News Scrapbook 1969-1971

Sunday, April JI, 1971

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

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WOMEN ACCEPTED SINCE 1970 Daughter Joins Father In Elite Law Fraternity By CAROL RITCH The graduate couldn't

CCD News)]:.~ Compiled by the Diocesan CCD Office FAMlL y LU-E SERIES: The CCD office wishes to _thank the very fine speakers who took part in the 36-hour sess10n of the Famiiy Life Series and commend those who completed the course. Thirty-two people are now ready to teach, to help establish on the parish level such Family Life Couz:sl:5: as outl~ned by the U,S. Catholic Conference's Family Life D1v1s10n, a1dmg parents, Jr. and Sr. High students. MORNING BIBLE STUDY: USD. Serra Hall, Room 232, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., April 20-June 1, "A Look at St. Paul" given by Father Lawrence Battle. ADULT EDUCATION: Spring Series. Five Centers, Tuesdays- Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. April 29: "Marriage: What it Takes," Sister Mary Prose (every Thursday) ... Newman Center; "Morality and Penance" (every Thursda;y) ... San Luis Rey Academy; "What Do YOU Mean by God?" Rev. Russ Helfer ... Marian High School; "Has Faith Changed Too?" Rev. Robert Callahan . . .USD; _ "The Challenge to Change," Msgr. I.B. Eagen .. . Convefli of the Sacred Heart, El Cajon; May 4: "Sex, Sexuality and the Person," James Mahoney ... Convent of the Sacred Heart, El Cajon; "Teilhard de Chardin," Rev. James McGray (every Tuesday). .. USO May 6: "View of Life Without God," Dr. John Swanke ... Marian High School; "Changes in the Mass," Rev. Michael Alcaraz ... USD; "ls the Bible Really Real?" Dr. Delwin Schneider'.".'Tonvent of the Sacred Heart, El Cajon; May 11: "Christian Dlmension of Sexuality," Rev. William Shipley ... Convent of the Sacred Heart, El Cajon. JUNIOR HIGH IN-SERVICE WORKSHOPS: May 5... St. Brigid's; May 12... St. Pius X; May 19... St. Mary's, Escondido. BASIC DOCTRINE: April 25-May 23: Spring Valley, La Me~, El Ca'on. C,:mtact Frank De Moor (466-2586) for further m- formation. Classes are open to any parish wishing to participate. Page 2 THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1971 Around the Diocese Alumnae of the Sacred Heart elect officers at 1 :30 p.m. meeting, Saturday, May 1, Rose Room, University of San Djegg Founders Hall. Palm Springs Deanery, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, holds annual Day of Recoilection starting 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, San Gorgonio Church, Beanmont. Day includes "Living Rosary, " Mass. luncheon and eieclion of officers. Information: 284-0194. Anthony Raso, 11, of St. Rose of Lima School, Chula Vista, won first prize trophy in South Bay essay contest sponsored by Flight 14, orgl,lnization for mothers of Air Force men. Topic: "What Being a Good Citizen Means to Me." Winning essay competes in national finals. St. Francis de Sales High School, Riverside, sponsors second annual Earth Arts Festival l p.m. Sunday, May 2, on school grounds. Public welcomed. Court St. Colm Cille, Catholic Daughters of America, elects officers at monthly meeting, Thursday, May 6, AAUW Hall, 6545 Alcala Knools Drive, Linda Vista. Immaculate Conception parish sponsors barbecue noon-6: 30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, Gregory Hall, 25~0 San Diego Ave., Old Town. Donation: $2 adults, $1 children. Event part of second an- nual Fiesta de la Primavera to call attention to landmarks in Old Town State Historical Park. Court San Diego de Alcala, Catholic Daughters of America, holds luncheon-card party noon Saturday, May 8, Our Lady of Sacred Heart parish hall, East San Diego, for benefit of educational fund. Donation : $1.25. Reservations: 284-0194. San Diego Blue Army or Our Lady of Fatima sponsors Evening of Recollection beginning 8 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in St. Joseph's Cathedral. Msgr. Thomas Moloney, pastor, Our Lady of Grace Church, El Cajon, celebrant. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center Auxiliary installs new of- ficers 11:30 a.m. luncheon Thursday, May 6, Tom Ham's Lighthouse, Harbor Island Drive.

