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Georgia Bulletin, Thursday, May 25, 1967 3
‘My Country,
‘Blasphemy,’
Right Or Wrong’
Says Dr. Brown
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS)
"Whether Francis Cardinal
Spellman says it, or California
Governor Ronald Reagan says
it, the words, 'My Country right
or wrong' are a blasphemy,”
Dr. Robert McAfee Brown of
Stanford University said here.
Dr. Brown, noted theologian
and ecumenist, spoke at a con
ference on evangelism prior to
the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church in
the U.S.A.
"The greatest political dan
ger in America at the moment
is the increasing attempt to
stifle the right of dissent,” he
claimed.
"The higher the stakes in
military victory in Vietnam be
come, the more those of us who
disagree with our government's
policy will be accused of pro-
Communist sentiments, giving
aid and comfort to the enemy,
and sacrificing American
lives.”
"Dissent,
'honorable”
he asserted, is
and a "right.”
Dr. Brown also said the
church as we know it, is pro
bably doomed. "There is no
possible way to justify the con
tinuation of denominations. All
we as Presbyterians are en
titled to do is work to bring about
the death of Presbyterianism,
and Methodists, Episcopalians
• and others must do likewise with
their denomination structures
so that out of our death a new
church may rise.”
He said it is "folly” to pre
tend that this is a Christian
nation or a Christian world.
"Christendom is no more.
We still talk about the gospel
and we still behave as churches,
and as long as we do we will
have less and less to say to
contemporary man.
"Not only is Christendom
gone, but in its place is revo
lution-violent torment and
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struggle, and much of the re
sentment is focused against the
whole concept of a Christian
culture, since it is that culture
that produced the inequities that
have led to revolt.
"The question is not whether
the revolution will succeed, but
how much bloodshed there will
have to be before a more equit
able balance has been reached
between rich and poor.”
“The central theological
theme for Christians today,” he
continued, “is a theology of the
world. Our task is to discern
where God is at work in the
world, in unexpected ways in un
religious guises and in impious
places.
"Political action, not church
action, will determine whether
God’s people in India will live
or die, whether God's people in
Vietnam will live or die, whe
ther God’s people with dark
skins get the right to vote and
the right to hold decent jobs."
Ukrainians
Send Jubilee
Greetings
CHICAGO (NC)—Chicago's
Ukrainian-rite Catholics sent
jubilee greetings to Joseph Car
dinal Slipyi, exiled Ukrainian-
rite archbishop of Lvov,
U.S.S.R., now living in Vatican
City. They organized a public
concert under the patronage of
Bishop Jaroslav Gabro of Chi
cago’s St. Nicholas Ukrainian-
rite eparchy to help collect
$25,000 as a gift to Hie exiled
cardinal on his 75th birthday
and 50th year of ordination.
Priests In Portland Back
Free Choice On Marriage
QUARTET entertains customers at Harry the Horse’s Happy
Hideaway as part of St. Jude Parish's musical show. The
singers are, from left, Joe Hasselhoff, Joe Brogan, Hal King,
and Jerry Wilcox.
‘St. Jude Follies’
Mad Night In ‘20s
To recreate a mad, mad night
in the '20’s, 50 members of St.
Jude's parish rehearsed three
months for the musical, "St.
Jude's F ollies,' ’ to be presented
this weekend.
"Here we are, salesmen,
housewives, amateurs, having
lots of fun,” sing members of
the cast in an opening number.
The setting for the production
is Harry the Horse’s Happy
Hideaway, a 1924 speakeasy.
The Proprietor (Joe Brogan )
introduces the entertainers, to
his customers and the audience.
The cast includes a "truly
ecumenical and talented trio,”
director, Bill Boyd said, "a
Catholic, Episcopalian and
Presbyterian." Italsoincludes
dancers, singers, and audience
participation
a-longs.
the sing-
"We have operated on a shoe
string budget at our own
request," Boyd said, "begging
borrowing, but never stealing."
Flappers’ costumes were de
signed by Mrs. Fran Hill. Mu
sical direction was provided by
Mrs. Kathleen McLeod. The
script was written by Boyd and
Mrs. Peggy Brogan.
"St. Jude’s Follies” will be
presented May 26-27, Friday
and Saturday in St. Jude’s cafe-
torium. Curtaintime: 8:30p.m.
The musical is "for adults
only” and reservations are li
mited. No admission charge.
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tion, call Mrs. Marina Peters,
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ROME (NC)--A joint working
group of Catholics and repre
sentatives of the-World Council''
—of Churches (WCC) have-eon- ‘
- 1 rcluded t a five-day meeting at
nearby Ariccia with a recom
mendation that the two groups
should "pursue a policy of more
dynamic collaboration.”
The meetings were jointly
chaired by Bishop Jan Wille-
brands, secretary of the Vati
can Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, and the Rev.
