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NAMED TO SYNOD - Pope Paul VI has appointed two
American priests and a layman to official functions at the 1971
world synod in Rome. Shown above, from left, are: Msgr.
George G. Higgins, director of the urban life division, USCC;
Father Barnabas Ahern, C.P., theologian and scripture scholar
(center) named synod auditors. James Norris (right), assistant
director of the USCC’s Catholic Relief Services and a member of
the Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace, was named
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Acting on the recommenda
tion of the U.S. bishops, Pope
Paul VI has appointed two
American priests and a
layman to official functions
at the 1971 world synod in
Rome.
Named synod auditors
after they were chosen by the
bishops from a list of 10
candidates were Msgr. George
G. Higgins, director of the
urban life division at the
United States Catholic
Conference here, and Father
Barnabas Ahern, Passionist
priest who is a widely
recognized theologian and
scripture scholar and a
member of the Vatican’s
international theological
commission. Both men were
in Rome during the 1969
synod.
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director of the USCC’s New
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Justice and Peace, was
appointed assistant to the
synod’s special secretariat on
world justice.
Justice and the priesthood
are the two topics which the
synod, a gathering of
delegated bishops from all
parts of the world, will
discuss for a month or more
starting Sept. 30.
The new appointments
bring to 12 the number of
Americans with direct or
indirect participatory roles at
the synod. Last April, the
country’s 290 bishops elected
four of their colleagues as
their delegates to the
synod-Cardinals John
Dearden of Detroit, John
Krol of Philadelphia and John
Carberry of St. Louis, and
Coadjutor Archbishop Leo
Byrne of St. Paul-Min=
neapolis. They also chose two
alternates, Archbishops John
Whealon of Hartford and
Joseph McGucken of San
Francisco.
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appointees of his own, last
month named Bishop William
Baum of Springfield-Cape
Girardeau, Mo., as a synod
delegate.
Also attending the synod
from the United States will
be Archbishop Ambrose
Senyshyn, Ukrainian
archeparch of Philadelphia,
and Archbishop Stephen J.
Kocisko, Ruthenian
archeparch of Munhall
(Pittsburgh). Major
archbishops of the Eastern
rites of Catholicism attend
the synod by virtue of their
office.
Father Ahern, who lives
and works in Rome, and
Msgr. Higgins, an experienced
labor-management mediator
and veteran columnist of NC
News Service, have known
each other more than 30
years. Both did graduate
work in 1940 at Catholic
University of America and,
during the four years of the
Vatican II Council, worked
together closely as
consultants to the American
bishops.
In a statement after his
appointment was made
known, Msgr. Higgins said he
agreed with critics that no
one priest could possibly
claim to represent the
American clergy at the synod
“even if democratically
elected by his peers, as I was
not.”
“I do not pretend to be
able to ‘represent’ the
American clergy or any
segment of the American
clergy at the synod,” he said.
Msgr. Higgins said he would
be going as an auditor “or
listener” and not as
spokesman for a
constituency.
While he will speak only
for himself if called upon at
the synod, he added, he will
nevertheless try to “convey
to the synodal delegates my
own understanding, such as it
is, of the varying points of
view which have been
expressed on these matters by
different segments of the
American clergy.”
Msgr. Higgins said he
would be glad to meet before
the synod, if time allows,
with organizations and groups
wanting to brief him on their
outlook concerning synod
topics.
He and Father Ahern were
nominated priest-auditors in a
vote among the American
bishops. The bishop of each
U.S. diocese submitted in
June up to three candidates,
either d i ocesan or
religious-order priests. The
Conference of Major
Superiors of Men (CMSM)
also was asked to submit the
names of religious-order
priests.
All the names suggested
were reviewed by a seven-man
committee, which selected
five diocesan priests and five
religious-order priests from
the total. All the bishops got
the list of 10 candidates and
voted for one priest in each
of the two categories.
The committee was
composed of three bishops
(Charles Helmsing of Kansas
City-St. Joseph, Mo., John
May of Mobile, Bernard
Flanagan of Worcester, Mass.)
and four priests (Fathers
Kevin O’Rourke of Dubuque,
Iowa, a Domenican and
Gerard Rooney of
Shrewsbury, Mass., a
Passionist, and Rollins
Lambert of Chicago, and
Msgr. Henry McMurrough of
Madison, Wis.).
