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II ssue rfs All Else (By Religious Netff Service) , - Martin Luther King faced a term in prison. Stokely Carmichael completed a spell behind bars. Thurgood Marshall was nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court, which shortly before had handed down a decision say- ing that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to interracial marriage. Gangs of white youths in the Bronx were being watched by special detachments- of police after several clashes with Negroes. Negro restlessness in Boston, Cincinnati and Tampa erupted into violence even be- fore the \long hot summer\ had formally, begun. In Montgomery, the National Guard was called out and deployed in strategic locations (against the will of city authorities) because Negroes were staging an orderly protest march: Throughout the nation, urban public officials \and religious leaders were bracing themselves for sum- mer trouble because of budget cuts in the War on Poverty. Race is never entirely out of the news in the U.S., but for some time it has been receiving less attention than war. Now, with* a cease-fire in tb^e middle East and a,. Temporary slackening of pace in Vietnam, with riots breaking out, with a landmark decision bv the Supreme Court and a precedent-shattering appointment by Presi- dent Johnson, the American Negro -was back on the front pages in his usual' newspaper roles — a basic status^ of acute discomfort relieved by occasional moments of pride, and now and then, something that could be considered a permanent step forward. Some- of -the-jiews iterjn§. were good^ In Natchez, Mississippi, a Neero college instructor, George West, Jr., was appointed to the school board. Though it had less national impact, this appointment may be even more Of a nrecedent than Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court. Other items had a different tinge. In \Warren Michigan, police set up a four-block cordon to protect Mr. and Mrs. Corado Bailey from demonstrations by whi*e neighbors who disapprove of their interracial marriage, Mr. Bailey is a Negro. They have been mar- ried for 13 years. T \~ Although lf^cW-tnriitrbmi war, a tornado, a plane crash or the \World Series, the race issue continues to bo Tonic No. 1 among Amer- ica's long-term domestic concerns. Tn I's comolexity, intensltv and total inie-r\C3vlnc in the fabric of Amer- ican life. In the enonmi'v off the challenges It Presents and the vital effect their solution or non-solution will haye on the nation's future, in the varlc*v of forms It \rnreinnwB—imiJh-iMf4-Koiitli in nrhnn ghettos and trec- lined suburbs,. It dwarfs other issues. It was with- us before v/e,.berame a natioin and it shows no signs of iiiiuiinont^olfffeien? Like other moral concerns but more deeply and broadly than most, racial justice has en?a?ed the energy 'and attention oH-elMous readers^^tebrrted- chronicle— of one vear's religious artivilv in the field would as- sume the size of an encyclopedia. The religious element aDDears on all levels of racial news. At one extreme there are national meet- ings of Church leaders whose weitrhtv. abstract -pro- nouncements are aimed directly at policy-makers in the federal government. _ At another extreme, and receiving less attention, are the minister who -visits homes in a raHallv chang- ing neiphborhood, calming fenrs and working for har- mony; the nun, teaching a special course for slum chil- dren; parishes which nut their hard-earned funds into cooperative, interracial housing developments; the schools which become centers for neighborhood meet- ines and headquarters for action programs in Negro ghettos, To the credit of America's churches, it mav be added that thev have welcomed the civil rights move- ment — not entirely or without reservations but, as a whole, more conwtele4v and en+hHSHWfticallv than any other maior organized group which represents a cross- section of the nation. The churches have been criticized, to be sure, for doing less than thev could to promote racial iustice. But most of the criticism has come from within the churches themselves and represents a high level of concern. ReliPious, interest ,nnd involvement is sicnificant in nearlv everv racial battleground in the countrv. from the southern iailhouses where hundreds of clergymen and religiouslv motivated lavmen haye been held to the Supreme Court, whose latest racial derisions have strong religious overtones. Even riots in Negro neigh- borhoods have been a subject of religious involvement and controversy. When it ruled recentlv that laws forbidding inter- racial marrinee are unconstitutiional, the Supreme Court gave the sanction of law to a moral principle which has been stated bv manv religious leaders — notablv. in the case under discussioin, bv Roman Cath- olic bishons. In Fehnmrv. 