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PAGE 4—The Southern Cross, February 16, 1966
The Sales And Use Tax
According to figures com
piled by the National Education
Association in their publica
tion, “1960-1970 Financing
the Public Schools”, the oer-
pupil cost for children
in Georgia’s public schools
is $245.65.
There are in the Diocese
of Savannah 9,405 boys and
girls who attend Catholic ele
mentary and secondary
schools. This means that nei
ther the State nor any local
government within the Diocese
has to worry about raising al
most two hundred and fifty
dollars per year to under
write the education of
each of these children.
In other words, the opera
tions of Catholic schools in
our diocese effects an annual
savings of $2,310,338.25 to
the taxpayers of Georgia in
per-pupil costs alone.
Location and construction
costs of Catholic schools rep
resents a contribution of many
more millions of dollars to
the taxpayers of the diocese.
In addition, the State
treasury is directly enriched
by the Catholic schools which,
unlike their Public school
counterparts, are compelled
to pay thousands of dollars
annually in the form of the
3% Georgia sales and use
tax.
The Georgia House of Rep
resentatives has passed a bill
designed to exempt private,
non-profit Colleges and Uni
versities from the obligation
of paying the same tax.
The proposal is certainly
commendable in that it offers
a measure of relief to edu
cational institutions which
have, for many years, con
tributed heavily to the welfare
of our State. It is also a wel
come indication that our law
makers are at least as con
cerned about the plight of
some Georgia institutions as
they are about enticing in
dustry to the State by offer
ing them tax inducements.
It is distressing, however,
that Georgia’s lawmakers,
while justly lauding the con
tributions which private col
leges and universities make to
the educational needs of the
State, have chosen to point
edly ignore like contributions
by private elementary and se
condary schools and have told
Catholic parents, in effect,
“If you want to continue to
save Georgia millions of dol
lars every year, you’ll have
to continue paying a tax to do
so.”
Says Exclusion Of Private
Schools Bad For Education
WASHINGTON, (NC)-The
president of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women said
here exclusion’ of private
'schools from Federal aid bills
Van have a bad effect on educa-
;on and on parents.
.LMrS- Joseph McCarthy of San
Francisco, in a statement is
sued from NCCW headquarters
here, said that exclusion of
these schools “violates the tra
ditional concept of a dual sys
tem of education.’’
“When the power and prestige
of the Federal government is
confined to one segment of our
educational system, a precedent
of dangerous implications is es
tablished.
“The first long step toward
a national governmental school
system will have been taken if
the Congress follows this poli
cy of directing aid to one part
of American Education,” she
said.
As for its effect on parents,
she said they “should not be
disadvantaged because they se
lect a school system based on
religious principles.”
“As a matter of fact,” she
said, “their free choice should
be facilitated by government. In
effect the discriminatory legis
lation proposed undermines the
basic concept of religious free
dom.”
“In the recent message to
the Congress on the educational
needs of America,” Mrs. Mc
Carthy noted, “it was observed
that ‘our concern is for the fu
ture of our children.’ The
concern of millions of Catholic
mothers across the country is
for ‘our’ children also.”
“The concern of the Catho
lic women of America for the
educational needs of a large
segment of our country’s child
ren, those attending church-
related schools, is a deep one.”
the NCCW president added. “It
should be given due recogni
tion.”
Sudanese Deny Persecution,
Increase Church Pressure
ROME, (NC)--Missionaries
reaching Rome after being ex
pelled from the Sudan revealed
that new rulings by the Sudanese
government prohibiting mis-
sioners from engaging in agri
culture can even forbid their
growing vegetables for their
own tables.
The rulings are in the form of
an instruction issued by the
Moslem-controlled national
government in Khartoum to
clarify the so-called Mission
ary Societies Act which was
passed last May. Under the act,
more than 120 Christian
missionaries have been expell
ed from the Sudan in the past
three months.
The second paragraph of the
new clarification states that
“missionaries may not carry
out any activity which has to do
with teaching, medicine, agri
culture, commerce or industry,
or which consists in the publica
tion of any journal, pamphlet,
v Laws Will Not
Solve Problems
Of Discrimination
PROVIDENCE, R. I., (NC)—
A priest-lawyer said here laws
will not solve the problems of
discrimination, but they will
educate majority groups and
raise the level of hope among
minority groups.
