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Atheist Madalyn Murray Shocked
Hawaii’s Governor Catholic
HONOLULU, Hawaii (NC) —
Atheist Madalyn Murray, who
rode to notoriety through the
U. S. Supreme Court public
school prayer case and more
recently by her brushes with the
law in Baltimore, Md., learned
Hawaii’s governor is a Catho
lic shortly after her arrival
here and exclaimed: “Oh, no.
That’s all I need.”
The 45-year-old divorcee has
indicated she feels Catholics
are leading a fight against her.
She said she came here seeking
“religious asylum,”
Gov. John A. Burns said
Mrs. Murray may live peace
fully in Hawaii indefinitely—un
less she has violated Maryland
laws which require her extra
dition. A spokesman for the
governor added: “There is no
religious or anti-religious per
secution in Hawaii.”
Mrs. Murray was the central
figure in the U. S. Supreme
Court case, which led to the
banning of required and devo
tional Bible reading and prayer
in the nation’s public schools.
She and her family became
embroiled with Baltimore
courts and police in early June
after Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J.
Abramovitz claimed Mrs. Mur
ray had induced their daughter,
Susan, to leave home and aban
don her Jewish faith. It later
developed the atheist’s son,
Bill 18, and the Abramovitz
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There were several scuffles
between members of the Murray
family and police over the liti
gation and charges of assaulting
policemen were made against
members of the Murray family.
On June 23, Mrs. Murray an
nounced she and her family —
her mother, brother, another
son, Bill and his bride—were
leaving Baltimore for good. At
the time, atheistic Mrs. Murray
exclaimed: “Well, by God, I’m
an American and I’m fighting
it out on my home soil. I will
ask the Governor of Hawaii
for religious asylum.” The
Murrays arrived here June 24,
using assumed names.
State High Court
Rules Against
Catholic School
TRENTON, N.J., (NC) —The
New Jersey Supreme Court on
technical grounds upheld a zon
ing ordinance which barred
the Newark archdiocese from
building a school in Hohokus
Borough.
The 6-to-l decision (June
24) was given in a major test
case which the archdiocese had
pursued to protect itself in con
junction with future building
plans. The archdiocese some
time ago abandoned its plan to
build the school in Hohokus Bo
rough and now is constructing
it in Montvale.
The high court ruling upset
a 1963 decision given by Su
perior Court Judge Charles W.
Broadhurst in Hackensack, who
held that the Hohokus Borough
ordinance did not apply to public
schools but prohibited building
of private schools and was a
violation of state law.
The case originated in 1961
after the archdiocese had ac
quired a tract of land and an-
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INDIA: LEPROSY AND BLINDNESS
DRIVING TO A VILLAGE one black night in INDIA, an
American journalist picked up an old man who had been hit by a
truck. The bystanders shook their
heads and said, “Only a foreigner
would stop and help one of us!'* . . *
The fact is that, in INDIA, 99 per
cent of the people have virtually
nothing. To help them is a privi-
’ege and a joy . . . Always hungry,
they suffer from leprosy, tubercu*
losis, dysentery, blindness. With
very little we can do a lot of help
... In MONIPPALLY, a village M
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for the Oritntgl Church hospital will care for the poor,
Hindus as well as Christians. It will help cure people, regard
less of creed, as Christ himself cured them! . . . The Bishop tells
us, however, that he has gone as far as he can go: The hospital’s
construction is at a standstill because there’s no more money for
building supplies ... To finish the hospital will cost only
$15,000—not much in terms of hospital costs in the U.S.A. In
MONIPPALLY, however, $15,000 is a fortune! . . . Won’t you
help? Whatever you can afford—$1, $2, $5, $10, or more—
will give food, medicines, and medical care, to the poorest of
God’s poor. Mark your gift “MONIPPALLY”—and please send
it now. You’ll help lepers, the hungry, the blind.
WORLD ON A SHOESTRING
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association was established
in 1926 by the American bishops to support mission activity in
18 underdeveloped countries, some of them in the Holy Land
itself. It’s a far-flung mission world—and we’re holding it by a
shoestring. That’s why your help is so important.
□ $2—Buys a blanket for a Bedouin.
□ $3—Cares for an orphan in Egypt for one week.
□ $5 New shoes for a native Sister in Jordan.
□ $7—Supports an Ethiopian priest for one week.
□ $10—Feeds a Palestine refugee family for one month
□ $25—A crucifix for a mission church in Iran.
□ $100—A Mass kit for a mission in Eritrea.
WHY NOT “ADOPT” A SISTER?
She’ll do what you would like to do, as long as she lives . . .
