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East Point Ford Co. Bales , l Service 1230 N. MAIN PL. 3-2121 EAST POINT, GA. Season's Greetings Pollard Funeral Home 439 Fraser Si. MU. 8-5073, Atlanta, Ga. Theology for The Layman (Continued from Page 4) the qualities outwardly shown, he will admit that the Church does actually show them. For the Catholic they are im measurably more than that— they are the outward showings of inner realities. The showing can vary from age to age, ac cording as men respond well or ill to the gifts of Christ. But the inner reality abides changeless, Christ made His Church thus, it can never be otherwise. The Church has the mark of Catholicity, for example: she has in fact taught all nations, all doctrines, all ages from her foundation to now. But in her inmost reality, she is no more Catholic now than when she was founded. When Our Lord established the Church, it consisted of one hundred and twenty Jews, it had no age at all, its teachings had not begun. And in that in stant it was the Catholic Church. For it had been made by the universal Teacher and* COLUMBUS Plumbing, Heating, & Mill Supply Co. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Life-giver for all men. That is the inner reality, of which the mark began to show as early as Pentecost Day. The mark has been more spectacularly in evidence at some times than at others; na tions have joined the Church, nations have left it. But it.is al ways the Church through which Our Lord offers men the fullness of Truth and Life and Union. The inner reality is of the essence, but the outward show ings are of immense importance as establishing the Church’s spe cial and unique relation to God. As a mark Apostolicity is seen in a variety of ways, nota bly three. First, the Church goes back in a unbroken line to the one that came to life in our world on the first Pentecost; by the laying-on of hands every bishop, every priest is linked with the Apostoles. Second, the Church, like the Apostles, teaches and has always taught whatever Christ taught: at no point has it ever been con ceived, for example, that with the progress of learning we know better than He. There has been development, but always a genuine development of what He gave. Third, the Church teaches as the Apostles taught, that is wtih complete authority; at every age she has said what the Apostles said at the Coun cil of Jerusalem (Acts XV) “It hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us.” Two points may be worth noting about the mark of Ca tholicity. Every sort of nation has joined the Church, each feeling wholly at home. And every sort of man in every na tion has joined it, lived in it and loved it. There is no such thing as a Catholic type. There are vast differences between centuries and civilizations and nations and individuals; the Church is able to get down be low the differences to that in humanity which all men have. Naturally, for she is made by the God who made men. S eaJon J D AVI S CUNTS COLUMBUS QUESTION BOX (Continued from Page 4) ed whenever a Requiem Mass is wanted (and permitted), and there is no particular reason for the celebration of the first and second kinds. Both the funeral and anni versary Masses are said to be “privileged,” chiefly , because they out-rank in liturgical im portance the daily or ordinary Requiem Mass. Although there are several Requiem Masses for use on va rious specific occasions, such Masses are not always allowed. For the most part this is so whenever a major feast of the Church occurs. By a major feast here is meant one of so signal a liturgical character that its own Mass must always be said, no substitute Mass being per mitted in its stead. For example, not even funeral Masses are permitted on Sun days or holy days of obligation (i.e., Christmas, the Assump tion, the Immaculate Concep tion, etc.). Likewise, all other Requiem Masses are forbidden not only on these days, but also on great feasts such as that of the Transfiguration, the As- nunciation, SS. Peter and Paul, etc. Too, anniversary and ordi nary requiems "may not be cel ebrated as a rule during major octaves (i.e., the week following Easter or Pentecost.) The foregoing information helps explain why a priest fre quently must celebrate Masses for the deceased in vestments other than black. Implicit therein also is the principle that Masses for the dead need not always be Re quiem Masses. The Requiem is a special Mass for the dead, which the Church allows on days and during seasons when no major feasts or observances' occur. Hence, the Requiem Mass should ordinarily be used when