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I « JVIany Buddhists- (Continued From Page 4) ifemeras, can be present. * The five demands are for re dress of alleged grievances, which apparently sum up the “persecution.” Two of the grievances date only from May of this year. Therefore they hardly consti- ttlte a pattern or prove a policy. The first arose from a government order—certainly ah inconsiderate, ill-timed or der—restricting the flying of the Buddhist flag. The same order affected Catholics, too, and probably more keenly, since they were accustomed to fly the papal flag much more than Buddhists flew theirs. Catho lics just obeyed the law, without raising any ructions. The Buddhist flag is not part of the Buddhist religion. Guata- a Buddha never laid eyes on it. It is a modern organization em blem, dating from the first orld Congress of Buddhists eld 13 years ago, while Budd hism is said to be more than 2,500 years old. . Another grievance is the sta tus given to Buddhist associa tions—not to Buddhism, be it noted—in a law made in 1950, before President NgodinhDiem took office. According to the government, no Buddhist group ever complained about this law until recently. An official com- Missioners Go Back To Kole KOLE, The Congo, (NC)— Missioners have returned to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kole t^vo years after an outbreak \ot hatred for whites forced tHem to leave their 25-year-old ; mission. Belgian Fathers of the Sacred Hearts — chased out of their sparsely settled 24,000- square-mile territory in Feb ruary, 1961—plan to have their Kjole staff back up to 24 Fathers and Brothers by ' September. During May and June, Father Victor van Beurden, SS.CC., Apostolic Prefect of Kole, con firmed 2,100 persons in the prefecture after returning from his refuge in Luluabourg, 180 miles away. The Sacred Heart Fathers istarted the evangelization of the fcole area in 1938. Catholics now number 14,000 in a popula tion of 120,000. Another 10,000 are taking instructions. Kole’s Catholic school sys tem has 375 Congolese teachers for more than 11,000 pupils. i Because the population is scat tered, the system has to depend on boarding schools, which have been helped by the Congo’s Ca tholic charities and by U. S. Catholic Relief Services-Na- tional Catholic Welfare Con ference. Besides operating a leprosy Lclinic and a tuberculosis clin- Jric, the Fathers also run an au tomatic sawmill in Kole, a cat tle and sheep ranch (900 head of cattle and 300 sheep) inIdumba, and a rubber plantation in Lo- mela. mission for amending it has been created. Two of the grievances are based on allegations of intimi dation and discrimination, for which local incidents in three provinces (with an “etc.”) are cited. There are 40 provinces and four autonomous cities in mainland south Vietnam. On June 16 government and Buddhist representatives sign ed an agreement covering these five points. Since then the Budd hists have accused the govern ment of insincerity. Neither side seemed to trust the other. Then the President spoke on the radio offering assurances. The government proposed forming a mixed commission to investi gate Buddhist complaints in the presence of the local and for eign press. Buddhist leaders decayed a reply, then refused to take part in the mixed com mission until a list of alleged grievances was first remedied. They distribute sheafs of mi meographed propaganda bulle tins and keep up the campaign of protest. The Buddhists’ published statements, as far as I know, have not referred to President Ngo dinh Diem’s religion. Their spokesmen have said repeated ly that they do not accuse the Catholic Church. They are now circulating copies of a letter of sympathy they say they have received from 17 Catholics. It looks as if there is no very strong surge of popular support for the demonstrating bonzes. There has been no evidence so far of any sympathetic stir rings. “The dispute between the government and the Buddhists has had no perceptible effect on military operations or mili tary morale up to this point,” Brig. Gen. Richard Stilwell of the U. S. Military Assistance Command told the press (July 19). As one bonze has admitted to a correspondent, the five demands no longer represent their aim. No matter what the government may do, the leaders of the Inter-Sect Committee will find new matter for complaint. Only the fall of the government will satisfy them. They know that American support is vital for the govern ment. They want to put pres sure on the U. S. to withdraw that support. r By selling their bill of goods to the American public they are putting pressure On Washington. They and their friends know that next year is election year in the U. S. They, know that the present administration would not wish to face the election or deal with any taint of respon sibility for religious persecu tion anywhere. If Washington is stampeded into promoting a Vietnamese government based on the mili tant factions of Buddhists and their allies, it will risk disap pointments beyond anything it has yet known in Vietnam. And these could become acute in time for November, 1964. MARRIAGES RICHARDSON - MCELVEEN SAVANNAH - Miss Andrea Martha McElveen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cluese McElveen, and William Meyers Richard son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clin ton Bradford Richardson were married on August 3rd. at St. James Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey performed the double ring ceremony. WATKINS - FORSMARK AUGUSTA - Miss Erika Sarah For Wedding Invitations *•* 7 1 The Acme Press 1201 LINCOLN STREET PHONE 232 6397 Forsmark and Mr. Thomas Bracey Watkins Jr. were mar ried August 3rd at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church by the Rev. Thaddeus H. Michota. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Kathryn Forsmark and the late Mr. Sam uel C. Forsmark and the bride groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bracey Watkins Sr. COONEY - WALSH AUGUSTA - Miss Mary Joyce Walsh and Mr. John F. Cooney Jr. were married August 3rd at Pittsburgh , Pa., by the Rev. William H. Powell S.J. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Walsh, Pitts burgh; and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. John F. Cooney Sr. and the late Mr. Cooney, Augus ta. Savannah’s Only Discount House DIXIE FURNITURE O 0 / V \ v MART ''Where Everybody Trades” 2517 Bull Street Savannah, Georgia Phone AD6-8616 PROMOTE NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION—Biblical students from many countries con verge upon Jerusalem for intensive research about the Dead Sea scrolls. A version of the Bible acceptable alike to Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants of the English-speaking world seems a definite possibility to some scholars. It is expected to be one of the topics to be discussed at the next session of the Second Vatican Council.—(NC Photos) Archbishop To Address Ga. Knights ATLANTA—The Most Rev. Paul J. Hallinan, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will address convening officers of the Knights of Columbus, who will meet in Atlanta on Sun day, August 11. His address will be entitled, “The Catho lic Church and the Knights of Columbus in our Times.” The occasion of the convening, of officers from all over the state will be the kick-off of the new administrative year of the Knights of Columbus. The event will be directed by Bernard S. Dunstan, of Augusta, Geor gia, who was recently elected to the top post of state deputy. The theme of the meeting will be, "Charity, Unity and Bro therly Love,” which is the slo gan adopted by the Knights in their recent annual convention in Macon for the 1963-64 ad ministrative year of the organ ization. Council host for the meeting will be the Atlanta Council 660, Knights of Columbus, with local hosts grand knight George A. Andrews and past state depu ty William T. Jordan, Jr. Czechoslovakia’s Catholics Look To Whole Of Church To Learn From Them, Aid Future Renewal The author of the following article uses an-unassumed name to shield himself from reprisals by the colnqmunist regime in Czechoslovakia. By Karel Hrolik (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) MUNICH, Germany — The long suffering Catholics who uphold the Faith in Czechoslo vakia look to the Universal Church both to profit from their unhappy experience and to pro vide new ways to convert their athiest-ridden land. The Second Vatican Council has been at the same time an eye opener and a source of new hope. The council Fathers’ primary work last fall was in the field of liturgical renewal. Bishop Eduard Necsey, Apos tolic Administrator of Ni- tra, one of three Czechoslovak bishops who attended the coun cil, said on returning from the first session that it was the “beginning of a new re awakening of the Church.” Enthusaism for the council’s work can be presumed to be general. It stems from the fact that in the Czech and Slovak speaking lands Catholics have immediate knowledge of the problems and needs. Right after the communist takeover in 1948, the Church found her schools liquidated and formal religions instruction so hedged in as to be almost impossible. At the same time, the parents most often proved failures in fulfill ing their responsibility of giving religious instruction to their children. Their own religious outlook had been pietistic and sentimental, and they were un able to pass to the children any hint of implications of the Mys tical Body of Christ. Virtually all that was left to the Church was the Mass and the Sunday sermon—although even the Mass disappeared in many places when priests were imprisoned by the hundreds. Statistics recently published abroad indicate that there are now 3,200 priests still engaged in pastoral work in Czechos lovakia—2,220 in Bohemia and Moravia, and 980 in Slovakia. The total in 1948, the year the communists seized total power, was 7,331 priests. With the clergy of Czechos lovakia so reduced in numbers and in freedom to act, the apos tolic lay people have become the effective arm of the Church. Because of this, Czechs and Slo vaks alike look to the council to encourage greater participa tion of the laity in the life of the Church. Unity too is vital. Bohemia has known the scandal of Chris tian disunity since the time of John Huss in the 15th century. At this time when the whole of Christianity is under assault by the forces of atheistic ma terialism, Christians must come together. The Church in Czechoslo vakia likewise trusts the coun cil Fathers will lay the ground work for certain changes in the field of ecclesiastical dis cipline. A main problem is the Euro pean tradition that pastors of parishes, 6nce appointed, can not ordinarily be removed with out the special approval of the Holy See. This often ties the hands of bishops and works against providing for the great er good of souls; Some priests on