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AUGUSTA
The Southern Cross, March 2, 1963—PAGE 3
Science Fair At
St. Mary’s School
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR: Pictured are the winners: first row: Richard
Bowles, Danny Aide, Patrick O’Rourke and Martin O’Rourke; second row: Charles Haeck-
er, Joseph Newton, Buddy Bledsoe, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, Pastor of St. Mary’s,
Patti Evans, Patty Scherer and Therese Battey.
Rhode Island Senate Approves
Textbooks, Aptitude Tests
For Private School Pupils
AUGUSTA—In preparation
for participation in the CSRA
Science Fair to be held in
March, the students of St.
Mary’s School, Augusta, en
tered projects in the First
Science Fair to be held in St.
Mary’s School.
HOLD SECOND
INTERFAITH
MEETING
CANEA, Greece, (NC)--A
second interfaith meeting has
been held in Greece by Ortho
dox, Catholics and Protestants.
The first meeting, held in
Athens on January 20 to discuss
Christian unity, was organized
by Lind, international move
ment of Greek Orthodox youth.
The meeting was praised by
the Catholic and Orthodox press
here and by Vatican Radio.
Observers here look on the
second meeting as even more
important than the first because
it was organized by an Orthodox
prelate, BishopIrenaeusof Kis-
samou. They note that such an
initiative by an Orthodox bishop
would have been impossible or
even dangerous only a short
time ago.
The meeting here took place
in the historic Orthodox Gonia
monastery. Attending were the
Bishop and another Orthodox
priest, an Anglican clergyman
and two Protestants from the
U. S. and Germany. The Catho
lic representative was Father
Arsenius Agious, O. F. M. Cap.,
a parish priest in Canea.
Bishop Irenaeus’ speech
stressed the necessity for unity
among all Christians and called
on everyone to make serious
efforts for its realization.
These efforts, he said, should
consist of prayers, mutual
understanding and sympathy,
gestures of good will, kindness
and above all real love for
Christ and His church.
All these efforts, the Bishop
continued, must be carried out
under the protection of the Holy
Ghost, who will forgive past er
rors and bring new light to
hearts.
The Anglican clergymen read
from the Gospels and Father
Agious led recitation of the
Lord's Prayer. The meeting
concluded with an “agape”
(feast of mutual love) in the
monastery’s refectory.
Forty-four projects were en
tered and judged by Dr. H. D.
Wycoff and Dr. Francis Behai
of the CSRA Science Committee.
The following were selected
as winners: First prizes, The
rese Battey, Martin O’Rourke;
Second prizes, Charles Haeck
er, Patti Evans and Patty
Sheerer, Patrick O’Rourke,
Richard Bowles; Third prizes,
Buddy Bledsoe, Danny Aide,
Joseph Newton.
Honorable mention was given
to the following: Kathryn Zer-
zan, James Saul, Cynthia Cur
ry, Carol Stearns, Brant Bar
rett, Thomas O’Rourke, Mary
Bush, Patricia Welsh, JohnRa-
deck and Helen Barrett.
Mr. A. J. Haecker, Jr. was
chairman of the Fair and Mrs.
Alexander Barrett, co-chair
man.
The following were requested
to enter projects in the CSRA
Fair; Therese Battey, Charles
Haecker, Richard Bowles and
Martin O'Rourke.
SAINT MARY’S
HOME & SCHOOL
AUGUSTA- The Science Fair
Exhibit was the highlight of the
February meeting of St. Mary's
Home and School Association.
Eugene Howerdd spoke on the
new addition to the school and
the n$w convent to be built in the
near future.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., (NC)~
The Rhode Island Senate without
dissent approved a bill which
provides tax-paid textbooks and
a program of aptitude and in
telligence tests for private
school students throughout the
state.
The voice vote (Feb. 19) on
the measure came after 25
minutes of discussion on the
Senate floor. The bill now
goes to the House of Represen
tatives.
The measure approved is the
Democratic bill. It is substan
tially the same as another bill
under Republican auspices
which represents Gov. John H.
Chafee’s views on the school
aid issue.
Sen. C. George Stefano, Re
publican minority floor leader,
expressed the opinion that the
Governor would sign the Demo
cratic bill if it reached his
desk.
The measure was brought up
on the floor after a long Senate
recess during which Democrats
and Republicans caucused, and
the Senate Judiciary Committee
approved the bill.
Sen. Frank Sgambato, Demo
cratic majority leader, who is
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee, spd most members of
the Comrpittee expressed be
liefs that the measure will meet
the test of constitutionality.
