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NOVEMBER' 27,1954'.:
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
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MAXWELL BROS & GARETT
R. D. GARNETT, Manager
FURNITURE
ROME, GEORGIA
• FURNITURE and FRIGIDAIRE
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ROME, GEORGIA
Best Wishes To The
Catholic Laity of Georgia
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iORK OF ROIAH IOTA IS
IED BY POPE Pi:
By
MSGR. JOSEPH J. SULLIVAN
(Correspondent, N.C.W.C.
News Service)
VATICAN CITY, — The work
of the Sacred Roman Rota has
been streamlined as the result of
an administrative step taken by
His Holiness Pope Pius XII, it
was learned here. The measure,
which is expected to be of benefit
throughout the world, consisted
of curtailing the number of ap
peals which reaches the tribunal.
Te Rota is Pest known as a
court of appeal from diocesan
courts in matrimonial cases. It
was first set up in the 13th cen
tury, and was reestablished by
Pope St. Pius X in 1908.
Under the new measure, which
was adopted temporarily by the
Holy Father at the suggestion of
Msgr. Andrew Jullien, dean of the
Rota, the tribunal will cease to be
a court of intermediate, or second
appeal, as provided under Canon
Law 15.99.
Ordinarily, according to experts
here, a case, particularly a mar
riage case, is presented first to a
diocesan court. The decision of
this court is then passed on to its
normal court of second instance.
If the decision of this second
court agrees with that of the first
or local court, there is normally
no further action of recourse.
If, however, the second court
does not agree with the first
court, the case may come to the
Rota for the appeal sentence or
judgment. The Rota decision is
usually final.
In recent years, however, it
has become the habit in many dio
ceses in Italy to use the Rota also
as a court of second instance, an
intermediate step which is per
missible by law. The Rome dio
cese, for example, has no court of
second instance, but has regularly
used the Rota for this purpose.
In this way, much intermediate
work has engaged the attention of
the Rota which otherwise would
be involved only in the final ap
peal phase of many cases.
It has now been directed that
Rome shall set up its own tri
bunal of second instance and that
other Italian dioceses shall use
their proper tribunals of appeal
before coming to the Rota.
As an illustration, it is pointed
out that if a marriage case is de
cided by the tribunal of Florence,
it must now be sent to the tri
bunal of Bologna for review. Only
if there is a divergence does it
come to the Rota, whereas previ
ously it usually was sent directly
to the high tribunal after the
Florence decision rather than to
Bologna for review.
The new measure is expected
to reduce the work of the Rota by
about one-third. This will auto
matically make it possible for the
high tribunal to work ever so
much more rapidly on the cases
which come to it from the world
at large.
Serving on the Rota is a board
of 15 judges, two of whom are
United States priests who have
distinguished themselves in the
field of Canon Law and sacred
theology. They are Msgr. Francis
J. Brennan of Philadelphia, and
William J. Doheny, C.S.C., form
erly of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Notre Dame. It is ex
pected that there soon may be at
least one more judge added to the
staff, thereby increasing even
more the effectiveness of the
Rota.
I A,A MACULATE
CONCEPTION
CLUB CHARTERED
ATLANTA, GA.—The Immacu-
late Conception Civics Club o:
Immaculate Conception Academy
recently received its official chan
ter from the Commission on Amj
erican Citizenship in Washing
ton, D. C.
The charter formally recognizes);
the local unit of the Civics Club
which was recently organized
Pupils of Grades 7 and 8 com
prise. its membership.
The officers of the newly or
ganized Club are: Mansfield Wil
liams, president;, James Norris,
vice president; Marianne Black,
recording secretary; Eric Colley
corresponding secretary; and Al
bert Hildebrand. sergeant-at-armS(.
Immaculate Conception Civic;
Club is one of more than 2,200
Catholic Civics Clubs chartered
in the United States in the pas-
year. Sponsored by the Commis
sion on American Citizenship o:
The Catholic University of Ameri
ca in Washington, D. C., thes^
Clubs foster training for good citil-
zenship.
j
Seafood Supper
Set For Dec. 3
SAVANNAH, Ga. — At the
meeting of the members of the
Nativity of Our Lord Parish Nov
ember 15th, in the school hall,
plans were made for the annual
seafood supper which will be hel( l
Friday, December 3.
J. Armand Lloyd, chairman,
and D- G. McKenzie, co-chairman,
will be assisted by the following
committees; Mrs. Max Butler, Jr,,
and Mrs. Robert Stradtman, tick
ets; Robert Stadtman and Edward
Flaherty, drinks; Mr. Lloyd and
Mr. McKenzie, procurement o:
fish and ^hrimp; Mrs. George Mc
Ginnis, pickles; Mrs. T. W. Joy--
ner and Miss Mary Gildes, cake
and pastries; Mrs. Lloyd, publi
city; Mrs. James Shimkus, hush
puppies; Mrs. H. A. Kutsch, cof
fee; Mrs. Lawrence Dwyer and
Miss Gildeas, potatoes salad in
gredients.
It’s a good idea to keep on
good terms with everybody, but
especially with your wife, your
stomach, and your conscience.—
Lion.
I t’s the little things that mean
so much to the great chefs of
America . . . including Sexton
Quality pickles and olives that
garnish their chef-d’oeuvres.You,
too, can grace any occasion with
select-quality Sexton pickles and
olives. They come in all varieties
and sizes. At your better inde*
pendent grocer’s.
John Sexton & Co., Sexton Square, Chicago, I it.