15,1991
The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
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)reaching, Auxil-
Emil A. Wcela of
e Centre, N.Y., said
)f norms proposed by
:lOps' Committee on
Practices was noces-
part because of the,
diversity in the
tStates, '' where some-
ue priest celebrating
not speak the lan-
ngregation.
Said the norms would
a Spanish-speaking
n, for example, to
the priest celebrant
speak Spanish, the
of those at Mass.
case when lay
preaching would be allowed,
he said, was that of a lay mis-
sionary with expertise who
would preach on the subject
of missions.
A preface to the norms
calls preaching "the principal
means by which the church
carries out its responsibility
for the ministry of the word
of God."
Bishop Wcela, interim
chairmail of the pastoral prac-
tices committee, also intro-
duced a proposal for estab-
lishment of an ad hoc
committee to act as an agent
for the bishops' conference
for approving Scripture trans-
lations and accompanying ex-
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planatory notes. The norms
for lay preaching and the pro-
posal on translations are to be
voted on Nov. 13.
As discussion opened on a
proposed new lectionary for
children's Masses, Arch-
bishop Rembert G. Weakland
of Milwaukee expressed con-
cern that it might represent a
"watering down" of the word
of God.
"Are we watering down the
rituals to adapt to (children),
or should we gradually intro-
duce things that they can un-
derstand?" he asked.
At a press conference fol-
lowing the morning session,
Bishop Gregory, who intro-
duced the lectionary pro-
posal, said there is an "ongo-
ing debate on when to bring
chihlren to the language of
the adult world" and that the
debate will not be resolved at
the bishops' meeting. But he
said studies have shown chil-
dren's faith to be improved
when they learn about reli-
gion at a young age.
The new 825-page Lec-
tionary for Masses with Chil-
dren, which is designed pri-
marily for children ages 5 to
9, must be approved by two-
thirds of the U.S. bishops and
by the Vatican. The bishops'
debate and vote was sched-
uled for Nov. 13.
A proposed document on
bishops' teaching was de-
scribed by Archbishop Oscar
H. Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala.,
chairman of the Committee
on Doctrine, as basically a re-
flection "by bishops to bish-
ops," but comments from the
floor quickly highlighted its
potential impact on a wide
range of controversies within
the church.
Auxiliary Bishop Austin B.
Vaughan of New York said he
feared that the section on the-
ological dissent could be
used to argue that moral the-
ologian Father Charles Curran
was right in his conflict with
Rome over some of his teach-
ings.
A proposed statement on
priests' councils, titled
"United in Service: Reflec-
tions on the Presbyteral
Council," was introduced by
Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of
Pittsburgh, head of the Com-
mittee on Priestly Life and
Ministry.
It discusses priests' coun-
cils from four perspectives:
their historical development,
their theological basis, the
canonical or legal aspects of
such councils, and practical
aspects of establishing and
maintaining effective priests'
councils'.
The documents on bishops'
teaching and priests' councils
were to be voted on Nov. 14.
Among the action items in-
troduced Nov. 11 with little
controversy were:
A proposed statement on
the environment, which
Archbishop John R. Roach of
St. Paul-Minneapolis termed
"a helpful, modest and au-
thentically Catholic contribu-
tion to the national dialogue
on the ecology." Titled "Re-
newing the Face of the
Earth," the statement to be
debated and voted on Nov. 14
-- says a Catholic vision of
the environment does not
mean choosing between peo-
ple and the planet.
"Putting Children and
Families First: A Challenge
for Our Church, Nation and
World," a statement urging
the Catholic community to
become "a persistent, in-
formed and committed voice
for children and families."
Debate and a vote on the
statement were set for Nov.
14. If approved by the bish-
ops, the statement will be re-
leased on the feast of the
Epiphany, Jan. 6.
-- A document expressing
"solidarity with the Native
American community" as the
United States commemorates
the 500th anniversary of the
arrival of Christopher Colum-
bus in the New World and
pledging that bishops will be
advocates on behalf of Native
Americans on "health, hous-
ing, employment, education,
poverty and other national is-
sues." Titled "1992: A Time
for Remembering, Reconcil-
ing and Recommitting Our-
selves as a People Pastoral
Reflections on the Fifth Cen-
tenary and Native American
People," the document was to
be voted on Nov. 14.
Archbishop Daniel E. Pilar-
czyk of Cincinnati opened the
assembly by telling his fellow
prelates that bishops who
speak out often on public pol-
icy issues facing the country,
"bring something to the civic
dialogue."
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