Newspaper Page Text
\
viTi t rin
LITURGY AND LIFE
Reflections on Epiphany
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
of Christ’s manifestation of himself to the world.
Scattered through the Masses of the feast and its
ctave, and especially in the Divine Office, there
re references to Christ’s two other great self-
'anifestations: his baptism by Saint John in the
Jrdan river and his first miracle at the wedding
brquet in Cana.
At the Epiphany Christ comes to the world as a
bridegroom. He celebrates his wedding with the
Church and invites us to the banquet of the Eu
charist. At Christmas we celebrate Christ’s birth
and our re-birth in Him.
■n the feast itself we focus on the adoration
te Magi, the ambassadors of the gentile world,
whcsaw Christ’s star and hastened unhesitant-
in gl.to adore him. On the octave day, January 13,
ue t’mmemorate Christ’s baptism, when the Fa
ther’ voice offered to the world its Savior;
“Thisis my beloved Son: hear him.” Finally,
on the second Sunday after the feast we recall
the wat r changed miraculously into wine, Christ’s
first ”i n g” at which "his disciples belived in
him.”
At the Epiphany we celebrate his spiritual
marriage with the Church and with our souls.
This joyful picture is outlined for us in the an
tiphon at Lauds in the Breviary: ‘Today the
Church is joined to her heavenly bridegroom, for
Christ has washed away her sins in the Jordan:
the wise men hasten with gifts to the royal wed
ding, and the guests are made glad with wine
made out of water. Alleluia.”
THE P.RTICULAR joy of the Epiphany is like
that of a carriage with its parties and banquet
and gaiety , The image of a wedding least is
very often teed in Holy Scripture and the liturgy.
We are the guests who have been washed clean
and who need to hurry to the banquet with our
gifts. "We, too,” said St. Leo, preaching on the
Epiphany centuries ago, "are to taste the joys
of the Magi, for the mystery which is accom
plished on this day is not to remain confined to
it. Through the munificence of God and the power
of his goodness, we in our day enjoy the reality
whereof the Magi had the first fruits.”
QUESTION BOX
People In Other Planets?
BY MONSICNOR J. D. CONWAY
Q. ENCLOSED IS A CLIPPING FROM OUR
LOCAL PAPER. AFtER READING IT I AM IN
DOUBT OF EVERYTHING.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE ON OTHER PLANETS
THEN GOD CREATED THEM TOO, AND WHY IS
THERE NOTHING TO THAT EFFECT MEN-
IIONED IN THE OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT
AN\ WHERE, AND WHY THEN WAS THE ONLY
SON OF GOD BORN IN QUR WORLD ONLY A
FEW THOUSAND YEARS AGO? MAYBE I AM
OLD FASHIONED, OR JUST OLD (74), BUT I
CAN’T BELIEVE THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO
I TURN TO SOMEONE MORE EDUCATED:
our own human salvation history, with a few ran
dom bits of information about the angels. We can
only speculate as to whether "people” of other
planets have committed sin and have been re
deemed. We simply do not know whether God’s
special activities on our earth have any perti
nency for them or not. Probably not. They are
not children of Adam. Jesus did not become a
member of their "race.”
A. T hank you, precocious mother - I wish I
could say ‘ Grandma.” Your clipping tells
about the possibility that there is life, of the
intellectual type, on various
We humans are very proud and self-centered.
Until the time of Copernicus we thought the whole
universe centered around us; and it jarred our
race to realize that the earth is only a speck in
space. Until about 30 years ago we had the con
solation of thinking our solar system was the cen
ter of the Milky Way, at least. Then we found we
were 30 thousand light years off center. Now
we are faced with the possibility that we must
share the universe with living, thinking beings
which are not human.
other planets of our universe.
exists for us alone?
I believe it is quite possible,
and nothing to get upset about
The universe is vast beyond*
the range of imagination, and
there are many billions of
stars and planets in it. Why
should we be so conceited as
to believe that w e are the cen-
so selfish as to think that it
There must be a billion stars in the Milky
v'ay alone which have planets whirling around
tern, as we whirl around the sun. Is it difficult
imagine that some of those planets might
ve temperatures, atmosphere, water, etc.,
apted to high forms of life?
Well, at least it is plenty big for all of us. If
you started as a child, on the fastest rocket, to
visit our nearest neighbors you would die of old
age before you reached them.
