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GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968 7
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DONNELLNAN MEMBER
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Special Commission
Out Compromise On IHMs
LOS ANGELES (RNS) - A
temporary compromise solution
to the dispute between Francis
Cardinal McIntyre of Los Angeles
and the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Sisters has been worked out
by a special Vatican commission
here.
prayer in common, including
hearing Mass together.
—Must, continue their work of
education and not go into a
variety of works.
—Are required to collaborate
with the local ordinary (bishop).
This decree was objected to
by the Sisters because it was
considered the personal decision
of the cardinal rather than the
decree of the Congregation as
such.
A petition of appeal was then
addressed by the nuns to the
Pope, asking him to reverse this
decree.
A Pontifical Commission was
appointed by the Vatican to look
into the dispute.
The members of the
commission are Archbishop
James V. Casey of Denver,
Bishop Thomas A. Donnellan,
Archbishop-designate of Atlanta,
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph
Breitenbeck of Detroit, and
Father Thomas R. Gallagher, O.
P., of the staff of tj>e Apostolic
Delegation.
The Sisters will be divided
into two groups; while they are
not separate religious
communities, they will
nevertheless function as de facto
congregations.
Individual nuns will have the
option of joining either of the
two groups.
ONE GROUP, under the
direction of Sister Anita Caspary,
will follow the decrees of the
recent general chapter of the
order which provides for liberal
experimentation in the life style
and work of nuns.
The second group, under the
direction of Sister Eileen
MacDonald, will wear the
traditional nun-type garb ?nd
follow the rules that existed
before the community’s last
general chapter.
The special Vatican
commission held several meetings
with the parties concerned before
issuing the new decree. It will
continue to function and to assist
the groups in their programs.
Sister Mary Mark,
vice-president of Immaculate
Heart College in Los Angeles, and
a member of the community told
RNS that both groups have
agreed to refrain from any
comment on the decree.
She explained, however, that
both groups would have their
headquarters at Immaculate
Heart College, that the polling of
the individual Sisters had not
been completed as yet, and that
only the group under Sister
Eileen MacDonald would be
teaching in the parochial school
system of Los Angeles.
THE OTHER Sisters, she
explained, would be working in
the seven other dioceses where
the order has houses as well as at
Immaculate Heart College.
Their new rules adopted by
the Sisters at their general
chapter last August brought to a
head the controversy between
Cardinal McIntyre and the 560-
member congregation whose
headquarters are located in the
Cardinal's diocese.
Controversy soon spread to
other parts of the nation and
involved the Vatican and a
personal appeal to the Pope.
WHETHER A WEEKEND OR SEVERAL WEEKS AT THE BEACH, THE MOUNTAINS
OR ABROAD, WILL YOU CONSIDER GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, TOO,
BY GIVING A GIFT TO THE MISSIONS?
YOU CAN GET
AWAY FROM IT ALL,
but two-thirds of this world
CAN NOT! By sharing some
part of your summertime
allowance-some part of the
$30 billion Americans will
spend on vacations this
year —a missionary can
help some of the 11 million
lepers without medical care,
the 2 billion hungry.
Dear Monsignor, Enclosed is a share of my vacation:
$ 5 can feed some of the 1 million children now starving.
$10 can change the course of a leper's life with sulphone.
$ 25 can buy bandages and medicine for a mobile clinic in
Latin America which treats 20,000 people a year.
$100 can help crowded Asian orphanages buy new beds.
$250 can train a young man for the priesthood.
Name
Address_
MISSIONS NEED YOUR HELP
IN THE SUMMER TOO!
In a decree dated Feb. 21,
1968, Hildebrand Cardinal
Antoniuti of the Sacred
Congregation for Religious in
Rome ruled that the Sisters:
Must not wear lay clothes,
but a distinctive uniform garb.
I -MUST MEET daily for
y SALVATION AND SERVICE ARE THE WORK OF
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH
SEND YOUR GIFT TO
The Right Reverend Edward 7. O’Meara The Reverend Noel C BurtenshaW
National Director rvn Archdiocesan Director
366 Fifth Avenue P. O. Box 12047. Nortliside Station
New York. New York 10001 Atlanta. Georgia 30305