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''Being indifferent to the attitudes of racism is in itself demoralizing r and should he despised for this reason.' Racial injustice Continues here, is responsibility of all, Archbishop says • Complete text. . . Pg. 1A - 8A By Robert O'Steen Editor, The Voice Just days after racial disturbances erupted in Miami, Archbishop Ed- ward A. McCarthy has issued a 7000-word pastoral letter stating that Catholics and the community at large cannot escape the responsibility of continuing racism and its effects in society. While in no way condoning the civil disturbances and violence that has occurred, Archbishop McCarthy pointed out that in spite of several years of improved legislation and superficial change, the underlying causes of social unrest such as pover- ty and injustice are as firmly entrenched as ever. A central point of the pastoral let- ter entitled "One People Under God," is that even Catholics who may not have caused present in- justices are obligated to help undo them "lest we become bystanders tolerating and tacitly endorsing evil and thus share in the guilt. "In no way may a Catholic be associated with organizations that The Ku Klux Klan came to Miami to "help" during the recent disturbances in Overtown. promote racial injustice. This being indifferent to the attitudes of racism South Florida's eight counties, in the and surface changes have taken place now experience another civil distur- which are incompatible with the letter which has been in preparation for several years, he said, the massive bance in Miami. Has no change taken teachings of Jesus, is in itself for almost a year. Miami civil riots in May 1980 shat- place? Has no progress been made in demoralizing and de-Christianizing Surface changes tered the mood of complacency that removing the root causes of the social and should be despised for this reason had set in. ills which prompt people to burn and as well," said the Archbishop of While some social improvements "Two and a half years later, we (Continued on page 8) ABCD to fight recession ills In this, the Silver Jubilee Year of parts of the Archdiocese, hosted by principal speaker at the dinners. of government funds for the more the Archdiocese of Miami, Arch- Archbishop McCarthy, which are in- "Few dioceses have faced so many than 40 Catholic social service agen- bishop McCarthy is asking Catholics tended to help raise this year's goal of challenges as we have over a quarter cies throughout the Archdiocese. to be especially generous to the 1983 $4.1 million. of a century. None has responded as These agencies serve senior citizens, Archbishop's Charities Drive which "As we celebrate the Silver Jubilee splendidly," he said. mentally retarded, unwed mothers, has just begun, because it is also a (25th anniversary) of our Arch- "As we enter our Silver Jubilee drug addicts, alcoholics, dependent recession year and many people are in diocese, I feel we can take pride in the Year, the needs of charity and children, migrant workers, run-away need of help. unfailing commitment of our people religion are greater than ever. This is youth, the terminally ill, troubled Pastors will soon be contacting to causes of charity and religion a time to demonstrate, by generosity, families and others. some parishioners with invitations to through the ABCD," said Arch- gratitude for blessings. It is a time to a series of ABCD dinners in various bishop McCarthy who will be the share, by extra generosity and a This year's ABCD coordinators are greater number of contributors, the Father James Connaughton, pastor burdens of those who are unable to of St. Ambrose Parish in Deerfield Notice: No Voice next week respond this year. I am counting on Beach and Father Gilberto Fer- you with love, gratitude, pride and nandez, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul The Voice will not publish next week as personnel and blessings." Parish, Miami. Archdiocesan direc- equipment will be moving to the new Pastoral Center The funds raised through the din- tor is Frank Nolan. For information at 9401 Biscayne Blvd. Next issue will be Jan. 21. ners and parish drives act as seed call your parish rectory or the Arch- money which generates millions more diocese office at 757-5246. Chilean bishops ask return to democracy respect for human rights

SANTIAGO, Chile (NC) - Chile's implemented," it said. The letter said the economic crisis, ment said, the government is follow- bishops asked the military govern- PRISONERS ARE subject to un- "which results in the people's lack of ing the norms established in the 1980 ment which came to power in 1973 to just proceedings, the bishops said. trust and credibility," has resulted constitution, "approved in a plebiscite return the country to civilian rule and They also criticized the government "in a deep social crisis as shown by by almost two-thirds of the voters, to respect human rights. for sending into exile political and increasing poverty, violence and the great majority of whom are "Unfortunately, the disappearance labor leaders opposed to government fear." Catholics." of democratic structures has left the policies. The constitution provides for an majority of Chileans with no real "Independent organizations have' A statement issued by the Ministry eight-year transition period starting possibility of participation" in been destroyed or splintered and the of the Interior answered the bishops' in March 1981 under military rule. government, the bishops said in a communications media suffer limita- letter by saying that the government During the eight years elections joint letter issued Dec. 17. tions due to censorship," they added. already is applying programs to over- would be held but only with military- "Provisions for the respect of The hierarchy also criticized the come the country's social, economic approved candidates. Critics of the human rights in the 1980 constitution economic situation and asked the and political problems. government say the constitution, are not observed," the letter added. government to show greater respect rather than stimulate the return to "Furthermore Jaws leading to for workers by improving their living REGARDING A return to democracy, guarantees military con- democratic rule are not conditions. democratic rule, the ministry's state- trol of the government through 1997. Mews at a Glance Scholars defend St. Kolbe WASHINGTON (NC). — Allegations that the recently canonized St. Max- imilian Kolbe was anti-Semitic Iiave brought several scholars to the new saint's defense. In December Richard Cohen, a writer for the Washington Post, and other newspapers, said that in Father Kblbe's canonization his anti-Semitism "was swept under the rug." In a letter to the Post, Eugene Fisher, executive sec- retary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishop's Secretariat for Catholic- Jewish Relations, said the documentary record of Father Kolbe's writings and ac- tions belies charges such as Cohen's. He cited writings in which Father Kolbe repudiated anti-Semitism and traced the allegations to an article last April in Wiener Tagebuch (Vienna Journal), an Austrian paper. The conclusions of that article, said Fisher have been rejected by several American scholars. Orthodox Archbishop $3 k DAY — Along & Los Angeles street, Michael Dean, 30, reads and guards a shopping cart (oaded with junk and aiuminum cans. He says he makes $3 to $5 c day redeeming the cans he picks up. Dean, originally from Houston, says he government leaders has lived on the streets of Los Angeles for six years

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bilateral 'It is therefore difficult to imagine how the problem of peace in disarmament the world can be VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope see success in disarmament talks is resolved in a unilateral John Paul II opened the new year "more than legitimate," but added with an appeal for bilateral disarma- that "the request for progressive manner, without the ment involving nuclear and conven- reduction of armaments, nuclear or participation and the tional weapons. conventional, must be addressed at At a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at- the same time by all the parties involv- concrete commitment tended by 10,000 people Jan. 1, the ed." of all.' "The powers which confront one pope asked the world's superpowers —Pope John Paul II to take steps toward the reduction of another must be able to go along the f weapons arsenals "in equal various steps of disarmament measure." together and commit themselves to In his homily, Pope John Paul each step in equal measure," the pope recalled the theme he chose for the said. "In our common prayer for 1983 World Day of Peace, "Dialogue peace we ask today that dialogue may for Peace, a Challenge for Our be undertaken in that spirit and may Times." lead to those concrete and practical decisions capable of assuring a real "PEACE cannot be constructed by and lasting result." Among those attending the Vatican peace achieved in their countries, that one without the others, but everyone Mass Jan. 1 were representatives of every means, every effort may be must commit himself to it," he said. POPE JOHN Paul's main message the 101 countries having diplomatic made by those who hold power to "It requires all parties to work in for world peace day, released at the relations with the Holy See and Jerzy give them the serenity and concord common, to progress in common on Vatican Dec. 20, did not mention Kuberski, head of the working group desired for too long a time." the road of peace," the pope added. bilateral disarmament. It called for permanent contacts between the After the Mass, Pope John Paul "It is therefore difficult to imagine dialogue "an essential condition" for Vatican and Poland. went to the window of his Vatican how the problem of peace in the peace and said the 150 armed con- apartment to address a crowd of world can be resolved in a unilateral flicts since the end of World War II The Prayer of the Faithful during 50,000 in St. Peter's Square before manner, without the participation were examples of situations where the Mass included a prayer in Polish reciting the noon Angelus prayer. He and the concrete commitment of all." dialogue was untried or was con- "for the peoples who do not have asked that God hear the "ardent Pope John Paul said the desire to ducted under false pretenses. hope of seeing a stable and lasting prayers and wishes" for peace. Abps. Bernardin, Glemp made Cardinals VATICAN CITY (NC) — Among the 18 new The cardinal-designate within the Soviet Union reasons may be related to delicate political situa- cardinals named by Pope John Paul II Jan. 5 are is Bishop Julijans Vaivods, apostolic admin- tions. two archbishops who were major newsmakers in istrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Riga and Other new cardinals are: 1982 — Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Chicago Liepaja. Both dioceses are in Latvia which was Maronite Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche and Archbishop Jozef Glemp of Gniezno and incorporated into the Soviet Union after World of Antioch, who lives in Beirut, Lebanon; Arch- Warsaw, Poland. War II. bishop Bernard Yago of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Archbishop Bernardin heads the U.S. bishops' Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani, pro-prefect of the committee which is drafting a pastoral letter on Also named was Archbishop Alexandre do Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature; nuclear war. The proposed letter has caused con- Nascimento of Lubango, Angola, who was kid- Archbishop Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb, Yugo- troversy within church and government circles and napped Oct. 15, 1982 by UNITA, a guerrilla slavia; Archbishop Giuseppe Casoria, pro-prefect helped place the archbishop on the cover of Time group opposed to Angola's Marxist government. of the Vatican Congregation for the Sacraments magazine. Archbishop Glemp is primate of He was released Nov. 17 after UNITA officials and Divine Worship; Archbishop Jose Ali Lebrun Poland and was chief spokesman for the Polish said the kidnapping was a mistake and sought con- Moratinos of Caracas, Venezuela; Archbishop church during 1982 when Poland was under mar-; tacts with the Vatican. The archbishop is also Michael Michai Kitbunchu of Bangkok, Thailand; tial law. apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Archbishop Alfonso Lopez Trujillo of Medellin, * The pope also named a bishop within the Soviet " Sedis" of Onjiva, Angola, an area where guer- Colombia, president of the Latin American Bish- Union, an Angolan archbishop who was kid- rillas operate. ops' Council; Archbishop Godfried Danneels of napped and held by guerrillas for a month in 1982, Malines-Brussels, Belgium; Archbishop Thomas and a French archbishop of Polish-Jewish parents "Ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" Latin for "at the Stafford Williams of Wellington, New Zealand; who is a convert to Catholicism. The pope made will of the Holy See," is usually used when the Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini of Milan, Italy; the announcement at his general audience and said Vatican See acts on its own initiative, without be- Bishop Joachim Meisner of Berlin; Jesuit Father he will hold a consistory Feb. 2 to elevate the 18 ing asked to do something. In the context of Arch- Henri de Lubac, French theologian and author of churchmen to the College of Cardinals. bishop do Nascimento and Bishop Vaivods the numerous books.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) — A harsh tion by Tass, the goverment news Bulgaria is a close ally of the Soviet THE POPE uses "the language of Soviet article accusing Pope John agency, indicates that the article Union and its secret service is often Christian prayers" to issue political Paul II of subversive activities in reflects the views of Soviet officials. used by the Soviet Union to carry out messages, it said. Poland is false, said a Vatican com- The article was the first commen- policy objectives. "The anti-socialist activity of the munique issued Dec. 30. tary on the pope and4he Soviet bloc "Unlike his predecessors, the pre- reactionary forces of the Catholic The Vatican said the allegations since Yuri Andropov came to power sent head of the Catholic Church, Church is attested by the de- against the pope contained in an arti- in the Soviet Union on Nov. 12. Prior John Paul II, has taken a much more velopments of recent years in cle distributed by the Soviet news to being named to head the Soviet conservative and rigid position vis-a- Poland," the article said. agency Tass "need no comment or Communist Party, Andropov was vis the socialist world," said the arti- "The notorious Solidarity, which reply." head of the KGB, the Soviet secret cle. came to symbolize the crisis provoked Tass reprinted an article in the police. Vatican policy has been influenced by anti-socialist forces on instructions Soviet monthly, Political Self- The commentary was also the first by the "growth of the aggressive from overseas, was born not in the Education, which said the Polish- since Bulgarian officials have come designs of imperialism and the step- wave of disorders that swept the born pope had been responsible for under suspicion in the attempt to ped up activity of the opponents of country in the summer of 1980, but in "subversive activity" designed to murder the pope in May 1981. detente," it added. the Catholic Church," it added. undermine communist societies, especially in Poland. "This contrasts with the reality of facts and situations well known to all, Papal shooting probe continues on which world public opinion has formulated a judgment not easily NC News Service open to question," the Vatican com- dition of Celebi had been approved by ning of the crime and were present in Judge Ilario Martella, chief Italian munique said. his office but was awaiting final per- St. Peter's Square when Agca fired at investigator of the attempted mission from the West German least two shots at the pope. "It equally contradicts the evalua- assassination of Pope John Paul II, Justice Ministry. tions given by Soviet sources, in- left Rome Jan. 2 for West Germany Italian judicial sources have said In Turkey, meanwhile, judicial cluding official ones, which have to continue his probe of the case. Martella wants to interrogate Celebi, authorities have begun a new in- recognized on various occasions the On Dec. 27 a statement issued by who is suspected of having provided vestigation of a 1979 slaying case in high magisterium (teaching authority) Martella's office said the judge would weapons and money to convicted which Agca was convicted in absten- and tireless work of Pope John Paul visit Frankfurt, West Germany, in papal assailant Mehmet Ali Agca, to tia for the murder of Abdi Ipekci, a II in favor of peace and for a just early 1983 to interrogate Musa Cedar check claims made by Agca about the journalist. Agca was arrested after solution to the grave problems which Celebi, a Turk jailed in Frankfurt as a attempt on the pope's life. . • *• the murder but escaped from a worry humanity," the Vatican added. complicity suspect in the May 13, Agca, a Turk, is serving a life Turkish maximum security prison 1981, attempt on the life of the pope. sentence in Italy because of his con- before his trial began. THE CRITICAL article originally West German State Prosecutor viction. According to newspaper The Turkish investigation could appeared in the December issue of Hans-Hermann Eckert said Jan. 3 leaks by judicial sources, Agca has shed light on the papal case by in- Political Self-Education. Its distribu- that an Italian request for the extra- told Italian authorities that several dicating who helped Agca escape Bulgarians were involved in the plan- from prison and slip out of Turkey.

