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SENATE IS TOLD
Many Priests Have
Problems Of Morale
Priests in the United States
have a morale problem and the
style of their lives has changed,
a member of the Association of ■
Chicago Priests says.
Father John Hill, first co
ordinator; of the association,
made these remarks Friday in
a talk to the Archdiocesan Se
nate of Priests.
Father Hill said one of the
gk problems priests face is their
A relationship to their bishop.
“Most dioceses have a patron
age system. The prosperous
parishes are plums of the bishop
and most priests vie for these
plums.
"They don't want to displease
the bishop and this subtracts
from their virility* Priests are
not forthright in expressing
themselves to their bishop, * ’ the
jf " Chicago priest said. He added,
- however, he did not think this
1 was true in Atlanta.
As a result of this, Father
| Hill said, priests have a poor
K image of themselves. "What’s
c needed for the 36,000 dioce-
|, 2 san priests in the United States
i is a sense of unity. They need
' “ to affirm themselves as priests,
* men and citizens.”
£ He said the Association of
I z Chicago priests has created a
0 sense of unity among priests.
~.3 He pointed out that parish as-
5 signments are made by a per-
£ sonnel board and the ratified by
£ C ardinal Cody.
| "This doesn’t mean we pro-
51 ceed against the bishop,”
i F ather Hill said. "Bishops are
| the products of the same system
I we are, and I can't blame
| them.”
E Father Hill said the associa-
j tion was started without the
J bishop's permission, but "it
I doesn’t mean we are hostile to
! him.”
J The guest speaker said the
| a ssociation has created a sense
: of unity among priests and has
‘ helped them to establish identi-
; ty. He said only five priests^
.. jj of about 1,400 lefti lash
| p ■ «/>«« •
q "We’re not moving as a far
v ■ left’ outfit,” he commented.
' "We’re right down the middle.
We don't want a union because
that is the theologically con
servative and seals the em
ploye-employer relationship.
Senates and associations are in
the center.”
Father John McDonough, pas
tor of Holy Spirit, asked Father
Hill if the association was not
creating another power struc
ture? "We're operating from
a. broad consensus,” the priest
replied, adding, "I’m for ten
sion in the Church, for plural
ism, but nor polarity.”
Father Hill, replying to a
question about a national asso
ciation of priests from Father
M. Jarlath Burke, pastor of St,
J oseph's Athens, said, "The
only thing I am sure of is that
priests will support a struc
ture in which they can work
in a coordinated way.” He said
a meeting will be held in Chi
cago in February to study goals
on how priests can work to
gether and take action as a unit.
In other business, the Senate
delayed the election of officers
and heard a report from Father
F rank Ruff on the married dia-
conate.
Father Ruff said he hoped
bishops of the United States
would approve the diaconate at
their April meeting. "There
are areas in the Southeast with
vast areas where there are no
priests. Deacons would have to
be able to work in small towns
and would need a theological
foundation,” he said.
Prelate Warns
Against Loose
Abortion Law
OTTAWA, Ont. (RNS)—Can
ada’s Parliament should re
move ambiguity from those sec
tions of theCriminalCodedeal-
ing with abortion, but should not
try to broaden the law, Roman
Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop
Philip F. Pocock of Toronto said
here.
I C&iAitiN of the Canadial
.QathqU.c Conference’s commit
tee on abortion, the archbishop
issued a statement from the
CCC’s headquarters.
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GEORGIA .BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1968 3
FATHER John Hill, with pencil, makes a point during his talk before the Archdiocesan Senate
of Priests. At his left are, Father Walter Dohovan, president, Father Thomas J. Roshetko S.M.
and Father M. Jarlath Burke. To his right are Father Frank Ruff and Father John McDonough.
RFK, McCarthy Face Trouble V
POAU Rates Candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) —
According to Americans United
for Separation of Church and
State, Senators Eugene J. Mc
Carthy and Robert F. Kennedy
as potential Presidential candi
dates face the same religious
problem that President John F.
Kennedy confronted in 1960.
In the January issue of its
monthly review, Church and
State, the organization which is
also known as the POAU (Pro
testants and Other Americans
United for Separation of Church
and State) presents an article
on "Religious Affiliations of the
Candidate^.”
The senators, both Roman
Catholics, will encounter trou
ble, according to the publica
tion, because of their stands on
aid to church-related schools
and their Church’s law on the
question of contraceptive birth
control.
In discussing the school aid
situation, the Americans United
article calls Sen. McCarthy
"the darling of the Citizens
for Educational Freedom, a Ca
tholic laymen’s front set up to
agitate for public funds for
parochial schools."
Stating that Sen. Kennedy has
•ttever commitment *on
federal aid to church-related
q seh6t)ls, ; “the' articlie cites his
support of the recently-defeat
ed proposed New York State
Constitution which would have
repealed a long-standing ban
on state aid to parochial
schools.
Stressing that neither Sena
tor has made a statement on the
subject of birth control, the
article declares:
"Both in words and in deeds
the public performances of Sen.
