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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, November 28, 1963
St. James
Home And School
Hears Discussion
I SAVANNAH — At the Novem
ber meeting o f the Saint James
^Horne and School Association
a panel discussion on obscene
literature was held. The dis
cussion was headed by Mr.
iLaurie Abbot and Mr. A. K.
'Ganem.
Mr. Abbot said that accord-
ling to J. Edgar Hoover, the
•^rise in juvenile crimes in this
^country is due, to a great ex
tent, to the circulation of ob-
Iscene literature. He also stat
ed that the sale of this type
tended the meeting of the Com
mittee the preceding week, and
outlined some of the points cov
ered at the meeting.
Mrs. Cluese McElveen,
President of the Parish Coun
cil, invited all members to the
Council’s meeting and covered
dish supper to the held on De
cember 2.
Sister Maureen Richard’s
Class 6-A won the attendance
award.
literature could not flourish
in a community where the peo
ple are aware of it.
In summing up his talk Mr.
Abbot gave five ways in which
parents can help prevent the
sale of indecent publications;
1. To become familiar with
the type of books sold on news
stands.
2. Discuss it with friends
and organize committees.
3. Make it a point to know
the dealers in your neighbor
hood, and to let them know you
appreciate their cooperation.
4. Encourage and super
vise the reading of good liter
ature in the home.
5. Obtain books on sex edu
cation to be better able to
interest your children.
Mr. Ganem thanked repre
sentatives of the Home and
School Associaton who had at-
POPE PAUL-
(Continued from Page 1)
reiterate here the sentiments
to which We have already given
public espression; of deploring
the criminal action. admira
tion for the manf 0 f ouT pray
ers for his et^xnal rep ose i for
his countr^/ixd for th- world,
which, recognizes in hii-n a great
leader, and finally for 4 prayer
ful wish that his death may not
hinder the cause of peace but
serve as a sacrifice &nd exam
ple for the good of all mankind.”
AFB—
(Continued from Page 1)
wisdom be his wisdom. May
Your gentleness be his gneles-
ness. May Your mercy be his
mercy. In this hour of need,
O God, we ask that You be Our
Good Shepherd and lead us
through this valejof tears. May
God, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost guide and defend
our nation through these,
troubled times. This we ask in
the name of Thy son, Jesus
Christ.
Meeting Of
Saint Mary’s
Home & School
AUGUSTA — The regular
monthly meeting of the St.
Mary’s On-The-Hill Home and
School Organization was held
Tuesday, November 19th. at the
school cafetorium. The meeting
was conducted by Mrs. A. Jo
seph Green, President.
Msgr. Bourke welcomed the
parents and gave a short talk
about the new Convent and ad
ditional classrooms being built
at the school. He also remind
ed the parents of the open house
to be held at the Chilli last
Sunday.
The Ways and Means Chair
man, Mrs. C. Stephen Mulher-
in announced the annual school
carnival will be held April 29th
and 30th.
The Compass Award of the
Boy Scouts of America was
presented to Father Stephen
Conolley and Mr. John Rad-
eck. This award was present
ed for exceptional service for
the year 1963.
Mr. Charles Haecker, Jr.
spoke about the Science Fair.
He told about the different type
exhibits, grouping and also the
way the exhibits are graded.
Mrs. Joseph Stevenot intro
duced the guest speaker Mr.
Dan Cook, registered pharma
cist. Mr. Cook was assisted
by Mr. R. B. Buckner of the
Upjohn Co. They presented a
very interesting and informa
tive program, Accidental Poi-
sioning in the Home. Colored
slides were shown along with
the talk. Each parent was giv
en a brochure on Poison
Prevention.
Room count was won by Sis
ter Paulita’s 2nd grade boys.
Obituaries
Mrs. Wall
THUNDERBOLT—F u n e r a 1
services for Mrs. Helen Pauline
Wall were held November 23rd
at the Church of the Nativity
of Our Lord with the Rev. Rob
ert Teoli officiating.
Survivors include a son
Frank T. Wall Jr. of Doraville;
a daughter, Mrs. Joseph T.
Hague, Jr. of Princeton, N. J.,
three grandchildren and a niece
and nephew.
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Meddock were held November
22nd at the Blessed Sacrament
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PRIOR TO THE FIRST LECTURE he has ever delivered on the campus of a Catholic
college, Dr. Billy Graham talked with students of Belmont Abbey College in a dormitory
lounge. Dr. Graham is here pictured with the President of the College, Father John Oet-
gen, O.S.B., native of Savannah, and a group of students.
