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DECEMBER 21, 1957. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THIRTEEN SJ crate themselves to the service of I IS RU Urti Christ as active and chosen mem bers of His Mystical Body. _ _ He continued: AT* IjOMO * “But once this essential obli- gation has been well established, they (Religious) are not forbidden I TF T" to think about revision and adap- 10 I llYIGS tation of the means of achieving it, without however failing to , ' . show due respect for tradition non — love of God primarily, , ... , , ■ . . ,, , , , and without detracting from the md secondarily love ol neighbor ... , ., , , , , prescriptions that are considered —are unchangeable, there is no . . , , . . , , , „ • . . inviolable by (their) Constitu- :eason why laymen and Religious lannot adopt the evangelical , , „ , , , Subordinates will furthermore counsels of poverty, chastity and , ... ..... , , ... observe religious discipline, obedience to modern living. , . , „ ,. , ,, , _ , , which forbids them to arrogate Divided into two general parts, ... , ,, , , ,, , - ,, , _ , ,. ° to themselves those tasks that fall the Popes discourse dealt first , , • . • , , " , ^ „ ,. „ within the competence of supen- with The Perfection of the , , , . ... T ors, or to undertake on their own Christian Life, and then with . ... ,. „ ,, , ,, „ „ „ initiative reforms that they can- The States of Perfection. , ,, , ... , ., '. „ , „ . „ . not attempt without their su- (The states of perfection is ^ authorizatlon ... a technical term applied to the Here the pope gave ial striving for spiritual perfection- consideratiop t0 obed ience in the loving God with one s whole religious lif which he called an heart, soul, mmd and strength egsentia] on which the renewal and ones neighbor as ones self of the spirit proper to the C om- for God s sake - within the re- munity depends . H e said that a hgious life. It includes not only tendency toward modification in orders and congregations, but ^ field has created certain ten _ also societies without vows and gions _ „ not thrQugh a lack of secular institutes. sincere desire to aim at perfec, In the first part of the address, tion by means of obedience, but the Pope treated of laymen and because there is particular em- the practice of the counsels of pb asis today upon certain as- perfection or evangelical coun- pects of obedience that even se- sels in their lives in the world, ld ous and conscientious Religious and then dealt- with the practice wou ld like to see disappear.” of Christian perfection in the re- He mentioned specifically the ligious life and in religious com- asse rtion made in some quarters munities in particular. that some ways of applying obe- “It is clear that Christian per- dience tend to endanger the hu- fection, in the essential elements man dignity of the Religious, that of its definition and of its reali- it creates an obstacle to the full zation, does not allow for any development of his personality, revision or adaptation,” Pope and might even alter his orienta- Pius said. “But, since conditions tion towards God alone, of modern life undergo major At this point the Pope under changes, modifications will be re- lined the value of true submis- quired in applying it. These mod- sion and Christian humility. He ifications will affect those who said both should be free acts in- live in the states of perfection volving the individual’s abandon- and those who do not take part ment of self into the hands of in them, but even more so the God, “whose Will is expressed in latter, especially if they hold a the visible authority of those high social rank and higher func- whose mission it is to command.” tions.” He added: It was here that the Pope said “A superior may' command Only it is not anamalous for the rich in the name of the Lord and by to lead lives of total consecration virtue of his powers of office, to God. and a subject must obey only out The Pontiff then dealt with of love for Christ and not for problems involved in adapting any human reason of utility or the counsels of poverty, chastity convenience, even less through and obedience, noting that reli- pure constraint.” gious superiors and those subject The balance of the discourse to them are called on to conse- | (Continued on Page 14) Best Wishes From McLendon electric go., inc J. T. McLENDON, President L. A. KARST, Vice-President 200 ALEXANDER ST., N. W. ATLANTA (N.C.W.C. News Service) VATICAN CITY — Christians can avail themselves of- luxuries in keeping with their state of life and still be real imitators of “the humble and poor Christ,” His Holiness Pope Pius XII declared here. While high social position may mean living in the midst of ma terial wealth and even luxury, he said, a layman can neverthe less consecrate himself entirely to God and offer Him the total ob lation of himself. The Pope’s indication that wealth need be no hindrance to living in a spirit of poverty was made in the course of an address he gave to leaders of religious orders in 31 countries gathered in Rome for the Second General Congress of the States of Perfec tion in the Modern World. The text of the papal talk has now been released. Among those taking part in the meeting were: Abbot Bernard Kaelin, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Order; Father Mich ael Browne, Superior General of the Dominicans; Father Augus tine Sepinski, Franciscan Superi or General, and Brother Joseph Nicet, Superior General of the Brothers of Christian Schools. American delegates were: Fa ther Celsus Wheeler, O.F.M., Pro vincial of the Franciscan Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, with headquarters in New York, who is president of the Confer ence of Major Superiors of the U. S. A., and Father Charles Burns, O.M.I., Provincial of the Western Province of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a member of the executive committee of the conference. Formed in 1956,the conference brings together provincials and other heads of religious orders and congregations of men in the United States to discuss common problems. 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