The ARK July, August & September 2013; volume 24; edition 3

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by  Mary Jane Glauber

July, August and September 2013 Volume 24; Edition 3
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had emphasized the importance of the promotion of friendship and respect between men and
women of different religious traditions. Pope Francis met with ecumenical and interfaith leaders who
had attended his inauguration Mass.”
From the beginning, Pope Francis initiated interchurch and interfaith, cross cultural dialogues.
(photos © L’Osservatore Romano)
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The Nature of Tolerance Seems to Rely on Wisdom
Contents
Pages 1 & 3..............Pope Francis Meets Ecumenical and Interfaith Leaders
Page 2..................... Contents and AAIF Contact Information
Pages 3 & 4............. “What’s in a Name” by John Lepper, a Coordinator for the Kentucky Baptist
Pages 4 & 5........... WCC General Secretary Congratulates New Pope with Implications for
Interchurch Families
Page 6 ............ Ecumenical Corner by Father Ernest Falardeau, SSS
- The Ecumenical Movement, Seeking and Finding Christian Unity, and the Role
for Interchurch Families is explored 50 years after Vatican II
Page 7 ............ Is not the full realization of the decisions of Vatican II the real Vatican III for right
now? Implications of a presentation made by Cardinal Godfried Danneels at
Southwark Cathedral (with a link)
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AAIF Contacts:
AAIF 2013 OFFICERS:
CO-CHAIR = Libbye & Guy Montgomery [email protected]
VICE CO-CHAIR = Lynne & Doug Wragge [email protected]
SECRETARY = Diane & Lamar Burton [email protected]
TREASURER = Elaine & Clint Hall [email protected]
The current term of office will be from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014, at which time another election will be held.
Please contact any of the above mentioned officers if you would like to have information about how to become more actively
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Pope Francis meets Ecumenical and
Interfaith Leaders
- March 2013 ( continued from page one)
It should be noted that this meeting was preceded by private encounters with the Ecumenical
Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, and the Metropolitan Hilarion, the chairman of the
Department of External Church Relations for the Patriarchate of Moscow.

Implications for Interchurch Families: Dialogue across historic barriers is very important because
it can lead to cooperation and toward finding solutions to problems for which the solutions have
previously seemed impossible to resolve in mutually acceptable ways. This kind of interchurch or
interfaith dialogue, especially one that is based on a mutual respect, provides a sense of hope for
Interchurch Families for how we may encounter far more supportive communities in the future.
As interchurch families, we live a unity in our daily lives that may elude others. The gift of being in an
interchurch marriage/family may not yet be adequately recognized as the gift it is and could be for
our own parishes. Yet this is the unity for which Christ prayed. “Listening with the ear of our heart” is
a rule that we live by naturally in interchurch familiy homes. ~ M.J. Glauber
What’s In a name
Lepper noted that “In choosing the name
Francis, the former Argentine Cardinal Jorge
Mario Bergoglio took his name from St. Francis
of Assisi, the champion of the least among us.
As the Washington Post described it, “He chose
[a name] that harks back eight centuries, to
Italy, and to a man who renounced a life of
privilege, gave away everything he owned,
wore a coarse woolen tunic, lived in a hut and
took a vow of poverty.” ‘
John Lepper asks, “What shall we make of this
In March 2013, John Lepper, a Coordinator for new pope and why would this Jesuit choose the
the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship wrote, “Just a name Francis?”
few weeks ago, Pope Benedict made history by
being the first pope to resign in 6 centuries.
Lepper added, “At his installation mass, Pope
The world watched as history was made at the
Francis claimed and interpreted his role as
Vatican and throughout the world.”
leader of the church. His role, he suggested, is
one of protection of all humanity, but “especially
Lepper observed, “Since then, several historic the poorest, the weakest, the least important,
“firsts” have occurred. Never before has a those whom Matthew lists in the final judgment
Jesuit been named pope; never before has of love: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the
someone from Latin America been named naked, the sick and those in prison.” ‘
pope; never before has a pope selected the
Lepper observed that “This pope, while the
name "Francis." ‘
stated leader of 1.2 billion Catholics, has no
authority over other Christians. However, we
can gain inspiration from Pope Francis. I am
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What’s in a name? (continued from page 3)
inspired by his words of hope in the presence of
current hopelessness around the world.”
Lepper observed that at the installation mass of
Pope Francis, he “challenged all Christians to,
“see the light of hope and to be men and women
who bring hope to others.
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leadership post lead us all to mutual love impact on people of other churches and
and unity so that 'the world may believe.'" faiths.” ‘

The WCC noted that “Commenting on the
The original article can be read in its entirety at: election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of
http://www.kybf.org/news/2013/3/22/whats-in-a-name Argentina, the first pope from the Global South,
Tveit said, that through Francis, “who has lived a
simple lifestyle and reflects a passion for social
justice and lifting up the poor, we reaffirm our
commitment to seeking justice and peace.”

