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Presbyterian Asks
For Understanding
HOUSTON, Texas (NC) —
A Presbyterian Church official
appealed here for a * * spirit of
mutual understanding'* that can
overcome the intensity of the
so-called religious controversy
over Federal aid to education.
Dr. H. B. Sissel of the Wash
ington, D. C., Office of the
United Presbyterian Church in
the U.S.A. spoke (Jan. 21) to
^ the national conference of Pro
testants and Other Americans
United for Separation of Church
and State (POAU).
Sissel, who rated the needs
of both public and parochial
education as serious, said mov
es must jDe made to start pro
fitable debate on how to ex
tend U.S. aid to both systems.
He proposed exploration of
five "soft spots in the stale
mate." They are: shared-time
education; a tax deduction; aid
for summer sessions at pub
lic schools which are open to
parochial pupils; provision of
textbooks on secular subjects;
and the extending of repayable
loans to all private schools.
The POAU since its forming
in the late 1940s has been a
determined opponent of any aid
to parochial schools or their
pupils, picturing such requests
as a plot by the Catholic Church
to deceive the public into sup
port of its religious work.
The significance of Sissel’s
invitation to address the
POAU’s annual meeting was not
immediately clear. But some
observers have noted in public
statements in recent months a
broadening of opinion within
the organization on several con-
| troversial issues.
Sissel, who noted that he was
trained as a clergyman with
Federal assistance under the
G.I. Bill of Rights, said he sees
"tremendous needs faced by
general education in this coun
try."
Of parochial schools, he said
that statistically their situation
looks "very serious." Hepoin-
ted to 129% enrollment increas
es since 1940 and the 500%
jump in the number of salaried
lay teachers since 1950 alone.
"Those Protestants not ov-
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charity or particularly appre
ciative of the contribution of
parochial schools to education
in this country may say, 'That’s
just too bad. Let them close
their parochial schools and get
into public education where they
belong,’ ” he said.
But he argued there are "very
selfish reasons" for Protes
tants to have deep concern about
parochial schools. One, he said,
is that in many areas the tax
base will not bear any more
weight.
A second, he said, is that Ca
tholic support is required to
produce successful appeals for
increased public school sup
port.
Noting that most Catholics
pay their school taxes with a
minimum of grumbling, he said:
"In those school districts with
a Catholic majority or substan
tial minority one does not have
to be filled with a spirit of em
pathy or charity to appreciate
the reaction of the Roman Ca-
tholi c taxpayer to such an ap
peal for public support."
"What I am pleading for here
is a spirit of mutual understand
ing that will help this country
transcend the political and emo
tional intensity that has all too
often fed the religious contro
versy over Federal Aid to ed
ucation.
"Certainly all citizens and
particularly those who take
their religious faith seriously
and that of their brother char
itably, must reach some kind of
an agreement in this divisive
dispute,” he said.
Sissel insisted that a major
concern in giving Federal aid
of education must be a safe
guard against proliferation of
parochial and other private
schools.
"The support of tax funds,
regardless of how it comes,
must not make the burden of
maintaining a private school
system so light as to encour
age those groups who are al
ready disenchanted with, and
ready to abandon, the public
schools to start their own pri
vate school systems,*’ he said.
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Jewish, Catholic Groups
(Continued from Page 2)
unity among their adhernts:’’
. . all Christian churches,
wherever they may be, are
based on the principles that
the church itself is defined by
doctrine and has its place in the
development of the spiritual ec
onomy of mankind. How strong
ly this doctrine is held, and
how deep is the desire to give
organized expression to it, has
recently been abundantly dem
onstrated by the efforts to pro
mote unity among separated
churches.
"Similarly, in the Jewish re
ligion the concept of the House
of Israel, not only as the rep
ository of an Immemorial faith
held in common for many cen
turies, but as a community sus
tained through all the vicissi
tudes of its history by the con
sciousness of a special purpose
and mission, is fundamental to
any interpretation of Judaism."
The World Jewish Congress
concludes that it is “one of
the glories of these and other
great historic religions that
they transcend national fron
tiers and in their various ways
contribute to the development of
an international community with
all the promise that such a con
cept holds for believers and
non believers alike."
Jottings...