Sen. Irving J. Bilgor, mem
ber of a special committee
which studied the textbook aid
issue, said he could not recall
any legislation to which so much
thought, opinion and prelimi
nary work was devoted.
The bill specifies that mathe
matics, science and modem
language textbooks, which are
not sectarian, be provided by
the state and loaned to students
of parochial and private
schools, subject to “rules and
regulations as the school com
mittee may prescribe.”
The measure also makes pro
vision for materials and a uni
form program for aptitude and
intelligence testing of all ele
mentary and high school stu
dents in public and private
schools.
Several statewide Protestant
organizations have campaigned
against the legislation, princi
pally on the ground that it vio
lates the traditional separation
of Church and State doctrine.
SAVANNAH ITALIAN CLUB OFFICERS—Officers were
installed at recent Banquet held at the Italian Club. Pictured
left to right (standing) A1 Orsini, Secretary; Antonio Aliffi,
President; Fred Brasilli, Vice-President; John Caterisan,
Treasurer. Seated is the Rev. Robert Teoli, Chaplain.
Love Is Moppet
Named Marianne
TVE GOT A FAMILY NOW!”
CATHOLIC COMMITTEE FOR REFU
265 W. 14th Street, New York 11, N.Y.
Her life began early in No
vember of 1957 in a cobbled
alley next to an orphanage in
Korea. She was one of four
infants left in the alley that
night, and the French Sisters
didn’t expect her to live because
she was blue with exposure and
less than five months old. So
they baptized her Marianne and
waited, helplessly, for her to
die. But she survived the winter
. . . and gradually, like a small
moth, unfolded in the warm
sunshine of her first spring--
without a smile.
For several years a young
couplb in New York had
been thinking of adopting a Ko
rean orphan. Most people dis
couraged them--for a variety of
“practical” reasons. They
were very nearly convinced, un
til a Catholic adoption agency
showed them a snapshot of
Marianne. They started pro
ceedings to bring the child to
the U.S. immediately. Five
months later a transcontinental
jet dropped down at Idlewild
Terminal, delivering Marianne.
They brought her home and in
troduced her to her three new
brothers. She wasn’t too im
pressed, frankly. She just
stared at them and refused to
eat; then lying in her crib, she
wept softly to herself. Finally,
when her new mother held her
hand, she slipped into a deep
sleep.
Marianne spent her first
three days in America frighten
ed, and at times almost sullen.
Then her youngest brother
broke the spell. Without saying
a word, he put his arms around
her, kissed her, and drew back
quickly--making one of those
impish clown faces for which
four-year-olds the world over
are famous. Marianne’s face
suddenly came alive, opened up
in a warm smile, and immed
iately there was laughter. She
has been smiling and laughing
ever since. Marianne is going
on six now, and to meet her is
to surrender your heart. But
even as she rushes into
your outstretched arms, you
can’t help thinking of the other
Korean moppets she ldft be
hind: small orphans, each
still waiting for a home, and a
reason to smile.
Catholic families interest
ed in welcoming an abandoned or
refugee orphan into their home
should contact their Director of
Ministers, Priests
To Meet Quarterly
FRANKFURT, Germany,
(Radio, NC)—Representatives
of the Protestant ministers and
Catholic priests in the Frank
furt area will meet four times
a year to try to clear up mutual
misunderstandings and to
establish fields in which they
can work together publicly.
The new conference is com
posed of public relations re
presentatives of the Protestant
deaneries and pastors repre
senting Frankfurt's Catholic
deaneries. Its goal is to give
witness to the fact that Catho
lics and Protestants are bro
thers in Christ without over
looking or minimizing their
fundamental differences.
She was found in an alley in
frightened.
Long Island fa
vide a home for a
Director of Catho
Pusan, Korea — abandoned, starving and
she is part of a
e brothers. You, too, can pro-
or Korean child. Forjnformation call your
Catholic Charities, or write
Catholic Comittee for Refugees
—NCWC, 265 West 14th Street,
New York 11, N.Y.
LECTURER
Paul Weiss, professor of
philosophy at Yale Univer
sity, will deliver the 1963
Aquinas Lecture at, Mar
quette University, Milwau
kee, on Sunday, March 10.
“Religion and Art’’ will be
the subject of the lecture
presented annually on the
Sunday nearest the feast of
St.. Thomas Aquinas. Profes
sor Weiss is the author of
nine works and the founder
of the Metaphysical Society
of America. (NC Photos)
Orthodox Spokesman Says
Prelate’s Visit Reason
For Russian Observers
ATHENS, (NC)—A Vatican
prelate’s trip to Moscow to
explain the aims of the ecu
menical council was a deciding
factor in the sending of Russian
Orthodox observers to Rome.