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WCC General Secretary Congratulates New pope (continued from the previous page)
“Ever since the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church by the recent election of a new
1960s, the Roman Catholic Church and the World pope who, for the first time in history, is from Latin
Council of Churches have enjoyed constructive America, said Rev. Antonio Carlos Alfredo Duarte
dialogue and cooperation on matters of faith, Voelker, president of the Evangelical Church of the
witness and the fundamental unity of the whole River Plate. “We are also confident that his years of
body of Christ,” The WCC noted that Tveit said. experience in the pastorate will help him to
promote a new vision to those who suffer
The WCC reported that Tveit said that “We have persecution and marginalization of any kind."
learned that we are pilgrims together in the one
ecumenical movement, and we are particularly
The WCC noted that Tveit added, “An important
grateful for the way the Catholic Church works
aspect of the ecumenical movement is a concept of
with us on the highly significant issues of unity,
mutual accountability. We in the World Council of
ecclesiology, mission and inter-religious
Churches offer our cooperation to Pope Francis
dialogue.”
and the whole of the Catholic Church in this spirit.

We will continue to cooperate in a loving and
“Now, in close collaboration with Pope Francis, we
affirming relationship. In this way, we will grow
look forward to building on this positive relationship
together in grace and in hope toward that true unity
with the Catholic Church that has been nurtured so
of believers for which Christ prayed.”
carefully in the past,” The WCC noted that Tveit

said.
According to the WCC Tveit said that “Today the

vast majority of Christians live in the Global South,”
The WCC clarified that “The Roman Catholic
“The growth of Christianity in the South is likely to
Church is not a member of the WCC, but the
continue. This shift has already had an important
instrument of the Joint Working Group has fostered
impact on world Christianity. It is in this context that
close cooperation. Delegates and observers are
we will move forward, working together, building
exchanged at the time of major meetings, and the
our relationship and addressing the important
Catholic Church is formally represented in such
needs of all people today.”
WCC-administered bodies as the Faith and Order

Commission and the Commission on World Mission
“Let us use this opportunity to pray for and
and Evangelism.”
with Pope Francis to reconfirm that we need

one another, to address the challenges of the
The WCC observed that “Cardinal Bergoglio,
world in our time,” Tveit concluded.
former archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected
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March 2013 at the conclave in the Vatican.”
congratulation.html

The WCC observed that “In Latin America WCC
member church leaders reflected positively on the
election of Pope Francis.” and stated that they Implications for Interchurch Families:
"congratulate Francis, the first Latin American to be
elected pope.” The WCC is “aware of Bergoglio's Interchurch Families around the world can affirm
work in the Diocese of Buenos Aires and the fact that it is an opportunity to pray for and with
we recognize him as a person of particular Pope Francis to reconfirm that we need one
sensitivity to social problems and for ecumenical another.
dialogue,” according to the Rev. Nilton Giese,
general secretary of the Latin America Council of As John Donne said, “No man is an island.” No one
Churches. is an island. We are all one body through Christ. All
efforts at unity help to support interchurch families
"The Evangelical Church of the River Plate as we live a Christian Unity in our homes.
(Argentina) congratulates the faithful of the Roman ~ M.J. Glauber
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Ecumenical Corner Concerning his appointment, Bishop Welby said”
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council emphasized that it has “a special place”
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among the Christian communions. Orthodox,
candidate and a second candidate) to Downing
Anglican, Lutheran and Reform churches have
Street. The U.K. Prime Minister then seeks
been engaged in serious and continuous
approval from the British monarch, who is the
dialogue since the Second Vatican Council, and
supreme governor of the Church of England.
much progress has been achieved in the fifty
years since the beginning of that council.
Before his ordination to the priesthood in 1992,

