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1 I Vol. 43, No. 29 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year Ml I ■' III ■■■ ■ I — 1 i Of THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1963 W. Va. Bishop Cites Basic Negro Rights Racial Discrimination ‘Matter For Confession’ HERSHEY, Pa., (NC)—The Bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., said here that unjust treatment of Negroes by Catholics is a matter for confession. Bishop Joseph H. Hodges, speaking to a leadership insti tute of the National Council of Catholic Women, said that racial discrimination deprives the Negro of honor due him as a human being. The prelate defined racial discrimination as “the total restriction or rejection of a racial group without considera tion of the capacity or merit or concrete behavior of the indivi duals in that group.” He said “segregation is a sub-division of discrimination where there is physical separa tion or specific boundaries set uo.” “Unless we are just in our dealings with our neighbor, we can make no claim to love of God and love of neighbor,” he said. “In the Old Testament we read: ‘Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore thy God hath annointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy neigh bors.’ “God made Negroes human beings. In all justice, treat them as God does. Discrimination is a matter for confession.” Bishop Hodges discussed four basic rights due the Negro; the right of free association, the right to a decent living, the right to a full education according to his capacity and the right to freedom of worship. He called it ' ‘ sickening’ ’ that Negroes have been segregated in Catholic churches “and at times even discriminated against in the reception of the Sacraments.” Urging the women to study and to act on the problem of racial discrimination, he said, * ‘Catholic Action in the field of race relations has been too fee ble in intensity and extensity. The Church has done much but not in proportion to its num bers and principles.” St. Joseph’s, Augusta Hospital Has Beauty Parlor For Patients (From he Augusta Chroni cal-Herald.) The belief that women feel better when they look better is being put to a test at St. Jo pitals in this country, Sister Mary Louise said. To make the services pos sible to patients who cannot be moved, are in traction have The entire beauty unit must be sterilized and operators don caps, gowns and masks to go into the maternity ward. For ambulatory patients, a HOSPITAL BEAUTY PROGRAM - Mrs. Georgia Newnan gets “the works.” Pictured left to right: Sister Mary Louise, C. S. J., Hospital Administrator; Mrs. Betty Coleman, R. N.; Mrs. Newman; Mrs. Bessie P. Conlon, Director of Beauty Program; Miss Glenda Brannon. had eye surgery, and other medical problems, a “no rinse” shampoo is used with out lifting the patients head. The dryer, which is attached to the portable unit, operates at 20 degrees less heat than a salon dryer and is designed to be adjustable to any position in which the patients must re main. seph’s Hospital, which has just recently been equipped with the latest in hospital beauty accom modation. Sister Mary Louise, director of St. Joseph’s, said a consul tant for the Hospital Beauty Program, Mrs. Florence E. Dresser, of Dayton, Ohio, con ducted special orientation clas ses for the hospital personnel and set up the beauty parlor for the service last month. For patients who are con fined to their beds, a portable beauty salon equipped to render any beauty service available is brought to the bed side by a beautician technician. All beauty treatments given pa tients must be done by one of these technicians who have had special training in handling pa tients who cannot be moved, treating hair with high acidity due to certain illnesses, and in medical ethics and hospital routines. No service is given to pa tients without written approval from the physician, but the techniques used have been ap proved by the American Medi cal Association and are in op eration in over a thousand hos- Holy Father Names 30 Cardinals Appoints Commission To Revise Laws Of Church VATICAN CITY, (NC) - His Holiness Pope John XXIII has set up a commission of 30 cardinals to revise the Code of Canon Law. in canon law history. The dis ciplinary legislation it passed was promulgated in 1594 by Pope Pius IV and constitu ted the primary source of can on law until the 1918 codifica tion. By the beginning of the 20th century canon law was again in a state of confusion. At the First Vatican Council (1869- 1870) conditions had prevented the passing of disciplinary laws or consideration of the bish op’s request for codification of those already in force. But in 1904 Pope St. Pius X announced his determination to have a complete and orderly co dification of all existing Church laws, with obsolete and outdat ed ones eliminated and others brought into conformity with modern conditions. He appointed a commission of cardinals under his own chairmanship. On March 25, 1904, the world’s archbishops were asked to confer their suf fragan bishops and within four months to send word as to which laws in their opinion needed amendment. Every bishop was given the right to keep a re presentative in Rome to at tend commission meetings. When a tentative draft was drawn up, it was submitted to expert canon lawyers who acted as consultors to all bish ops and to religious superiors entitled to attend an ecumeni cal council. Their opinions were then studied by the commission. It is estimated that every canon in the code was discussed from 5 to 12 times before being fin ally adopted. The Code of Canon