ever it is conveniently possible. But any mass, on any day, may be offered in favor of the deceased. Essentially, there is no difference between a Re quiem and another kind of Mass. The principal variation regards ceremonial externals. Every man another man sees is just average — except when he looks in the mirror. The man with great confi dence in himself tends to build confidence in others. PERFECT BELT MFG. CO. 225% Mitchell St., S. W. JA. 2-9616 Atlanta, Ga. Invitation To Tito To Visit U. S. In 1960 Hinted Again By J. J. Gilbert WASHINGTON—It has been hinted here that Tito may be invited to visit the United States in 1960. Nothing has been said offi cially, but it has appeared in a news forecast put together by a prominent press gorup. This may be just a prediction on the part of the newsmen, of course, but sometimes things of this sort are “trial balloons” which Government officials encourage in their ascent. The results are watched, and if there is no ap preciable adverse reaction the proposals are acted upon. In the past all suggestions that the Red dictator of Yugo slavia be invited to come here have brought vigorous opposi tion. In this instance, the forecast reasoned that Tito is very much put out because President Eisen hower is not calling at Belgrade on his multi-nation tour. It was said that the Yugoslav dictator has long wanted a President of the United States to visit him, and to receive in return an in vitation to come to this country. It can be seen how such atten tion would greatly bolster the prestige of the Red ruler. It was also stated that Tito is particularly angry because President Eisenhower included Generalissimo Franco among those to visit. Franco, it was observed, is one of Tito’s pet hates. It was then said that an in vitation to come here in 1960 would be extended to Tito as a peace offering. Why ihere has to be a peace offering extended to Tito is not clear to everybody. Tito seems to have said and done preify much ihe things he has wanted io do in his relations wiih ihis country, except perhaps to come here. There are those who main tain it is worth almost anything to keep Tito "independent" of Moscow. At the same time, Tito has proclaimed widely that he is a communist and intends to be nothing else. Moreover, he has shown no particular friend ship for this country except to accept hundreds of millions of dollars in U. S. aid. In this connection, it is inter esting that a prominent Wash ington columnist has announced that he has been “swamped” with communications—“some in a friendly spirit wanting infor mation, others in ugly and bit ter language”—because he ad vocated the President’s visit to Madrid. The columnist, Constantine Brown of The Washington Eve ning Star, says that he has re minded writers that President Eisenhower is committed to visit Premier Khrushchev of Soviet Russia next year, and that “Spain cannot be described as a dictatorship in the same sense as the Soviet Union com munist China or even In donesia.” Mr. Brown says "Spain is no longer a police state" and "is a managed democracy' with the controls of government in the hands of Gen. Francisco Franco assisted by a responsible cabinet and a parliament appointed partly by labor unions and pro fessional people." "The whole structure and philosophy of the Soviet gov ernment is avowedly the bitter est and most determined enemy this country ever had," Mr. Brown stated. Funeral Rites For Bisiep Hugh L Lamb (N.C.W.C. News Service) GREENSBURG, Pa.,—Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass for the Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, 69, first Bishop of Greensburg, was offered in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The Mass was offered (Dec. 15) by Bishop George L. Leech of Harrisburg, while Archbishop John Mark Gannon, Bishop of Erie, presided. His Eminence John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C., Archbishop of Philadelphia, was unable to attend. Bishop Lamb had been active and in apparent good health until four days before his death when he entered the hospital for treatment of a minor dis order. A heart attack caused his Paper Warns indecencies May Cans© Censorship (N.C.W.C. News Service) LOS ANGELES — A leading daily newspaper has warned the movie industry that it is facing official censorship and a boy cott by a revolted public. An editorial entitled “The Foolhardy Movie Producers” in the Los Angeles Times (Dec. 9) said that “in the gathering storm over movie indecencies” the producers were inviting calamity and were bound to lose. Some movie producers, the paper said, “apparently