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GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1963 PAGE 3
AGAINST REBELLION
Alabama Religious Heads
Warn Pro-Segregationists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(NC)—
Alabama's people have been
cautioned by 11 ranking clergy
men of the state against “in
flammatory and rebellious”
statements of opposition to
possible school desegregation.
The religious leaders’ appeal
for moderation came three days
after the defiant inaugural
address of Gov. George Wallace
who promised a cheering throng
in Montgomery that he would
maintain segregation.
AMONG signers of the
clergymen’s statement was
Catholic Auxiliary Bishop
Joseph A. Durick of Mobile-
Birmingham. The Auxiliary,
who resides in Birmingham,
was authorized to sign by Arch
bishop J. Toolen, who resides
in Mobile. The diocese em
braces all of Aabamaand somet
parts of Florida.
Other signers are two Metho
dists, two rabbis, two Epis
copalians, a Baptist, a Pres
byterian, a Greek Orthodox and
an official of the Christian Ch
urches of Alabama.
The statement said that “hat
red and violence” have no san
ction in "our religious and
political traditions.” It said that
laws may not be ignored by
“whims of individuals.”
"IN THESE times of tremen
dous tensions and change in che
rished patterns of life in our be
loved Southland,” the statement
said in part, “it is essential
that men who occupy places of
responsibility and leadership
shall speak concerning their
honest convictions...
"It is clear that a series of
court decisions may soon bring
NATIONAL MEET
Catholic Nurses
Plan New Goals
The fifteen member Board of
Directors of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Nurses recent
ly held its winter meeting in
Washington, D. C. Sister M.
Theophane, S.C.M.M. a member
of the Atlanta Archdiocesan
Council and also a Board Mem
ber in the National Organiza
tion, attended the meeting.
The Board discussed changes
in religious and civic attitudes
and technological advances that
critically affect Catholic nurses
and nursing. In order to re
vise and bring up to date the
goals and objectives of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Nur
ses, a special committee was
appointed to lay the ground
work for long term planning.
This committee on goals is
chaired by Sister Madeleine
Clemence, Fall River, Massa
chusetts, assisted by Sister M.
Theophane, Atlanta, Georgia,
Mrs. Helene Rietz, Dubuque,
Iowa, and Irma Duffy, Bal
timore, Maryland. It will sub
mit its report at the fall Board
meeting in time for recommen
dations to be presented to the
twenty thousand members of the
National Council of Catholic
Nurses at its next convention
to be held in Chicago from April
30 to May 3, 1964. The theme
for the Convention will be "The
Nurses Mission - 1964.”
The Board Members unani
mously agreed that the National
Council of Catholic Nurses
GLOBE ■ TROTTERS
THEOPHANE
should use every measure at
its disposal to encourage Ca
tholic nurses in every part of
the United States to engage
themselves actively in the vi
tal task of perfecting their nur
sing as a Corporal Work of
Mercy.
The Atlanta Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Nurses
meets on the third Tuesday of
each month at St. Joseph’s In
firmary Auditorium at7:30p.m.
During this year, it is sponsor
ing a series of stimulating and
enlightening lectures on Chris
tian Philosophy by Father
James Murray, S. M. All Catho
lic nurses are cordially invited
to attend.
Cosmopolitan Saint
Joseph High School
ATLANTA—Although St. Jo
seph High School is generally
known to be a typical Georgian
school, a recent survey is evi
dence to the fact that approxi
mately fifty per cent of the
students hail from other states
and even other countries. Other
pupils have briefly visited va
rious parts of the world.
PANAMA—Freshman Brian
Dalton could boast that when he
lived in Panama he had a small
stream running through his back
yard—the Panama Canal.
ITALY AND FREE CHINA—
Of Naples, Italy, Junior Mary
Blanchard says, "It is a roman
tic place.”
"One of the gayest customs
is their New Year celebration.
People from all over the city
turn out to watch the fireworks
which are shot off from barges
anchored on the Bay of Naples.
Rotary
MADRID, (NC)—Father Pa
trick Peyton, C.S.C., said here
that the Family Rosary' Cru
sade which he directs has net
ted 15 million pledges of daily
recitation of the Rosary in the
home.
