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PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, July 24,1980
Parish Community:
A Test Of Faith
BY DOUG LANDWEAR
DE PERE, Wis. (NC) -
The test of a strong faith is
the development of a
strong, personal parish
community through which
that faith can be
developed, according to
three speakers at St.
Norbert College’s Focus
Day.
Franciscan Father Regis
Duffy, Washington, spoke
on liturgy; Norbertine
Father Alfred McBride, De
Pere, spoke on education,
and Father John Heagle,
Eau Claire, addressed
pastoral ministry.
Father Duffy said St.
Paul clearly states that the
liturgy must evoke
commitment or service
among the congregation or
the sacrament is being
cheapened by neglect.
“When was the last
time that your liturgy
called out to garner a new
sense of commitment to
the Gospel?” he asked.
“God is not impressed
with rituals. When he calls
us at death, He will want
to know if our hands are
marked by service to the
Gospel in our lifetime as
His own Son’s hands
were.”
Father Duffy, associate
professor at the
Washington Theological
Coalition, is involved in
religious education and
pastoral workshops. He
suggested that modern
liturgists draw inspiration
from the conversion model
of the early church.
“We may live in
semi-pagan times today,
but think of the problems
of the early church. The
25-year-old Roman soldier
who became a Christian
then, had done things that
even Penthouse Magazine
wouldn't think of.”
Yet, he added, the
conversion inspired the
young Christians to
martyrdom.
“They (the early
church) helped people see
their lives for the sake of
other’s lives; their time for
the sake of others; their
giving for the sake of
community,” he said.
“They were able to turn
that Roman soldier around
180 degrees in life.”
A reason for this
conversion was that
through effective liturgy,
the soldier stood in the
presence of God. “His real
presense makes us squirm
and calls out to use things
we have not given before.
His presence changes us; it
will never leave us the
same.”
Father McBride said the
main goal of religious
education is to encourage
the students to say “yes”
to Christ and to His love.
He told the audience
that they, as teachers,
must keep this goal firmly
in mind, because it is in
conflict with the
humanistic, finite goal of
society.
“The best and the
brightest (of leaders of the
country) of today, have no
religious goals in most
cases,” he said. These
people are plagued by
moral relativism, cynicism
and narcissism.
Father McBride said it
is therefore important for
the teacher to present
Jesus as a counter-culture
model to the students. “As
the model of love and as a
model of a person whose
love will change us, Jesus
is more than a fact. He is
personlized truth who will
bring you truth and love.”
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Black History Taught Here
There are five Black Catholic bishops
in our country: Bishop Joseph Howe of
Biloxi, Mississippi; Auxiliary Bishop
Harold Perry of New Orleans, Louisiana;
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Francis of
Newark, New Jersey; Auxiliary Bishop
Eugene Marino of Washington, D. C.;
and Auxiliary Bishop James Lyke, of
Cleveland, Ohio.
America boasts of one million Black
Catholics, with 300 Black priests, 600
Black sisters, and 80 Black brothers.
There are approximately 1500
predominantly Black parishes in the
United States.
Three African Popes have served the
Catholic Church; all have been raised to
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GOP And The Catholic Vote
POPES VACATION
A Time For Resting
BY JERRY FILTEAU
CASTELGANDOLFO,
Italy (NC) - Pope John
Paul II spent a relaxing
Sunday at his summer villa
in Castelgandolfo July 20,
joking with a noon
Angelus crowd and
enjoying an evening
songfest with members of
R o me’s St. Egidio
Community.
At noon about 10,000
people crowded in and
around the square in front
of the villa for the Sunday
Angelus at the summer
papa! home.
The pope enjoyed the
encounter as he laughed
and joked with the crowd.
“Enough, enough!” he
said, smiling, as a group of
cheering, chanting youths
drowned his efforts to
talk.
“Good, good!” he said
appreciatively to another
youth group just below
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the balcony when they
cheered his remarks to
them.
The pope urged young
people to use vacation not
only for relaxation but
also as a time for thinking
about God.
“I know that among
youths there are those for
whom summer vacation is
also a time for a special
encounter with the Lord
in fraternal community
with others their same age.
How precious, how very
precious such vacations
are,” the pope said.
“I know them from my
nersonal evneriencp ” he
added, “because in my life
I’ve passed many vacations
with young people as a
pastor.”
