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1 1 \ SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1963 N.C.W.C. Labor Day Message Job Opportunity Is “Master Key” To Race Problem WASHINGTON (NC)~ Equal employment opportunity is the "master key" to the nations’ race problems, the Social Ac tion Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference says. The Social Action Depart ment’s 1963 Labor Day state ment says the "ultimate success” of racial justice ef forts largely depends on implenlenting "a universal pol icy of equal employment op portunity for Negro workers in every industry and trade.” "The effective exercise of many of the Negro’s other basic human rights will depend. . .on whether or not he is given an equal opportunity to develop his native skills and talents and to secure gainful and suitable em ployment on his own merits and without regard to the color of his skin,” the statement says. The Social Action Depart ment, whose director is Msgr. George Higgins, calls on trade unions, employers and government to take immediate action to guarantee equal job opportunities for Negroes and other minorities. While recent months have seen "limited steps” in this area, it says, labor, manage ment and government have so far "hardly scratched the sur face of the total problem.” "Much more can and should be done. . . to protect the basic rights not only of Negroes, but of Mexican Americans, Pu erto Ricans, American Indians, people of Asian background, and the members of other minority groups who, in varying degrees, are the victims of prejudice and discrimination,” the statement declares. The NCWC department makes these recommendations on equal employment opportunity. —Trade Unions. While there are no longer any unions which are "lily white” under the terms of their constitutions, ne vertheless "a number of key unions” in practice exclude Negroes by making it "ex tremely difficult, if not im possible, for them to qualify for membership.” This is done by refusing to enroll Negroes in apprentice ship programs or by arbitrarily limiting the number of Negroes as apprentices. And other unions discriminate by con fining Negroes to so-called "auxiliary” locals. While calling on union leaders to take steps to remedy these conditions, the Social Action Department at the same time stresses the need for rank- and-file efforts on behalf of racial justice. It also reminds Negro workers that they can help remedy abuses "by play ing an increasingly active role in the trade union movement. —Employers. The statement declares that "Chrisitan moral teaching requires every em ployer to maintain and enforce non-di-scriminatory policies in hiring, upgrading and dis charge.” Acknowledging the difficulty faced by individual employers in this matter, it recommends that local and national employers' associations and trade associa tions "come to the assistance of their individual employer members” by taking a united stand for equal job opportunity. The statement says employ ers "are in a position to do more than almost any other segment of the American popu lation to promote the cause of ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER —What may well be a unique representation of St. Joseph the Worker, is this statue of the saint in the lobby of St. Joseph Parochial School in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Coun ty, Indiana. Sculptured in Ita lian white marble from a plan formulated by the pastor, Msgr. Curt A. Suelzer, it’s most noticeable break with tradition is his youthful ap pearance. Depicted as a young man not over 30, with a kindly smile, he is shown as a left- handed craftsman. interracial justice.” —Government. The Social Action Department says there is "urgent need” for a per manent Federal Fair Employ ment Practices Committee with wide jurisdiction and the power to enforce sanctions. It also recommends the establishment of similar state committees. In addition the statement calls for enactment of the youth em ployment opportunity bill now pending before Congress. At the same time, however, it notes that legislation alone cannot solve the problems of school dropouts, "functional illiterates” and other "disad vantaged” young people. Primary responsibility for aiding such youths to qualify for employment, it says, rests not with government agencies, but with "voluntary, non-gov ernmental organizations.” The statement says economic justice for the Negro is "not likely to be achieved unless and until there is economic prosp erity for all of our citizens. In this connection it cites what it calls the "alarmingly high” unemployment rate in the U. S. and calls for efforts to reduce it. The Social Action Department statement concludes with a "prayer for justice and harmony in the field of race