(Continued from Page 4)
was bruised and dirty and His
hair was tangled and matted
with blood from the crown of
thorns. Veronica wiped the ug
liness away with her kindness
and was rewarded with the Vis
ion of Christ Beautiful.
LOVING the unlovely pre
sents quite a problem to most
of us. How easy is it to ful
fill the commandment of lov
ing thy neighbor when the neigh
bor happens to be attractive and
personable or for other the
problem is he is not of the same
status or same color. How dif
ficult to love (for God) the
different, the foreign, the un
pleasing. A co-worker once
confided to me his inability to
bear to see the sight of anyone
who was imperfect. He shud
dered when he had to look at
anyone crippled or ugly. Hap
pily, most of us who cringe at
the sight of suffering, disfigure
ment and poverty do so out of
pity and sympathy not from re
pulsion. The pity sometimes
moves us to love. It is the un
attractive of personality, I find
th,e hardest to love. The bore,
the long-winded egotist, the
chronic complainer, the gos
sip, the filthy of mind and
tongue—these types who brush
against us daily are the ones
we long to escape. Those who
do not look like Christ nor
speak like Christ and yet we
are bound to love them. It be
comes less difficult to love the
unlovely when we think of our
selves. Someone has to make a
heroic effort to be kind and pa
tient in our presence? We may
be repulsive to someone. Some
one who passes on the path must
pray to see some resemblance
of Christ in us. As the * ‘Hound
of Heaven" whispers: * ‘Who wilt
thou find to love ignoble thee,
save Me, save only Me ?" Caryll
Houselander’s prayer is:
"Give me Your Eyes
To discern the beauthofYour
face.
Hidden under the world’s sor
row. ^ ‘
Give ifne thy grace.
To be a Veronica;
To wipe away the ugliness of
sin.
From the human face.
And to see
You smile on the mouth of
pain
Your majesty on the face of
dereliction
And in the bound and help
less
The power of Your infinite
Love. n.
Alcoholism
Growing Threat
To Youths
NEW ORLEANS (NC)—Alco
holism is rising and is hitting
people at an earlier age level
each year, the executive secre
tary of the National Clergy Con
ference on Alcoholism said
here.
"When I first became fa
miliar with the problem the av
erage age for occurrence of al
coholism was 40," said Father
Ralph Pfau. "In 18 years the
average age has dropped to
30."
Studies have shown, said Fa
ther Pfau, that all emotional
problems today are occurring at
an earlier age than they did a
few years ago.
It’s difficult to pinpoint the
reasons for this, he said,
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civic and religious discrimina
tion."
This defense, the statement
continues, is universal both in
scope and application. The
members of the union are com
mitted to upholding "all the
cultural, political and religious
rights of all men, irrespec
tive of their race, ideology or
religion."
The union also cited Catholic
press protests against the "dis
crimination that at present is
being practiced by the Khartoum
government with regard to the
people of southern Sudan."
The reply of the Sudanese
government in the same report
stated: "The Republic of the
Sudan is a secular state, and
such it has no racial or
religious discrimination, and in
fact the government and people
condemn any manifestations of
racial prejudice or national or
religious intolerance."
Since the Sudan won indepen
dence In 1956, its Muslim-
dominated government has
sought to impose Islam on the
predominantly pagan and Chris
tian peoples of its southern
region. It has closed all mis
sion schools, expelled 163 Ca
tholic and Protestant mission
aries and passed a law making
virutally all missionary efforts
illegal.
The World Union of Catho
lic Women’s Organizations
stressed the educational work
done by all its affiliates against
prejudice of all kinds. To date,
it reported , nine national af
filiates have replied to a
questionnaire sent by the wo
men’s union to all its mem
bers. Activities covered a wide
range of situations from assis
tance to aborigines and child
ren of mixed Japanese-Austra-
lian blood in Australia, foreign
workers in France and Swit
zerland and migrant workers in
Italy, to activities to lessen ra
cial tensions in Kenya and the
United States. The National
Council of Catholic Women, the
U.S. affiliate, also reported on
its participation in the Nation
al Council on Race and Reli
gion.
The replies of government,
with only one or two exceptions
stated that everything is per
fect within their boundaries —
that their legislation is cor
rect on the matter, and that
there have been no manifesta
tions of racial prejudice or re
ligious intolerance.
