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2 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1968
Church In Atlanta
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damental question boils down
to, “In view of the Council
documents, who am I?” Lack-
amp commented.
He noted one result of the
Council is that seminaries all
over the country have shatter
ed the ivory tower image by
allowing and encouraging stu
dents to become a part of the
total community—politically,
socially and culturally.
Priests all over the country
are examining their specific
role within a Church which is
essentially a service organiza-
tion~an organization to serve
the whole people of God, Lack-
amp said. “Many seminarians
potential seminarians and
priests are asking the ques
tion: “For what role does a
bishop ordain a young man a
priest?’*
He said, “Few priests ask the
question about the practicality
of a married clergy as serious
ly as. those who will be funding
the married priest and his fam
ily. The fact that at present
a priest may not marry and
continue his service as a priest
is not preventing him from
asking: “Why not a married
clergy?”
"I think the crisis in voca
tions to the sisterhood as well
as to the priesthood might be
remedied—I don’t say it will
be—by a study into the nature
of religious vocations in this
particular time in history,”
Lackamp said.
The problem many sisters
face is that they are very often
better informed about the real
world and the Council than their
superiors. But the sisters are
often bound by rules which do
not allow exploration in areas
pointed out by the Council,
Lackamp commented.
Communities which have
changed in their whole way of
life and action have done so be
cause their superiors are open
and communicative, Lackamp
said, “They have understood
the challenge of Vatican II and
answered it with, ‘Let’s try it I**
He aldded, “And if changing
the traditional habit to a con
temporary jumper is not match
ed by an equal willingness to de
velop a 20th century apostolate,
then the change of habit is mean
ingless.”
What is the 20th century apos
tolate for the sisters? Lackamp
answered, “It might be social
work, inner-city work, inten
sive adult education programs,-
Newman work—but is it ne
cessarily limited to parochial
schools, Catholic hospitals and
orphanages?”
“People talk a lot about the
‘identity crisis’, but I think it
is only since the Council that
bishops, priests, sisters and
laymen have begun to recognize
the seriousness of the crisis,”
he said.
Unity
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similar week of prayer, held at
Pentecost in Orthodox, Anglican
and Protestant churches begin
ning in 1920. The Conference
on Faith and Order, one of die
m ovements which led to the for-
mation of the World Council of
Churches, sponsored this ob
servance, whose dates were
changed in 19-ip to coincide with
the Catholic week of prayer.
After World War II, Catho
lics used the terrh "Chair of
Unity Octave” almost ex
clusively until the feast of St.
Peter’s Chair was dropped from
the Church calendar in 1961,
when the name became again
“Church Unity Octave.”
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A HUGE LOAF of French bread hanging in the front window of “Bethlehem, the House of Bread,
symbolizes the aim of the new interreligious service center — to feed and clothe the poor in New
Orleans, La. Directing the placing of the name sign and bread is Sister M. David, a Dominican nun
who was the prime organizer of the center. With her are, from left: Dr. T. Russell Nunan, exe
cutive secretary of the New Orleans Presbytery (Presbyterian), chairman of the center’s board;
the Rev. John Burkett, pastor of Gloryland-Mt. Gillion Baptist church, the board's co-chairman;
and Mrs. Lilliemae Wainie, city social worker and board member. The center was incorporated
just before Christmas* but will open in February. (RNS Photo)
Abortion Bill,
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commented, "The bills are con
servative and have the impec
cable backing of the American
Medical Association and the
American Bar Association.”
He added that he was not speak
ing for Planned Parenthood, but
.as a citizen........ ..
Sister Mary Vemard, direc
tor of Our Lady’s Day School,
for Exceptional Children, said,
“I come here to defend the
children that I have taught for
13 years. They want to live
and the bill does not mention
the inherent right to life.”
Ferdinand Buckley, an At
lanta attorney and member of
St. Jude’s parish, said the law
of Georgia says life starts’ at
conception. "A fetal death
c ertificate must be filed and it
a death certificate is required,
then there must have been life.
“House Bill 281 has no pro
visions outlining the father’s
right in the question of abortion
and neither does the substitute
of the Medical Association of
Georgia,” Buckley said.
Tony Zivalich, a member of
St. John the Evangelist, said
he was instructed by the presi
dent of Teamsters Local 258
to appear and oppose the bill.
“Georgia teamsters say vote,
’no’ against 281 and any amend
ments.”
