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Pope, Patriarch Look Toward Unity
Vol. 44, No. 26
10c Per Copy — $3 A Year
First Meeting
In 500 Years
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964
AT THE ROCK OF THE PRIMACY. When Pope Paul VI stopped at Tabgha, Israel, by
the Sea of Galilee (Jan. 5) he visited a small chapel called the Church of the Primacy. It
is built over a rock on the site where, according to tradition, Christ named Peter to head
\ His Church. — (NC Photos)
“Reform And Reunion”
Diocese To Sponsor
Series Of Lectures
SAVANNAH — The Diocese
will sponsor a series of six
lectures and discussions on
"Reform and Reunion Among
Christians”.
The lectures will be given
'.over a six week period and will
deal with the following topics
—The Second Vatican Council
—Reform and Reunion; The Ca
tholic Laymen Today; Today’s
Catholic Press; The Prospect
of Reunion; The Liturgical Re
vival; The Church and Matri
mony.
Speakers for the series which
will be conducted at the Cathe-
PHILADELPHIA (NC) — The
injunction banning blackface and
prohibiting demonstrations at
the Mummers’ Parade here was
granted at the request of the
city’s three major religious
groups.
A panel of three judges in
Common Pleas Court issued the
injunction one day before the
64th annual parade (Jan. 4), a
traditional Philadelphia wel
come to the new year which
has featured comic marchers
dressed in blackface.
In a taxpayer’s suit, the in
junction was requested to avoid
violence between marchers and
* Negro civil rights groups by
Robert N. Thomas of the Ca
tholic Intergroup Council, the
Rev. Henry H. Nichols of the
Greater Philadelphia Council
of Churches and Mrs. Fannie
Goldstein of the Jewish Com
munity Relations Council.
Thomas D. McBride, former
State Supreme Court Justice
and cochairman of the Mayor’s
Civil Rights Committee, acted
as spokesman in the court for
the three groups.
McBride led a variety of wit
nesses, including Police Com
missioner Howard Leary,
through five hours of testimony
in which it was argued that the
city was threatened with racial
* violence should blackface be
dral Day School Auditorium on
Thursday evenings from 8 to
9:30 p.m. will be The Most
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
D.D. J.C.D., Bishop of Savan
nah; Mr. Joseph Hutton, dis
tinguished Savannah Catholic
lay leader; Rev. Francis J. Don
ohue, Editor, THE SOUTHERN
CROSS; Rev. John Cuddy, Su
perintendent of Schools for the
Savannah Diocese; Rt. Rev.
Msgr. John D. Toomey, Pastor
of Savannah’s St. James Church;
and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew
J. McDonald, Chancellor.
Both the lectures, which will
permitted and demonstrations
allowed.
Targets of the religious bo
dies’ suit was the Mummers
Association, five comic clubs
and two civil rights groups, the
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE) and the Committee for
Freedom Now.
The two Civil rights organi
zations had vowed to lead mas
sive demonstrations against the
parade unless the Mummers
dropped the blackface. The
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Meeting “Great
Day For
Christianity”
ISTANBUL, Turkey (NC)—
Orthodox Patriarch Athenago-
ras I said here prior to his de
parture for Jerusalem that his
meeting with Pope Paul VI in the
Holy Land would "be a great day
for Christianity and all humani
ty.”
"I have always dreamed of
meeting the Pope,” the Patri
arch said (Jan. 4) shortly be
fore taking a plane for Rhodes
en route to Jerusalem He also
said: "I am going to meet and
embrace the Pope in a brotherly
way. We will leave discussions
to theologians.”
last approximately forty-five
minutes, and the discussions
following them are open to the
public.
Atlanta
Archbishop
Stricken
ATLANTA—Archbishop Paul
J. Hallinan has been admitted
to Saint Joseph’s Infirmary,
here. He is suffering from Hep
atitis, thought to have been con
tracted during the Second Ses
sion of Vatican Council II, ac
cording to The Georgia Bulle
tin, Atlanta Archdiocesan week
ly.
Specialists attending the
Archbishop have prescribed
complete rest and all of his
engagements for January have
been cancelled.
