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Indedendent
Schools Elect
Fr. Seikel
The spring meeting of the
I Georgia Association of Inde
pendent Schools was held a
week ago Friday at the Lovett
School in Atlanta. Among the
matters of business to be tak
en up was the election of offi
cers for the 1964-1965 school
|year.
The Reverend Ralph E. Sei-
Lkel, Moderator of Aquinas High
in Augusta, was elected Presi
dent of the organization. Mr.
Fred H. Loveday, Headmas-
| ter of Berry Academy in Mt.
Berry, Georgia, was elected
Secretary-Treasurer; and Mr.
Richard Yankee, Director of
| Darlington School in Rome, Ga.,
was named to the Executive
Committee.
The Georgia Association of
Independent Schools has for its
purpose the promotion of the
worthy interests of the Inde
pendent Schools of Georgia and
to foster closer relations with
each other and the colleges
and public schools of the State.
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Noticias Catolicas
To Move To Lima
WASHINGTON (NC) — Noti
cias Catolicas, the Spanish and
Portuguese language edition of
N. C. W. C. News Service, is
changing its base of operations
to the continent it was created
to serve.
Effective July 1, Noticias
Catolicas will be operated from
Lima, Peru, under the auspices
of Centro de Informacion Cato-
lica, which is sponsored by Juan
Cardinal Landazuri Ricketts,
Primate of Peru, and the
Peruvian hierarchy.
The announcement was made
here by Archbishop Joseph T.
McGucken of San Francisco,
episcopal chairman of the
N.C.W.C. Press Department.
Transfer of Noticias Catholicas
to Latin America was approved
by the Administrative Board of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference at its meeting in
Washington recently.
With the effective growth
of the Centro de Informacion
Catholica, Floyd Anderson,
director of N.C.W.C. News ser
vice, said it was felt that
Latin America would be better
served with Catholic news if
Noticias Catholicas originated
there in a central location such
as Lima.
Father Joseph Michenfelder,
M. M., who is in charge of
Centro de Informacion Catolica.
will also direct the Noticias
Catholicas operation. The two
will be separate organizations,
however, and operated by sepa
rate staffs.
The Spanish-Language news
service was begun by the
N. C.W.C. News service in May,
1941, at a time when there were
only limited means of providing
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Catholic news from the Latin
American countries. In 1948
the Portuguese-language ser
vice was added, operating from
Rio de Janeiro.
"During the past 23 years,
it has served a very important
need, for the secular press as
well as for theCatholicpress,"
said Msgr. Paul F. Tanner,
N.C.W.C. general secretary.
"Now, however, as eventually
with all missionary under
takings, Latin America is able
and willing to provide this ser
vice itself, and we are happy
to cooperate.’’
He pointed out that N.C.W.C.
News Service will continue to
assist Noticias Catolicas with
news and picture coverage from
its worldwide resources; and
that Noticias Catholicas will al
so continue to assist N.C.W.C.
News Service in its coverage
of the Latin American
countries.
Archbishop McGucken gave
high praise to Jaime Fonseca,
editor of Noticias Catolicas, and
his staff, for their many years
of devoted service to the
Spanish and Portuguese-
language news service.
"The effectiveness of
Noticias Catolicas for the past
two decades is a real evidence
of Mr. Fonseca’s devotion to
Latin America,” said Arch
bishop McGucken. "He helped
pioneer a very important work
for the Church in Latin
America, and carried it for
ward under many difficulties.”
Cardinal
Shifted At
Own Request
ROME (NC) — Pope Paul VI
has declared publicly that he
had transferred Carlos Cardi
nal de Vasconcellos Mottafrom
the populous See of Sao Paolo,
Brazil, to the adjoining See of
Aparecida at the Cardinal’s own
request.
“This transfer was not im
posed by any authority,” the
Pope said in a speech at the
Brazilian college.
He said the Cardinal had re
quested the transfer because of
frail health.
He added:' 'In the lofty aware
ness of his responsibility, the
venerated Cardinal Motta pre
fers, with exemplary spirit of
sacrifice, to withdraw to the-
shadow of the national sanctuary
of Our Lady of Aparecida, to
which he has always dedicated
his heart and his work, with the
resolution to advance the great
work of construction and with
the desire of infusing new life
into devotion to Mary. . .”
Cardinal Motta was already
Apostolic Administrator of
Aparecida.
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Religious Freedom Based
On Respect For Truth
ASSISSI (NC) — "Is the
Church’s fresh attempt to
develop a theology of religious
freedom a diplomatic conces
sion to the modern world, or is
it simply respect for the truth?”:
This question was posed by
Giacomo Cardinal Leraro be
fore 300 university professors
here.
The Archbishop of Bologna
answered his own question. ' ‘It
is respect for the truth and
for the human way of approach
ing it, in view of a greater
good to be defended and pro
moted,” he said.
