEcclesia) they also promote
family values by witnessing in their own way to
this universal vocation.
Society needs, and the Church can provide, the
Christian dynamic indicated in this Schema and
these emendationes. It is rooted in the equality
of men and women, and it flowers in both the
Church and the public order when they comple
ment each other, and fulfill the truly human
aspirations God has implanted in them and in
society.
DIVINE REVELATION SCHEMA INCLUDED
Important Council Decrees Ready By End Of October
BY FATHER PLACID JORDAN,
VATICAN CITY—With general
debate on the crucial subject of
the Church in the modern world
ended, it was felt in the fourth
week of the last Vatican coun
cil session that from five to
seven decrees will be ready for
public proclamation by the end of
October.
s These decrees are the oties on
divine 'revelation, the' duties of'
bishops, Christian education, se
minary formation, and on Reli
gious. In addition, two others—
on relations with non-Christians,
expecially the Jews, and on the
lay apostolate—may be ready.
After the long All Saints and
All Souls weekend the council
Fathers will tackle revised sc
hemas on the Church in the
modern world, religious liberty,
the missions and the priesthood.
Commissions and subcommis
sions revising the schema on the
Church in the modem world have
a big job going over a compli
cated text that has been chal
lenged in debate on many scores.
It is expected that their new ver
sion will be back on the floor by
Nov. 10, with hopes of final bal
loting by the end of November.
LIKEWISE, the commissions
responsible for the remaining
schemas expect completion dur
ing November. Thus presum
ably the whole agenda will be
taken care of in ‘ time for the
solemn closing, still anticipated
for Dec. 8 or shortly after.
The highlight of the council’s
fourth week undoubtedly was the
near unanimous acceptance of the
schema dealing with the pastoral
duties of bishops. Remembering
the many hurdles involved, this
is clear evidence of progress in
council thinking. For the issue
was "collegiality" — the ques
tion, in other words, of the rights
of bishops in relations to the
Pope and how far they .may exer
cise independent jurisdiction
through , national episcopal con
ferences.
In practice this means decen
tralization and an international
sharing in the government of the
universal Church. It will have
far-reaching consequences, al
ready indicated by the establish
ment of the supreme episcopal
synod. It will lead to an actual
sharing of responsibility by the
Pontiff with the world’s hierar
chies.
TO SAY THIS is the beginning
of a "democratic trend” would
be an exaggeration. Neverthe
less, the new openness of the
Church in its relations with the
world at large is evident here,
as it was in Pope Paul’s New
York voyage.
Three major issues were up
permost in the week’s debates:
peace and war, world poverty
and overpopulation, all included
in the second part of the modem
world schema.
As one listened to the array of
speakers, some very prominent,
one might have thought them all
pacifists. In a sense , of course,
they all are. All were out
spoken in unreserved condemna
tions of war. Most demanded
the proscription of nuclear arms
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and objected with Bernard Car
dinal Alfrink of Holland even to
Stockpiling them as deterrents
or for defense. The "deter
rent” argument was stated last
year by Auxiliary Bishop Philip
M. Hannan of Washington and
other American, British and Ita
lian prelates.
THIS YEAR, Archbishop
George A. Beck of Liverpool cal
led nuclear defense morally jus
tifiable, while Bishop MichalKle-
pacz of Lodz, Poland, warned
that peace was desirable, in
deed, “but not at any price.”
Eloquently, Abbot Christopher
Butler, O.S.B., of Downside, En
gland, stressed: ‘The weapons
of the Gospel are not nuclear
but spiritual. It wins its vic
tories not by war but by suf
fering.” The very intention to
use nuclear weapons, which stor
ing them implies, is gravely
immoral, the abbot said. He
stressed that men have a duty
not only to country but to all
mankind, and thus at times have
the duty to "withhold obedience”
when called to wage war.
Several speakers contradicted
Francis Cardinal Spellman of
New York and upheld the right
of conscientious objection to war.
