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NOVEMBER' 27,1954'.: THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THIRTEEN I MAXWELL BROS & GARETT R. D. GARNETT, Manager FURNITURE ROME, GEORGIA • FURNITURE and FRIGIDAIRE THE DOCK Rome’s Better Restaurant AAA Approved Restaurant ROME, GEORGIA Best Wishes To The Catholic Laity of Georgia ENLOE DRUG STORES, Inc. 130 Broad St. McCALL PHARMACY 300 South Broad St. SHORTER AVE. PHARMACY 430 Shorter Ave. ROME, GEORGIA GRAVES-HARPER CO, Steam Charkets COAL Domestic Pittsburgh Paint OFFICE 312 BROAD ST. ROME, GA. HARDY JEWELRY CO, Diamonds - Watches - Jewelry - Silverware 304 BROAD STREET ROME, GEORGIA 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.