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Women's Issues Were Raised By A Majority Of Small Groups
(Continued from page 1)
« 18 allowed bishops supporting such a change to take the hope
that their position would be examined again by the pope.
For the average lay Catholic, however, Proposition 18
might have been a surprising end to a synod which began
’ with a wide-open discussion of whether ministries up to the
level of deaconess should be opened to women.
Reports from the synod's small working groups obtained
by National Catholic News Service show that a majority of
the 12 language groups, led by the six English and French
sections, supported the consideration of opening non-
ordained ministries to women. A smaller number asked for
further study of the deaconess issue.
From these group reports came three draft propositions
for general consideration: opening up non-ordained
ministries; allowing women to become altar servers — tak-
^ ing into account local sensibilities, and further studying the
matter of deaconesses.
Opposition to the proposals did exist, however, even if it
did not manifest itself in public speeches.
Archbishop Foley said cultural and theological-pastoral
objections to allowing women in the non-ordained
ministries were raised in group discussions.
With regard to cultural objections, some bishops from
non-Western countries with no tradition of women in
ministries said they felt no need for such a change or con
sidered it undesirable for their churches.
Archbishop Foley said others asked, "To what extent
should existing activities in regard to the sanctuary be open
to all, and what effect will that have regarding the concep
tion of the priest?”
A private paper circulated among some synod delegates
by Jesuit theologian Father Joseph Fessio, a papally ap
pointed synodal "expert,” elaborated at length on these
questions. Father Fessio recommended that the synod not
approve any propositions which would risk a hasty over-
San Francisco Archbishop Cites
Stress, Takes Sabbatical To Rest
SAN FRANCISCO (NO — Archbishop John R. Quinn of
San Francisco announced Nov. 5 that on his doctor’s advice
he is taking an indefinite sabbatical to recover from “the ef
fects of accumulated stress.”
The rest period, at an undisclosed location, would begin
„ immediately, he said.
Archbishop Quinn, 58, said it was his first sabbatical “in
34 years as a priest and 20 as a bishop.”
Norman Phillips, San Francisco archdiocesan press of-
a ficer, said the archbishop was simply worn out from work
and said there was no disease or chemical dependency in
volved.
Calling the priests of the archdiocese together to an-
* nounce his decision, Archbishop Quinn told them, “I expect
to go to a retreat setting, where I can undergo a medical
evaluation, learn how to deal more effectively with the pro
blems of stress and return renewed and refreshed to take
'up once again my pastoral service as archbishop of San
Francisco.
“In my absence Msgr. Francis Lacey, vicar general, will
assume most of my responsibilities,” he added.
' In addition to his archdiocesan responsibilities. Arch
bishop Quinn in recent years has been president of the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, head of its doc-
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turning of tradition, call into question church prohibitions
against women priests and possibly hinder the pope from
considering the issue without undue outside pressure.
What all camps could agree on, however was that
previous documents did not give "a sufficiently clear pic
ture” of what the church’s ministries are, in the words of
synod special secretary Archbishop Pierre Eyt.
This objection dovetailed with strong feelings by Third
World bishops, as revealed in speeches and group reports,
that formally instituted ministries be opened up to include
leaders of base communities and even "part-time” priests.
The result was Proposition 18, which recommended that
“ ‘Ministeria Quaedam’ be revised, taking into considera
tion local church uses, and especially indicating criteria ac
cording to which the candidates for each ministry should be
chosen.”
For traditionalists, the proposition could mean stricter
Vatican guidelines to halt current violations regarding
female altar servers, for example. For those favoring
change, it is exactly such "local church uses” which could
suggest new criteria formally allowing women to be install
ed as acolytes and lectors.
As with all the propositions, No. 18 does not bind the pope
to any particular action, in keeping with the synod’s con
sultative nature.
For traditionalists, the disappearance of the three pro
posals was a victory. As one close observer of the process
concluded, “we beat the feminists.”
For others, like synodal “expert" Sister Mary Milligan of
the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, the synod was
disappointing to the extent that it "never really grappled
with” the issue of women, ministries and the church.
But even if the final propositions concerning women did
not go significantly beyond the initial working document,
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