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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. 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