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P.\Gi. 8 Gl.fjRGIA FiLLLi TIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1963
ON PARISH LEVEL
Racial Justice Programs
Urged For Congregations
Continued from Page 1
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"Train lay Negro teachers
and leaders to participate fully
in congregational affairs."
Linking the nature of such work
with the volunteer aspect of the
Peace Corps, Shriver said:
"Supposes,000 congregations in
America were to set up volun
teer groups to combat racial
prejudice and eliminate racial
tensions in 5,000 religious pre
cincts throughout America? And
suppose 5,000 were to become
10,000 or 20,000? In thousands
of communities religiously in
spired volunteers would be in
viting Negro families to per
sonal social functions."
AS A result of such activi
ty, Shriver said, "A profound
new force would be at work
in America, emanating from
the deepest wells of religious
inspiration and reaching for the
noblest summits of human ex
perience." That combination
would be invincible," he con
cluded. Rev. King said: "If
the church does not participate
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actively in the struggle for eco
nomic and racial justice, it will
forfeit the loyalty of millions
and cause men everywhere to
say that it has atrophied its
will." He suggested that church
and synagogue do the following:
"Make it palpably clear
that segregation is morally
wrong and sinful."
"Get to the ideational roots
of racial prejudice...show that
Negroes are not innately inferi
or in academic, health and mo
ral standards, and that they are
not inherently criminal."
"Take the lead in social
reform." As the first step in
this direction, he said, "The
church must remove the yoke
of segregation from its own bo
dy." Rev. King also said that
nonviolent resistance is "the
most potent instrument the Ne
gro community can use to gain
total emancipation in Ameri
ca." He asserted that violence
in the cause of racial Justice
"is both impractical and im
moral," but "non-violence
makes it possible for one to
rise to the noble heights of
opposing vigorously the unjust
system while loving the per
petrators of the system."
Square Dance
The Parents' Association of
Christ the King School will
sponsor a square dance at the
Cathedral Center on Saturday,
January 26th. Dancing will
start at 8:00 p. m. with Mr.
Harry Sheets doing the calling.
The dance will be the first
social function of the Parents’
Association in the new Center
which was built with funds
raised by their organization
over the past several years.
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AMUSEMENT reflects on the face of Pope John XXIII as his
cape flares out in the breeze. The Holy Father was visiting
the Santa Marla Church in Rome, which was his longest trip
from the Vatican since his recent illness.
FROM COUNCIL
Expert Sees Greater Role
For Regional Conferences
By Msgr. P aul p. Tanner
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
Developments at the first
session of the Vatican Council
indicate that new, broad respon
sibilities may be delegated by
the Holy See to regional epis
copal conferences.
On questions of revision of
the liturgy, for example, it ap
pears that episcopal confe
rences will be given the autho
rity to introduce certain
changes and to assure unifor
mity of practice, in consulta
tion with the Holy See.
AS COUNCIL discussion in
tensifies on national bishops'
conferences, the Council Fa
thers w ill be examing a phase
of Church life in which U.S.
Catholics provide much ex
perience.
episcopal conferences in hand
ling national problems is illus
trated in the 1960 decree of the
Sacred Congregation of Rites
reforming the breviary and the
Roman Missal.
In chapter 18 of that decree,
concerned with the traditional
colors of the vestments at Mass,
mention is made of the fact
that the five traditional colors-
white, red, green, violet and
black—might in some areas,
1963 CONVENTION
because of indigenous customs
of the people, carry a totally
different significance than in
tended. For Instance, in In
dia w hite is the color of mourn
ing.
In such areas, ihe decree in
dicates that in consultation with
the Sacred Congregation of
Rites, the episcopal conference
of the region or territory should
have the faculty to substitute a
more apt color.
NCCM Dedicates 6 63
Meeting To Council
INSPIRING MOVIE
Decency Group Hails
‘A Child Is Waiting’
NEW YORK, (NC)—The Na
tional Legion of Decency cha
racterized the United Artists’
movie "A Child Is Waiting"
which deals with care of retar
ded children, as an "inspiring
tribute to the priceless dignity
of a human life" and recommen
ded it to the patronage of adults
and young people.
At the same time the legion
placed, "The Devil’s Wanton,"
an early film made by Ingmar
Bergman, Swedish director, in
its separate class because it
"contains philosophical and
theological elements which can
be confusing to an immature
viewer." The film distributed
by Embassy, the legion said,
is morally unobjectionable and
may be "of possible interest
to students" of Bergmans’
AT CULLMAN
CULLMAN, Ala.—Beta Phi
Gamma, national Journalistic
honorary fraternity, will estab
lish a chapter at Sacred Heart
College it has been announced
from Mrs, Either Davia, na
tional executive secretary, Van
Nuyi, California. Regional
headquarter! for the coeduca
tional honorary are In San An
tonio, Texas.
The honorary Is represented
at colleges In all sections of the
United States and according to
Mrs. Davis, Sacred Heart Col
lege’s journalism group is being
St. Bernard
Gets Gift
The Very Rev. Brian Egan
OSB, President of St. Bernard
College, Cullman, Alabama,
announced that the College re
ceived a grant of $126,500 from
Herman J. Heidrlch & Sons of
Orlando, Florida, for advance
ment of the fine Arts.