Billy Graham Speaks At
Belmont Abbey College
(By T. Earl Heffner, Jr.)
BELMONT, N. C. (NC)—He
preached the gospel according
to Graham, but it sounded as
if Evangelist Billy Graham
were using a Catholic transla
tor of Holy Scripture for his
text.
The renowned crusader won
a standing ovation from 2,000
priests, nuns, and laymen for
his first address ever on a
Catholic college campus.
Before the overflow crowd
(Nov. 18) in Belmont Abbey
College gymnasium here, Billy
Graham called for Christian
unity; praised the Second Vati
can Council and the late Pope
John XXIII; confessed he lifted
some words and phrases of
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen for use
in his sermons; strongly con
demned America’s secularistic
trend, and underscored present
day revolutions—Christian, ra
cial, moral, political and scien
tific.
"We have-on our coins,” he
said, "the' 'inscription 'In God
we trust’; we have chaplains in
our armed forces. And we have
people who seem bent on re
moving these things from our
way of life. We must remember
that God honors the nation that
honors God.”
There is "agreat revolution”
now raging in Christendom, he
said.
“I don’t know when it began.
Perhaps during World War II,”
he continued. "I think the em
phasis that the late Pope John
brought, the Ecumenical Coun
cil of the Bishops in Rome it
self—a council that has the
prayers of all Christendom—
herald the present Christian
revolution. . .The emphasis in
our time may be on the Holy
Spirit. Everywhere people are
gathering—Protestants, Catho
lics and, yes, Jews—to pray
together. I know of 114 such
groups on Long Island itself.
Is the Holy Spirit in our time
doing something that is beyond
any of us?”
Some of the Graham obser
vations on world revolution in
cluded;
—Racial; "We are seeing in
the South great advances that do
not make the headlines. An
Asheville (N. C.) newspaper
printed a story recently that
disclosed a survey showing 75%
of the restaurants in this area
serve people without regard to
race.”
—Morals: "A recent issue of
Look magazine reported on pre
sent-day morality and con
cluded with remarks of a senior
editor wondering whether our
moral standards need to be
revised to keep up with the
times. I do not agree with him.”
—Political; "There is the
struggle which President Ken
nedy says will continue through
our lives and through the lives
of our children, the struggle of
capitalism and communism.”
—Scientific: "We are racing
to send a man to the moon.”
But the main portion of the
Graham address was a sermon
—the personal sermon of a man
dedicated to his faith, a man
convinced that all men "must
accept Jesus Christ as their
personal Saviour.”
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Graham strayed once from Ca
tholic theology. He placed his
emphasis on forgiveness for sin
from Jesus. But in so doing he
omitted the Sacrament of Pe
nance.
Afterwards, a priest re
marked: “Billy Graham comes
so close to the Church. He walks
up to the line, then backs away.
And his theology even on this
point was not totally wrong.
There is, you know, perfect
contrition.”
The warmth, the stage pre
sence, the dynamism of Gra
ham enveloped his audience,
capturing it for Graham if not
for his crusade.
"I am not a Protestant pope,”
he said, "although in Paraguay
I was once referred to as the
Protestant pope. And I admit
that there are Protestants who
think they are popes.”
To newsmen in the audience,
primed to ask questions, he
cautioned: "Everywhere I go
I’m asked what I think will come
of the Ecumenical Council. I
don’t know. I’m not a prophet.”
But, he added, he is certain that
the council has engendered a
greater understanding.
In a brief news conference
prior to the address, Graham
denied reports that he has ac
cepted invitations to speak at
five other Catholic colleges. He
said he has received one verbal
Invitation from a Catholic col
lege, but—as yet—no formal
invitation.
Father John Oetgen, O.S.B.,
president of the Benedictine
college, summed up the effec
tiveness of the event. He said:
”We have received newspaper
clippings from throughout the
country praising us for inviting
Dr. Graham to speak here.
"After listening to Dr. Gra
ham, I must say that we should
not be praised for being the first
to invite him. We should be
blamed for having waited so long
to extend the invitation.”
Contradiction Between
Roles, Say Protestants
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France
(NC)—Protestants see a con
tradiction between the role of
Christ in the Church and the
role of the Pope, a Protestant
observer at the ecumenical
council said here.
But Pastor Hebert Roux of
the Reformed Church of France,
delegate observer at the council
for the World Presbyterian Al
liance, added: ‘‘One must see
that for our Catholic brothers,
there is no contradiction
there.”