But Malaysia admitted that its
constitution permits its federa
ted states to "make laws to
control or restrict the propa
gation of any religious doctrine
or belief amongst Muslims, and
that some states have passed
laws prohibiting non-Muslim
missionary work amongst Mus
lims."
The communist bloc coun
tires gave information on theii
laws and constitutions. The
Hungarian reply claimed that it
has full religious freeom. The
theme of all the communist
bloc replies is that since the
establishment of "socialism”
all forms of discrimination, ra
cial, religious and national—
have been eliminated.
adding: "It’s a product of our
times."
Father Pfau’s headquarters
are in Indianapolis. He was here
to make plans for the 16th an
nual meeting of the National
Clergy Conference on Alcohol
ism to be held here March 31
and April 1.
One of the most bothersome
problems in alcoholism, said
Father Pfau, is the tendency
of the public "to class the alco
holic as a moral degenrate ra
ther than an emotionally 111 per
son."
"Alcoholism, when it reach
es the chronic stage, involves
a person’s body, his morals
and his mind," he said. But
studies have shown, he contin
ued, that for 70% of the victims
of alcoholism, drinking in the
beginning was "a social thing."
Alcoholism is a "complicat
ed illness,” said Father Pfau,
but "the average alcoholic can
be helped; he’s worth saving.
And when the condition is ar
rested he becomes a very use
ful person in the community."
Father Pfau founded the Na
tional Clergy Conference on
Alcoholism 18 years ago. Since
then he has devoted full time to
the work of helping alcoholics
overcome the problem.
He knows the problem per
sonally. In a series of articles
in Look magazine in 1957, F a-
ther Pfau told of his own per
sonal struggle against the fet
ters of alcoholism.
Alcoholism, he said, is more
widespread than most people
realize. Every profession and
field of work, he added, has peo
ple who are alcoholics.
So prevalent is the problem,
he continued, that many large
companies have set up their
own agencies to save some of
their top executives.
The Southern Cross, January 23, 1964—PAGE 5
BISHOP McDONOUGH speaking to the Confirmation class
of St. Mary’s on-the-Hill, Augusta. One hundred and ninety-
one children and adults were confirmed on Tuesday, Jan
uary 14th.
To The Editor:
The Irish Institute, the Uni
ted Irish Counties Association,
the A.O.H. and other Irish or
ganizations in New York have
formed a nationwide commit
tee to raise $100,000 for the
purpose of erecting a memo
rial in IRELAND, to the late
President John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy. This memorial would be
in the nature of an Arboretum
(National Park) on a site to be
selected by the Irish Govern
ment.
The chairman of the com
mittee, at a meeting held at the
Irish Institute, 326 West 48th
Street, New York City, read a
letter from the Irish Govern
ment, thru it’s Consul-General
In New York, Mr. John O’Brien,
affirming approval of the
memorial. We quote, in part,
from the letter.
"The Irish Government wel
comes the interest shown by the
various Irish organizations in
New York. The Minister of
Lands, Mr. Michael O’Morain,
feels that the most suitable form
would be the establishment of
an Arboretum (National Park).
Such an Arboretum could grow
plants, trees and flowers from
all parts of the world. Clima
tic conditions in Ireland are
suitable for every species and
the rate of growth is double
that of any other country. It
not only would attract students,
foresters and teachers but also
tourists and visitors. Thus, a
park, continuously frequented
by the public would keep the
name of the late President and
his connection with Ireland
evergreen in the memory of
all.” (end of quote)
Mr. Paul O’Dwyer, co
ordinator for the Committee
is now in Ireland to consult
with Prime Minister Lemass
and Mr. O’Morain on a sut
and Mr. O’ Morain on a suit
able site for the memorial.
Inquires from all, are invited.
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Red Pressure Crippling
Faith Of Lithuania Youths
BONN, Germany (NC)—Older
people and children in Red-Rul
ed Lithuania are clinging ten
aciously to their Faith but com
munist pressure makes it
almost impossible for young
adults to do so, according to a
group of Lithuanians who ar
rived in West Grmany.