D. C. Eugene Carson Blake
of the U.S., general secretary
of the World Council of
Churches.
The meetings were the fifth
of a series since the working
group's establishment in 1965.
It was announced that the most
recent meetings gave special
consideration to the nature of
ecumenical dialogue and that
a document on this subject will
be published soon. Special
attention was also given to "the
obligation of cooperation in the
field of service activities, eco
nomic justice and development,
international affairs and world
peace.”
Progress reports on mixed
marriages, proselytism, bila
teral conversations between the
various confessional bodies,
women’s work and medical work
were received by the working
group. It will prepare a state
ment on these and other ques
tions and this will become an of
ficial report after it is reviewed
by higher authorities of the
Catholic Church and the WCC,
The report will be made public
after it is adopted by both bod
ies.
Pope Paul VI received the
membership of the working
group in an audience. Repre
sentatives of the WCC are:
Dr. Blake, the Rev. Russian
Orthodox Archpriest- Vitaly Bo- :
' rOnvoy of the WCC, Dr. R. H.-
Edwin Espy of the National
~Cduncil of the Churches—of
Christ in the U.S.A., Dr. Nikos
A. Nissiotis, Greek Orthodox
layman and theologian, of the
ecumenical institute of Bossey,
Switzerland; Pastor Andre Ap
pel of France, general secre
tary of the World Lutheran
Federation: Anglican Bishop
Oliver S. Tomkins of Bristol, ;
England, and the Rev. Lukas
Vischer, secretary of the WCC
Department of Faith and Order.
Representing
Church were
the Catholic
Bishop Wille-
brands, Bishop Thomas Holland
of Salford, England, Msgr. Car-
! Tc Bayer;-‘general sferetdry of
Caritas- Internatienaits -(inter
national : Catholib ‘dharities or
ganization); Ms"gr. William
Baum,- secretary of the U.S..
Bishops’ Committee on Ecu
menical and Interreligious Af
fairs; Msgr. Joseph Gremillion
of the Alexandria, La., diocese,
secretary of the Pontifical
Commission for Justice and
Peace; Father Jerome Hamer,
O.P., assistant secretary of the
unity secretariat; Father Pier
re Duprey, W. F., undersecre
tary of the unity secretariat,
and Father William Purdy of
England, also of that secre
tariat.
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) —
Sixty-five per cent of the dio
cesan priests in the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Port
land are in favor of the clergy
having the freedom of choice
to marry, according to the re
sults of a survey announced
here.
The questions on celibacy
were contained in a survey
mailed to the 185 diocesan
priests by the Priest's Renewal
Committee. The questions in
the survey were those used by
Father Joseph Fichter, S.J.,
in a poll he conducted last year.
The Portland survey was
mailed in April, accompanied
by a letter signed by Father
Edward Zenner, agenda chair
man of the Clergy Conferences
of the archdiocese. The sur
vey had the approval of Arch
bishop Robert J. Dwyer, Father
Zenner explained in his letter.
The questions were worded as
follows;
“In general would you be in
favor of the -diocesan priest’s
freedom of choice to marry?”
A total of 65.3 per cent of the
109 priests answering this
question did so in the affirma
tive. Nine said yes, but only
before ordination; 12 yes, but
only after ordination; and 50
yes, both before and after or
dination.
“What about those priests
who have left the ministry and
married? Should they be al
lowed to return to the sacra
ments and remain married?"
The question had 89.1 per cent
of 110 priests voting affirma
tively. Two voted yes, but only
if they have children, and 96
yes, whether or not they have
children. Twelve voted "no,
they should leave their wives
first.”
"If a married priesthood were
permitted in the Roman rite, do
you think that you would mar
ry?”
The affirmative vote on this
question wa s 30.Q2 per .cent if
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the 109 priests answering. Sev
en said yes, unquestionably;
seven, very likely would; 19,
probably would; 22, probably
would not; 20, very likely not;
and 34, definitely not.
“If a married priesthood were
not permitted in the Latin Rite,
do you think you would marry
if permitted to do so by the
Church upon reduction to the
lay state?”
A total of 24.03 per cent of
the 108 priests answering this
question voted affirmatively.
Four voted yes, unquestionably;
nine, very likely would; 13,
probably would; 18, probably
would not; 17, very likely not;
and 47, definitely not.
The survey, which also con
tained questions on other areas
of the priestly ministry, such
as retirement age, was an
swered by ll3diocesanpriests.
The results of the questions on
celibacy were announced, ac
cording to a spokesman for the
Priest’s Renewal Committee,
so that they could be studied at
the clergy conferences in May.
Clerical celibacy was the topic
for these monthly meetings.
Father Fichter, a Jesuit who is
on the faculty at Harvard Uni
versity, announced the results
of his survey last December.
They showed 63 per centfavor-
ed freedom of choice on the
celibacy question.
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