Mary lived for two years in
Formosa, just off the coast of
China. She comments, “For
mosans, Buddhists by religion,
worship idols and burn incense
in their temples.”
MEXICO—Among the other
travelers is Sophomore Paul
Krouse. Paul’s remark on
Mexico is “The bull fights are
exciting.”
GLOBE TROTTER Renee
Lane, a junior, was born in
Rome, Italy, and has been
through Switzerland, the Azores
and the Canary Islands. She
reflects, “The people in Europe
are easy going and take life
slower. I think it is for this
reason that they have fewer
heart attacks and ulcers. 1
know that even though my fa
ther has retired from the Ar
my, I will go back.”
BRITISH COLUMBIA-Fresh-
man Constance Guarnieri says
of British Columbians: "The
people are friendly, quaint, and
quiet, unlike their hustling bro
thers on the mainland.”
JAPAN—Junior Richard Ca-
vallo once lived right across
the street from Mt. Fujiama.
"It was just like a picture,”
declares Richard.
about the desegregation of cer
tain schools and colleges in
Alabama.
"Many sincere people oppose
this change and are deeply trou
bled by it. As Southerners, we
understand this.
“WE NEVERTHELESS feel
that defiance is neither the
right answer nor the solution.
And we feel that inflammatory
and rebellious statements oaq
lead only to violence, discord,
confusion and disgrace for our
beloved state.”
Gov. Wallace, who has vowed
to disobey any Federal court
school integration order, told
his inauguration audience: “I
draw the line in the dust and
toss the gauntlet before the feet
of tyranny and I say segrega
tion today, segregation tomor
row and segregation forever.”
In their statement, the 11
clergymen commended seven
points to Alabamians:
That hatred and violence
have no sanction in our reli
gious and political traditions.
That there may be dis
agreement concerning laws and
social change without advocat
ing defiance, anarchy, and sub
version.
That laws may be tested
in courts or changed by legis
latures, but not ignored by
whims of individuals.
That constitutions may be
amended or judges impeached
by proper action, but our Ame
rican way of life depends upon
obedience to the decisions of
courts of competent jurisdic
tion in the meantime.
That no person’s freedom
is safe unless every person’s
freedom is equally protected.
That freedom of speech
must at all costs be preserved
and exercised, without fear of
recrimination or harassment.
That .every human being is
created in the image of God and
is entitled to respect as a fel
low human being with all basic
rights, privileges and responsi
bilities which belong to humani
ty...”
Signers, in addition to Bis
hop Durick, are; Bishop Nolan
B. Harmon of the North Ala
bama Conference of the Metho
dist Church; Bishop Paul Har
din of the Alabama-West Flo
rida Conference of the Metho
dist Church;
EPISCOPAL Bishop C.C. J.
Carpenter of Alabama; Earl
Stallings, pastor. First Bap
tist Church, Birmingham; Epis
copal Coadjutor Bishop George
M. Murray of Alabama.
Rabbi Milton L. Grafman,
Temple Emanu-el, Birming
ham; Edward V. Ramage, mode
rator, Synod of the Alabama
Presbyterian Church in the U.
S.; Rev. Soterios D. Gouvellis,
priest. Holy Trinity-Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox Church, Birm
ingham; Rabbi Eugene Black-
schleger, Temple Beth-Or,
Montgomery; and J. T. Beale,
secretary-director, Christian
Churches of Alabama.
CARDINAL ASSERTS
Christian Unity Cause Had
Accelerated Gains In 1962
IN ORDER to furnish every member of St. Joseph’s parish,
Dubuque, Iowa, with holy water, the men of the parish "pack
aged” eight ounces in polyethylene bags and distributed the
bags during Sunday Masses. The priests of the parish blessed
75 gallons of water. They were able to prepare about 500
bags per hour.
GIVES EXAMPLE
Pope Urges More
Octave Prayers
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
John XXIII is hopeful that every
one will pray more intensely
for Christian unity, and is him
self offering his Masses for uni
ty on both the first and last
days of the Chair of Unity Oc
tave.
This was revealed in a letter
written on his behalf by Amleto
Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Sec
retary of State. The letter ex
pressed the Pope’s confidence
that “there will arise from eve
ry heart a more intense appeal
to the Lord for the unity of
Christians in the One, Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic
Church.”
