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The Denver Catholic Register Colorado’s Largest Weekly WEUNESDAY, JULY 28, 1976 VOL. LI NO. 51 15 CENTS PER COPY 28 PAGES Culling News Fr. Madden I Compiled From NC News Service No Women Priests ... YORK, England — The Catholic Church “holds that it Vicar For is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons,’’ Pope Paul VI wrote in a let- ' ter to Anglican Archbishop Donald Coggan of Canterbury. Those reasons, the letter (dated Nov. 30, 1975) said, Personnel include “the example recorded in the sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing His Apostles only from among men; the By Cathleen Grupp constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Register Reporter Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching The most rewarding aspect of his current job “is authority, which has consistently held that the exclusion working with my brother priests and deacons,” seeing the • of women from the priesthood is in accordance with zeal and dedication they have and the great respect peo­ God’s plan for His Church.” ple have for the priesthood,” said Episcopal Vicar for Priestly Personnel, the Rev. Leo Horrigan, who will as­ ... On the Other Hand sume duties as pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish, WASHINGTON — Scripture and the writings of the Denver, on September 1. The Rev. Edward Madden, Fathers of the Church indicate that women participated pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Colorado Springs, has been in the ministry of the early Chruch as deacons but were named to replace him. Blessed Sacrament Parish pastor, never ordained to the priestly ministry, according to a the Rev. Michael Walsh will become pastor at Holy study published by the U.S. Catholic Conference. Trinity. The study says there were women married to bishops, priests and deacons who frequently shared a husband’s “ministry as deaconesses but were in no way counterparts 10 male deacons. It claims also, however, that there was “a real ordination of women to the diaconate at some periods” in the early Church and that the ministry and mandate of those women deacons “were identical in every way to those which applied to men in the diaconate.” Carter Aide Apologizes NEW YORK (NC) — An aide to Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter has apologized for saying that Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati was not speaking for the bishops’ conference when he criticized the abortion plank in the Democratic party platform. The archbishop called the plank “irrespon­ sible.” The plank says it is “undesirable” to attempt to overturn the Supreme Court decisions on abortion by amending the Constitution. Carter’s issues coordinator, Stuart Eisenstat. ex- ,..plained he had seen a short news clipping that quoted Archbishop Bernardin but did not identify him as presi- , dent of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. F'r. Edward Madden Fr. LepJIorrigan Eizenstat said he had assumed the archbishop was speak­ Father Horrigan became vicar six years ago when ing only for himself. “I just stand corrected,” he said, ad­ the position was created. Episcopal vicariates, through ding that he would talk to Archbishop Bernardin to clear which the ordinary of a diocese delegates authority and up the matter, if needed. responsibility for certain functions or over a geographical area, are a creation of the Second Vatican Council. Picture Essay on Unborn Describing the Vicar of Priestly Personnel as a WASHINGTON — The handbook for the 1976 Respect “clergy personnel director”. Father Horrigan said that Life Program, to begin Oct.3, will focus on three aspects: the establishment of his office has resulted in a change in • Scriptural and theological foundations of respect the procedure of clergy assignment that involves con­ for human life, including a full-color picture essay on the sultation with priests prior to a change in parishes. growth and development of the unborn child and an Previously a pastor or assistant pastor was named, analysis of Supreme Court abortion decisions; almost exclusively, at the discretion of the bishop and his • Services for families provided by Catholic social staff. service agencies; Another change in assignment policy — one recom­ • The need for pro-life public policy, including an mended by the Priests’ Council — is the limitation of anti-abortion constitutional amendment and programs to tenure for pastors to six years and for assistant to three extend services assisting mothers and children. years. (Continued on Page 2) Tax Relief for Parents -N TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s first income tax law provides some tax relief for parents of children in nonpublic schools. The law provides a $1,000 deduction from income for Banner fashioned for Eucharistic Congress Observance Children And each child between six and’ 18 attending a nonpublic school. For parents of children in Catholic schools the provision will mean a tax saving of $20 or $25, depending Church Banners Youth Collection on whether adjusted gross income — income minus