***
Q. I AM EXPERIENCING A CONFUSION AS TO
WHAT IS THE CORRECT RULE FOR OBSERVING
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION, OTHER THAN AT
TENDING MASS. ON LAST DECEMBER 8, A
SATURDAY, MANY PEOPLE DID THEIR CHRIST
MAS SHOPPING AND ALL THE STORES AND
SERVICES WERE OPEN. IT IS MY IMPRES
SION THAT THE SAME RULE APLLIES AS ON
SUNDAY AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT SHOP ON
HOLY DAY.
laybe the civilization on some of those pla
ns is farther advanced than ours. Maybe "peo-
Pf ax e sitting up there trying to study us with
8H telescopes, or to make contact with us by
P° r "ful radio signals. They are so far away
ro us that if they started spying on us the day
Te born we would be grown men before
tneytjid see us. Confusing?
A. In principle the same rule does apply. We
find the law in Can. 1248: we should abstain
from servile work and from "forensic acts”
(e.g. court sessions), and also, unless there is
legitimate custom to the contrary, from public
marketing, merchandising, and other public buy
ing and selling.
AbuVhe salvation status of "people” on other
planes e know nothing. Revelation tells us only
It is my belief that we do have a legitimate
custom to the contrary in our country, for those
four Holy Days which are not legal holidays;
the Ascension, Assumption, All Saints and the
Immaculate Conception. I do not advise you to
shop on these days if it can be reasonably a-
voided.
GEORGIA PINES
I risons Under Fire?
BY FATHL R> D0NALD KIERNAN
Much has bcj wr i tten lately about the Georgia
prisons and juc n g f rom t he cartoons and editor
ials ot late, a t more j S y et to be said. Even a
cursor y glance ^ p a p er would leave one with
the impression v t something is wrong with our
penal system.
tern and his treatment of clergymen of all faiths
shows that he recognizes the spiritual as impor
tant as the hysical in the rehabilitation of cri
minals.
The latest char is t j lat it i s Addled with
politics and sometlg nee d s to be done imme
diately is the clamokj QW j donotthink that any-
on6 iving in the state would
. 1 naive as to think politics
1 ih nv in some way mixed up in
■ t “ e Ministration. But this
[ he a \i n ist ra tion. But this
word cities'* h as SU ch a bad
meanin, toc j ay t | iat whenever
iS seems to put an
im 1 ", 1 ® condemnation on the
topic for Kuss i on>
IN MY parish lies what is reckoned to be the
"toughest” of them all. On occasions prisoners
has done much to attract the attention of the press
by their actions. However, w ithout fail, whenever
I have visited Buford the prisoners have told me
that while it is not a sea-side motel, it is only as
rough as the individual wants to make it. Officials
at the Buford Rock Quarry have always treated me
with kindness, respect and courtesy. The same
has been true of the prisoners.
Bob Balckom of Reidsville, the largest prison
in Georgia, has the respect and admiration of
prison officials all over the country. His handling
of this "smalltown” with the resources at his dis
posal is truly commendable.
OF COURSE, the easiest b (he world ls
to run someone else s job. Wd , tae [hls
holds true of the prison systei Fra ‘ . don .
IfnOW enniltrh iKniif fhf svsfem ' ’
know enough about the system #ither lse or
condemn, however. 1 feel *££
about some of the men Involves .
a word of encouragement. Furt rmore ( have
visited enough of prisons and talk , 0
enough to at least be aware oh, P sltuaUon .
A recent Senate investigation conducted by the
state gave the system a clean report. Abuses
and irregularities were pointed out, true. How
ever, the administration of the system as a whole
is certainly headed in the right direction.
The first problem facing Jack Fox, is the
budget he has and the amount of paj, ,
custodians. This is a real probler Th 8
involved is so poor that it would * V '
impossible to hire anything but a retin next *°
in some cases one without any ambiti
kind of work is not inspired by either ,
or profession. Personally* I like Jack Fo .
His appointment of a Chaplain for the pria" ’
sys*
WHETHER or not "politics” was involved in
this report, I do not know. As a matter of fact
I would not even venture to say. 1 was pleased to
note that the Governor-elect has not bowed to
pressure and before any condemnations are issued
from Capitol hill, he has employed the services of
a penal -expert to conduct his own investigation.
It's certainly good to know that no one is running
Carl, and that Carl is running the state.
Summing it all up though, fundamentally I think
the problem is one of budget; and were Jack For
rester given the money he needs I think our prisons
could become a model in penal administration.
GEORGIA BULLETIN, JANUARY 11, 1963
PAGE 5
FOR WORLD NEEDY
,W
U.S. Bishops Relief Fund
Drive Scheduled in March
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
17th annual appeal of the U. S.
Bishops Relief Fund which
maintains the world’s largest
voluntary relief agency will be
conducted nationwide from
March 17 to 24.
meet
world,’
said.
daily throughout the
Archbishop O’Boyle
help the socio-economic de
pression problems in underde
veloped countries.
Washington’s A r c h b 1-
shop Patrick A. O'Boyle, chair
man of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference adminis
trative board, said a minimum
goal of $5 million for the 1963
appeal had been fixed.