He said vacation is a
time of rest.
“It is important that
rest does not go into a
void, that it is not only
emptiness. In that case it
wouldn’t really be rest. It
is important that rest be
filled with an encounter,”
the pope added.
Taking his own advice,
that evening the pope
relaxed with one of his
favorite Catholic youth
groups in Rome, the St.
Eeidio Community.
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WASHINGTON (NC) -
While Catholics
traditionally have been
identified as part of the
Democratic coalition, this
year’s Republican National
Convention in Detroit
showed signs that the GOP
could continue to make
serious inroads into the
Catholic vote.
At a time when polls
say that the popularity of
President Carter is fading
among many voters, the
Republican ticket of
Ronald Reagan and
George Bush could be
attractive to the Catholic
voter.
And while party
platforms often are
forgotten two weeks after
the convention, the
Republican platform
includes several planks
with direct appeal to
Catholics.
But some pitfalls lie
ahead, most notably the
pressure that will build as
Reagan supporters try to
convince church leaders
and fellow Catholics that
they have a moral
responsibility to endorse
the Republican nominee
because of his clear-cut
opposition to abortion on
demand.
LOYALTY SLIPPING
Survey data published
over the past several years
shows that while Catholic
loyalty to the Democratic
Party may be slipping, the
percentage of Catholics
who call themselves
Democrats continues to be
high.
The surveys show that
if you take any group of
100 Catholics you’ll
probably find between 40
and’ 50 who call
themselves Democrats.
Maybe 25 to as many as
45 might call themselves
independent, while only
14 to 18 will identify
themselves as Republican.
Even the Catholic
independents, pressed to
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will more often than not
admit support for the
Democrats over the
Republicans, the surveys
say.
But that doesn’t mean
Catholics have been
ignoring Republican
candidates. Just like many
others, Catholics deserted
the Democrats in record
numbers in 1972 when
faced with the choice of
perceive d-to-be-radical
George McGovern or
Richard Nixon.
For many Catholics,
this year’s choice between
Reagan and Carter won’t
be as clear cut as was the
Nixon-McGovern race. But
the Reagan-Bush ticket
will have obvious appeal to
segments of the Catholic
populace.
For one, there’s the
Reagan formula of
‘‘family, work,
neighborhood, peace and
freedom” - ideals that
many Catholics espouse.
Reagan, in his acceptance
speech at the Republican
convention July 17,
avoided appearing too
radical and instead
emphasized the
“pocketbook issues” of
inflation and taxes that he
hopes will lead him to
victory.
Also, his choice of Bush
as running mate is being
touted in some circles as
adding to the ticket’s
Catholic urban ethnic
appeal. It was in Catholic
and urban states such as
Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts where Bush
was most popular during
the primaries.
PLATFORM'S APPEAL
One example of the
platform’s appeal to
Catholics is the issue of
tuition tax credits.
In 1976 the platform
merely said the party
favored “consideration” of
tax credits for parents of
non-public school
students. This year there is
a lengthier and stronger
statement espousing the
tax credits. The party also
is promising introduction
of a new tax credit bill
when the new Congress
convenes next year.
The abortion stand by
Reagan and the platform
obviously will appeal to
many Catholics, too. But
it promises to create more
tension within the church
over the merits of
one-issue politics.
Pressure will be higher
than ever on the Catholic
bishops to endorse Reagan
even though the bishops
have tried to make clear in
the past that under no
circumstances should the
church endorse a
candidate or political
party.
Pressure also will be felt
by individual Catholics
devoted to the Democratic
Party or unable to accept a
Reagan presidency.
Pro-life Catholics may try
to make support for
Reagan a litmus test of
loyalty to the church’s
position on abortion.
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But despite the issues
on which the GOP and
Catholics seem to agree,
there are several others on
which Catholics probably
will continue to find the
traditional Democratic
approach more appealing.
The bishops’ civil action
arm, the U.S. Catholic
Conference, for instance,
continues to oppose the
Republican approach to
military spending,
prefering instead the
Democratic position that
domestic spending should
be a greater priority.
And Catholics who are
members of unions - a
substantial number -
probably will still see the
Democratic Party as more
friendly to their cause
than the Republican Party.
Thus the Republicans
may gain some additional
Catholic votes this fall.
But it remains to be seen
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