deductions — is above or below $20,000. Up to $20,000, in­ Dear Family in Christ; come will be taxed at a 2 percent rate, and over $20,000, Our children and youth are our most precious gifts the rate will be 2.5 percent. Expression for the future. They represent both the challenge and hope we hold for the continuation of the Christian Zoning Proposal Zapped values and ideals which we have incorporated into TEMPE, Ariz. — Religious leaders here are of Love our own lives. protesting a proposed zoning ordinance they say would In past years we have regularly held an gravely limit church functions and restrict construction By James Fiedler Archdiocesan collection on the first Sunday of August of churches in residential areas. The proposal, they say, “The church banners I make are an expression of my for the benefit of orphaned children. Fortunately, the would eliminate any ministry other than worship ser­ love for people and for God,” said Cuban-born architect- numbers of these children needing help has vices. If the ordinance is passed, such activities as day­ artist Waldemar Perez. decreased considerably in recent times. However, care centers, athletics, bingo or dances could be cut en­ The liturgy needs “a visual environment,” and church there are still significant numbers of children and tirely, church officials said. banners help create that, according to Perez. youths in foster care homes or homes for emotionally “Banners are important in the church for the liturgy,” disturbed children who continue to need our as­ sistance. Traditionalist Prelate Suspended he contended. Work with these youngsters is carried on primarily VATICAN CITY — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a The artist pointed out that banners have been used in through Mount Saint Vincent’s Home, Catholic Youth leader in the traditionalist movement, has been churches for centuries. “They serve as an inspiration for Services, Hallando House and Denver Catholic Com­ the people, ” he said. suspended from his priestly functions. In a note made munity Services. public July 24, the Vatican said the retired French prelate He has made about 30 banners for churches — some as May I ask for your generous support of the work of ■'was forbidden to carry out any function deriving from large as 18 feet tall and eight feet wide — the majority for these organizations with our neglected and disturbed his Holy Orders.” his parish of St. James in Denver. youth? The collection will be held on Sunday, August The archbishop, who earlier had been refused permis­ His 12-foot-tall three-banner collage with the “Bread of 1, and 1 will appreciate most sincerely your contribu­ sion to ordain men to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI, Life” motif will hang over the altar in Immaculate tions for the future of these young people. "cannot celebrate Mass nor administer the sacraments Conception cathedral for the archdiocesan observance nor preach,” the Vatican said. Aug. 1 of the 41st International Eucharist Congress, being Your brother in Christ, The Vatican cited the “rebellious behavior” of the held in Philadelphia Aug. 1-8. arcnbishop, who refused to recognize the changes brought That archdiocesan observance will focus on a Mass to to the Church by the Second Vatican Council and adhered be concelebrated by Archbishop James Casey with the 16 to the Tridentine Latin Mass, the form of Mass traceable deans in the cathedral’at 4 p.m. to the Council of Trent, in the 16th century, which was Perez said that banners “bring color” and “a different supplanted by the new order of the Mass by Pope Paul in light to a church.” 1969. (Continued on Page 2) Page 2 — THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER, Wed., July 28, 1976 Vicar for Priestly Personnel AHCIIIJISIIOP’.S OFFICE 9.‘I8 Haiinoek Strt-et (Continued from Page *) I)e liver. C:0 8»201 The vicariate is an outgrowth of the clergy personnel years however, he said, with the increase of religious board, an elected group of priests who advise the order priests offsetting the decrease of diocesan priests. Archbishop on placement of priests in the archdiocese. Father Horrigan commented that the traditional role Father Horrigan. an original member of the Clergy Per­ of priests as pastors has seen a change to greater Official sonnel Board, which was formed in 1967. also serves as specialization with more priests taking administration positions and ministry to youth. its executive secretary, acting as a liaison between it and OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT the Archbishop, Father Horrigan, a native of Imogene, Iowa, at­ Father Horrigan briefly described the process of fill­ tended college at St. Thomas Seminary for three years Reverend Edward T. Madden, to be Episcopal ing a vacancy in a parish. The announcement of an open and for one year at Regis College. He pursued theological Vicar for Priestly Personnel, and in residence at Im­ assignment is printed in the “Denver Catholic Register.’ studies at North American College in Rome and was or­ maculate Conception Cathedral, Denver.

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