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phy of education, "or because
it was an extension of the Eu
ropean experience of the immi
grant community. It came into
being as a reaction upon the
culture and faith that was
"threatened by the hostile An
glo-Saxon Protestant majority
in this country at that time,”
he said. Catholic people drew
upon their meager resources,
created a Catholic school sys
tem aided by religious com
munities which sprang up to
staff the schools with compe
tent and dedicated teachers,
saod.Msgr. D’ Arm our.
In this historical context,
viewing the authority structure
which has charcterized Catho
lic education, the Catholic and
secular press have bitterly de
nounced the clerical and reli
gious dominance of the schools.
How could it have been other
wise? asked Msgr. D’Armour.
“For the Catholics of those
years, such dominance was the
way things should be, Indeed
must be.”
"What of the future? Are
there new circumstances that
demand continuance of these
schools?”, Msgr. D’Armour as
ked. The Declaration on Chris
tian Education formulated at
Vatican II answers these ques
tions, he said. "Every line is
based upon the recognition of
the increasingly dominant role
being played by the school in
our society.” .
There has been a revolutio
nary change in the philosophy
of education, said the Msgr.
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John Dewey, American philoso
pher, "caught the spirit of our
times”. His premise was that
education in the school is re
sponsible for the total forma
tion of the individual; that the
school has a right and a duty
to create an environment
wherein the pupil will find a
philosophy of life— that the
school is to act independently
of home and church. "School
people have a powerful voice
in the repatterning of society,
and there is little evidence of
the processes abating,” he said.
While the Catholic school
system retains its validity,
changed circumstances demand
it be restructured in its policy
making and administrative as
pects, said Msgr. D’Armour.
"There should be no such in
stitution as a school that is
simply 'of the state’, *of the
family’, or ‘of the church’. Con
trol over schools must not be
vested only in one society, but
in all three, he noted.
American state education
provides a model for the Ca
tholic school system: the school
board. The board system is a
desired change and a system
that provides an excellent in
strument through which the to
tal community is able to exer
cise its responsibilities in edu
cation at all levels — parish,
area, and diocesan. "And such
a system” Msgr. D’Armour
added,” is in accord with our
philosophy and flows naturally
from our culture.”
The board should represent
the total constituent community
of the school system; not just
the bishop, the pastor, the dio
cesan superintendent of edu
cation, nor a particular clique
of parents. It should be select
ed by a democratic process, he
suggested, a method that would
insure the representative na
ture.
The board should have com-
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plete control at its own level
and not be subject to veto, the
monsignor emphasized. "The
local school board might be sub
ject to a board at a higher level
—to an area board, and certain
ly would be subject to the dio-
cesan board which would be
responsible for the whole sys
tem” he pointed out.
What functions would the
board serve? Msgr. D’Armour
would refer it to the suggested
constitution outlined by the
committee of the superinten
dents department of the NCEA.
Some of the functions would in
clude: implementing policies of
the diocesan board, co-ordinat
ing parochial educational acti
vities, determining policies re
lated to planning, operation,
maintainance of facilities, re
sponsibility for the annual bud
get, and as a planning and build
ing committee for new educa
tional facilities.
A board, Msgr. D’Armour
said, will contribute most to
the desire end of good educa
tion when it designs policies
that are specific enough to
guide the administrator and
"yet broad enough to permit
the administrator to exercise
discretion in their aplication.”
The board policies will be im
plemented according to the pro
fessional proficiency of the
administrator, he said.
"This brings us to the first
problem area that of dis
tinguishing between policy
making and administration,” he
said. "It is essential that this
distinction be made.” The board
should make policies, but the
superintendent or principal
should implement these poli
cies. The board should not
interfere with the operation of
the school, nor should the ad
ministrator of the school "at
tempt to thwart the board in
which the community has vest-
^ ed its rights of education.’*
"A problem peculiar to Ca
tholic education, he said, "is
that education, whether con
sidered in a diocese or in a
parish, is but a part of the total
operation. There is constant
danger that education because
of its visibility will tend to de
mand too much and thp^i .create
an im balance;’^’ The establish-'
ing of boards of education might
accentuate this, since in most
parishes and diocese the boards
of education would be the only
truly representative body, and
thus claim attention, he said.
A possible solution to this
problem might be found by
studying the constitution. A
school would operate under a
budget and the board would be
responsible for this budget. A
committee elected by parish
societies would be responsible
for the whole budget and the
education budget allocated to the
board.
