COURIER-JOURNAL Thursday, September 4, 1986

Father Albert Shannon Father Paul J. Cuddy A Word for Sunday On the Right Sunday's Readings: rt churt-h bulletin, which was compare with the love „we must bear the minister of labor, and finally foreign with Torquemada, and the pope is copiec{*t»y St. Ambrose, St. Helen's and Him; no person or thing should ever be minister. shown seemingly devoid of the Holy God Knows where else: "Few are trained permitted to stand in the way of serving In 1965, Golda Meir decided she was Spirit. in th<' srt of t'lhiology, or the skill of Him. * . ready to quit government service. She That Spirit seems to have a special makipl ithe extrVrhely subtle distinctions It is possible to be a follower of Jesus became the head of her political party, lodging in the mind and soul of our which | must u'£ter into theological without being a disciple, to be a and when the prime minister died dissident theologian, so think his dis­ though:, as we struggle to apply moral camp-follower without being a soldier, suddenly in 1969, she was asked to ciples. Almost the only words I have principles to thv very complex issues of to be a hanger-on in some great' en­ succeed him. Seventy-one years old at heard spoken with understanding and theda|».."' To which 1 add a triple amen. terprise without pulling one's weight. the time, she took office and served for logic about this destructive contestation In ||68, the (>TRS article came to the One of the handicaps in the Church is five years. came Aug. 2 in a two-and-a-half minute folloVMjjg contusion: "Mischief has that there are so many followers of Golda Meir abandoned her life to that National Public Radio editorial com­ been [ne to the Church by the dis­ Jesus, but so few disciples. of her country. As prime minister, she ment, which 1 caught while returning' regard i>f the pk'jpse's request. We are in The follower uses cheap grace, as worked hours .longer* than any man in from Auburn. 1 have written to the for sofnE theological thalidomide babies Bonhoeffer called it — just talk. The her cabinet, rising early and often not editor, and if I get his copy, will share it as a fl'-iult!" "Ellis prophecy has come follower seeks to explain away sin retiring until three o'clock the next with you. into f|ii bloom -today — with a Church morning. When there were cabinet without converting the sinner, and A. June 14, 1968, OTRSide article divid^iH disse.rit demanding to be preaches forgiveness without penance. meetings at her home, she often served discusses the origins of the present canonf||d, the denigrated as a The disciple, on the contrary, counts chicken soup that she herself had made. explosion and the hostility toward sourceSsf oppression,and the faithful in the cost of grace. He realizes the She made tea for the bodyguards who Rome, toward Pope John Paul 11, a state!, if confusion. suffering and sacrifice that discipleship kept watch outside her small apartment. toward logic and toward the Catholic St..| Thomas teaches: "Two con­ entails — that it is the treasure hidden in Commitment and humility gave her faith. The article reads; Pope Paul VI tradictories cannot both be true at the a field for which one sells all he has in greatness, and since her death in 1978, requested, not that the study on con­ same fjime and under the same order to obtain it. she has been remembered for those two traception be stopped, but rather that circumstances.' 'Within the Church, we Golda Meir was one of the founders qualities especially. the theologians make their studies in the cannot|jiold twi> contradicting teachings of the state of Israel and the. fourth That's what Jesus was asking of His theological laboratories. Public dis­ in mij&al regi'i;d. In Christ's words, prime minister of that country. Al­ disciples: commitment, lifelong com­ cussions among people unskilled in "He yj||o is not' tjvith Me is against Me." though she wasn't of the Christian faith, mitment, in the face of blood, sweat and theological language and background This statement ctpplies to His teaching, her fife exemplifies what Jesus was tears. This is a bit frightening until we would only confuse them." as well* ! talking about when He asked His gain the joyful conviction that God will The Food and Drug Administration Fatliji.'jr Philipps wjites, "Curran does disciples to abandon all in following not abandon us. For it is God who sends requires rigid testing and conclusions in not a$\jocate abortion, or sodomy, or Him. His Holy Spirit from on high to prosper laboratories before allowing unproved fornicMilion, or. divorce." Where has the work of bur hands! foods or drugs on the market, lest they Fathei,;Philipps been? 1 believe that harm people's.health. Father Curran 20 Father'fcurran, clearly, albeit with limita- years ago was going around lecturing on tions,,!does so, advocate through his reaffirm political ministry theories that belonged in the theological