The Lithuanians, permitted
to leave their country under
terms of the German-Soviet
repatriation agreement, were
interviewed by a correspondent
for ELTA, information service
of the Supreme Committee for
Liberation of Lithuania, which
has its headquarters in New
Y ork City.
The Lithuanians were asked
many questions about religion
and the Church in Lithuania.
Some of the questions and an
swers follow:
—What people attend church
most?
The nonintelligentsia, older
people, and children up to 15.
—What happens when work
ers, party members or young
communist league members at
tend church?
They are satirized in the
newspapers and demands are
made for their removal from
the party or the league, even
though they may have attended
only one christening ceremony.
Stop Smoking,
Paper Urges
Priests
BALTIMORE, Md.(NC)—The
Catholic Review, newspaper of
the Baltimore archdiocese, has
recommended that clergymen
abandon cigarette smoking as
an example to others.
The paper said in an editorial
(Jan. 17) that every Catholic
would seem advised to subject
cigarette smoking to an exami
nation of conscience.
"Parents, we suggest," the
paper said, "should gravely
consider the impact of their ex
ample on their children and
should withhold permission to
smoke as long as possible.
"The matter of example ap
plies particularly to moral
leaders in any area; for this
reason we recommend that
clergymen lead the way by aban
doning all cigarette smoking,
especially in public, and most
especially around minors."
INTERFAITH PANEL ON BUSINESS ETHICS. As a fea
ture of the meeting of the National Conference of Christian
Employers and Managers, held in Chicago, this panel dis
cussed ethical problems facing today’s business community.
Left to right, seated: Fr. Raymond Baumhart, S.J., assistant
dean of Loyola University College of Commerce, Chicago;
R. J. Baudhuin, president, The Valspar Corp., Rockford, Ill.;
Rabbi Jacob Weinstein, Chicago; Edward S. Jamieson, na
tional chairman of the NCCWM and president of Jamieson,
Inc., Chicago. Standing, left to right: John Caron, president
of Caron Spinning Co., Springfield, Ill., and O. A. Ohmann,
director of Organizational Development, Standard Oil of
Ohio. (NC Photos)
Regular church attendance for
such people is impossible be
cause they would lose their jobs.
—Do priests have any free
dom of action?
None whatsoever. The bish
ops have been removed from
their duties and replaced by
administrators selected by
the regime.
—How is the clergy’s activ
ity regulated?
It is controlled by the Com
missar for Religious Affairs,
who is responsible to theKrem-
lin. Whenever a priest is es
pecially active or becomes very
popular, he is transferred.
—How does the population
look upon expriests who take
part in atheistic propaganda?
They are regarded as trai
tors, the oppressors’ "altar
boys.”
—How do young people re
ceive religious education?
From parents, sometimes
the clergy. A priest is impri
soned if he is caught giving
education to a child.
—Will the effort to popular
ize communist-type weddings
and funerals, have any success?
Perhaps, but only because
some persons about to get mar
ried think there is no harm in
going through a "Communist
wedding" to get the free gifts,
then having a church wedding
also.
—What are the relations be
tween the Lithuanian and Pol
ish clergy?
Close, particularly when it
comes to maintianing a com
mon Church front against Com
munist pressure.
The information given by the
Lithuanian group concides with
a survey of persecution of re
ligion in Lithuania presented at
the plenary meeting (Dec. 10,
1963 in New York City of the
Assembly of Captive European
National. Excerpts from the
survey follow:
—Since the Soviet takeover
of Lithuania, 180 priests have
been murdered.
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—All monasteries and 405
churches and chapels of the
country have been closed and
their property confiscated.
Teaching of religion is pro
hibited.
—The actual ruler of the
Church in Lithuania is the Com
missar for Religious Affairs.
Without his permission no
priests allowed to perform
his duties.
—The seminary in Kaunas,
limited to 45 students, is the
only one functioning in Lithu
ania. Only persons loyal to
the regime are given permis
sion to study for the priest
hood.
—Only three bishops remain
in occupied Lithuania: Bishop
Julijonas Steponavicius, Apos
tolic Administrator of Penevez-
ys; Titular Bishop Vincentas
Sladkevicius of Abora; and Bi
shop Petras Mazelis, Aposto
lic Administrator of Telsiai.
Bishop Mazelis is the only one
allowed to perform his duties.
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