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PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, December 18,1980 The Gift Of Time MILWAUKEE (NC) - For the 11th Christmas Eve in a row Albert Rosen, a Jew, will fill in for a Christian on the job so that the Christian can spend the holiday with his family or attend Mass. Rosen will replace Linda Kibinski as a host at Denny’s Restaurant in Milwaukee from 4 p.m. to midnight. He receives no payment for the chore, but does it “to serve the cause of brotherhood by bridging the gap between Christians and Jews.” In past years Rosen has substituted as a bartender, radio disc jockey, information desk clerk in a hospital, security guard, police clerk and post office mail handler. Rosen’s example has led other Jews to perform sililar acts on Christmas Eve across the country in hospitals and nursing homes. God Not “Neutral” MILWAUKEE, Wis. (NC) - While it is true that God is neither male nor female, if a neutral phrase such as “God the Creator” is substituted for “God the Father” the result could be language that is theologically weak and too , abstract, according to Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland ■ of Milwaukee, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Liturgy. It would be better to search for and use a personal name for God so as to retain the warmth and theology of personal relationship, he suggested. “In trying to avoid titles that are specifically masculine (or feminine), such as king, ruler and the like, one runs the risk of substituting words that are not adequate,” Archbishop Weakland said. “The word ‘creator’ simply does not convey the personal warmth of the word ‘Father,’” he said. “If such cold ‘Aristotelian’ words are substituted, much of value is lost in establishing a close, personal and warm relationship with God. Here I feel a caution is in order, lest we correct one aspect and lose the great richness of our tradition in doing so.” Archbishop Weakland, who as liturgy committee chairman successfully urged the bishops at their recent meeting to approve the removal of some sexist language from the consecratory of the Mass, said his committee has never discussed the topic of changing the terminology for God and probably would not in the near future. But to those working on the translation of the lectionary (book of scriptural readings for liturgy), he suggested that consideration be given to history and the theological implications of relationship. (The division of education and ministry of the National Council of Churches recently voted to create a new lectionary eliminating sexist references to God, Jesus, Holy Spirit and human beings.) (A task force has been appointed to prepare the changes. The Catholic Church is not a member of the National Council of Churches.) Ir. trying to avoid the concept of God as exclusively male, Archbishop Weakland said, people tend to place God in a category of neuter because there are no other categories. That is “unfortunate,” he said. “The words ‘father’ and ‘son,’ say more than just two people; they establish also a concept of relationship between two people that is of deep theological importance. Calling the Father ‘Creator’ and the Son ‘Redeemer’ does not say the same thing about their relationship.” , He noted that when Jesus calls his Father “Abba,” (meaning “daddy,” the archbishop said), a sense of personal relationship to one loved is conveyed. “This should not be lost in translation, lest a very important - both theological as well as existential - aspect of our i- being Christian is weakened.” {-*• ' ■ Hence; it is important that people become accustomed to using a personal name for God, Archbishop Weakland maintained. “The Old Testament name of Yahweh might serve, but out of respect to our Jewish friends who do not, out of reverence, pronounce that name, I would hesitate to suggest it.” The word “Adonai” that is used in Judaism instead is too unfamiliar to us and does not seem appropriate, he said. “Till a clear solution appears on the horizon, I feel we should tread gently,” he said. Xavier Society Touches Lives CHRISTMAS SANDMAN - In a shopping center in San Diego, Calif., Norman Kraus, an architect and interior designer, transforms 80 tons of sand into a model of the little town of Bethlehem. The model, measuring 45 feet in diameter by 17 feet tall and costing the center $10,000, was created by Kraus to give people a better idea of how the birthplace of Jesus looked. Methodists, Catholics “Close” RALEIGH, N.C. (NC) - United Methodist Bishop William R. Cannon of the Raleigh Area said he told Pope John Paul II at their meeting in Rome that in some areas Methodists are closer to the Catholic Church than to other Protestant churches. Bishop Cannon said he told the pope that “in matters concerning the moral and spiritual life, Methodists have a closer affinity to Roman Catholics than Methodists have with Protestant churches of the Reformation. “This,” he said, “is because our stress on holiness, sanctification and Christian perfection is in contrast to the Protestant emphasis on sin and forgiveness.” In an interview in Raleigh, Bishop Cannon said he had met the pope Dec. 5 to report to him the conclusions of five years of dialogue on Christian unity between Methodists and Roman Catholics. He said he told the pope that the 12-member Bilateral Dialogue on Christian Unity has “reached agreement on statements on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and many aspects of the work of the Holy Spirit, including justification, santification, and moral and spiritual life.” Bishop Cannon, representing the World Methodist Council, a worldwide association of 62 Methodist-Wesleyan churches, co-chaired the bilateral dialogue along with Catholic Auxiliary Bishop J. Francis Stafford of Baltimore. After four days of discussions in Rome the six Methodist representat ives and six Catholic representatives had a special private audience with the pope. 