1(1 bishops, all from states which had laws against internrrrtnT \marriage submit- ted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court asking it to uphold the constitutional right of interracial mar- riage. One index of the complex and sometimes agonized involvement of religion in the racial problem can be found in the career of Judge Thurgood Marshall, whose aonointrnent to the Sunreme Court, when it is con- firmed bv the Senate, wilt effectivoTv desegregate oho of the agencies which lias been most instrumental in promoting integration. The first Negro iustice in the court's historv has been honored bv citations from many religious groups. Catholic, Protestant and Jewish and, he has spoken at many churches and church-sponsored meetings. More than a decade ago,-speaking to the Council on Social Progress of the American Baptist Conven- tion, he called the churches \the most important bridge for spanning the river separating whites from blacks.\ He also urged the churches to \bring about the breakdown 6f the last-ditch fighting against integra- tion.\ Some of the last, ditches are still holding out, and in many ways the fighting has become even more bitter. But as America moves into a racially troubled Summer \'oTTS8T \AWeTlmwram dbpbtthat the morahpov^r of relieion is firmly^enrolled in support of. the Negro's just claims. \ Communion ^with Orthodox? 4 Worcester, Mass. — (BNS) — An atmosphere of unrestrained optimism prevailed here follow- ing.the. third-\JS- Consultation between. Roman Catholic and Orthodox theologians. This was true despite the fact that certain -positions held by the two Church bodies seemed to be more absolute following the two-day meeting than they had appeared previously. Possibly the most surprising development was the recom- mendation that inter-commun- ion between members of the separate Churches not be per- mitted at this time under any circumstances. The position was consistent with recent statements by both the Standing Conference of Or- thodox \Bishops of America and the Easter Encyclical letter of Patriarch Athenagoras of Con- stantinople, but at variance with the position of the Fathers of Vatican Council H, who, in their Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches said that under cer- tain broad conditions Orthodox Christians -©ouTd' receive the sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the anointing of the sick from Catholic priests, and Catholics could request these sacraments from Ortho- dox priests. In the.position paper on in- ter-communion drawn up at the meeting here, however, the ab- solute prohibition was suggest- ed because of the stands taken by the American Orthodox Bish- Each of the three papers adopted during the sessions were adopted \as a basis for further study,\ Minutes, of the meetings were to be presented, with recommendations, to the meeting of the Orthodox Bisli- ops' Conference. In the discussion on theologi- cal education it was, suggested that \every occasion for com- municatlon\ between seminar- ians and their professors be utilized. It asked that seminaries of both Churches insure \an ac- curate presentation\ of the his- tory imd faith of the other; that exchanges of seminarians study- ing common fields,. such as catechetics or pastoral counsel- ling be encouraged, and that in- ter-seminary social activities and prayer services, be encour- aged. In discussing the education proposals at a press conference after the meeting, the Verv Rev. William Schneirla, general sec- retary of the Orthodox Bishops' -Conference.._ J said.\we were amaz- ed at the number of direct and indirect contacts already being made between the students and faculty of our respective semi- naries.\ But, he said, discussions will continue. The talks on inter-communion also brought out a discussion oh tie problems of inter-mar- riage. Drawing attention to the fact that the Catholic bishops had recently been given great- er latitude in the handling of such mar r i a g e s, Father now do with similar marriages contracted before an Orthodox priest in an Qrthodox church. However, the\ joint commis^ sion did vote to send a ques- tionnaire on the matter*^ o all American Orthodox bishops. They will be returned Father __§chneirla.said, to Bishop Flan- agan. In commenting on the matter, Bishop Flanagan said he would have to wait upon the replies before deciding what action, if any, might be taken. He did say, however, that if an indication of reciprocity were (forthcom- ing, dispensations, on both the Catholic and. Orthodox sides, \could be looked upon more sympathetically in the future in different sections of the coun- try, if not on a national basis.\ The paper on inter-commun- nion, prepared by Archpriest John Meyendorff, a Russian Or- thodox professor at St. Vladi- mir's (Orthodox) Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., and now pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in New York City, makes clear that the position of the two Churches in communion is a \positive not a negative\ one. It cites the feeling of the Or- thodox ChuKh.