The Cardinal’s speech high
lighted a three-day meeting
(April 24-26) on * ‘The Church
and Liberty.”
The closing speech was ;
given by Father Bernard
Haering, C.SS.R., an expert
of the Vatican council and pro
fessor at the Redemptorist
Theological institute in Rome.
Cardinal Lercaro said: "The
’whole world is witness to a
motherly effort of the Church
to offer changeless truths to
this new world in an understand
able, up-to-date, pleasing
language. The council was born
and its history is unfolding in
the climate and among the de
mands of this effort.”
He described the modern
growth of Catholic theology in
these terms: the Church’s pre
mises are "constant,” but they
have developed ' 'according to
the pressures of new circum
stances.”
He likened this development
of constant principles to ‘ 'buds
which open into leaves and
flowers under the warmth of the
spring sun.”
Father Haering took a
different tack. The Church, he
said, cannot allow discussion on
the absolute value of its dogmas,
* ‘but it is necessary to make
a fresh effort in every gen
eration to acquire a deep and
living knowledge of these
dogmas.”
* 'The Church does not have
a monopoloy on all the right
solutions, as it may have
seemed at times,” he declared.
‘ ‘To recognize the good that
is in others is neither diplomacy
nor ecumenical technique, it is
rather the necessary adoration
of the Holy Spririt, who works
where He wills and the way
He wills,” he added.
"Moreover, an individual'
man or community never has
the monopoly on truth; it is
necessary that there should be
a dialogue, a common effort
for an ever-growing knowledge
Swiss Guard
Sworn In
VATICAN CITY (NC) —Nine
teen recruits were sworn into
the Swiss Guard, the Pope’s
personal bodyguard, here May
6.
This is the traditional date for
swearing in. On May 6, 1527,
147 Swiss Guards died de
fending Pope Clement VII
during the sack of Rome.
Before the oath-taking cere
mony, Augustin Cardinal Bea,
president of the Vatican Sec
retariat for Promoting Christ
ian Unity, offered Mass in the
chapel of the guard. After the
recruits were sworn in at the
San Damaso courtyard of the
Vatican, Pope Paul gave the men
his apostolic blessing.
This year, a dozen fewer
recruits entered the Swiss
Guard than last year. The
guard suffers chronically from
a shortage of men.
of truth.”
He added that the chuuch
' ‘well knows that in many
matters it can acquire new
riches by conducting a dialogue
with the various cultures.”
Father Haering declared
himself against the im
position of. the Gospel by
violence.
"Every temporary and trans
itory gain achieved through ex
ternal force is a loss from the
point of view of the Good
Tidings. We diminish the wit
ness we bear the Gospel if we
ask the state for any discrimina
tion against those who do not
yet adhere to our Faith.”
The Church’s reason for
fostering religious liberty, he
asserted, is its faith "in the
attractive force of charity.”
Among the dangers to re
ligious liberty he cited in
difference as the greatest. An
other great danger, he said,
lies in "the pessimism of many
Catholics who see only risks
and dangers and don’t look at
the wonders God is continually
working.”
Latin American
Bishops Meet On
Liturgy Reform
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By Father
Vincent T. Mallon, M. M.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
LIMA, Peru — Bishops com
prising the Latin American Li
turgy Committee concluded at
their meeting here that the put
ting into effect of the ecumeni
cal council’s liturgy consti
tution is "the greatest pastoral
problem of our times.”
Goal of the meeting, held at
Cruzpatambo, language school
here of the Society of St. James
the Apostle, was to begin fash
ioning the shape of the future
liturgical worship for Spanish
and Portuguese-speaking
America.
Presided over by Bishop
Manuel Larrain of Talca, Chile,
president of the Latin Ameri
can Bishops’ Council (CELAM),
the three-day meeting drew the
participation of nine bishops
representing all the mainland
republics except those of Cen
tral America, and of Colombia
and Uruguay. Eight priests who
are liturgical experts also took
part.
The bishops’ committee at
the conclusion of the (April 22-
24) session recommended the
close collaboration of all the
national bishops’ conferences of
Latin America as well as that of
Spain in order to effect an effi
cient and a united application of
the liturgy constitution.
The bishops held that the
problems presented by applica
tion of the constitution are much
greater than individual bishops
or even individual bishops’ con
ferences can solve alone. The
committee mentioned in parti
cular the problem of avoiding
a multiplicity of local trans
lations of the liturgical texts.
According to the report
issued on conclusion of the
meeting, the bishops reiterated
that CELAM’s role in the appli
cation of the liturgical constitu
tion is purely that of offering
services for coordinated ac
tivity to avoid duplication of ef
fort. There is no intention to
impose any regulations on indi
vidual bishops.
One of the most important
tasks that must be done is to
instruct properly clergy, Reli
gious and faithful concerning
the spirit, meaning and appli
cation of the constitution, ac
cording to the bishops’ com
mittee.