Mrs. Bill Weaver, and Mrs.
Harry Gemazian, both active in
the Concerned Citizens Com-,
mittee (The Right to Life Com
mittee) voiced their opposition
to the bill and any amendments.
House Bill 281 seeks to
amend the present law to per
mit under the following condi
tions: 15 “ '
1) a continuation of the preg
nancy would endanger the life
of the pregnant woman or would
seriously and permanently in
jure her mental health; or
2) the fetus would very likely
b e born with a grave and irre-
medial mental or physical de
fect; or
3) in cases of rape and in
cest.
The amendment includes pro
visions requiring the pregnant
woman requesting the abortion
to submit a written request to
Ije ^plysiciani jti'e jjhysigian’s
judgment must be concurred in
by atleasttwootherphysicians.
It also requires that the abor
tion be performed in alicensed
hospital. The abortion has to be
approved in advance by a com-
m ittee of the medical staff of the
hospital in which the abortion is
to be performed.
Billy Graham Assails
Church-Society Meet
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WASHINGTON, DC. (RNS) —
Evangelist Billy Graham has
lashed out against church lead
ers who, he said, "havebecome
angry with the world and are de
termined to use violence to
change the social structures of
society.”
In an article appearing in fhe
Jan. 19 issue of the conservative
fortnightly Christianity Today,
published here, Graham said
“Christians throughout Ameri
ca are feeling the shock waves
from a (U.S.) Conference on
Church and Society in Detroit.”
He called it “one of the most
radical religious conferences
ever held” in the nation.
The famed evangelist claimed
that violence andrevolutionwas
the theme “underlying most of
the discussions,” adding:
“There is no doubt that secu
larism, materialism, and even
Marxism not only have invaded
the church but deeply penetrated
it."
“Even the liberal Christian
Century," he wrote, “express
ed shock that these people were
opposed to violence in Vietnam
but at the same time called for
violence in America.”
The church and society meet
ing was called by the National
Council of Churches as a fol
low-up to an international con
ference on church and society
held in Geneva in 1966. Con
ference leaders stated that its
purpose was to seek strategies
for dealing with modern social,
economic and social problems.
Members of one group at De
troit suggested that the church
might have to consider violence
as an alternative in the strug
gle for greater freedom, justice
and economic improvement.
Graham said in the Christian
ity Today article, entitled
"False Prophets in the
Church,” that Jesus warned
against those who “come'toyou
in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves,” and
quoted St. Paul as saying that
Satan’s greatest disguise is to.
appear as “an angel of light.”
Declaring that the church
“increasingly proclaims a hu
manistic gospel,” Graham as
serted that “thousands of lay
men and clergymen alike are
asking penetrating questions
about the purpose and mission
of the church...Many of them are
becoming disillusioned with the
institutional church. They are
hungry for a personal and vital
experience with Jesus Christ.
They want a heartwarming,
personal faith.”
Since the . time when Cain
killed Abel and was judged by
God, the Baptist clergyman
said, “man has been contin
uously torn between the true
and the false, the worship of
idols and the worship of the
Lord God, the lure of humanism
and materialism and the plain
biblical teaching of the way of
salvation.
“This tension exists in the
church today. The great ques
tion asked by church leaders at
almost every conference is:
What is the church’s primary
mission — is it redemptive or
social, or both?”
Qsagreeing with spokesmen
who say that the mission is pri
marily for social change, Gra
ham said "the vast majority
of pastors and Christians
throughout America believe that
the mission of the Church of
Jesus Christ is redemptive.”
He did not, however, totally
discount social interests.
Catholic System To Have
Fewer Grade Schools
NOTRE DAME, IND.(RNS) —
Roman Catholic education in fu
ture will have fewer grade
schools and more high schools,
according to Dr. George N.
Shuster, assistant to the presi
dent of the University of Notre
Dame.
This forecast is contained in
a new book by Dr. Shuster en
titled Catholic Education in a
Changing World (Holt, Rinehart
and Wilson). The volume is an
analysis of two recent studies
of Catholic schools conducted
by Notre Dame and by the Na
tional Opinion Research Center
of the University of Chicago.
While Catholic elementary
schools and colleges and uni
versities cannot possibly ‘pro
vide space for all Catholic ap
plicants, Dr. Shuster maintains
that the Catholic high school
“does hold out a promise of
service to the whole Catholic
group.”