\that the prat- cice of Intercommunion can be highly detrimental to ecumen- ism, either by reducing the __ sacraments to a pious art of fel- lowship, which does not imply commitment to full unity, or be creatine an illusion of unity where it does not really exist.\ Worcester, Mass. — (RNS) — Archbishop lakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, and Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of Worcester, are shown as they presided at the third U.S. Con- sullaUon 6T Roman XTalfioIfc and orthodox theologians. Some TT of the: 20 representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox ecumenical commissions ap- proved \for further discussions\ papers on inter-communion, theological training and theological diversity. ops and the Kcumrnical Patri- arch and also because the group found an inconsistency between the statements bv the Vatican Council in the Decree on the 'Eastern Church and that presented in the Council's De- cree on Kcumenism where it is said that common worship should signify the unity of the Church and that this fact \gen- erally rules out common wor- ship.\ The discussion on inlcr-com- munlnn was one of three princi- pal discussions held during the meeting here. The oThers were on \Theological Diversity and Unity\ and \Common Witn\ss in Theological Kducation \ Some r7 of the 29 members of the two groups, members of the American Catholic Hishops' -Ekumcrtjrnl Suhrommission on . Relations with the Orthodox and the Standing Conference of Orthodox Hishops' Kcumrnical Commission, attended the meet- ing. Bishop Bernard J. Flan- agan of Worehester, chairman of the Catholic Rishops' sub- eommission, and Archbishop lakovos, chairman of the Ortho- dox Bishops' Conference, pre- sided. Schneirla said \in this area we come tntoTr-conflict of approach. \The Orthodox look upon the priest's role at a marriage as that of the 'minister'\ of\ fncT sacrament, while the Roman Catholics look upon him as sim- ply the official 'witnes,' with the partners to the marriage actually conferring the sacra- ment on one another.\ He said he saw no indication that the Orthodox bishops would reciprocate immediately and recognize as valid marriages be- tween an Orthodox- partner- -a-nd a Roman Catholic in a Catholic church as Catholic bishops may Chapter Meet ^or Basilians— Also, the paper states, \the scandal of divisions existing be- tween the disciples of the One and common Lord Jesus Christ __ _ is. obviously most pauif ul when one is facing the impos- sibility to partake together of the One Bread and of the One Chalice. It is when we will be able to confess in common a single allegiance to a single Christian truth, that this pain will disappear, and we will be able to taste together the Eu- charislie \banquet.\ Trie Meyendorff-Bourke paper said The aTscussTon on Trie TJaTff- olic side has. centered largely \on the question whether the Eucharist is simply a sign of unity among those who partake of it. or, in addition, a cause of unity.\ It emphasized that the validity of orders in the -€Hrorches—and—the—va44dtty—-ef- ' The Basilian Fathers will be holding their General Chapter in Rochester this year, begin- ning on July 11, at St. John Fisher College. The Chapter is expected to go on for four weeks. Over 125 delegates will attend, representing Rasilian houses in the United States, Canada, France, and Mexico. the sacraments is not in ques- tion. But, it states frankly, \much of this discussion misses the point.\ \In the first place,\ the paper stated, \the Eucharist, as sign and constitutive element of unity of the Church, cannot be anTrRTEH3QURN*3r Friday, July 7, 1967 CONSECRATION-OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD . . . In like manner, when the supper was done, taking also this goodly chalice into His holy and venerable hangs, again giving thanks to You, He blessed it and gave it to His disciples saying: \Take you all, and drink of this: for this is the chaliee of My blood of the new and eternal covenant. The mys- tery of faith which shall be shed for you and for many unto the forgiveness of sins. As often as you shall do these things, in memory of me shall you do them.\ _ i ii II i is in • linn i I i*t i! ii 111 inn 11 nun i run 11 iiiiiwitti iiiiiiiiiii'tiTiuwi uriiiiiiiini!! isolated from the community in whicrt it is celebrated. The bishop (or the priest who takes his place at the Eucharist) of- fers the Eucharist as pastor of the Church. His role is not sim- ply to guarantee the validity of\ - iont in virtue of his- valid ordination.\ of the Catholic-Orthodox group, to be held in the Fall. No details of the Fall meet- ing were decided. However, the atmosphere was one of exuber- -anee--as it'was discussed. More ..informal discussions between \The bishop, celebrant of the liturgy, is the Church's leader in the name of Christ, the earth- ly source of its sacramental life, its guide in obedience to the law of Christ. This role,\ the Meyendorff-Bourke paper states, fs reaffirmed in Vatican II's nogmatin Constitution on the CTrurch.