Bishop Leonidas Proano of
Riobamba, Ecuador, said after
the meeting that the application
of the constitution will neces
sarily vary from country to
country, from diocese to dio
cese, according to the level of
spiritual instruction which the
people have already been given
in various places.
Bishop Proano said that we
"cannot expect immediately to
begin the liturgical reform in
all its ramifications in places
where the people hardly know
the fundamentals of their
Faith.”
All discussion centered about
liturgical reform in Spanish
and Portuguese-speaking coun
tries, with the exception of some
attention given to the problem
of the approximately 10 million
Quechua-speaking Indians in the
three Andean countries of Ecua
dor, Peru, and Bolivia.
The bishops’ committee also
suggested that the hierarchies
themselves must make a spe
cial effort to assimilate the pro
visions of the liturgical consti
tution in order to apply it effec
tively in their various jurisdic
tions.
Without specifying the place,
there was general agreement
about the need for a center from
which instruction concerning
the reform would emanate. The
bishops foresaw that traveling
teams of priests would be or
ganized by such a center, to
travel throughout Latin Ameri
ca to conduct seminars and
courses on the reform. When a
plan is finally drawn up, the
committee indicated, it will be
sent to the Holy See for appro
val.
According to informed sour
ces, there were few concrete
decisions taken at the confer
ence. It was indicated, however,
that one of the first moves
would be to prepare a Spanish
text for reading the Epistle and
Gospel at Mass.
In regard to an entire, ap
proved, Spanish missal, with
which the faithful could take a
more active part in the Mass, it
was suggested that approval be
given for temporary use of one
or several of the existing popu
lar missals, which would serve
until a new reformed missal
could be prepared.
The bishops also discussed
the need for arriving at an
agreement on an approved text
of the Lord’s Prayer. The text
used in the Spanish ritual, pre
pared three years ago for use
in Latin America, varies in two
phrases from the traditional
text in general use previously.
Many bishops, priests, and lay
men have been reluctant to adopt
the new text.
The bishops also considered
the various needs for a trans
lation of the Divine Office into
Spanish, and of the application
of the Constitution on the Litur
gy to the administration of the
sacraments.
The final section of the brief
statement of conclusions re
emphasized the need for co
operation of Latin American
hierarchies, particularly in as
signing personnel to do the
needed work on this reform of
the liturgy and to carry out the
required instruction of clergy
and laity.
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of the First Amendment. While ;
this declaration of the court
has been challenged, students
of history know that the Foun- ,
ding Fathers rejected many for
mulations and drafts before
agreeing on the present simple
language: "Congress shall
make no law respecting an es
tablishment of religion or pro
hibiting the free exercise there
of. . .”
There are state laws which
provide that there shall be no
religion in public schools.
Would the amendment invalidate
these laws? Some proponents
of the amendment say that it
would, but Becker himself be
lieves differently.
Aside from legal considera
tions, there is the question of
the nature of the school prayer.
Some feel it must be non-de-
nominational and Becker has in
dicated a willingness to accept
that idea. Will such a prayer,
however, satisfy the wide range
of religious beliefs in this na
tion?
Furthermore, if the amend
ment should ultimately become
a part of the Constitution, some
say prayer and Bible reading
would be a matter of constitu
tional right rather than a re
flection of community desire.
This right would be vested in
the school board and in the chil
dren. The school board, then,
would be empowered to au
thorize prayer in the public
schools; or, at least there would
be no court bar to this.
The involvement of public
school officials should give all
pause for thought.
If these officials recom
mend recitation of prayer dur
ing the school day is this not an
implicit form of coercion?
Could the recitation be consid
ered voluntary? And most im
portant, how does the involve
ment of school officials affect
parents’ rights?
Ironically, only one witness
has mentioned the relevancy of
parental rights. The hearings
disclose an attitude which
gives to the state and its sub
divisions all authority over
matters relating to the school.
Yet, this country has always
vested that right in the parents.
The state must be regarded as
an educator, but not to the ex
clusion of the primary right of
the parents.
The hearings have certainly
brought many issues under
scrutiny. To that end they are
rendering a great service to
the American people. It is hoped
that the final findings of the
hearings will help to balance
the genuine concern of the
American people for the place
of religion in public life and
for the preservation of the Con
stitution which has served the
people so well.
Orthodox-Catholic
Ties Watched
ST. LOUIS (NC) — Pastor
Max Lackmann, the German
Lutheran who hopes for a "cor
porate union” of his church
with Rome has declared that the
first test will be met in the
dealings of the Catholic Church
with the Orthodox.
"We will have to wait until
the end of the council to see
what happens,” said the Luth
eran leader in an interview.
"The first indication that the
Roman Catholic Church has
room for a different liturgy and
different theology will be seen
in what the Church does about
the Orthodox.
"If the Church can make way
for the Orthodox, then we have
hope that there may be room
for us.”
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