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JANUARY 17, 1948 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE News Review of the Catholic World Archdiocese of Washington Is Unique Among Nation’s Sees Speaking on national Catholic radio programs are, left to right: Rev. Roland Maher, C.P. of Detroit, who will discuss "The Charac teristics of a Christian Home,” on Mutual's Faith in Our Time pro gram on Thursdays of January and February from 10:15 to 10:30 A- M.. EST; Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, of Catholic University, speaking on “The Modern Soul in Search of God,” on the NBC Catholic Hour program, the Sundays of January, February and March, 6-6:30 P. M., EST; Monsignor Joseph M. Griffin of Meriden, Conn., who will speak on "Careers for God” on the ABC network’s Hour of Faith program, the Sundays of January at 11:80-12:00 Noon EST. (NC Photo?) Christian Century, Undenominational Journal, Declares Subject of Church and State Is Clouded With Much Confused Thinking (N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — When Arch bishop - designate Patrick A. O’Boyle comes to the nation’s cap ital this month to inaugurate sep arate administration of the Arch diocese of Washington, he will govern a See unique in the history of tlie Church in the United States. Within the episcopal territory of the Archdiocese is Upper Marl boro. Md., the birthplace of Arch bishop John Carroll, the “Father of the American Hierarchy.” The patriot-priest, who became the country’s first Catholic Bishop, was a cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, famous Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declara tion of Independence. He accom panied Benjalnin Franklin on a hazardous mission to French Can ada on behalf of the revolting col onies. Archbishop - designate O'Boyle, upon his consecration, will become the only member of the present U. S. Hierarchy raised lvom the rank of Monsignor to govern a residen tial archdiocese. His Eminence Edward Cardinal Mooney, Arch bishop of Detroit, was raised from Monsignor to a Titular Archbishop when he was appointed Apostolic Delegate to India in 1926. Ordinarily an Archbishop has supervisory powers over the Bish ops of neighboring Dioceses which form his Ecclesiastical Province. But in the case of the Archdiocese of Washington, it was set up by the Holy See without assignment as a Province and with no Suffragan Sees attached, the cnly Archdio cese so constituted in the United States. In lieu of his own Province, the Archbishop of Washington has been instructed by the Holy See to meet with the Archbishop and the Bishops of the Province of Baltimore. Besides the territory embracing the District of Columbia, the Holy See has attached to the Archdio cese of Washington five adjacent counties in Maryland — Prince Georges, Montgomery. St. Mary’s, Charles and Calvert. Within this territory is a Catho lic population of 165,000. It con tains 82 parishes, 123 diocesan priests. 580 priests of religious communities, 569 Brothers and 1,420 Sisters of various religious communities. The territory also contains 57 elementary schools, 26 high schools and 14 charitable in- stitutions-and agencies. In the city of Washington are located two of the country’s outstanding institu tions of higher learning — the Catholic University of America, of which the Archbishop of Washing ton will be the Chancellor, and Georgetown University, which was established by Archbishop Car- roll in 1795 and is operated by the Jesuits. The territory within the Arch diocese is steeped in history, dat ing back to jdie time of’the Lords Baltimore and connected with many incidents in Civil War times, particularly the asassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Archbishop - designate O’Boyle will be installed here at the Cathe dral of St. Matthew the Apostle on January 21. His Excellency Arch bishop Amleto Giovanni Cicog- ne.ni, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, will be the officiat ing prelate. The new Archbishop for the time being will make his residence at the rectory of St. Pat rick’s Church, the "Mother Church of Washington.” The Archbishop-designate was' consecrated on January 14 in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spell man, Archbishop of New York, was the consecrator, with Bishops John M. McNamara, Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and of Washington, and Henry T. Klonowski, Auxiliary of Scranton, as the co-consecrators. Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart of Ogdens- burg, preached the sermon. Historic vestments were worn by the Archbishop-designate at the consecration ceremony. White with silver embroidery, they were worn originally by His Holiness Pope Pius XII when he was consecrated by Pope Benedict XV. Later they By REV WILLIAM E. McMANUS (N. C. W. C News Service) Confronted by an accumulation of conft'idictory statements by prominent Protestant spokesmen, the Christian Century, popular “undenominational journal of re ligion,” frankly declares that the subject of church and state “is clouded with much confused think ing among Protestants as well as among Catholics.” “This,” the Christian Century believes, “is largely caused by the fact that writers on both sides do not check their use of the formula with the Constitution.” After taking “a good look” at the Constitution the Christian Century finds that the First Amendment does not mean “sepa ration of religion from the state” or “the separation of religion and politics.” Furthermore, separa tion does not mean that the state musl be strictly secular, that it may not recognize the Diety . . . or include the study of religion as an integral part of the curriculum of state supported education ” So far, so good. After taking a still longer look at the Constitu tion the Christian Century finds that the First Amendment defi nitely prohibits any governmental favoritism for any one particular religious sect or denomination. Exactly! Catholics agree with the Protestants, and both agree with the founding fathers. As the Christian Century says: No reli gion is to be put under a ban by the state. No religion, on the other hand, may be given a special rec ognition bv the state, for this ob viously would have the negative effect of hampering all other re ligion^. Right again! If this is the meaning of the First Amend ment, there need be no quarrel between Protetsants and Catholics. Together let them go 'aboard the Freedom Train to “take a look” at the document which so securely protects their religious liberty. But wait—when does our Amer ican government give “special rec- o'gnition” to one patricular reli gion? The Christian Century’s an swer is ours too—when govern ment enacts a law "respecting an establishment of religion.” Thus does the First Amendment’s first clause, which forbids laws respect were worn by Cardinal Spellman, when he was consecrated by Pope Pius XII. Other members of the Hierarchy who wove the vestments at their consecrations include Bish op John F. O’Hara C.‘ S. C., o 1 Buffalo; Archbishop J. Francis A. McIntyre. Coadjutor of New York; Bishop McEntegart; Bishop Wil liam T. McCarty, C.SS.R., Coadju tor of Rapid City; Bishop William R. Arnold, Military Delegate; Bishop Joseph P. Donahue, Auxil iary of New York; Bishop William A. Scully, Coadjutor of Albany, and Bishop Thomas J. McDonnell, Auxiliary of New York and nation al director of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. MONSIGNOR A.MARTEL, pas tor of St. Anthony’s Church, Eu nice, La-., was named the outstand ing citizen of Eunice for 1947, in an announcement made at the an nual ladies’ night presentation ceremony of the Rotary Club in that city. ing an establishment of religion, safeguard the religious liberty guaranteed by the Amendment’s second clause. From this point on the Christian Century’s reasoning becomes rath er fuzzy. “Two distinguishing features,” it says, “characterize an establishment of religion. One is the power of control over the church by the state, or by the church over the state. . . . The other feature ... is that the churci\ derives its temporal sup port, in whole or in part, from taxes levied on all citizens.” What does the Christian Century mean by the church—one preferred church or any church? Looking away from the legisla tive history of the First Amend ment, which the founding fathers formulated to prevent Congress from establishing one official na tional church, the Christian Cen tury declares that the Amend ment forbids “the interlocking of the official functions of the state with the official or institutional functions of any church.” Though historically inaccurate, this “in terlocking” formula is plausible— perhaps reasonable. When, however, the Christian Century “gets down to cases” in its December 10 issue, the real meaning of “interlocking” becomes clear. Church and state inter lock, it says, when parochial school children ride on public school buses, eat tax-subsidized lunches and use textbooks furnished by the state; when children receive “sectarian instruction" on public school premises; when the Presi dent sends a personal representa tive to the Vatican (this is a tight interlocking, the Christian Cen tury asserts); when the govern ment negotiates with churches for appointment of chaplains to the armed forces. There is no inter locking, however, when health services are administered to paro chial school children on parochial premises “because the children can be reached there in large groups” and “it is a matter of con venience and economy ...” Stu dents of logic may find in this reasoning the classic non sequitur of our day. But there is more to come! Church