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He described the pope as a warm person and an efficient administrator. “He speaks good English and understands English perfectly well, but since this is not his native language, he writes out what he has to say when he speaks in English,” the bishop said. Bishop Cannon said he believes Pope John Paul is more conservative than Pope Paul VI, with whom the Methodist bishop was also acquainted. But he added that he did not think the pope’s conservatism would adversely affect ecumenical relations. The World Methodist Council was one of the first groups to engage in dialogue with the Catholic Church 15 years ago after the Second Vatican Council. Bishop Cannon, who has been involved in the discussions since the beginning, said the dialogue members are not working toward organic union or merger, but hope to find agreement on basic doctrines of Christianity. He said he hopes agreement can be reached on mutual recognition of ministerial orders and on the celebration of the Eucharist together. 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He lived in Michigan. In 1978 Jim had met Gail, a young Seattle woman who received the same summary from the society in grade one Braille. Both happened to attend a two-week camp for the deaf-blind run by the Lighthouse for the Blind near Seattle. Afterwards, they continued to write to each other and eventually married. The romance came to the attention of Mrs. Jemigan when the pair, who are in their 20s, requested the society to send their separate subscriptions to the same address in Seattle instead of to Seattle and Michigan. The society mails, without cost, hundreds of books and cassettes to the legally blind as well as deaf-blind English-speaking Catholics. A legally blind person has only one-tenth of normal vision. Some deaf-blind people have some vision and can read large type. “We’re the only people in the world,” to reach out to the deaf-blind, said Jesuit Father Anthony F. LaBau, director since 1967. English is a second language to a deaf-blind person. For years, sign and SPECIAL CONFIRMATION - Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston confirms one of 40 retarded persons during a ceremony at the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Brighton, Mass. Retarded children usually are confirmed in their own parish but every other year larger ceremonies are held to demonstrate the church’s commitment to the Retarded. “Our Lady of the Assumption” Parish members: are cordially invited to our Sunday Buffet after mass. EMPffte GAP.D6N5 RESTAURANT 4330 Peachtree Road “Near Our Lady of the Assumption Parish ” Next to Oglethorpe UnlV: Z CHINESE BUFFET | 3.25 all you can eat Sunday Noon to 3 p.m. Soup Appetizer, Main "Dishes, and Fried Rice Reservations 233-8035 Best Rating In Browns Guide & WGBT Finest Hunan and Szechuan Cuisine • Open 7 days a week • Lunch & Dinner • Plenty of parking • Carry-out • Catering • Banquet Room • Major Credit Cards Accepted • Cocktails 23a O^eiile France, £/i nc. 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Last year an adult deaf-blind subscriber sent word, “It was the first time I have been able to read the Christmas story.” Mrs. Jemigan’s deaf-blind “Summary” subscribers generally have little educatioa and often are confined to jobs, such as stuffing mattresses, in sheltered workshops. They cannot go home like the rest of the world and watch and hear television. Their silent life is one of reaching out to others, at the A-B-C level. A recent issue of “Summary” included stories on the pope’s visit to Germany, Reagan in Washington, President Carter’s plans, congressional action on busing and the Haitian refugees. Both deaf-blind and visually-impaired Catholics have applauded another of the society’s newest ventures, publishing 12 popular large print paperbacks, whose titles include the “Wit and Wisdom of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen” by Bill Adler. Eighteen more of these are scheduled for 1981. Justice: ‘Christian & Humane’ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (NC) - The eight Catholic bishops of Missouri have called for a “new corrections system whose underlying principles are both Christian and humane.” Their joint statement on corrections calls for: -- “A more caring, loving approach to the treatment of the victim, who has been violated and must be restored; -- “A more humane treatment of offenders so that they would not be subjected to the violence of prison; -- “A safer society resulting from treatment of offenders in such a way that they would come to believe that they are loved and cared for, hence have no need for further expressions of hate or violence.” Serious obstacles to effective rehabilitation are the overcrowding of prisons and jails, the lack of sufficient programs to meet the educational and vocational needs of men and women confined in prison, and insufficient calssi f i cation and diagnostic programs which allow for the mingling of dangerous inmates with ' those who are less dangerous, the bishops said. 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