Father Robert F. Drinan,
S'. J., dean of the Boston College
Law School, told a Brown Uni
versity audience (Feb. 6) a
moral revolution is needed to
rid American communities of
discrimination in housing and
other areas.
The leader in causes for equal
rights said until that happens,
legislation would have to open
the way for minority groups
to escape from their “ghettos”
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books, records or radio broad
casts, or the projection of any
film or film slides, without
first having received approval
in writing by a competent offi
cial of the Ministry of the In
terior.”
According to a Vatican Radio
newscaster, while the new
instruction speaks rather gen
erally of “any journal, pamph
let, books. . .” missionaries
in the Sudan have learned that
in practice this applies also to
images, catechisms and pray-
erbooks, and can even extend
to rosaries, crucifixes and
other religious objects.
Citing the word of ousted mis
sionaries, Vatican Radio said
that the prohibition against
agricultural activities can apply
to “the little kitchen gardens
in which the missionaries grow
food for their tables, which
cannot be tended without special
permission.”
The third paragraph of the
Sudanese government instruc
tion prohibits repairs or im
provements in mission stations
without permission. The diffi
culty in this, according to the
Vatican Radio newscaster, is
that the government offices
where such permission must be
requested in person are often
as far as 125 miles from a
mission.
Another section of the new
provision states , that religious
superiors must give the
government notice a year in
advance when they intend to
transfer a priest from one place
to another. The immediate af
fect of this provision, said Vati
can Radio, is to make it vir
tually impossible for a super
ior to fill a vacancy left by the
expulsion of a missionary.
Describing a specific in
stance of how the Sudanese
government policy is being ap
plied, Vatican Radio said that
several days before their ous-
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No Longer A ‘Sect’
It Seems to Me
ter, missionaries who have now
reached Rome had accompanied
to a Sudanese government office
the parents of two boys who
wanted to enter the seminary.
Under the present regulations,
parents must express their con
sent to such a step in the pre
sence of a government official.
But in spite of the insistence
by the parents that they wanted
their sons to enter the
seminary, said Vatican Radio,
they were unable to obtain the
necessary document from the
designated government offi
cials.
One of the most brilliantly
perceptive things G. K. Ches
terton ever said was that the
Catholic Church had become
“for a time a sect among the
sects, in order that in the end
she mignt
emerge again
as the uni-
v e r s a 1
C h u r c h.”
Chesterton
meant that
events had
forced the
Church to be
come aloof
and defensive, penitentially ri
gorous, and even at times dis
putatious and condemnatory, to
protect essentials of faith and
morals from error and laxity.
That, he realized, was not the
Church as she really is—be
nign, magnanimous, cheerful,
good-humored, and lovable;
opening her arms to gather in
and comfort all God’s crea
tures. No; that was the Church
behaving, because of bitter
necessity, like a sect.
IN THE QUARTER-century
since Chesterton’s death, the
situation has changed almost
miraculously; and now the
Church, after a long prepara
tion under Pius XII, and
inspired by the happy humanity
of Pope John, is opening her
heart again to the world.
Even the Fathers of the ecu
menical council, I think, are
only gradually coming to realize
how much has already been ac
complished by the ecumenical
council. The council, shall we
say, has found its footing; and
under the mysterious guidance
of the Holy Spirit, it has set
JOSEPH BREIG
forth on the ecumenical way.
This fact was expounded the
other day in a talk in Rome by
Augustin Cardinal Bea, head of
the Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity. It seemed to
me that I could detect in what
he said a note of glad astonish
ment, as if his reflections on the
council had opened his eyes to
things he had previously not
seen clearly.
THE KEYNOTE of his ad
dress was this: he now per
ceives that there is in
the world “an inexorable, ever-
quickening march of events”
which is leading toward Chris
tian union. And the council has
led the Church into that line
of march.
The council, he said, has
“solemnly approved in general
principle, and with its supreme
authority, the fundamentals of
Catholic ecumenism, and has
moreover made known its in
tention to direct and order more
fully ecumenical activity.”
