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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, July 25, 1959 ~ Indonesia’s Catholic Party lacks Presidential Decree Destoring 1945 Constitution JAKARTA, Indonesia, (NC)— Indonesia’s Catholic party has announced its support of Presi dent Sukarno’s decree rein stating the 1945 Constitution which gives him almost un restricted power. The decree, which also dis solved the Constituent Assem bly, was issued by the President turn from a long trip overseas. It paves the way for his policy Augusta Services Miss Mary Dow AUGUSTA — Funeral serv ices for Miss Mary Dow were held at St. Patrick’s Church July 8th, Father A. A. Weitzer officiating. Miss Dow is survived by one sister, Miss Nell M. Dow of Augusta and her cousin, Miss Mary Olsen, also of Augusta. of “guided democracy” which gives him the power to appoint a majority of the members of the legislature. The country’s Catholics had opposed an earlier version of the “guided democracy” policy since it provided for cooperation of the country’s major parties, including the communists, in the government. That policy was an nounced in 1957 following the President’s proclamation of a state of siege which is still in force. In 1958 full scale civil war broke out, with anti-gov ernment forces demanding for mation of a government free of all Red influence. The “guided democracy” plan based on a return to the 1945 Constitution, however, has the support of Catholic leaders. It was recently praised by the country’s senior native prelate, Bishop Albert Soegiapranata, S. J., Vicar Apostolic of Sema- rang, who said the nation needs firm leadership until its people reach greater political maturity. The executive board of the Catholic party said in a state ment that it had issued its decla ration for “local leaders of the party and other Catholic organi zations in every corner of the country, in order that they may not waver in continuing to serve our common fatherland and its people within the frame work of the law and the leader ship of the state as created by the decree of the President.” It also asked the nation “to pray that the grace of Almighty God will give wisdom to our leaders.” The statement also noted that the President mentioned in his decree the so-called Jakarta Charter. That is a document which dates from two months before Indonesian independence in 1945 and states, that the In donesian Republic will be based on “belief in God, with Moslems being required to follow Moslem law.” About 90 per cent of In donesians are Moslems. In announcing the decree, the President opened his speech with the words, “In the name of the one and only God.” He said: “We have the conviction that the Jakarta Charter dater June 22, 1945, gave inspiration to the 1945 Constitution and is linked in unity with the Con stitution.” The Catholic party noted that the President’s words had caused some worry among Cath olics, but added that the char ter was mentioned only in the introduction to the decree and not in the decree itself, and that it is clear that the Presi dent was only giving his per sonal opinion in regard to it. The party’s statement said that the President has repeated ly declared that his decree is based on the desires of the majority in the Constituent Assembly. It is clear, the party statement went on, that the constituent assembly accepted the 1945 Constitution but reject ed the Jarkarta Charter’s pro vision regarding Islamic law. Therefore, it said, it sees no reason for fear because of the President’s words about the charter. The President’s decree has been given strong support by the Indonesian Army’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen Abdul Haris Nasu- tion, who recently praised the nation’s Catholics and promised to protect them. FLETCHER’S JEWELERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS "Quality at every price level" 48 WEST PARK SQUARE PHONE 8-8545 MARIETTA, GA. WILLIAMS DRUG CO. “A Complete Drug Store” Phone 9-9086 Marietta, Go. OWENS FLOWER SHOP 1180 ATLANTA ROAD MARIETTA, GEORGIA Friendly Jeweler Incorporated 217 Church Street Marietta, Georgia MARIETTA LUMBER COMPANY Phone 9-9068 Post Office Box 3 Lumber • Millwork • Building Materials ATLANTA ROAD AT SOUTH COBB DRIVE m MARIETTA, GEORGIA Serra President Urges Family To Foster Vocations (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) CLEVELAND,—A five-point family program to encourage vocations was outlined here by the new president of Serra In ternational. Dr. Frank J. Hanrahan, Jr., director of internal medicine at St. Vincent Charity Hospital here, was elected at Serra’s re cent national convention in Pittsburg. The organization of laymen seeks to promote voca tions to the priesthood by aiding seminarians’ education. Dr. Hanrahan said in inter view that he believes the grow ing need for vocations will be better met if Catholic families adopt a program to encourage them. He said families should: 1) Pray for vocations. This is a habit with every Serra mem ber and should be habitual with Catholic families. 