relations” that asks God to "graciously give us the vision to see clearly the full meaning of Your command to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, and grant us the grace to ob serve this precept in our daily lives.” Ideals For Modern Catechist Outlined LOVELAND, Ohio—Religion teachers, catechetical program directors and editors of reli gious publications took part in a two-week religious education institute here at Grailville, U. S. headquarters of the interna tional Grail movement. Authorities on theology, catechetics, Scripture, and psy chology told them that the ca techist: —Should be "some one living Christ, on fire with the love of Christ.” —Must "make clear for the eyes and heart of the child what it means that God loves him.” —Should be more concerned to "celebrate” with the students than to "talk at” them. Auxiliary Bishop G. Emmett Carter of London, Ont., author of the book, "The Modern Chal lenge to Religious Education” told the Catechetical Cross roads institute that "because we lack assurance of Christ’s presence,” there is an inclina tion to "postulate the necessity of our action and contribution more than the dynamism of Christ.” "The key to Christian life is Christ,” the Bishop continued. "The catechist should be some one living Christ, on fire with the love of Christ. . .Our rela tionship with Christ will never be strong if we are under co ercion, pain of mortal sin. We are all in favor of’go, go, go’ . . .but go in love.” Father Marcel van Caster, S. J., Belgian authority on catechetics, suggested that the teacher should "present Christ as He presents Himself; don’t think you can do it better.” Father van Caster, a profes sor at Lumen Vitae, interna tional pastoral and catechetical institute at Brussels, also coun seled: "If you have little time, say much about the Gospel and little about doctrine, never much about doctrine and little about the Gospel.” "Our students,” 'he said, "want to know, ‘What is hap pening?’ Never would a child ask, ’Sister, what is the follow ing point of doctrine?’ ” "Doctrine is a reflection on a happening,” he continued. "No child in the world has a doc trine on his mother. No teacher teaches him a doctrine on his mother.” Instead, the catechist must "make clear for the eyes and heart of the child what it means that God loves him,” Father van Caster said. Father Gerard S. Sloyan, chairman of the Catholic Uni versity of America religious education department, empha sized that "Christian formation (of young people) is mostly doing,” or "celebrating” to gether to achieve personal en counter with Christ in the Mass and the classroom. Father Sloyan, president of the National Liturgical Confer ence, spoke of the "hazards” of life on "the new catechetical frontier.” Primarily at fault, he said, are those who describe the "kerygmatic” approach (the "good news” of Christ’s corn- continued On Page 6) Grade School Growth Slowing Record Enrollment For U. S. Catholic Schools WASHINGTON, (NC)—Catholic elementary and secondary schools are expected to enroll about 5,565,000 pupils next month, another high mark in an unbroken series of enrollment records over two decades. MEMORIAL MASS FOR ARCHBISHOP O’HARA—Bishop Thomas J. McDonough is pictured as he celebrated the Memorial Mass for Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara The Pontificial Requiem was celebrated last Monday at the Cathedral in Savannah and was attended by the priests of the Diocese. Pope Paul This Generation Called To Fuller Christianity But indications are that growth in elementary schools, the pacesetters since World War II, is slowing down and levelling off. High schools, however, con tinue expansion at a rapid pace. Their enrollment went over the million mark for the first time in 1962. By the end of the past school year, U. S. Catholic education, including colleges and univer sities, has undergone an enroll ment growth since 1942 to 127.4 per cent. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ The Rev. John Cuddy, Sa vannah Diocesan Superinten dent of Schools, expects an enrollment of approximately 9,800 in the schools of the Diocese. Advance registrations do not, however, reflect a slow ing in grade school growth as reported for the country at large. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ In 1963, elementary schools will enroll an estimated 4,515,000 pupils roughly 30,620 more than last year, and high schools will increase to about 1,050,000, an estimated 40,870 over 1962. These are highlights taken from an estimate of the 1963 enrollment and an actual count of 1962 figures made by the De partment of Education of the Na tional Catholic Welfare Con ference here. By far the largest private school system in the world, U. S. Catholic Schools have in recent years faced problems in absorbing the number of children seeking admission. This has been largely due to a shortage of teaching Sis ters and the increasing diffi— (The author of the following resume of the 1963 North Am - erican Liturgical Week held in Philadelphia from August 19 to 25 is a member of the can on law faculty of the Catholic University of America, Wash ington, D. C., a former presi dent of the National Liturgical Conference and one of the coun try’s leading liturgical author ities.) By Father Frederick R. McManus (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) The 1963 North American Li turgical Week, just completed in Philadelphia broke all records for attendance in the quarter century of such meetings. More than 13,000 persons registered to take part in the daily Masses and in sessions (Aug. 19 to 25) based on the theme, "The Renewal of Chris tian Education.” Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia welcomed the con vention (Aug. 19) with a force ful description of the Second Vatican Council’s plans for li turgical reform. He singled out the council’s decision to admit the different mother tongues into the Mass, the sacraments, and the other parts of the li turgy, as well as the council’s insistence upon a revitalized education of the clergy, which will be centered upon the mys tery of Christ as celebrated in the liturgy. From this point on, it was apparent that the Second Vati can Council was the starting point for speaker after speak er. Last fall the bishops of the council voted almost unani mous approval to a document on the promotion and reform of Catholic worship, requiring that liturgical revision stress the educative force of the liturgy, that is, the Mass, the sacra ments, and the Church’s pub lic prayer. Throughout the discussions and lectures of the Liturgical Week, it was apparent that Christian education is not merely a matter of books and classrooms and parish schools. As one speaker put it, the liturgy is "worship of God and culty of Catholic parishes in financing salaries of lay tea chers and construction of addi tional school facilities. This strain has shown in discussion by Catholic educa tors of the merits of dropping some grades and in decisions by two Sees, the St. Louis archdiocese and the Rochester, N. Y., diocese, to stop tempo rarily construction of new schools or additions to old ones. The pressure is reflected in the NCWC department’s figure which shows only about a one per cent enrollment increase in elementary schools last year in sharp contrast to increases of as high as three or four percent in some previous years. In addition, the acute short age of teaching Sisters, tradi tionally the backbone of Catho lic elementary schooling, is dramatically illustrated by the 1962 figures. Religious teachers decreased in number last year while the number of lay teachers contin ued to shoot up as it has for several years. There were 125,065 religious teachers in 1961, but the total dropped to 123,422 in 1962. On the other hand, the number of lay teachers increased from 62,744 in 1961 to 67,535 in 1962. The expanding role of lay teachers also is shown in fig ures for the 20-year span, 1942 to 1962. While religious teachers increased by 43,3 per cent during that time, lay tea chers rose from a total of 13,389 to 67,535, a gain of 400 per cent. In 1962 the NCWC department said, the United States Had 2,502 Catholic secondary schools and 10,633 Catholic elementary schools. holiness for men, but at the same time and in all its parts a teacher.” A special feature of the meet ing was a catechetical exhibit, sponsored by the Liturgical Conference which holds the an nual Liturgical Weeks. The dis play of excellent teaching ma terials also revealed the des- (By Msgr. James I. Tucek) CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy, (NC)—His Holiness Pope Paul VI expressed his conviction that the present generation, in spite perate need for renewal and reappraisal. The carefully cho sen examples were few and in dicated the weakness of much other catechetical material which has little fresh or new about it but the descriptions, "liturgical” or "kerygmatic.” of its exposure to loss of faith, is called to a new and fuller realization of Christianity. His belief in the coming ex pression of Christian life in “more joyful forms” was made (Aug. 25) at the cathedral at Albano, about two miles south east of here. It was the Pope’s third excursion from his sum mer villa here in eight days. Castelgandolfo lies within the Diocese of Albano, which is one of the seven suburban Sees of Rome traditionally headed by a cardinal-bishop. The Pontiff celebrated the eight o’clock Sunday Mass in the cathedral. Those present inclu ded Giuseppe Cardinal Piz- zardo, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, who