National Council
Catholic Women’s
Directors Meet
WASHINGTON, D.C., —The
National Council o f Catholic
Women’s Board of Directors
will meet in Washington Jan
uary 14-16 at the request of
Mrs. Joseph McCarthy,
N.C.C.W. president.
Mrs. Norman I. Boatwright,
of Bellevue avenue, Augusta, is
among those who will attend the
sessions. Elected to the
N.C.C.W. Board in 1962, she
represents the province of At
lanta.
During the three days of ses
sions the Board members will
discuss the national Federation,
its progress and its plans for
the coming year. One of the
main items on the agenda is the
N.C.C.W. 32nd national conven
tion, scheduled November 11-
14, 1964, in Washington.
As an N.C.C.W. National Di
rector, each woman represents
one of the ecclesiastical pro
vinces of the United States. The
Board members will come to
the headquarters offices from
all parts of the country.
The National Council of Ca
tholic Women services some 10
million women through its more
than 14,000 affiliates.
Religions Groups
Win Philadelphia
1 Parade Injunction
AT SCENE OF OUR LORD’S BAPTISM. Enroute by car
from Amman, the Jordanian capital, to Jerusalem (Jan. 4)
Pope Paul VI dismounted at one point and walked some dis
tance to the banks of the River Jordan, where Christ receiv
ed Baptism at the hands of John the Baptist. The Pontiff
stood some time in silent prayer. Returning to his car, he
blessed the throngs that had assembled near the place.
— (NC Photos)
Pope To Orthodox
Patriarch Athenagoras
JERUSALEM, Jordan (NC)—
Following is the text of the
speech in Latin prepared by
Pope Paul VI for delivery at
his (Jan. 5) meeting with Ortho
dox Patriarch Athenagoras I at
the Apostolic Delegation here,
but which was not given until
the Pope and Patriarch met
again (Jan. 6) at the summer
residence of Orthodox Patri
arch Benediktos:
Great is our emotion and pro
found our joy in this truly his
toric tour, when, after centur
ies of silence and expectation,
the Catholic Church and the
Patriarchate of Constantinople
meet once again in the persons
of their highest representa
tives.
Great and profound also is
our gratitude to you, who have
kindly left temporarily your
patriarchal See in order to come
here to meet us. It is, however,
first of all toward God, the Lord
of the Church, that the words
of our humble thanksgiving as
cend.
An ancient Christian tradition
lovingly sees as the center of
the world that place upon which
the glorious cross of the Sav
iour was erected, and whither,
"being rasied up from the
earth,” He draws "all things
unto himself.”
It was fitting, then, and Pro
vidence has permitted it, that it
should be in this place—this
forever blessed and sacred
place—that, as pilgrims from
Rome and from Constantinople,
we should be able to meet and
be united in a common prayer.
You have desired this meet
ing ever since the time of our
unforgettable predecessor
John, for whom you did not
conceal your esteem and affec
tion and to whom with striking
intuition, you applied the words
of the Evangelist: "Therewasa
man sent from God, whose name
was John.” He too yearned for
this meeting, as you well know,
but his early death prevented
him from realizing this desire
of his heart.
The words of Christ "that
they may be one” (ut unum sint),
repeated frequently by the dying
Pope, leave no doubt as to one
of his most cherished inten
tions, those for which he offer
ed God his long agony and val
uable life. Doubtless, on the
one side and on the other, the
roads which lead to union may
be long and sown with difficul
ties. But these two paths con
verge toward one another and
eventually reach the source of
the Gospel. Is it not then a hap
py augury that today’s meeting
takes place in that land where
Christ founded His Church and
shed His blood for her?
It is in any case an eloquent
manifestation of the great good
will which, thanks be to God,
animates ever more all Chris
tians truly worthy of that name;
the will, that is, to work to sur
mount disunity, to break down
barriers; the will to engage re
solutely upon the path which
leads to reconciliation.
Divergencies of a doctrinal,
liturgical and disciplinary na
ture will have to be examined,
at the proper time and place, in
a spirit of fidelity to truth and
of understanding in charity.
