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NEW COMMITTEE NAMED FOR N.C.W.C.
U. S. PRELATES BACK PLEA
Cardinal Spellman Asks Council
Declaration On Aid To Education
VATICAN CITY (NC)—t Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman of New
York has called on the ecu
menical council to declare that
since it is the function of the
state to facilitate civil free
doms, “justice and equity de
mand that a due measure of
public aid be available to par
ents in support of the schools
they select for their children.”
The cardinal was the first of
five Fathers to take the floor
when the council's 124th meet
ing turned its attention (Nov.
17) to a declaration on Chris
tian education.
He was joined by Joseph Car
dinal Ritter of St. Louis, Arch
bishop John P. Cody of New Or
leans and by two French bish
ops.
Cardinal Ritter rejoiced that
the declaration was not limited
only to Catholic schools, since
“most of the Catholic children
and students in the world are in
state schools and must be, in
fact, the object of the solicitude
of the Church, the family and
especially the teachers in these
schools for their religious edu
cation.”
Cardinal Spellman told the as
sembly that the “direct inten
tion of the schema is to affirm
the rights of children and their
parents, not necessarily to seek
money from the public treasury
for religious schools.” Noting
that in many nations the school
support question is difficult for
historical, sociological and politi
cal reasons, he proposed the fol
lowing change in the text:
“Parents should be free to
choose the schools they wish
for their children. They should
not in consequence of this
choice be subject to unjust eco
nomic burdens which would in
fringe upon this freedom of
choice. Since it is the function
of the state to facilitate civil
freedoms, justice and equity de
mand that a due measure of
public aid be available to par-
(Continued on Page 6)
POPE PAUL
by Elmer Von Feldt
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ROME—The American bishops
have taken swift steps to bring
the aggiomamento of the Second
Vatican Council into the struc
ture of the Church in the United
States.
The bishops voted at their an
nual general meeting, held in the
North American College here_ to
establish five new committees to
implement the guidelines being
set down by the Vatican council.
meal.
The occasion was the celebra
tion of the Eastern Churches’
main feast of St. John Chrysos
tom, fifth-century bishop of Con
stantinople and a doctor of the
Church. (The Western Church
celebrates his feast on Jan. 27.)
Because of the length of the Li
turgy, the Nov. 13 celebration
displaced normal daily session
of the ecumenical council.
Concelebrating the Liturgy with
Patriarch Maximos were 13 oth
er Eastern rite prelates, includ
ing Byzantine Rite Bishop Nich
olas T. Elko of Pittsburgh and
Ukrainian Rite Archbishop Max
im Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., of Win
nipeg, Man.
Bishop
To Visit
Ireland
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
will make a short visit to Ire
land immediately following the
third* session of he Ecumenical
Council which ends on Novem
ber 21st.
Visits are scheduled to Ire
land’s seminaries, where the
Bishop will speak on behalf of
the vocations program of the
Savannah Diocese and vi s i t
.seminarians studying for the
Diocese.
His Excellency is dug back in
the Diocese on Saturday, No
vember 28th.
MEMORIAL BELL commemorating the two Johns—President John F. Kennedy and Pope
John XXIII—a gift of a group of Italo-Americans, will hang in the tower of the shrine of
St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, located at Isola in the Abruzzi region of Italy. De
tail at right depicts the Pope and President sowing seeds of Justice and Peace upon the
earth. (NC Photos)
The impact of the gesture was
initially greeted by unbelieving
silence when Archbishop Pericle
Felici, the council secretary
general, announced it. Then the
whole congregation in St. Peter’s
burst into wild applause.
by Father John P. Donnelly
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—Mindful of the
recent council discussions of
world poverty, Pope Paul VI in
a dramatic gesture laid his pre
cious tiara on the altar of St.
Peter’s and announced it wouldi
be sold and the money given to
the poor.
The Pope’s act came at the
end of the celebration of the Di
vine Liturgy (Mass) of the By
zantine Rite in which the Bish
op of Rome had participated to
gether with almost all the cardi
nals, more than 2,000 council Fa
thers, and many priests and laity
(Nov. 13).
give new witness of this charity,
offering h i s personal tiara to
the poor.”