McCarthy and Sen. Kennedy on
such issues has failed to match
the unequivocal stand taken
some years earlier by the lat
ter’s brother. If there is any
‘religious problem' in the com
ing political campaign, it lies
with these men and they alone
Can resolve it.”
The other candidates discus
sed were:
President Johnson—Amem-
ber of the Dsciples of Christ.
The POAU publication notes that
he is ‘quite ecumenical in his
worship habits,” citing atten
dance at Episcopal, Presbyter
ian and Roman Catholic ser
vices.
"For the record,” themaga-
zine article states, "it should
be noted tha President Johnson
pushed throughCongressthefa-
mous ‘compromise’ under
which federal funds began to find
their way to parochial schools.”
Richard M. Nixon — A Qua
ker. The article mentions that
many members of that denomi
nation are conscientious objec
tors to military service. This
raises a question, the publica
tion maintains, "as to what ef
fect this background might have
on Mr. Nixon should he become
commander-in-chief of the
armed forces.”
"Mr. Nixon is not himself
a conscientious objector,” the
POAU says, "having served in
the Navy from 1942 to 1946. His
long record in public' service
removes any question as to his
complete freedom to operate as
his duty may dictate in this
area.”
George W. Romney— A Mor
mon. The Americans United
analysis cites that Church's
rule that its Negro members
may not be admitted to full
priesthood. The magazine ar
ticle says:
"Such a teaching conceivably
might influence Mr. Romney’s
stance in regard to legislation
affecting the Negro, particular
ly civil rights. But the notion
is quickly offset by Mr. Rom
ney’s own frank disavowal, and
more especially by his impec
cable record in the area of civil
rights.’’
Regarding Governors Ronald
Reagan and Nelson A. Rocke
feller, “no immediate denomi
national issues are suggested in
their cases,” the article main
tains. Gov. Reagan is a member
of the Disciples of Christ
and Gov. Rockefeller is a Bap
tist who “retains his member
ship at the liberal Riverside
Church of New York City. He
also attends the Protestant Un
ion Church of Pocantico Hills.”
Mayor John V. Lindsay of New
York, an Episcopalian, is term
ed a "dark horse contender” by
the POAU publication. Claim
ing that the New York mayor
"has been altogether forthright
on the church-state question,”
the article cites as an example
his opposition to the proposed
New York Constitution.
Sen. Charles Percy is a
Christian Scientist and the
Americans United maintains
that this may raise a question
as to what the Senator’s atti
tude may be toward the nation’s
many public health programs.
It added:
"The senator has cleared
any possible doubt on such mat
ters by his own unequivocal
statements and more especially
by his support of such programs
when he deemed them in the
public interest."
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2 Cardinals Resign
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has accepted the re
signations of the cardinal pre
fect of the Congregation of Rites
and the cardinal president of the
Consilium for the implementa
tion of theSecond VaticanCoun-
cil's Constitution on the Liturgy
and named Benno Cardinal Gut,
O.S.B., to replace both men.
To Arcadio Cardinal Larrao-
na, who had headed the Congre
gation of Rites since 1962, Pope
Paul wrote that much of the lit
urgical reform’s success could
be attributed to the 80-year-old
cardinal’s "far-seeing contri
bution.”
To Giacomo Cardinal Ler
caro of Bologna, Italy, the Pope
wrote that he knew “what dedi
cation you gave to organizing
the method of work and develop
ing the activity” of the Consi
lium. Cardinal Lercaro, who
had offered his resignation
from both the Consilium’s pre
sidency and his post as arch
bishop of Bologna, is 76.
The Congregation of Rites
and the Consilium remain dis
tinct organisms, to judge by
the wording of the announce
ment. However, given the fact
that their competencies over
lapped in practice, despite the
Pope's efforts to clarify their
bouhdaries, it seems likely they
will tend less and less to act as
distinct bodies.
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no change in his work under a
unified administration.
"The Consilium's task is to
prepare reform through a per
iod of experimentation,'' he
said.
"The power of definitive le
gislation has always belonged
to the Congregation of Rites.”
He said even legislation
signed by officials of both bod
ies actually gets its power as
definitive law from the Congre
gation of Rites.
During Cardinal Lercaro’s
tenure he was the object of
criticism—sometimes violent-
especially from those who
thought his liturgical reforms
were going too fast and too far.
After one such published criti
cism, Pope Paul had a telegram
sent to Cardinal Lercaro on his
behalf, expressing the Pope's
gratitude for the cardinal's
work on the Consilium.
Ask Trial Delay
Until War In
Vietnam Ends
BALTIMORE (RNS) — Four
men, including two clergymen,
accused of pouring blood over
draft board files here have ask
ed that their trials be delayed
until the end of the Vietnam war.
A motion filed by their at
torney claimed that they cannot
receive a "fair and impartial
trial” while the government
maintains an ‘ ‘official negative
policy toward dissenters.”
"There is no due process for
anyone who protests against
and opposes war,” attorney
Fred E. Weisgal held.
The accused are Father
Philip F. Berrigan, S.S.J., cur
ate of St. Peter Claver Catho
lic church; the Rev. James Men-
gel, a minister of the United
Church of Christ; Thomas P.
