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Southern Cross Earns First
The Catholic Press Association
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Chairman, Journalism Awards Committee
BY CARDINAL SHEHAN
66
Shocking Irreverence
In Catholic Press Hit
By Elmer Von Feldt
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
V
NEW YORK—While praising
the Catholic press for progress
in depth and literary and pro
fessional achievement, Lawrence
Cardinal Shehan pointed to the
need for “much improvement.”
The cited incidents of “al
most wholesale negative criti
cism” and “ some startling ex
amples of violation not only of
charity but of justice.”
“Responsible Catholic journa
lism, in addition to the kind of
candid objectivity in the presen
tation of the truth which we expect
of the general press, must be
guided by certain moral prin
ciples—principles which in their
totality may be said to consti-
tut^^he ideal of the Catholic
pr^B' the cardinal said.
Among them are: a sense of
reverence; a sense of history;
a sense of responsibility; and,
perhaps most important of all,
a sense of justice and charity,”
he continued.
The cardinal noted that the
reverence owed to the Church
“need not blind us to the weak
ness of her human element, or
stifle within her ranks the voice
of critical comment that is both
just and reasonable. But, he com
plained, “during the past year,
shocking irreverence has ap
peared in the Catholic press.”
The Archbishop of Baltimore,
made his admonition s (May 20)
at the awards luncheon of the 55th
annual convention of the Catholic
Press Association of the United
States and Canada.
“The Catholic press can no
more be indifferent to the good
of the Church than can the gene
ral press be to the public good,”
the prelate added. “This does
not mean that we expect it either
to suppress or distort facts: but
it does mean that we expect facts
always to be presented in a way
that conforms with the overall
purpose of the press.
HEADLINE /■«
HOPSCOTCH t
NATION
Rabbi Critical
NEW YORK (NC)—Rabbi Max J Routtenberg, president of the
Rabbinical Assembly, was critical here of Jewish leaders who
oppose dialogues with Christians, as well as those apparently
“obsessed” with the Second Vatican Council's declaration on
Jews. He said the Vatican council’s preliminary statement say
ing that the Jews as a whole were not responsible for the death
of Christ has “opened the doors for a dialogue and it would come
with ill grace for Jews to shut that door.”
EUROPE
Residence Confiscated
BERLIN (NC)—The nearly 1,000-year-old residence of the bish
op of Wroclaw, Poland, destroyed near the end of World War II
and rebuilt in part of the Church, has been confiscated by com
munist authorities over protests by Archbishop Boleslaw Kominek
of Wroclaw.
Grant Aids Nuns
CANBERRA, Australia (NC)—A government grant of $135,000
has been made available to help the Franciscan Missionaries of
Mary to build a new children’s shelter here. It will be non-de-
nominational, accommodating 60 children in six cottages, staffed
by 12 Sisters.
VATICAN
Mass For Pope John
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope John XXIII’s successor as Patriarch
of Venice, Giovanni Cardinal Urbani, will be the celebrant of a Mass
in St. Peter’s basilica marking the second anniversary of Pope
John’s death. Pope Paul VI will give the absolution over a sym
bolic casket after the Mass (June 3). )
“In the pursuit of its purpose
we applaud, encourage, and ex
pect candor in the Catholic press,
in conformity with the responsi
bility it bears,” he continued.
“On the other hand, a runaway
appetite for color which breeds
sensationalism for its own sake
is not competent reporting in any
journalist league....
He related that the Old Testa
ment deals frankly with the faults
of Israel and the New Testament
with the weakness ofthe Apostles
and the scandals of the early
Church. He also recalled the
words of Pope Leo XIII that the
“first law of history is never
to dare to say anything false;
the second not to fear to tell
the truth.”
The cardinal cited a document
of the Second Vatican Council
stating that lay people “are en
titled. indeed at times have the
duty, to make known their
opinions in matters concerning
the welfare of the Church.”
“But when the occasion
arises” he continued with the
quotation from the document,‘ ‘ let
it be done through the organs
established by the Church for
such purposes and always with
honesty, courage, and prudence,
and with respect and charity
toward those who by reason of
their sacred office represent the
person of Christ.”
