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t f r r 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. Irvine Henderson Funeral Home V J PH. AD. 2-7181 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III 121 W. 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SAVANNAH EL 5-1340 THE REXCO LIFETIME SYSTEM Royal Exterminating Company • FREE INSPECTION • GUARANTEED PROTECTION "We are Best against your Pest J Give us a Trial, You be the Judge" MEMBER OF B & F EXTERPRISES Phone 236 0687 412 Drayton St. Savannah 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.” It was only in this area that ¥ T Mann elevision Service Company TV-RADIOS-TRANSISTORS TAPE RECORDS-STEREOS 148 West Broad AD 6-6358 Savannah, Ga. 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.” J Wright Bod Works, Inc. k Tune-Ups - Brake And Clutch Work 1346 10th Ave. Columbus, Ga. Fa 2-5403 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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