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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 / PAGE 5 'It means that, beyond ideological differences, there are values for which we must all fight together.1 Communists, bishops unite to fight Mafia OTTAVIANO, Italy (NC) — Led "THE CAMORRA acts where the BISHOP Costanzo, who was by bishops and communist officials, 'This is the first time social fabric is weak, where it can chaplain of Italian Catholic Action 10,000 southern Italians marched that I've spoken in a take advantage of defenseless per- until his recent appointment to the four miles to demonstrate their op- sons," Lama added. "The battle episcopacy, said the church was position to the local Mafia organiza- square with one must continue against illegal traffic represented at the demonstration tion known as the Camorra. bishop, much less of arms, drugs, smuggled goods." because "together we want to build a The march began in Somma Vesu- Bishop Riboldi compared the fight project for man and society marked viana, near Naples, and ended four two.' —Luciano Lama, against the Camorra to the by the most authentic human and miles away in Ottaviano, the birth- leader of clandestine battle to defeat the Christian values."" place of Camorra boss Raffaele Fascists during World War II. "And each one must do his part," Cutolo. . • • , Communist "There is a fascism that is called he added. "I am here to promise you trade union the Camorra," he said. that I will do mine." LEADING THE thousands of "Today must be our April 25 Italian General Confederation of During the demonstration par- marchers, mainly workers and stu- (Italian Liberation Day), because we ticipants carried banners and signs dents, were Bishop Antonio Riboldi Labor is the union branch of the are fighting a war of liberation, just Italian Communist Party. saying: "People, don't stand there of Acerra, Bishop Giuseppe Costanzo as in 1945," Bishop Riboldi added. looking, come with us to fight" and of Nola and two communist leaders: "This is a fact full of significance "Our battle is a battle without arms "Mafia, Camorra, you'll never suc- Luciano Lama, secretary general of for all of us," the labor leader added. or violence, because we believe in ceed. Workers and students are Italy's top communist trade union, "It means that, beyond ideological man and in peace." against you." and Antonio Bassolino, regional differences, there are values for secretary of the Italian Communist which we must all fight together." Party. During 1982 more than 200 people "This is the first time that I've were killed as a result of Camorra spoken in a square with one bishop, violence throughout the regions sur- PARISH PHARMACIES much less two," said Lama, whose rounding Naples. In time of sickness, and for better health, you know you can depend on your pharmacy. The quality prescription experts in this section are listed by parish location for your convenience.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) — a papal visit and criticized Arch- wants to become a state official," would include stops in Nicaragua, Who should make the arrangements bishop Miguel Obando Bravo of Ramirez said. Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, for a visit by Pope John Paul II has Managua for announcing details of a Other government and church of- Panama and Haiti. proposed visit before the government ficials in the Central American and Although the Vatican has not con- had any confirmation that a visit Caribbean region have said that the firmed the trip, Vatican sources say would take place. pope is planning a trip to the area for the pope is investigating the late February and early March which possibilities of such a voyage. Sergio Ramirez, a member of the ruling junta, said that "we do not know if the pope has set a date or not."

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7, 1983 /PAGE 7 Racial injustice continues here (Continued from Page 1) board got little help in finding solu- since 1956 the Dade County economy and government should be divorced loot and kill?" tions. School PTA's refused to hold grew faster than the rest of the na- or that religious leaders should have The Archbishop pointed to a series discussions; homeowners groups tion's, but as the U.S. Civil Rights no right to speak out on social issues of incidents in the past year: a 10-foot turned a cold shoulder, and even Commission stated, the black com- "whether it be racism, abortion, wel- cross being burned on the lawn of a some local clergy were lukewarm to munity was absent from the benefits fare, nuclear arms or the civil war in black family newly arrived from New pleas that they talk with their flocks of the "Gold Coast" affluence and, El Salvador." York, a duplex rented to blacks which about the "moral consequences of indeed, remains isolated from the Concerning education, the letter was painted with swastikas and warn- bigotry." * area's mainstream economy. Black states that the public schools have ings, a violent desecration of a Are minorities' grievances justi- families were, in fact, displaced by contributed greatly to the develop- historical synagogue and the writing fied? urban renewal and Interstate-95 con- ment of responsible citizens, yet are of threatening messages to a Hispanic struction. "severely handicapped by the inabil- family. Blacks left out The Archbishop's letter quotes a ity to introduce religious motivation He said the Community Relations The pastoral letter points out that White House Task Force study which for human relations, to base brother^ states that "the underlying causes of hood on the fatherhood of God. and OFFICIAL- violence exist in virtually every de- the teachings of Christ." pressed inner city community in the He added "It hardly need be men- country. The anger, frustration, fear tioned that a Catholic school which is and hopelessness as expressed by not instilling proper interracial at- Help save the lives black citizens (of Miami) are iden- titudes by teaching and witness and tical" to those reported in 1968 by a religious motivation does not deserve of innocent unborn presidential commission. the name Catholic." Pointing out that while laws make The letter goes on to discuss the Dear Friends in Christ: way to safeguard the life of every un- discrimination illegal, it is another economic problems, high unemploy- As we begin this New Year, we born child is through the Human Life thing to "convert hearts and minds," ment among blacks and Latins, hous- renew our commitment to the Amendment. and that is where the churches come ing discrimination, and the justice sacredness and dignity of all human I ask your support for this Respect system, including juvenile justice. life. Ten years have passed since the Life Appeal that will be held next in. U.S. Supreme Court legalized abor- weekend throughout the Arch- Call for action All responsible tion. Millions of unborn children diocese, for the benefit of Respect have been destroyed during the past Life programs in South Florida. "I come to you today with a call "We all share in the responsibility for action. I call for action on three for this social evil," Archbishop Mc- ten years. Thanking you for your sincere con- different fronts: at the family level, at Carthy says in the conclusion. ". . . cern and support of this Respect Life We condemn the evil of abortion. the Church level and at the com- Tolerance of each other is not Appeal, I am We deplore the apathy and indif- munity level," said Archbishop Mc- enough. There must be mutual appre- ference in our society to the slaughter Sincerely yours in Christ, Carthy. The letter then details at ciation based on knowledge and of millions of unborn children. We Edward A. McCarthy some length the actions and responses respect." are convinced that the only certain Archbishop of Miami needed in those areas. "Racism is a radical evil which can- In the Community response sec- not be conquered by human effort Luncheon—Cocktails—Dinner tion, he cites a "myth which must be alone. 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PAGE 8 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 Matter of Opinion On obedience to God Can you imagine the Creator being subject to dependence. It's a childish, fruitless gesture and the creature? God being obedient to a woman and inevitably the torch burns them and flickers out, a man? and no one even remembers their names. Yes, we can when we remember the Gospel tells They want men and women and even children to us that the boy Jesus went down with Mary and BYMSGR. be completely free of laws and regulations and all Joseph to Nazareth and lived like any other youth, the restriction "that cramp freedom." They de- subject to training and obedience. JAMES J. WALSH mand that children be allowed to follow their own This is one of the sidelights of the mystery of impulses and thus develop and mature. Everyone God become man that can broaden our concept of should be entitled to self expression, even if that God's infinite love for us and make faith very means getting a brick through your window (riot strong. theirs). Repression of laws stunts one's growth, harms one's ego and blunts one's personality, so SOMEHOW WE always think of the Holy Because he had taken on a human nature — just throw that old stuff of obedience out the window. Family gifted with a knowledge of the future and like ours in all things but sin — Mary taught him There is a strange twist here. Many adults who with a perfect understanding of the boy in their all that little boys need to learn as they go from firmly believe in obedience for their children do home. That's far from the truth. When Gabriel year to year. They watched him constantly, hardly not follow the same logic in their own lives. Worst part of it is they are not fooling anyone, especially the growing child. When they insist on being in- "Children and adults have this much in common — they both dependent of the moral law or Church law about chafe at the obligation of obedience. There is no way of Mass and the Sacraments, their complaint about the erring ways of their children are rather avoiding it — without sooner or later feeling the painful conse- ridiculous. Our Lord spelled that hypocrisy. quences." And some while raising the roof with their children are shouting at the same time, "No one can tell me what I can or cannot do." Here they came to Mary with the announcement that she had believing they were entrusted with such a divine have in mind, of course, the restrictions • oi the been chosen to be the Mother of Christ, she was treasure. moral code of religion. called on to make a profound act of faith. She was THE COLD fact is that society would come to not handed a blueprint of the future and enabled JOSEPH, the carpenter, must have put the an abrupt stop tomorrow if everyone decided to to see how he would grow, what he would say, hammer and other tools in his hands at an early ignore the law of obedience. Order would disap- how they were to live in his presence. age and taught him how to construct a chair or pear. Peace would vanish quickly. Take the unfor- Mary knew, of course, that he was indeed the table, and how to repair. And he was subject to tunate examples of only a few in the Miami Son of the Most High. Her years of study in the them. disaster area. Temple had given her considerable prophetic In all this, Jesus was driving home a lesson we All organization must demand obedience to its knowledge of the Redeemer, but there were count- all sorely need, the lesson of obedience. We need regulations. All business is founded on the same less incidents the Gospels do not mention where obedience whether we are 2 years old or 90. It principle. And it follows so clearly that families, she was surprised and perhaps not prepared. changes only in form, never in obligation. One the basic unit of society, in order to achieve their Joseph, that great, patient man of faith, always never completely masters the virtue of obedience purpose, must exact respectful obedience from stood on the fringe of the great mysteries that were to the point that effort is no longer needed and each of its members according to circumstances. taking place. Always responding to God's request, compliance with God's will become automatic. Ultimately what Jesus was telling us is more like hurrying to Egypt, when what he was asked to Children and adults have this much in common than the above. He was laying the foundation for do seemed contrary to wisdom and common — they both chafe at the obligation of obedience. the unyielding conviction that the salvation of the sense. They knew, of course, that something There is no way Of avoiding it — without sooner soul depends entirely on obedience to the will of extraordinary was going on, and you can imagine or later feeling the painful consequences. they could hardly take their eyes from him. But THE LAST 20 years or so we have witnessed God< (Msgr. Walsh is Pastor "he was subject to them." many torch bearers waving the flag of in- Emeritus at St. Agnes parish in Key Biscayne.) A seed grows in Chicago The manner in which Catholic bishops exercise They had a long talk, and soon after, he wrote their authority has changed dramatically in the his first letter as archbishop of Chicago. It was to last 15 years. In most places the authoritarian ap- Mother Teresa, inviting her community to work proach, with its emphasis on protocol and canon among the poor in the parish where permission law, is being replaced by a new style of leadership; BY FR. had been denied. A simple gesture, no doubt, but one which is more personal, more human. JOHN CATOIR one filled with hope and healing. A striking example of this comes out of I met Archbishop Bernardin recently. He's a Chicago. It seems that the pastor of one of the ci- delightful man; soft-spoken and thoughtful. I ty's poorest Catholic parishes had a visit from mentioned that he was getting high marks from all Mother Teresa of Calcutta a while back. He asked quarters for his performance as archbishop of if she would consider sending some of her sisters Chicago. Without hesitation, he said, "Yes, some to help in his work among the poor. Mother people say it's because this is the honeymoon Teresa agreed providing the local ordinary, who at wondered what he would do about the situation. stage, but I have every intention to see that the the time was Cardinal John Cody, would give per- What he did was very simple; the very first mor- honeymoon lasts." How do you propose to do mission. The cardinal refused. Being of the old ning on the job, Archbishop Bernardin called the that, I asked. "By reaching out, and not waiting school, he felt the bishop should be consulted first pastor of that poor parish and said something to for people to come to me. I only pray God gives me the strength and health to keep it up."