Then Pope Paul himself placed:
on the altar the bullet-shaped
tiara which the people of Milan
had had made for him, their for
mer archbishop. The Pope then
embraced Melkite Patriarch Max
imos IV Saigh of Antioch, who
had led in the concelebration of
t h e just - concluded Eucharistic
Archbishop Felici spoke of the
references to hunger and misery
in the world which had been
heard frequently during recent
council speeches. The Church
has always demonstrated its love
for the poor and underprivileged,
he said, and thus has followed
the teaching and example of her
divine Founder, who “although
being rich, made Himself poor
so that from His poverty we
might attain true riches. For this
reason the Church is called the
mother of the poor, of the af
flicted, of the underprivileged, of
the needy and unhappy.
“Paul VI, vicar of Christ and
head of the Church,” Archbishop
Felici continued, “has wished toi
TIARA which Pope Paul VI
has given to charity, shown
at his coronation, June 30.
1903 the only time the Holy
Father has used it. (NC
Photos)
THANKSGIVING—“I like the leg!” says Teresa, as Sister Frances shows Janet and Jay
how the Thanksgiving turkey will look at St. Ann’s Infant Home, operated by the Daugh
ters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Photo
bv Reni. (NC Photos)
Greater Consultation With
men Seen In The Future
Layi
by Russell Shaw
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — Two bishops
predicted here that bishops and
pastors from now on will increas
ingly seek out the opinions and
suggestions of laymen before
making their decisions.
This view was expressed by
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A. Lev-
en of San Antonio, Tex., and Aux-
jUiary Bishop John S'. Spence of
Washington at the 32nd national
convention of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
Bishop Leven said the layman’s
job in the Church is “not simply
to do what the bishops and pas
tors tell him to do, but to use his
talents — his charismata given
him by the Holy Spirit — to do
what the Church needs.”
The bishop, who is! assistant
episcopal chairman of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence’s Department of Lay Organ
izations), gave his views in \ a
'keynote talk to the convention
I Nov. 11) and at a press confer
ence.
fee
USSCU tl
press conference, he dis
cussed the idea of diocesan sen
ates to advise the bishops, which
he endorsed in a talk last month
to the ecumenical council. He
noted that the “senate” concept
might even be extended to the,
.parish level. The function of these
bodies would be to accept and!
evaluate suggestions from lay
men and pass them on to the
bishops or pastors.
Bishop Spence in his talk (Nov.
12). predicted to the Catholic wo
men that “more and more Ordi
naries of dioceses will be seek
ing your counsel and advice be
fore arriving at decisions and
before promulgating their laws
and regulations.”
The bishop, newly named vi
car general for lay organizations
,im the Washington archdiocese
said“ it would be a short-sighted
.bishop or pastor who would not
be eager to benefit from the help
and competence of laymen and
lay women who are experts in)
the many-faceted professions and
specialties of 20th-century living.”
The bishop admitted that not
every Catholic woman can be a
leader, but added that this is not
necessary.
He said most women have their
primary apostolate in the home,
in particular in the religious ed
ucation of their children. Outside
the home, he added, there is work
for women to do in the Confrater
nity of Christian Doctrine, after-
s|chool study programs for un
derprivileged children, Newman
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HEADLINE
HOPSCOTCH
NATION
Award For Walt Disney
VATICAN
Visit To U. S. Denied
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Reports by some news agencies that
pope Paul VI is planning to visit the United States are without
foundation, according to Vatican officials. A Vatican spokesman
said, “The Pope’s present plans are to go to India. Beyond that
no other trips have been planned,”
AFRICA
S. AMERICA
Brazilian Thanksgiving Day
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil will observe ,a national day of
thanksgiving on Nov. 26, the fourth Thursday of the month. Originat
ing in the proposal of the diipomat Joaquim Nabuco, this religious-
civil holiday was established on Aug. 7, 1949, by national law.
Club centers, and the various ac
tivities connected with improv
ing race relations.