THE ARCHBISHOP said the
annual campaign during Lent
among the more than five mil
lion students in U.S. Catholic
schools and colleges again will
be conducted in 1963 as part
of the appeal.
THE FUND supports Catho
lic Relief Services—NCWC,
worldwide relief and rehabilita
tion agency of U.S. Catholics,
which in 1962 operated a pro
gram valued at $ 165 million. It
brought aid to some 30 million
hungry and homeless persons
in more than 70 countries, Ar
chbishop O’Boyle said in a let
ter to members of the U.S.
The students’ campaign will
open on Ash Wednesday, Feb
ruary 27. Through Lenten sa
crifices and other contributions
the nation’s Catholic school
children in recent years have
raised a million dollars an
nually for the fund.
CRS—NCWC has been in
strumental in establishing com
munity development centers,
housing and health programs,
farm cooperatives, training
schools, hospitals, dispensa
ries and other projects in many
of the countries in which it
operates.
Hierarchy.
Archbishop O’Boyle empha
sized that the aid given by CRS
—NCWC throughout the world
is dispensed solely on the basis
of need. Race, creed or color of
the unfortunate millions assist-
In conjunction with the U. S.
Government's Alliancefor Pro
gress program, CRS-NCWC ha-
expanded child feeding pro
grams in Latin America, enab
ling thousands of children to
gain health and strength.
The appeal will be climaxed
with the traditional Laetare
Sunday collection to be con
ducted in Catholic churches
throughout the country on March
24—the wellspring of the Bis
hops' Relief Fund.
ed are disregarded, he stres
sed.
Northeast Plaza
Barber Shop
Satisfied? Tell A Friend,
If Not Please Tell Us
3357 Buford Hwy.
Atlanta
DURING the Second Vatican
Council, His Holiness Pope John
XXIII Repeatedly expressed to
U. S. Bishops his gratitude for
the generosity of American Ca
tholics in charitable endeavors,
Archbishop O’Boyle said.
FOR THE sixth consecutive
year during 1962, Archbishop
O’Boyle said, overseas ship
ments by CRS—NCWC totaled
more than one billion pounds of
food, clothing, medicines and
other relief supplies. CRS—
NCWC shipments during 1962
were at an all-time high—ex
ceeding shipments of any pre
vious year by 198,000 tons, the
Archbishop said.
by Edwin
3996 Peachtree Rd., N.E.
Brookhaven
CE. 3-5537
THREE selected frames from a filmstrip entitled "Freeway
to Education” illustrate the story of a Catholic family denied
school bus transportation despite the fact that the parents pay
taxes like other citizens. The filmstrip was produced by the
Catechetical Guild Educational Society in St. Paul, Minn., and
depicts the plight of parochial school children in 32 states who
are not allowed to ride on tax supported school buses.
"In the audience that the Holy
Father granted to us, he empha
sized time and again his deep
appreciation of the worldwide
charity of our American Catho
lics and told us how heavily
he leans upon us in the great
needs that the Church must
The CRS—NCWC programs
of food and clothing distribu
tions in Asia, Africa and Latin
America have been expanded in
recent months. In supervising
the expanded programs the
agency’s relief and welfare
workers have been active in
implementing long-range and
self-help projects designed to
Decatur Reweavers &
Mary3 Mending Shop
Reasonable Prices
140 Sycamore
DR 7-3097 Decatur
BY CARDINAL
..roi
U* l » b Jlii
Bring Marian Studies To Wider
Audience, Mariologists Urged
BOSTON (NC)—The prob
lem of conveying the findings
of Marian theology to a larger,
non-specialized and even non-
Catholic public was considered
at the 14th annual convention of
the Mariological Society of
America here.
O’Connor is presently in Tue
bingen, Germany, and was un
able to accept the award in
person, but he sent a message
expressing gratitude and urg
ing the Marian scholars to bring
their work to a wider audience.
Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Archbishop of Boston, and Fa
ther Edward D. O’Connor, C.
S.C., president of the society,
who received its annual Mario
logical Award for outstanding
studies in the field, both re
ferred to the problem in state
ments to the convention (Jan.
2-3).
"WE HAVE not yet expounded
this major mystery of our Faith
in such wise as to bring home
its meaning to all who approach
it with open minds and good
will,” he said.
served, theology is "not only
a disinterested investigation of
truth, but also a deepening of
acquaintance with a person.”
The apparent cold intellectua-
lism of theological treatises is
actually a counterpart to the
warmth of the theologian’s love,
ty stands under the obligation of
fructifying.
C&S REALTY
COMPANY
“Specialists in Commercial
and Industrial Real Estate”
Suite 200
Henry Grady Bid?.