Mr. Herman Heidrich, citrus
magnate and President of Her
man J. Heidrlch & Sons, in pre
senting the check said "By this
contribution, we are glad to
associate ourselves with St.
Bernard College which has al
ready shownforceful leadership
in education; and with this kind
of assistance will be enabled to
expand its influence more
effectively."
As a businessman, 1 consider
this not only a proper way to ex
press thanks for God’s bless
ings but also, a sound invest
ment in American Industry for
the future. In accepting the gift
Father Egan commented,
"Traditionally a Bendlctine in
stitution is a center of Fine
Arts; St. Bernard College is
grateful to the Heidrlch family.
This gift will enable us to fos
ter the development of and ap
preciation for those arts which
enoble men’s souls."
works.
A SEPARATE classification
is given by the legion to cer
tain films which "while not
morally offensive in them
selves, require caution and
some analysis and explanation
as a protection to the uniformed
against wrong interpretations
and false conclusions."
"A Child Is Waiting" was
placed In the A-2 class, morally
unobjectionable for adults and
adolescents. The legion made
the following observation:
"Tliis film is an unsentimental
drama about mentally retarded
children and the dedication of
those who care for them. As
an inspiring tribute to the price-
less dignity of a human life,
"A Child Is Waiting" is recom
mended to the patronage of a-
dults and young people."
recopiized and granted a char
ter because of the strong em
phasis the school places upon
Journalism, the expanded curri
culum in Journalism, and over
all excellence of college publi
cations.
TO BE eligible for member
ship a student must main
tain a B scholastic average,
contribute in a major way to
college publications, be out
standing in Journalistic pur
suits, have at least a minor in
Journalism, and be recommen
ded by a faculty committee.
Purpose of the fraternity is to
promote excellence In the field
of communications, particular
ly in newswriting.
The Beta XI Chapter will be
the first organization of Beta
Phi Gamma in Alabama and the
first national greek letter
honorary at Sacred Heart Col-
lege.
National and regional officers
will attend formal chartering
and initiation ceremonies
February 7 at a formal ban
quet. They will come from
California, Texas, Indiana and
Illinois.
Fashion Show
Committee
Wednesday, Feb. 20 has been
set as the date of the annual
Fashion-Show Dinner at Imma
culate Conception Acadamy.
The following committees
have been named for the event:
General Chairman, Rev. Rene
Maynard, O.F.M., Fashion-
Show Chairmen, Mrs. Abe Shi—
kany and Mrs. John L. Brown,
Dining Room Chairman, Mrs.
J. H. Graham: Handmade Booth,
Mrs. Edmond Fahl; Publicity
Chairman, Mrs. Kathleen
Adams; and ticket chairmen,
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Winter.
Tickets may be obtained by
calling Mr. Winter, Ma 7-7886.
The National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, now over 40
years old, is the second old
est of the 44 conferences a-
round the world. It is by far
the largest, having on its staff
250 lay people and 25 priests.
The oldest is Ireland’s con
ference, begun in 1882.
Episcopal conferences, which
have rapidly increased in num
bers since World War II, range
from a simple annual meeting
of all the archbishops to dis
cuss common problems to a
permanent secretariat such as
the NCWC.
THE INCREASING impor
tance of these conferences as
well as the experience of the
first session indicate that the
council will concern itself pri
marily with world-wide pro
blems to the conferences of the
countries involved.
The organizational structure
of the Church consists in its
basic elements of a parish go
verned by a pastor; a num
ber of parishes constituting the
diocese, governed by a bishop.
Each bishop is accountable only
to the Pope.
The only structure at the na
tional level, apart from a
plenary council, such as the
Councils of Baltimore, which
unites the dioceses of a given
country, is the episcopal con
ference.
THE CHANCING nature of
governments is behind the need
for episcopal conferences.
In the United States, for ex
ample, before the Great De
pression of 1929 and 1930, most
of the social welfare functions
included care of the aged, of
the dependent sick, of school
children and of the unemploy
ed.
When the depression hit, how
ever, local units of government
were unable to cope with the
vast number of unemployed and
destitute. The counties turn
ed to the states, but the states
eventually had to turn to the
Federal government.
THIRTY-THREE years ago,
the total income tax revenue of
the Federal government was
less than $2 billion a year.
With the institution of the grad
uated corporate and personal
Income tax, that revenue is
approaching $90 billion a year.
Generally speaking, the
social welfare functions of go
vernment are financed on a
"matching basis," with states
and counties contributing part
of the funds and the Federal
government supplying the rest.
Before the depression, the
Bishop of a diocese was able
to conduct his affairs that touch
ed the social welfare field on
an equal basis with the local
units of government. Today,
the strongest archdiocese in the
country, alone, Is Impotent be
fore the Federal colossus.
THE CHURCH is a living or
ganism and has adapted Itself
naturally to the new governmen
tal environment by evolving the
episcopal conferences.