Welby studied law and history at Cambridge
Father Ernest Falardeau, SSS
University and then spent 11 years as an
executive in the oil industry. After a decade in
parish ministry, he was appointed a canon The Ecumenical Movement,
residentiary, and later sub-dean, of Coventry
Seeking and Finding
Cathedral. He served as dean of Liverpool
Cathedral from 2007-2011. Christian Unity,
and the Role for
Welby’s enthronement as 105th archbishop of
Canterbury will be held March 21, 2013 in
Interchurch Families
Canterbury Cathedral. He is married to Caroline
and they have five children, aged 16-27. is explored 50 years after
Vatican II
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Implications for Interchurch Families
If you have ever wondered about what Vatican II was really all about or how it may have impacted
interchurch families and the on-going search for Christian Unity, I believe that your questions will be
answered in the following commentary give by Cardinal Godfried Danneels on the celebrations of the
50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. I have included his review of the outcome and
documents of Vatican II because I thought that Cardinal Danneels did an excellent job of explaining
what happened. He also finds those documents to be useful still and especially at this point in
history. Vatican II was very pastoral in its focus. Interchurch Families have expressed gratitude for
any and all positive pastoral care that they/we have received. Please read for yourself to refresh your
memory about potential that the Vatican II documents still hold for all of us.
~ M.J. Glauber
Vatican II ‐ an unprecedented event,
a council like no other
Is not the full realization of the decisions of
Vatican II the real Vatican III for right now?
The Tablet Celebrating the George's Cathedral, Southwark on 18 October
2012.
50th anniversary of the
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/394/24
Second Vatical Council
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Vatican II ‐ an unprecedented
event, a council like no other
Implications for Interchurch Families:
Cardinal Godfried Danneels speaks at
It clearly is the time to look back over the body of
Southwark Cathedral
works that were created by Vatican II. Have those
25 October 2012, 9:00 guidelines been
properly
(The original article can be read in its entirety at
understood and
the following link:
put into place?
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/394/24
If not what has
Vatican II was a council unlike any preceding one.
held that back
It was a special event for many reasons. Even
from happening?
though it stands in a long line of councils: it was in
Where to from
many respects a new kind of council.
here? What
ecumenical
The article found in The Tablet at the link above is
implications can
excellent.
be found for us
at this time within
It is a thorough overview of Vatican II that Daneels
the documents
follows up with some probing questions about
created by
applying Vatican II to our time and place in history
Vatican II?
now.
Cardinal Godfried Danneels gave the well I would like to
researched presentation in Amigo Hall, Saint thank Cardinal
Godfried
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Is not the full realization of the decisions of Vatican II the real Vatican III for right
now?
Danneels for his in depth clarification about they first came out, those guidelines can still be
Vatican II and the wisdom that can be found within explored and studied.
those documents. His comprehensive overview of
Interchurch Families around the world have found
Vatican II and the role that it should play now that
inspiration and hope for Christian Unity within
50 years have passed since it originated are
those documents.
clearly explained. This article should be on the
must read list of all Ecumenists and Interchurch May this be the beginning of a bright future that
Families. leads us further along that path toward Christian
Unity. ~ M.J. Glauber
Now seems to be the right time to review what is
actually stated in those Vatican II documents and
then to move forward using them. If they weren’t
properly understood or properly applied when
“The Promise” and The New Ecumenical Directory - Questions
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The ARK, a Publication of the American Association of Interchurch Families;
Volume 24; Edition 3 July, August and September 2013
DIRECTORY FOR THE APPLICATION OF
PRINCIPLES AND NORMS ON ECUMENISM
PONTIFICIUM CONSILIUM AD CHRISTIANORUM UNITATEM FOVENDAM
DIRECTORY FOR THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES AND NORMS ON ECUMENISM
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/
rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_25031993_principles-and-norms-on-ecumenism_en.html
Have you ever wondered just what the Vatican has to say about the role that the pursuit of
Christian Unity should be in our lives?
Have you ever wondered if Christian Unity is actually the focus of the Roman Catholic
Church?
Have you ever wondered exactly what the Vatican does say about “mixed marriages” or
what is also know as “Interchurch Marriages”?
Below you will find some excerpts from The Directory for the Application of the Principles
and Norms on Ecumenism.
The entire document can be found at the Vatican Website at the link above. I would urge
you to spend some time reading/studying this document in search of the positive potential
that can be found within it.
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Excerpts from DIRECTORY FOR THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES
AND NORMS ON ECUMENISM for Interchurch Families
PREFACE dioceses, and collegially for the whole Church,
are, under the authority of the Holy See,
responsible for ecumenical policy and practice. 5
1. The search for Christian Unity was one of the
principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council.
5. At the same time it is hoped that the Directory
The Ecumenical Directory, called for during the
will also be useful to members of Churches and
Council and published in two parts, one in 1967
ecclesial Communities that are not in full
and the other in 1970,1 "has given a most
communion with the Catholic Church.
valuable service in directing, coordinating and
developing the ecumenical effort." 2 ...
They share with Catholics a concern for the
quality of ecumenical activity. It will be an
To Whom is the Directory Addressed
advantage for them to know the direction those
guiding the ecumenical movement in the Catholic
4. The Directory is addressed to the Pastors of
Church wish to give to ecumenical action, and the
the Catholic Church, but it also concerns all the
criteria that are officially approved in the Church.
faithful, who are called to pray and work for the
It will help them to evaluate the initiatives that
unity of Christians, under the direction of their
come from Catholics, so as to respond to them
Bishops. The Bishops, individually for their own
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adequately, and will also help them better to IV. Communion in Life and
understand the Catholic responses to their
Spiritual Activity Among the
initiatives.
Baptized
It should be kept in mind that the Directory does
not intend to deal with the relations of the The communion that exists with other
Catholic Church with sects or with new religious Christians on the basis of the sacramental bond
movements. 6 of Baptism, and the norms for sharing in prayer
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III. Ecumenical Formation in the
humanity to salvation and unity in Christ
Catholic Church
through the Holy Spirit. This movement
calls them to the hope that the prayer of
Categories of people to be formed, those
Jesus "that they all may be one" will be
responsible for formation; the aim and methods
fully realized. 9
of formation; its doctrinal and practical aspects.
It calls them to that charity which is the
new commandment of Christ and the gift
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