are re solved not to retire to their old line of defense, self-censorship, which they held successfully for more than two decades. They overtly abandoned that line last month when they rejected a decision of the Production Code Administration in Hollywood.” The reference was to “Happy Anniversary” which dealt with premarital sex relations. The Times said the industry, or part of it, “is literally daring censorship to do its worst. All the lessons of the past are for gotten.” “There are only five state censorship boards now, but there used to be more, and with varied sanctions. Some of them (like the present Pennsylvania board) could censor a film after it was exhibited, the hardest blow, from the producers’ view point, that can be struck against them,” the editorial said. The paper warned that the producers were risking calamity for the sake of getting money while they can from sex and violence at the box office. Calling this “a short view,” the Times continued: “They support their position with sev eral sophistries: One of them is that the movies have become ‘adult’ along with plays and books. If plays and books and movies had the same audience, limited to adults, the argument might have some force. “But the movie audience, particularly that part of the audience that is attracted by the non-Euclidean varieties of sex, is not wholly adult; it con tains many adolescents and children. “And that is the rub.” “The producers and exhibitors know that the ‘adult’ argument is false, else they would not be so enraged at the classification proposals. They do not want their product labeled ‘adults only,’ and that is a confession that they know the part of the public that is paying to see their prettied up peep shows.” The editorial said that al though the movie people had forgotten the lesson of history, they coud learn a lesson from television’s present predica ment. The Times said: “Having been caught out on the quiz shows and other fraudulent practices, the TV companies are busy now with codes and other compacts of holiness.” “The movie people are not being brave; they are just greedy and foolhardy,” the edi torial added. “They put their friends, and all people who abhor and fight censorship, in a false position. “And they are bound to lose. It the official censorship doesn’t ge them after all, the revolting public will boycott them. The movies will become the skid row of the arts.” In making these observations, the editorial took notice / that the General Board of the Na tional Council of Churches of Christ (Protestant) now is pon dering a report on sex and vio lence in motion pictures. The editorial also referred to a pro posal for a joint religious clean up of film? made by Bishop James A. McNulty, of Paterson, N. J., chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ committee on Motion Picture, Radio and Television. death, physicians said. The day following the Bishop’s death Msgr. Cyril J. Vogel, Chancellor, was elected admini strator of the Greensburg dio cese at a meeting of the diocesan board of consultors. He will administer the diocese until a successor to Bishop Lamb is enthroned. Cultivate new ideas and you’ll have the world’s best paying crop. THE BULLETIN, December 26, 1959—PAGE ^5 SERVICES FOR MRS. WEIGLE AUGUSTA — Funeral serv ices for Mrs. Annie Cashin Weigle were held December 17th with a requiem mass at St. Patrick’s Church, Rev. Arthur Weltzer officiating. Survivors are her husband, E. Goodrich Weigle, a son, Edward G. Weigle Jr. of Augusta; two brothers, P. O. B. Cashin of Memphis, Tenn., and Harry L. Cashin of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Charles S. Bohler, Jr. of Augusta and Sister Mary Tho mas Cashin, C.S.C., Atlanta. Even Ihough the succession of physical actions is now past, as it was preordained in the eternal design . . . nevertheless we unceasingly adore that birth from the Virgin who brought forth our salvation.—Pope St. Leo I. MARRIAGES o o | WINTERS-BURNS | o —o SAVANNAH — Miss Barbara Jean Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Burns and Aloysius Winters Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Winters Sr. were married November 28th at the Sacred Heart Church, Father Aloysious, O.S.B., offi ciating. SEASON’S GREETINGS Poro Branch Beauty 250 Auburn Ave., N. E. ATLANTA, GA, AUGUSTA HIDE COMPANY E. A. LAMAR, Proprietor Hides, Furs, Wool, Beeswax, Tallow, Scrap Iron, Metals, Rubber and Rags Office and Warehouse: 1438 Reynolds Sireet AUGUSTA, GA. ALBANY TRUST AND BANKING CO. 3% Paid on Savings Member F. D. I. C. 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