Law that resulted from these efforts was promulgated on May 27, 1917, by Pope Benedict XV and went into effect the following May 19. Since then numerous official Churqh documents which have the force of law have been is sued, necessitating the present effort of revision. Members of the new com mission named by Pope John are the following: Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the College of Car dinals; Buiseppe Cardinal Piz- zardo, Prefect of the Sa cred Congregation of Sacra- mantal Discipline; Almento Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Sec retary of State; AchilleCardin al Lienart, Bishop of Lille, France. Giacomo Cardinal Copello, fully equipped two dryer salon has been opened in the hospital. At present, St. Joseph’s is the only Georgia hospital to be equipped with them. Mrs. Bessie P. Conlon is director of the beauty program for St. Joseph’s. The beauti- cians-technicians are Miss Glenda Brannon, Miss Lila Huss, and Miss Martha Lutz all of Augusta. Among the 30 are Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and Paul Car dinal Leger, Archbishop of Montreal. The commission will carry out the third of three major projects announced by the Pope in the early months of his pontificate. On January 25, 1959, Pope John revealed his plans to hold a synod for the Rome diocese and an ecumeni cal council, and to update the canon law code. The Rome synod was held in January, 1960, and the Second Vatican Council, which opened last October, is still in progress. The Pope announced the es tablishment of the new com mission. President of the new canon law commission is Pietro Car dinal Ciriaci, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council. Msgr. Giacomo Vio- lardo, Undersecretary of the Sacred Apostolic Signature, high Church court, is its sec retary. The task of the new commis sion will be to gather and pre pare material for a revision of the canon law code according to the directives of the ecu menical council. The revision will apply only to the code now in force in the Latin Rite. Eas tern Rite Catholics are gover ned by a separate code. The commission’s work will be the first major revision of canon law since the present code went into effect in 1918. Canon law is the body of laws and regulations formula ted by the Church for the dis cipline of its members. Its principal sources are decrees issued by the popes, ecumeni cal councils and Vatican con gregations, and decisions of Church tribunals. Canon law grew up slowly over the cen turies. Its beginnings go back to the very early days of the Church. In the first century the bishops of Rome governed the Church mainly through correspondence deciding on cases submitted to them and settling points of gen eral discipline. Many of these decisions acquired the force of law either at once or in the course of time. In addition, other bishops en acted for their own Sees such regulations as local conditions required. These regulations were not general, but some times they spread from diocese to diocese and ended by gain ing universal recognition and thus becoming part of the gener al canon law. The ecumenical councils, the first of which was held in Nicea in what is now Turkey, not only defined points of doctrine with the approval of the popes, but also enacted numerous disciplinary laws for the whole Church. Despite many efforts to col lect and codify these laws, by the Middle Ages there was con siderable confusion about them. It was difficult to know which laws were genuine, which had been repealed and which were still in force. About 1140 an Itlaian monk, Gratian, compil ed a monumental work. He col lected and tried to put in or der all Church legislation which had accumulated up to his time. Although unofficial and resting entirely on his own authority, “Gratian’s Decree,” as his book was called, was so useful that it soon superseded all ear lier collections. The Council of Trent (1545- 1563) was a major landmark LEGION OF MARY members conduct business meeting before spiritual exercises connected with annual Acies ceremony at St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Savannah. Savannah Legion Of Mary Acies Ceremony SAVANNAH - The annual Acies Ceremony of the Savan nah Curia of the Legion of Mary was held at 3:00 P. M. Sunday, March 31st, at Savan nah’ s historic Cathedral. Speak er for the occasion was tne Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Mc Donald, Chancellor of the Dio cese of Savannah. Represented at the exercises were Praesidia (parish units) from throughout the Savannah Deanery. After a business meeting con ducted by Mr. Herbert DeRigo, Curia President, in the cafe- torium of Cathedral school, Le gionaries adjourned to the Ca thedral’s Chapel of Our Lady to hear Monsignor McDonald and to renew the Legionary promise. During the impressive re newal ceremony, legionaries approach the sanctuary, where a Vexilum, standard or emblem of the organization, is enthroned upon a table. Each member places his right hand on the vesilum and repeats the promise, “I am all thine, my queen, my mother, and all that I have is thine.” The Legion of Mary is one of the better known organiza tions for Catholic Action in many parts of the world. It’s sole purpose is the preserva tion and extension of the Catho lic Faith, under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom members recognize as their leader in an army dedi cated to the extension of the Kingdom of Christ. In some communist-domina ted countries, where activities of the clergy have been severe ly restricted or halted, the Le gion of Mary is often the obly effective counteragent