Atlanta 3. Ga.
Warehouses, Stores, Mfg.
Plants, Acreage,
Shopping Center Dev.,
^ h Industrial Dev.,
Subdivision Dev.,
Insurance
S24-2052
MIKE & STEVE SERTICH
CARDINAL Cushing, wel
coming the delegates, suggest
ed that the society publish a
quarterly magazine presenting
Marian theology in terms ap
propriate for the average lay
man. He proposed the title
Mary Today for the magazine
and advised that it parallel
the magazine the Bible Today,
which presents biblical studies
in popular language.
Theology should promote pie
ty, Father O’Connor said, and
this is particularly true of Ma
rian theology. Unlike other
branches of knowledge, he ob-
”IT WAS when scholastic
theology was divorced from ar
dent piety that it became, first
a frivolous intellectual game,
and then a labyrinth of into
lerable subtleties,” he added.
FRED A. YORK
PEST CONTROL SERVICE
Our Slogan — Nearly Right Won't Do
Our Service — Always Guaranteed
Our Products On Sale At Office
CALL FOR FREE INSPECTION OR INFORMATION
766 Stale Si.. N. W Phone TR. 5-8376 Atlanta. Ga.
OREaTER
ATLANTA
"Just as our intellectual work
needs to be conducted in a spi
rit of piety,” he advised his
fellow theologians, "so our pie-
$0(AIQi" ™ fRf SA,INGS wjf"
IN MARYLAND
Catholicism Comes
TRI-CITY FEDERAL
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSO.
aPPZk PO. 7-9774
4/2%
FUR ANNUM
Anticipated Rate,
July i, 1962 to
December 31, 19tvj.
606 S CENTRAL AV{ • HAPfVILLE GA
To Bethlehem USA
"I don’t want another of the
thousand leaflets and booklets
on novenas, litanies and de
votions to Our Blessed Lady,”
he said. "1 want a practical
presentation of your scholar
ship.”
WILMINGTON, Del. (NC)—
The Catholic Church has come
to the little town of Bethlehem—
Bethlehem, Md., that is.
He described popular devo
tion to Mary today as "tremen
dously inspirational” but in
need of "deeper intellectual
roots.”
Circumstances connected
with the opening of the little
Church of the Holy Child there
were unusual.
Then Francis Ewing came up
with the idea of establishing a
Catholic church in Bethlehem.
The town had a ready-made
church, used in former years
by Methodists who had moved
on to nearby Preston, leaving
the edifice vacant.
CARDINAL Cushing offered
to subsidize the expenses of
publishing a new, popular maga
zine for the first year. At pre
sent, the society also published
Marian Studies, a periodical
devoted to learned papers in
the Mariological field. The so
ciety appointed a committee to
consider the possibility of a
second publication, as suggest
ed by the Cardinal.
BETHLEHEM is in Caroline
County, Md., one of the nine
counties of Maryland's Eastern
Shore in the Wilmington, Del.,
diocese. The town has only some
30 houses, but 4 Catholic
families reside in the area.
The Catholics had been going
to Mass in the nearby towns
of Easton, Denton, Secretary
and Seaford.
THE UNUSEDformer Metho
dist church which seats 115
was located on a tract governed
by a real estate covenant which
stipulated the property never
again could be used for church
purposes. Ewing found a way
around the restriction. He con
sulted a lawyer, who agreed
nothing would prevent use of the
church if it were moved to a new
location.
Established 1894
Distributors and Underwriters
of Investment Securities
Since 1894
RHODES-HAVERTY BULDG., ATLANTA 1, GEORGIA
Jackson 1-0316 Long Distance 421
Objector Plea
Father O’Connor, president
of the society, received its
annual award, which is named
in honor of Bishop John J.
Wright of Pittsburgh and given
each year to a person who has
made outstanding contributions
to Marian studies. Father
WASHINGTON (NC)— The U.
S. Supreme Court has refused to
review the conviction of a con
scientious objector who refus
ed to submit to induction into
the armed forces.
The property owners sold the
church for $300, Ewing re
cruited other Catholics in
Bethlehem and the church was
moved to a location across the
road from its original site.
The court did not comment on
its action (Jan. 7) in dismissing
the appeal of Charles Henry
Beaver of Gibsonville, N.C.
So the first Christmas Mass
in many years was offered in
Bethlehem* A congregation of
130 packed the timy church.
^Ewing ’s 19-year-old son,
Leroy, described the scene:
yThey were standing up and
down the aisles, It was great.”
Slitter & McLellan
1023 MORTGAGE GUARANTEE BUILDING *i
JAckaon 5-2086 0 uj [ lJ
ATLANTA* GEORGIA
Where Insurance Is A Profession .. . Not A Sideline