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VOL 1, NO. 9
SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR
My dear People:
Official
There can he no progress for society, unless there is a deep
ening love of God and neighbor in the individual soul. But this
is impossible without discipline, and this depends upon our
growth in self-denial and penance. That is the meaning of Lent.
There are both internal and external laws for this Holy Season.
If we pray more, meditate a little each day, read and study the
resources of our faith, - our inner life, the life of the soul,
will be enriched. Daily Mass and frequent Holy Communion will
bolster the grace that is in us. It should be possible with our
early Masses, and noon and evening Masses, for many of our
people to attend frequently. Out of all this, life can become more
virtuous: our love for God and our fellow-man should grow and
flourish.
The external laws are contained in the Lenten Regulations.
I ask your careful observance of them.
Asking God to make use of this time of Lent to test and prove
us, to bless and help us, to raise up and sanctify us, I remain
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Paul J. Hallinan
Archbishop of Atlanta
OOOOO
LliNTON REGULATIONS - as modified for use in the United
States.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 27th, and ends at
the midnight between Holy Saturday, April 13th, and Easter
Sunday, April 14th.
LAW OF ABSTINENCE:
1. Ash Wednesday, February 27th, is a day of complete ab
stinence: i.e., every baptized Catholic who has reached his
seventh birthday is not permitted to eat meat, or soup or
gravy made from meat. All Fridays of the year are like
wise days of complete abstinence.
2. There will be one day of partial abstinence during Lent: -
1 mber Wednesday, March 6th. Accordingly, everyone who
has reached his seventh birthday, is permitted the use of
meat only once - at the principal meal.
LAW OF FAST:
1. This obligation binds everyone who has reached his twenty-
first birthday, and has not yet reached his fifty-ninth birth
day. Those so obligated are permitted only one full meal at
which meat may be served. Further, meat may be taken only
at the principal meal of the day.
2. In addition to themain meal, two minor, meatless meals are
permitted - sufficient to maintain strength, but together in
quantity, they may not equal another full meal.
3. bating between meals is forbidden. However, liquid nourish
ment may be taken at any time without prejudice to the Lenten
Regulations. Liquids include milk, fruit juices, coffee, tea
(oven with cream and sugar), alcoholic beverages, etc.
4. All weekdays of Lent are days of fast. There is no obliga
to fast on Sundays.
A SCENE that was repeated Wednesday in Catholic churches throught the world. Picture shows
ashes being distributed to children at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Left to right—Barry
Wall, Tim Brown, Mary- LynnWinfru, Vernon Dasch, Jenifer Lee, Mary Wimbish and Father Daniel
McCormick.
IF CONSTITUTIONAL
AFL-CIO Supports Federal
Aid To Non-Public Schools
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (NC)~
The AFL-CIO executive council
has urged that any program of
Federal aid to education give
non-public schools "as much as
sistance as is constitutionally
possible."
The labor council, in a state
ment adopted here on Presi
dent Kennedy's aid to educa
tion program, said the program
"needs to be strengthened” as
it applies to non-public grade
and high schools.
"NO American, w hatever his
religious beliefs, can fail to
realize the extent to w hich non
public schools carry a large
share of the burden of educat
ing the young," the statement
said.
"These non-public schools
face many of the same crises
confronting the public schools.
We believe that non-public ele
mentary' and secondary schools
should receive as much assis
tance as is constitutionally pos
sible.”
tional Defense Education Act
loans to assist in procuring
equipment for teaching science,
mathematics and foreign lan
guages. The constitutionality of
this program is by now well
established.
"WE URGE a considerable
expansion of this program. At
the present time the NDEA loans
are available only for equip
ment; we propose that they be
made available also for the
construction of classrooms to
be used for the prescribed sub
jects.
"We also urge that the teach
ing of English and social stu
dies be added to the present list
of subjects for which NDEA
loans are premitted.”
The council’s statement was
generally favorable to the ad
ministration’s Federal educa
tion aid program. However, it
pointed to "one major dis
agreement” — its belief that
the administration is asking
"less than half as much money
as would be required" for ne
cessary improvements in Ame
rican education.
IN LINE with this, the AFL-
CIO unit urged Congress to ap
propriate double the amount of
money requested by President
Kennedy. It has been estimated
that the administration program
would cost some $5 billion over
three or four years.
BELIEVED POSSIBLE
6th Century Saints'
Remains Found ?
When health, or the ability to work would be seriously affected,
through the observance of these regulations, then the law ceas
es to oblige. In doubt about tin obligation to fast, kindly consult
your pastor or confessor.
N. B. A dispensation is hereby granted from the law of fast for
Saturday, March 16 :h, in honor of Saint Patrick, and for
Tuesday, March 19th, the feast of Saint Joseph.
The AFL-CIO council went
on to spell out ways in which
Federal aid to non public
schools could be increased. It
said:
"Private non-public schools
are presently eligible for Na-
SUBIACO, Italy (NC)--A lead
casket believed to contain re
mains of the bodies of SS. Bene
dict and Scholastica, 6th cen
tury monastics, has been found
in the monastery church of St.
Scholastica here.
CENSUS planners at Christ the King Parish from left to right—W .E.Applegarth, C.A. Simmons, lay
chairman, E.S. Kelly, J.W. Wilson and Msgr. J.G. Cassidy, V.G., pastor.