In addition, the utility of uni
form practices, concemingfast
and abstinence, for example,
is much greater today that it
was decades gone by. Society
is much more mobile than it
was 35 years ago. Millions
of families are moving about
the country annually.
The growing importance of
WASHINGTON, (NC)—The
1963 biennial National Council
of Catholic Men convention in
Atlantic City, N. J., from April
24 to 28 will be dedicated to the
Fathers of the Second Vatican
Council.
NCCM President William F.
Johnson of Paterson, N. J., said
the dedication was decided upon
Inter •Faith Day
WASHINGTON (NC)—Rep.
Leonard Farbstein of New York
has introduced a resolution to
designate the fourth Sunday in
September each year as "Inter
faith Day" and to authorize the
President to issue an annual
proclamation calling on the na
tion to observe the day by ap-
because the first session of the
council pointed toward a pas
toral and apostolic renewal in
the Church. The convention
theme will be: "The Layman
in an Age of Christian Rene
wal."
THE FEDERAL aid to educa
tion issue and the spirit of re
newal in the national and dio
cesan councils are among the
topics which will be discussed
at general sessions. Other dis
cussions topics will be based
on: ways of combatting commu
nism, maintaining decency in
entertainment, the Catholic in
fluence in the race relations
field, sex education lnthefaml-
ly and the moral problems in
business practices.
The convention is being spon-
propriate ceremonies. The
measure (H. J. Res. 121) was
referred to the House Judici
ary Committee.
sored by the Province of New
ark, N. J., which is headed by
Archibishop Thomas A. Boland
of Newark,
Eritrea: A Church For Father Terence
along THE ROAD TO EBARO, a small ERITREAN village,
lie twe strange atones roughly shaped like heads. Africans of
the Cunama tribe worship these atones
as idols representing Adam and Eve
. .. Among the Cunamas a lone priest
labors, the only non-African In the
p, gsr«LfH i m<>: rJ lher Terence, Capuchin mb-
v* d i /W S slonar y- He tries gently to bring these
people to Christ ... He has a unique
boarding aohool for village boys, a
group of straw-roofed huts, each hous
ing four or five pupils. To Improve
the people's health, he even grinds
floor for them . . . Day by day he
quietly explains to them truths of the
faith, drawing them away from pagan
superstitions. But when they turn from the stone gods on ths
highway thsrs la no proper Church where they may worship
as Christiana . . . Father needs $3,000 for this project, Your
donation, smell or large, will help turn EBARO’S stones into
living breed*
CHURCHES OF THE EAST
WHEN THE CHILDREN COME IN to warm up, roiy-cheeked
from wintry weather, do you ever think of other ehildrsn whose
cheeks are pinched and blue with cold? Over a million PALES*
TINE REFUGEES are still In our care, homeless since the Arab-
Israsli war of 1048 . . . Their children have no place to keep
warm. The Immense task of helping them Is the greatest single
strain on our funds . , . Your 810 donation for a food package
will help a family for one month. And, especially at this season,
couldn't you send $2 for a blanket to help keep one of them
warm?
The Holy Father*) Mission Aid
fir At Oriental Chmb
LONG BEFORE THE IRON CURTAIN, Christiana of the East
were eut off from us by tge-old differences. Different languages,
different customs, even a different way of eelebratlng Holy
Mass! . . . Pope Plus IX, aware of this sad separation baok hi
1858, sent the great French Benedletlne scholar, CARDINAL
PITRA, to Russia. The Cardinal visited Moeoow and St. Peters
burg libraries and 30 Basilian monasteries, returning to Rome
with a wealth of knowledge about the Eastern Churehea ... The
Pope later called a conferenee, out of whleh grew the Idea for
a division of the Propagation of the Faith devoted Juat to EAST
ERN RITES. Later this became a separate congregation . .. For
nearly 40 years the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSO
CIATION haa been the Pope's financial arm helping mlsilon-
arlea In 18 ceuntries where Eastern Rites predominate. Your
ntemborshlp ($1 a year per person; |5 for a family) will sustain
this work ... A STRINGLESS GIFT in any amount will help
the Holy Father where he finds the need la greatest.
ORPHANS’ BREAD. Hundreds of children In India, Iran, Iraq
and Egypt have no parents to care for them. Our good slaters
and priests cannot make up to these little ones their great loss
. . . All they can do is offer a warm meal, a pair of new shoes,
a comfortable bed—yes. even a bit of that love without which
a child's life is so bleak! Won't you join our CLUB for OR
PHANS? A prayer a day, a dollar a month—that’s all they ask!
MASS STIPENDS are often the only support of our mission
aries. We appreciate your sending them. Also, when making a
will, please remember us. Our official title: THE CATHOLIC
NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
Dear Monslgnor Ryan:
Enclosed please find tot
Name
Street
City
Zone.
State
iMillearGstCnissiotiSjMi
PIANOS CAIWNAL SPILLMAN, Pre.WeM
Msgr. Joseph T. tyee, Mali See'y
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
460 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. New YoHc 17, N. Y.
Beta Phi Gamma Set
Sacred Heart Chapter