\ \The Eucharist, then.\ the llmust—he. placed^ixL. the setting of the total\ life of the Church, and the auestion of the unity existing between bish- op and communicant Is of first importance in any discussion of intercon-rmunioB.\ \Neither validity of orders nor even unity of faith (if the latter be conceived as agree- ment in which is believed) is the decisive question.\ \Obviously.\ the paper stat- ed, \perfect unity of faith does no* exist-between- Cathoile—and- Orthodox. But even if it did, it would not constitute a legiti- mate basis for Intercommunion. One who does not reoo'nii'.e the celebrant of the Eucharist as Christ's representative In teach- ins and ruling the Church does not have that unity with him and with the\ other members of the Church, of which the Eu\ha- rist is both sign and cause.\ All three reports adopted a.t the meeting will be expanded, with the assistance of other scholars, for the next meeting the scholars of the separate tra- ditions will be held in the in- tervening months, it was no-ted. Bishop Flanagan commented that each of the discussions \opened up discissions of the finer points of differences exist- ing between us.\ Father -Scrmeirla-^eonrorentcd- that \we had union, once.^-rrere hasTSeeTT TTO—KTeat^ifrerenjGe^stncer J We speak the same Janguage and, therefore, there are only-^grad- uatians^of d i f f erencesJ' \However.\ Father Schneirla said. \We don't mean to over- simplify the differences that do exist. The emphasis on doctrine may differr-btrt\we rrave^^om- mon belief and a tradition that has had a parallel, although sep- arate development\ \This is the beginning of the road to concrete discussions of unity\ was the consensus. \Dur- ing our first two meetings (in SflDtember, 1965, in Worcester and—September^. 1966VJa New York) we came to know each o'her.\ Rev. Charles von Eue of St. John's Seminary, Brigh- ton, secretary of the Catholic grouD, said. \Now we have got- ten in*o some important discus- sions.\ As an aside at the concluding press conference. Father Schneirla said he felt most American Orthodox, \possibly with some few exceptions,\ would welcome the visit propos- ed by Patriarch Athenagotas to Pope Paul VI in Rome. 1 lil'-M«l IWI'IIIHIII I l:t IIII I'liMMII I I'lTI I I'MTVI IT111 MIIII I'HH'I The Catholic THE NfW$PA*»f*OF TH t ROCHESTFB DIOCES E Journal ^ J SISTER MABY SHEILA School Office Work. A Workshop providin human conflict and its re of inter-group relations, wi at Nazareth College. The Workshop._SDQn.SQre -tendent of Schools, Diocesi ford participants the oppi techniques for better huma Cyril, S.S. J., Educational Ci Rochester Catholic Diocese A group of four educa economics, sociology, theol prises the personnel for th The Traveling Workshops, \ of Chicago\TXHcTer~a-prograr olic Conference fpr Intern CEF Leader Li Six Ben Dr. J. Kenneth O'Loane, search physicist, employed the Eastman Kodak Compan; Rochester, testifying, before Education Committee of New York State Constitute convention at a recent heai in Buffalo, asserted that Blaine Amendment had six effects. Appearing as a member the New York State Board Citizens for Educational F dom, Dr. O'Loane enumen -violation of religious freed _tax strangulation of Qnd- \tered schools, state monopol; education, ham-stringing legislature in a-^wise—eon< &F^J^iWr*nrtraBosffig^gi er restrictions than the F Amendment (to the Fed Constitution), and \causing s blindness that a public ser of millions of dollars saved nually in educational taxes not even be recognized,\ as six bad effects of the Bl; Amendment. He testified that Senaor Ji Javits has pointed out on opening day of the Cons tional Convention, that An XI, Section 3, is more restrn than the First Amendmem the Federal Constituion, as terpreted by the U.S. Supr Court. He cited the Cocl case where the Supreme Q allowed textbook loans to dren in God-centered school spite of Louisiana's Bl Amendment, holding that s Vol. 78 No. 40 Friday, July 7, 1967 MOST REV. FULTON J. SITEEN, Ph.D., D.D. President PaKIijKfd weekly by the Rochester Catholic Press Association MAIN OFFICE 35 Scio St. - - 454-7050 — Rochester, N.Y. 14604 ELMinA OFFICE 317 Rohinson BMiz\. Uke St. RE 2-B68R or RE 2-3423 AUWmN OFF1CK 16S E. Genesee St. AL 2-4446 Second CIRSS pnstnprc paid nt Rochester. N.Y. Sintrle copy l. r ij; 1 yenr subscription in U.S., $5.00 As mimr-ed under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. Cnnndn $5.50: Foreign Countries $6.75 H|l|l!l|l|lll|IIIWIIillllllllllllllllllllll|l|l|lll|l|l|!|l|l|l|l|l|l||IM French Bishops Hope for Open Synod By (1AIIY MacEOIN Home—Important aspects of the tension fn whft-h thr' ttpcomirrg Synod of Bishops is lieing picpatcd wri\ brought under tiie spotlight at tlu- .lime meeting of the permanent Council of the Krcnh bishop-; The conference zeroed in on the negative and defensive approach of the Congrega- tion for the Doctrine of the Kaith as expressed particularly in the first item of IITP Synod agenda. 