is Bishop of Albano, and Suffragan Bishop Raffale Macario of Albano. Following the Gospel of the Mass, the Pope preached a homily commenting on Christ’s words to His disciples: "Bless ed are the eyes that see what you see.” Paul VI applied the text to himself—"whose eyes and whose spirit are filled with profound joy at the scene af forded to Us by the cathedral and the people of Albano.” He also had words of praise for Cardinal Pizzardo, his old friend and mentor, who is now 86 years old. It was Cardinal Pizzardo—then a monsignor— who in 1920 arranged for the newly ordained Father Gio vanni Battista Montini to enter the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study Church diplo macy. Msgr. Pizzardo had fur ther influence on the future Pope in 1924, when he urged that Father Montini work with Catholic university students. Pope Paul expressed to Cardinal Pizzardo “my deep veneration and my gratitude for the example which he has given me by his zeal, experi ence and interest.” He told the congregation: "I think that our generation, SAVANNAH — The Notre Dame Book Shop held its quar terly Directors’ meeting at the shop at which plans were for mulated for a Book Review to be held in October. Mr. Wil liam Lain was appointed to sel ect one of the best-sellers to be reviewed. A resolution was adopted that a page in the minutes be in scribed in memory of Mr. Roy Anderson, the immediate Past President. Mr. Anderson was very generous with his time in all matters relating to the Shop and he will be sadly missed. Mrs. James Collins, Mana ger, called attention to the re ference library now available so exposed to the danger of los ing its faith and its religious sense, is instead called by Pro vidence to express its faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ in new, fuller, more conscious, more-, meritorious and more joyful forms. It is called to express its fidelity to the Catholic Church, and to demonstrate its capacity for giving witness, even in exterior works, of how Christianity is the salvation of the world. May the propiise of truly giving a new expression to Christian life be the souvenir of our encounter!” Back at Castelgandolfo, the Pope appeared on the balcony of his summer house at noon to lead the people gathered below in the recitation of theAngelus. Before giving his blessing, he again commented on the day’s Gospel, which includes the parable of the Good Samaritan. Then he exhorted the people: "Ask the Lord, through the intercession of the Madonna, to give also to us a knowledge of the needs of others, of the ne cessities which surround us, of the great hardships of our society which are perhaps cre ated in this prosperity to pre vent our passing over the needs of our neighbor. . .The capacity to discover a brother in every man, whatever his origin, state, condition or merits, is an ex quisite and essential charac teristic of the Gospel teach ing.” The Pope’s early morning visit to Albano was his second to the resort town 15 miles south of Rome in three days. He had offered Mass at a home for invalid nuns there the pre vious Thursday (Aug. 22), and then gone to visit the summer house of seminarians of Rome’s English College. The Sunday be fore that, Pope Paul had left Castelgandolfo to go to the ancient Eastern Rite monastery at nearby Grottaferrata, and made a plea there for Christian unity. for students and to the enlarg ed facilities of the lending li brary. The Principals of the parochial elementary and high schools are being contacted in order that the books on their supplemental reading lists can be stocked. Mrs. Julian Halligan gave a report on the recent executive meeting of the Savannah Dean ery Diocesan Council of Catho lic Women, which she attended as a representative of the Book Shop. The 10th anniver sary of the Shop will be ob served in October and will be the theme of the Fall meeting of the Savannah Deanery (Continued On Page 6) 10,000 OBSERVE LITURGICAL WEEK—More than 10,000 persons packed the Philadelphia Convention Hall for the opening of the 1963 Liturgical Week, August 19. Pictured on that occasion are, upper photo, (left to right) Father George S. Sloyan, president of the North American Liturgical Con ference; Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia, who wel comed the participants and Father Joseph M. Connolly of Baltimore, Md. Lower photo: During the Liturgical Week, Holy Communion was distributed to the people standing as shown in this photo. More than ten ‘‘Communion Stations” were set up throughout the vast hall. Each priest was ac companied by two acolytes, one carrying a candle, the other to hold the Communion paten.—(NC Photos) Attendance Records Shattered Former President Reviews 1963 Liturgical Week Directors’ Meeting