"/ met Archbishop Bernardin recently. He's a delightful mani HOW REFRESHING the sound of new life. It soft-spoken and thoughtful. I mentioned that he was getting reminds me of a favorite quote of mine from a French archbishop named Le Tubet: "Much more high marks from all quarters for his performance as arch- attention is paid to the noise of walls that are fall- bishop of Chicago." ing down than to the sounds of seeds which are growing ... all the extraordinary work of the Ho- ly Spirit in the Church, all this transformation." before such an invitation was extended. He, of this effect, "You don't know me, but I'm the new For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, course, was canonically correct; but oh my . . .! archbishop and I'd like to come over and have "The Challenge of Loving," send a stamped, self- AFTER CARDINAL CODY died, but before lunch with you today. No fussing please, just a addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East Archbishop Joseph Bernardin arrived, the press sandwich." 48th St., New York, NY 10017- Miami, Florida /yGHE YQICE / Friday, January 7,1983/. PAGE 9. Opinion Dating Weapons at an early age conversation While the Catholic bishops of our country were sounding seeing a resurgence of patriotism. I said as long ago as last tips the call for sanity on the issue of nuclear arms recently, a toy year that the Reagan presidency would lead to a comeback of Q. Sometimes when I'm out on a manufacturer was coming up with its own version of a military toys." date, especially when it's with a boy I "defense budget" - one to fatten the company's pockets. A Somehow that statement doesn-t make me feel good; or want to impress very much, I have fine Christmas present for themselves. confident in the present U.S. government. trouble making conversation and I feel very awkward when there is We are awash — and the world is awash — in weapons and silence. Can you give me some tips on this has to be a prelude to trouble. being a good talker? (New Hamp- The "toy weaponry" campaign makes me wonder. Will it shire) BY promote the possession and use of weapons, subliminally, as ANTOINETTE BOSCO an acceptable thing at an early age? TWO VERY frightening facts are emerging from the world's escalating arms sales. BY TOM —Soviet arms sales are almost as high as ours. The United States and the Soviets are now rivals in selling arms, primarily LENNON This national toy manufacturer launched a strong promo- to Third World countries. ;: tional push for Christmas on what they called "toy weaponry." If the campaign takes, it can mean big bucks —The Reagan administration is wooing authoritative dic- today and bigger bucks tomorrow as the kids get hooked, first tatorships with weapons, selling military equipment to on simple guns and then on missile systems and simulated governments that have atrocious human rights records. A. You may be surprised to learn nuclear arms as they get older. It is, indeed, a new version of the Lord's warning about that some mature adults at times ex- making "friends with the mammon of iniquity" when we perience difficulty in carrying on a An article in the December issue of Ms. magazine reported conversation. that several toy manufacturers had come out with a new line justify these sales as our way of getting these countries to be allies in our defense against communism. Sometimes when they meet another of high technology weapons and toy military personnel to adult for the first time, they feel awk- greet the holiday season. The battles under the Christmas tree At least the bishops are bearing witness to the truth that the ward as they try to break the conver- would be fought with toy weapons which mimic real weapons sational ice. They find they have to — from lasers to a reproduction of the Hawk missile system. arms race, which can be the final fatal blow to life on earth, is immoral and intolerable. Never have I been so proud of my work at it and struggle some before church and its leaders. both parties are at ease. MARTIN ABRAMS, chairman of the board of the Mego It may be that your most serious Corporation, was quoted as saying, "We didn't belong in the And I ask: Real weaponry or toy weaponry — can any such problem is your desire to impress Vietnam War, so sales of military toys declined. Now we're signs of destruction be tolerated in a nuclear age? someone. That can make anyone tense, and when we are tense we are more likely to say something dumb, or even freeze and not be able to say A time for living parishes anything. BE YOURSELF. Try to relax. Be This is a time for parishes to come alive, to be what they special collection each Sunday to build up a fund that can be concerned, not about the impression should be, communities of people joined by faith, brought utilized for emergency needs, so that no family will face the you are making, but about being kind together ordinarily by geographical boundaries but realizing possibility of having electricity or gas turned off because of and thoughtful to your date. This is what they should be by helping one another to be more fully non-payment. what is known as treating others with followers of Jesus Christ. love. It has nothing to do with There are, in almost every parish, people who have ex- shallow facades. perience in financial matters. A committee could be ap- Material for conversation can come pointed that would help people who have no income to ar- from a variety of sources. range with banks and other creditors some kind of relief. Hobbies, other interests, sports Parishes should help people not to lose their homes during you like, school work, books, BY what we all hope will be a temporary period of financial hard- magazine articles, TV programs, the ship. latest tape or album you have pur- DALE FRANCIS chased, a vacation you took, your job In our parish the people bring canned and packaged goods — practically anything in your life to church with them each Sunday, leave them at the can be talk material. vestibule so that a coordinating committee of parishes and A question can start a conversa- other churches can get the food to those who need it. tion: "Do you think 'Square Pegs' is really true to life?" (Use another TV But now in a time of recession there is hardship and there THERE IS a special need to remember the elderly and program if you don't particularly are people who need help. We have in recent years become us- perhaps a special committee can be set up just to survey the care for "Square Pegs.") ed to allowing government agencies on all levels to handle the needs of older people. One of the things that can be done is to A sincere compliment is another needs of those in distress. We have become a people who have establish a list of volunteers who will see that the elderly conversation starter: "I admire your passed on concerns that should be our own to social agencies. without transportation can get to Mass on Sundays or to the ability as a debater. You were just It is time for us to become involved individually and there is supermarket during the week. great last week. How do you do it?" no better place to start than in that community to which we belong which we call the parish. I've been writing about this now for several years and I try SO CAN a strong, offbeat opin- not to make too many suggestions because I think that the ion: "I think most of the youth mov- parishes themselves can better determine what they can and ies are kind of dumb." If an argu- In our parish there are many who are unemployed and in ment results, calmly give your need. The parish couneil arranged for families that are work- should do. They will come up with ideas that I've not thought of or haven't been thought of by anyone else. reasons, but keep the emotional level ing to adopt families that were not at Christmas. It was done low. Otherwise you may get in trou- anonymously. The families that adopted another family never The important thing is that in parishes everywhere there ble. knew the name of the family they were helping, the family be- must be a new sense of obligation towards others. There may But let's suppose after 15 minutes ing helped never knew the name of the family helping. Those be some parishes where the people are relatively affluent, few of lively conversation, silence sets in, that helped were given the number of those in the family, members of the parish may be in need^Put there are other and you can't think of a thing to say. their ages, their sizes, their needs and for the younger children parishes where there are people in need and they can direct What then? what they hoped to get at Christmas. So they shopped for their efforts to helping them. Not to worry. Many friends have another family and only a small coordinating committee found that a period of silence, even a knew the names of those involved, those giving and those There has been criticism of the whole concept of parishes in long one, is not the end of a friend- receiving. recent years, the suggestion that Catholics should be joined in ship. Each is quite at ease with smaller groups with similar interests. I think the only trouble silence, with just being in the presence with parishes has been they've not been stimulated to life — of the friend they like so much. CHRISTMAS HAS passed but the needs of people remain now is the time they must be and in the spirit of helping the and the need for parishes to help those who may be in need Relax. Enjoy. Don't worry. Don't least of those among us. try to impress. Friendships are more continues. It is important that every parish organize to meet likely to flourish that way. those needs. This can be done in many ways. There can be a (Dale Francis is a nationally syndicated columnist.) PAGE 10 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 Marriages that last Dear Mary: Our discussion club members were very difficult experiences in their lives. Some of this imperfect world no personality trait pleases talking about the increasing divorce rate. Several the themes which emerge over and over are: 1) in others perfectly throughout life. members admitted that there were many times in stressful times I did not feel loving; 2) loving 3. Dwelling on traits which you cannot change their own marriages when they were tense and became a matter of living out my commitment to only leads to frustration. Much frustration can be unhappy, but they had never thought of divorce. spouse and family; 3) over and over I asked God avoided by finding ways to adapt to such situa- They also agreed that these periods pass and they to love through me because I could not love on my tions. are happy again to be married. Don't people today own. If a spouse's job demands traveling, unpredic- realize that marriages can go through really bad Here are some suggestions for staying positive table hours and missed family meals, do not gripe, periods and still come out better and stronger? and flexible during marital storms: adapt. Keep quick-to-fix snacks available for both (Iowa) 1. Focus on your spouse's virtues. Write them of you to enjoy at any hour. Adjust family down. Re-read the list. Keep them firmly in mind. celebrations to times when all members can be pre- Being positive is both difficult and important. sent. In troubled times people tend to focus only on the Adapting to what you cannot change has many BY DR. JAMES negative, to dwell on it, even to exaggerate it. The applications. If dad does not spend much time ordinary virtues — being a good provider, holding with his children and never has, recognize his vir- AND a job, attending school functions because the tues, accept and adapt to this part of his personali- MARY KENNY children want their parents there — are totally ig- ty. If spouse always tells old jokes at parties, don't nored. You cannot afford to overlook virtues, spoil every party by criticizing or nagging. Adapt. small or large. Even after many years of marriage, spouses are 2. Recognize the paradox of human relation- challenged to stay positive and flexible. Each of us ships. Some of your spouse's traits which annoy would rather change the other. Flexibility, how- I agree that most marriages that last go through you now are probably the very ones which at- ever, may well be the single most important quali- some very difficult periods. And most divorced tracted you and led you into marriage. ty in a long-lasting marriage which survives many persons learn that divorce has its own set of prob- A man may have fallen in love with his wife changes over the years. lems and stresses. As one divorced person quip- because she was quiet and steady. Later he thinks (Reader questions on family living and child ped, "If you think marriage is difficult, try she is boring. A woman may have chosen a man care to be answered in print are invited,. Address divorce!" because he was fun loving and enjoyed a good questions: The Kennys; Box 872; St. Joseph's Col- Successful married readers have shared some time. Now she finds him loud and boisterous. In lege; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.) (NC News Service) The parish bulletin—a bestseller I don't know if there's such a thing as a best- the perfect priest preaches exactly 12 minutes. He selling parish bulletin but if so, I have several can- frequently condemns sin but never upsets anyone. didates for the list. They would, of course, contain He works from 8 a.m. until midnight and is also a essential notices of parish events and business, and BY janitor. He makes $60 a week, wears good clothes, news items about parishioners plus mention of buys good books, drives a good car and gives diocesan activities. DOLORES about $50 weekly to the poor. But my candidates would have the added ele- CURRAN ment of humor wjiich people love so much. I en- "HE IS 28 years old, has been preaching for joy picking up bulletins from unfamiliar parishes thirty years. He is wonderfully gentle and hand- and finding a smile in them. Some print church- \ some. He gives of himself completely, but never related cartoons and jokes but my favorites are gets close to anyone, lest he be criticized. He those that add a light touch to regular news items. This one tells us a bit about the pastor's sense of speaks boldly on social issues, but must never * Take the subtle message inherent in this short self: "There will be no morning Masses this week. become politically involved. notice as an examples "We are pleased to an- I will be on clergy retreat. My mother says I need "He has a burning desire to work with teen- nounce we had a 100% increase in daily Mass at- it." agers; he spends all his time with senior citizens. tendance this past week — up two from our usual And from the Midwest: "The Mothers and The perfect priest smiles all the time with a two. We'll miss Sandy McLoughlin's parents Others group will not meet Tuesday because there straight face because he has a sense of humor that when they leave." „ isn't any school and the mothers will be up to their keeps him seriously dedicated to his work. He ears in little others." makes 15 calls daily on parish families, visits shut- OR THIS: "Lots of people have asked why we ins and hospitalized, spends all his time evangeliz- don't have bingo. For the same reason we don't FINALLY, MY favorite comes from a Min- ing the unchurched, and is always in his office have a saloon. Neither seems to generate much neapolis bulletin. I tried to run down the author when needed. spiritual growth." and found that the parish borrowed it from a "If your priest doesn't measure up, simply send This one came from a parish in the Northwest: Methodist church bulletin. So, to the anonymous this letter to six other parishes that are tired of "Tired of the TV football rut? Forgetting your but talented author, whoever and wherever you their priest, too. Then bundle up your priest and wife's name? Wishing you could find a good are, I say thanks. It's entitled. "The Perfect send him to the church at the top of the list. In one reason for missing the big game Friday? Bring Priest: A Chain Letter" and it goes like this: week, you will receive 1,463 priests . . . and at your spouse to the Mr. and Mrs. dinner dance at "A recent survey has compiled all the qualities least one of them should be perfect. the parish center instead. Starts at 7 p.m. and the that people expect from the perfect priest. Here we "Have faith in this letter. One parish broke the cost is a paltry $20 total. (There will be a TV set in share some of them with you. chain and got its old priest back in less than three the ushers' room for the hopeless.)" "Results of a computerized survey indicate that months." (Alt Publishing Co.)

