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PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, November 8,1979
BISHOPS' MEETING
Pastoral Letter Proposed
WASHINGTON - A pastoral letter on
racism, “non-inclusive” language in the
liturgy, and a report on the Latin American
bishops’ meeting in Puebla, Mexico, last
winter will be on the agenda of the fall
general meeting of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United
States Catholic Conference (USCC).
More than 250 bishops from throughout
the country will participate in the
November 12-15 meeting at the Capital
Hilton Hotel.
The bishops will begin the four-day
session with a con-celebrated Mass
according to the Eastern Byzantine Rite at
9 a.m. on Monday, November 12.
Additional Masses and prayer from the
Liturgy of the Hours will accompany each
day’s deliberations.
The proposed pastoral letter on “racism
in our day” was prepared by a
subcommittee chaired by Auxiliary Bishop
Joseph A. Francis, S.V.D., of Newark. It
was written at the request of the NCCB in
its program, “To Do The Work of Justice,”
issued in May, 1978, in which the bishops
called for new steps to counter racism.
The strongly worded pastoral draws
attention to the persistent injustice of
racism both at home and abroad. It calls
for personal conversion in racial attitudes
as well as changes in society to eliminate
discrimination against racial minorities.
Among the steps it recommends is the
establishment of leadership training
programs among racial minorities on all
levels of the Church. The U.S. bishops
issued earlier pastorals on racism in 1958
and 1968.
‘Alleviate Any Hurt’
The proposals pertaining to liturgical
language come from the Bishops’
Committee on the Liturgy, chaired by
Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B., of
Milwaukee. Their purpose is to facilitate
full and active participation of the entire
assembly in all liturgical actions. Despite
the use of revised liturgical books in the
vernacular, unforeseen and unintended
obstacles to such full participation do
remain, according to the Liturgy
Committee.
“Whatever can be done to alleviate any
hurt, or feeling of alienation of a large
segment of the assembly must be
undertaken,” the Liturgy Committee
report says.
The committee reported that those
working on new translations of liturgical
texts have taken steps to make the
language clearly inclusive of all members of
the assembly. But because it will be several
years before a major revision of the
liturgical books is completed, the
committee is making two specific proposals
as an interim solution.
The first is that the word “men” be
deleted from the so-called words of
institution in all of the approved
eueharistic prayers. The second would
allow the celebrant to substitute an
inclusive word or phrase in those prayers in
which the generic term “man” or its
equivalent is found. Both proposals require
the approval of two-thirds of the
conference membership and subsequent
confirmation by the Holy See.
Latin American Bonds
In an address to the bishops last spring,
Archbishop John R. Quinn of San
Francisco, president of NCCB and USCC,
referred to the strong bonds between the
U.S. episcopal conference and those of
Latin America. He said the Puebla meeting
had major significance for the Church in
the United States and raised important
questions about the direction of future
U.S. involvement on that continent.
Subsequently, Archbishop Quinn
invited Archbishop Marcos McGrath,
C.S.C. of Panama, one of the leading
figures at Puebla, to lead a workshop
discussion on the implications of that
meeting for the Church in the United
States. In addition to the workshop on
Puebla, the bishops will also devote a
workshop to next year’s scheduled revision
of the Program of Priestly Formation.
Budget And Finance
The bishops will receive a report of the
special committee established by
Archbishop Quinn last year to study
procedures of their Committee on
Research, Plans and Programs and
Committee on Budget and Finance. Its
major recommendation is the
establishment of a three-year planning
cycle for conference activities.
The bishops will consider the
conference budget for 1980 and act on a
proposal by the Budget and Finance
Committee to increase the annual diocesan
assessment from 8c to 10c per Catholic.
Diocesan assessments currently total about
$3,600,000 a year and are the largest single
revenue source in the NCCB/USCC budget
of approximately $12.6 million.
The bishops will also consider new
procedures for their committee on
Conciliation and Arbitration; address the
question of a fixed date for the annual
national Communication Collection;
receive information reports, including a
progress report on the Call to Action
program which committed the U.S. Church
to a five-year program in the social action
field and on Hispanics; and elect chairmen
of several NCCB/USCC committees.
On Wednesday, November 14, the
bishops will concelebrate Mass at the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception.
The meeting will begin on Monday,
November 12 with an address by
Archbishop Quinn immediately following
the Byzantine Rite Mass. On succeeding
days the sessions will begin at 9:30 a.m.