He added that “there have been
occasions particularly during the
past year when, in my opinion,
shocking irreverence has ap
peared in the Catholic press,”
The Catholic press, the car
dinal continued, has a respon
sibility of “giving a true pic
ture of the Church--the Church
which for all its human defects,
is something truly sacred. One
wonders how the image of the
Church as Christ’s body can pos
sibly emerge from the almost
wholesale negative criticism
which in recent years has been
the almost constant stock-in-
trade of some Catholic journa
lists.”
Cardinal Shehan concluded by
stating that to achieve genuine
progress the Catholic press must
devote itself to “the pursuit and
worthy representation of truth,
particularly truth about and rela
tive to the Church; and to the pur
suit of the ideal of the Catholic
press—an ideal that includes a
sense of reverence, of history,
of responsibility, of justice and
charity.”
S tatement
Of Praise
For Staff
Informed last Wednesday (May
19) of the SOUTHERN CROSS’S
“Best Front Page” award, Bis
hop Thomas J. McDonough issued
a special statement
“The staff of the SOUTHERN
CROSS is certainly to be con
gratulated,” the Bishop said.
“The paper’s editorial offices
are located in the Chancery buil
ding, so I know how much work
and planning goes into each
edition.
“I know, too, the tireless work
and unscheduled hours which Fa
ther Donohue, the editor, and
Mr. John Markwalter, the man
aging editor, have expended over
the years on our diocesan news
paper.
“My congratulations go, too,
to Mr. Roy Chalker and the fine
staff at his publishiig concern
in Waynesboro, who were cer
tainly instrumental in bringing
this award to the Diocese of
Savannah.
“Finally, I’m sure everyone
realizes that there would be no
diocesan paper if it were not for
the generous support and interest
of its readers. We thank them all
and assure them that it will be
the dedication of the Diocese of
Savannah to provide for them, a
paper which is never satisfied
with itself and which will always
strive to become better and bet
ter.”
ADVENT SEASON - TIME OF PREPARATION
The Southern Cross
NEWSPAPER DIOCESE Of SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1964
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Diamond Jubilee To Be Marked
By St. Joseph’s Church, Macon
Bishop To
Preside At
Ceremony
1st Area
Mass 425
Years Ago
AT NATIONAL MARIAN SHRINE
No Suppression Of Devotion To
Mary, Says Bishop McDonough
PHILADELPHIA
Georgia bishop tol
gat ion at a Mar
such as the Miraculous Medal
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ESTIMATED 2,000,000 LINE MOTOR ROUTE
Pope Paul Receives Enthusiastic
Welcome On His Arrival In India
In 1888 the parish acquired •
Diside on Poplar Street at New
Street with the ground for •
new church edifice being bro
ken the following year Flret
the basement wos bulk, com-
St Joseph's School had its be
ginning in the year 1872 in the
basement of the old Church and
erf the Public School System of
Beatification Causes Examined
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PAPAL KNIGHT — Sir Knight William Whatley Battey is pictured with Bishop participant.
Thomas J. McDonough (1.) and Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke. Picture was taken last _ _ -
Sunday evening at reception following investiture of Dr. Battey as Knight of St. * ** th *. EucharWic Confess.
Gregory. More than four hundred friends of Dr. Battey attended the reception at
St. Mary’s on-the-Hill parish hall. (Robert Manley Photo)
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AWARD WINNING PAGE
VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT SEEN
Supreme Court Says Law Detaining
Communist Mail Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (NC)--The U. S.
Supreme Court has unanimously
overturned a Federal law pro
viding for detention by the Post
Office of “communist political
propaganda.”
Associate Justice William O.
Douglas, who delivered the opin
ion of the court (May 25), said
the law, under which addressees
could receive such mail only by
specifically requesting its de
livery, violated their constitu
tional rights under the First
Amendment’s free speech gua
rantees.
The court’s decision striking
down the statute enacted by Con
gress in 1962 came in two cases
involving challenges to the law,
one arising in New York and the
other inSan Francisco. Associate
Justice Byron White took no part
in deciding either case
The statute provided that mail
matter, except sealed letters,
originating in a foreign country
and determined by the Secretary
of the Treasury to be “com
munist political propaganda” was
to be detained by the Postmaster
General upon its arrival in the
U. S. or subsequent deposit in
the U. S. mails.