(Contributed by Mimi and Terry Reilly)

OPENING PRAYER: of your own." A new year has arrived Middle Years Families, TIME family. Share the lists. Together Oh, wonderful Father, thank you with its empty days waiting to be fill- MACHINE Each person draws four decide on one quality the family for this new year. Thank you for all it ed by each of us. pictures on a large piece of paper: would like to work on during this new will reveal in our lives over its many ACTIVITY IDEAS: The first — self and the family now; year. Each family member may also months and varied seasons. Help us, Young Families. PRETEND A the second — self and the family in choose one personal quality to work Father, in this new year to grow in FAMILY Choose two family five years; next — self and the family towards. Place the lists with the unity as a family and help us to place members to beparents and have them in ten years; and last — self and fami- Christmas decorations to be stored our trust in you and in one another, talk about their family, where they ly in 2010. Share the pictures. What until December when you can discuss rather than in things. Bless us as we live, what they do as parents. All do they say about time and the fami- how well the family has kept its res- gather for Family Night. Amen. draw a picture of their family portrait ly? olutions. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: of the future. The more wild, the "Turn around and you're tiny; more fun. What about the houses in Aduft Families. Read aloud Ec- SNACK TIME: turn around and you're grown; turn the year 2020? Share together how desiastes 3:1-15. Make a list of the Hot chocolate and 'smiley-face" around and you're parents with kids time changes the family. three most important qualities in your cupcakes. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7, 1983 /PAGE 11 Hope for the world By Charlie Martin Stevie Wonder, one of music's all NC News Service time greats, and 1982 star Charlene, have recorded a collage of images USED TO BE about disillusionment in "Used To Superman was killed in Dallas Be." Yet underneath the images lies There's no love left in the palace the question: Is there any hope for a Someone took the Beatles' lead guitar. better world? Have another Chivas Regal Our world faces difficult problems You're 12 years old and sex is legal in 1983: Your parents don't know where or who • Countries continue to spend more you are. -• money on weapons than on food. Used to be the hero of the ballgame • Quality education grows more Took the time to shake the loser's hand scarce. . Used to be that failure only meant you • Many people are unemployed. didn't try In a world where people gave a damn. Many forces hint at further loss and disruption throughout the world. Great big wars in little places So the question is real:" What is our Look at all those frightened faces • hope? But don't come here we just don't have the room. The song states, "Oh but I believe that love can save tomorrow ... the Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter Cleanse your life with holy water truth can make us free." Charlene We don V need to bathe, we 've got per- . and Wonder make an obvious fume. reference to Jesus: "Someone tried to Used to be a knight in shining armor say it; Then we nailed him to a Didn't have to own a shiny car cross." Dignity and courage were the measure of What the singers don't add is that a man ' • Jesus remains powerfully alive with Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar. us today. -And here lies the beginning of our hope for building a better Can your teacher read world during 1983. Does your preacher pray Does your president have soul JESUS SPOKE, lived and dreamed Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today? of a different world. He asked us to LIVE THEATER — American Playhouse, public television's acclaimed week- make our first priorities feeding the ly drama series, begins its second season with a live telecast of Thornton Mama took her speed hungry, healing those who are hurt, Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning comedy, "The Skin of Our Teeth," airing Daddy ran away and supporting each other in what- Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. on WPBT, Channel 2 in South Florida. Sada But you mustn 't lose control ever ways we can. Thompson and Blair Brown star in this bold and brassy parable of an Let's cut a class; I got some grass The kids are wild, we just can't tame But if this is to happen, we must average American family's triumph over life's historic adversities, including courageously confront peers and the Ice Age, the Great Flood and nuclear holocaust. 'em Do we have the right to blame 'em. governments that have forgotten these priorities. We must stand up We fed 'em all our indecision and say "no" to decisions that cut off We raped their minds with television support to life. "The Kids on the Block," a puppet But what the hell troupe designed to bridge the gap be- They're too young to feel pain. Christians have a long history of tween the handicapped and the able- Oh but I believe that love can save resisting powers that hurt the human bodied, are featured on this week's tomorrow family. Will we have the courage to- Donn Tiison, the man behind the edition, Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on Ooh I believe the truth can make us day to once more stand up for the "Miami Cares" charity drive, and WCKT-Channel 7 in South Florida. free. values that are central to Jesus? Someone tried to say it Working together, we can use our Then we nailed him to a cross convictions and talents to resist what- CAPSULE REVIEWS I guess it's still the way ever powers encourage us to betray It used to be. .:' • our beliefs. • Tootsie —PG Song by Cnarlent and Stevie Wonder. Together, we «w build a world A very funny movie in which a Written by Ron Milkr and Ken Hindi. based on peace and compassion and desperate actor (Dustin Hoffman), TOP 10 FILMS Copyright ©1980 by Stone Diamond Mask Corp. mutual support among people. whom nobody will hire, dresses up as a woman, auditions and wins a role OF'82 on a soap opera. He achieves fame, NEW YORK (NC) — The but life becomes very complicated, U.S. Catholic Conference's Best Legion of Mary conducts especially when he falls in love with 10 list for the movies of 1982 is his beautiful co-star (Jessica Lange). as follows: successful "search for souls' Mature fare because of the sexual • Gandhi (not yet released in An Exploratio Dominnicalis (Sun- Catholic Church, and an explanation nature of much of the humor. The South Florida); day Search for souls) was conducted of the Holy Eucharist. U.S. Catholic Conference has Missing; by two Praesidia of the Legion of The majority of the contacts were classified it A-III — Adults. The Long Good Friday (not Mary in the Broward area on surprised and pleased to meet their • The Trail of the Pink Panther — seen in South Florida); November 27, 1982. The Parishes Catholic neighbors and listened with PG The Verdict; participating were St. Stephen and avid interest to the explanations of This collection of outtakes and The Boat; Nativity both of West Hollywood. our Faith. One lady said that, having reprises from earlier Pink Panther E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial; The Parish chosen for this endeavor felt depressed that very morning, she films stitched together with some Diner, was Annuciation, permission was had prayed that someone would come unbelievably flat and uninspired new Gregory's Girl; granted by the Pastor. The area was to speak to her about God. One material is a wretched excuse for a Rocky III; Carver Ranches, a black falien-away Catholic returned the movie. There are some funny Tex. neighborhood. next day with her two sons to the moments, of course, but not one of The first five are in order of Church. The statistics were: 114 Con- them is in the new material. Because importance. The last five are ar- There were five teams in the morn- tacts, 161 leaflets distributed and 107 of some brief nudity, it has been ranged alphabetically. ing and three in the afternoon. The Miraculous Medals given. 11 persons classifies A-III - Adults. approach was an invitation to join the asked to be re-visited. PAGE 12 / Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 The Memorare Society, a social club for visitors to the Keys are invited. Tickets, Hours are Thursday 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; American food served 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Catholic widows and widowers, will hold $12.50, are available after all masses and Friday 6 p.m. to midnight; Saturday 12 with dancing 8:30 p.m. til 12:30 a.m. Ad- their monthly meeting at St. Thomas from Mens' Club members who are spon- noon to midnight; Sunday 2 p.m. to 8 vance reservations necessary. The dance School Library, Friday Jan. 14th at 8 p.m. soring the breakfast. p.m. will be held at the Knights of Columbus A special welcome to the widowers — Mercy Hospital will be a blood drive The Catholic Daughters of Americas, Hall, 2118 SW 60 Terr., Miramar. For please call 274-0244. site on Jan. 13th from 4 to 7 p.m. Donate Court Holy Spirit, 1912, will hold a tickets and reservations call 961-3647 San Pedro Church in the Florida Keys blood to the South Florida Blood Service business meeting on Friday Jan. 14 at St. 962-7832, or 961-5587. Free ticket delivery will have Archbishop Edward A. McCar- during January, the National Volunteer Elizabeth Gardens, Pompano Beach at 2 for reservations of 8 or more. thy as their honored guest at their Second Blood Donor Month. p.m. All members please make an effort Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High Annual Evangelization Communion St. John Neumann and Christ the King to attend. Anyone desiring a transfer or School invites you to its annual Carnival Breakfast on Jan. 9th at 10:30 a.m. at Catholic Churches will hold their 2nd an- who wants to become a member please held at the school, 300 NE 50th Street, on Plantation Yacht Harbor in Tavernier in nual carnival on January 20-23, on the call Regent Rosalie Ledestri at 781-5008. Jan. 27, 28, 29 and 30, from 12 noon until the keys. The Archbishop will celebrate church grounds at 16000 S.W. 112 The Holy Spirit Council 6032, Knights 11 p.m. Rides, food, prizes. "Country mass at 9 a.m. at the San Pedro Church Avenue. Games of skill, a giant midway of Columbus, will hold a Polish Nite Din- store" and plant nursery. For additional and speak on the topic "Evangelization, a with amusements and rides, music, food ner Dance featuring the Georgie K Or- information, or pre-ride ticket ~ sales, Year of Faith." All parishioners and and entertainment for the entire family. chestra on Saturday Jan. 23rd. 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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE /Friday, January 7,1983 / PAGE 13 Salvation is • ft By Neil Parent NC News Service During the summerof 1968, I was a pastoral counseling intern at a major southern hospital. One day, a patient I regularly visited took a sudden turn for the worse. Alarmed by his rapid deterioration, the doctors summoned his family to the hospital. Not long after they had arrived, the patient died. Although we all knew the patient's illness was terminal, the speed with which his death came left the family shocked and grief-stricken.

THE FAMILY later gathered in a lounge area of the hospital to await the arrival of their pastor, a minister. I joined them there to be of whatever assistance I could. After the pastor arrived he spent a few moments expressing his sym- pathies to the family and introducing himself to me. Then he asked if he could lead us in prayer. With the family's grateful consent, the pastor opened his Bible and read in a slow, steady voice: - The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose. Beside restful waters he leads me; He refreshes my soul. As we stood there, heads bowed, the words of Psalm 23 seemed to settle over us like a soft cloud. I could see tears beginning to stream down the cheeks of the bereaved wife and her children. As the minister continued, the comforting images of the psalm took their soothing effect: The Spirit.. By Father Alfred McBride, O.Praem. the history, laws and poetry of his NC News Service people. The sacred history of the Hebrew The young man grew up at a time Brother Tom Nabity looks over music at the Monastery of the Holy Ghost in people forms the root for under- when his country was prospering. Congers, Ga. The Divine Office recited daily in monasteries throughout the standing much of the drama of the Uzziah was a king with commercial world is filled with psalms that have endured for several thousand years. Christian people of the New Testa- know-how and his financial policies Psalms speak of basic human longings and needs and they speak directly to helped to enrich the nation. the heart, (NC photo) ment. Let's glance backward, taking a However, this new wealth flowed figure like Isaiah in order to better mostly into the hands of the rich. understand the people of the Isaiah beheld a land where the in- Hebrew covenant. terest rates were so high that only a Who was Isaiah? Born the son of few people could borrow money. He prosperous parents in 760 B.C., heard stories of how merchants Isaiah was a bright young man, cheated people with false weights gifted with literary talent but not and measures. Relatives spoke to particularly religious. him about corruption within the clergy. He knew that little of the ISAIAH'S FATHER gave him his new wealth trickled down to the basic education. Then he was sent to poor. a Yeshiva — a school connected to Isaiah possessed a moral idealism. a Hebrew temple. Priests tutored But he had little inner spiritual KNOW YOUR FAITH Isaiah in mathematics as well as in energy to power his lofty thoughts