Msgr. D’Armour noted a third
problem area: that of "pas
toral dimension.” This pro
blem has two aspects: the re-
i of the bishop or local
pastor to relinquish authority,
and secondly, the difficulty of
changing the "pastoral orien
tation of the school”. He said
he did not consider the first
part of the problem a serious
, matter. -
"In spite 1 '® the aspersions
cast upon their vision, train
ing, and intelligence'by the John
Leos and Robert' Hoyts, I have
found pastors to have an amaz
ing insight into the need for
restructuring and a true hu
mility in; divesting them s elves
of authority long held,” It will
be more difficult, he said, to
overcome the tendency to use
the school as an adjunct to
the parish. The board of edu
cation may be "the pnly
instrument through which this
obstacle to good: education can
be overcome"••
In this same area of "pas
toral dimension”, principals
obligated to give leadership
to the Board are forcedto shar
pen their own thinking and exa
mine with care their premises.
"In the name of good educa
tion,” he said, "the principal
is to have no real authority in
policy-making.” Msgr. D’Ar
mour considered the division
of responsibilities as an im
provement in education con
ditions.
Securing competent laymen
willing to accept the role of
leadership demanded by mem
bership in boards of educa
tion is another difficulty faced
in the restructuring of Catholic
schools. It is one faced, too,
by public education, and a risk
that must be taken, said Msgr.
D’Armour.
The scope of responsibility
of the board of education should
include all the educational ac
tivities of the parish or dio-
, cese, he said. "Only by plac
ing policy-making for all of
education—school, adult, ca
techetical and Newman—under
a single board at the appro
priate level can the resources
of the Catholic community ade
quately be marshalled and
the program balanced,” he said.
"Such unification at the policy
making level must be reflect-
ed.-at the level of administra-
tr
The establishment of a parish
board of education might be
a transitional institution until
area boards could be planned.
"This matter must be weigh
ed with care”, Msgr. D’Ar
mour emphasized, "because
whatever we decided will have
profound effects upon the qua
lity of education."
"Christian truth can be made
a part of life only if it is em
bodied in the total school expe
rience. Catechetical classes
While necessary in many cir
cumstances remain inadequate
even where much zeal and mo
ney are poured into them.” If
we believe in the urgency of a
Catholic education, we will find
a way of providing that educa
tion,” he said.
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SISTERS John Clare and Rose Wilna, both staff members at St.
Joseph's Bdys Home in Washington, look at exhibits at the an
nual Teachers’ Institute.
Ban Is Dropped
On Unity Rites
VATICAN CITY (RNS)--Pope
Paul VI has nullified a pro
hibition against Catholics par
ticipating in 'Christian unity
services in Protestant churches
in Rome, according to Vatican
sources.
The reversal was contained
in a letter to officials of the
Rome diocese from the Vatican
Secretariat of State which said
that "higher authority" — ap
parently the Pope — has re
scinded the earlier ban.
(While the Pope is Bishop of
Rome, the day-to-day opera
tions of the diocese are the re
sponsibility of Luigi Cardinal
Traglia as papal vicar.)
Rome’s Catholics were to
participate in ecumenical pray
er — not liturgical -- services
in the city’s main Anglican,
Episcopal and Lutheran chur
ches in connection with the Week
of Prayer for Christian Unity.
But an opinion from the Con
gregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith (formerly the Holy
Office) said that it was "not
opportune for the moment" that
Catholics should take part in
the unity services.
Commission
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equal opportunity, job oppor
tunity, recreation, housing, law
enforcement, welfare, health.
H
The ^pcqrt said thejprograrrig,
'should he explainqdytochurches
INjpMwghtf be enSou'l^tged toy,
sifnilar or other community
programs.
The commission, in its first
I step toward implementation,
nominated Mrs. Walter Pas-
| ; chall as its executive director.
| She is a Phi Beta Kappa grad-
1 uate of Agnes Scott College and
i since 1961 has been executive
i' director of the Council on Hu-
i man Relations of Greater At-
/ lanta.
She is serving on the board
of the Atlanta Urban League and
I is a member of the American
f Civil Liberties Union. Mrs.
Paschall is a former president
of the League of Women Vot
ers of Georgia and in 1962 ,
received a Good Neighbor
Award from the National Con
ference of Christian and Jews.
Rabbi Jacob Rothschild said
The“Tempie has set asidd$5,0(5(j
as part of its celebration of its
100th anniversary for a good
citizenship award from the
commission. He said proceeds
of the trust fund will be used
for the award.
Members of the committee
are Robert Dobbs, Miss Bul
lard, the Rev. Joseph L. Griggs,
Archbishop Hallinan, Kaler,
Roland Maxwell, Joseph Haas,
Mrs. F, W. Patterson, C. G.
Ezzard, Vice Mayor Sam Mas-
sell Jr., Rabbi Rothschild, Mrs.