Bishop Leven said he regards
“the enlargement of the idea of
the Church that we learned from
our catechism as children” as the
most exciting thing to emerge
from tft<r - e£umeniC&I "Council soi
far.
Bishop Spence noted that while
the body of bishops assembled
at the ecumenical council is “part
of the Church, the government
of the Church . . . it is not the
Church.”
This has always been the true
concept of the Churchy he added,
“even though the governing body
of the Church in every age did
not recognize or welcome the lai
ty as obligated partners in car
rying out the divine mission of
Christ’s Church on earth.”
The committees relate to Cath
olic dialogue with other Chris
tians, the lay apostolate, the
structure and purposes of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, the bishops’ secretariat
in Washington, to the structure
of the general bishops’ confer
ence itself, and to relations be
tween the bishops and men and
women Religious.
The bishops’ committee for
ecumenical affairs will be head
ed by Archbishop Lawrence J.
Shehan of Baltimore, a pioneer
in ecumenism in the nation and
a member of the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity.
Others on the comittees are
Bishops John J. Carberry of La
fayette, Ind., Bernard J. Flana
gan of Worcester, Mass., Char
les H.- Helmsing of Kansas City-
St. Joseph Mo., and Francis P.
Leipzig of Baker, Ore., Auxilia-
Dispensation
Friday
Nov. 27th
In accord with a faculty
granted by the Holy See, His
Excellency Bi s h o p McDon
ough grants a dispensation
from the law of abstinence
on the day after Thanksgiv
ing, Friday, November 27th.
ON HISTORIC JOURNEY
Premier Of India
To Meet Pontiff
BURBANK, Calif—Walt Disney and five of his associates were
given Christopher Awards for “the talent and imagination they
showed in producing the motion picture “Mary Poppins.’’ The pres
entation was made at the Disney Studios here by Father James
Keller, M.M., director of the Christopher movement. Father Keller
said: “The film, ‘Mary Poppins,’ is striking evidence of what the
movie industry can do to inform, inspire and to entertain movie
goers of all ages.”
Stamps Mark Canonization
^PbUJUMBURA, Burundi—The Kingdom of Burundi (Nov. 12)
issued a series of postage samps to commemorate the canonization
of the Martyrs of Uganda^ becoming the first nation to do so. The
central African kingdom’s series comprises six denominations of
three different designs: a reproduction of a photograph of the late
Pope John XXni with the King of Burundi, Mwami Mwambutsa IV
a symbolic representation of the 22 martyrs canonized on Oct. 18;
and one with formal portraits of Pope Paul VI and Burundi’s king.
BOMBAY, India (NC)—Prime
Minister Lai Behadur Shastri of
Indai said here he will attend
’the 38th International Eucharis
tic Congress on Dec. 2 and call
ion Pope Paul VI who is sched
uled to arrive in Bombay the
same day.
Addressing a large crowd, the
Prime Minister stated that “the
Eucharistic Congress is a test
for the image of India which
tolerates all religions and cul
tures.” He emphasized he was
confident that in keeping with
this country’s cultural heritage
India would show its traditional
hospitality and liberal outlook to
ward the congress.
In the meantime, the chairman
of the Indian Communist party,
S. A. Dange, told a communist-
sponsored public meeting here
(Nov. 12) that the party opposed
protests against the holding of
the Eucharistic Congress. Dange
said that although the Pope was
anti-communist ,the party was
not opposed to his visit since he
was on a mission of peace.
The communist leader added
that his party is against any
move to divide the people on re
ligious basis. Christians are free
to hold religious conferences aS
are the Hindus and Muslims, he
stressed. Dange concluded by
urging Bombay workers not to
join the proposed demonstrations
against the congressi
Pope Paul VI will arrive the
afternoon of Dec. 2 in the Santa
Cruz airport. He will be driven
in an open car over a five-mile
route to the residence of Valeri
an Cardinal Gracias of Bombay.
After consecrating five bishops
at the congress grounds on the
Oval, the site of all principal
ceremonies, Pope Paul will be
driven around in an open jeep
decorated with the papal colors.
These details were given by Car
dinal Gracias at a Press Guild
of India reception (Nov. 10).