By FATHER JOHN CASTELOT selection is precious. The language is remarkably poetic, NC News Service filled with picturesque allusions to the rural life he knew so Amos was the first of the writing prophets. well. Of course, there were prophets before Amos who were Amos starts off by declaiming against the,frightful in- significant figures. Men like Nathan in the days of David, justices and barbarisms of foreign nations. This tickles the and Elijah and Elisah in the turbulent times of Ahab and ears of his audience, and they listen with smug pleasure to Jezebel. the ugly fate in store for their enemies. Calling Amos a writing prophet is misleading in a way. Then, abruptly, Amos turns on them. He tells them Yah- The prophets were not writers, they were preachers. But weh has even worse punishment in store for them. His some prophets had devoted disciples who preserved their description of their crimes is devastating, and his emphasis The sermons. It is in this sense that they are called writing pro- on their sins against social justice has earned for him the phets. epithet, "Prophet of God's Justice." In the course of time the sermons were edited and first adapted to changing conditions. The result of all this activi- THE HEAD PRIEST at the shrine of Bethel finally ty is the literature called the prophetic books. silences Amos and runs him out of the country, but not un- Before Amos was chosen by Yahweh, he tended his til after the prophet has taken a parting shot at him which employer's flocks in the region of Tekoa, not far from must have made his blood run cold. writing Bethlehem. Then between 760 and 750 B.C., God sent Only a quarter of a century later Amos' predictions prov- Amos to preach in the northern kingdom. And off Amos * ed true. went, fearlessly strong in the conviction that God was with But even though Amos was the prophet of God's justice, prophet him. he did not lose sight of God's mercy. His book comes to a ONE CAN IMAGINE the reception this apparently sim- close on a note of hope. ple rustic herder got from the sophisticated upper crust Yes, their sins have been heinous. When the "day of the of Israel. "The nerve of him! And a southerner to boot!" Lord" comes it will be a dread day of reckoning for those Undaunted, Amos delivered God's message in un- who perverted justice and religion. mistakably clear terms which echoed the "roar of However, there will be a "remnant," a group of the Yahweh." (Amos 1:20) faithful poor who will be mercifully spared. (9:11-12) In all probability, the little book which bears the name of And the nation will rise again with a descendant of Amos contains only a selection of his sermons, but the David at its head.

PAGE 14 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 ••• our story Even (hough I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side With your rod and your staff Thai give me courage. When the psalm ended, the quiet stillness that followed seemed to be the family's silent "amen" to the prayer that had deeply touched their hearts. It was wondrous that a song written several thousand years ago by an KNOW YOUR FAITH unknown author should have served the needs of us so well that day. There lies, I think, one reason why psalms hold such a high place in phets of old called for and that Jesus spoke of so clearly many centuries Christian prayer and worship. Their message is timeless: They speak of later..; . ... • . • ...••••••.-•• . • • - • ' , • ' basic human longings and needs and they speak directly to the heart. In reading the Old Testament today, we gain insight into God's dealings with his people, both yesterday and today. In the words of the psalmist in THE PSALMS ARE unique in Old Testament literature in that they were Psalm 44: written expressly for synagogue worship by the Israelites. At the same time, 0 God, our ears have heard, the psalms are not alone in their capacity to inspire, instruct and serve as a Our fathers have declared to us basis for prayer. The deeds you did in their days, The pages of the Old Testament are filled with compelling lessons for In the days of old. contemporary life. The story of salvation presented is in many respects our God's deeds of oldjyere saving acts. He continually called the Israelites story as well. Circumstances may be different, but the life issues remain to be faithful. essentially the same. Our destiny is no different. Although we as Christians greatly benefit As Pope Pius XII reminded Christians some time ago, the Jews are our because of God's action in the life and mission of Jesus, our prayer remains spiritual ancestors. essentially the same as that of the psalmist: ° Like the Israelites, we too are a pilgrim people called to holiness. Only in God is my soul at rest; ° Like the Israelites, we struggle to find our place in God's plan: to be From him comes my salvation. faithful to God's call and to form community. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; ° We struggle to become the kind of caring human family that the pro- 1 shall not be disturbed at all. . . (Psalm 62.) in history's voices

holiness. 4 Woe is me," he cried. God ordained Isaiah AT THIS CONFESSION, God as his prophet, Ms sent a little angel with a burning coal. The seraph touched the lips of this young man who felt cleansed justice and mercy to down to the roots of his being. Then God said, "I have a mis- the people. The burn- sion. I need a missionary. Who will ing coal of God's do this for me?" Isaiah responded, "Here I am. grace filled the moral Send me." idealism of Isaiah* Just so, God ordained Isaiah as his prophet, his preacher of love, into practical action. justice and mercy to the people. The Then at the age of 18, Isaiah had burning coals of God's grace filled a profound spiritual conversion. out the moral idealism of Isaiah. He That was the year that Uzziah, became a living witness of God's the king, died of leprosy. The holiness on earth and a courageous enthronement of his son, Jotham, fighter for justice for the poor. was planned for the Jewish New He also composed magnificent Year — the early autumn. poetry about the future Messiah. THE NEW YEAR festival called (Handel's "Messiah" uses much of for a ceremonial opening of the „ Isaiah's poetry.) temple's eastern gate: The purpose The biblical vision of Isaiah con- was to catch dramatically the rays tains substantial teachings about the of the sun, which, at that time of Hebrew covenant. It tells us that: year, would shine directly at and 1, God initiates the dialogue with through the front enclosure of the humans. temple. 2. God comes again and again to In this way, the rising sun would sustain and reapply the covenant pierce the clouds of temple incense love with his people in every period and create a reflective glow from the of history, golden ark of the covenant. • • 3. God finds special people, pro- It was a perfect setting for an im- phets like Isaiah, kings like David pressionable 18-year-old: Nature's and wise men like Ecclesiastes to glory wedded to the splendor of a fulfill his purpose in history. political coronation and religious 4. God moves his representatives,; worship. to deal with present problems as That dramatic scene led to the vi- well as to give a sense of hope for sion of the divine described in Isaiah the future. Chapter 6. Already deeply moved, At the same time, from the Isaiah suddenly saw the living God human side, these men and women behind all the trappings in front of (such as the prophetess Deborah) him. And he said, "I saw the have a native openness to the Lord's Lord!" approach. They are people of faith Moreover, Isaiah felt God's who respond to the Lord when he presence as intimately as the robe calls upon them. that covered his body. Isaiah saw These people are alive enough to and heard angels singing of God's divine realities to notice when God holiness. is calling on them. Isaiah felt unclean and unworthy in the presence of God. "Woe is me," he That, however, caused him to Glancing back into history reveals cried. At his confession, God sent an angel with a burning coal. The seraph distance himself a bit from the that we belong to a long and rich touched the lips of the young man and he felt cleansed down to the roots of his scene. Isaiah felt unclean and un- tradition of dialogue between God baing.'(NC photo from the Catholic Encyclopedia for School and Home, courtesy McGraw-Hill Book worthy in the presence of such and people. Company.) Miami, Florida THE VOICE Friday, Januar> 7, 1983 PAGE 15 AVs. we anticipate a New Year, Miamians can give thanks for the blessings that have corrie to our community in 1982. HELP FULIIBTY CITY Just one year ago, Miami was a city besieged. We were reeling from the In the midst of a severe economic downturn, Miami's business leadership combined effects of rampant drug-smuggling and masses of illegal aliens. The responded magnificently to the call for justice and compassion for our black wounds of the Liberty City riots were still fresh and untended. Crime threatened citizens. The business community raised $7 million to fester black to engulf us. entrepreneurship in Liberty City. No American city of our size has ever made Now, a year later, Miami is a city on the mend Private citizens and public such a commitment from the private sector — or has brighter prospects for officials, in a historic display of American problem-solving at its best, have succeeding. joined hands to set things aright. The job is not finished. But it is well begun. Let us consider our blessings.

We can be grateful to the citizens of this community who earlier this month voted overwhelmingly to authorize a $200-million bond issue to build sorely When a group of Miamians sought the attention of President* Reagan last needed criminal-justice facilities. That money will build new courtrooms, jails, December, they got it. He created a Presidential Task Force under Vice and medical-examiner, state attorney, public defender and police off ices — the President George Bush and Admiral Dan Murphy. They, in turn, sent more than first real community response in 20 years to these critical needs. No Florida 300 additional federal law-enforcement agents to South Florida. Led ably by community ever passed a bond issue of this size to meet criminal-justice needs. Charles Rinkevich, the Task Force cooperated with the Coast Guard, the Air Force and the Navy to reduce sharply the flow of illegal drugs into our community, and to cut the flow of illegal aliens to a trickle. We are grateful for the President's recognition of our problem, and the effective actions that followed. We are grateful to the community's religious leaders who, in 178 churches, synagogues and cathedrals over the weekend of April 17-18 led thousands of Miamians in a reexamination of our moral and citizenship obligations. INTUITIVE III TALLAHASSEE And we are grateful to the Dade County School Board for underwriting several State legislatures do not usually pass major tax increases in an election year.. citizenship-training and crime-prevention programs in our public schools. We But 1932 was different. Under Governor Bob Graham, House Speaker Ralph can be equally grateful to the Leadership Miami, Junior League and Citizens Haben, Dade Delegation Leader Bob McKnight and Representative Barry Kutun, Crime Watch groups that helped to develop those programs. Florida's legislators recognized the urgency of the problem. The safety of Florida's citizens was at stake. So in a courageous decision, the Legislature voted a one-cent increase in the state sales tax, generating $700 million in new revenues. Much of that money is going to strengthen our criminal justice system. We are adding judges, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, state One short year ago, who among us would have believed all these things were correctional facilities. Before, our criminal justice system was close to being possible? There has been, indeed, a miracle in Miami. God has heard our overwhelmed. Now, it can respond effectively to the needs of Floridians. prayers. Miamians from all walks of life join in gratitude that: • Crime is down. • Drug smuggling is down. Here in Miami and Dade County, local government officials are using increased sales-tax proceeds to add more new police officers to protect us than in any one • Illegal immigration is down. year in this community's history. Given our crime emergency, a ratio of three • Civic morale and hope for the future are up. police officers per 1,000 citizens appeared to be a wise and attainable goal to assure public safety. Metropolitan Dade County's government and the following You have been a part of the Miracle in Miami. Why not discuss this remarkable cities in Dade either have met — or are committed to reaching — that three- story with your family. And consider sharing it with your.personal and business per-1,000 goal: friends all over America and the World. Bal Harbor OpaLocka Miami Springs Bay Harbor Island Indian Creek Village Hialeah Coral Gables Medley North Miami Reprints of this ad will be available upon request. Phone or mail your order to Miami Shores Village Miami Homestead Golden Beach Miami Beach South Miami North Bay Village El Portal Surfside Hialeah Gardens 1601 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132, Phone 350-7710

MCAC EXECUTIVE Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Peter T. Fay Eloy B. Gonzales David Hume James W. McLamore Walter L. Revell Marzell Smith COMMITTEE Philip N. Cheaney Edward T. Foote, I R. Ray Goode Robert C. Josefsberg Hank Meyer WilliamS. Ruben William M. Stokes James K. Batten Armando Codina Merle Frank H.V. Green Charles Kimbrell Robert L. Parks Lois Sabines Sam Verdeja T. Ed^enton Bill Colson William S. Frates Marshall Harris Edward A. McCarthy Rocky Pomerance Robert L. Shevin Warren Wepman David Blumberg Arthur England Ronald E. Frazier Betty Huck Jesse McCrary Athalie Range Ronald A, Silver Kenneth W. Whittaker Frank Borman WillardT.Fair Lester Freeman Steve Hudson Richard W. McEwen Garth Reeves, Sr. Robert H. Simms Basil S. Yanakakis Richard G. Capen, Jr. Janet Gemmill Bob McKnight Chesterfield Smith

PAGE 16 / Miami, Florid* /THE VOICE / Friday, January 7, 1983 A PASTORAL LETTER ON RACISM 'One People

Under God9 A personal comment

M> beloved;

It is. ironk- that during Christmas week, during the ver> season when we were reciting the word1- of the angels, "Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will," our community suffered a civii disturbance. Oiu hearts were sickened at the death, the violence and the looting. Grim and .sensational national news re- ports once again embarrassed the people of South Florida and of the Archdiocese of Miami. It is time for us who are attempting to live the teachings of Jesus to reflect. We need reflect not so much on the violence, which we roundly condemn, but on the quality of race relations — of brother- hood — in our communities which can generate such tragedies. For over a year I have been preparing this pastoral letter on inter- racial relations in the light of the Gospel. I am very grateful for the invaluable assistance 1 have had from the Archdiocesan Black Pas- toral Council and from the Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Com- munity Services. It seems appropriate to issue the letter at this time.

Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 / PAGE IA 'One People Under God9 A pastoral letter t* on racism by Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami

The Gospel of Christ commissions now experience another civil distur- us to love one another, to be peace- bance in Miami. We must ask our- makers. If we are sincere about selves: Has no change taken place? evangelization, we need be builders of Has no progress been made in remov- unity in our families, our neighbor- ing the root causes of the social ills hoods, our communities, our nation which prompt people to burn and and our world. loot and kill? Have we lost the sense In this year of reflection on our of urgency we experienced in the sum- faith and what it means, we cannot mer of 1980 and once again are we withdraw from the world and its accepting the status quo? problems. We are committed by bap- In no way do we sanction the civil tism to make Christ and His way disturbances that have plagued our present in this world through the way community. Yet we need realize that we live and behave. these disturbances feed on a deep sense of grievance and social resent- How Christlike Are ment with which we must deal. , Last summer a 10-foot cross was Community Relations in burnt at night on the lawn of a black family in North Miami. They had just South Florida? moved here from New York. A The Archdiocese of Miami is duplex, rented to blacks in another (Voice photo) preparing to celebrate its 25th An- area was spray painted with swastikas niversary. These twenty-five years and warnings. There was a violent have seen social changes and develop- desecration of one of the oldest syna- ments in South Florida almost with- gogues in the community and the 'We must ask ourselves: Has no change taken out precedent in the history of our writing of threatening messages to a country. South Florida is a commun- Hispanic family. place? Has no progress been made in removing ity experiencing severe growing pains The Community Relations Board the root causes of the social ills which prompt and stress; a community of diverse got little help in seeking solutions. cultures, languages, races and ethnic School PTA's in the areas refused to people to burn and loot and kill?' groups; where no one group is a ma- hold discussions. Homeowners jority and no one group is sure of its associations backed off and even true identity. In such circumstances, local clergy were lukewarm to Com- it is a human weakness to fear, to munity Relations Board pleas that as their families were dislocated by The history of the past 25 years in withdraw, to isolate and to react, they talk with their flocks about the urban renewal and highway con- Miami has been characterized by an often in anger. This is true of all our moral consequences of bigotry. struction. erosion of spirit in the black com- relationships; in the family, in the A Miami Herald editorial com- This observation coincides with the munity, caused by the destruction of neighborhood, in the greater com- mented, "that these outbursts coin- findings of a citizens committee ap- once vibrant black neighborhoods, munity. cide with a general election featuring pointed by the Governor of Florida to the loss of which was not com- There are racial tensions in pockets a wide variety of racial and ethnic investigate the underlying causes of pensated for by the opportunities of changing neighborhoods over a contests is the more ominous."3 the 1980 riots. "Economically, Dade opened up as a result of desegre- wide area. As one columnist wrote: County is in a better position than gation. The result has been racial "Bigotry, after all, is a tree with elsewhere in the United States. The isolation in spite of the achievements many branches, it involves Whites Why Racial Minorities overall rate of unemployment is be- in legal desegregation. against Blacks, Blacks against low the national average and there are When we look closer at our com- Whites, Latins against non- Are Aggrieved fewer total unemployed in Dade Con- munity, we can identify a significant Hispanics. It cuts across grains of The Commission on Civil Rights has ty than five years ago. Yet the statis- number of' people who suffer religions and points of view. Bigotry pointed out that since 1956 Dade tics show that this economic growth isolation in one way or another. is an insidious, invisible poison that County's economy not only created once again has passed by . . . (Dade Within the black population, there can permeate a city block, or a whole jobs and saw business established at a County's) blacks.'" are estimated to be 50,000 black Hai- town. Much of it seems to spring rate higher than that of the United It was findings like this which led tians and 50,000 black Hispanics. By from our own protective instincts to States as a whole, but the county's the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights language and culture they are isolated preserve identity, territory, economy also increased in revenues to conclude, "The Black community from the black American community. customs."2 faster than the national economy did. in Miami is characterized chiefly by Yet, they also suffer isolation within The growing national indifference However, the black community has its isolation from the city as a the white Hispanic and non-Hispanic and mood of complacency in race been notably absent from this eco- whole,"5 and to recommend that the communities. These evidences of relations was rudely shattered by the nomic success story. By all social public and , private sectors should racial, cultural and linguistic isolation civil disturbances in South Florida of indicators, blacks as individuals and work together to develop a long-term help to define the challenge which May 1980, the most costly in lives and as a community have been excluded coordinated attack on the underlying faces us in our families, our church property damage in recent memory. from the economic mainstream in Mi- causes of racial isolation and ex- and our community. Two-and-one-half years later, we ami. Their living conditions worsened clusion. (Continued on pagf 3A) PAGE 2A / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 .'One People tinder God? (Continued from page 2A) While we have been speaking of the plight of the black minority of the Greater Miami area, what we have to say applies to other areas of our Archdiocese as well as to members of other racial and ethnic minority groups. The -unprecedented influx of new refugees In 1980 sparked the re- sistance ox noa-CaX'm white residents to the visible transformation of Dade County into a bilingual, bicultural area.of strong Latin influence, where Spanish increasingly is used in busi- ness and public transactions of all kinds, A symptom of this resistance was the overwhelming appeal of an anti-bilmgutUism ordinance in November 1980,

Patterns of isolation similar to those of the blacks can be identified "in <:he Hispanic and non-Hispanic white sectors of the community. The isolation her.; is on the basis of lan- guage and culture. One serious aspect Archbishop McCarthy with •fellow Miami religious leaders, Rabbi Irving Lehrman of Temple Emanu-ei and, right, Father J. of this type of isolation concerns the Kenneth Major, pastor of the Episcopal Church oi the Incarnation in the hear} of Overtown. (voice photo) elderly white non-Hispanic living on a fixed income. They often live in changing neighborhoods, threatened by change. Witnessing the deteriora- How Does The Racial nation. But it is one thing to make it ourselves and our neighbors? What tion of their homes and neighbor- Reality Challenge Our illegal and to enforce compliance by can we as Church do? What must we hoods, bewildered by the rapidity of sanctions of law, and another to con- as Church do? change, they are, above all, the vic- Faith? vert hearts and minds. We know that We have what the secular world of- tims of fear at a time in their lives The Bishops of the United States, external compliance by fear is far ten lacks: the power to serve and not when they should be enjoying the in their pastoral letter of November from internal conversion by love. As be served, to gather together and not security and serenity of old age. 197£ entitled "Brothers and Sisters to religious people we must ask our- reject, to forgive and reconcile rather Us," had this to say: "Racism is an selves, have we been as zealous in our than to condemn, to bring harmony What then is the reality in our com- evil which endures in our society and sphere as the secular has been in its? and peace where there is discord, rup- munity today? How does it challenge in our Church. Despite apparent ad- We do not have nor would we want ture and sin. We have been taught to our .Catholic faith, the commitment vances and even significant changes the power to control by force or fear. see Christ in each other, no matter to Christ of Catholics who are white in the last two decades, the reality of That is the ultimate resort of the secu- what the race. We have heard the or black or of another race? The racism remains. In large part it is only lar world. words of Jesus that whatever we do United States Commission on Civil the external appearances which have Rights last May wrote in its report on changed.'" Miami: "However, unless a radically One of the main points we Bishops 'In no way may a Catholic be associated with conscious effort is made to overcome tried to put forward in that letter was 3 the social and economic disadvan- that racism in our day has become organizations that promote racial injustice. tages imposed on black Miamians more subtle. Much of the overt big- and to offer them the opportunity to otry of the past has now been made il- develop a prosperous community, the legal by certain legislative advances. As Christians, we know that racism for the least of His brothers we do for present sense of alienation and frus- Yet, we must not let ourselves think is sinful and that only by transform- Him. tration will continue to pervade black that racism is waning because it is less ing the minds and hearts of men can Because we are disciples of Jesus life in Dade County.'" obvious. the evil effects of racism manifested Christ, moved by His grace, we have In our pastoral letter we noted that in our troubled community be elim- the power to transform the minds and After reviewing the events in Mi- racism not only permeates our socie- inated. hearts of people and woe unto us if ami, the White House Interagency ty, but that frequently the Catholic We must seek to resist and undo in- we do not exercise it. Task Force concluded: "The under- community as well is permeated. The justices that we have not caused, lest But this transformation must begin lying causes — (of) violence — exist changes that have occurred are most* we become bystanders tolerating and with ourselves, with our Church and in virtually every depressed inner city ly external. Laws and changes have tacitly endorsing evil and thus share only then can we preach to greater community in the country. The been effected in order to eliminate the in guilt. In no way may a Catholic be communities of which we are a very anger, frustration, fear and hopeless- overt acts of prejudice. The funda- associated with . organizations that substantial part. ness as expressed — (by) black cit- mental attitudes and structures have promote racial injustices. This being Archbishop Sanchez, of Santa Fe, izens (of Miami) are identical to those not changed that much. Statistics indifferent to, this bearing with, the speaking to the United States Bishops documented in the report of the Na- concerning average income, housing, attitudes of racism whkh are incom- Conference, put it well when he said: tional Advisory Commission on Crvil employment, crime and health care patible with the teachings of Jesus, is "Our powers are not those of the Disorders of 1968.'" From our own indicate that. the legalization of free- in itself demoralizing and de-Chris- kings of this world who have the pow- observations we are convinced that dom does not insure equality. It is tianizing and should be despised for er to. control by force or fear, but this statement is valid for all regions people who make any system work. this reason as well. rather to us has been given the life of the Archdiocese and not just the The Brown decision of 1954 and the The United States Civil Rights saving power of the Gospels, love, City of Miami and Dade County. Civil Rights Act of 1964 were neces- Commission's first recommendation mercy, forgiveness, understanding, sary to begin the process of change. for future action to remedy these ills patience. We are empowered to call The Civil Rights Commission went But individuals must effect the spirit is relevant to our reflection: "The forth and heal those who have been on to say: "The isolation of Miami's of those changes. public and private sectors of the Mi- crushed by an unscrupulous society; black community results from a series ami-Dade community should work to enable those whom the world has of events that have contributed to the together to develop a long-term, co- handicapped through marginaUza- deterioration of what was once a vi- How Should Catholics ordinated attack at the underlying tion; to dignify those whom society brant and viable community. What Respond To Racism? causes of racial isolation and ex- has rendered worthless because they Miami needs is a recognition of the clusion."" While it does not mention might be culturally different, to for- causes for the alienation that has The secular rulers of our day have it specifically, this recommendation give those who have sinned while we overtaken the black community; and accepted the challenge of racism. The challenges the religious community. seek forgiveness ourselves. Our responsible leaders at all levels, in national, state and local legislation How do we as religious people re- powers are certainly hot those of both the public and private sectors, to passed by our elected representatives spond? How do we as Catholics re- secular rulers but the power of Christ provide the leadership and resources in the last 20 years has done much spond? What is relevant in our be- our King, who came not to be served; and make the effort to turn this situa- by outlawing the more overt mani- liefs, our values, our ability to trans- not to reject but to gather together, tion around.'" festations of racism and discrimi- form the minds and hearts of people, (Continued OB page 4A) Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 / PAGE 3A i People Under God9. MIAMI: 1968 MIAMI: 1980