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Question: It is my understanding that intercommunion is not allowed. Yet I find in some churches that in- tercommunion is a fairly regular Sunday practice. Would you please comment? In order to answer your ques- tion adequately. it is neces- sary to state quite clearly what is generally mearit by the term "intercommunion." It means agreement between two churches of different con- fessional families to common participation in the Eucharist. It means that the members of these two churches may freely communicate at the altars of each. Intercommunion involves then, a specific invitation to members of two definite churches. Closely connected with "intercommunion" is the notion of"open communion." This occurs when a church, as a general principle, invites members of all other churches to receive communion when they are present at its com- munion services. It is an open invitation; a "come one, come all" approach. You are correct in saying that "intercommunion" (and "open communion") is not allowed. At the present time these practices are not permitted. There are some very good theological reasons for this prohibition. It seems to me that there are two dimensions which must be kept in balance and in tension when discussing this question. The aspect of the local church (parish) and that of the universal church (diocesan, national and world-wide). The local scene : It is basic Ihat the celebralion of the sacraments is an action of the celebrating community, It signifies oneness in faith, worship and life of the com- munity. The sacraments and par- ticularly the Eucharist express and deepen an already existing unity. Since this is the case such questions as the Real Presence, the proper minister of the Eucharist, the nature of the priesthood and apostolic suc- cession loom very large when the question of " in- tercommunion" is approached. Surely these would have to be settled before we could say that the Eucharist can truly signify already existing unity?

Some suggest that we should use the Eucharist as a means of causing this unity; that it is through intercommunion that these basic divisions will be solved. I find no basis for this in scripture or tradition. I might also point out that where "open communion" has been prac- ticed, the basic differences have not been resolved. (v.g. among the traditions which make up the Church of South India). It has also been mentioned that there has been con- siderable progress in the studies and dialogues on the Eucharist. An example is the Consensus Statement on the Eucharist which was issued on December ' 21, 1970 by 19 theologians of 11 traditions. As I mentioned in this column (S.C. Jan. 21, 1971) such a statement, strictly speaking, represents the opinion of the competent theologians in- volved. The statement at present remains an unofficial document and has no official standing since it has not been given such by the churches involved. So, significant divisions remain and general intercommunion would gloss them over, A statement from the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity dated January 7, 1971 re-iterates the existing divisions and the absolute necessity for further dialogue in order to reach the doctrinal unity which alone makes true intercommunion possible. The Universal scene: It has been said of the local church that it is "the totality of the reality in the locality," that is, "though only one cell of the whole body is actually present, the whole body is there vir- tually." Practically this means that the parish church is related to the other parishes ( the diocese); that the priests of the parish share in the ministry of the bishop and that the bishop of one diocese is related by or- dination to the college of bishops all of whom are related to the head of the college, the Pope.

How does all of this pertain to intercommunion? It would seem, as Father Jerome Hamer, O.P. said, that "if in a given country a Protestant community were to enter into communion with a Catholic parish, it would by this very fact enter into communion with the diocese to which that parish belonged with all dioceses of the Catholic Church, and hence with the Bishop of Rome, who is the bond of this unique communion." The reverse would also be true, i.e. that the Roman Catholic parish would be related to all the Reformation Churches with which the par- ticular community was in communion. In brief, an individual parish involving itself in in- tercommunion is really invo- lving not only itself, but the whole Church, the "totality.?' And by so doing, the local church is saying that there exists sufficient unity within the dimension of the whole church to warrant this! ! These are the two chief aspects which the Church considers when she prohibits intercommunion. When asked why she does forbid it, sometimes priests say only that "the bishop does not allow intercommunion" or "the Chancery forbids it" or "Rome says 'No'.'' This to me is only a "clerical cop-out." This kind of response is a gross failure to explain the theological reasons upon which the prohibition is based . An individual may not agree with the Church's forbidding intercommunion, but he must realize it is based in theological convictions, not in arbitrary caprice. Msgr. John R. Portman

speak Greek, Lu tin and He- brew so she became a law- yer. Make sense? lt does if your name is Sheridan Eckhardt and your father is a trial at- torney. The father and daughter team last weekend were in- itiated Into the local chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, inter- national law fraternity. Quite an achievement for Sheridan who just slid in un• der the wire. The fraternity, which numbers among it members President 'ixon,. Vice President Spiro Agnew and Attorney General John Mitchell, just la t year voted to •ccept women in the orga- nization. Just la t year Sheri• dan, who prefers to be called Sherry, was graduated mag- na laude from the Uni- versity of San Diego School of Law. .A LEGAL FIBST The Initiation of Sherry and er father, Tom Eckhardt, was the first of its kind for any legal fraternity, reported James Veach, justice of the USD chapter of Phl Alpha For Sherry, It was law or Greek, Hebrew and Latln when lhe entered USD in The Scripps College gradu- Delta. 1967.

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First father-daughter initiates of Phi Alpha Delta international law fraternity were Thomas Eckhardt and USD graduate Sherry.

When I am in a courtroom, I feel like I am 10 feet tall ·' In addition to the office in San Bernardino, his tirm op- erates out of the Wells Fargo Bank Building at 5th and Broadway. Eckhardt said they plan to open an office in :\Iexico City SPEAKS SPANISH Sherry may not be able to speak Greek, Latin and He- brew. but she can speak Spanish. She studied the language in college and liwd in Mexico City during summer yaca- 1 lions when she wasn't work- ing or her father. ls her dad a hard bo.~s '"Onl) by ·11:i: of etting an example of qualit)," Sherrr said .

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