In a report to the 11th Gen
eral Assembly of French Pro
testantism (Nov. 13) here, Pas
tor Roux said that Pope Paul VI
complements the late Pope John
XXIII.
“If, as in the parable, John
XXIII is the man who had the
Fashion
Show At
Columbus
COLUMBUS—The Knights of
Columbus Auxiliary sponsored
a fashion show Nov. 19 at the
Knights of Columbus hall. Mrs.
Woodrow Warner was general
chairman of the show, with
Mrs. Albert J. Eversman as
co-chairman.
A harvest theme was used
in decorations. Waxed fruits,
gourds, pyrancantha berries
and foliage were used. Mrs.
Lee Allen was In charge of
decorations.
The refreshments table, cov
ered with a lace cloth, was
centered with an arrangement
of bronze chrysanthemums.
Chairmen of the refreshment
committee were Mrs. C. M.
Green and Mrs. O. W. McBride.
During the show Mrs. Polk
Land played the piano for the
models. Models were Mrs.
Robert Nolan, Mrs. Larry Mc
Laughlin, Mrs. Anthony Allen,
Mrs. Warren Swisshelm, Joe
Kunze, Woodrow Warner, Miss
Donna Wallace, Miss Kiki Free
man, Jack Jackson, Bobby
Thompson, Grady Scott, Scott
Slaughter, Sandra Warner, Car
ol Warner, Ann Woodward, Dot-
tie Sue Freeman, Ray Evers
man, Greg LaHatte, Mary Jane
Brown, Karen Brown, Dan Ser-
rato, David Nolan, Gretchen
Sendelbach, Theresa McCauley,
Thomas McCauley and Marco
Torres.
courage to get up and take the
decision to build a tower, Paul
VI is the one who has the wis
dom to sit down before building
to calculate the expense.”
Pastor Roux praised the atti
tude of Pope Paul in his address
at the opening (Sept. 29) of the
council’s second session and in
his talk to non-Catholic observ
ers (Oct. 17).
* ‘Along with a magnificent re
minder that Christ is sole Mas
ter, sole Saviour, sole Media
tor, recognized as the unique
‘source,’ ‘way’ and ‘purpose’of
all renewal in the Church and
of all reform of its structures,
one finds a firm reminder of the
unanimously recognized sov
ereignty of the Roman pontiff
because of the authority and
powers given to him as the suc
cessor of Peter by Christ Him
self.
“For us Protestants, there is
a contradiction there. Not only
because we question the use and
interpretation of the Gospel
texts which refer to Peter, but
also because we have more or
less the conviction that one can
only be genuinely evangelical in
ceasing to be Roman.’ ”
For Catholics, he said, it is a
matter of “finding again the
needs of a ‘sole Jesus Christ’
but within the total Christ which
can be complete only in and by
the Roman Church.”
“Where we see a contradic
tion,” he said, “they see only
a dialectical and supernatural
tension in the Church whose
permanence and continuity is
guaranteed by the hierarchy.”
Pastor Roux called Pope
Paul’s (Oct. 17) audience with
non-Catholic observers a model
of * ‘true dialogue.”
“That evening,” he said with
emotion, * 'the person who list
ened to us was still the Pope—
one who is used to speaking
without being questioned and
without being answered.”
Pastor Roux said that a * ‘true
dialogue, lucid and charitable,
with Roman Catholicism” is
part of the “requirements of
our vocation as Churches of
the Reform.”
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Vietnam
Catholics Forced
To Renounce Faith
(By Father Patrick O’Connor
Society of St. Columban)
HUE, Vietnam (NC)—About
20 families who became Catho
lics some four years ago have
been forced to renounce their
Faith in a village northwest of
here.
Catholics in Thua Thien pro
vince, of which Hue is the capi
tal, and adjoining provinces are
being threatened, falsely ac
cused and bloodily beaten.
Some have been made prison
ers.
Some have been terorized into
taking down the Crucifix and re
ligious pictures from the walls
of their little homes.
High pressure intimidations
are being applied to force Ca
tholics converted in recent
years and those now under in
struction to abandon Christia
nity.
All this has happened since
the recent revolution that
brought about a local as well as
a national change of govern
ment. Contrary to official as
surance, the situation in the
villages of this province has not
improved in the past week.
Out in the lonely countryside,
this correspondent has visited
a parish where a band of young
men descended upon two vil
lages, obliged the Catholics and
catechumens to gather and ha
rangued them with accusations
and threats. The young men ac
cused them of killing Buddhists
and demanded that they remove
their religious emblems.