(Continued from page 3A) the needs of our time." Racism and ... I see our Jubilee Year as a other because of racial characteris- not to condemn but to forgive and all such divisiveness hurts the unity of blessed opportunity not only to grow tics, we mock the words of Jesus, reconcile and to bring peace and har- human kind. It is one of our supreme in faith but also to develop in genu- "Treat others the way you would mony where there is discord, rupture challenges as we approach the 21st inely living our faith, in becoming have them treat you," and deny the and sin."" century. more authentic as disciples of Jesus. truth of the dignity of each human Interracial justice and harmony is a Many of our American attitudes re- It should be a time of great faith being revealed by the mystery of the challenge for members of the Catho- garding new or different groups are evaluation throughout the Archdio- Incarnation. lic Church. We have among us broth- based on the so-called "melting pot cese, of looking into our hearts and ers and sisters who are both black and theory." From the Christian point of asking, are we living consistently with white. We are in a position of in- view, we offer something better. The our faith? The key question should Our Families And Our fluence. One of every four persons in Lord Jesus revealed to us that we are be, if we had Christ with us for a day, South Florida is a Catholic. If we are His body. St. Paul compares the would He be comfortable in our Neighborhoods true to our Faith, we will influence our Body of Christ to a human body.14 homes, at our meetings, in our litur- 15 As we have said, action is needed in community, for our Lord commis- The health of a body depends on the gies?" the family, in our Archdiocese, in the sioned us to be "the salt of the earth" cooperation of the various parts and community. Human relations begin in that does not go flat, "the light of the the fact that each of the parts is dif- "Our Faith teaches us that all men 12 the family. So it is here that, to the world" that "shines before men." ferent, having a different function. and women, as children of God, are extent racial bias affects our personal If we are sincere about our Arch- attitudes and judgments, conversion diocesan program of evangelization must begin. It is here we transmit our — of proclaiming and living the word 'When we give in to our fears of the other because values to our children. We might ask, of God — we cannot escape identi- he or she is of a race or ethnic group different from do we expressly reject racial stereo- fying, denouncing and eliminating types, racial slurs and racial jokes? the sin of racism that is so contrary to ourselves, when we prejudge the motives of others Do we influence our children by word the Gospel of Jesus Christ. precisely because they are of a different color, when and example to be sensitive to others, The black Catholics as well have a whatever their color or culture or lan- special calling to confront the evil of we stereotype or ridicule the other because of racial guage? What values do we express racism. They can endeavor to be lead- characteristics, we mock the words of Jesus.' around the dinner table as the family ers of their people to champion their discusses the day's happenings, in rights. At the same time they can be- school, at work, on the television? come a moderating voice against vio- The human body i? not a melting pot brothers and sisters. Every form of How do we react when a child parrots lence and indiscriminate hatred of where all parts become like the discrimination against individuals or a racial slur or joke picked up from a other races. others. In faith we Christians are groups, whether because of race, eth- schoolmate? There is little that chil- Pope Paul VI.insisted that "Evan- called to look at our body politic, our nicity, religion, gender, economic dren miss and they can catch the nu- civil society, from the viewpoint that status, or national or cultural origin is gelization means bringing the good 16 ances of our attitudes and convic- news into all strata of humanity and differences are needed, that they are a serious injustice." tions. In preparing for or in helping through its influence transforming our strength. Pope John Paul II has defined children prepare for the Sacrament of humanity from within and making it evangelization as the bringing of con- Penance, does the examination

likely that there is anyone who does and political efforts to bring justice munity. Our schools were segregated, mon faith and worship. We must lot have some contact at school or at and harmony and peace to our neigh- few parishes reached out to black show our black brothers and sisters work with one who is of another race borhoods. Catholics. In some, black parish- that the Catholic Church of South sr ethnic group. Such visits should ioners were segregated in the last Florida is not a white church. lot be treated as special occasions There is a myth growing in puir na- pews. As it was in society, so it was in "There is in Christ and in the motivated only by a sense of duty. tion today — the myth of the rugged Rather, the invitations should be ex- individual as the archtype of the tended naturally, with a genuine de- American pioneer, self reliant, inde- sire to build friendships. If we do pendent and beholden to no man. :his, we are not only being good Like all myths, it contains an element 'What about the family's social relations? Do we Catholics but we are also culturally of truth and an element of fiction. bring home guests for dinner who are different? Do mriching our own lives and the lives The early pioneers, men and women, jf our children. were strong individuals, people of our white families invite blacks, do our Anglo courage and determination who families invite Hispanics, do our black families In our modern society, it is be- tamed a wilderness. But their individ- ;oming apparent that the neighbor- ualism was balanced by a sense of invite whites, do our Hispanic families invite lood as a network of interpersonal community and neighborliness which blacks?' •elationships is on the verge of disap- gave rise to those other frontier tra- pearance. With modern transporta- ditions of barn raisings, and the :ion, we can work, go to school, rec- building of churches and schools as reate and have friends all over the community projects in which every- ;ommunity and yet live isolated from one joined. The early settlements sur- the Church. The more overt forms of Church," the Second Vatican Coun- :he people next door. Air condition- vived because the pioneers learned to institutional racism have been elimi- cil declared, "no inequality on the ng has brought us indoors. TV has work together for the common good. nated; but institutional racism is not basis of race or nationality, social replaced across the fence dialogue. The frontier model becomes a myth easily eradicated. We must confess conditions or sex because 'there is \bout the only neighborhood activity when it extols the one while ignoring that much remains to be done. We neither Jew nor Creek; there is neith- left is the local crime watch and the the other. We are our brothers' keep- need to make extraordinary efforts to er slave nor freeman; there is neither only neighborhood concern is the ers! ; make up for the sins and errors of the male or female. For you are all 'one' preservation of property values. This past. We need to teach and witness to in Christ Jesus.'"" is sad especially in mixed neighbor- Our Archdiocese genuine Catholic social principles in hoods, where the opportunities of our schools. We need to recruit more Let me recall for you the teachings interracial communication are being Our Holy Father recently told the black teachers in bur parochial of our United States Bishops: "How lost. Here our Catholic families could priests of Italy to get out of their sac- schools. We must be more diligent in great, therefore, is that sin of racism be catalysts, bringing back some of risties and called upon their bishops recruiting black vocations to the which weakens the Church's witness the old neighborhood spirit. We can- to become an active presence in the priesthood and religious life. We as the universal sign of unity among not stem the mobility of the modern various movements and structures of must be more alert to the subtleties of all peoples!! How great the scandal **nerican, but we can make the new- social life. racism in language and practice. given by racist Catholics who would aer welcome, especially if he or she make the Body of Christ — the is of a different color, culture or eth- In 1968, a group of black priests The hand of friendship and wel- Church — a sign of racial oppression. nic background. A shared cup of cof- met in Detroit and shocked American come must be extended in every one Each of us as Catholics must fee can be an act of true Christ-like Catholicism with the statement "The of our parishes and institutions to the acknowledge a share in the mistakes love. Catholic Church in the United States almost 100,000 new black immigrants and sins of the past. Many of us is a white racist institution." We must and refugees who have come to South (Bishops, priests, as well as laity) And we need ask where are we ask ourselves today: Does racism ex- Florida from the Caribbean in the have been prisoners of fear and prej- when a crisis erupts, such as the civil ist in the Archdiocese of Miami? past few years. Most of them are bap- udice. We have preached the Gospel disturbances or the cross burnings While great progress has been made tized Catholics. In our society they while closing our eyes to the racism it and other acts of vandalism that took in the past 25 years, we must confess face the double stigma of being black condemns. We have allowed con- place last summer. We must make an that in the past the Church in the and alien. Our parish communities formity to social pressures to replace individual personal commitment to South reflected the racist practices must welcome them as brothers and compliance with social justice."21 join with others of good will in social and policies of the rest of the com- sisters in Christ, united in our corn- (Continued on page 6A) Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7,1983 / PAGE SA 'One People Under GotT.

(Continued from page 5A) The questions we ask of others in this Pastoral Letter we must also put to ourselves. I particularly urge our parish clergy and lay leaders to be- come involved in local community ac- tivities which are aimed at the elim- ination of racism. I urge your full co- operation with inter-faith groups and "grass roots" organizations which foster good community relations. Our voices should be heard in neigh- borhood organizations which at times can succumb to racial fears and prej- udices.

Our Community From the family and the Church we turn to that greater family of which we are all brothers and sisters, the community where we live and work, where we recreate and grow older day by day. Here, as Catholics, we play a double role. We are present as in- dividuals and we are present as the Catholic Church. First, let us say a word about the latter. Here again we (Voice photo) sense, in some quarters, a myth which must be rejected: An exaggerated no- tion of the American tradition of the separation of Church and State. We hear it on the radio talk shows, it 'The absence of personal fault for an evil does not absolve one from all shows up in crank calls and letters to the offices of the Archdiocese, it is in- responsibility. We must seek to resist and undo injustices we have not voked even by respectable community caused, lest by standing idly by we become partly responsible for the evil.' organizations when our positions dis- agree, but never when they agree.

We are firmly committed to the American tradition of the separation our task today as clergy, religious and All have the opportunity and indeed thy or inertia, their influence may call of Church and State. We are grateful laity who are faithful to the Gospel to the call to give witness. for heroic action. It is only when in- to the First Amendment which says carry on this work and eliminate that The absence of personal fault for dividuals decide that racism in all dis- that the Congress shall make no laws unresolved racism which still perme- an evil does not absolve one from all guises is not acceptable, that progress regarding an establishment of re- ates our community and resides in the responsibility. We must seek to resist is made towards its eradication. As ligion. But, while we embrace sepa- hearts of many. Our Bishops ob- and undo injustices we have not caus- Catholics we must no't leave our ration of Church and State, we are served: "Because, it is less blatant, ed, lest by standing idly by we become values at home or at church. We are totally opposed to the interpretation this subtle form of racism is in some partly responsible for the evil. called to give witness, to stand up and that morality should be divorced respects- even more dangerous — be counted. Let me cite an example. from society, that we have no busi- harder to combat and easier to ig- Some programs, such as BASE (Bi- ness speaking out on social issues, nore. Major segments of the popula- Education lingual Aculturation for Secondary whether it be racism, abortion, wel- tion are being pushed to the margins The Superintendents of our public Education Guidance Program) are fare, nuclear arms or the civil war in of society in our nation."" schools affirm the system's desire and optional. A principal cannot be Er Salvador, intent to serve each segment of the forced to adopt it. If the project is not community equitably and to prepare operational in a school and the need "Racism is not merely one sin As economic pressures tighten, well-rounded educated and employ- for it is dear, one might press to get it among many/* said the United States many people slip further into the un- able citizens who can benefit them- introduced. Allegations have been Bishops, "it is a radical evil that de- ending cycle of poverty, deprivation, selves as well as the community. This made that white students with be- rides the human family and denies the ignorance, disease and crime. These commitment by the leadership of the havioral problems receive > more new creation of a redeemed world. Tor .economic pressures exacerbate system is confirmed by the history of counseling and tune than black struggle against .it demands an equally racism, particularly where members the last 25 years. Yet at the same students. A Catholic counselor could radical transformation, in our minds of minority groups are competing for time, this history tells us also that examine his or her work load to de- and hearts as well as in the structure limited job, opportunities. much remains to be done at every termine whether he or she is uncon- of our society."" level in the public school system to sciously acting, in a racist manner. The transformation of the com- make the desire a reality. The task is It hardly need be mentioned that a Since the founding of our diocese munity is, above all, the task of the not easy. Public schools are severely Catholic school which is not instilling 25 years ago, the message has been laity. Each one has a unique role to handicapped by the inability to intro- proper interracial attitudes by teach- clear. The Archdiocese is committed play, a unique contribution to give. duce religious motivations for normal ing and witness and religious motiva- to playing an active role in the trans- For each one who remains passive, a human relations — to base brother- tion, does not deserve the name Cath- formation of our communities. The part of the task remains undone. hood on the Fatherhood of God and olic pattern was set by Archbishop Car- There is ample opportunity for all cir- the teachings of Christ, But if every roll. Founder and first chairman of cumstances and all must let their light Catholic administrator and teacher in In the area of bousing, the Civil the Metro Dade Community Rela- shine. The United States Commission the system makes a commitment to Rights Report told us nothing we did tions Board, he led the way through on Civil Rights identified six areas of bring the human values affirmed in not know already. Overcrowding, se- the difficult path of desegregation in community concern: education, this letter into the work place, the vere rodent infestation and dilap- a climate of crisis engendered by housing, economic development, em- radical transformation will occur. idation characterize much of the demonstrations, protests and con- ployment, juvenile justice and the ad- neighborhoods where Blacks, His- frontations which characterized the ministration of justice. Our Catholic What happens in a district or a par- panics and elderly white non-His- 1960's. As a result of his efforts and laity work in all of these areas and of- ticular school or classroom depends panics live. those of many other people of good ten occupy positions of authority and more on the day-to-day witness of the These conditions engender apathy, will, laws were changed, new policies influence. Some can make things hap- person in charge than on policies hopelessness, frustration and anger. implemented and the ugly external pen. Others can only mediate or mod- made downtown. This is why the Much of this was precipitated by features of overt legalized racism erate the sharp edges of institutional roles of teacher, principal and mid- government projects of the sixties, which marred our community were racism. But all have the opportunity dle-management administrators are such as 1-95 and urban renewal. largely eliminated. Nevertheless, to contribute to the transformation of so crucial. Because of peer pressure, Again, I speak to Catholics who oc- much remains to be done, and it is the climate of community relations. the community pressures, sheer apa- (ContfBoed on page 7A)