commtsijts on television, radio, in news- laboratories. In 1966, I went to his papers,,?'magaziij'es and lecture halls. As Baltimore (NC) — The Sisters of Mercy of The Core Constitutions document is to be lecture for married couples at St. one priest said rsadly, "Father Curran the Union, meeting in general chapter, submitted to Rome this fall by the Mercy Helen's Hall, Rochester, and left won­ wouldnake the dross out of Christianity reaffirmed the commitment to political congregations that approve it. If all the other dering if I had heard what I thought 1 — mike Catholicism a comfortable ministry which has led to the forced de­ congregations accept it and Rome approves had heard. I had. religion. He is Water-Down Charlie' in parture of three of their members in recent it, some 8,000 nuns will be united in the new ; In June, 1968, 1 met Father Curran at mybofjx." years. congregation under the name Sisters of ; Former Mercy nuns in public office are Mercy in the Americas. Stella Maris Camp, Rochester, where he Thai does semti to picturesquely de­ scribe |tie present state of confrontation. Arlene Violet, Rhode Island attorney gener­ The chapter also approved a resolution had come to counsel a priest about to And ijsithe cdiitestation, Rome and all al; Elizabeth Morancy, a four-tterm member expressing support for the international leave the priesthood. I accosted him. the \J.% bishop^iare wrongly depicted as of the Rhode Island legislature; and Agnes leadership of the Sisters of Notre Dame de "Father Charlie, how do you recon­ "the biftd guys," and Father Curran as a Mansour, director of the Michigan Depart­ Namur in their recent decision that "there cile the reasonable request.of Pope Paul uniquQ;vessel of uhe Holy Spirit. ment of Social Services. Each was required was not sufficient cause for dismissal" of VI with your broadcasting to every by the local bishop or the Vatican to leave the two U.S. members on the basis of a 1984 order as a prerequisite to holding or running statement they signed on abortion. Committee seeks suggestions on pastoral letter for public office. ' Notre Dame de Namur Sisters Barbara The Mercy chapter, the highest policy Ferraro and Patricia Hussey, both of The diocesan steering committee on the amen&jnents." body of the 4,000-member order, affirmed at Charleston, W. Va., were among 24 nuns U.S. bishops' economics pastoral is inviting The$:ommitu4 requests anyone interested its July 22-27 meeting that political ministry whom the Vatican Congregation for Re­ people from the diocese to suggest amend­ in suggesting specific changes in the pastoral was an appropriate expression of the mission ligious and Secular Institutes threatened with ments to'the third draft of the pastoral letter to coifj/act thefc'iconomics Pastoral Steeri/ig of the Sisters of Mercy. dismissal from religious life because of their "Economic Justice-for All." Comr|tttee at in'e Diocesan Pastoral Center. signing the statement, which appeared as a Mary Heidkamp, chairperson of the dioce­ The p|l>cess f(S< Submitting amendments will The 69 chapter delegates said provincial full-page ad in The New York Times on Oct. san committee, said that the National Con­ be miiie available upon request. Copies of leaders should seek a dispensation from the 7, 1984. Since then the other 22, including ference of Catholic Bishops' committee that the pastoral K:'iter are also available for relevant Church laws when they determine Mercy Sister Margaret Farley of Yale is drafting the pastoral letter has set a $2.5Qp that there are compelling reasons for a. Divinity School, have been cleared., but September 25 deadline for amendments to "A;j this pdiiit-, the pastoral's basic direc­ member of the order to seek or hold public Sisters Ferraro and Hussey could still face the pastoral letter. "We want to give anyone tion !(sus been, established, and no major office. They also said the order's national disciplinary action. interested the chance to impact the process,!' change are tkgly to occur," Heidkamp leadership should be involved in the process she said, "and so we are inviting Catholics In a statement this June, the Notre Dame addeSJ "The bishops' committee is looking of making such decisions. from throughout our 12 counties to offer de Namur leadership in Rome said the ad for vai-v speciffc, line-by-line amendments."* On the key internal issue facing the order, itself could be interpreted in different ways the chapter gave overwhelming approval to and was not itself a sufficient reason to start the Core Constitutions proposed as the basis dismissal proceedings, but "the public pro- Traveltjm Rcfe.Hester, for uniting the Sisters of Mercy of the Union -choice stance" of the two nuns caused and 17 other Mercy congregations in the "grave concern" and would have to be Western Hemisphere. clarified. I tSCORltU lOURS lNf|"Ht H|L Ethap L. 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