What can and must now com
mence to develop is that fra
ternal charity which is ingeni
ous in finding out new ways of
showing itself; which, taking its
lessons from the past, is ready
to pardon, more ready to believe
well than evil. Careful above all
SAVANNAH — Essays sub
mitted by eight students of
Saint Vincent’s Academy will
appear in this year’s edition of
the national anthology, Young
America Speaks. The publica
tion is due off the press in the
Spring.
In the senior class, Mary
Jane Tuten, Anne Davis, Katie
Corish, Carol Poole, and Ei
leen Kearns entered winning
esisays. Gaye Anderson, Rebec
ca Honea, and Gloria Miller
earned honors for the juniors.
Sister Mary Fidelis, R.S.M,
principal, announced this ac
hievement to the student body
recently.
The contest in which the stu
dents competed, under the di
rection of their English instruc
tor, Sister Mary Joseph Ann,
R.S.M., is an annual one
conducted by the National Essay
Press to motivate creative wri
ting among the students and to
provide a method of recogniz
ing talent in those who respond.
The eight acceptances from
Saint Vincent’s' were included
in a total of fifteen submitted
to conform to the Divine Master
and to allow itself to be drawn
and transformed by Him. Of
such charity the symbol and ex
ample should be the kiss of
peace which Our Lord has per
mitted us to exchange in this
holy land and the prayer which
Jesus Christ taught us and which
we shall shortly recite together.
We cannot express how touch
ed we are by this, your gesture.
Nor are we alone in this. The
Church of Rome, and the ecu
menical council, will learn with
deep joy of this historic event.
As for us, we raise toward God
a grateful prayer, and we beg
Him to help us follow along this
path and to bestow upon you and
upon us, who have undertaken
it with faith and confidence, that
blessing which will ensure hap
py results.
With these feelings, it is not a
"good-by” that we say to you,
but, if you allow us, an ”au
revoir” based upon the hope of
other fruitful meetings "in the
name of the lord” (in nomine
domine).
by members of the senior and
junior English classes at the
school.
According to contest regula
tions, the manuscripts must be
original essays of 150 words
or less, centering on any topic
approved by the English teach
er.
Upon publication, copies of
the anthology will be available
to students, teachers, and
school libraries at $1.00 per
copy.
Bishop To Lay
Corner Stone
At Augusta
AUGUSTA — Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough will lay the cor
ner stone for the new convent
for St. Mary’s on-the-Hill par
ish at ceremonies to be held
Tuesday, January 14th.
That evening His Excellency
will also administer the Sac
rament of Confirmation to a
class of over two hundred chil
dren and adults at St. Mary’s.
By St. Vincent Students
“Young America Speaks”
To Print Eight Essays
HISTORIC MEETING IN JERUSALEM. Pope Paul VI embraced Orthodox Patriarch
Athenagoras of Constantinople as the two met at the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem. It
was the first meeting of a Roman Pontiff and a Patriarch of Constantinople since the
15th century Council of Florence. The Pope and Patriarch met at the entrance to the dele
gation and twice exchanged the ritualistic kiss of peace. The two then conversed alone in
the delegation reception room for 20 minutes. The next day Pope Paul called on the Pat
riarch at the latter’s residence in Jerusalem. — (NC Photos)
By James C. O’Neill
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
JERUSALEM, Jordan—The world leaders of the Catholic
and Orthodox Churches came together in brotherhood twice in
this birthplace of Christianity, exchanging the symbolic kiss
of peace, and after walking arm in arm resolved to try to pave
the road to unity.
Pope Paul VI, the Patriarch
of the West, and Ecumenical Pa
triarch Athenagoras I of Con
stantinople exchanged separate
visits on Jan. 5 and 6 on the
Mount of Olives. It was the
first time a Pope and a Pat
riarch of Constantinople had
been together since the death of
Patriarch Joseph at the 15th
century Council of Florence.
And it was only the second such
encounter in over 1,250 years.
The meetings near the site
where Christ suffered His
Agony in the Garden and 43
days later ascended into heaven
had great significance in Chris
tendom’s search for unity. Both
men clearly felt the dramatic
importance of the moment.
Patriarch Athenagoras, ac
companied by several members
of his retinue, arrived at the
Apostolic Delegation headquar
ters on the Mount of Olives at
9:30 p.m. Sunday. Standing in
the doorway to greet him was
a somewhat tired Pope Paul who
had just completed a 14-hour
whirlwind tour of the holy plac
es in Israel. Yet as he greet
ed the 77-year-old Patriarch,
the Pope seemed to have slough
ed his fatigue: he showed great
animation and emotion.