He came to this realization
through study of the treatise on
the unity of the Church,
prepared by the Commission
for the Oriental Churches. True
the treatise was concerned
solely with the Orthodox
Churches—but it contains “the
general principles of Catholic
ecumenism.” And thistreatise,
said Cardinal Bea, was
approved by the Fathers “in
moral unanimity.”
FURTHER, they gave explicit
instructions that the treatise
must “form part of one joint
decree” along with treatises
prepared by other com
missions, including the Chris
tian Unity Secretariat.
Fourth Joyful Mystery
THE PRESENTATION
Our Father
According to the Law of Moses, they took
Jesus up to Jerusalem/
to present him to the Lord.
Luke 2:32
Hail $ Mary
Now there was in Jerusalem a man
named Simeon,/
and this man was just and devout, look
ing for the consolation of Israel.
Luke 2:25
Hail Mary
And it had been revealed to him that he
should not see death/
before he had seen the Christ of the
Lord.
Luke 2:26
Hail Mary
And when they brought in the child
Jesus, he received him into his
arms/
and blessed God.
Luke 2:27, 28
Hail Mary
’Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O
Lord J
according to thy word, in peace.’
Luke 2:29
Hail Mary
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Part 4
’Because my eyes have seen thy salva
tion,/
which thou hast prepared before the
face of all peoples.’
Luke 2:30, 31
Hail Mary
’A light of revelation to the Gentiles,/
and a glory for thy people Israel.’
Luke 2:32
Hail Mary
And he said to Mary, 'Behold, this child
is destined for the fall and for
the rise of many in Israel,/
and for a sign that shall be contra
dicted.’
Luke 2:34
Hail Mary
’And thy own soul a sword shall pierce,/
that the thoughts of many hearts may
be revealed.’
Luke 2:35
Hail Mary
And they returned to Nazareth. And the
child grew and became strong,/
and the grace of God was upon him.
Luke 2:39, 40
Hail xjx Mary
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit./ As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
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Sunday Law
NEWARK, N.J.—The solici
tation and reception of telephone
orders on Sunday do not vio
late New Jersey’s county op
tion law limiting Sunday sales,
Superior Court ruled here.
Judge Nelson K. Mintz ruled
in favor of three department
Pope’s Job
stores and four newspapers in
a suit brought by Vornado Inc.,
parent company of “Two Guys
from Harrison” discount chain.
Vornado instituted the suit
when its own efforts to upset
the law failed in court.
Shared Time
TOLEDO, Ohio --A check of
Catholic high schools in the To
ledo diocese shows that at pres
ent two of the schools have shar
ed-time arrangements with
neighboring public schools.
The schools are St. John
High School inDelphos and Cen
tral Catholic in Lima.
Seton Pilgrimage
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Arch
bishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington has announced the
official pilgrimage to Rome
for the beatification of Mother
Elizabeth Seton will leave by
plane from New York on March
10.
Mother Seton, who will be the
first native U.S. citizen to be so
honored, will be beatified on
March 17th.
VATICAN CITY—His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII said at a
general audierice that the Pope
is a man of peace and it is
his job to make the yearning
for peace felt by all.
He said (Feb. 7) that even in
his meetings with heads of state
and leaders of nations the Pope
cannot but stress the peace of
the Lord, good agreement, and
obedience to the laws framed
by Christian civilization.
African Prefecture
VATICAN CITY--Pope John
XXIII has erected the Prefec
ture Apostolic of Louis Trich-
ardt in the Union of South Afri
ca with territory taken from
the Abbacy Nullius of Pieters-
bury. It will be administered
by the Missionaries of the Sac
red Heart of Jesus.
Cardinal’s Funeral
ARMAGH, Ireland—Leaders
of Church and State, including
two U. S. Cardinals, were among
those who attended a Pontifical
Requiem Mass for John Cardi
nal D’Alton.
Government officials were
headed by Irish President
Eamon de Valera who was a
high school classmate, Prime
Minister Sean F. Lemass and
Foreign Minister Frank Aiken.
James Francis Cardinal Mc
Intyre of Los Angeles and Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman of New
York were also in attendance.
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Cardinal Bea noted also that
all the council’s work was ‘ ‘ car
ried out with almost universal
awareness of the ecumenical
task of the Church,” and that
Fathers who spoke in council
“repeatedly called upon the
council to leave all doors open”
for every contact with other
Christians.