2) Learn what the religious life is really like. Certain fami lies tend to produce more than their share of vocations. One reason, Dr. Hanrahan suggested, is that members of these fami lies learn early what religious life is like and know it for a happy life. 3) Realize that a vocation is from God. It’s not a criticism, explicit or implicit, of the lay life. It doesn’t mean that a child who enters religion does not appreciate his parents’ life. 4) Never criticize priests or Religious in front of children. A child will have no interest in a life that his parents don’t re spect. 5) Encourage thoughts of vo cations. Listen courteously when the child says he’s thinking about the religious life. Don’t MARRIAGES n o O BELL-COTA i O ATLANTA — Miss Joanne Cota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cota, became the bride of Joseph Donald Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Linton Hen don of Athens, July 11th., at Christ the King Cathedral. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Cassi dy officiated at the ceremony. O O | SPILLANE-DOLAN | O O SAVANNAH — Miss Susan Dolan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Enwright Dolan, and Charles Berry Spillane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reginald Spillane were married with a Nuptial Mass July 11th at the Sacred Heart Church. Rev. Bede Lightner, O.S.B., officiated. O O | ARNOLD-TUKES | O G ATLANTA—Miss Barbara A. Tukes, daughter of George and Harriet Tukes, and Alvin Ar nold, son of Charles and Fannie Arnold, were joined in Holy Matrimony in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, July 4th, Fa ther Michael McKeever officiat ing. O O | CRANE-HORTON | O O ATLANTA—Miss Ruby Lee Horton and William Crane, Jr., were married July 4th at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Fa ther Michael McKeever officiat ing. William Crane, Jr., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Crane Sr., and Miss Horton is the daughter of Mr. Lee and Mrs. Rosa Mae Horton. O —O | BEAN-MARTIN | O O HINESVILLE — The mar riage of Miss Gloria Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ru dolph Martin of Hinesville, to A2c Gerald F. Bean of Hunter Air Force Base, was solemniz ed July 12th at Fort Stewart, Chaplain Capatani officiated. Services For Fortunato Strozzo STATESBORO — Funeral services for Mr. Fortunato Strozzo were held at St. Mat thews Church July 11. Father Robert B. Rademacher, officiat ed. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Marucci Strozzo; four sons, Gerald Strozzo, Salvatore Strozzo, Anthony Strozzo and Dominic Strozzo, all of Savan nah; three daughters, Mrs. Mary S. Galibert of Thunderbolt; Mrs. Ellen S. Mathews of Savannah andMiss Ann Strozzo of Brook- let. be to anxious to tell him “to watt a few years.” Studies have shown, Dr. Han- raban said, that the majority of priests and Religious made up their mind to enter religious life before the eighth grade. Too often, he believes, parents try to “test” a child’s vocation in the wrong place—in the life of the world. The right place to test a vo cation, he said, is in a minor seminary, and a boy who leaves one is in no sense a failure. On the contrary, he’s wise to find out early in life if he really does have a vocation. In this connection, Dr. Hanra han said, it is important to re member the two-fold nature of vocation—the grace of the call ing itself, and the grace to per severe. Too much harping at a young ster that he’s too young, send ing him to a coed high school and confusing him with the dis tractions of the world can harm the grace of perseverance in its developing stages, he declared. As for the Serrans themselves, Dr. Hanrahan said they must continue their efforts to restore Christianity to modern culture so that an environment con ductive to vocations can de velop. He suggested “under standing the mind of the Church” as the coming year’s theme. Father of seven, Dr. Hanrahan has been active in the Cleve land Serra Club eight years and has been governor, trustee and second vice president of the or ganization. Albert M. Dobbins FUNERAL HOME 306 Cherokee Street Phone 8-2636 MARIETTA, 3EORGIA • AIR CONDITIONED CHAPEL • OXYGEN EQUIPPED AMBULANCE Reynolds & Farrar Trio Restaurant Prescription Specialists FOUR LANE HIGHWAY Atlanta Road Marietta, Ga. FERNANDEZ & SANCHEZ Phone 9-4401 PHONE 9-9149 MARIETTA, GA. COMPLIMENTS OF FRED V. 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