The Pope and Patriarch im
mediately embraced at the en
trance to the delegation and
twice exchanged the ritual kiss
of peace. Observers present
said both churchmen showed
they were conscious of the his
toric import of the moment in
which the ages-old isolation of
the two great branches of the
Christian religion was being
dissolved, even if only on a
level of courtesy and affection.
The Pope’s first words were
in Latin: "May Jesus Christ be
praised! ” The Patriarch re
life of the Lord "where Christ
shortly before His Passion
prayed in the sweat of agony
for the confirmation in truth
and in unity of all those who
believe in Him.”
After saying that he regard
ed the event of exceptional im
portance and significance in the
life and in the history of the
Church, Patriarch Athenagoras
voiced the hope that the good
intentions recently shown on
both sides "shall become the
prelude of a mutual communion,
the dawn of a luminous and bles
sed day, in which future gene
rations, communing in the same
chalice of the most precious
Blood and of the Body of the
Lord, will glorify the only Lord
and Saviour in charity, peace
and unity.”
Pope Asks
World Leaders
For Peace
JERUSALEM, Jordan (NC)
—Pope Paul VI has issued
a plea for world peace in
telegrams dispatched from
here to 220 heads of states
and international organiza
tions.
The telegrams, which ex
pressed the Pope’s desire
for peace and his intentions
to pray for peace in the
Holy Land, were sent from
the Apostolic Delegation in
Jerusalem to the world’s
leaders, including those be
hind the Iron Curtain.
In thanking the Patriarch for
his visit, the Pope informed him
that he would return it the fol
lowing day in circumstances
matching the loving expressions
sponded with a similar saruta- fbicfed In the Patiiarch’s
tion in Greek. Then the 66-year-
old Bishop of Rome took the arm
of the towering, six-foot-four
Bishop of Constantinople in his,
and they walked arm in arm,
with hands clasped, to a small
audience room. They remained
alone for 20 minutes.
After concluding their pri
vate discussion, the two asked
their chief attendants to come
into the audience room. The
three cardinals who had accom
panied Pope Paul from Rome—
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant,
dean of the College of Cardi
nals; Amleto Cardinal Cicog-
nani, the Pope’s Secretary of
State; and Gustavo cardinal
Testa, Secretary of the Sacred
Congregation for the Oriental
Church — and Archbishop An
gelo Dell’Acqua, Undersecre
tary of State for Ordinary Af
fairs, and Archbishop Enrico
Dante, Papal Master of Cere
monies, entered the room. They
joined dignitaries of the entour
age of Patriarch Athenagoras,
which included four theology
professors.
The Patriarch, who became a
United States citizen while ser
ving in America prior to his
election to the Constantinople
See, then read a five-minute
formal speech of greeting to the
Pope in Greek. It was imme
diately translated into French.
Patriarch Athenagoras expres
sed joy at meeting Pope Paul
in the land sanctified by the
speech. After the exchange of
greetings, the two leading
churchmen recited the Lord’s
Prayer, first in Latin, then in
Greek.
To commemorate the meet
ing, Pope Paul presented the
Patriarch a gold commemora
tive medal. He also gave copies
of the commemorative medal to
each member of the Patriarch’s
party.
At the close of this first
meeting, the two spiritual lead
ers again embraced. Observers
said the emotion they felt com
municated itself to everyone
in the room. The Pope accom
panied the Patriarch to the
doorstep, and watched until he
had descended the stairs lead
ing from the Apostolic Delega
tion and entered his car.
The next morning, following
his Epiphany Mass in Bethle
hem, Pope Paul returned the
Patriarch’s visit, traveling to
the residence of Orthodox Pa
triarch Benediktos of Jeru
salem, where Patriarch Athen
agoras was staying — only
several hundred yards away
from the delegation. The Pope
had also visited Patriarch
Benediktos there the previous
Saturday night.
Here the warmth of the en
counter 12 hours earlier was
repeated, with Patriarch Athen
agoras receiving Pope Paul at
the front door.
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