She’ll care for lepers, teach youngsters about God, be a mother
to orphans, an angel of mercy to the sick . . . She’ll write to
you, and you may write to her. You’ll be always in her prayers
. . . Why not “adopt,” for instance, Sister Mary Liliosa, of the
Carmelite Sisters, in India? To complete her training, over the
next two years, she needs $300 altogether. You may make the
payments at your convenience ($12.50 a month, $150 a year,
or $300 all at once). You’ll be blessed to have her as “your”
Sister . . . Write to us now.
WHERE THERE’S A WILL, there’s a way, our mothers told
us—and the maxim applies to our mission overseas . . . Mention
the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (our legal title) in
your will, and the good you do goes on long after you are gone
. . . You can pay for the education of a native priest ($600), for
instance, leave something to be used “where it’s needed most.”
or ask our mission priests to offer Masses . , . Why not speak
to your lawyer?
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nounced it planned to build a
regional high school to accom
modate 1,500 boys. Hohokus Bo
rough then amended a zoning or
dinance which prohibited the
school construction.
The Supreme Court upheld the
validity of the ordinance, even
though it was adopted after the
land purchase and announce
ment of the proposed school.
The court held that the Arch
diocese could apply for a vari
ance from the ordinance and if
this was denied by Hohokus
Borough, they could institute a
proper court action.
The archdiocese contended
that the ordinance was discri
minatory. It acknowledged that
while the amended regulation
prohibited the construction of
both public and private schools,
a municipal ordinance could not
regulate the site of a state pub
lic school. As a result, it was
contended, the ordinance dis
criminated against private
schools.
After abandoning its plan to
build the school in Hohokus Bo
rough, the archdiocese con
tinued as a party in the Su
preme Court action to protect
its rights elsewhere in the state
in a building program which
involves nine regional high
schools.
Released Time
In School
Discontinued
CINCINNATI (NC) — Protes
tant leaders see “no special
significance” in the Indian Hill
school board’s decision to dis
continue releasing third and
fourth grade pupils for religious
education at nearby churches.
No Catholic children were in
volved in the program.
Rev. David B. Sageser, chair
man of the Department of Chris
tian Education of the local Coun
cil of Churches, said he is con
vinced the action was taken for
“administrative reasons” to
gain more teaching time in a
crowded schedule.
On the other hand, a similar
motion made at the Deer Park
school board meeting, although
it was not seconded or voted
upon, may reflect the current
agitation of some groups oppos
ed to released time programs
in principle, Sageser said. Deer
Park and Indian Hill are Cin
cinnati suburbs.
The Indian Hill board em
phasized that it was expressing
no opposition to religious
education “as long as it does
not take place during school
hours.”
David Bidwell, school board
president and Methodist lay
man, said the transportation of
children by bus for the 45-min
ute religious session each Fri
day had caused problems for
the teaching staff and hazards
for the children.
He also said some parents
favored bringing the children
involved in the program to the
local Protestant church (Arm
strong Methodist Chapel or
Indian Hill Church) prior to pub
lic school classes.
Bidwell pointed out that while
enrollment in the released time
programs was 90% of the eligi
ble children when it began about
eight years ago, it had dropped
to about 60%.
He said he saw no relation
ship between the board’s action
and any other trends or develop
ments in the field of religion
and public education.
“Enrollment in released time
programs sponsored by the
Council of Churches went up in
the past year, reversing a past
trend,” he said. “And we have
had requests to begin the pro
gram for additional schools next
fall.”
Isolation Ended
DUBLIN (NC) — Ireland is no
longer isolated from the world
but is keenly aware and affected
by everything that occurs in
modern life, Archbishop Wil
liam Conway of Armagh told
seminarians at the annual prize
ceremony at St. Patrick’s Col
lege, Maynooth. He said this
change must be realized by
young priests.
MICHELANGELO STAMPS — The 400th anniversary of the death of the famed Italian
artist, Michelangelo, is commemorated on these five postage stamps, issued by the Vatican
on June 16. The 10-lire features a portrait of Michelangelo which is in the Captoline
Museum in Rome; 25-lire, the Prophet Isaia; 30-lire; the Delphic Sibyl; 40-lire, Pro
phet Jeremia and the 150-lire, the Prophet Joel. — (NC Photos)
Ties Between Peter, John
Baptist And Christ Cited
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope
Paul VI gave Vatican employes
the day off for his baptismal
feast day, the birthday of St.
John Baptist, but kept up his
own usual routine of work and
audiences.
At the regular Wednesday au
dience on the feast (June 24)
the Pope delivered a little hom
ily to the crowd in St. Peter’s
basilica about the relations be
tween St. Peter, John the Bap
tist, and Christ.