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SUNKISSED AUTUMN
WEATHER blessed a good
turnout of several hundred for the
Eighth Annual Rosary Rally, held
at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church. Thomas Lee, Denis
McArthy, John O’Brien and Jose
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students, carried the bier holding
the statue of Our Lady in the
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Mass and the Marian celebration
closed with inspiring remarks by
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the Holy Father paid homage to
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recent visit, tie Archbishop
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Pope Hits Climate Of Yiolence
VATICAN CITY (NC)
-- Pope John Paul II
denounced the climate of
violence that he said is
causing “ever more
concerned anxiety and
alarm in public opinion.”
Addressing a crowd in
St. Peter’s Square Nov. 1
(All Saints Day) for the
noontime Angelus, the
pope noted that the next
day was All Souls Day, a
day especially set aside by
Catholics to pray for the
dead.
He asked those in the
square to pray particularly
for “the numerous victims
that violence in its various
forms has claimed in the
past year.”
The pope’s comments
seemed especially directed
at political violence, which
has plagued Italy and
other countries in recent
years.
“Acts of violence, I
repeat, hide the human
and Christian values of the
human person and are a
continued attack on civil
coexistence,” the pope
said.
The pope also called
special attention to “the
very sad episode that
occurred last Sunday at
the stadium of Rome in
which an honest and
peaceful worker lost his
life and other spectators
were endangered.”
The previous Sunday,
Oct. 28, 33-year-old
Vincenzo Paparelli was
killed in Rome’s Olympic
Stadium at a soccer match
when a flare rocket shot
from the other end of the
stadium struck him in the
face.
His death shook Italy,
where soccer is the
undisputed king of sports
and heated club rivalries
often lead to fights and
injuries among fans. The
incident Oct. 28 was the
first causing a death.
Several days later police
were still looking for
Giovanni Florillo, 18,
alleged shooter of the flare
gun.
In appearing for the
Angelus Nov. 1, the pope
followed a long Roman
custom by' which the
pontiff leads the Angelus
on Sundays and major
holy days.
Earlier, he visited
briefly with taxi drivers
who were staging a “march
for ecology” starting at St.
Peter’s Square and passing
through Rome.
The pope praised their
initiative and asked them
to remember that the final
goal of their walk through
life is heaven.
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Bible Study Is Urged
For President Carter
TURIN, Italy (NC) - U.S. President Jimmy Carter
recently received an indirect biblical admonishment from
an unusual source, according to the Italian daily La
Stampa.
Meeting in Hanoi with a delegation from Church World
Services, an interdenominational aid agency, Vietnamese
Prime Minister Fam Van-Dong called Carter “a pious
man” who should look to the Bible for help in
normalizing relations between Vietnam and the United
States.
Speaking of the need to reconstruct Vietnam after
years of war, Dong cited the Gospel passage which reads,
“The harvest is rich but the laborers are few,” the
Turin-based newspaper said.
The communist leader also quoted two other sayings of
Jesus: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven,” and, “Let him who is without evil cast the first
stone.”
La Stampa reported that the biblical reference
“surprised” the Church World Services delegation, which
included a bishop.
Dong told the delegation that he had heard about the
U.S. president’s religiosity and hoped his words would
prompt Carter, a Southern Baptist, to a closer study of
the Bible.
In Washington, the White House had no immediate
comment on Dong’s statement.
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All Saints Children
Enjoy Flag Football
All Saints Catholic Church’s flag football league passes
the half-way mark in the season. It is the first year for the
in-parish program which has been enthusiastically
accepted by parents and players with over 72 children on
six teams. Team rosters include both boys and girls, ages
7-12.
Ed Broderick, who attends All Saints and lives in
Dunwoody, coordinated the program. His coaching
experience and involvement in flag football while living in
Boulder, Colorado, was a significant factor in laying the
groundwork for a good program here.
Flag football is similar to tackle football with a few
exceptions. Players wear “flags” - two 12” colored
streamers attached to a belt around the player’s waist. A
ball carrier is “down” (and the play ended) when a
defensive player removes one flag from the ball carrier.
Tackling is prohibited. The rules of football used for
downs, scoring, etc. apply in general to flag football.
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Broncos. Left to right: Peter Mugnolo, Broderick,
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