The long seige, then, is ended;
the gates of the city are being
thrown wide; this is the central
meaning of the council’s first
session. The Fathers, with
God’s help, wrought more, and.
more nobly, than they realized.
AND ONE OF the reasons for
this, Cardinal Bea said, is the
prayers of the “other Chris
tians” for the council, prayers
which have brought it about
that “the Lord has bestowed
upon the whole of Christianity
and in particular upon the coun
cil, the supernatural gifts of
light and strength.”
I have heard no Father say so,
but I wonder whether most of
them weren't astonished at their
overwhelming vote in favor of
native tongues and customs in
the liturgy, and of great freedom
for liturgical diversity accord
ing to the judgments of re
gional groups of bishops. The
vote was more than 2,000 to
11 and as one bishop remarked
with humor, “What I want to
know is, where were all the
‘conservatives’ ?”
The answer would seem to be
that they had been caught up in
what Cardinal Bea called “the
inexorable and ever-quicken
ing march of events” and in the
light and strength bestowed by
the Lord in response to world
wide prayer,
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Leg
islation has been introduced in
Congress for striking a com
memorative medal for the 250th
anniversary of the birth of Fa
ther Junipero Serra, founder of
the famous California missions.
The anniversary of Father
Serra’s birth falls on Novem
ber 24. The Franciscan priest
founded 21 missions in Cali
fornia. Legislation was intro
duced earlier to authorize a
special postage stamp to mark
the anniversary.
AidChild, Not School
BOISE, Idaho--The Bishop of
Boise has said it is the task
of congressmen to come up
with a bill to aid the private
school child rather than the
school, thus avoiding constitu
tional issues.
Bishop Sylvester Treinen al
so said, “if it is not against
the Constitution to assist pri
vate colleges, it should not be
to assist private grade and
high schools.”
RABAUL, New Britain--A
milestone for the Catholic mis
sions on this South Pacific is
land was passed when two native
students successfully com
pleted a high school exam equi
valent to that given to Austra
lian youngsters. New Britain
is under Australian administra
tion.
They are the first pupils of
any school natives in the New
Britain territory to pass the
Queensland senior exam at the
end of secondary schooling.
Dust Of Ages
LISBON, Portugal--The Va
tican Council was interpreted to
Portugese newsman here as an
effort to “clear away the dust
of ages” and renew the Church
so that it may address itself
to today’s world.
The Patriarch of Lisbon,
Manuel Cardinal ConcalvesCe-
rejeira, made the remarks as
he greeted the newsmen at his
residence after they assisted at
a special Mass in honor of their
patron, St. Francis de Sales.
QUESTION BOX
(By David Q. Liptak)
Q. Just what is Gregorian
Chant, and could you tell me
something about its history—
when it originated, for example?
A. Gregorian Chant (or Sac
red Chant or Plainsong) has
been defined as the traditional
free-rhythmed, unisonous, dia
tonic music which has been
adopted by the Church for the
solemn celebration of the litur
gy-
IN GREGORIAN CHANT the
Staff has but four lines and three
spaces, and the basic single
note is the punctum of quadra-
turn (a square-like note without
a stem). There are only two
Clefs, the Doh Clef and the Fah
Clef. In that Gregorian Chant
utilizes a diatonic scale (i.e.,
a progression of eight sounds
with seven intervals, one sound
after the next, in a regular
gradation, so that each tone is
known by special name), it can
be distinguished from the Chro
matic Scale of modern music,
which is principally character
ized by smaller intervals of
semitones. (“Chromatic” is
from the Greek meaning
“suited for color.” The refer
ence is to the fact that the in
termediate tones were once
transcribed in colors.)Gregor
ian rhythm is, as we indicated,
free, depending largely upon
requisites of musical sense and
beauty.
GREGORIAN CHANT is so
named because it was Pope St.
Gregory the Great (590-604)
who reformed and codified
Plainsong used in his time.
To the end of the first mil-
lenium, curiously, Gregorian
was perpetuated chiefly by
means of oral tradition, espec
ially in the great monasteries.
The first widespread use of
musical notations is commonly
attributed to an eleventh-
century monk of Pomposa,
Guido of Arezzo.
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
found it necessary to legislate
as regards the proper use of
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