Auxiliary Bishop Gordon Whee
ler of Middlesbrough, England,
criticized what seemed to him
the suggestion that such objec
tors are "milksops.” He said in
reality "the witness of the con
scientious-objector is something
to be valued and welcomed.”
FOUR CARDINALS, Paul
Emile Leger of Montreal, Ac-
hille Lienart of Lillie, France,
Joseph Martin of Orleans, Fran
ce , and Leon Duval of Algiers,
Algeria , insisted that the classi
cal distinction between a just and
unjust war can no longer be up
held, if redress were to be
gained "by inhuman means only.”
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani of
the Rome curia voiced the same
sentiments when he asked for
"one common fatherland where
the peace of Christ would reign.”
The nearly-blind secretary of the
Congregation of the Holy Office
won a spontaneous ovation when
he spoke in fluent Latin without
a manuscript.
All these speakers, although
accepting with Auxiliary Bishop
Alfred Ancel of Lyons, France,
the legitimacy of genuine patrio
tism, refused to admit the ba
lance of terror as a principle.
They urged that "war be waged
on war in order that man’s ma
rathon race toward the preci
pice of ruin’ ’ be halted, and that
the budgets of armaments then
be turned to fight world poverty.
IN THIS RESPECT , Auxiliary
Bishop Edward Swanstrom of New
York pointed out the increasing
discrepancy of wealth between
rich and poor nations, and pro
posed a permanent Vatican body
be set up to promote world con
cern and help for the poor and
hungry. This project was back
ed by others, notably Bishop
Wheeler, who also suggested'a
secretariat for world justice and
development. Poverty and social
injustice was put before the
council as major causes of war.
Joseph Cardinal Cardijn of
Belgium emphasized that "sins
against the worker are sins
against God,’ and Bishop Char
les Himmer ofToumai, Belgium,
added that "the law of profit
should not be supreme in eco
nomic life.” These statements
came after Cardinal Ottavianis
came after Cardinal Otta
viani's peremptory denunciation
of all totalitarian systems of
government as being primary
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causes of war. Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski of Poland condemn
ed under the same heading both
capitalism and communism
Which, he said, are "both wrong
because they are not predicated
on the dignity of the human per
son.”
The council heard two speakers
contend that human dignity re
quires a recognition that women
as j well as -'Then-are made in the
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AUDITOR SEES CHANCE
Days Of Beer And Pretzels
Over For Church Lay Units
HUNTING, Ind. (RNS)—The
days of Roman Catholic "beer
and pretzel organizations” are
over, according to James J.
Norris, a lay auditor of Vatican
it
”1 even think,” he said, "the
days of all organizations as we
knew them in the past are fin
ished.”
Mr. Norris, executive direc
tor of Catholic Relief Services
and first American layman ever
to address an Ecumenical Coun
cil, was quoted in the Oct. 17
issue of Our Sunday Vsitor,
national Catholic ecumenical
weekly published here.
INTERVIEWED by Father
Vincent A. Yzermans, head of
CUERNAVACA DIOCESE
Monk Psychoanalysis
Gets Clarification
VATICAN CITY (NC)—The
psychoanalysis undergone by
monks of the Benedictine mona
stery of the Cuernavaca dio
cese in Mexico was carried out
on a group basis and over a
period of 16 years, the bishop
of Cuernavaca disclosed here.
Bishop Sergio Mendez Arceo
said that the world press had
given a "wrong impression”
of his appeal to the ecumeni
cal council to give recognition
to the findings of Sigmund Freud
in the schema on the Church
in the modern world.
Press reports had tied Bis
hip Mendez’ council statement
to reports that 60 monks of the
Benedictine monastery in his
See had been psychoanalyzed
in a mass experiment, and that
40 had left the monastery-
several having decided that
their vocation was marriage ra
ther than the monastic life.
IN A statement made public
at the American biships’ press
panel session (Oct. 7) by Msgr.
Mark J. Hurley, vice chancel
lor of the archdiocese of San
Francisco, Bishop Mendez said
the press failed to report that
tye psychiatric experiment' at
the monastery was carried out
over a period of 16 years.