This was stated by Orthodox
Archbishop Mikodim of Yaro
slav and Rostov, head of the
foreign relations department
of the Moscow Patriarchate, in
an interview published here by
the Athens daily, Ethnos.
The Archbishop was reffer-
ring to the trip made from Sep
tember 27 to October 2 -short
ly before the council opened—
by Msgr. Jan G. M. Willebrands,
Secretary of the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity.
Following his trip a Secretar
iat release said he had gone
“to convey verbally the infor
mation of the Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council to patriar
chal authorities.”
The Russian Orthodox agreed
to send observers to the coun
cil, the prelate added, “because
of the fair conditions proposed
by Rome.”
Archbishop Nikodim also de
nied in the interview a charge
that the Holy See had sought
to disrupt Orthodox unity by
sending separate council invi
tations to the different national
Orthodox churches.
He said the Russian Orthodox
Church does not consider the
presence of its observers at
the council as a matter requir
ing the agreement of all Ortho
dox churches. It sees their
presence, he said, “simply as
one good gesture, inspired by
the ecumenical spirit of our
times.”
The only Orthodox observers
at the council’s first session
which ended December 8 were
those from the Russian Church.
None were sent by the Orthodox
Ecumenical Patriarch Athena-
goras of Constantinople (Istan
bul) or by the Greek Orthodox
Church.
Archbishop Kinodim answer
ed questions that had been sent
to Orthodox Patriarch Alexei of
Moscow by Spyros Alexiou, re
ligious affairs reporter for Eth
nos. The Patriarch replied
though Archbishop Nikodim on
queries regarding the mission
of the Russian observers and
the unity of Orthodox churches.
The text of the interview fol
lows:
“Question: As soon as it was
known that invitations had been
sent out by the Vatican to the
Orthodox, you declared that'the
Vatican Council was an internal
matter of the Western Church
and that Orthodoxy had noplace
there!’ It was then so reported,
Is that true?
“Answer: The Russian Or
thodox Church, since the first
announcement of the Vatican
Council made by His Holiness
Pope John XXIII and still today,
considers the council an inter
nal matter of the Roman Catho
lic Church.
"Question: Would you like to
tell us whether the above men
tioned declaration also meant
that you were not willing to send
observers?
“Answer: That declaration of
the Russian Church did not mean
that we were going to ignore
such an important meeting in
the life of the Catholic Church.
Like the whole Christian world,
the Orthodox Church was in
terested in the council. Our
declaration did not mean refus
ing an invitation to send ob
servers to the Vatican Council.
“Question: Why after Msgr.
Jan Willebrands’ visit to
Russia, a few days before the
opening of the council, did you
agree to send observers to
Rome?
“Answer: It was natural for
the Holy Synod of the Russian
Church not to consider the pro
blem of sending observers to
the Vatican Council without a
formal invitation from Rome,
which took place only a few days
before the beginning of the coun
cil.
“Msgr. Willebrands’ visit to
the Russian Patriarchate helped
us to have first-rhand informa
tion about the riature of the
council and to decide conse
quently to send observers to
the council.
“Question: Orthodox Arch
bishop Iakovos of North and
South America said in a recent
declaration that: ‘While at the
beginning the Vatican had an
nounced that it would have in
vited the Orthodox churches
through the Ecumenical Patri
arch, giving them a chance to
decide in common whether to
send observers or not, at a later
date the Vatican, through its
representatives,'invited sepa
rately the Orthodbx churches,
trying to disrupt the unity be
tween them.'
“Answer: We do not see how
the unity of the Orthodox
churches could have been split
by the Vatican sending separate
invitations to the local Orthodox
churches. We do not consider
the presence of Orthodox ob
servers at the Vatican Council
as a problem requiring a parr-
Orthodox accord, but simply
as one good gesture inspired by
the ecumenical spirit of our
times.
“And as a matter of fact, the
duties of the observers are nei
ther to discuss the problem of
reunion between the two great
churches, nor other problems,
whose solution belongs to the
whole of Orthodoxy and not to
one local church. Our accep
tance to go to the council was
decided because of the fair
conditions proposed by Rome.
“Consequently, the differ
ent attitudes of the local church
es as to the sending of observ
ers to the council cannot be
considered by us as a cause
or a consequence of any split
within the Orthodox churches.
And'that is because each Ortho
dbx local church is autocepha
lous and consequently indepen
dent of the other Churches.
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