The six-sided casket was
found under the main altar of the
Lutherans Say
‘No’ To Women
FRANKFURT, Germany (NC)
—The Lutheran Bishop of Ham
burg opposed moves to permit
ordination of women as pastors
Bishop D. Witte said in a
commentary in the Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung that the
Christian Church had not had
women ministers in 1900 years
of history. He said also:
"If the Protestants expect
the Catholic Church to refrain
from enunciating dogmas which
might widen the cleft between
the churches, then on the other
hand they ought likewise to take
care themselves not to set up
possible hindrances on the road
to unity such as the admission
of women to holy orders.”
church during restoration work.
It weighs about four pounds and
bears the inscription: "Ex oss.
SS. Bened. et Schol.,” which
means: from the bones of SS.
Benedict and Scholastica.
THE BENEDICTINE monks of
the monastery knew that there
were important relics under the
main altar, but they did not know
exactly what they were. It is
known that several centuries
ago relics of the body of St.
Benedict were sent from Monte
Cassino—where he founded a
monastery about 529,—to a
number of Benedictine shrines
including Subiaco.
Verification of the contents of
the casket awaits authorization
from the Sacred Congregation
of Rites.
St. Benedict founded 12 mon
asteries while he was at Subia
co which is about 32 miles east
of Rome. About 529, he retired
to Monte Cassino where he or
ganized a large monastic settle
ment. St. Scholastica, his sis
ter, is believed to have been
abbess of a monastery she
founded about five miles south
of Monte Cassino.She is said:
to have met her brother once a
year for long discussions on
the spiritual life.
Lay Volunteers
Ready To Take
Census Sunday
Everything is A-OKAY on the
Archdiocesan Census launch
pad.
Some five thousand lay men
and w omen volunteers have re
ceived their final instructions
for their contact Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Northern Geor
gia.
IN ATLANTA the census will
begin at 2:00 P.M. and close at
6:00 o’clock. In these four con
centrated hours of home calls,
the census takers will uncover
an accurate estimate of the
strength of Catholic Northern
Georgia.
THE purpose of the census
is:
• To give a more accurate
basis for future develop
ment of the Archdiocese.
• To find all .unknown Catho
lics within the Archdio
cesan area.
• To provide a more accurate
estimate of the spiritual
status of the Archdiocese.
Co-Chairmen of the census
are Father Harold J. Rainey,
Chancellor, and Father John D.
Stapleton, Pastor of St. Jude
Church and Archdiocesan Di
rector of the Council of Catho
lic Men. This is the first major
project of the recently estab
lished A.C.C.M.
LAY members of the commit
tee who are assisting the co-
chairman are; Publicity—
Lewis Gordon: Research— Al
bert Lawton; Processing—Paul
Smith; Special Problems—Herb
Farnsworth. Additional staff
members are: Leo Zuber, Dr.
Norman Berry, and Jack Spald
ing.
Results of the census will be
complied through IBM proced
ures and the figures announced
on its completion.
Inasmuch as the census is a
community project, Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan has expressed
his appreciation for the cooper
ation from Protestant and Jew
ish groups, as well as civic
organizations. The Archbishop
said in a statement:
"WE HAVE been gladdened
by the response of the whole
community to the announcement
of a Catholic census. Protestant
ministers and Jewish rabbis
have replied most cordially to
the request that they announce
the census. Public officials and
news media have shown their
appreciation that the census,
far from being just a Catholic
project, will have meaning for
the entire population.
Census Contest
How many Catholics do you think there are in the Archdiocese
of Atlanta?
We will all know in a few days. Because of the interest in the
Archdiocesan census, we are inviting our readers to enter a con
test with the winner giving the nearest figure to the actual census
results. Here are the rules:
WRITE on a 4£ post card the number of Catholics you think are
in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Mail it to The Georgia Bulletin
office no later than midnight, Monday, March 4. Don’t forget to
put your name and address on the card. First prize-$100.00
Savings Bond; Second prize - $50.00 Savings Bond;Thrid prize -
$25.00 Savings Bond.
All subscribers are eligible, except employees of The Georgia
Bulletin, and the clerical and lay members of the Archdiocesan
executive committee for the census.
"More than five thousand
Catholic census-takers will be
on the move Sunday afternoon.
This is a remarkable feat in
itself, a real demonstration of
Catholic lay cooperation. Our
people recognize that this is
more than a head-count; it is a
community undertaking whose
purpose is to assess our pre
sent spiritual and social re
sources, and to aid in planning
new parishes, churches,
schools, and institutions of wel
fare in Northern Georgia. Hard
ly a county in this area will
remain unaffected by the cen
sus. Out of the IBM cards will
come facts and figures that
will help in conjunction with
other religious bodies, build a
stronger Georgia, - strong in
its loyalty to God and love to
neighbor.”
Says Council
Turning Point
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., Feb. 26
(NC)—A non-Catholic observer
at the Second Vatican Council
said the council "may be one
of the turning points in his
tory.”
The Rev. Dr. James Hast
ings Nicholas, history profes
sor at Princeton Theological
Seminary, spoke here prior to
an interfaith panel discussion
about the council at Westmin
ster Presbyterian church.
He told an overflow audience
the council’s principal task was
of a pastoral nature. The pre
sence of non-Catholic obser
vers, he asserted, "very sig
nificantly changed the tone of
the council.” He said that be
cause of the placement of the
observers in the council hall,
"no bishop could make a speech
without looking directly at the
observers."
THIS full-length figure of Mother Elizabeth Seton in stained
glass has been placed in one of three new chapels in the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, just prior to
her beatification in Rome, March 17.