Proceedings of the congress will
be shown on television in Europe
a few hours after they occur,
Father Herman D’Souza, general
secretary of the congress declar
ed. He said that nearly 1,000
foreign correspondents are ex
pected to attend the congress.
Meanwhile, eight Hindu, Mus
lim and Buddhist religious lead
ers and educators of India wel
comed the Pope’s visit. They ex
pressed the hope it would help
“to create understanding be
tween Christianity and other re
ligions which have enriched our
culture and added to its glory
and greatness.”
In a statement to the press,
they also called upon Indian peo
ple to make the visit a success.
In the same vein, Swami At-
mananda, president of a Hindu
association in Kerala, said that
India always welcomed distin
guished foreigners and that the
spiritual leader of Catholics is
particularly welcome.
Cardinal Gracias will speak on
the “Bhagavad Gita” (The Song
of God), a Hindu Holy Book, at
a gathering of Hindu priests and
devotees on Dec. 4 at Bombay’s
Azad Maidan adjoining the oval
grounds where the Eucharistic
Congress will be held. This is
the first time that a Cardinal
has addressed such a Hindu
meeting.
ry Bishop Joseph B. Brunini of
Natchez-Jackson, Miss._ and Aux
iliary Bishop Ernest L. Unter-
koefler of Richmond.
The permanent office for the
committee will be established
at the NCWC headquarters in
.Washington. Msgr. William W.
Baum, a priest of the diocese of
Kansas City-St. Joseph has been
named first executive secretary
and will begin work in January.
The committee’s main purpose
will be to serve as an advisory
body to the conference of Amer
ican bishops. But it was also as
signed these other duties:
... It will interpret the con
ciliar decree of ecumenism in
regard to its application to the
United States.
... It will propose guide
lines, methods and techniques
for fostering prudent ecumenical
dialogue and action.
... It will advise and coop
erate with individual bishops on
particular ecumenical problems
arising within their respective
dioceses and will aid in the for
mation of diocesan commissions
of ecumenical affairs when re
quested.
... It will serve as coordinator
for more efective participation of
American bishops in various as
pects of the ecumenical move
ment within the country. For in
stance, it will provide a point of
contact with non-Catholic Chris
tian churches, ecclesial commu
nities and conferences. With the
approval of the local Ordinary, it
can designate official Catholic ob
servers to official meetings of the
World Council of Churches and it
can name permanent observer-
consultants for conversations with
non-Catholic Christian unity bod
ies.
... It will be entrusted with
the responsibility of dialogue with
the Oriental Orthodox in the U-
nited States, particularly the
Greek Orthodox.
... It will also serve as a liai
son body between the American
hierarchy and the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity in
Rome.
The bishops’ committee to make
a study of lay organizations will
be headed by Archbishop Leo
Binz of St. Paul, episcopal chair
man of the NCWC Department of
Lay Organizations. The study was
suggested last year by Archbish
op Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati.
Other members of the commit
tee are Archbishop James J.
Byrne of Dubuque, Iowa; Bishops
Joseph P. Dougherty of Yakima,
Wash. Ernest J. Primeau of
Manchester, N.H., Francis J. Fu-
rey, Apostolic Administrator of
San Diego, and Auxiliary Bishops
Stephen A. Leven of San Antonio
and John F. Whelan of Cleveland.
Priests and laymen are to be
named to the committee later.
The decision to re-examine the
purposes and structure of the
NCWC was taken in view of the
phases of Church life being em
phasized by the Second Vatican
Council. The council is viewed as
having given the Church a new
approach on such varied subjects
Continued on Page 5)
PRAY FOR OlIR
DECEASED
PRIESTS
RT. REV. WILLIAM H.
GROSS, C. SS. R., D.D.
Fifth Bishop Savannah
Nov. 14, 1898
REV. CORNELIUS
M. SHEEHAN
Nov. 18, 1875
Oh God, Who didst give to
Thy Servants by their sacerdo
tal office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may also
be one of their company in
heaven. Through Christ Our
Lord, Amen.
GIVE THANKS TO GOD - NOVEMBER 26
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Donates Tiara For Poor