He pointed out that his ca
thedral as Bishop of Rome,
which bears the inscription’ ‘the
Mother and Head of all the
churches of the City and of the
World,” is really the church
of the Most Holy Saviour, al
though now it is generally called
the Archbasilica of St. John
Lateran. He went on to say:
* ‘We who find ourselves in the
Basilica of St. Peter cannot
think of the Basilica of St. John
without asking ourselves whe
ther between the two saints,
John and Peter, there was not
some special relationship. And
the answer comes from the Gos
pel of another John, the Evan
gelist, who tells us in the first
chapter that Simon, who was la
ter to be called Peter, was, with
his brother Andrew, one of the
disciples of John the Bap
tist . . .
‘‘St. John prepared Peter for
the great discovery, for the
great profession of faith . . .
John sums up the whole of the
Old Testament and links it to
Jesus Christ, while Peter an
nounces the New Testament and
derives it from Jesus.”
Among the thousands listen
ing to Pope Paul were 500 Mexi
cans wearing their national cos
tums — including sombreros
(Continued On Page 5)
Cancer Group
Two Years Old
The Cancer Pad Group of the
Rosary Sodality of Our Lady
of Lourdes Church, Columbus,
recently celebrated its second
anniversary at an open house
in the parish hall.
Dr. Jerome Leahy, of the
Martin Army Hospital staff was
guest speaker for the occasion
and showed two films on can
cer to members of the group.
Mrs. V. Blundell is presi
dent of the parish Sodality and
Mrs. McDonald serves as
chairman of the Cancer Pad
Group.
Since the group began its ac
tivities it has donated thousands
of pads, including more than two
thousand this year, alone, to
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Free Cancer Home in Atlanta.
The contribution from the Co
lumbus group accounted for
more than one third of all pads
donated to the home in the last
twelve months.
CANCER PAD GROUP — Mrs. McDonald, Chairman of
Our Lady of Lourdes Cancer Pad Group; Dr. Jerome Leahy,
speaker for anniversary celebration; Mrs. V. Blundell,
Sodality President.
Church-State
Separation Seen
As Necessary
MADRID (NC) — ‘‘Separation
of Church and State is neces
sary for the free accomplish
ment of the respective missions
of each,” according to the In
ternational Catholic Youth Fed
eration (FIJC).
Juan Vasquez of Argentina,
president of the FIJC and lay
auditor of the Second Vatican
Council, replied to a question
naire submitted by Signo, a
weekly organ published by the
Spanish Catholic youth move
ment.
Referring to episcopal col-
legiality he said that "the cir
cumstances of time and place,
of each region and country, af
ford valid pastoral experiences
to their respective bishops
which, represented in all their
fulness, will contribute to a
Church administration in ac
cord with the measures which
may be adopted, in harmony
with the requirements of the
world of today.”
As to the autonomy of the
Church "with respect to the
power of the State,” he said
this autonomy is necessary.
“It is desirable to have moral
harmony and to avoid inter
ference with the purpose of the
two bodies, or with the indivi
dual who, while being a citizen,
at the same time may be a
member of the Church, the
Mystical Body of Christ.”
Protestants Find Marian
Terminology Confusing
DAYTON, Ohio (NC) — Ca
tholic, Protestant and Jewish
lay scholars agree that a Chris
tian understanding of the role of
Mary has been often obscured by
cloudy terminology.
Representatives of the three
faiths met at the annual Marian
Institute at the University of
Dayton to discuss their dif
ferent notions on the place of
Mary in the Church and in the
Christian life.
Dale Francis, a Catholic
journalist, declared that the
terminology used by the Catho
lic Church for many years “was
so totally outside the termino
logy used by other Christians
that we were fast coming to a
place where we were talking to
ourselves about Mary when we
should be talking to the whole
world.”
He urged Catholics to “re
turn to a discussion of Mary
that can be understood by all,”
and suggested- that the Scrip
tural account of the Marriage
Feast of Cana “is a place where
Catholic and Protestant can
meet.”
At the same time, a Presby
terian, S. W. Becher, agreed
that the meaning of the Immacu
late Conception is not consid
ered in most Protestant in
struction.
“1 think you are using Mary
to get to Jesus Christ more than
we are,” he said, “but I believe
we are all going in the same
direction, and this is the ecu
menical point. I definitely feel
that the Immaculate Conception
—knowing more, and certainly
understanding more now — is
a beautiful thing in that it is a
way you get to Jesus Christ
through Mary.”
Roscoe Burger, a Lutheran,
observed that Martin Luther de
fended the idea of Mary’s per
petual virginity before and after
the Reformation. But, he said,
devotional practices of Catho
lics led evangelical Christians
to turn their back on the notion.
Some speakers at the day
long conference said they do
not believe Mary had any part
to play in the role of Christ
or His Church, or in the lives
of Christians. Others said they
were confused by such words
as “adoration” and “venera
tion” when used by Catholics.