In another village, a Catholic
woman was seized and terrified
into accusing four Catholic men
of murdering Buddhists by put
ting them into rice sacks and
throwing them into the river.
This fantastic allegation has
been spread assiduously. It is
probably the distinctive propa
ganda invention of the present
anti-Christian campaign.
In many villages now, Chris
tians are afraid to store ordi
nary rice sacks in their hous
es.
In one district headquarters,
an official assured this cor
respondent that no Catholics
were held prisoners there. At
that time a Catholic school
teacher seized in anotff&r vil
lage was' seen' in the headquar
ters, not locked into a cell, but
certainly under detention.
Catholics have been' beaten
and tied with wire. Victims
wounded by beatings in one vil
lage were reportedly refused
treatment in the small govern
ment medical station to which
they had recourse.
In Quang Tri province north
of here, touching the 17th paral
lel which divides South Viet
nam from the communist-ruled
North, the situation is particu
larly disquieting.
One village police chief has
been leading a group of young
men making night raids on Ca
tholic houses. Buddhists in that
area are so intimidated that
they fear to be seen going to a
Catholic hospital that has been
serving people of all religions.
It was constructed with aid from
Miseroer, the German Bi
shops’ relief fund.
The slander campaign that
goes with these attacks includes
allegations that priests and Sis
ters have poisoned the wells and
that Catholics keep guns and
daggers to kill Buddhists. The
Legion of Mary has been singled
out for attack, as has also Ca
tholic Action.
In Hue city, a member of the
Legion of Mary is in prison.
He was baptized last June, ac
cording to local legionaries, but
had been preparing for Baptism
several years. He had not been a
Buddhist, but had practised ven
eration of ancestors. He was
denounced for having become a
Catholic while Buddhists were
engaged in their dispute with
the government. He was beaten
and accused of belonging to a
secret organization.
Significantly, the anti-Chris
tian campaign in the villages did
not begin until about one week,
in some places 12 days, after
the coup that overthrew the for
mer government. The pattern it
follows and the kind of accusa
tions made—familiar to those
who watched the anti-Christian
campaigns of Chinese commun
ists 15 years or so ago—lead
many to suspect communist in
fluence.
In some of the villages the
new pressure groups have al
ready forced the hasty holding
of elections to replace the ex
isting village councils. The
military revolutionary leaders
have decided that now is no time
to hold general elections. Vil
lage elections held now are sure
to be affected by the climate of
insecurity and local intimida
tion.
One result may be the weak
ening of the whole village de
fense system in the provinces
closest to the communist North.
Military revolutionary leaders,
who have guaranteed freedom of
faith and religious equality,
wish to avoid all religious con
flicts. But new local authorities
in some places seem weak,
either through inexperience or
fear of “the crowd,” which is
actually an aggressive minority
certainly not representative of
authentic Buddhism.
“The authorities are allowing
reprisals to be inflicted on those
elements of the population who
have been among the strongest
defenders against commun
ism,” a leading Vietnamese,
himself an opponent of the for
mer government, commented.
This correspondent asked
Col. Tran van Mo, new pro
vince chief of Thua Thien, about
measures to remedy the dan
gerous situation in Vietnam.
He replied: "I have already or
dered district chiefs to settle
the matter. Every day they are
to go out to Inquire into these
troubles on the spot. I have
sent out two detachments of
civilians.”
It was suggested that if the
province chief believed there
was any basis for the allega
tions made against Christians,
he should institute an inquiry
Immediately.
"I do not- believe those sto
ries,” the province chief said
emphatically.
I asked if the province chief
would issue a statement, to be
broadcast, warning people
against believing these harmful
divisive rumors. He Indicated
he would.
Columbus
Panel Discussion
COLUMBUS—The Reverend
Austin Martin of St. Benedict's;
Mr. Joe Sweeney, assistant
coach at Pacelli High School,
and Mrs. Jim Petran, program
chairman, were the speakers
fo r the meeting of St. Anne’s
PTA held Thursday evening,
Nov. 14th in the school audi
torium.
A panel discussion by these
three was held on extra curri
cular activities; Father Martin
discussing the cultural; Mr.
Sweeney, the physical; and Mrs.
Petran, the social.
A question and answer period
followed.
Mr. Joseph F. LaHatte,
president, thanked the carnival
committee for a very successful
carnival.
Sister Mary Benlta's first
grade won the attendance award.
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