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Detroit Religious Leaders
Want End To Viet Bombing
DETROIT (RNS) — Thirty-
three religious leaders here
have called on President John
son to end U. S. bombing of
North Vietnam.
Dr. John B. Forsyth, head of
the Division of Missions of the
Detroit Council of Churches,
and the Rev. Stephen Spotts-
wood, director of the Council’s
Housing Task Force, said the
letter represented the views of
individual signers, not the or
ganizations they represent.
Heading the list of petitioners
were Dr; J. Russell Bright,
president of the Detroit Council
of Churches,. Rabbi Richard
Hertz of Temple Beth El, and
Father James J. Sheehan, di
rector of the Human Relations
Division of the Community Af
fairs Department of the Detroit
Roman Catholic archdiocese.
*‘We are deeply disturbed by
three aspects of events relat
ing to the bombing of North
Vietnam,” the clergymen said
in their letter to the President.
First, they cited “an appar
ent lack of candor in official
U.S. statements about the bomb
ings.” Referring to eye-wit
ness accounts of bomb damage,
the churchmen said, “It seems
clear that U.S. officials have
deliberately attempted to deny
or hide facts that they subse
quently were forced to admit
were true.”
Secondly, the churchmen not
ed that “the war has escalat
ed. Despite the Pentagon state
ment on Dec. 13 of 'no escala
tion whatsoever’ the bombing
has been carried to the doorstep
of the North Vietnamese capi
tal city. . .
“Our escalation of the bomb
ing to include the city of Hanoi
can only have the effect of an
gering the people and govern
ment of North Vietnam, and stif
fening their resistance to the
United States..
Thirdly, the interreligious
group stated, "We are bombing
civilians... Even if civilian cas
ualties and damage are only in
cidental and unavoidable side
effects of the bombing of leg
itimate military targets, the de
struction seems disproportion
ate to the military good achiev
ed — since the railroad is
quickly repaired and goods con
tinue to flow around the damag
ed section.”
In conclusion, the letter to
President Johnson stated: “Mr,
President, we respectfully but
urgently request that you order
the bombing of North Vietnam
stopped — without conditions
— as first step toward achiev
ing an honorable peace in Viet
nam.”
Dr. Forsyth told newsmen
that the petition had been pre-
sented to 36 clergymen. Only
three refused to sign it.
Bishop Deplores
‘Aid Without Love’
BOSTON (NC)—"Aid without
knowledge and without love
hurts him who gives and him
Who receives,” the keynote
speaker told some 600 persons
at the opening (Jan. 26) here of
the fourth annual national con
ference of the Catholic Inter-
American Cooperation Pro
gram (CICOP).
Bishop Mark G. McGrath of
Santiago de Veraguas, Panama,
cautioned North and Latin
American participants in the
conference against such aid and
pointed to CICOP as a means
for developing the mutual un
derstanding and love on which,
he said, all aid should be based.
Tracing the work of CICOP
since its launching in 1963 by the
U.S. Bishops’ Committee for
Inter - American Cooperation,
Bishop McGrath emphasized
that the organization’s “mes
sage is not a sales talk, not an
appeal, but an effort to make
Latin America known” inNorth
America.
God Love You
MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN
It if iqijeed a mark ojyjhristrnas i£jye fye Father gave
uf Hy. eternal Son. This is looking at C.hljifpnas f^m jljg."hea-
ven side.” How does' the time after Christmas become'vital
in our lives if it is not by taking on the swaddling bands of
humanity, the poverty and slums of Latin America, the open white
sores of the ulcerous, the 10,000 people who die daily of star
vation? The Babe in the manger took on our burdens, infirmities,
weaknesses. He gave no explanation of the evil that is in the
world, nor promised that we would escape it. But He showed us
how to overcome it;
We give generously to those whom we love,
but during the Christmas season we should
think of those who are unloved. Christmas
is the time when God did not remain at head
quarters in heaven, receiving reports of
the world’s suffering and shouting a few
encouraging words to us at a safe distance
He left the headquarters, came down into the
front-line trenches, right down to where we
worry about what the Communists do, where
we contend with anxieties and emptiness and frailty, and where
we must eventually die. There is nothing that He did not take
on for us, no ache, no pain, no isolation, no betraying kiss. He
understands everything. He does not wear the disinterested face
of those people who call themselves religious but are disinteres
ted in the stables of the world. He has the eyes of those who roam
about the ruins of the world. He took on wounds because He knew
that only the wounded know how to heal wounds. Therefore, His
face does not vanish when theChristmas candles go out, and when
the flickering flame is dissolved intowax, and when Santa goes up
the chim'ney, and when children at the door stop singing Christmas
carols. He knows everything: our loneliness, and when we are
alone, the things in our lives that we cannot handle; of the devil
that annoys us in all of our fears. He knows it all because He
took all of this upon Himself.