The Postmaster was to notify
the addressee that the material
KEYNOTE SPEAKER at the banquet (May 20) of the seventh World Congress
of the Catholic Press was Miss Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson), shown here with
Francis Cardinal Spellman (left) of New York and Lawrence Cardinal Shehan of
Baltimore. (NC Photos)
had arrived and inform him that
it would be delivered only upon
his request. Exempt from the
provisions of the law was
material sent on a subscription
basis, mail to government
agencies or educational institu
tions or their officials, and ma
terial involved in a reciprocal
international cultural agreement.
In finding the law unconstitu
tional under the First Amend
ment’s free speech guarantees,
Justice Douglas based his deci
sion on “the narrow ground that
the addressee in order to re
ceive his mail must request in
writing that it be delivered.”
“The addressee carries an
affirmative obligation which we-
do not think the government may
impose on him,” he said. “This
requirement is almost certain to
have a deterrent effect, especial
ly as respects those who have
sensitive positions. Their live
lihood may be dependent on a se
curity clearance.
“Public officials, like school
teachers who have no tenure,
might think they would invite
disaster if they read what the
Federal government says con
tains the seeds of treason.
“Apart from them, any ad
dressee is likely to feel some
inhibition in sending for litera
ture which Federal official shave
condemned as ‘communist po
litical propaganda’.”
CPA Cites
Planning
Of Paper
THE SOUTHERN CROSS last
week won the “Best Frontpage”
award in competition among Ca
tholic papers with a circulation
of 15,000 or less. The award
was made by the Catholic Press
Association at the annual con
vention in New York. The award
was. received on behalf of the
paper by the Rev. Francis J.
Donohue, editor.
Said the citation accompanying
the award, “This is a news
paper with sharp, clean makeup.
It is well planned. There is a
simplicity of layout which is ef
fective. Evident uniformity in its
use of type brings good sense
of order to the eye of the trained
observer and average reader
alike. Its page entries reflect
good use of background tone and
picture emphasis.”
“Best Front Page” awards
also went to the “Catholic
Voice”, Oakland, Calif., in the
15,000 - 40,000 circulation cate
gory and the “Clarion Herald”,
New Orleans, La., in the over
40,000 circulation class.
The “Clarion Herald” was the
front runner among papers in its
circulation category for the
second year in succession. It
also was cited for “General Ex
cellence”, “Best Campaign in
the Public Interest”, and “Best
Presentation for Obtaining Local
Advertising”. It was the only
newspaper in any circulation
category to receive four awards.
Two other papers, the “Ca
tholic Exponent”, Youngstown,
Ohio and the “Long Island Ca
tholic”, Rockville, Centre, N. Y.
received two awards each.
The Youngstown paper was
cited for “General Excellence”
and “Best Campaign in the Pub
lic Interest” in the 15,001-40,000
circulation category, and The
Long Island Catholic for “Best
News Story Originating with the
Paper” and “Best Example of
Circulation Promotion” in the
over 40,000 circulation group.
“Best Editorial” award went to
the Rev. Bernard Law of the
“Mississippi Register, Jackson.
“A Journey to God”, by Msgr.
Edward O’Malley of the Catholic
Register”, Johnstown, Altoona,
Pa., was named “Best Human
Interest Feature Story”.
Photo awards were captured
by the “Catholic Reporter”, Kan
sas City, Mo. and the “Okla
homa Courier”, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
A picture by the Kansas City’s
weekly’s photographer, Charles
Brenneke earned an award for
the “Best Use of Original Pho
tograph, while a series of pho
tos by Dick Cobb, of the
“Oklahoma Courier” was named
“Best Photo Story Originating
with a Newspaper”.
Judges for the newspaper com
petition included editors from
the Detroit Free Press, Pitts
burgh Press, Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, Milwaukee Sentinel,^ and
Jewish Chronicle, of Pittsburgh.
Also on the judges’ panel were
two assistant professors at Du-
quesne University and theChair-
man of the University’s Depart
ment of Journalism as well as
editors from the Associated
Press and the Newspaper En
terprise Association.