against Communist propaganda and in doctrination, and has been pro scribed as “subversive” by most red governments. Legionaries heard Monsignor McDonald call for renewed dedication to the spirit of Hum ility and Obedience, “the hall mark of Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. “Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsamani, ‘Nevertheless Father, not as I will, but as Thou wilt, ’ echoing the words of His holy mother so many years before, ‘be it done unto me according to Thy Word’ ”. “Both emptied themselves and sought only the Will of God, and both were obedient, even unto death,” he said. Ceremonies ended with Bene diction of the Blessed Sac rament, conducted by Monsig nor McDonald. Funds For Gymnatorium-Cafeteria Successful Campaign For Mount de Sales MACON—Mount de Sales has recently conducted a drive for funds to construct a gymnator- ium-cafeteria. This project, approved and commended by the Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc Donough, realized a total of $125,000. Such success was due to the cooperation of the parish pas tors, Monsignor Thomas Shee han and Reverend Robert Bren nan, and the military chaplains, Father Kastagar and Father Mayer. Coordinating the work of the three areas—St. Joseph Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, and the Robins Air Base personnel— were Mr. William Crawford, Mr. Charles Lueckenhoff, and Lt. Col Edward Quigley. Approximately 110 men par ticipated as workers. St. Jo seph Parish team captains were: Tom McGoldrick, Dr. E. L. Hofstader, Jack Kemp er, Dr. James Cassidy, Wil liam Cassidy, Angelo Punaro, Chris Sheridan, John Shaheen III, Wayne Montgomery, Joe McGoldrick, and Robert Young. Team captains at Warner Rob ins were: William Cole, Wal ter Majcher, Bernard Colpitts, Stephen Snyder, Charles Egolf, Daniel Doyle, BernardSplichal, S/M/Sgt. Everett Crockitt, Lt. Col. Eugene Ecklund, and Craw ford Hicks. The gymnatorium-cafeteria is an additional step in the Mount de Sales Expansion Pro gram begun in 1953 with the con struction of Mercy Hall which provided modern classroom fa cilities for the young Catholic women of Macon. Then in 1959 when Mount de Sales opened its doors to the Catholic boys of the city, St. Joseph Hall was built to accommodate the in creased enrollment. Now, wish ing to provide facilities for school lunches, athletic events, and assemblies, the school is undertaking the construction of a building which can serve as a Catholic Cultural Center in Middle Georgia. Although the minimum goal of the drive, $100,000, was sur passed, the construction cost has been estimated at $200,- 000. Therefore, a follow-up committee has been form ed. Sister Mary Aurelia, R.S.M., superior of Mount de Sales, has announced that Mrs. Frances Cassidy will act as her secretary of this commit tee comprised of thirty men. The committee will keep the needs of the school before the eyes of the public. In addition the committee members will call on new parishioners to solicit pledges to the building program. INDEX MARRIAGES 5 EDITORIALS 4 JOTTINGS 5 YOUTHSCOPE 6 HERE AND THERE., 6 OBITUARIES 3 Need For Separate Undersecretariats Was Anticipated VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)—The decision of the Sec retariat for Promoting Chris tian Unity to set up separate undersecretariats to deal with Protestant and Orthodox affairs was anticipated during the first session of the Second Vatican Council. The new secretariats have existed since January 1 of this year, but the Christian unity agency never announced their creation. It was disclosed in a French publication, Information Catholique Internationales, this month, and in the information service of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. During the first session of the council it was evident that there was not enough personnel to meet the demands placed on the unity secretariat. It was al so felt that by the creation of two separate offices the needs and requests of Protestants and Orthodox would be dealt with better and responsibility could be distributed more effectively among officials of the secre tariat. Msgr. Jean Francois Arrighi has been named undersecretary for Protestant affairs, and Fa ther Pierre Duprey, W. F., is the undersecretary in charge of Orthodox relations. Msgr. Arrighi was born at Vico, on the French island of Corsica, on May 1, 1918. He graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris and then entered the Se minary of Paris at 25. At Rome he assisted Father Charles Boyer, S. J., of the Unitas Center, which specializes in ecumenical affairs. He has al so given numerous conferences on the ecumenical movement in seminaries in Italy. Father Duprey, a graduate of the University of Athens, was a professor of theology at the Greek seminary in Jerusalem. Because of his proficiency in Greek and Arabic, he served as the unity secretariat’s interpreter for Eastern church observers at the council’s first session. Palm Sunday Telecast April 7th NEW YORK--"Way of the Cross,” the award-winning special program in color which retraces the steps of Jesus as He walked to His Crucifixion, will be presented for the fourth time on the NBC-TV Network on PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 7 (2:30-3:30 p.m. EST). Filmed in the Holy Land with out the use of actors, the pro gram is narrated by Alexander Scourby, with Norman Rose as the Biblical voice. It was pro duced by Lou Hazam, and has an original musical score compo sed and conducted by Jacques Belasco. NBC News correspon dent Frank McGee introduces the program. MAILING ADDRESS ARTIST’S CONCEPTION CAFETERIA