Other diocesan priests who
were auditor candidates
included:
Father Francis J. Bonnike
of Chicago, president of the
National Federation of
Priests’ Council; Msgr.
Bernard Law, vicar general of
the Natchez-Jackson, Miss.,
diocese; sociologist Father
Andrew Greeley of Chicago
and Msgr. Colin MacDonald
of Manchester, N.H.
Other religious
priest-candidates were
Passionist Father Paul Boyle,
president of the Conference
of Major Superiors of Men
Religious; Sulpician Father
Raymond Brown of
Baltimore; Maryknoll Father
Eugene Kennedy of Chicago;
Jesuit Father Walter Farrell
of Detroit.
Selection
Method Hit
CHICAGO (NC) - The
National Federation of
Priests’ Councils (NFPC) and
a nationally syndicated
priest-columnist have
denounced as undemocratic
the way that U.S.
priest-auditors to the
upcoming Synod of Bishops
were chosen.
Both the NFPC and Father
Andrew M. Greeley, the
writer, praised the character
and integrity of the two
American priests just
appointed by a vote of the
bishops.
But the critics said the
priest-auditors should have
been chosen instead by
priests, whose views they are
to represent.
Msgr. Higgins, upon
learning of his selection, said
he would be going to the
synod as a listener, not as a
representative of a
constituency.
“I do not pretend to be
able to ‘represent’ the
American clergy or any
segment of the American
clergy at the synod,” the
monsignor said.
“I feel compelled to make
this disclaimer as pointedly as
possible in view of the fact
that the role of the U.S.
auditors has already been
questioned by a number of
American priests and notably
by my good friend and fellow
diocesan, Father Andrew
Greeley.
“Father Greeley noted in a
recent syndicated column
that no individual priest-even
if democratically elected by
his peers, as I was not-could
possibly claim to represent
the American clergy at the
synod.
“I thoroughly agree with
Father Greeley in this
regard.”
Father Greeley said he
thought it would have been
better if nobody attended “or
if Msgr. Higgins had refused
to go.”
American priests, Father
Greeley said, “should have
been permitted to elect their
own representatives and, in
the absence of such an
election, there should be no
representatives.”
priests-had recommended the
appointment of its president,
Father Francis Bonnike, to
represent the nation’s
diocesan clergy at the synod.
Father Bonnike was later
nominated by the American
hierarchy, as was Passionist
Father Paul M. Boyle,
president of the Conference
of Major Superiors of Men, to
represent religious-order
priests.
“The rejection of two dulv
elected priests," said an
NFPC statement, “would
seem to offer a challenge to
all priests, all Religious, all
laity to devise a better
method for the selection of
their own representatives.
“Our reaction may appear
to some to be mere sour
grapes. Actually, we feel we
are taking an honest look at
the process and asking a few
questions: Will we ever know
whether the bishops actually
voted for the two priests
indicated (Msgr. Higgins and
Father Ahern) as the popular
choice of U.S. priests, or
whether Rome made the final
selection? Why did the
bishops and not the priests do
the selecting in the first place?
“A person elected by his
constituency becomes an
authorized representative. A
person cannot be a genuine
representative without a
constituency.”
The NFPC
continued:
statement
The
represents
American
two-thirds
dio cesan
NFPC--which
125 councils of
priests, including
of the official
synods of
“We know that most of
our member councils will be
sorely disappointed over the
news, particularly since for
more than a year they have
been feeding in their views on
priesthood and world justice,
topics of the world
synod . . .
“We believe that Fathers
Bonnike and Boyle could
have represented both the
majority and the minority
viewpoints of U.S. priests on
the two major topics of the
synod, having been working
almost fulltime on these
matters.
“We are confident that
Msgr. Higgins and Father
Ahern will also represent
these viewpoints, since they
are fair and intelligent men.
But we are not giving up on
pushing for better, more open
ways of selecting
representatives and leaders in
the Catholic Church.”
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