Noting that the main purpose
of Catholic education is the de
velopment of religious knowl
edge and practice. Dr. Shuster
asks:
“In a time when religious
and ethical assumptions are
subject to change, and are being
challenged as never before in
the United States, what of lasting
value can be accomplished by
the elementary school? Indeed,
may not the simple loyalties
which are encouraged in grade
school pupils later come to
seem either chains of-habit or
impediments to sophistication?
"It is during the years identi
fied with the high school that
everything will depend, at least
Archbishop
Hallinan
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leadership and creativity in the
liturgy, the Liturgical Confer
ence has put its finger on a gen
uine problem. But ithas mere
ly aggravated the problem by
criticizing the bishops -a},ope.
“The fact is,” thearchbishop
pointed out, “that no one of us—
bishops, priests, laity, the Lit
urgical Conference itself—has
done as much as we could and
should have done in matters
liturgical. The responsibility
is a shared one.
“Last October,” Archbishop
Hallinan continued, “the Litur
gical Conference called for ‘a
sense of collaboration and a
willingness to consult in an open
dialogue of bishops and priests
and the whole body of lay men
and women; arid a generous
spirit which will show apprecia
tion for any effort at liturgical
renewal...’
“In that spirit I invite the
Liturgical Conference to pre
pare and propose to the bishops
concrete programs of liturgical
reform while continuing to seek
its avowed goals in the fields
of liturgical catechumeriate and
participation.”
Archbishop Hallinan did not
respond to a criticism leveled
by the Liturgical Conference
at the Vatican's Consilium for
the Implementation of the (Se
cond Vatican Council's) Con
stitution on' the Sacred Liturgy.
This criticism indicated that:
“The board of directors of
the Liturgical Conference can
only observe, and this most
urgently, that the quality—pas
toral,- structural, and linguis
tic—of the Consilium's liturgi
cal products received in this
country . for testing purposes
is less than adequate to coritem-
porary needs; and that these
products are quantitatively too
little and chronologically too
late.”
The statement of the Liturgi-.
cal Conference’s board of di
rectors “collective con
science” was made at its mid
winter meeting in Washington,
D.C. The conference is a na
tional organization founded in
1940 and dedicated to the work
of continuing education in the
liturgical field.
for the most gifted and rest
less, upon how ably and deftly
the young person is led from
the land of obedience to the (re
ligious) symbol to the other
domain of freedom to question
and to weigh answers.”
There are two “matters of
crucial importance for educa-
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uated in its condemned (Class
C) category because of “sad
ism, violence, vandalism and
sexual perversity” tied in with
a “spurious” theme.
tion” which come from Vati
can II, according to Dr. Shus
ter. They are:
—An emphasis on an inquir
ing conscience coming to a free
acceptance of religious truth,
—The practice of a new kind
of Catholic citizenship in the
world in which dialogue plans
an important part.
Another reform suggested by
Dr. Shuster was the control and
reduction of the great number
of small, Catholic liberal arts
colleges.
He suggested that a substan
tial effort be made to develop
a few outstanding Catholic uni
versities dedicated to "the in
terpenetration of religious and
scientific experience.”
Marist Fire
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Another gift was not spared—the statue of Our
Lady of Grace presented to the school in 1945 when
the parents’ club organized. It was used in all grad
uation ceremonies. /
“The intense heat in the storeroom destroyed three
years* supply of altar candles, decorations, and a
year’s supply of wine, Father Brennan said. “We have
15 priests saying Mass in the chapel everyday, and
there was enough wine to last an average parish five
years.”
All the altar missals and vestments laid out for the
next day’s Mass were a total loss, the priest said. "It
was heartwarming that so many people wanted to help.
Priests called from all over the state to offer vest
ments, chalices or whatever we needed. A hotel man
ager called to offer 20 rooms for us, he thought the
rectory had burned. The ladies altar guild called to
ask when they could go into action. Father Burten-
shaw came out to ask if he could assist us in any
way.” •;
When the temporary house chapel was completed,
all the priests of the Marist community participated
in a concelebrated Mass of thanksgiving.
A construction crew is completing temporary re
pairs, but extensive smoke damage remains. “We
hope to have all the repairs completed by Easter,”'
Father Brennan said. Cause of the fire is unknown
and there is no estimate of damage.
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