becoming pastors succumb to a mental attitude of security and tend to relax their pastoral ef forts. The experience of the Church in Czechoslovakia points to the need to learn from civil life: leaders remain at their posts while they are useful and can be transferred when and where necessary. Another need, according to Czechoslovak observers, is for coordination of the work of Re ligious so as to prevent inter order rivalry and the squander ing of forces. Heads of religious houses and provinces should al so be given temporary rather than unlimited terms of office. Beyond the sphere of the work of the council is the need for noncommunists, both among churchmen and politicians, to learn from recent history. Fail ure of the 1956 revolt in Hun gary is viewed by many in Czechoslovakia to stem in part from the fact that neither the Church nor the political leaders had learned from the mistakes of the past. They want ed to restore all the old ways, and could not see that some of the changes brought about under the communists were in fact necessary. At the same time they wanted to vindicate them selves for the real injustices meted out to them, and in so doing provoked a desperate, almost necessary, defense on the part of the communists. The way to stem communism it appears from the Czechos lovak vantage point, is to ac knowledge the past errors of Christians, particularly in the social field. It is the existence of social injustice that is the great weapon of the commun ists. If Christians everywhere band together to uproot it wherever it exists, the appeal of communism will die. The Church must be in the forefront in the work of jus tice and charity. This is her mandate from Christ Himself. Communism, however, despite its basically antihuman dogma that the purpose of the individ ual is to serve the State, has been able to build up an image of itself as the champion of the economically depressed and the victims of racial and social in justice. What is upright and rea sonable in communist theory has been taken over from the heritage of the natural law and the Christian concept of life. Thus while it is foolhardy for Christians to collaborate with communists, Christians cannot abandon their own obli gations in the social field just because communists seized the initiative. On the contrary, it is vital for them to fight all social injustice. Finally, all must look toward the conversion of the commun ists themselves. In even the not-so-near future, this ap pears an impossibility, human ly speaking. But conversion is the work of Divine Mercy, a grace of God. The faithful Christian rem nant which is the seedbed for a restored, visible, Church in Czechoslovakia in the future believes that collaboration in this grace will come through a sweeping renewal within the Universal Church. This will in clude removing from relig ious practice everything that is juvenile and which repels ra ther than attracts those out side. It involves committing the Church everywhere to justice and chairty as well as truth: Hunger, unemployment, ill- housing and illiteracy must be overcome. When the Church can present herself “without stain orblem- Of ish”—the goal Pope John set as an outcome of the ecumeni cal council—she will by the grace of God again come to life, and bring new life, to the lands to which SS. Cyril and Methodius came as apostles just 1,100 years ago. A MESSAGE FROM POPE PAUL—Pope Paul VI sent a special message of encouragement and blessing to the dele gates participating in the Third Latin American Meeting of the Christian Family Movement, held in Rio de Janeiro. Archbishop Armando Lombardi, Apostolic Nuncio to Bra zil, is shown reading the papal message at the opening Mass.—(NC Photos) ’ , Anti Christian Campaign Among Angola Refugees The Southern Cross, August 8, 1963—PAGE 5 Obituaries Bernard F. Cashin LEOPOLDVILLE, The Con go, (NC) — Persons influenced by foreign countries are cam paigning among Angolese refu gees not only against Portugal’s colonial policy, but also against Christianity, an Angolese Ca tholic Action leader said in an interview here. Pierre Mayaya, president of Workers’ Catholic Action of An gola, said that often the refu gees do not distinguish between a just legal campaign for the rights of the people of Angola and a subversive campaign against Christianity. He spoke following a tour of refugee cen ters. The refugees have come into the Congo from Angola, a Por tuguese-ruled territory south of the Congo, which has been trou bled by liberation movements. The U. N. Security Council, in a resolution adopted July 31, called on Portugal to recognize the right of the inhabitants of her African ten ‘ 'selfdetermination pendence, ’ ’ and to acts of repression” Mayaya said tha refugees have start d in several regions of them part of the Cong At Kionzo, where t are particularly nun demptorist Fathers a school where the have some Angoles AUGUSTA — Funeral ser vices for Bernard F. Cashin were held July 27th at St. Pat rick’s Church. Rt. Rev. Mon signor Daniel J. Bourke offic iating. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alma Moore Cashin, Augusta; three daughters, Miss Bernadine Frances Cashin, Miss Mary Sheila Cashin and Miss Shannon Marie Cashin, all of Augusta: mother, Mrs. Mary H. Cashin, Augusta; a sister, Mrs. Colon Folk, Aug usta; a brother, James A. Cashin, Short Hills, N. J.; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Curran SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Mary Jordan Curran were held August 6th at Sacred Heart Church. Surviving are two sons, Mi chael J. Curran of Savannah and John F. Curran of Long- wood, Fla.; a number of grand nieces and nephews. Mrs. Mary Goodman SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Mary Robider Goodman were held August 5th at Sacred Heart Church. , Surviving are a brother, Robert E. Robider of Savannah; and several nieces and neph ews. Three Continents RICHMOND, Va., (NC)— A Richmond priest reported he offered Masses on three dif ferent continents in three suc cessive days. Msgr. J u s t i n D. M. of the Richmond diocese pil grimage to the Holy Land and European shrines, in a dis patch to the Catholic Virginian, diocesan newspaper, said he of fered Masses on “Monday in Richmond, Tuesday in Paris and Wednesday at Nazareth.” John R. Mikowski SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for John Robert Mikowski were held August 3rd at Sa cred Heart Church with Rev. Timothy Falherty, OSB, offi ciating. Survivors include his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mikowski, a brother Stanley Mikowski Jr.;five sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Bynes of Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Lurline Rossi of Rome, N. Y., Mrs. Emily Will- yard of Inglewood, Calif., Mrs. Veronica Reetz of Detroit, Mich., and Miss Ann Mikowski of Savannah, and a number of nieces and nephews. Kevin M. Wright SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Kevin Michael Wright were held August 2nd at St. James Church. Beside his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard D. (Tucker) Wright, survivors include two sisters, Sharon and Diane Wright; a brother, Downey Wright; paternal grandfather, Elton E. Wright, and paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Ada. V. Wright. / To «^TN AUGUSTA . / MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 Irvine Henderson Funeral Home ^ PH. AD. 2-7X81 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III 121 W. Hall St. SAVANNAH Was St. Thomas Once In Mexico? Recently we read an interesting: book by a writer from INDIA. The author placed pictures of ancient Indian temples, customs. games. as well as hairdos, foods and clothes, even faces, side by side with some from Mexico and Peru—the idea being: to prove that explorers from India first discovered these countries ... It reminded us of the Mexican legend that ST. THOMAS the APOSTLE once evangelized there. One thing seems certain: that he did missionary work in INDIA . . . Southern Christians there are railed Thomist Christians. The Holy Father’s Mission Aid j n the diocese of TRICHUR among for the Oriental Church these Thomist Christians, in the mission center of PALGHAT, the pastor and his flock are trying to build a church, rectory and cemetery . . . Their Bishop writes to say this area may be a bishopric one day. so he wants build ings neat and attractive for Divine services, to give a good im pression to the sea of Hindus and Moslems thereabouts. Parish ioners number only 1500 . . . Four years ago the church basement was built, but no further progress was made for lack of funds. Help is needed to the extent of §5,000 . . . The Bishop hopes to raise an equal amount among the people, whose wages average only around $70 a year. Will you help him and St. Thomas to further the Church’s work in this land where Catholies are only one per cent of the population? A THOUGHT FROM PLATO The great philosopher of Greece, Plato, once said that we shouldn't look too long at one beautiful object lest we cheat our selves from seeing others equally as beautiful. What's more, we’d fail to see the beauty that lies behind beauty ... Maybe you have a beautiful-looking bank account. Why not translate some of that into the higher beauty of grace? You can, by help ing our MARY’S BANK CLUB and CHRYSOSTOM CLUB with $1 a month and a prayer for the education of Sisters and semi narians. and stop ANYONE FOR ADOPTING A SEMINARIAN OR SISTER? Yes, this is the nicest kind of adoption for by paying the expenses of a Sister or seminarian during their training, your return is grace for eternity! We have names of many poor young men like ELIAS KANNATH AYNICKAL and JOSEPH J. KAL- ? irvjrTTAMKUZHIYIL who need SI Oft a vear for six years to — «*r-> like SISTER BERCUMAN and as Kothamangalam, India, ■ efivet expenses 1 SISTER PHILIP NERI, Carr I need a >e»r for two year )b- • . ■ - - : X .s.; -r • • •* r AT.. i te ■ ■ -* * . - fegp&feifejPji by the opening of the school year. QUESTION BOX (Continued from Page 4) usually be readily deduced from the context of such expressions, the manner in which they are spoken, even the tone of voice used and the timing. In his Moral Guidance, Father Edwin Healey cited the example of a young lady who just could not dance, as a result of which her escort could not help re mark: “You surely are grace ful.” If the young lady did not recognize the remark as irony under the circumstances, she was to blame for living in another world; not he for dis honesty. (In real life, it seems, the specifics of this ex arm are usually reverse i, an the young lady whe mu sort to irony.) Q. The word polemics frequently in Catholi writings What does it mean? A. In its strictest s mics means a sci< pute concerning reli or truths. In the \ it extends to any or ten debate in defens cific position. In po{ it refers to a contr aggressive controvr pecially in the field oftheoloj)