Christmas, then, will be a sign to you in the following ways:
if you are tight, close with your money, become generous. That
will be a sign. If you have millions, it will be a sign if you send
a million for the poor. If you are poor, it will be a sign if you
send a dime. Christmas is a time for accepting limitations; see
ing One Whom the universe could not contain become One of the
little ones of this world; become identified with the homeless, the
refugees, the slum dwellers, with the youths who are caught
up in dope, lost sons and wayward daughters. Christmas is not
a time of froth and sentimentality. Christmas is a time when
God not only enters into the limitations of other people, but into
our own. So Christmas will be happy not when someone gives
something to you, but when you take on the burden of another.
God Love You I
GOD LOVE YOU to the many groups who sent the poor the
money they received singing Christmas carols. ... to the A.B.
Co. for $500 “On Christmas day due to a severe storm in this
area, it was necessary for me and may men to plow all day.
We feel that this money should be used to help you in your
work.”
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Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and mail it to
Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of The Society
for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10001, or to your Diocesan Director. Rev. Noel C. Bur-
tenshaw, P.O. Box 12047, 2699 Peachtree Road, N.E., Northside
Station, Atlanta, Georgia.
“Ignorance and indifference” ;
concerning Latin America must
be eradicated, he said, before
true cooperation is possible.
CICOP is attempting to do that
job, he emphasized, rather than
to assume any of the planning
and programming functions of
other organizations.
Turning to the conference
theme of “The Integration of
Man and Society in Latin Ameri
ca: A Christian View,” he
spoke of the “growing realiza
tion” that the activity of the
Church mut be integrated with
the work of all agencies working
for thesocialand economic de
velopment of Latin America.
“Everywhere you look in Lat
in America, Catholics are at
work on programs of radical
reiform,”the Bishop said, and
these isolated incidents "must
be integrated into pastoral plans
in each parish.”
Petition
Charges
Racism
ATLANTA (RNS) — A cam
paign has been launched hereto
gather signatures on a petition
charging the Episcopal Church
with "heretical and blasphem
ous” practices fostering rac
ism.
Text of the petition was adop
ted at an annual meeting in No
vember of the unofficial Epis-
. copal Society for Cultural and
Racial Unity (ESCRU).
After that meeting in New
York City, ESCRU’s petition
was placed on the desk of Pre
siding Bishop John E. Hines at
the Church headquarters by
Bishop C. Kilmer Myers of
California, a long-time ESCRU
leader.
ESCRU expressed confidence
that more than 10,000 signa
tures will be secured for the
petition, which will be present
ed “in some dramatic fash
ion” at the Church’s General
Convention in Seattle, beginning
;Sept. 17.
Commenting on the signature
drive, the Rey. John B. Morris,
executive director of ESCRU,
said, “Backlash has been the
by-word of late... Now we will
show that there is awidespread
and deeply rooted longing with
in the Church for seeing all of
our fine resolutions actually
implemented in terms of clergy
placement practices and in
bringing Negro and white chur
ches together.”
Petition signers indicated that
they, too, are responsible for
this condition, pledged support
of a call issued by the Episco
pal House of Bishops seeking a
special council on renewal of the
Church.
In part, the petition reads,
“We have done little to equa
lize educatonal opportunities.
We have failed to address our
selves to the turning of our ma
terial blessings toward the es
tablishment of full opportunity
for all people. In our largely
fragmented life together we
continue to commit the ultimate
sin — that of fostering the
separation of man from man.
“We must repent and heed the
call to renewal by our Fathers-
in-God, the bishops, who have
proposed a council for the re
newing of the Church in our
day.”
MODERN garb for Brothers*of the Christian Schools is being tested in two schools of the New
Orleans archdiocese. Teachers at the Archbishop Rummel High School show the contrast in garb.
From left are: Brother Gabriel Daigle, wearing the traditional habit; Brother Victor Baudin wear
ing garb which includes a school blazer; and Brother Charles Klein, with black suit and tie for
street wear. Reactions to thejexperimental change will be studied by Brother Kevin Hargadon of
Washington, D.C., a Clinical psychologist.
New Commission To Stir
Christians To Aid Poor
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
purpose of the new Pontificial
Commission for Studies on
World Justice and Peace is to
arouse the people of God to an •;
awareness of their mission to
help promote the development
of poorer areas of the world, the
commission’s permanent se
cretary said here (Jan. 20).
