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PAQfei b—TtiL BULLETIN, April 18, 1959 (Columbia cJloan C^i ompam^ REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL, HOUSEHOLD, AUTO INSURED AGAINST SICKNESS, ACCIDENTS & DEATHS LOANS FROM $50 TO $1,000 JA. 4-6655 23 Auburn Ave., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. Flowers by Lyle NORTH MAIN AT GIRARD CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA LYLE FLORAL CO, Latin American Bishop's Council Opens All-Out Fight On Religious Ignorance; Enlists Laity, Clergy BEST WISHES FROM CUMMINGS & MARTIN Home Furnishers CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA “Where Good Furniture Is Not Expensive" 071 Jt ^yjanuj^acturi ompciny, nncj. ^9nc. Lumber, Building Material, Architectural Woodwork Telephone 2-4407 ROME, GEORGIA (N.C.W.C. News Service) BOGOTA, Colombia — The Latin American Bishops’ Coun cil (CELAM) has begun an in tensive campaign to spur the organization of religious in struction classes in the parish es of Latin America. The drive, which includes en listing the full cooperation of both clergy and laity, is part of an all-out fight on relig ious ignorance decided on at CELAM’S third annual meeting, held in Rome last November. Announcement of the campaign was made at CELAM’s head quarters here following formal approval by the Holy See of the resolutions of the November meeting. The resolutions were seen here as promising to influence the 17,000 parishes in the 400 dioceses and other ecclesiasti cal jurisdictions included in CELAM. In their resolutions, the Bish ops cited the canon law pro vision calling for establishment of the Confraternity of Chris tian Doctrine in every parish. “CELAM points out the need for the laity to cooperate in bringing a solution to the prob lem of lack of religious instruc tion in Latin Americca,” the statement said. Alluding to the experience of those parishes where the Con fraternity does exist, the Bish ops said that for religious in struction in parishes to be ef fective, diocesan catechetical offices must first function prop erly. CELAM’s resolutions make several other recommendations to combat religious ignorance. Among them are: . —A single national catechism text should be drafted by a committee in each country; —Use of proper teaching per sonnel, materials and projects, formulated by specialists in catechetical instruction; -—People of all classes and ages should be reached by the program, teaching should be geared to different degrees of intellectual ability and training and priests should “take ad vantage of the attendance of the faithful at religious services to give them religious instruc tion;” —Bookstores and other places where instruction materials are sold must place themselves un- Liberty National Bank Capital, Surplus & Profits Over $450,000.00 —*'■ F. H. BREWSTER, President M. J. FLORENCE, Chairman of Board W, GEO. ISBELL, Vice-Pres. & J. M. COBB, Vice-President Cashier LEE PARKER, Vice-President GEO. BOSTON, Asst. Cashier CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA der the guidance of the Bishops and keep their stocks up to date; —P e r i o d i c contests, cam paigns and other means should be taken to interest all people in the religious instruction. The need for parochial relig ious training takes on a greater need, the Bishop’s resolution said, because so many children and young people do not receive religious instruction in state schools and, in fact, because so many children do not attend school. (Recent statistics count more than 200,000 schools and colleg es, with 20 million students, in Latin America. Catholics sup port about 13,400 schools, which have 2,250,000 students — a lit tle more than 11 per cent of the total, number. (A few states allow some form of religious instruction in state schools, but religious training in general rests on the parish, or apostolic organiza tions which also must be con cerned with adult teaching. (The illiteracy rate in South America ranges from 12 per cent to 90 per cent, compared to the United States rate of 2.5 per cent. School attendance ranges from 16.2 per cent to 73.2 per cent, compared to the United States rate of 85.6 per cent.) In its resolution, CELAM of ficially takes note and “express es gratitude” for religious in struction assistance given in the part by the National Center of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in Washington, D. C. The CCD has made texts, per sonnel and scholarships avail able to Latin American areas. CELAM’s secretariate here has established a catechetical section to aid in religious in struction and the Bishops’ di rective said that office should be used where possible .in the new campaign. A year ago, the CELAM secretariate prepared a manual on Christian Doctrine as a prelude to a single cate chism text. Other programs and lit erature to instruct priests and seminarians in'catechism teach ing are being prepared under the direction of several com mittees connected with CELAM. CELAM was formed in 1955 American Bishops who met in at the suggestion of the Latin Brazil and was approved by the Holy See. It aims to assist the Latin Bishops to solve their mutual problems. MARRIAGES o- McGAUGH-RLACKSTONE -o o- -o AUGUSTA, Ga.