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the catholic peace jieLLoLDship Bulletin <NT1£ H1STQ* ■'^OFWlö aO /G3 JUNE 1965 In Selma, Alabama By Bob Gilliam and Tom Cornell The memorial service for Rev. James Reeb, the murdered Unitarian minister, was held in the overflowing Browns Memorial Chapel, center of the voter registration activities in Selma, Alabama. Outside we could hear the prayers and the eulogies, punctuated by the thunderous singing of hymns and freedom songs. Inside there were more whie faces than black. The native Selma Negroes had perhaps stayed outside to give their guests a chance to participate in this service. When we managed to squeeze inside the church we were elated to see in the sanctuary Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America, and next to him, Bishop John Hines, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, and next to him, Bishop- Elect Shannon of St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota. For two and one half hours it continued. Half way through the service the congregation suddenly rose to its feet and a swell of spontaneous applause grew deafening. Martin Luther King, the symbol and the leader, had arrived. He took his place in the sanctuary, in the seat of honor, and delivered a eulogy. Emotional tensions were high. The final prayers were to be said. A representative of the American Friends Service Committee for which Rev. Reeb had worked spoke. Then a Unitarian, and then, at last, Rev. Abernathy told us we would hear from the rabbi and end the service by singing "We Shall Overcome." There was a mix-up. Archbishop Iakovos started singing, deeply, through his beard, "We Shall Overcome. . . ." The congregation joined in singing three verses and then hummed the tune softly. At this inspired moment the rabbi arose and intoned, in Hebrew, Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead. As the singing and the prayer subsided, Rev. Abernathy, who had just been passed a note, went to the microphone and said, "We have a court order, just delivered. We are going to march to the courthouse. We are going to march." In a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the pent-up frustration at the horror of the past weeks' atrocities poured out of hundreds of hearts and voices at this first symbolic victory of the Selma protest. (Continued on Pg. 2) PRECEDENT SET: Following a New York City conference March 3 on the technological and moral implications of Pacem in Terris, a vigil calling for a cease-fire in Vietnam was conducted by 125 representatives of all major faiths. Left to right above are Elizabeth Bartelme, editor of Catholic books at the Macmillan Company; Mother Mary Berchmans and Mother Mary Alice, both of the faculty of the College of New Rochelle, an unidentified student; Ned O'Gorman, poet and essayist; and Martin Corbin, CPF Co- chairman and managing editor of The Catholic Worker. Other participants included Fr. Philip Berrigan, CPF Co-chairman, Fr. Thomas Cowley, O.P., visiting professor at the College of New Rochelle, Fr. Peter Riga, theologian and author, and Mother Amadeus, President of the College of New Rochelle. Vietnam: The Basic Question The most basic question raised by the war in Vietnam is not one of tactics but of war itself. Our problem is not whether to use gas, napalm, phosphorous or defoliants—nor even whether torture should be permitted: it is quite simply whether we should be resorting to arms at all. I am well aware this question is not new, especially within the religious communities. With a few alterations here and there, the exchange in ancient Rome between Celsus and Origen (debating whether Christians should serve in the army ) would be considered timely in any contemporary journal. Yet if the question is as old as civilization, the situation which confronts us today is relatively new. Because of technological developments in the mechanics of warfare, even George Orwell's social prophecies in 1984 now seem curiously dated. The theological middle-ground of the just war tradition, cultivated by the churches and responsible men for centuries, has been unceremoniously pulled from under us. , The chief difficulty smings from a refocusing of violence in warfare. There was a time when volunteer (at worst, conscript) armies met for battle on the plains, when cross-bows were put aside on holy days, when men made such strange oaths, now only amusing to our ears, as Robert the Pious': "I will not attack noble ladies traveling without husband, not their maids, nor widows and nuns— unless it is their fault." Seeds of Destruction by Thomas Merton, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. p. 150.) Ali sorts of ecclesiastical restrictions were placed on warfare, including, in the tenth century, a proscribed 40-day penitential fast for anyone who killed an enemy in war, even if the war was considered just. The shift from combatant-focused violence to the destruction of whole population sectors, whether they be whole villages or entire cities, is said by military (Continued on Pg. 6) wl»VJEl™ I A petition has been mailed to each person on the CPF mailing list. This petition to Pope Paul VI urging continued leadership on the part of the Church for a nonviolent resolution of the conflict in Vietnam, a strengthening of the Vatican Council's condemnation of modern war and recognition of the rights of conscentious objectors, must be returned to this office with as many signatures as possible at the earliest feasible time. Target date for presentation of
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Title | The Catholic Peace Fellowship bulletin |
Editor | Cornell, Thomas; Speltz, Frank; Speltz, Ann; Velde, Paul |
Place of publication | New York, New York; Nyack, New York |
Publisher | Catholic Peace Fellowship |
Publication date | 1965-1969 |
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