Lewis, an artist; and David
Eberhart, secretary of the Bal
timore Interfaith Peace Mis
sion.
Music, red and white check
ed table cloths and coffee pro
vided an informal setting for
conversation about religion and
weather at the Unitarian-Uni-
versalistChurch's Friday night
Coffee House.
Last weed’s guests were
members of the Community of
Christ Our Brother. In his
welcome, Rev. Eugene Pickett
said, "The Community is an
experimental group trying a dif
ferent approach to their relig
ious commitment, as we are.”
90 members of the congrega
tion and the four members of
the Community who attended
viewed a film, "Lamp Unto
My Feet.” The film was based
on the 1967 Goals Committee
report, a survey of 12,000 Uni
tarians,
Unitarianism is predicated on
the belief, love to God, love to.
man’, but each church and per
son is free to develop indepen
dently and autonomously. Ac
cording to the report, a liberal
religion has the same prob
lems and potentials as a de
mocracy. It possesses divert
sity plus openmindedness.
The survey developed a pro
file of Unitarians: 63 per cent
have college degrees, 57 per
cent are members of a profes
sion, and 43.1 percentdescribe
themselves as Christian*
A sampling of statistics from
the survey reveal a variety of
viewpoints: 44.2 per cent stat
ed that the definition of God may
be used for some natural pro
cesses within the universe such
as love or creative evolution.
49.2 per cent surveyed believe
J esus is essentially in the tra
dition of the Jewish prophets.
51.6 per cent said the teachings
of Jesus are aS‘ true and use
ful now as they were then.
Regarding social attitudes,
the survey revealed that 62.3
per cent approved civil dis
obedience when the law is un
just; 97 per cent favor libera
lized abortion legislation in
cases of serious birth defects;
91.5 per cent approve con
traceptives for married cou
ples; 56.4 per cent approve thefn
for engaged couples.
Donald Devis asked other
Pope Names
New Vicar
VATICAN CITY (NC) — An
gelo Cardinal Dell’ Acqua-has
resigned from his post as head
of the Prefecture of Economic
Affairs to become Pope Paul
Vi’s vicar for the diocese of
Rome.
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi,
former apostolic delegate to the
United States, will take over
Cardinal Dell’ Acqua's office
as the Holy See's chief financial
officer.
Luigi Cardinal Traglia, who
resigned as vicar for Rome, was
named chancellor of the Holy
Roman Church.
The Prefecture of Economic
Affairs is a creation of Pope
Paul's comprehensive reform
of the Roman curia, the
Church’s central administra
tive body. The office does not
come into existence until March
when the reform itself will take
full effect. Cardinal Dell’ Ac-
qua, who was named president
of the economic affairs office
on Sept. 23, 1967, thus never
has headed the prefecture as a
going concern.
The three appointments and
two resignations were announc
ed Jan. 13.
Cardinal Vagnozzihadheldno
major post since his elevation
in June, 1967, to the college of
cardinals, which automatically
•took him out of his post as
■ apostolic delegate in the United
•j States.
The post of chancellor of the
Holy Roman Church is largely
a formal office, although it was
preserved under the Pope’s
curial reform. It was made
vacant by the death of Santiago
Cardinal Copello on Feb. 9,
1967.
. Cardinal Dell’ Acqua is a
former undersecretary of the
Papal Secretariat of State.
Cardinal Vagnozzi spent 8
years in the United States as
apostolic delegate. He suc
ceeded Amleto Cardinal Cicog-
nani, now Papal Secretary of
State.
VISITING at the Friday night Coffee House are; left to right: Mrs.
George Blau, Bett Williams, Mrs. Mill Cloe, Mr. Cloe, and
Mrs. Thomas Bockman.
members of the congregation to
fill out a questionaire after the
film. He said, “We may not
have appealed broadly to the
majority of people. We may -j
need more music, cultural, ar- |
tistic and moral emphasis. We |
shall distill the goals from this |
report.”
In a brief discussion that fol- j
lowed, members of the Com- ,
munity of Christ Our Brother
were asked to describe their
goals in the areas of liturgy,
ecumenism and Community ac
tion.
George Blau, director of the I
Atlanta Lay School of Theology, I
a program of the Christian I
Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, I
said, "I am interested in the I
Community for two basic rea- I
sons: the ecumenical rela- I
tions, and because my own I
church isn’t doing anythingsig- I
nificant. The Community gives |
us an opportunity for involve- |
ment in the problems of the city. |
I
Mrs. Blau described a Mass |
in their home at Christmas.” |
We had two Catholics, two Quak- i
ers, and a Coptic Christian j
from Ethiopia. I am personally ■
impressed by the feeling of ac- |
ceptance and love that per- .
meats the Community.”
"The average person didn’t J
i have -an opportunity for com-
rni'mmraLidirtTrT'iargB pans’li;""-*
S said Mrs. Thomas Bockman,” ■
and secondly, people really I
wanted to put their commitment I
to their fellowman into practice I
in relation to their religious ex- I
perience. But always in the I
minds of the majority in the I
Community was a desire to re- I
main under the approval of the -•
archbishop, who is one of the
most progressive m,en in the
hierarchy in this country.”
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