Futhermore, the bishop said,
the method used was not the
individual analysis promotedby
Freud, but instead the newer
method of "group therapy.”
Msgr. Hurley told the press
that he assumed that "the
group therapy method would
have been unknown to Freud.”
He noted also that one section
of the council’s schema on Re
ligious approved that morning
dealt with the requirement of
the vow of chastity for those
embracing the life of Religious.
He cited the approved section
as saying that "psychological
m aturity is required for this
,vow, and superiors should see
to it that their subjects are
not allowed to take such a
vow without this maturity.”
Bishop Named
VATICAN CITY (NC)—
Bishop George P. Dwyer of
Leeds, England, has been ap
pointed by Pope Paul VI to head
the Birmingham archdiocese.
He succeeds the late Archbis
hop Francis J. Grimshaw, who
died last March 22.
the U.S. Catholic Bureau of In
formation and OSV correspon
dent at the Council, Mr. Norris
said "the Catholic layman to
day must be involved not only
in his parish but also in his
community.”
The layman must also, he
added, “come to understand
more deeply that his commun
ity is a world community.”
Included in the publication's
report were the comments of
Martin H. Work, another Coun
cil lay auditor who is executive
director of the National Council
of Catholic Men.
OBSERVING that laymen want
to work with and for the Church,
Mr. Work said that the laityis
"bothered about Church struc
tures.” He offered this list of
specific recommendations to
ward producing lay activity in
the Church.
1. Support and encouragement
in the lay mission.
2. Release from excessive
clerical direction or blockage.
3. Increase of spiritual guid
ance and motivation from the
priest.
4. Great communication with
the clergy and the bishop.
5. The opportunity to express
the apostolate of public opinion.
6. A "hearing” and proper
action on that hearing — "or at
least an intelligent response,”
7. General recognition on the
part of the clergy that the lay
man has a legitimate interest in
the Church.
8. Less clerical and juridical
documents,
"IN A WORD, * Mr Work con
cluded, the layman wants "a
document from this Council that
will form a magna carta for his
role in the Church of the future.”
image of God and therefore de
serve more recognition from the
Church. It was proposed that
women be consulted on all mat
ters touching their interests and
be admitted more widely in litur
gical functions.
PROBLEMS of overpopulation
appeared in the proper light when
Bishop Mariano Gaviola of C.a-
banatuan in the Philippines per,;
ferred tB the late Pope John’s
assertion that the so-called popu
lation explosion is an uncertain
theory. If contraception is men
tioned as a remedy for what
on the surface may seem an un
desirable increase of the number
of births, the Philippine prelated
said, decreasing it artificially
may have adverse effects on a
country’s economic stability.
Bishop Francis Simons,
S.V.D., of Indore, India, count
ered that 'overpopulation cannot
be remedied by an increase of
food production only, because
medical science helps lengthen
life expectancy, and the world’s
resources are not inexhaustible.
He therefore maintained that tra
ditional arguments on birth con
trol are "not at all convincing,”
since moralists in the past fail
ed to consider aspects now ob
vious to many.
After cloture was invoked on
debate on the modern world
schema, the completely rewritten
schema on the missions Was taken
up. The new text, more ecu
menically oriented, proposes
a special Vatican center to coor
dinate all mission matters. I It
would mean a reorganization of
the present Congregation for the
.Esopagat/pn of the,.Faith., Joseph
Gardinaj., -FringS' ofjGplongne,
agreeing, said “the whole-Church
is a missionary.” Cardinal Al
frink added that not only mission
aries but all the faithful are
called to mission activity and
thus to the support of the 30,
000 priests in the field.
Shriver Honored
WASHINGTON (NC)—R. Sar
gent Shriver has been named to
receive the Cardinal Gibbons
Medal of Catholic University of
America, it was announced
here.
The medal, awarded for out
standing contributions to the
United States, will go to Shriver
for his "multiple contributions
to domestic social advance and
international understanding” as
director of the Peace Corps and
the Office of Economic Op
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