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(Continued from page 6A) unemployment in the black com- munity during the past 25 years. This of juvenile offenders come from cupy positions in government, finan- munity is not limited to periods of has not been for lack of recognition, broken homes. cial institutions and industry and as economic recession, but remains un- but from want of knowing what to landlords to be concerned that this relieved even during periods of rapid do. We come with no quick solutions, We have to solve the secular di- does not happen again. I speak to city 25 economic growth." no panaceas. Again, black people are chotomy which separates life in the inspectors who may be tempted to the most affected by the failure of our world from religious values. As a close their eyes to code enforcement Once again, we need to point out efforts. We wish to make two points. community and as a nation, we need in minority neighborhoods. I that Catholic employers, managers, Much more heroic efforts are needed to face up to critical weaknesses of congratulate those who con- personnel directors cannot leave their for the rehabilitation of those youths our public schools that cannot inte- scientiously try to carry out their grate moral values and responsibility duties, often at risk, where it involves in education. We have to come to "making waves." grips with the wave of violence and Let me identify some areas of misuse of sex portrayed in the media. change which in my opinion elected The right of free expression must be officials, city planners and housing reconciled with the good of society. experts need to look at. The rapid We know that many good dedi- transformation, little publicized, cated people work in the Juvenile Jus- which is taking place in Coconut tice System. We know that they share Grove could well lead to the elimina- these values, otherwise they would tion of one of the oldest black neigh- not be where they are. We thank God borhoods in Dade County. This may for them and we pray that He will make very good sense economically, give them the strength to persevere, but its social and moral implications whether as judge, juvenile officer, are serious. Urban planning must be probation officer, social worker or people — not building — oriented. house parent. We know the problem of "burn out" which threatens their good work. We stress the obligation Economic Development of the community through its elected Discriminatory forces have limited representatives to provide adequate the opportunities for independent staff and just wages and conditions to black business men and women. The get the job done. We appeal to those Civil Rights Commission pointed out who are Catholic and indeed to all of that "often the crucial factor in a good will, to bring the values stressed loan decision is the subjective opinion in this letter into thetr places of work. of the loan officer based upon per- We ask them to see even in the most sonal contact with the applicant. hardcore delinquent youth the child Blacks often may be denied loans be- of God of which Christ spoke, "'He cause bankers, being free to exercise would be better off thrown into the subjective judgment, may act on per- sea with a millstone around his neck than giving scandal to one of these lit- sonal biases that might have racial 26 underpinnings." Many bankers and tle ones." loan officers are Catholic. We expect them to be totally free of racial bias.

Mrs. Athalie Range, a prominent The Administration Of black businesswoman and former Ci- The late Archbishop Coieman Carroll of Miami served as founder and first Justice ty Commissioner, a Catholic, has chairman of the Metro-Dade Community Relations Board and led the way testified "(for) those of us who own through "the difficult path of desegregation in a climate of crisis." (Voice photo) The basic purpose of government is businesses in the predominantly black to provide a safe environment for its section, it is exceedingly hard to get citizens. By its very nature, this in- full insurance coverage. One must go volves sanctions against those who far and look a long, long time to get religious values at home when they go who are already involved in the threaten the welfare of the com- the proper insurance coverage, so to work. To do so is to invite the con- juvenile justice system. If we can munity. One of the most jvecious along these lines I think redlining is demnation of Christ. The problem spend billions to put a man on the values of our American society is very, very much with us." Insurance here is that the "status quo" is moral- moon, we can spend billions to equal justice under the law. Though costs are two to four times higher. At ly wrong at times and must be rehabilitate our youth. But rehabili- advances have been made in the past every level of the insurance industry changed. What we ask of those who tation is a short-term, stop-gap solu- 25 years, much remains to be done to we have Catholics. We need ask, are occupy key positions is that they seek tion. The real solution lies in remov- make this system color blind. Again, they redlining? Do they go along with out opportunities in hiring practices ing the conditions which foster the we salute the heroic efforts of those it because everyone else does? What which will give them the option of development of delinquency in the who work in the system, whose sacri- are they going to do about it?24 fices, often of their own lives, enable us to sleep peacefully at home and go about our daily chores in comparative Employment 'Once again, we need to point out that Catholic safety. Yet, in our community there is Racism today has a tendency to a perception that despite all the laws, stereotype those who are perceived as employers, managers, personnel directors, all the investigations, all the efforts, a threat. The unemployed poor are cannot leave their religious values at home when the virus of racism remains. The seen to be without skills, without minds and hearts of many in the sys- motivation, without incentive. they go to work. To do so is to invite the tem, it is said, have yet to be convert- Private concern is expressed rather ed. Some of these profess to be Cath- than public responsibility. Individual condemnation of Christ/ olic. Because of the horrors and the success is more important than social degradation of human decency which commitment. Nowhere is this more are encountered daily, it is easy to be- evident than in the area of employ- come cynical. There is so much evil. ment. Black unemployment in our helping those who have traditionally first place: poor housing, poor educa- Yet, what a glorious opportunity this community runs from 25% to 75%, suffered discrimination. We ask em- tion, unemployment, inadequate is to give witness to Christ and the depending on age groups, compared ployers do you have an affirmative medical care, poor nutrition, lack of teachings of His Church. We need to 15% to 50% for Hispanics and action plan? If so, do you faithfully religious values, all contribute in geo- remember the example of Christ on 10% to 25% for non-Hispanic follow it? Are you an equal op- metrical proportion to the breakdown the cross with the two thieves. Christ whites. The Civil Rights Commission portunity employer? Can you do of family life. What is needed here is knew how bad they were. He did not found: "As a result of past and pres- more? the strengthening of family life use His divine power to stop the ent discriminatory practices, Dade founded on a strong moral base, punishment of even the one convert- County blacks have been effectively where truth and respect for authority, ed, but He promised him eternal excluded from the private job Juvenile Justice love and God and neighborhood are salvation. In an effort to right crime, market. Discrimination in the job Juvenile justice has been one of the part of the air the child breathes. time and money are invested in the market is so firmly entrenched that most persistent failures of our com- Studies show that a high percentage (Continued on page 8A) Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 7, 1983 / PAGE 7A 'One People Under God9.

(Continued from page 7A) subject be pursued in the parishes, solutions of more prisons, more schools, institutions, agencies, police, more judges. While common organizations and movements of our sense teils us that these solutions are Archdiocese. Discussion and needed, faith tells us that these are information programs might be immediate and not long-range, puni- scheduled. Appropriate activities tive and not preventative; they attack might be scheduled; The Black Cath- th<; symptoms and not the basic prob- olic Council of our Archdiocese will lems. If we put our efforts exclusively be pleased to offer its assistance. into more "protection" solutions, we Whatever we do, our efforts need only negJect the root problems. We to be strengthened by our fervent commit the sir. of racism by neglect prayers. because we avoid involvement in is- "Christian love," as the Vatican sues such as housing, employment, Council reminds us, "truly extends to gerrymandering of voting districts, all without distinction of race, social health care and affirmative action. condition or religion. It looks for neither gain nor gratitude. For as The virus of racism, whether con- God has loved us with a spontaneous scious or unconscious, only makes love, so also the faithful should in the task of the criminal justice system their charity care for the human per- more difficult. It alienates whole sec- son himself."" tions of society, it saps the strength of thio system by weakening respect for Devotedly yours in Christ, it, the respect that is essential to a democratic and just society, I urge our Catholic men and women who work in this system to be the yeast that will permeate the system and strengthen it. Edward A. McCarthy Archbishop of Miami Conclusion We all share in the responsibility FOOTNOTES: for this social evil. As was mentioned During a 1976 pastoral visit to Sf, Francis Xavier Church, which sits squarely in in the United States Bishops' pastoral the part of Overtown where recent disturbances took place. Archbishop Mc- 1. Luke 2:14. 2. Whited, Charles The Miami Herald of 1976, "To Live In Christ Jesus," Carthy lets a young parishioner try his miter on for size. (Voice photo) 7/20/82 "The absence of personal fault for an evil does not absolve one of all responsibility. We must seek to resist and undo injustices we have not caus- 'We, as members of the Church, need to form and develop consciences in ed lest we become bystanders who the spirit of Christ — consciences that will find abhorrent and tacitly endorse evil and so share in the guilt of it,"27 Much of the subtlety of unacceptable any deprivation, indignity, or brutality, or discrimination, or racism in our day expresses itself neglect, visited upon another human being because of his or her color or through omission or neglect. race.' Racism by neglect also raises its subtle head in the lack of partici- 3. The Miami Herald 8/29/82 pation in cultural occasions of minor- not just the individual expressions of sense of brotherhood among all of 4. Report of the Governor's Dade County ity communities. Lack of knowledge them. the redeemed of Jesus Christ. We Citizens Committee. Oct. 1980, p.145 of the contributions that minority Racism is a radical evil which can- must be strongly motivated to reach 5. "Confronting Racial Isolation in Miami" A Report of the United States Commis- communities have made to our socie- not be conquered by human effort out to our black brothers and sisters sion on Civil Rights. Washington, D.C. ty and our history is another way sub- alone. We need the strength of the who may have been alienated from us June, 1982, p.308 tle racism divides our community, Lord Jesus and the healing power of — especially if they were disedified by 6. Idem p. vi wounds the Body of Christ. * His Spirit. In the multi-racial, multi- the way they were treated. 7. White House Inter Agency Task Force, Report on Civil Disturbance in Miami, An appreciation of other cultures cultural situation which is ours here Our motivation in resisting racism Dade County, Florida, (1981), p.l and races that is ongoing and in- in South Florida, it is incumbent must be mutual trusting love, the love 8. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. formed will be the only solution to upon us to build the Kingdom of God that Jesus and His Church teaches us. p.308 our problems here in South Florida. in a way that reflects the Body of "This is how all will know you for my 9. U.S. Bishops: Brothers and Sisters to Us, Tolerance of each other is not Christ. This is an urgent need to disciples, your love for one U.S. Catholic Conference, 1979, p.l 28 10. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, p.317 enough. There must be mututal which we must give our immediate at- another." The blacks and the non- 11. Archbishop Robert Sanchez "Evangeliza- appreciation based on knowledge and tention. We need each other. We need blacks need to develop the secret all- tion Goals and Problems" Origins, respect. each other's differences to reflect the powerful answer of mutual trusting Volume 12, No. 12, p.184 multi-faceted beauty of the people of love in the name of Jesus. 12. Matthew 5:13-16 13. Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, Dec. What is to be our personal response God. 1975 to racism? First of all, we must ex- In our homilies, our religious 14. I Cor. 12:11-26 amine our own attitudes arid be- We, the members of the Archdio- education classes, our reading, our 15. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy "Your havior. We must become aware of la- cese of Miami, if we are to be true to discussion groups, the example we Light Must Shine", Miami, 1982, p.3 tent prejudices we have. We must Jesus Christ and true to our calling, give each other, we, as members of 16. U.S. Bishops: Brothers and Sisters to Us, P-2 criticize our vocabulary in order to must commit ourselves to leadership the Church, need to form and de- 17. Pope John Paid II. Address at the Third eliminate inherited words or phrases eliminating racism in our personal be- velop consciences in the spirit of General Assembly of the Latin American' that continue to reflect a judgment of havior, our family attitudes, our Christ — consciences that will find Bishops, Puebla, Mexico, Jan. 28, 1979, inferiority. We must expressly reject Church activities, our social and busi- abhorrent and unacceptable any P.l? racial stereotypes, slurs and jokes. ness affairs. deprivation, indignity, or brutality, 18. Pope John Paul II, Assissi, March 12, 1982 We will never know the hurt that has or discrimination, or neglect visited 19. National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus been caused by "innocent" fun. We We cannot overlook blacks or any upon anothej; human being because — Detroit, Michigan. April, 1968 must become more sensitive to and racial or ethnic group in our evan- of his or her color or race. 20. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in knowledgeable of the authentic the Modern World (Lumen Gentium) 32 gelization efforts. We have been 21. U.S. Bishops: Brothers and Sisters to Us, human values and cultural contri- endeavoring to renew our parishes by In participation in community and p.8 butions of each racial group in our strengthening a sense of community. political affairs we need to vote for 22. U.S. Bishops: Brothers and Sisters to Us, community. Finally, we must become That warm welcoming community and support racial justice and human p.10 more aware of how the structures in rights. 23. Idem-p.2 must include our black brothers and 24. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - p.89 our society work and what are the sisters. This year, as part of our evan- My beloved, I have brought to your 25. Idem - p. 125 people implications of business and gelization effort, we are focusing on attention this concern of racism in 26. Luke 17:2 political policies that are being en- enriching our faith life and reconcil- our community, and the responsi- 27. To Live in Christ Jesus - p.25. National acted. We must be aware of the bility I feel a follower of Jesus Christ Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1976 ing alienated members of the Church. 28. John 13:35 systemic causes of our problems and Our renewed faith must give us a new has in eliminating it. I ask that this 29. Lumen Gentium 12 PAGE 8A / Miami,, Florida / THEVOICE / Friday, January 7,1983