THE LETTER was in effect
the Pope's reply to a request
from the Franciscan Friars
of the Atonement that he offer
his Mass on the first day of the
unity octave—January 18 to 25
—for the intentions of the oc
tave. Cardinal Cicognani said
that in doing so on both the first
and the last days—more than the
friars had asked—the Pope
IN EUROPE
hoped “to make ever better
known to the world of believers
what great efficacy he attri
butes to this universal suppli
cation.”
The message went on to say
that the Pope expects “great
fruits” from the eight-day
period of prayer, “especially
now that a wave of anxious
hope has been aroused every
where by the ecumenical coun
cil.”
POPE JOHN follows the annu
al observance of the Chair of
Unity Octave “with specialfer-
vor,” Cardinal Cicognani said.
He recalled that the octave was
founded by the Atonement
friars’ founder. Father Paul
James Francis Wattson, S.A.,
“with a deep sensus Eccle-
siae (feeling for the church)
and tenacity of purpose.”
The Cardinal’s letter was
addressed to Father Salvator
Butler, S.A., who as Procura
tor General of the Society of
the Atonement represents his
community at the Holy See.
ROME, (NC)—The past year
has witnessed an "ever-quick
ening march of events” in the
cause of furthering Christian
unity, Augustin Cardinal Bea
said here.
The secretary of the ecu
menical council’s Secretariat
for Promoting Christian Unity
spoke in the Church of San
Andrea del Valle (Jan. 21) at
an evening service connected
with the Church Unity Octave.
He was one of eight cardinals
who spoke there nightly during
the octave.
CARDINAL Bea singled out
three outstanding facts which he
said dominated this “inexora
ble, ever-quickening march of
events” in the cause of unity.
The first, he said, was the
presence of more than 40 ob
server-delegates and guests
from other Christian communi
ties at the Second Vatican Coun
cil. The second was the numer
ous appeals, sometimes offi
cial, made by non-Catholic
Christian communities to pray
for the council.
The result of the latter, said
the Cardinal, was that “the
Lord has bestowed upon the
whole of Christianity, and in
particular upon the council, the
supernatural gifts of light and
strength.”
THE THIRD major factor fa
voring unity was "the recipro
cal influence of the council
members and the group of ob
server-delegates,” he said.
Cardinal Bea said that “va
rious observer-delegates re
peatedly expressed their joy,
both in writing and by word of
mouth” over this mutual
exchange, and at the same time
"many council Fathers public
ly expressed their pleasure up
on the presence of the obser
ver-delegates.”
As a result of the past year’s
events, new life has been given
to the Church Unity Octave this
year, the Cardinal said. At the
same time, he added, “the oc
tave is inspired by the heart
felt desire of what is to come,
namely of what will be done by
the council commissions in the
period before the next session of
the council.”
He continued:
"THIS FUTURE has been
shaped, practically speaking, in
CCD Pilgrimage Tour Shrines
WASHINGTON, D. C. It was
announced today from the Na
tional Headquarters of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doc
trine, by Reverend Joseph Col
lins, National Director, that a
Pilgrimage and Tour of the
Shrines of Europe and promi
nent Catechetical Centers, is
scheduled to depart New York
via Air France on July 8 and
will be open to Catholic teachers
of religion and others who are
Interested in visiting the Ca
techetical Centers of Europe.
The Pilgrimage will be under
the spiritual direction of a Dio
cesan Director of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine
and will be from July 8 to Au
gust 4. The group will visit the
principal Centers of Catholic
Action in Rome, Venice, Turin,
Munich, Vienna, Strassbourg,
Brussels, Holland and Paris,
London and Dublin.
VISITS will also be made to
the principal Shrines and Mass
will be celebrated at the birth
place of St. Pius XinReisidur-
Former Prexy
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC)
Requiem Mass for Father Mat
thew J. Walsh, C.S.C, president
of the University of Notre Dame
from 1922 to 1928, was offered
in Sacred Heart Church on the
university campus.
ing their stay in Venice.
It is expected that Our Holy
Father will receive the pilgrims
in special audience during their
stay in Rome.