11 is now qui'te clear that this Congre- gation wants to continue the, policies it pursued when it was known as tile Sacred Inquisition and later as the Ho-ly Office. In the twentieth century, the French bishops insist, such policieh simply won't work. I'rcsclnding from the theoretical desira- bility or undt'sirabillty, they start from the concrete fact that today's media of communications make Inevitable the pub- lic dissection and discussion of religious as well ns secular issues. - - Iwe-n- if \ir-fnrKht be belter in-throw to discuss the historicity of the Bible— for example—in secret conclaves Of ex- perls (which is not necessarily .so), the fact is thai the Bible these days is news. Vatican I played a .significant pa>t -4n— making it news—good news—for Catho- lics. Kvcryqne today has a smattering^o 1 ' liultmann. If you miss it in your diocesan weekly, you'll get it in Time and News- week. So what's the answer? Anathemas or experts? The French bishops opt decisive- ly for experts. In Bible studies, they say. \we have hardly ten in the whole of France, whereas we need at least one in every diocese.\ The result, still according lo the bish- ops, is that \the priests arc often out/of touch with the current situation,\ So they arc tempted in self-defense cither to say nothing at all or confine themselves to vague moralizing, or at tlu- other extreme to attempt an \imprudent\ popularization of theories that are proposed by biblical scholars merely as working hypotheses. The.'whole of the analysis of the French situation by the bishops must be viewed in the perspective of the ' ninriiiij: figlr, in progress since Cardinal Oltavinni sent out-his-• fjunous list of.-quer-ie*—|o --Hi--' hishops of the world asking them to report on threats to the purity of the faith in their respective countries. y The French reply admitted that dangers --in -fa«4- existed buv that- they were broth minor and secondary, symptoms of other defects rather than causes. The Curia- controlled Osservatore Romano and Curia- linked right-wing Italian newspapers (like the cryptoFascist II Tempo) trumpeted the admission, ignoring the context. It pioves, th\y insinuated, the iniportanrc--r,t the first item on the agenda of the Synod of Bishops. This first item is the real key lo curial thinking. It ,is a last-ditch effort to undo the work of Vatican II. For ft is simply a rehash of the original draft of, the Constitution on the Church sub- TnrhVd lu Hie Council;—a- draft- -btrstrBmr- wilh Holy Office anathemas. The French bishops have now insisted on defining the issues. \re we going to treat symptoms with condemnations, they say in effect, or are wc going t o get down to the causes and provide positive reme- dies in the spirit of the Council? Nor is the French episcopal conference alone in its effort to enlighten public -opinion-~as tor \whiyre the \dtnTgeT'trj tltr cbnlinuation of the Church in the Council spmt .really lies:'The resolution of the Canadian bishops at thjeir recent plenary meeting against secrecy at the Synod expresses exactly the same concern. It is essential, they said, that arrange- ments toe made to give—quicks full and accurate information to the press in-order that the people of God will know what is happening at the Synod. Only in this way can the people of Gpd by free discussion feed back to the Synod the reaction of public opinion which the Synod needs to reach correct decisions. Contrast this with the continuing re fusal of the Synod secretary general to announce the facilities' planned (if any) for coverage of the proceedings by the -communications-media^ and the insistence of Curia spokesman Vallainc at his weekly encounter with the press on the sacred- ness of \secrecy\ to exclude all outside influences, including that of public opinion, so»that the Synod delegates can deliberate in a vacuum. The lines are clearly drawn. \What happened after Trent was quite different from what Trent decided,\ Cardinal Suenens asserted during Vatican II. Will a TaTer histonari pronounce^^\a Tfltrvertfrct on the Courtcil called by John XXIII? The next few months should provide the answer. Sister Joan Thomas Leaving Two more Sisters of St seph. of Rochester will be ing for the Community's zilian misson on July 13 — ter Joan Thomas Gutberlet Sister Celeste Bercher. Sister Joan Thomas is Rochester's Holy Rosary ish, the daughter of Frar Gutberlet of 205 Albemafl Sister received her B.S. Nazareth College in 1959 has taught at all grade 1 in the. £olLowJng schools Monica, St. Anne, St. Amb Rochester; St. Mary's, Eh St. James, Waverly: and John's, Greece. Sister Celeste, daughte Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Be of St. Mary's Parish, El was born and educated in city until her entrance int .Sisters_p£ SL Joseph in . She received her B.AJ from areth College in 196& anc taught at Nazareth I Hall