and state do not interlock when the public school program includes “devotional study of religion as an integral part of the public school curriculum un der the instruction of regular pub lic school teachers. ...” There you have it! Church and state interlock when parochial school children ride on a public school bus (a vehicle completely in charge of public school authori ties), but do not interlock when all public school pupils are required to recite the Protestant version of the Lord’s Prayer or to read the Protestant Bible. Church and state interlock when the govern ment hires chaplains for its sol diers but they do not become “en meshed” when the same govern ment hires doctors to vaccinate parochial school pupils. Frankly we had expected more of the Christian Century and we are keenly disappointed. For af ter three long editorials this mag azine leaves us, and some Protes tants, exactly where we were— looking for a definite, consistent Protestant interpretation of the Barry College at Miami Accredited by Southern Association of Colleges „ MIAMI.—(NC)—Barry College, the first Catholic college in Flor ida, has been recognized within eight years of its foundation by the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools as an accredited institution of higher learning. Founded by the Sisters of St Dominic of Adrian, Mich., at the invitation of the late Bishop Pat rick Barry of St. Augustine, the women’s college was required to have four graduating classes be* fore becoming eligible for recog nition. Application was not made until 1945 because the war pre vented meetings of the accredit ing association, and subsequent reports and an inspection by ex aminers delayed final recogni tion. Barry is one of the first Catho lic colleges for women on the Eastern Seaboard south of the District of Columbia. It is located on a 40-acre tract in the out skirts of Miami. EXCAVATIONS in the vault, o! St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome which were slowed down during the war have been stepped up under the direction of Professor Enriso Josi, inspector of Christian and Profane Museums in Vatican City. One ot the main reasons for the excava tions is to discover the existence of the tomb of St. Peter, Apostle and first Pope—an archeological discovery that would be of pro found importance to the entire Christian world. A HISTORY of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, by Sis ter Mary David Cameron, libra rian at the school, has been pub lished in Baltimore by the Declan X. McMullen Company. The Bal timore college had its beginning in 1847 when five Sisters came to Baltimore from Bavaria and' pur chased the site for the school with the assistance of Archbishop Spalding. In 1895, Notre Dame began instruction on the college level. FORMATION of a group known as Protestants and other Ameri cans United for Separation cf Church and State, has been an nounced in Washington, D. C., where the group will have it* "head quarters. Dr. Edwin McNeill Poteat, president of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, is pres- ident. Vice presidents arc Dr Charles Clayton Morrison, Chica go,. former editor bf the Chris tian Century; Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, of New York, and Dr. John A. Mackey, president of Princeton Theological Semin ary. HIS EMINENCE Dennis Cardi- nal Dougherty of PhihleJ Philadelphia, presided at a Sol einn Pontifical Mass which closed a Solemn Triduuni in celebration of the canonization of St. Cath erinc Laboure, the French Nun to whom the Miraculous Medai was manifested. The Triduum was held at St. Mary’s Central Shrinf in Philadelphia, the national ccn. ter of the Miraculous Medal No- vena Devotions. THE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS and visitors to the international!) known shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, in Canada, this year to talled 875,932, the largest number in any one year in the history of the shrine. Motor car license! were noted from practically every province in Canada and every state in the United States. Since the shrine had its humble begin ning in 1658 there have been 19,689,317 pilgrims and visitors. ALL CATHOLIC WOMEN of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will be invited to join a “hostess club” in preparation for the convention of the National Council of Cat't olic Women which will be held ir. New Orleans from September 11 to 15. COMMON IDEALS of Chris tianity and Judaism were stressed in holiday greetings sent at Christ mas time by the Synagogue Coun cil of America to the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the Federal Council of Churches, the National Lutheran Council and the National Council of Christians and Jews. principle of separation of church and state. 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