—Miss Marion Neely Blackstone, daughter of Mrs. Eula P. Hall of Augusta and Mr. Paul David McGaugh, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McGaugh, Sr., of Utica, N. Y., were married April 4th at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church, Rev. LaSalle Lenk, Chaplain of Fort Gordan officiating. -O PEAVY-SMITH -O J. A. Benefield Contractor 209 Pioneer Building P. O. Box 560 PHONE 1734 CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA o ATLANTA, Ga. — Camilla Holland Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David B. Smith and Neal Carter Peavy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howard Peavy were married April 4th at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Rev. John Mulroy officiating. O- -O OETJEN-BANKS -O O LaGRANGE, Ga.—Miss Betty Banks of Atlanta and LaGrange, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Franklin Jarrell of La Grange and Mr. William Henry Oetjen, III of Decatur and Augusta, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Oetjen, Jr., of Decatur were married April 4th at St. Peter’s Church, Rev. John J. McDonough officiating. O- -O SHIPPY-CETTI O- SAVANNAH, Ga. — Miss Catherine Leonora Cetti, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick R. Cetti, and James Lee Shippy, son of Mrs. Frederick R. Cetti were married April 4th at the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist, Rev. Herbert Wellmeier officiating. Archbishop, Senator's Assistant Scoff At Fears That Catholics Are Monolithic Power Bloc In America (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) DETROIT,—T h e Archbishop of Detroit and the legislative assistant of a U. S. Senator scoffed at fears that Catholics make up a monolithic power blocking in unison on all issues. In separate sessions of the biennial convention of the Na tional Council of Catholic Men, Archbishop John F. Dearden and Emerson Hynes, legislative assistant to Sen. Eugene Mc Carthy of Minnesota, stressed the diversity of thought that exists among Catholics. Archbishop Dearden conceded that unity is an essential char acteristic of Catholicism. But just as typical, he added, is this diversity. The Archbishop cited the “ap prehension” on the part of some people that the Church is “a rigid, monolithic structure” in which the will of the leaders is necessarily the will of all its members. “Truly, this is a distorted no tion of the Church,” he told the NCCM convention banquet, “a parody on the institution Christ has bequeathed to us.” Mr. Hynes, participant in a workshop on the layman’s duty to take part in politics, pointed out that, with the possibility that a Catholic may be a can didate in the 1960 presidental election, Catholics are more fre quently being questioned by non-Catholic Americans about their stand on Church-State re lations. “Unfortunately,” he continued, “there is often an unjust over tone to the question—as though the answer is unnecessary since the questioner does not really believe that a Catholic can be trusted.” However, Mr. Hynes said, Catholics for their part “must be careful in our response not to create the impression that there is a Catholic political block in this county, and that Catholics will automatically sup port a candidate for the presi dency simply because he is of the same religion.” It is “questionable language” to use the terms “a Catholic senator” of “a Catholic presi dent,” Mr. Hynes declared. He pointed out that the Constitu tion specifically bars any reli gious test for office and added: “If a citizen who is a Catholic is elected president, he will not be a ‘Catholic president.’ He will simply be ‘President of the Unit ed States.’ It is not wholly in the spirit of the Constitution to put a denominational adjective in front of the title “President,” The first Amendment to the Constitution, forbidding Con gress to make any “establish ment” concerning religion, is supported by Catholics “as a political principle,” Mr. Hynes said. “It is not a theological princi ple that one religion is as good as another, nor is it a principle that religion is unimportant or a matter of indifference,” he said. Mr. Hynes pointed out that in the United States, where priests have made the “prudent decision” to stay out of politics, it is of necessity “a special re sponsibility for the layman to bring the insight of of a Chris tian to the political arena.” He said the layman’s duties as a good citizen include: 1) “Obedience of the laws.” 2) “Patriotism,” which really consists of “love of one’s own people.” 3) “Support of government.” 4) “Participation i n govern ment” by voting in an informed manner, being willing to run for public office or accept ap pointment to public duties and participating in the activities of political parties. NO FLOWERS It may be true that hard work is highly respectable, but just try and make it popular. RHODES BAKERY VISIT ATLANTA'S FOREMOST BAKERY SHOP 1783 Buford Highway TR. 6-3783 Atlanta, Ga. GARDEN HILLS PHARMACY Your Neighborhood Prescription Center 2815 Peachtree Rd., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. CE. 3-1146 ATLANTA LIFE INSURANCE CO. 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