Religion and Bicentennial
Juat ai religion has made munity is making important
a major contribution to the contributions to the ob
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Warner, Administrator of
the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration
(ABRA).
Mr. Warner’s comments
refer to the deep in
volvement of religious
organizations in projects and
events relating to the
commemoration of
America’s 200th an
niversary.
The efforts range from
special prayer days in local
churches to two-year long
national programs focusing
on the role of religion in the
future.
In New York, Project
FORWARD 76 (Freedom of
Religion Will Advance Real
Democracy) is working to -
“facilitate planning for
strong spiritual and religious
emphasis in observances of
the American Bicentennial,
1974-1976.” The project was
officially recognized as a
national Bicentennial
program by the ARBA on
September 27, 1974.
Formed by the interchurch
Center which houses offices
of Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Jewish
organizations, Project
FORWARD 76 offers
reserearch and technical
help to other groups around
the country interested in
religious observance of the
Bicentennial.
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Services available in
clude; A national in
formation bank with plans,
programs and materials; a
newsletter; planning
assistance by national and
regional staff personnel; and
scholarly research.
"Liberty and Justice for
AH” is the Bicentennial
theme of the Catholic Church
in the United States. An
nounced by the National
Conference of Catholic
Bishop’s Committee for the
Bicentennial, the program
begins this September and
will culminate in a national
conference in the fall of 76,
tentatively scheduled in
Michigan. The central
purpose of the program is to
"elicit from the Catholic
community an expression of
the meaning of ‘liberty and
justice for all’.”
The National Conference
of Christians and Jews is
putting special emphasis on
“Human Relations in Cen
tury III.” Along with forums
conducted throughout the
country on that subject, the
Conference plans to issue a
Declaration of In
terdependence in 1976.
An Ecumenical Task
Force within the National
Council of Churches is
issuing a series of Bicen
tennial oriented
publications, and plans to
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produce a film, "Right of the
People,” for use in church
and religious conferences.
The United Church of
Christ hopes to sponsor a
“caravan” of Afro-
American Art to follow the
route of the underground
railroad. The UCC is also
involved in a program called
"Child Care 76.”
The Indiana Council of
Churches, representing
major Protestant
denominations in the State,
is producing a film on the
religious historic sites in
Indiana and will make it
available to religious, school
and service organizations.
An interfaith and in
terdisciplanary ad hoc
committee of Philadelphia
area historians and
clergymen is working on a
Bicentennial conference on
religious liberty for the
spring of 76. Approximately
500 participants from around
the nation will discuss -
religious liberty; civil,
cultural and social rights;
rights before the law; and
economic rights.
The American Bible
Society has announced a new
theme—“ Good News,
America!’’—a theme
designed to relate the
Scriptures to the nation’s
200th anniversary. The
“good news” the Society
brings is that the entire Bible
in the Today’s English
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The Greek Orthodox Ar
chdiocese of North and South
America has been informed
by its Bicentennial Com
mittee which recommends:
A meeting of the Clergy-
Laity Congress in
Philadelphia during the
week of July 4, 1976; com
pletion of the Shrine of St.
Augustine, Florida, which
commemorates the arrival
of the first Greeks in
America; and consecreation
in 1976 of the Cathedral of St.
Sophia in Washington, D.C.
Public concerts of Jewish
liturgical music, sponsored
by the American Conference
of Cantors-Concerts, will be
held in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston in
1976.
In St. Francis, South
Dakota, efforts are un
derway to commemorate the
history of the mission by
honoring Christian Sioux
leaders, and the founding
Jesuits and Franciscan
Sisters.
These are just samples of
the kind and variety of
religious participation in
Bicentennial programs.
They reflect a tribute to one
of the founding documents of
the nation, The Bill of
Rights, which provides:
“Congress shall make no low
respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof ...”
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