Coinciding with this visit,
during the 25th Anniversary of
the Apparitions, the group will
visit the Shrine of Our Lady of
the Golden Heart at Beuraing
in Belgium. Persons wishing to
join the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine Pilgrimage,
are urged to contact Reverend
Joseph Collins, National Di
rector, Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine, 1312 Massachu
setts Avenue, N. W. , Washing
ton, D. C. or their local Dioce
san Director.
PAPAL THEOLOGIAN
VATICAN CITY, (NC) The
official papal theologian has as*
serted that there are non-
Catholics who are “real
Christians” and therefore in
communion with the Mystical
Body of Christ and benefit from
the Communion of Saints.
Father Luigi Ciappi, O.P.,
Master of the Sacred Palaces,
made his comment in L’Osser-
vatore Romano, the Vatican Ci
ty daily.
HE included among “real
Christians” baptized persons
who have "supernatural faith
in Christ the Redeemer and who
are united with Him through
bonds of charity and respect for
His teachings and precepts
while remaining externally
separated from the Catholic
Church.”
He said such persons “live
in a certain communion of su
pernatural gifts both with Christ
the Head and with the mem
bers of His Mystical Body.”
For that reason, he said, they
“benefit from the Communion
of Saints, enjoying in part the
treasures of merit, of satis
faction and of prayer which
circulate among the members
of the Mystical Body.”
From these treasures of the
Communion of Saints “flows a
beneficial influence on all the
children of the Redemption,
Father Ciappi stated.
IT CAN be affirmed, the Do
minican theologian said, that
“Christians separated in good
faith from the Apostolic See,
•moved by the Holy Spirit, tend
toward becoming reunited with
the visible body of the Catholic
Church on the wings of desire,
of yearning and of wishing."
Father Ciappi cited Popes
Leo XIII and Pius X as au
thorities for the statement:
“Those who were validly bap
tized belong by right to the
Church although they!ind them
selves off the right road be
cause of false doctrines.”
He quoted a letter from the
Sacred Congregation of the Holy
Office to Richard Cardinal
Cushing, Archbishop of Boston
(Aug. 8, 1949) stating that such
Christians "adhere to the
Church.” He said such ad
herence is through a desire
which Pope Pius XII’s ency
clical Mystici Corporis styled
“unconscious.” Some of these
Christians, he pointed out,
“shine with solid virtue to the
point of the heroism of martyr
dom.”
HE RECALLED that Christ
prayed and died on the Cross
so that all believers in Him
might be one. For this same
intention He prays constantly
in Heaven and sacrifices Him
self daily in the Mass, Fa
ther Ciappi added.
"Thus there reigned in the
(Second Vatican) Council, at
which even the representatives
of the separated brothers as
sisted, a certain unity not on
ly of minds and hearts but
even of external worship,” he
said.
the first session of the council,
not only with regard to the
spirit, but in the concrete form
of a draft decree on the unity
of the Church.
“It will be recalled in fact
that the council’s Commission
for the Oriental Churches pro
posed the relative schemata to
the council. It is true that
this concerned solely with the
eastern Churches separated
from the Apostolic See, but at
the same time, it is also true,
that it contains in one way or
another a great deal of the gene
ral principles of Catholic ecu
menism.
"THE COUNCIL Fathers
have approved this draft decree
on the whole, in moral unanimi
ty and with the explicit instruc
tion that it must form part,
together with the drafts of other
commissions (including the
Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity) of one joint de
cree.
“Thus the council has
solemnly approved in general
principle and with its supreme
authority, the fundamentals of
Catholic ecumenism and has
moreover made known its in
tention to direct and order more
fully ecumenical activity.”
Apart from this draft decree,
Cardinal Bea said, "all the
other work of the council was
carried out with an almost uni
versal awareness of the ecu-
mencial task of the Church.” As
Objector Jailed
FLORENCE, Italy (NC)—
Twenty-seven-year-old Giuse
ppe Gozzini, believed to be Ita
ly's first Catholic conscientious
objector, has been sentenced to
six months' imprisonment. Un
der Italian law, which does not
recognize conscientious objec
tion to service in the Army,
he can be retried and resen
tenced repeatedly until the age
of 45.
an example, he cited the fact
that the council Fathers who
spoke "repeatedly called upon
the council to leave all doors
open where there was a chance
of making contact with non-
Catholic Christians.”
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