Speaking on the Assumption,
Mrs. Harry DeWaire of the
Evangelical United Brethren
Church declared that how
Mary's life ended is “irre
levant” and is not found in
Scripture. Such a belief, she
said, “would not be consistent
with Protestantism.”
Dean Gigicos, a Greek Ortho
dox, said his Church accepts
the Assumption as a “pious
tradition” rather than a dog
matic certainty.
One speaker, analyzing the
different attitudes toward Mary,
noted that Catholics, who be
lieve the members of the Church
are one in Christ, have a natural
familiarity with Mary, while
Protestants see her as a his
torical figure.
Father Thomas A. Stanley,
S. M., dean of the university,
said in conclusion that the prob
lems in terminology create fi-
titious differences that are “not
with Mary, but with idols of
Mary.”
Quoting the comic strip cha
racter Pogo, he said: “We have
met the enemy and he is us.”
The Southern Cross, July 2, 1964—PAGE 3
Rabbis Score Laymen
For Involment In
Ecumenical Council
FALLSBURGH, N. Y. (NC) —
Several Orthodox Jewish Rabbis
have criticized Jewish lay
groups for having involved
themselves in a possible Vati
can council statement on anti-
Semitism.
Rabbi Abraham N. AvRutick,
president of the Rabbinical
Council of America, declared
at the opening of that group’s
annual meeting (June 22) that
some laymen are entangling
themselves in Christian theo
logy.
Rabbi Israel Miller, incoming
president of the organization,
said the chief target of the criti
cism is the American Jewish
Committee, a human relations
agency, which has been in con
tact with the Vatican’s Secre
tariat for Christian Unity con
cerning a proposed schema on
Christian-Jewish relations.
Any council statement, said
Rabbi Miller, is “purely a
Christian matter,” and Jews
should not implicate themselves
in securing its passage. He said
Orthodox Jews are also unhappy
that members of the AJC, in
cluding its president, Morris'
B. Abram, met with Pope Paul
VI on a Saturday, thus violat
ing the Jewish Sabbath, and were
photographed without their
skullcaps.
Rabbi Israel Klavan, the
council’s executive vice presi
dent charged that secular
groups are involving them
selves “in areas of theology in
which they have no compe
tence.” Such actions, he said,
“tend to blur the distinctive re
ligious character of each faith
community.”
The statements here followed
by three days a criticism rais
ed by Leon I. Feuer, president
of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, a Reform
group, that some American
Jews made an “obsequious ap
peal” to Pope Paul for passage
of an anti-Semitism statement.
While critical of the direct
involvement of Jews in these
matters, Rabbi Klavan said
most Jews are pleased with the
decision to remove the ques
tion of Christian-Jewish rela
tions from the schema on
Christian Unity and make it a
separate declaration. He said a
statement on the Jews has no
place in a declaration otherwise
concerned with Christian mat
ters.
Cursillo Movement
In Philippines
DAVAO, Philippines (NC) —
The success of the Cursillo de
Cristiandad movement here on
the island of Mindanao can be
attributed to James Blazi, lay
apostle from Lubbock, Tex.
According to Father John A.
Rich, M. M., of Chicago, Blazi,
his wife Marlou and their four
children traveled over 9,000
miles to spread these so-called
little courses of Christianity.
Blazi is a director of the
movement, organized in Spain
in 1949, to help Catholics de
velop a more profound love of
their religion.
Bishop Joseph W. Regan,
M. M., for Tagum, first heard
of the cursillo movement, at
the first session of the ecumen
ical council. Realizing its value
for his prelature of Tagum. the
Maryknoll bishop from Fairha-
ven, Mass., made plans to intro
duce the cursillo as soon as
possible.
With the aid of a team from
the Dumagete diocese directed
by Blazi, two cursillos were
held last spring at Monkayo,
about 90 miles north of here. In
attendance at these cursillos
were men from all walks of life:
mayors, judges, fishermen and
prison guards.
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Following the second cur
sillo, the Maryknoll Fathers
were entrusted with giving spi
ritual direction to the program.
Father Howard T. Bieber,
M. M., from Rochester, N. Y.,
is diocesan director for the
movement. His duties consist in
setting up cursillo teams and
taking care of applicants from
the various parishes.
To date three cursillos have
attracted 27priests and 115 lay
men. One cursillo a month has
been scheduled for men only.
With a strong spirit of Ca
tholicism inbued in them, the
“cursillistas,” or participants
in the program, go forth to teach
the Faith to pagan natives in
the mission area. They seek to
bring others back to the sacra
ments. They also strive to
change existing Catholic or
ganizations from “social” to
“apostolic” ones.
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