Sara Baker, James O, Moore,
A. L. Feldman, A1 Kuettner,
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this, however, should not be
done lightly.
(2) On all other Fridays of
Lent, Catholics are urged (but
not obliged under pain of sin) ,
to abstain from meat. This is :
a penitential practice of many
centuries, and unless there is a
good cause, Catholics will con
tinue to observe it.
The faithful, on these Fridays,
do not require dispensation.
They simply make the decision
themselves.
It is important that all Cath
olics understand the need for
penance and the responsibility
which is now theirs of deciding
what form of penance is most
suitable for them personally.
Because of the special charac
ter of Friday in the penitential
tradition of the Church, it should
continue to be a day of self-
denial and mortification in
prayerful remembrance of the
passion of Christ and in prep
aration for that weekly Easter
which comes with each Sun
day. You are encouraged to un
dertake some form of, penance
on that day. Some may decide
to continue the practice of ab
staining from meat. Many may
wish to do other things. The
Bishops, for example, recom
mended: "doingvolunte er wo rk
in hospitals, visiting the sick,
serving the needs of the aged
and the lonely, instructing the
young in the Faith, participat
ing as Christians in community
affairs, and meeting our obliga
tions to our families, our
friends, our neighbors and our
community, including pur par
ishes.”
SIR THOMAS More, portrayed by Paul Scofield, is shown in
the trial scene from the Columbia picture, “A Man For All
Seasons.” The movie is based on Robert Bolt’s prize-winning
play of the 16th Century British Catholic lawyer and martyr who
was tried for treason after refusing to recognize King Henry
VIII as head of the Church in England. Convicted, Sir Thomas
was sentenced to be hanged, but the King allowed him to be
beheaded and the execution took place July 6, 1535. Beatified
in 1886, Sir Thomas was canonized in 1925. (RNS)
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schools. They feel secure with
their own group, and ’over-ac-
hieve’ in high school.” Most of
the graduates go on to Catholic
colleges, which is "a fine indi
cation that they are achievers,"
the monsignor said.
Both the Greeley-Rossi re
port and the Notre Dame report
find it "wishful thinking” to
assume that Catholic parents
will continue to support theCa-
tholic school system, said
Msgr. Koury. He replied: "Yes,
the Catholic parents will con
tinue to support the school sys
tem, but there will be more
sophisticated criticism because
our Catholic people have a
higher level of education and
will criticize more and more—
this is to be expected."
A problem faced by the Ca
tholic school system is one of
‘ecumenism’, the monsignor
said. "Why in a time of Vatican
II when ecumenism is being
practiced in all churches; why
can’t Catholics work together?”
In suggesting inter-community
schools and inter-community
convents, Msgr. Koury made a
plea for "functional unity." He
said,” It would be more efficient
and certainly more economi
cal."
What did the Greeley-Rossi
report say about religious edu
cation? In hiS evaluation, Msgr.
Koury found that the report con
cludes that the CCD program
"is not a good substitute for
Catholic schools at the pre
sent level of success. It is
not a good substitute at all.
It is, more than anything else,
a proof that the parents sim
ply resist, or give their reli
gious disapproval to the Ca
tholic schools.”
"If we are going to have
a good CCD program,” the
monsignor said, "our tea
chers have to be better than
the teachers in the parochial
schools. Do not misunderstand
this as an indictment of the
CCD.”
As the Greeley-Rossi. report
points out, "if we are going
to have informed Catholic stu
dents, we have to bring a new
depth to our theology. This I
mean as an indictment of our
Catholic school religious clas
ses. If we are going to teach
religion, our best teachers have
to be in this area,” said the
monsignor.
"Don’t take statistics as
dogma -- or to create pessi
mist about Catholic education,
I say, 'Get out of Catholic edu
cation’ our only salvation is
in the Catholic schools."
Demonstrators
Will Not Be
Prosecuted
DETROrr (RNS) — A group
of demonstrators, members of
a movement strongly criticized
by Detroit’s mayor, will not be
prosecuted for disrupting an
interreligious prayer service
here.
The Archdiocese of Detroit
announced it would not prose
cute.
About 20 persons, claiming
to be members of the Catholic
Traditionalist Movement, dem
onstrated during the service at
Blessed Sacrament Roman
Catholic Cathedral.
Insurance
Is Allotted
NEW ORLEANS (NC) — In
surance payments for damage
suffered by Church property in
the New Orleans archdiocese
during Hurricane Betsy (Sept.
9, 1965) amounted to $5.3 mil
lion. The total was announced
by Father Richard L. Carroll,
archdiocesan insurance direc
tor, with payment of the final
claim.
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