The secretary, Msgr. Jo
seph* <Gr»®miUi on? saidi tha«<-thwo:
commission ' will' ■ help The b
Church to see its role in pro
moting structures throughout
the world by which wealthy na
tions can aid less developed
countries. The commission is
also expected to cooperate with
and encourage existing interna
tional organizations that have
this as its goal. These organi
zations, Msgr. Gremillionsaid,
included such activities as the
World Bank, United Nations
agencies, foreign aid programs
of the various nations, the Peace
Corps and foreign trade.
Msgr. Gremillion said that
the commission will try to see
that there is no overlapping of
efforts by Church-related or
ganizations aiding the underde
veloped areas of the world.
A native of Moreauville, La.,
Msgr. Gremillion has been with
U.S. Catholic Relief Services
since 1960 and has been direc
tor of its socio-economic de
velopment programs.
The program has been con
cerned with community deve
lopment, technical training and
social action movements in
Africa, Asia and Latin Am erica.
Msgr. Gremillion is widely
known for his writings on the
social apostolate and is the au
thor of The Journal of a Sou
thern Pastor.
Among his other activities,
he has been vice president of
the National Catholic Rural Life
IConference, has worked at dis
placed persons camps in Eu
rope, studied the conditions of
migrant workers in the West
and Mexico, and surveyed the
religious and social conditions
in Latin America.
Accord Is Seen
On Family Plan
ii SAN MATEO, Calif. (NC)—
'The' general director Of Cath
olic Charities of the archdio
cese of San Francisco said here
that American Catholic bishops
and U.S, government Officials
are in fundamental accord on
1 the right of parents to freely de
termine the size of their fami
lies.
He warned, however, that
“well-intentioned’ programs
of information on family plan
ning announced at the national
level sometimes lead to viola
tions of individual freedom when
put into practice by lesser of
ficials.
Msgr. James 6. Flynn ad
dressed a Conference on Fami
ly Planning, at the Villa Hotel
here. The conference was spon
sored by the U.S. Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
Saying that many persons
have an incorrect understand
ing of Catholic teaching on birth
regulation, the priest quoted
the teaching of Vatican Council
II: “In view of the inalienable
human right to marry and beget
children, the question of how
many children should be bom
belongs to the honest judgment
of parents."
Msgr. Flynn said that, for
Catholics, the only authorized
method of limiting births, apart
from total continence, is the use
of rhythm. In this connection,
he cited the work of Catholic
researchers to perfect rhythm,
and observed that in some parts
of the United States, Catholic
members of rhythm counseling
services have helped educate
public health personnel in know
ledge of the rhythm method.
The priest also noted that the
Commission on Rhythm, co
sponsored by the Family Life
Bureau of the United States
Catholic Conference and the
National Federation of Catholic
Physicians Guilds, has held two
international rhythm symposia.
President Quits
Baptist School
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) —
The president of a Baptist di
vinity school, once charged with
fostering a "far too liberal”
theology, has resigned here.
Dr. Robert J.’ Arnott, 45,
president of the Berkeley Bap
tist Divinity School, has ac
cepted a post as professor of
parish ministry at Claremont
School of Theology in Southern
California.
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Negro Is Poorer
Now Than In ‘57
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (RNS)
--The economic and social con
dition of the American Negro is
relatively worse today than it
was 10 years ago, according to a
leader of American Reform Ju
daism.
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath
of New York City, president of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, spoke at the
banquet session of theNorthern
California Council.
The Union of American He
brew Congregations represents
675 Reform synagogues in the
U.S. and Canada, with a mem
bership of more than 1 million.
The Northern California Coun
cil represents 36 reform tem
ples in Hawaii, Northern Cali
fornia, Northern Nevada and
Utah.
In his keynote address, Rabbi
Eisendrath called for drastic
Congressional economic pro
grams, plus an accelerated per
sonal commitment and involve
ment at the grassroots level on
the part of all Americans.
He sharply criticized “those
who would join the backlashes
and bigots.’
"Despite the most liberal
Congress in American his
tory,” he stated, "despite
landmark legislation and court
decisions, thee is more segre
gation today than 10 years ago;
despite the great economic
gains which America has made,
twice as many Negroes are un
employed as white, in some cit
ies 50 per cent of the Negro
youth are out of school and out
of work; and...it is now crystal
clear that white people will not
accept more than tokenism in
integration.”
Rabbi Eisendrath held that
Congress is now controlled by a
Conservative coalition of Re
publican and Southern Demo
crats whose first act, he said,
"was the annihilation of a black
man who had achieved immense
power in the House of Represen
tatives.”
He added j “that he (Con
gressman Adam Clayton Pow
ell) is a demagogue and a knave
is, secondary in the traumatic
consciousness of the black man
today. We have promised a new
day and we have nowgiven them
closed doors."
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